2012年考研《英语》(二)模拟试卷(7)

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第 45 题

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第 42 题

第 40 题 The tone of the text c

• an
• be best des
• cribe
• d as（　　）    [A] confident and optimistic    [B] scientific and detached    [C] discouraged and alarmed    [D] polite and sensitive

根据下面材料，回答第 41～45 题：

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第 38 题

• According to the text, family sta
• bility depends on ________.（　　）    [A] the
• coupies' earning ability    [B] a network of social an
• d legal support    [C] how much possessions the couple have before marriage    [D] the relative balance between the benefits and costs of marriage

第 39 题 The

• author argues that（　　）    [A] AFDC regulations are to
• blame for family instability    [B] the agreement between
• couples reinforces martial stability    [C] expecte
• d AFDC income helps to strengthen family stability    [D] public assistance upsets the balance between benefit and cost of marriage

第 37 题 The word "stigm

• a" in the last sentence of Paragraph 1 most pro
• bably means ________.（　　）    [A] status    [B] disgra
• ce    [C] perspective    [
• D] benefit

第 35 题 The best title for the text is _______.（　　）

[

• A] The Pro
• blem of World Poverty    [B] Mr. Sumner's Resear
• ch of Poverty    [C] The Poverty of Mi
• ddle,income Countries    [D] The Financial Aid of the World Poverty

根据下面材料，回答第 36～40 题：

第 36 题 Some criticize the current welfare regulations because（　　）

[A] the guaranteed income measures are increased

[B] those regulations encourage family dissoluti0n

[C] they expand the set of families eligible for family assistance

[D] the low-income families are not given enough family assistance grants

第 34 题 Which of the following is NOT true

• according to the last paragraph?（　　）    [A] America will conduct an international-wide aid.    [
• B] The national-wide finan
• cial ai
• d is proved helpful.    [C] Obama doesn't think highly of American aid system.    [D] Mr. Sumner's research is proved of great value.

第 33 题 The word "bonfire" ( Line 5, P

• ara.3.) most pro
• bably means_______.（　　）    [A] su
• ccess    [B] re
• duction    [C] faiiure    [D] expansion

第 32 题 By citing the f

• act that "the num
• ber had shrunk to 39 out of 220" ( Line 3-4, Para.2), the author sug- gests that _______.（　　）    [A] the poverty in the middle-in
• come countries is alleviate
• d tremendously    [B] the life of children in the middle-income countries has become better    [C] poor people's living conditions don't change although the number reduced    [D] the financial ai

根据下面材料，回答第 31～35 题：

第 31 题 We can infer from the first paragraph that _______.（　　）

[A] the past central operating assumption conforms to the present condition

[B] the poor in middle-income countries have outnumbered those in Africa

[C] most of the impoverished "bottom billion" have emigrated from Africa

[D] the poor in middle-income countries are quite odd in behavior.

第 30 题

• According to Lawrence Yun, the future of the house sales will ______.（　　）    [A] remain in the same depressing situation    [
• B] be
• come worse because of the financial crisis    [C] turn into a goo
• d situation in no time    [D] be depressing for a short time and then be better

第 29 题

• As for "distressed sales", which of the following statements is TRUE?（　　）    [A] It occupies 35% to 40% of the whole house sales in the history.    [
• B] It is made up of both the fore
• close
• d homes and short sales.    [C] It prevents people from selling their houses too cheaply.    [D] It has little influence on the formerly prosperous housing market.

第 28 题 We c

• an infer from Paragraph 5 that ______.（　　）    [A] home prices has fallen down 28% compared with what's in mid-2006    [
• B] many fore
• close
• d homes have been abandoned by their former owners    [C] home prices might fall down 28% fi'om their peak in mid-2006 in the future    [D] more foreclosed homes have been abandoned because of the falling price

第 25 题 The author's attitude towards the future of energy field is（　　）

根据下面材料，回答第 26～30 题：

第 26 题 Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?（　　）

[A] Sales of existing homes consistently increase in recent five years.

[B] Analysts warn people against reading too much report about the increasing sales.

[C] Increasing existing home sales reflect the conditions before the latest upheaval in financial markets.

[D] Increasing existing home sales increase people's preference of the recession.

第 27 题 Wh

• at can
• be inferred from Sal Guatieri's
• comments?（　　）    [A] House sales worsene
• d other sectors of the economy.    [B] House sales resulted in the worsened credit crunch.    [C] The credit crunch worsened the whole economy.    [D] Mortgage applications have been falling for

第 24 题 The text states that in Algeria _____,（　　）

第 23 题 It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that solar power __（　　）

第 22 题 According to the text, in America __（　　）

第 20 题 请在（20）处填上最佳答案。

根据下面材料，回答第 21～25 题：

第 21 题 Mr. Pickens' plan is described as "It has come to something" (Line 1, Para.1 ) because（　　）

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根据下列材料，请回答 1～20 题：

第 1 题 请在（1）处填上最佳答案。

第 2 题 请在（2）处填上最佳答案。

第 3 题 请在（3）处填上最佳答案。