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北京外国语大学考博英语阅读真题解析

北京外国语大学考博英语阅读真题解析Text4It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful,provocative magazine cover story,“I love My Children,I Hate MyLife,”is arousing much chatter–nothing gets people talking likethe suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completelyfulfilling,life-enriching experience.Rather than concluding thatchildren make parents either happy or miserable,Senior suggests weneed to redefine happiness:instead of thinking of it as somethingthat can be measured by moment-to-moment joy,we should consider beinghappy as a past-tense condition.Even though the day-to-dayexperience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard,Senior writesthat“the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can laterbe sources of intense gratification and delight.”（PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ:772678537)毫无疑问，Jennifer Senior在有煸动意味的的杂志封面故事中表达了她的独到见解，“我爱我的孩子们，我讨厌我的生活”——这唤起了人们的谈兴。

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北京外国语大学考博英语模拟真题及其解析Directions:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A―G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps.A new volcano was being born.Geng duo yuan xiao wan zheng kao bo ying yu zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lian xi quan guo mian fei zi xun dian hua:si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiu qi ba ,huo jia zi xun qq: qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi.The volcano in the cornfield grew until it was bigger than the cornfield! 1 People called the volcano the Little Monster because it grew so fast. Scientists came from all over the world to study it and watch it grow. It is not often that people get a chance to watch a volcano from the very beginning.Most of the volcanoes have been here for a very long time. Some have been here so long that now they are cold. They are called dead volcanoes. They have stopped throwing out fire and melted rock and smoke. It is safe to walk on them. Farms are plowed on the quiet slopes, and people have built houses there.Some volcanoes have stopped throwing out hot rock, but they still smoke a little now and then. They are "sleeping" volcanoes. Sometime they may "wake up".2Today volcanoes are not so dangerous for people as they were along time ago. Now we know more about why volcanoes do what they do, and we can usually tell when they are going to do it. 3People used to think dragons under the earth caused volcanoes. They said the smoke that puffed above the ground was the dragon's breath. They said the earthquakes were caused by the dragon's moving around down in the earth. Now we know that this is not true. Another thing we know about volcanoes is that they don't happen just anywhere. 4 Scientists know where these places are, and maps have been made to let everybody know.There are different kinds of volcanoes. Some explode so violently that the rock goes high into the air and falls miles away. A volcano may shoot out ashes so high that they float all the way around the world. They have made the sunsets green and the snow purple. 5One very tall volcano stays fiery red at the top all the time. It is lucky that the volcano is near the ocean. Sailors can use it for a lighthouse.[A]Othervolcanoes are more gentle. The hot lava rises in their cones and overflows, rolling slowly down the mountainside, where it becomes cool and hard.[B]Black smoke puffed out. Hot ashes fell like black snowflakes. Hot rock and fire and lava shot out.[C]Smokepuffed up, and rock started popping up out of a crack that opened in the ground.[D]Avolcano named Vesuvius slept for a thousand years. But it woke up and threw out so much hot melted rock that it buried the buildings of two cities.[E]Beforea sleeping volcano wakes up, it usually makes a noise like faraway thunder, and the ground shakes in small earthquakes. People are warned and have time to get away safely.[F]Avolcano starts from a hole in the ground from which hot rock and smoke and steam come out. Far, far under the ground it is so hot that rock melts. This hot meltedrock, or lava, is sometimes pushed out of the earth through a hole or a crack in the ground. The steam inside the earth pushes the rock out.[G]Thereare certain places under the earth where the rock is broken in a way that lets the steam and hot rock escape to the outside more easily.答案及详解1.B。

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Please write very clearly.I Define TEN of the followi ng terms and the n tran slate them into Chin ese.I.register 2. dialect 3. li nguistic pote ntial 4. critical period hypothesis5. displaceme nt6. duality of structure7. extrapositi on8. gradual adjective9. deducti on 10. idiolect 11. lateralizatio n 12. retrospect ion13. pho neme 14. right branching direct ion 15. rule-gover ned behavior16. speech syn thesis 17. behaviourism 18. null operator moveme nt19. story grammar 20. traditi onal grammarII.Read carefully the followi ng passage take n from Saussure ' Course in GeneralLinguistics and then discuss its importanee in exploring the nature of Ian guage.Lan guage is a system of sig ns that express ideas, and is therefore comparable to a system of writing, the alphabet of deaf-mutes, symbolic rites, polite formulas, military signals, etc. But it is the most importa nt of all these systems.A scie nce that studies the life of sig ns within society is con ceivable; it would be a part of social psychology and con seque ntly of gen eral psychology; I shall call it semiology. Semiologywould show what con stitutes sig ns, what laws gover n them. Since the scie nce does not yet exist, no one can say what it would be; but it has a right to existence, a place staked out in advance. Linguistics is only a part of the general science of semiology; the laws discovered by semiology will be applicable to linguistics, and the latter will circumscribe a well-defined area within the mass of an thropological facts.To determine the exact place of semiology is the task of the psychologist. The task of the lin guist is to find out what makes Ian guage a special system with in the mass of semiological data. This issue will be taken up again later; here I wish merely to call attention to one thing: if I have succeeded in assigning linguistics a place among the science, it is because I have related it to semiology.III.The following passage is taken from Halliday ' An Introduction to FunctionalGrammar. Read it carefully, expla in what every sentence mea ns and the n comme nt on his theory of Ian guage.The basic oppositi on, in grammars of the sec ond half of the twen tieth cen tury, is not that betwee n 'structuralist' and 'generative' as set out the public debates of the 1960s.There are manyvariables in the way grammars are written, and any clustering of these is bound to distort the picture; but the more fundamental opposition is between those that are primarily syntagmatic in orientation (by and large the formal grammars, with their roots in logic and philosophy) and those that are primarily paradigmatic (by and large the functional ones, with their roots in rhetoric and ethnography) The former interpret a language as a list of structures, among which, as a distinct second step, regular relationships may be established (hence the introduction of transformations); they tend to emphasize universal features of language, to take grammar (which they call syntax) as the foundation of language (hence the grammar is arbitrary), and so to be organized around the sentence. The later interpret a language as a network of relations, with structurescoming in as the realization of these relationships; they tend to emphasize variables among differentlanguages, to take semantics as the foundation (hence the grammar is natural) and so to be organized around the text, or discourse, There are many cross-currents, with insights borrowed from one to the other; but they are ideologically fairly different and it is often difficult to maintain a dialogue.IV.The following passage is take from Peter Barb's Word Play: What Happens When People Talk (1973). Read it carefully and then comment on linguistic relativity.Such a connection between language and thought is rooted in common-sense beliefs, but no one gave much attention to the matter before Wilhelm von Humboldt, the 19th century German philologist and diplomat. He statedthat the structure of a language expresses the inner life of its speakers: "Man lives with the world abut him, principally, indeed exclusively, as language presents it." In this century, the case for a close relationship between language and reality was stated by Edward Sapir: "Human beings d not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular Ianguage which has become the medium for their society. The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent built up on the language habits of the group. No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached."About 1932 one of Sapir's students at Yale, Benjamin Lee Whorf, drew on Sapir's ideas and began an intensive study of the language of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Whorf's brilliant analysis of Hopi places common-sense beliefs about language and thought on a scientific basis -- and it also seemed to support the view that man is a prisoner of his language. Whorf concluded that language "is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather is itself the shaper of ideas. … we dissect nature along lines laid down by ourartive Ianguages."V.Please give the main content of Grice's Cooperative Principle with its four maxims explained and then discuss conversational implicatures of Group A (in which no maxim is violated), Group B (in which a maxim is violated), and Group C (in which a maxim is flouted by means ofa figure of speech).VI.The following is a passage by Chomsky. Read it carefully and then discuss th e difference between Chomsky's theory of linguistics and other approaches in linguistics.Generative grammar arose in the context of what is often called “the cognitive revolutionthe 1950s, and was an important factor in its development. Whether or not the term“ revol uappropriate, there was an important change of perspective: from the study of behavior and its products (such as texts), to the inner mechanisms that enter into thought and action. The cognitive perspective regards behavior and its products not as the object of inquiry, but as data that may provide evidence about the inner mechanisms of mind and the ways these mechanisms operate in executing actions and interpreting experience. The properties and patterns that were the focus of attention in structural linguistics find their place, but as phenomena to be explained along with innumerable others, in terms of the inner mechanisms that generate expressions. The approach is“ mentalistic, ” but in what should be an uncontroversial sense. It is concerned with “m of the world, ”which stand alongside its mechanical, chemical, optical, and other aspects. It undertakes to study a real object in the natural world —the brain, its states, and its functions —and thus to move the study of the mind toward eventual integration with the biological science.(Chomsky, N. 2000. New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind)VII.The following is taken from Bloomfield's Language about the famous story of Jack and Jill which is often quoted to illustrate Bloomfield's behaviorism inlinguistics. Read it carefully and discuss how Bloomfield explains the process of stimulus and response and point out where he is wrong.Suppose that Jack and Jill are walking down a lane. Jill is hungry. She sees an apple in a tree. She makes a noise with her larynx, tongue and lips. Jack vaults the fence, climbs the tree, take the apple, brings it to Jill, and places it in her hand. Jill eats the apple.This succession of events could be studies in many ways, but we, who are studying language, will naturally distinguish between the act of speech and the other occurrences, which we shall call practical events . Viewed in this way, the incident consists of three parts in order of time:A.Practical events preceding the act of speech.B.Speech.C.Practical events following the act of speech.We shall examine first the practical events: A and C. The events in A concern mainly the speaker, Jill. She was hungry; that is, some of her muscles were contracting, and some fluids were being secreted, especially in her stomach. Perhaps she was also thirsty; her tongue and throat were dry. The light-waves reflected from the red apple struck her eyes. She saw Jack by her side. Her past dealings with Jack should now enter into the picture; ket us suppose that they consisted in some ordinary relation, like that of brother and sister or that of husband and wife. All these events, which precede Jill's speech and concern her, we call the speaker's stimulus.We now turn to C, the practical events which came after Jill's speech. These concern mainly the hearer, Jack, and consist of his fetching the apple and giving it to Jill. The practical events which follow the speech and concern the hearer, we call the hearer's response. The events which follow the speech concern also Jill, and this in very important way: she gets the apple into hergrasp and eats it.。

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②定向：录取后仍与本⼈所在⼯作单位保持⼈事⼯作关系，读博期间个⼈⼈事档案及户⼝不转⼊学校，毕业后回定向单位⼯作。

（⼆）学习年限：学校博⼠研究⽣均须全⽇制脱产学习。

有⼯作单位的考⽣，读博期间可与⼯作单位保持⼈事⼯作关系，但在培养期内必须全⽇制脱产学习。

学校不招收业余制博⼠⽣班。

学校博⼠研究⽣基本学习年限为3年。

（三）复试要求1、英语语⾔⽂学专业要求⽤英⽂撰写攻读博⼠研究⽣的研究计划（3—5页），请在复试时提交纸版。

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在满⾜上述基本要求的基础上，复试内容及具体要求由各专业⾃定。

复试时间原则上不少于30分钟。

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考⽣总成绩包括两部分，即初试成绩、复试成绩。

4、关于录取：复试结束后，各专业根据考⽣总成绩名次（按⽅向排名）提交建议拟录取名单，经外国语学院复试与录取⼯作领导⼩组审定后上报研究⽣院招⽣办审批。

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随着竞争的激烈，考生对于北大考博英语真题的解析和答案掌握变得尤为重要。

本文将针对北大考博英语真题进行深入解析，帮助考生更好地准备考试。

首先，我们先来看一道真题，然后对其进行解析。

以下是一道典型的北大考博英语阅读理解题：Passage 1It is tempting, but misleading, to picture the history of African-Ameri-cans hid-den, waiting passively for progress to come. In fact, what we find over and over again in black history is the story of black people shaping their own lives and destinies. At the heart of this struggle has been the quest for education, knowledge, and just treatment— issues that have defined a people fighting for dignity and opportunity.Which of the fol-lowing would be the best title for the passage?A. The Struggles of African-AmericansB. The Importance of EducationC. African-American HistoryD. Resilience and Progress解析：本题是一道主旨题，要求找出这篇文章的最佳标题。

我们可以通过文章的主要内容和观点来选择正确答案。

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Vivendi, a French media group, will pool its games unit, plus $1.7 billion in cash, with Activision; the combined entity will then offer to buy back shares from Activision shareholders, raising Vivendi's stake in the resulting firm to as much as 68%.（PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ: s i jiu san san qi yi liu er liu ）Activision's boss, Bobby Kotick, will remain at the helm of the new company, to be known as Activision Blizzard in recognition of Vivendi's main gaming asset: its subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment, the firm behind “World of Warcraft”, an online swords-and-sorcery game with 9.3m subscribers. The deal was unexpected, but makes excellent strategic sense, says Piers Harding-Rolls of Screen Digest, a consultancy. Activision has long coveted “World of Warcraft”, and Vivendi gets a bigger games division and Activision's talented management team to run it. As well as making sense for both parties, the $18.9 billion deal—the biggest ever in the video-games industry—says a lot about the trends now shaping the business.The first is a push into new markets, especially online multiplayer games, which are particularly popular in Asia, and “casual” games that appeal to people who do not regard themselves as gamers. “World of Warcraft”is the world's most popular online subscription-based game and is hugely lucrative. Blizzard will have revenues of $1.1 billion this year and operating profits of $520m. “World of Warcraft” is really “a social network with many entertainment components,” says Mr Kotick.Similarly, he argues, “Guitar Hero” and other games that use new kinds of controller, rather than the usual buttons and joysticks, are broadening the appeal of gaming by emphasising its social aspects, since they are easy to pick up and can be played with friends. Social gaming, says Mr Kotick, is “the most powerful trend” building new audiences for the industry. He is clearly excited at the prospect of using Blizzard's expertise to launch an online version of “Guitar Hero” for Asian markets. Online music games such as “Audition Online”, which started in South Korea, are “massive in Asia,” says Mr Harding-Rolls.A second trend is media groups' increasing interest in gaming. Vivendi owns UniversalMusic, one of the “big four” record labels. As the record industry's sales decline, it makes sense to move into gaming, a younger, faster-growing medium with plenty of cross-marketing opportunities. (Activision might raid Universal's back catalogue for material for its music games, for example, which might in turn boost music sales.) Other media groups are going the same way. Last year Viacom, an American media giant, acquired Harmonix, the company that originally created “Guitar Hero”. It has been promoting its new game, “Rock Band”, using its MTV music channel. Viacom has also created online virtual worlds that tie in with several of its television programmes, such as “Laguna Beach” and “Pimp My Ride”. Disney bought Club Penguin, a virtual world for children, in August. And Time Warner is involved in gaming via its Warner Bros Home Entertainment division, which publishes its own titles and last month bought TT Games, the British firm behind the “Lego Star Wars” games.1. The merger of these two companies are out of expection because_____[A] they aim to design marriage games which sound really weird.[B] it is difficult for big companies of two different nations to end up in successful cooperation.[C] their games are by no means similar to each other in terms of their styles.[D] it would be illegal for them to buy back the shares.2. Why Piers Harding-Rolls thinks this marriage has strategic sense?[A] Activision has been longing to cooperate with “World of Warcraft”.[B] Vivendi could get bigger portion and better management resources from Activision.[C] This deal is beneficial to both sides for they can combine their talents to make various games.[D] This deal make them become decisive factor of this industry’s trend in the future.3. The word “lucrative” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means_____[A] profitable.[B] luxurious.[C] entertaining.[D] populous.4. The first trend shaping the industry is _____[A] pushing people online to develop their own games.[B] building new audiences for the new network of games.[C] promoting games with new kinds of controller.[D] expanding the reign of traditional games and creating new market.5.From the two trends we can infer that_____[A] this merger is a great success because it goes along with both trends.[B] this deal can strengthen both parties to surpass the other media giants.[C] this allied group is powerful enough to shape the industry’s trends.[D] it is indeed of strategic sense to have initiate and carry out the merger.篇章剖析：本篇文章讲述了两个游戏公司Activision和Vivendi的“联姻”。

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北京大学考博英语模拟试卷8(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Structure and V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Cloze 4. Proofreading 5. WritingStructure and V ocabulary1．This book will show the readers_____can be used in other contexts.A．how that they have observedB．how what they have observedC．that how they have observedD．that they have observed正确答案：B解析：how what they have observed can be used in other contexts“如何将他们所观察到的应用于其它情况”，what they have observed作宾语从句的主语，how 引出宾语从句，其它三个答案不合句型。

2．Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it_____in Cuba.A．being cultivatedB．been cultivatedC．having cultivatedD．cultivating正确答案：A解析：find后面可以跟现在分词或过去分词的复合结构。

本题中的found it being cultivated是跟现在分词的被动态。

3．One of the requirements for a fire is that the material_____to its burning temperature.A．heatedB．be heatedC．to be heatedD．being heated正确答案：B解析：本题测试虚拟语气。

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北外英语专业考研真题I.Reading Comprehension (60 points).AMultiple Choice (36 points).Please read the following passages and choose A, B, C or D to best complete the statements about them.The Greening of AmericaHow America is likely to take over leadership of the fight against climate change; and how it can getit right.A country with a presidential system tends to get identified with its leader. So, for the rest of the world, America is George Bushs America right now. Itis the country that has mismanaged the Iraq war; holds prisoners without trial at Guantnamo Bay; restricts funding for stem-cell research because of fundamentalist religious beliefs; and destroyed the chance of a global climate-change deal based on the Kyoto Protocol.But to simplify thus is to misunderstandespecially in the case of the huge, federal America. One of its great strengths is the diversity of its political, economic and cultural life. While the White House dug its heels in on global warming, much of the rest of the country was moving. Thats what forced the presidents concession to greens in the state-of-the-union address. His poll ratings sinking under the weight of Iraq, President Bush is grasping for popular issues to keep him afloat; and global warming has evidently become such an issue. Albeit in the context of energy security, a now familiar concern of his, President Bush spoke for the first time to Congress of the serious challenge of global climate change and proposed measures designed, in part, to combat it.Its the weather, appropriately, that has turned public opinionstarting with Hurricane Katrina. Scientists had been warning Americans for years that the risk of extreme weather events would probably increase as a result of climate change. But scientific papers do not drive messages home as convincingly asthe destruction of a city. And the heat wave that torched Americas west coast last year, accompanied by a constant drip of new research on melting glaciers and dying polar bears, has only strengthened thebelief that something must be done.Business is changing its mind too. Five years ago corporate America was solidly against carbon controls. But the threat of a patchwork of state regulations, combined with the opportunity to profit from new technologies, began to shift business attitudes. And that movement has gained momentum, because companies that saw their competitors espouse carbon controls began to fear that, once the government got down to designing regulations, they would be left out of the discussion if they did not jump on the bandwagon. So now the loudest voices are not resisting change but arguing for it.Support for carbon controls has also grown among some unlikely groups: security hawks (who want to reduce Americas dependence on Middle Eastern oil); farmers (who like subsidies for growing the rawmaterial for ethanol); and evangelicals (who worrythat man should looking after the Earth God gave him a little better). This alliance has helped persuade politicians to move. Arnold Schwarzenegger,Californias Republican governor, has led the advance, with muscular measures legislating Kyoto-style curbsin his state. His popularity has rebounded as a result. And now there is movement too at the federal level, which is where it really matters. Bills to tackle climate change have proliferated. And three of the serious candidates for the presidency in 20__John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obamaare allpushing for federal measures.Unfortunately, President Bushs newfound interestin climate change is coupled with, and distorted by, his focus on energy security. Reducing Americas petrol consumption by 20% 20__, a target he announced in the state-of-the-union address, would certainly diminish the countrys dependence on Middle Eastern oil, but the way he plans to go about it may not be eitherefficient or clean. Increasing fuel-economy standardsfor cars and trucks will go part of the way, but for most of the switch America will have to rely on a greater use of alternative fuels. That means ethanol (inefficient because of heavy subsidies and hightariffs on imports of foreign ethanol) or liquefied coal (filthy because of high carbon emissions) The measure of President Bushs failure to tackle this issue seriously is his continued rejection of the only two clean and efficient solutions to climate change. One is a carbon tax, which this paper has long advocated. The second is a cap-and-trade system of the sort Europe introduced to meet the Kyoto targets. It would limit companies emissions while allowing them to buy and sell permits to pollute. Either system should, by setting a price on carbon, discourage emission; and, in doing so, encourage the development and use of cleaner-energy technologies. Just as Americas adoption of catalytic converters led eventually to the worlds conversion to lead-free petrol, so its drive to clean-energy technologies will ensure that these too spread.A tax is unlikely because of Americas aversion to that three-letter word. Given that, it should go for a tough cap-and-trade system. In doing so, it canusefully learn from Europes experience. First, get good data. Europe failed to do so: companies weregiven too many permits, and emissions have therefore not fallen. Second, auction permits (which are, in effect, money) rather than giving them away free. Europe gave them away, which allowed polluters to make windfall profits. This will be a huge fight; for, if the federal government did what the Europeans did, it would hand out $40 billion to $50 billion in permits. Third, set a long time-horizon. Europeans do not know whether carbon emissions will still be constrainedafter 20__, when Kyoto runs out. Since most clean-energy projects have a payback period of more thanfive years, the system thus fails to encourage green investment.One of Americas most admirable characteristics is its belief that it has a duty of moral leadership. At present, however, its not doing too well on that score.Global warming could change that. By tackling the issue now it could regain the high moral ground (at the same time forging ahead in the clean-energy business, which Europe might otherwise dominate). And it looks as though it will; for even if the Toxic Texan continues to evade the issue, his successor will grasp it.(1)It can be inferred from the first paragraphthat ________.[A]America is busy dealing with the Iraq war and the Guantnamo Bay prisoners[B]America is interested in stem-cell research[C]America despises the global climate-change deal[D]America declines to sign the Kyoto protocol(2)Dig ones heels in in the second paragraph means _______.[A]improve by pressure[B]judge by oneself[C]refuse to change ones mind[D]pay more attention to(3)Which is NOT the reason that causes the corporate America to change its mind over carbon controls ________.[A]The state regulations are getting strict[B]There is an opportunity to profit from new technologies[C]Some competitors approve of carbon controls[D]The loudest voices are supporting carbon controls(4)According to the author, which is NOT a practicable way to reduce carbon emissions in America _______.[A]Imposition of a carbon tax[B]Establishment of a cap-and-trade system[C]Permission to buy and sell permits to pollute[D]Setting a price on carbon(5)Because of the Americans distaste for tax, the author suggests that all of the following should be done EXCEPT that ________.[A]a suitable number of permits be offered[B]the price for the permits be set[C]carbon emissions be tackled in a long-term view[D]carbon emissions be loosened after 20__(6)The polluters windfall profits (para. 8) stands for _______.[A]the privilege granted by the permits[B]the unexpected lucky gain from the permits[C]the financial support from the federal government[D]the illegal interests made by the polluters。

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北京外国语大学考博英语真题摘录Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numberedblank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10points)Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just howsmart humans are.1the fruit-fly experiments described in CarlZimmer’s piece in the Science Times on Tuesday.Fruit flies who weretaught to be smarter than the average fruit fly2to live shorter lives.This suggests that3bulbs burn longer,that there is an4in not beingtoo terrifically bright.Intelligence,it5out,is a high-priced option.It takes moreupkeep,burns more fuel and is slow6the starting line because itdepends on learning—a gradual7—instead of instinct.Plenty ofother species are able to learn,and one of the things they’veapparently learned is when to8.（PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ:772678537) Is there an adaptive value to9intelligence?That’s the questionbehind this new research.I like it.Instead of casting a wistfulglance10at all the species we’ve left in the dust I.Q.-wise,itimplicitly asks what the real11of our own intelligence might be.This is12the mind of every animal I’ve ever met.Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder whatexperiments animals would13on humans if they had the chance.Everycat with an owner,14,is running a small-scale study in operantconditioning.we believe that15animals ran the labs,they would test us to16the limits of our patience,our faithfulness,our memory for terrain.They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really17,not merely how much of it there is.18,they would hope to study a19question:Are humans actually aware of the world they live in?20the results are inconclusive.1.[A]Suppose[B]Consider[C]Observe[D]Imagine2.[A]tended[B]feared[C]happened[D]threatened3.[A]thinner[B]stabler[C]lighter[D]dimmer4.[A]tendency[B]advantage[C]inclination[D]priority5.[A]insists on[B]sums up[C]turns out[D]puts forward6.[A]off[B]behind[C]over[D]along7.[A]incredible[B]spontaneous[C]inevitable[D]gradual8.[A]fight[B]doubt[C]stop[D]think9.[A]invisible[B]limited[C]indefinite[D]different10.[A]upward[B]forward[C]afterward[D]backward11.[A]features[B]influences[C]results[D]costs12.[A]outside[B]on[C]by[D]across13.[A]deliver[B]carry[C]perform[D]apply14.[A]by chance[B]in contrast[C]as usual[D]for instance15.[A]if[B]unless[C]as[D]lest16.[A]moderate[B]overcome[C]determine[D]reach17.[A]at[B]for[C]after[D]with18.[A]Above all[B]After all[C]However[D]Otherwise19.[A]fundamental[B]comprehensive[C]equivalent[D]hostile20.[A]By accident[B]In time[C]So far[D]Better stillSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (40points)Text1Habits are a funny thing.We reach for them mindlessly,setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.“Not choice,but habit rules the unreflecting herd,”William Wordsworth said in the19th century.In theever-changing21st century,even the word“habit”carries a negative connotation.So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation.But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits,we create parallel synaptic paths,and even entirely new brain cells,that can jump our trains of thought onto new,innovative tracks.But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits;once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain,they’re there to stay.Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.“The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,”says Dawna Markova,author of“The Open Mind”and an executive change consultant for Professional Thinking Partners.“But we are taught instead to‘decide,’just as our president calls himself‘the Decider.’”She adds,however,that“to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one.A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware, she says.Researchers in the late1960covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically,procedurally,relationally(or collaboratively)and innovatively.At puberty,however,the brain shuts down half of that capacity,preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure,meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.“This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,”explains M.J.Ryan,author of the2006book“This Year I Will...”and Ms. Markova’s business partner.“That’s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness.Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.21.The view of Wordsworth habit is claimed by being.[A]casual[B]familiar[C]mechanical[D]changeable.22.The researchers have discovered that the formation of habit can be.[A]predicted[B]regulated[C]traced[D]guided23.”ruts”(in line one,paragraph3)has closest meaning to.[A]tracks[B]series[C]characteristics[D]connections24.Ms.Markova’s comments suggest that the practice of standardized testing?[A]prevents new habits from being formed[B]no longer emphasizes commonness[C]maintains the inherent American thinking model[D]complies with the American belief system25.Ryan most probably agree that.[A]ideas are born of a relaxing mind[B]innovativeness could be taught[C]decisiveness derives from fantastic ideas[D]curiosity activates creative mindsText2It is a wise father that knows his own child,but today a man can boost his paternal(fatherly)wisdom–or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad.All he needs to do is shell our$30for paternity testing kit(PTK)at his local drugstore–and another$120to get the results.More than60,000people have purchased the PTKs since they firstbecome available without prescriptions last years,according to Doug Fog,chief operating officer of Identigene,which makes theover-the-counter kits.More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests Directly to the public,ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than$2500.Among the most popular:paternity and kinship testing,which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and latest rage a many passionate genealogists-and supports businesses that offer to search for a family’s geographic roots.Most tests require collecting cells by webbing saliva in the mouth and sending it to the company for testing.All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA.But some observers are skeptical,“There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,”says Trey Duster,a New York University sociologist.He notes that each individual has many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back.Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage,either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father’s line or mitochondrial DNA,which a passed down only from mothers.This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors,even though,for example,just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or,four generations back,14other great-great-grandparents.Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as goodas the reference collections to which a sample is compared.Databases used by some companies don’t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects. This means that a DNA database may differ depending on the company that processes the results.In addition,the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.26.In paragraphs1and2,the text shows PTK’s_________.[A]easy availability[B]flexibility in pricing[C]successful promotion[D]popularity with households27.PTK is used to________.[A]locate one’s birth place[B]promote genetic research[C]identify parent-child kinship[D]choose children for adoption28.Skeptical observers believe that ancestry testing failsto________.[A]trace distant ancestors[B]rebuild reliable bloodlines[C]fully use genetic information[D]achieve the claimed accuracy29.In the last paragraph,a problem commercial genetic testingfaces is________.[A]disorganized data collection[B]overlapping database building30.An appropriate title for the text is most likely tobe________.[A]Fors and Againsts of DNA testing[B]DNA testing and It’s problems[C]DNA testing outside the lab[D]lies behind DNA testingText3The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies;however,the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.We are fortunate that is it, because new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations.The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radical higher productivity and,as a result, radically higher standards of living.Ironically,the first evidence for this idea appeared in theUnited States.Not long ago,with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak,the U.S.workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.S.economic performance.Japan was,and remains,the global leader in automotive-assembly productivity.Yet the research revealed that the U.S.factories of Honda,Nissan,and Toyota achieved about95percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts a result of the training that U.S.workers received on the job.More recently,while examing housing construction,the researchers discovered that illiterate,non-English-speaking Mexican workers in Houston,Texas,consistently met best-practice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industry’s work.What is the real relationship between education and economic development?We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don’t force it.After all,that’s how education got started.When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers10,000years ago,they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food.Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other things.As education improved,humanity’s productivity potential,they could in turn afford more education.This increasingly high level of education is probably a necessary,but not a sufficient,conditionfor the complex political systems required by advanced economic performance.Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education.A lack of formal education,however, doesn’t constrain the ability of the developing world’s workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future.On the contrary,constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn’t developing more quickly there than it is.31.The author holds in paragraph1that the important of education in poor countries_________.[A]is subject groundless doubts[B]has fallen victim of bias[C]is conventional downgraded[D]has been overestimated32.It is stated in paragraph1that construction of a new education system________.[A]challenges economists and politicians[B]takes efforts of generations[C]demands priority from the government[D]requires sufficient labor force33.A major difference between the Japanese and U.S workforces is that________.[A]the Japanese workforce is better disciplined[B]the Japanese workforce is more productive中国考博辅导首选学校[C]the U.S workforce has a better education[D]]the U.S workforce is more organize本文由“育明考博”整理编辑。

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北外考博试题题目一：1. 阅读理解Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions based on what you have read.China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was introduced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, aiming to enhance connectivity, trade, and cooperation between China and countries along the ancient Silk Road routes. The BRI has received both praise and criticism from various scholars and experts.One of the benefits of the BRI is the potential for economic development and poverty reduction. By investing in infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, and ports, China can help improve transportation networks in partner countries. This will not only facilitate the movement of goods and services but also stimulate economic growth and create job opportunities. Many countries along the BRI routes have indeed experienced positive impacts, with increased trade volume and improved living conditions.Another advantage of the BRI is cultural exchange and people-to-people connectivity. As the BRI promotes cooperation in various fields, including education, tourism, and cultural exchanges, it allows for a deeper understanding and appreciation of different cultures. This can contribute to the promotion of mutual respect, understanding, and peace among nations.However, the BRI also faces challenges and criticisms. One of the concerns raised is the debt trap phenomenon. Some argue that China'sextensive lending to partner countries for infrastructure projects may result in unsustainable debt burdens, especially for poorer nations. This financial burden could hinder their long-term development and sovereignty.Additionally, there are concerns regarding environmental sustainability. The construction of large-scale infrastructure projects under the BRI may have adverse effects on the environment, such as deforestation, habitat destruction, and pollution. It is crucial for China and partner countries to work together to ensure environmentally friendly practices are implemented throughout the projects.In conclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative has the potential to bring about significant economic development, cultural exchange, and connectivity benefits. However, it is essential to address the challenges and criticisms to ensure the long-term sustainability and positive impacts of the initiative.1. According to the passage, what is the main goal of China's Belt and Road Initiative?2. List two benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative.3. What are two concerns or criticisms regarding the initiative?题目二：2. 短文改错Directions: The following passage contains 10 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of one error. In each case, only one word is involved.Read the passage carefully and identify the error in each line. If the line contains no error, write "Correct" in the corresponding space.When I was a child, I often visited my grandfather's shop in the town. It was a little, old shop with full of interesting things. There were old books, strange toys, and even some clocks, which were really old and valuable. I used to spend hours to look at each item carefully, imagining the stories behind them. My grandfather would tell me about the histories of some of the items. It was like being in a time capsule, and I loved the atmosphere of the shop. I wish I could back in time to experience it again. While the shop no longer exist, the memories they've left me will always remain.题目三：3. 议论文Directions: In this part, you are required to write an essay on the given topic. You should present your ideas logically and coherently, providing arguments and examples to support your points.Title: The Influence of Social Media on Interpersonal RelationshipsOutline:I. IntroductionA. Briefly introduce the prevalence of social media in today's societyB. State the importance of interpersonal relationshipsII. Advantages of social media on interpersonal relationshipsA. Increased connectivity and communicationB. Facilitation of long-distance relationshipsC. Opportunities for networking and expanding social circlesIII. Disadvantages of social media on interpersonal relationshipsA. Distraction and decreased face-to-face interactionB. Privacy concerns and the "highlight reel" effectC. Misunderstandings and conflicts due to online communicationIV. Recommendations for maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships in the era of social mediaA. Prioritize face-to-face interaction and quality timeB. Use social media mindfully and with moderationC. Foster open and honest communicationV. ConclusionA. Summarize the main points discussed in the essayB. Emphasize the importance of balancing social media use with maintaining meaningful relationships.题目四：4. 实验报告Directions: The following experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of caffeine on short-term memory. Read the report and answer the questions that follow.Title: The Effects of Caffeine on Short-term MemoryIntroduction: This experiment aimed to examine the impact of caffeine on short-term memory performance. Previous studies have indicated that caffeine has both positive and negative effects on cognitive functions, including memory. However, the specific effects on short-term memory have not been extensively researched.Method:1. Participants: 50 healthy adult volunteers (25 males, 25 females) aged between 20-30 years were randomly assigned to two groups.2. Group 1: The experimental group received a caffeine pill containing 200mg of caffeine.3. Group 2: The control group received a placebo pill containing no caffeine.4. Procedure: Participants were instructed to take the pill one hour before the memory test. The memory test consisted of recalling a list of 20 words immediately after presentation.5. Results: The results were recorded as the number of correctly recalled words out of 20.Results:1. Experimental group: The mean number of correctly recalled words was 15.2.2. Control group: The mean number of correctly recalled words was 14.5.Discussion: The findings suggest that caffeine consumption may slightly enhance short-term memory performance. Although the difference between the experimental and control groups was not statistically significant, the experimental group showed a slightly higher mean number of correctly recalled words. Further research with a larger sample size and different memory tasks is recommended to obtain more conclusive results.Conclusion: This experiment provides initial insights into the effects of caffeine on short-term memory but requires further investigation for more comprehensive understanding.Questions:1. What was the goal of the experiment?2. How many participants were in the control group?3. What were the mean numbers of correctly recalled words in the experimental and control groups?4. What is the suggested future direction for research based on the results?5. Write a brief conclusion summarizing the experiment's findings.。

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考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷6(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionAn American literary critic, humorous journalist, essayist, whose comic skepticism about human progress, expressed with penetrating style, is a continuing resource for all lovers of extravagant language. Mencken wrote—according to some estimations—3 000 newspaper columns. During the 15-year period following World War I , Mencken set the standard for satire in his day, and his essays are still widely read. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute(1892—1896), continued to study literature with a private tutor, and worked in his father’s cigar factory(f896—1899). From 1899, when his father died, Mencken was a reporter or editor for several Baltimore papers, among them Baltimore Morning Herald. He later joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun , for which he worked throughout most of his life. From 1916 to 1918 he worked as a war correspondent in Germany and in Russia. Mencken gained a reputation in the trade as a boy wonder, for he was industrious and fertile and learned all there was to learn about a newspaper in a few years. He advanced with alarming rapidity, becoming city editor and two years later managing editor of the Herald, In 1906 when the Herald ceased to exist, Mencken went to the Sunpaper.s as Sunday editor, became an editorial writer, and in 1911 started his column, the Free Lance, in the Evening Sun. He began another series of weekly articles in 1919 and was associated with the Sunpapers, except for one short break, until 1948. At sixty-two Mencken had spent forty-three years as a newspaperman, forty as a writer of books, twenty-five as a reviewer, and twenty as a magazine editor. “I edited both newspapers and magazines, some of them successes and some ol them not, and got a close, confidential view of the manner in which opinion is formulated on this earth. . . Like any other man I have had my disasters and my miseries, and like any other author I have suffered from recurrent depressions and despairs, but taking one year with another I have had a fine time of it in this vale of sorrow, and no call to envy any man. “Mencken suffered a cerebral thrGmbosis(脑血栓) in 1948, from which he never fully recovered, and died on January 29, 1956. (349 words)1．What does the passage mainly discuss?A．Mencken’s life and career.B．Mencken’s literary style.C．Mencken’s reputation in America.D．Mencken’s self-evaluation.正确答案：A解析：B、C和D内容比较具体，不宜作为主题。