1、绝密启用前英语英语（科目代码：201）考生注意事项1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将
2、答题卡和试题册按规定交回。（以下信息考生必须认真填写）考生编号考生姓名2006 年全国硕士研究生招生考试Section I Use of English Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(lOpoints)The homeless make up a growmg percentage of Americas population._1_,homelessness has reached
3、such proportions that local governments cant possibly 2.To help homeless people 3 independence,the federal government must support job training programs,_ 4_ the minimum wage,and fund more low-cost housing._5_ everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless.Estimates _6_ anywhere from 60
4、0,000 to 3 million._7 _ the figure may vary,analysts do agree on another matter:that the number of the homeless is_8_.One of the federal governments studies _9_ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to_lQ_ this growing homeless population
5、 has become increasingly difficult.11 when homeless individuals manage to find a _l1_ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night,a good number still spend the bulk of each day _l1_ the street.Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs.A
6、nd a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders.Many others,14 not addicted or mentally ill,simply lack the everyday 15 skills needed to tum their lives 16.Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 17 programs that address the m
7、any needs of the homeless.18 Edward Zlotkowski,director of community service at Bentley College m Massachusetts,19 it,There has to be 20 of programs.Whats needed is a package deal.-1-1.A Indeed 2.A stand 3.A in4.A raise5.A Generally6.A cover7.A Now that8.A inflating9.A predicts10.A assist 11.A Hence
8、 12.A lodging 13.A searching14.A when 15.A life 16.A around 17.A complex 18.A So 19.A puts 20.A supervision Part A Directions:B LikewiseC ThereforeD FurthermoreB copeC approveD retainB forC withD towardB addC takeD keepB AlmostC HardlyD NotB changeC rangeD differB AlthoughC ProvidedD Except thatB ex
9、panding C increasingD extendingB displaysC provesD discoversB trackC sustainD dismissB ButC EvenD OnlyB shelterC dwellingD houseB strollingC crowdingD wanderingB onceC whileD whereasB existenceC survivalD maintenanceB overC onD upB comprehensive C complementary D compensatingB SinceC AsD ThusB inter
10、pretsC assumesD makesB manipulation C regulationD coordinationSection II Reading Comprehension Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)-2-Text 1 In spite of endless talk of difference,American society is
11、 an amazing machine for homogenizing people.There is the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse,and the casualness and absence of deference characteristic of popular culture.People are absorbed into a culture of consumption launched by the 19thcentury department stores that offered vast arr
12、ays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite these were stores anyone could enter,regardless of class or background.This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.The mass media,advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Imm
13、igrants are quickly fitting into this common culture,which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous.Writing for the National Immigration Forum,Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation.In 1998 immigrants were 9.8
14、 percent of the population;in 1900,13.6 percent.In the 10 years prior to 1990,3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents;in the 10 years prior to 1890,9.2 for every 1,000.Now,consider three indices of assimilation-language,home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that a majori
15、ty of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.By the third generation,the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families
16、.Hence the description of America as a graveyard for languages.By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent,higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics have higher rates of intermarriage than
17、 do U.S.-born whites and blacks.By the third generation,one third of Hispanic womenare married to non-Hispanics,and 41 percent of Asian-American women are marriedto non-Asians.Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gart
18、h Brooks,yet some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nations assimilative power.Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America?Indeed.It is big enough to have a bit of everything.But particularly when viewed against America
19、s turbulent past,todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.-3-21.The word homogenizing(Line 2,Paragraph 1)most probably meansA identifying.B associating.C assimilating.D monopolizing.22.According to the author,the department stores of the 19th centuryA played a
20、 role in the spread of popular culture.B became intimate shops for common consumers.C satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.D owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.23.The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.A are resistant to homogenization.B exert a great influence on Ame
21、rican culture.C are hardly a threat to the common culture.D constitute the majority of the population.24.Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?A To prove their popularity around the world.B To reveal the publics fear of immigrants.C To give examples of successful im
22、migrants.D To show the powerful influence of American culture.25.In the authors opinion,the absorption of immigrants into American society isA rewarding.B successful.C fruitless.D harmful.-4-Text2 Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly
23、 separate and increasingly hostile branches.There is the Royal Shakespeare Company(RSC),which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon.And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come,not to see the plays,but to look at Anne Hatha
24、ways Cottage,Shakespeares birthplace and the other sights.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theater adds a penny to their revenue.They frankly dislike the RSCs actors,them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness.Its all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shake
25、speare,who earns their living,was himself an actor(with a beard)and did his share of noise-making.The tourist streams are not entirely separate.The sightseers who come by bus-and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side-dont usually see the plays,and some of them are even surpris
26、ed to find a theatre in Stratford.However,the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing.It is the playgoers,the RSC contends,who bring in much of the towns revenue because they spend the night(some of them four or five nights)pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.Th
27、e sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.The townsfolk dont see it this way and the local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Stratford cries poor traditionally.Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing
28、 or cocktail lounge.Hilton is building its own hotel there,which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars,the Lear Lounge,the Banquo Banqueting Room,and so forth,and will be very expensive.Anyway,the townsfolk cant understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy.(The
29、 theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row.Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 per cent occupied all year long and this year theyll do better.)The reason,of course,is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it
30、 would drive away the young people who are Stratfords most attractive clientele.They come entirely for the plays,not the sights.They all seem to look alike(though they come from all over)-lean,pointed,dedicated faces,wearing jeans and sandals,eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the f
31、lagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.-5-26.From the first two paragraphs,we learn thatA the townsfolk deny the RSCs contribution to the towns revenue.B the actors of the RSC imitat
32、e Shakespeare on and off stage.C the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms.D the townsfolk earn little from tourism.27.It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 thatA the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately.B the playgoers spend more money than the sightseers.C the sightse
33、ers do more shopping than the playgoers.D the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater.28.By saying Stratford cries poor traditionally(Line 2,Paragraph 4),the authorimplies thatA Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects.B Stratford has long been in financial difficulties.C the
34、town is not really short of money.D the townsfolk used to be poorly paid.29.According to the townsfolk,the RSC deserves no subsidy becauseA ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending.B the company is financially ill-managed.C the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable.D the theatre
35、 attendance is on the rise.30.From the text we can conclude that the authorA is supportive of both sides.B favors the townsfolks view.C takes a detached attitude.D is sympathetic to the RSC.-6-Text3 When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world,something strange happened to the large animal
36、s:they suddenly became extinct.Smaller species survived.The large,slow-growing animals were easy game,and were quickly hunted to extinction.Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.That the seas are being overfished has been known for years.What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Bor
37、is Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing.They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world.Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass(the amount of living biological matter)of fish species in particular parts of the ocean,but rather changes in
38、 that biomass over time.According to their latest paper published in Nature,the biomass of large predators(animals that kill and eat other animals)in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80%within 15 years of the start of exploitation.In some longfished areas,it has halved again since then.Dr.Worm
39、 acknowledges that these figures are conservative.One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.Todays vessels can find their prey using satellites and sonar,which were not available 50 years ago.That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught,so the real differenc
40、e between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.In the early days,too,longlines would have been more saturated with fish.Some individuals would therefore not have been caught,since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them,leading to an u
41、nderestimate of fish stocks in the past.Furthermore,in the early days of longline fishing,a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been hooked.That is no longer a problem,because there are fewer sharks around now.Dr.Myers and Dr.Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline,which futur
42、e management efforts must take into account.They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists,that of the shifting baseline.The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively s
43、hort time into the past.That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50%of its original levels.Most fisheries are well below that,which is a bad way to do business.-7-31.The extinction o
44、f large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that A large animals were vulnerable to the changing environment.B small species survived as large animals disappeared.C large sea animals may face the same threat today.D slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones.32.We can infer from Dr.Myers and Dr
45、.Worms paper that A the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%.B there are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years ago.C the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20%of the original amount.D the number of large predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in t
46、he old.33.By saying these figures are conservative(Line 1,Paragraph 3),Dr.Worm means that A fishing technology has improved rapidly.B the catch-sizes are actually smaller than recorded.C the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss.D the data collected so far are out of date.34.Dr.Myers and other
47、researchers hold that A people should look for a baseline that can work for a longer time.B fisheries should keep their yields below 50%of the biomass.C the ocean biomass should be restored to its original level.D people should adjust the fishing baseline to the changing situation.35.The author seem
48、s to be mainly concerned with most fisheries A management efficiency.B biomass level.C catch-size limits.D technological application.-8-Text4 Many things make people think artists are weird.But the weirdest may be this:artists only job is to explore emotions,and yet they choose to focus on the ones
49、that feel bad.This wasnt always so.The earliest forms of art,like painting and music,are those best suited for expressing joy.But somewhere from the 19th century onward,more artists began seeing happiness as meaningless,phony or,worst of all,boring,as we went from Wordsworths daffodils to Baudelaire
50、 s flowers of evil.You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modem times have seen so much misery.But its not as if earlier times didnt know perpetual war,disaster and the massacre of innocents.The reason,in fact,may be just the opposite:there is too much damn happiness in
