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1、2022年考博英语-首都师范大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题By （ ）computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him two thousand dollars.问题1选项A.coarseB.rudeC.crudeD.rough【答案】D【解析】考查形容词辨析。coarse “粗糙的”；rude “粗鲁的，无礼的”；crude “粗糙的，天然的”；rough “粗略的，艰苦的”。句意：通过粗略估算，他估计房子的整修将花费两千美元。D项符合句意，答案D2. 单选题The biograph
2、er has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject. Too close a relation, and the writer may lose objectivity. Not close enough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soul-the quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family
3、, for example? Because of their closeness to the subject, family members may have special information, but by the same token, they may not have the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similarly, a kings servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might
4、 not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write the kings biography-not for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate.There is no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work in the position he or she has in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with t
5、he subject. Every position has strengths and weaknesses: to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the subject, and select a position accordingly.When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: the attempt to show
6、 that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us to become better than we are. The biographies of Jesus found in the Bible are this class.Biographers may claim that their account is the authentic one. In advancing this claim, the
7、y are helped if the biography is authorized by the subject: this presumably allows biographer special access to private information. Unauthorized biographies also have their appeal, however, since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, he unauthorized charact
8、erization usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress, A subject might have several biographies, even several authentic ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell the story of a life, perhaps not even the subjects, and this has been prove
9、d by the history of biography.1.The author cites the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that （ ）.2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?3.An unauthorized biography is likely to attract more readers because（ ）.4.In this passage, the author focuses on（ ）.问
10、题1选项A.biographies can serve different purposesB.biographies are authentic accounts of their subjects livesC.the best biographies are those of heroes and famous figuresD.the best biographies are meant to transform their readers问题2选项A.An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers.B.An authentic
11、 biography is one authorized by the subject.C.Authorized biographies have a wider readership.D.No one can write a perfect biography.问题3选项A.it portrays the subjects both faithfully and vividlyB.it reveals a lot of accurate details unknown to outsidersC.it contains interesting information about the su
12、bjects private lifeD.it usually gives a sympathetic description of the subjects character问题4选项A.the secret of a biographer to win more readersB.the difficulty of a biographer in finding the proper perspective to do his jobC.the techniques required of a biographer to write a good biographyD.the chara
13、cteristics of different kinds of biographies【答案】第1题:A第2题:D第3题:C第4题:B【解析】第1题:细节事实题。由第三段“When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: the attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to ch
14、ange us, to invite us to become better than we are. 当传记的主人公是英雄或名人时，传记往往揭示出一些动机：有的动机试图表明传记的主人公和我们一样只是普通人，有的传记就是要激励我们让我们超越自己。”可知写传记有很多目的，举例也是为了表明传记可有不同的目的。答案A第2题:细节事实题。由第一段和第二段 “Similarly, a kings servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the k
15、nowledge and sympathy necessary to write the kings biographynot for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate.There is no ideal position for such a task. 同样，一个国王的仆人可能不是为国王写传记的最佳人选。但是一个外国人可能没有写国王传记所必需的知识和同情心至少不是为王国的读者写的。对于这样的任务，没有理想的职位。 ”可知没有完美的人选来写传记，即没有人能写出完美的传记。故D项正确。ABC三项与文中内容不符。第3题:推理判断题。由最后一段“In book promotions, the unauthorized characterization usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. 在图书促销活动中，未经授权的描述通常会让人联想到作传记对象不希望有的有趣八卦。” 可知为了促销，一些“未经授权”的传记作家会在书中写一些传记对象的八卦（私生活信息）。故C项正确。第4题:主旨大意题。由文章开头及 A subject might ha
