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1、2022年考博英语-天津师范大学考前拔高综合测试题（含答案带详解）1. 单选题There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to scare a parent, especially one of the over-educated, eco-conscious types. So you can imagine the reaction when a recent USA Today investigation of air quality around the canons schools singled out those i
2、n the smugly green village of Berkeley, Calif, as being among the worst in the country. The citys public high school, as well as a number of daycare center, preschools, elementary and middle schools, fell in the lowest 10%. Industrial pollution in our town had supposedly turned students into living
3、science experiment breathing in a laboratorys worth of heavy metals like manganese, chromium and nickel each day. This is in a city that requires school cafeterias to serve organic meals. Great, I thought, organic lunch, toxic campus.Since December, when the report came out, the mayor, neighborhood
4、activists and various parent-teacher associations have engaged in a fierce battle over its validity, over the guilt of the steed-casting factory on the western edge of town, over union jobs versus childrens health and over what, if anything, ought to be done. With all sides presenting their own expe
5、rts armed with conflicting scientific studies, whom should parents believe? Is there truly a threat here? We asks one another as we dropped off our kids, and if so, how great it is? And how does it compare with the other, seemingly perpetual health scares we confront, like panic over lead in synthet
6、ic athletic fields? Rather than just another weird episode in the town that brought you protesting environmentalists, this latest drama is a trial for how todays parents perceive risk, how we try to keep our kids safe-whether its possible to keep them safe-in what feels like an increasingly threaten
7、ing world. It raises the question of what, in our time, “safe” could even mean.“Theres no way around the uncertainty”，says Kimberly Thompson, president of Kid Risk, a nonprofit group that studies childrens health. “That means your choices can matter, but it also means you arent going to know if they
8、 do.” A 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics explained that nervous parents have more to fear from fire, car accidents and drowning than from toxic chemical exposure. To which I say: Well, obviously. But such concrete hazards are beside the point. Its the dangers parents cant-and may never-quantify
9、 that occur all of sudden. Thats why Ive rid my cupboard of microwave food packed in bags coated with a potential cancer-causing substance, but although Ive lived blocks from a major fault line for more than 12 years, I still havent bolted our bookcases to the living room wall.1.What does a recent i
10、nvestigation by USA Today reveal?2.What response did UAS Todays report draw?3.How did parents feel in the face of the experts studies?4.What is the view of the 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics?5.Of the dangers in everyday life, the author thinks that people have most to fear from（ ）.问题1选项A.Heav
11、y metals in lab tests threaten childrens health in Berkeley.B.Berkeley residents are quite contented with their surroundings.C.The air quality around Berkeleys school campuses is poor.D.Parents in Berkeley are over-sensitive to cancer risks their kids face.问题2选项A.A heated debate.B.Popular support.C.
12、Widespread panic.D.Strong criticism.问题3选项A.They felt very much relieved.B.They were frightened by the evidence.C.They didnt know who to believe.D.They werent convinced of the results.问题4选项A.It is important to quantify various concrete hazards.B.Daily accidents pose a more serious threat to children.
13、C.Parents should be aware of childrens health hazards.D.Attention should be paid to toxic chemical exposure.问题5选项A.the uncertainB.the quantifiableC.an earthquakeD.unhealthy food【答案】第1题:C第2题:A第3题:C第4题:B第5题:A【解析】第1题:细节事实题。由文章第一段中So you can imagine the reaction when a recent USA Today investigation of
14、air quality around the canons schools singled out those in the smugly green village of Berkeley, Calif, as being among the worst in the country.（因此，你可以想象，最近今日美国对全国学校周围空气质量的调查，将加利福尼亚州的伯克利绿色村庄也列为全国空气质量状况最差的地区之中）可知选C。第2题:细节事实题。由文章第二段第一句中Since December, when the report came out, the mayor, neighborhood
15、activists and various parent-teacher associations have engaged in a fierce battle over its validity（自去年12月该报告发布以来，市长、社区积极分子和各种家长教师协会就该报告的有效性展开了激烈的讨论）可知选A。第3题:细节事实题。由文章第二段中With all sides presenting their own experts armed with conflicting scientific studies, whom should parents believe?（由于各方都提出了一些支持各自观点的专家，但这些专家的科学研究是相互矛盾的，家长应该相信谁？）以及后面的一连串提问，可知父母对这些观点感到困惑，不知道该相信谁，因此选C。第4题:推理判断题。由文章最后一段中A 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics explained that nervous parents have more to fear from fire, car accidents and drowning than from toxic chemical exposure.（儿科杂志2004年的一份报告解释说，神经紧张的父母对火灾、车祸和溺水的恐惧比有毒化学暴露更多
