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1、2022年考博英语-云南大学考试题库及模拟押密卷（含答案解析）1. 单选题I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room a womens group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him
2、 on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands dont talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said “Shes the talker in our family.” The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. “I
3、ts true,” he explained. “When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didnt keep the conversation going, wed spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home.
4、 And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed but only a few of the men gave lack of communication as
5、 the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequitie
6、s, such as, having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. Instead, they focused on communication: “He doesnt listen to me” “He doesnt talk to me.” I found, a
7、s Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfa
8、st table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.1.What is most wives main expectation of their husbands?2.Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc” (Line 3, Para.2) most probably means（ ）.3.All of the following are true EXCE
9、PT（ ）.4.Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?5.In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on（ ）.问题1选项A.Talking to them.B.Trusting them.C.Supporting their careers.D.Sharing housework.问题2选项A.generating motivationB.exerting inf
10、luenceC.causing damageD.creating pressure问题3选项A.men tend to talk more in public than women.B.nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation.C.women attach much importance to communication between couples.D.a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse.问题4选项A.The
11、 moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists.B.Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities.C.Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage.D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.问题5选项A.a vivid account of the new book Divorce TalkB.a detailed descr
12、iption of the stereotypical cartoonC.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D.a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker【答案】第1题:A第2题:C第3题:B第4题:D第5题:B【解析】1.推理判断题。定位到文章第一段“Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands
13、 dont talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement.”晚上快结束的时候，我评论说，女人经常抱怨她们的丈夫不跟她们说话。这个人立刻点头表示同意。由此可知大多数妻子都是希望丈夫和她们多多沟通的，因此选项A正确。2.语义推测题。根据句意：这种模式正在对婚姻造成严重破坏。由此可知wreaking havoc和causing damage造成损害意义最为接近，因此选项C正确。3.细节事实题。定位到文章第三段“Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to
14、 millions of cases in the United States every year a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.”。考虑到目前美国近50%的离婚率，每年在美国就会有数百万起这样的案例这简直是一种谈话失败的流行病。美国有近50%的离婚率，但并不都是缺少交流引起的，因此选项B正确。4.主旨大意题。整篇文章由一个真实场景引入到婚姻中的谈话沟通，谈论美国部分家庭的婚姻现状，主要探讨妻子和丈夫对于沟通部分不同看法以及做法，那丈夫在外健谈，在家很少说话的婚姻交谈模式以及妻子想要和丈夫谈话的迫切使得婚姻出现裂痕。选项D符合文意。5.推
15、理判断题。文章最后一段提到能代表当前危机的形象是一个典型的卡通场景，可以推断出作者接下来可能对这个卡通的一些细节进行展开，因此选项B符合题意。2. 单选题I（ ）have written to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.问题1选项A.needntB.oughtnt toC.wouldntD.shouldnt【答案】A【解析】考查虚拟语气。neednt have done“本来不必做”，隐含实际上已经做了，从下文“此后不久他就给我打了电话”可知用neednt have written to him。句意为：我本不必写信给他，因为他后来不久就给我打了电话。A选项正确。3. 单选题It would seem that Miller cannot have been on friendly terms with the gardeners there, or he would have made a（ ）of visiting them.问题1选项A.moveB.useC.pointD.remedy【答案】C【解析】考查固定搭配。move “行动，举措”；use “使用”；point
