2013年考研《英语》考前押密试卷(六)

Directions :

Study the following picture carefully and write an essay of 160- 200 words. In your essay, you should

1) describe the picture briefly,

2) interpret the meaning of the picture, and

3) give your comment.

You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

Directions :

You are planning to study in a foreign university. Write a letter of application to ask for some materials. Write to tell them

1) your educational background and

2) what major you want to study.

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. You don't have to write the address. ( 10 points).

Part B

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根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

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Which of the following is NOT mentioned

• as a way to reduce risks of credit card industry?    [A] Charging their users a higher interest rate.    [
• B] Using
• computer programs to track their users.    [C] Imposing a higher application fee on their users.    [
• D] Offering smaller amounts of loans to their users.

Although no longer slavers after the Civil War, American blacks took no significant part in the life of white America except as servants or laborers. Many thousands of them emigrated from the war-ravaged South to the North from 1865 to 1915 in the hope of finding work in the big industrial cities. Whole communities of blacks crowded together into ghettos in New York City, Chicago and Detroit, where once the poor white immigrants had lived.

These ghettos, neglected by the city authorities, became slums. The schools to which black children went were hopelessly inadequate. Unemployment in black ghettos remained consistently higher than in white communities.

41. Serious problems with black ghettos.

Stable family life was difficult to maintain.

42. The extreme poverty of the blacks.

In the late 1970s, nearly a third of all blacks still belonged to the so-called "underclass", they are so " under-privileged " and poor that they cannot seize the opportunity for advancement.

43. Efforts to put an end to racial discrimination.

Race relations in the USA continue to be a thorny problem.

44. Improvements in lives of the blacks.

Despite some setbacks, race relations are improving.

45. Prevailing violence in solving racial problems.

It is said that television had an enormous influence on frustrated and bitter blacks, for it showed them bow much better whites on the whole lived than blacks. At the end of the 1960s, there were serious riots in many cities.

The violence quickly died down. Blacks began to use their votes to exert political pressure. Cities like Atlanta (Georgia), Gary (Indiana), and Los Angeles (California)elected black mayors. Integration of schools, despite resistance from white groups, goes on, and the proportion of blacks in American colleges has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. There are reasons to maintain a cautious optimism that progress in race relations will continue.

[ A] It has been estimated that there are more than 20 million Americans in this category, 10% of the population, including many millions of whites.

[ B ] Blacks are gaining in self-confidence. In more and more areas they are winning control of their communities, and their standard of living is going up faster than that of the poor whites. It is still a hard struggle. There is still prejudice and even some hatred, but in most walks of American life there are now more blacks than ever before.

[ C ] The era of blatant discrimination ended in the 1960s through the courageous actions of thousands of blacks participating in peaceful marches and sitins, to force Southern states to implement the Federal desegregation laws in schools and public accommodations. Down came the "whites only" notices in bused, hotels, trains, restaurants, sporting events, restrooms and on park benches that once could be found everywhere throughout the South.

Gone were the restrictions that prevented blacks voting. Gone, too, were the hideous lynchings, which since the Civil War had caused the death of thousands of innocent blacks-- hanged without trial by white mobs. However, even today, poor, uneducated lacks do not always receive the same degree of justice that the more affluent and better educated

can expect.

[ D ] Many blacks chose to keep silent about their unfairness instead of resorting to violence. But their silence was also problem provoking: on the one hand, silence would build up a lot of complaints and hatred in their minds, thus resulting in a negative approach to life and everything; on the other hand, silence would give the whites an impression that the blacks take the reality for granted and put more racial discrimination on them.

[ E ] Unemployed fathers would on occasion walk out of their homes and never return. Children neglected by their parents turned in some instances to drugs and crimes. There are more than 700 murders a year in cities like New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Houston, and most of these deaths are of blacks killed by blacks. The black ghettos are dangerous both for blacks and non-blacks.

[ F] Radical blacks like the Black Panthers demanded a free black state within the Union, and advocated violence to achieve that end and to protect themselves against what they felt was police brutality toward blacks. For a while, violence overshadowed the influence of the greatly respected pacifist black, Martin Luther King, Jr. , who had provided the inspiration and leadership for those devoted to a peaceful change and whose murder in 1968 stunned America.

根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

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• an
• be inferred from the passage that    [A] the failure of
• cre
• dit card providers is caused by the bursting of technology bubble.    [B] the politicians and the media play a negative part in promoting credit industry.    [C] higher national interest rate increases sub-prime

Credit c

• ards, such as Vanquis, are issued
• be
• cause    [A] cre
• dit industry has to look for further growth in a sub-market.    [B] the politicians began to worry about soaring consumer debt.

V

• anquis is different from regular cards in that    [A]it charges its users no fees at all.    [
• B] it leads to a de
• crease in consumer
• debt.    [C] it leads to an increase in consumer debt.    [D] it charges its users higher interest rates.

Julien

• and Steve seem to suggest that    [A]e
• Bay should further
• cooperate with Google to survive.    [B] eBay shoul
• d form. an alliance with Yahoo! or Microsoft.    [C] Google is making smaller revenues than eBay.    [D] Google’s core business has already shrank by 3%.<

Google wins

• an advantage over MSN in that    [A] Google offers a more powerful search tool than MSN.&n
• bsp;                           [B] Mi
• crosoft are better at
• designing such software as Windows.    [C] MSN has some unquenchable technical loopholes in its software.    [D] users can perform. certain tasks for free with Google's support.

根据以上内容，回答16~20题。

Sir Joshua Waddilove is mentioned in the first paragraph to

[A] illustrate the history of credit card companies.

[B] introduce the issuing of a new credit card.

[C] show how working class families got affordable loans.

[D] build up consumers' trust in Provident Financial.

Google will pl

• ay a decisive role in the market for we
• b-video advertising be
• cause of    [A] Google's new business transaction with Viacom.    [B] the technology available in Viacom.    [C] Google's
• deal with News Corporation.    [D] the popularity of a social-networking site.

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• ahoo ! and MSN are making less money for the same num
• ber of sear
• ches chiefly because    [A] they are not goo
• d at negotiating with News Corporation.    [B] they are losing market share very quickly.    [C]they lack advanced advertising technology and networks.    [D] they have failed in designing the

根据以上内容，回答11~15题。

Prince Klemens is mentioned in the first paragraph to

[A] show the web-search engine Google has become the most profitable site in the world.

[B] emphasize the importance of forging an alliance among the competitors.

[C]draw an analogy between present Internet competition and past European power distribution.

[D] stress the fact that even Microsoft can't compete with Google.

The

• author'sattitudetowardsthisimmigrationreformseemsto
• be    [A]supportive.          [B]obje
• ctive.          [C]confuse
• d.          [D]optimistic

Whichofthefollowingistrue

• aboutthepresent
• bill?    [A]Thebilliswidelysupportedbyvariouspoliti
• calstrips.    [B]Thebillwillimposeseverepunishmentonillegalimmigrants.    [C]Thebillis
• designedtoimproveAmericanimmigrationsystem.    [D]Thebillwillensurethatnoillegalsareknowinglyhired.

Itc

• aninferredfromthepassagethat    [A]thecommoncitizensintheUStendtoacceptwell-
• behavedillegals.    [B]thedemo
• cratswoul
• ddoanythingtopreventBushfromachievingsuccess.    [C]employersaretheonlygroupthatenthusiasticallysupportthenewbill.    [D]illegalimmigrantsalwaysknowwheretheirskillsareingreatdemand.

Theword"stoned"(p

• aragraph3)mostpro
• bablymeans    [A]stiffened.          [B]
• constructe
• d.          [C]criticized.      

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• an
• be inferred from the passage that    [A] the "
• co
• de of silence" often helps protect guards from violence.    [B] the governor's office has decided to give a new life to the prisons.    [C] the solution to overpopulation in prisons lies in softening sentences.&n

根据以上内容，回答6~10题。

TedKennedyismentionedinthefirstparagraphto

[A]introducethemaintopicofimmigrationlawreforming.

[B]remindtheSenatethattheyhaveanawesomeresponsibility.

[C]stresstheimportanceofsecuringtheborderandeasingskillsshortage.

[D]emphasizethefactthatevenaSenatorisadescendantofimmigrants.

Which of the following is true

• about the "three-strikes" law?    [A] It actually wastes more resources in terms of finance.    [
• B] It is approved by voters to save money for the taxpayers.    [
• C] It severely punishes those who violate the law for the thir
• d time.    [D] It increases the cost of keeping a prisoner to $ 34,000.

Arnold Schw

• arzenegger calls for a legislation session
• be
• cause    [A] he wants to raise more money to enhance prison facilities.    [B] he believes public money shoul
• d be responsible for prison construction.    [C] he realizes the problem with prisons is a lack of investment.    [D] he plans to win a second term for his governorship.

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• A]than&n
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根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

By quoting governor Schwarzenegger's remark, the author intends to

[A] emphasize the fact that Schwarzenegger is still in his office.

[B] show the fact that drug abuse is rampant in prisons.

[C] point out that California has the highest convict rate in the US.

[D] introduce the topic of overcrowding problem in California prisons.

According to the p

• assage, California has the highest rate of returning prisoners
• be
• cause    [A] the prisons in California are too crow
• ded.    [B] the prisons failed to rehabilitate the prisoners.    [C] the prisoners can sleep in the gymnasiums and classrooms.    [D]] the prisoners are released after only three years of impr

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• A]first&n
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• C]normal           [
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• C]coherence        [
• D]department

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• C]if                [
• D]becauseof

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• C]
• discover          [D]detect

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• bsp;       [B]strange            [
• C]in
• dustrialized     [D]advanced

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• A]joy&n
• bsp;              [B]entertainment      [
• C]consent          [
• D]satisfaction

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• creasingly        [C]absolutely        [
• D]dramatically

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• bsp;        [B]prin
• cipals          [C]princes           [
• D]privacies

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• C]some            [
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• bit              [B]tradition           [
• C]region            [
• D]idea

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• bsp;              [B]pleased            [
• C]worse            [
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根据以上内容，回答1~20题。

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[A]which          

[B]where          

[C]how          

[D]when

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• A]religious&n
• bsp;          [B]national            [
• C]fe
• deral           [D]local