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1、考研考博-考博英语-首都师范大学模拟考试题含答案1. 单选题San Francisco climbs and falls over numerous hills, which provide （ ）views of the wide bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.问题1选项A.flashyB.transientC.breathtakingD.ambiguous【答案】C【解析】考查形容词辨析。 flashy “闪光的，瞬间的”； transient “短暂的”；breathtaking “惊人的，惊险的，令人激动的”；ambiguous“模糊不清的”。句意：旧金
2、山位于高低起伏的小山上，能让人们看到令人激动的大湾以及金门桥。由climbs and falls over numerous hills以及空格后的wide bay“宽阔海湾”可知海湾和金门桥的景象是令人激动的。答案C2. 单选题The workers demand are（ ）; they are asking for only a small increase in their wages.问题1选项A.complicatedB.moderateC.abnormalD.commercial【答案】B【解析】考查形容词辨析。complicated “复杂的”；moderate “适度的”；a
3、bnormal “不正常的”；commercial “商业的”。 句意：工人们提出了适度的要求：涨一点工资。由后半句的“only a small increase”可知这种要求是适度的。B项符合题意，答案B3. 单选题The use of sound is widespread as （ ）of animal communicate on.问题1选项A.a meansB.waysC.a toolD.signals【答案】A【解析】考查名词辨析。a means方法，手段；ways方法，道路，方向； a tool工具； signal信号，标志。句意：声音被广泛地用作动物交流的手段。由is 单数可直
4、接排除B项与D项；声音应该是动物交流的一种手段而不是工具。答案A4. 单选题In such a changing and complex society, formerly simple solutions to informational needs become（ ）.问题1选项A.confusingB.acceptableC.complicatedD.feasible【答案】C【解析】考查形容词辨析。 confusing 令人困惑的，混乱的；acceptable 可接受的；complicated 复杂的；feasible 可行的，可用的。句意：在今天这个不断变化的多元社会，以前应对信息需
5、求的简单的解决方法变得复杂。根据changing and complex society及simple solutions可推知以前的简单方法现在变得更复杂。答案C5. 单选题The biographer 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
6、any effort to portray a mind, a soul-the quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family, 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
7、, a kings servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might 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
8、work in the position he or she has in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with the 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 subj
9、ects 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 change us, to invite us to become better than we are. The biographies of Jesus found in the Bible are th
10、is class.Biographers may claim that their account is the authentic one. In advancing this claim, they 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 the
11、y can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, he unauthorized characterization 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
12、is in a position to tell the story of a life, perhaps not even the subjects, and this has been proved 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
13、biography is likely to attract more readers because（ ）.4.In this passage, the author focuses on（ ）.问题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
14、to transform their readers问题2选项A.An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers.B.An authentic 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 reve
15、als a lot of accurate details unknown to outsidersC.it contains interesting information about the subjects 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 characteristics of different kinds of biographies【答案】第1题:A第2题:D第3题:C
