考研英语模拟试题及答案

考研英语模拟试题及答案

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. (10 points)

The head of a company that says it has produced the first human clone said on Monday that the mother and baby were home following the child's birth last week and genetic proof demanded by scientists and other skeptics should be 1 in a week.

Brigitte Boisselier, chief executive of Clonaid, which is linked to a group that 2 mankind was created by extraterrestrials, 3 to say whether the 31-year-old American mother and her child were in the United States or 4 .

Her claim to have cloned a human being last week drew 5 reaction from experts 6 the field and she 7 no proof, 8 said that genetic testing was 9 for Tuesday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration strongly opposes human cloning, 10 was showed in many occasions， said on Friday it was "taking steps to 11 " Clonaid's claim. It 12 the implantation of a cloned baby into a woman is 13 in the United States14 FDA approval.

Clonaid was 15 by the creator of the Raelian Movement, a group 16 claims 55,000 17 around the world and 18 that life on Earth was sparked by 19 who arrived 25,000 years ago and 20 humans through cloning.

1. [A] complicated [B] available [C] durable [D]disposable

2. [A] reports [B]intensifies [C] claims [D] believes

3. [A]denied [B] opposed [C] distinguished [D]declined

4. [A]anywhere [B]nowhere [C] otherwhere [D]elsewhere

5. [A] content [B] skeptical [C]critical [D]obvious

6. [A] in [B] on [C] upon [D]from

7. [A]indicated [B]manifested [C] offered [D]provided

8. [A] but [B] but also [C]although [D]despite of

9. [A] required [B]speculated [C] scheduled [D]disposed

10.[A]than [B]as [C] but [D]that

11.[A]look [B] inquire [C] investigate [D]study

12.[A] said [B] showed [C] is said [D]manifested

13.[A]improper [B] illogical [C] impossible [D] illegal

14.[A] from [B] without [C]against [D]under

15.[A] raised [B] founded [C] produced [D]manufactured

16.[A] which [B] that [C] what [D]unless

17.[A] participants [B] opponents [C] followers [D]counterparts

18.[A] asserts [B] estimated [C]announced [D]predicts

19.[A] materials [B] extraterrestrials [C] substances [D]things

20.[A] discovered [B]produced [C] created [D]invented

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

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) TEXT 1

How should one read a book? In the first place, I want to emphasize the question mark at the end of my beginning sentence. Even if I could answer the question for myself, the answer would apply only to me and not to you. The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusion. If this is agreed