2013年考研《英语》考前押密试卷(九)

 Directions :

You are about to graduate from a university in the coming month. Right now you are doing some job hunting. Write a letter of application to an American bank in your city to

1) introduce yourself briefly and

2) express your wish to join the company.

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)

Directions :

Write an essay of 160- 200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay,

you should

1 ) describe the drawing briefly,

2) interpret its intended meaning,

3) give your comment.

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

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根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

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Directions:

Thefollowing paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you arerequired to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing fromthe list A-G to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphshave been placed for you in Boxes.

Markyour answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

[A] In 1849 gold was discovered inCalifornia in the mountains near San Francisco, So started the famous Gold Rushof the 49ers across the vast, unexplored wilderness that lay west of theMississippi. Whole families perished. One small group of 49ers, looking for a shortcut across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, happened to enter the infamous DeathValley.

It waslucky for them it was winter, for in summer Death Valley is about the hottestand most desolate place on earth. As it was, one of the group died of thirst,and it was the 49ers who gave the valley its grim name.         

[ B ] The completion of the railroad notonly joined the cities of the east with California,it also brought prosperityto the isolated farmers of the plains, and to the ranchers who were

now ableto send their cattle to the slaughterhouses in freight cars. In fact, the newrailroad became an essential life-line for a nation which now stretched 3 000miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

[ C ] As late as the 1880s a man in theFar west could be hanged for stealing a horse, yet get no more than five yearsin jail for robbing a bank. Ever since the pioneers went west into the unknown,they depended absolutely on their horses and their guns. If a man lost his homeor his gun in the deserts, mountains or forests of Nevada, Arizona and eastern California,he stood no chance. Hunger, thirst, a grizzly bear, a mountain lion, or hostileIndians would finish him off sooner or later. A frontiers man had to be tough,brave and resourceful in those days.

[ D ] The colonization of the West wasgiven a tremendous impetus by the building of the Transcontinental railroad,one of the great engineering feats of all time. Congress decided that thelaying of the tracks should begin from the East and the West at the same time.So the building of this railroad lined with poles for the first east-westtelegraph system, developed into a race. The Easterners, moving across theplains, progressed faster, for they did not have to tunnel through giantmountains or bridge gaping canyons. The two railroads linked up in Utah on July10th, 1867. There was great excitement, and a special ceremony to mark the occasion.

[ E] Deserts, mountains and forests arestill the frontier between teeming Californian cities and the sparselypopulated wilderness of Nevada and eastern California. Even today, Nevada hashardly more than 500 thousand inhabitants, most of whom live in the cities ofLas Vegas and Reno.

[F] Later, in 1865, after the Civil War,disillusioned soldiers, unable to find work, followed in the footsteps of the49ers. They did not find much gold, but they found rich pastures for cattle. Itwas they who founded the USA' s great food industry, and they worked with thevigor and courage of the early pioneers and with a faith fortified by the Bible.

[ G] Some Americans feel that thefrontier spirit no longer exists in the USA. But it expressed itself in anumber of ways. Americans do not like being without work, and they will travelhundreds of miles in search of a job, showing a courage and an enterprise whichis unusual in most of the older European countries. Then there is theexploration of outer space. President John Kennedy in a speech to the nation,spoke of this "New Frontier. " The frontier spirit certainly played apart in putting the first men on the noon, the most recent of all frontiers tobe crossed.

根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

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Which of the following might be the best title for the p

• assage?    [ A] Left-handedness in TraditionalSociety    [
• B ] Left-handedness VS Right-handedness    [
• C ] Left-han
• dedness and Violence    [ D ] The advantage of Left-handedness inBoxing

Thetwo doctors might support which of the following st

• atements?    [ A] Left-handers stand a
• better
• chance ofwinning than right-han
• ders in violence.    [ B ] Left-handers are more likely tocommit crimes than the right-handers.    [ C ] Left-handers are directlyresponsible for the violence in traditional societies.    [ D ] T

根据以上内容，回答16~20题。

Thestory of Apollo Creed is mentioned in the passage to show that

[ A] human beings can never beat afictional feature in movies.

[ B ] boxers from the south are oftenstronger than those from the north.

[ C ] left-hander have more advantagesthan right-handers in boxing.

[ D ] left-handers enjoy a strategiccompetitive advantage in most sports.

Therese

• archers choose to carry out their study in traditional societies
• be
• cause    [ A] people in mo
• dern society have lessviolence than people in traditional ones.    [ B] fighting in modern societies hasnothing to do with left-handedness.    [ C ] violence in modern and traditionalsocieties often takes different

Tr

• aditional
• biologists might believe the following ex
• cept    [ A ] the left si
• de of the human brain isassociated with language abilities.    [ B ] the left side of human brain ever controlledthe left body in the long past.    [ C ] the left-handed people are lessadvantageous than the right-ha

Thewriter' s m

• ain purpose in paragraph 6 is to argue that    [ A ] people in developed countriesgenerally have more impact on nature than others.    [
• B ] Japanese
• chil
• dren are generallybetter than children born in India.    [ C] Japanese children consume too muchof the world's resources.    [ D ] people from some countries are moreselfish than others in their consumption of resou

Which of the following recommend

• ations might
• be made by the author?    [ A] In
• creasing foo
• d and industrialproduction, and encouraging people in undeveloped countries to have fewerchildren.    [ B ] Improving education about theenvironment and banning the export of wood products from poor to richcountries.   &

Inp

• aragraph 3, which of the following is NOT given as a reason for a reduction indeath rates?    [A] New inventions.    [
• B ] Better hygiene.    [
• C ] Improve
• d food production.    [ D ] Better control of fatal diseases.

"But eighty or even ninety.,, norm

• al life-span for humans" (paragraph3 ) is closet in meaning to    [ A] on average, people now live to
• beover eighty.    [ B ] we should re
• cognize that people nowlive to between eighty an
• d ninety on average.    [ C] nowadays it isn't normal for peopleto die younger than eighty.    [ D ] average life expectancy isincreasingly being considered to be eighty or more,

The

• author seems to
• believe that status syndrome may be
• cure
• d    [ A] if the measures can actually weakenthe relationship between social position and health.    [ B] if the government shouts louder intheir campaign against diseases resulting from unhealthy habits.  

根据以上内容，回答11~15题。

Paragraph 2 is written in the passage

[ A] to put forward the argument thatworld population has to be reduced.

[ B ] to give a brief history of thegrowth in world population.

[ C ] to emphasize how quickly the worldpopulation is rising.

[ D ] to stress how large the worldpopulation is now.

Which of the following is NOT

• a reason for
• Britain' s aggressiveness in thepubli
• c-health campaign?    [ A] The government is frustrate
• d incuring smoking-related diseases.                  [ B ] The government is keen oneliminating social unfairness.    [ C ] The free health serv

According to the text, why does the s

• ame deafness afflict the same people?    [ A]
• Be
• cause governments all turne
• d theirattention to these people.    [ B] Because these people are more likelyto have unhealthy behaviors.    [ C ] Because these people suffer morefrom their poor income and education.    [ D] B

根据以上内容，回答6~10题。

Theword "pariah" ( paragraph 1 ) is closest in meaning to

[ A ] prohibition.                          

[ B ] strictness.

[ C ] pardon.                            

[ D ]punishment.

The

• author seems to
• be suspi
• cious of the public-health success because    [ A ] the message that smoking kills isn't voice
• d loudly enough.    [ B ] unskilled workers are more willingto pay for the heavy tax in cigarettes.    [ C ] single mothers are more likely touse their benefits to buy cigarettes.    [ D ] the po

The

• author's tone in talking a
• bout fire ants in the US seems to be    [ A]
• critical.                                [ B ] in
• different.    [ C ] fearful.                                 [ D ] obj

Th

• at fire ants prey on
• bollworms and budworms is mentioned to show that    [A] pests often atta
• ck each other to maintain a balance of nature.    [ B ] fire ants are not always harmful pests in given situations.    [ C ] fire ants are stronger an
• d fiercer than bollworms and budworms.    [ D ] pests are either harmful or beneficial to people or plants.

Whether fire

• ants are pests or not largely depends on their    [ A ] predatory activities.&n
• bsp;                     [ B ] temporal distribution.    [
• C ] sprea
• ding speed.                         [ D ] geographical distribution.

Which of the following is

• a reason why fire ants are considered pests?    [ A] They may cause possi
• ble me
• chanical break
• downs to mowing equipment.    [ B ] A person has a 60% chance to be stung by fire ants every year.    [ C]1% of the fire ants will cause allergic reactions to the people stung.    [ D ] They wi

根据以上内容，回答1~5题。

The word "caste" (paragraph 1) most probably means

[A] throwing.                           

[B] castle.

[ C ] rank.                               

[ D ] level.

[

• A]
• business           [B] trade          
• C] commerce     
• D] purchase

[

• A] the other&n
• bsp;         [B] two          
• C] other         
• D] others

[

• A] once&n
• bsp;             [B] when         
• C] while         
• D] whereas

[

• A] consists&n
• bsp;          [B] insists       
• C] persists       
• D] resists

[

• A] specializing&n
• bsp;       [B]
• concerning        [C] working       
• D] involving

[

• A] demanding&n
• bsp;       [B] asking        
• C] receiving      
• D] keeping

[

• A] with&n
• bsp;           [B] in         
• C] to         
• D] for

[

• A] let&n
• bsp;              [B] allow        
• C] permit       
• D] admit

[

• A] level&n
• bsp;             [B] extent        
• C] gra
• de             [D] degree

[

• A] cause&n
• bsp;            [B]
• course            [C] process       
• D] programme

[

• A] infers&n
• bsp;             [B] refers      
• C] confers        
• D] differs

[

• A] development&n
• bsp;       [B] aggress       
• C] regress        
• D]retrogress

[

• A] found&n
• bsp;             [B] founded      
• C] built         
• D] constructed

[

• A] other than&n
• bsp;         [B] as well as     
• C] instea
• d of         [D] more than

[

• A] cooperation&n
• bsp;        [B]
• corporations      [C] groups        
• D] parties

[

• A] around&n
• bsp;            [B] at           
• C] by           
• D] on

[

• A] so&n
• bsp;             [B] that        
• C] it          
• D] this

[

• A] school&n
• bsp;             [B] organization   
• C] institution     
• D] corporation

[

• A] signify&n
• bsp;             [B] show         
• C] prove         
• D] manifest

根据以上内容，回答1~20题。

[A] with         

[B] by         

[C] for         

[D] at