2006考研英语(一)真题及内容答案解析.doc
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1、|2006 考研英语(一)真题及答案解析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 homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population. 1 , homelessness has reached such proportions that local government cant possibly
2、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 numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6 anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. _7_ the figure may vary, analysts
3、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 _10_ this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. _11_when homel
4、ess individuals manage to find a _12_ 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_13_ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have s
5、erious mental disorders. Many others, _14_not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday _15_ skills needed to turn their lives _16_. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are _17_ programs that address the many needs of the homeless. _18_ Ed
6、ward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, _19_it, “There has to be _20 _of programs. What we need is a package deal.”1.AIndeed BLikewise CTherefore DFurthermore2.Astand Bcope Capprove Dretain3.Ain Bfor Cwith Dtoward4.Araise Badd Ctake Dkeep5.Agenerally Balmo
7、st Chardly Dnot6.Acover Bchange Crange Ddiffer7.ANow that BAlthough CProvided DExcept that8.Ainflating Bexpanding Cincreasing Dextending9.Apredicts Bdisplays Cproves Ddiscovers10.Aassist Btrack Csustain Ddismiss11.AHence BBut CEven DOnly12.Alodging Bshelter Cdwelling Dhouse13.Asearching Bstrolling C
8、crowding Dwandering14.Awhen Bonce Cwhile Dwhereas15.Alife Bexistence Csurvival Dmaintenance16.Aaround Bover Con Dup17.Acomplex Bcomprehensive Ccomplementary Dcompensating18.ASo BSince CAs DThus19.Aputs Binterprets Cassumes Dmakes20.Asupervision Bmanipulation Cregulation Dcoordination|Directions: Rea
9、d 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 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing uniformity of dress an
10、d discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledg
11、eable 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.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altoget
12、her elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 199
13、0, 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 majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of or
14、igin 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.” Hence the description of America as a graveyard” for lang
15、uage. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrive 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 do U.S-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation
16、, one third of Hispanic women are married to non- Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants livi
17、ng 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 Americas turbulent past, todays social indices hardly su
18、ggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.21.The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means_.A. identifying B. associatingC. assimilating D. monopolizing22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century_.A. played a role in the spread of popular cultur
19、e.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 American culture.C. are hardly
20、 a threat to the common culture.D. constitute the majority of the population.24. Why are Amold 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 immigrants.D. To show th
21、e powerful influence of American culture.25. In the authors opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is_.A. rewarding B. successfulC. fruitless D. harmfulText 2Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry-William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly separate and in
22、creasingly 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 Hathaways Cotta
23、ge, Shakespeares birthplace and the other sights.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre 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 Shakespeare
24、, 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
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