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1、2022年考博英语-湖南农业大学考试题库及全真模拟冲刺卷（附答案带详解）1. 翻译题The pinprick to the credit bubble came with the housing-sector meltdown in late 2006. From that point, confidence in the U.S financial system eroded, especially as the sub-prime toxin seeped into the banks and brokerages as well as those parts of the insuran
2、ce sector linked to mortgages. With confidence in the financial sector deflated, attention turned to the countrys massive structural problems a long-term imbalance between government expenditures and revenues, related to ongoing pressure for tax cuts; the rapidly aging national transport and communi
3、cations infrastructure; and Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, the combined cost of which is expected to grow 22 percent faster than the economy over the next decade.【答案】信贷泡沫的小刺来自于2006年末房地产市场的崩溃。从那时起，人们对美国金融体系的信心受到侵蚀，尤其是当次级债的毒素渗入银行和券商以及与抵押贷款相关的保险行业时。随着对金融部门信心的下降，人们的注意力转向了该国巨大的结构性问题与持续的减税压力相关的政府
4、支出和收入的长期失衡；快速老化的国家交通和通信基础设施；医疗保险（Medicare）、医疗补助（Medicaid）和社会保障（Social Security），这些成本在未来十年的增长速度预计将比经济增长速度快22%。2. 不定项选择题Some accept their fate. Others try to reason with the police officer who has pulled them over for some real or imagined traffic offense. But when law enforcement is represented by a
5、computer-driven camera that has immortalized your violation on filmas is the case at hundreds of intersections in more than 100 cities around the U.S.its hard to talk your way out of a heavy fine. Yet that is precisely what some 300 motorists in San Diego succeeded in doing last week when a superior
6、 court judge rules that pictures taken by the so-called red-light cameras were unreliable and therefore unacceptable.The first U.S. Court decision to reject all the traffic violations caught on cameras; the ruling by Judge Ronald Styn has fueled debate over the growing use of the devices. Police dep
7、artments swear, and studies indicate, that the robot cameras deter people from speeding and running red lights. A Lou Harris poll set for release this week finds that 69% of Americans support their use. Yet at least seven states have blocked proposals to implement them, and opponentsranging from Hou
8、se majority leader Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Unionargue that the cameras violate privacy and place profit above public safety.Part of the problem is that virtually all the devices in place are operated by private firms that handle everything from installing the machinery to identify
9、ing violationsoften with minimal police oversightand have an incentive to pull in as many drivers as they can. The companies get paid as much as $70 a ticket, and the total revenue is hardly chump change. San Diego has got in $15.9 million last year and Washington $12.8 million. “Its all about money
10、,” says Congressman Bob Barr, a leading critic. Not so, insists Terrance Gainer, Washingtons executive assistant chief of police. “We have reduced fatalities. If some company is making money off that that is American way.”Critics counter that there must be other, less intrusive ways to make intersec
11、tions safer, such as lengthening the yellow light and adding turn lanes. “I object to this fixation we have with cameras and electronically gathered information,” says Ban. “It places too much confidence in technology.” That confidence, as Washington residents have learned, can be misplaced. The cit
12、y removed one camera last May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at a particularly confusing intersection. In San Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be going faster than they really were. The city suspended the system in July.Another concern is privacy. While systems in Washington
13、, Maryland and North Carolina photograph nothing but the rear of the car, others in Arizona, California and Colorado take a picture of the drivers seat as wella bit of electronic monitoring that could land straying spouses in trouble a lot more serious than a traffic violation.In Europe, where robot
14、 cameras are deployed by the thousands and are even less popular than they are here, resentful drivers have started to take matters into their own hands, seeking out hidden cameras and knocking them over with their cars.1. It is mainly indicated in the first paragraph that _.2. The court decision la
15、st week _.3. Opponents arguments against cameras include all the following EXCEPT _.4. Police department believes that _.5. The phrase “chump change” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _.6. According to the passage, Bob Barr _.7. The writers attitude towards robot cameras can be best ex
16、pressed as _.8. Some drivers in European countries _.问题1选项A.most people respond intensively when caught in traffic offenseB.motorists can be wrongly accused by police officersC.speeders cannot defend themselves before red-light camerasD.computer-driven cameras sometimes do tell lies问题2选项A.triggered a dispute over the use of robot came
