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1、2022年考博英语-西安电子科技大学考前提分综合测验卷（附带答案及详解）1. 单选题After Los Angeles, Atlanta may be Americas most car-dependent city. Atlantans sentimentally give their cars names; compare speeding tickets and jealously guard any side-street where it is possible to park. The citys roads are so well worn that the first act
2、of the new mayor, Shirley Franklin, was to start repairing potholes. In 1998, 13 metro counties lost federal highway funds because their air-pollution levels violated the Clean Air Act. The American Highway Users Alliance ranked three Atlanta interchanges among the 18 worst bottlenecks in the countr
3、y.Other cities in the same fix have reorganized their highways, imposed commuter and car taxes, or expanded their public-transport systems. Atlanta does not like any of these things. Public transport is a vexed subject, too. Atlantas metropolitan region is divided into numerous county and smaller ci
4、ty governments, which find it hard to work together. Railways now serve the city center and the airport, but not much else; bus stops are often near invisible poles, offering no indication of which bus might stop there, or when.Georgias Democratic governor, Roy Barnes, who hopes for re-election in N
5、ovember, has other plans. To win back the federal highway money lost under the Clean Air Act, he created the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), a 15-member board with the power to make the county governments, the city and the ten-county Atlanta Regional Commission cooperate on transpo
6、rt plans, whether they like it or not.Now GRTA has issued its own preliminary plan, allocating $4.5 billion over the next three years for a variety of schemes. The plan earmarks money to widen roads; to have an electric shuttle bus shuttle tourists among the elegant villas of Buck head; and to creat
7、e a commuter rail link between Atlanta and Macon, two hours to the south. Counties will be encouraged, with generous ten-to-one matching funds, to start express bus services.Public goodwill, however, may not stretch as far as the next plan, which is to build the Northern Arc highway for 65 miles acr
8、oss three counties north of the city limits. GRTA has allotted $270 million for this. Supporters say it would ease the congestion on local roads; opponents think it would worsen over-development and traffic. The counties affected, and even GRTAs own board, are divided.The governor is in favor, howev
9、er,and since he can appoint and fire GRTAS members, that is probably the end of the story. Mr. Barnes has a tendency to do as he wants, regardless. His arrogance on traffic matters could also lose him votes. But Mr. Barnes think that Atlantas slowing economy could do him more harm than the anti-spra
10、wl movement.1. The authors presentation of Atlantans car-dependence is meant _.2. Which of the following is not part of the “anti-sprawl movement” as planned by Governor Roy Barnes?3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?4. It can be learnt from the text that Georgias Governor Roy Bar
11、nes _.5. In eyes of the writer, the best solution to the traffic problem in Atlanta seems to lie in _.问题1选项A.to be ironicB.to poke fun to themC.to be fairD.to make it notorious问题2选项A.The construction of a commuter rail link.B.His success in re-election in November.C.The initiation of shuttle bus tra
12、nsit.D.The allocation of money to widen roads.问题3选项A.The federal highway funds were lost under the Clean Air Act.B.The county governments should be cooperative on traffic matters.C.Atlantans must abandon buses and trains and build more highways.D.Atlanta leaves a bad impression on visitors in terms
13、of its traffics.问题4选项A.is in tyrannous control of the GRTA boardB.cuts an impressive nonconformist imageC.is bound to win the re-election coming upD.channels part of funds to his personal assets问题5选项A.the enforcement of traffic regulationsB.the challenge to Governor Barness arroganceC.the increase o
14、f commuter and car taxesD.the improvement of its public-transport systems【答案】第1题:A第2题:B第3题:C第4题:A第5题:D【解析】1. 【选项释义】The authors presentation of Atlantans car-dependence is meant _. 作者对亚特兰大人对汽车的依赖性的描述本意是_。A. to be ironic A. 讽刺的B. to poke fun to them B. 为了取笑他们C. to be fair C. 公平的D. to make it notorious
15、 D. 为了让它臭名昭著【答案】A【考查点】推理判断题。【解题思路】根据题干信息可定位到第一段第二句“出于感情亚特兰大人给他们的汽车起名字；通过比较超速罚单，他们小心地守住任何可以停车的小巷。（Atlantans sentimentally give their cars names; compare speeding tickets and jealously guard any side-street where it is possible to park.）”根据作者用sentimentally（多情地）和jealously（妒忌地；猜疑地）两词可以看出作者对亚特兰大人对汽车依赖的描述是讽刺的。因此选A。【干扰项排除】B、C、D选项曲解作者意思，属于曲解原文。2. 【选项释义】Which of the following is not part of the “anti-sprawl movement” as planned by Governor Roy Barnes? 以下哪项不是罗伊巴恩斯州长所计划的“反蔓延运动”的一部分？A. The construction of a commuter rail link. A. 通勤铁路的建造。B. His success in re-election in November. B. 他
