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考研一族英语阅读模拟练习之一
阅读模拟练习之一
Text 1
Each year, 1,400 high-school students from more than 40 countries are invited to compete in the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest precollege science contest. The select group of young scientists is chosen from the several million students who compete in local and regional science fairs throughout the year. Participants compete for $3 million in scholarships and prizes, presenting projects in 15 categories like medicine, biochemistry, computer science and zoology. Earning top honors isn’t the only goal for contestants. Nineteen percent (or 274) of the finalists at the competition held last month have already begun the process to patent their projects.
Ammem Abdulrasool, a senior at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science, won top honors at this year’s Intel ISEF for his project, “Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind.” He walked away with $70,000 in prize money and a free trip to October’s Nobel Prize ceremony. Abdulrasool developed technology that allows visually impaired individuals to navigate themselves from one location to another by using the Global Positioning System. Individuals wear a half-kilo Walkman-size device, a bracelet on each arm and a pair of earphones. After entering a starting and ending location into a personal digital assistant (PDA), they are guided with verbal commands that tell them when and in what direction to turn. Simultaneously, a bracelet vibrates signaling the correct direction. To test his device, Abdulrasool recruited 36 blind adults and asked them to visit five landmarks in his neighborhood. The navigational tool saved people an average of 26 minutes in travel time and reduced the number of errors (wrong turns and missed locations). “Looking at how hard it was for them to travel and how they were dependent on everyone else motivated me to do something,” he said. Abdulrasool hopes are applying for a patent and then plan to market the product commercially.
In the fair’s 56-year history, a number of projects have been implemented for commercial use. Michael Nyberg, a competitor, hoped to reduce the number of West Nile virus infections through acoustics. With a bucket of mosquito larvae and a sound generator, Nyberg discovered that a 24 kHz frequency resonated with the natural frequency of mosquitoes’ internal organs: larvae that absorbed the acoustic energy would explode. His sound-emitting device, Larvasonic, is now sold online (www.larvasonic.com). Tiffany Clark, a competitor, found evidence that bacteria produced the methane gas found inside coal seams in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. This suggested that injecting nutrients into coal seams might provide an unlimited supply of natural gas. A Denver-based technology firm is now continuing Clark’s high-school research. And someday soon, blind people around the world may be wearing bracelets that issue GPS commands.
21. How are young people selected to participate in Intel ISEF?
［A］ They are pre-university students.
［B］ They must win science competitions in their home countries.
［C］ They must patent or be about to patent an invention.
［D］ They are chosen from young people who take part in science competitions.
22. Which of these is NOT mentioned as an advantage of Abdulrasool’s device?
［A］ It enables blind people to get from A to B faster.
［B］ It helps them avoid obstacles.
［C］ It gives information to blind people in more than one way.
［D］ It is extremely light.
23. How are Abdulrasool’s invention and those of Michael Nyberg and Tiffany Clark similar?
［A］ Their inventions all have organic components.
［B］ They all won the Intel ISEF competition, though in different years.
［C］ They all have, or could have, profitable applications.
［D］ None of them have patents yet.
24. How does Tiffany Clark’s idea work?
［A］ She feeds underground bacteria and they produce natural gas.
［B］ Bacteria eat coal and produce natural gas.
［C］ Bacteria are injected with coal molecules and produce natural gas.
［D］ Bacteria extract natural gas from coal and are then harvested.
25. Which of the following statements about the Intel ISEF competition is true?
［A］ It began in the 1960’s.
［B］ The biggest prize this year was $3 million.
［C］ There are 15 prizes in a variety of categories.
［D］ Many participants have patented ideas and inventions.
Text 2
Ten years ago, Pierre Omidyar, a software engineer working in California’s Silicon Valley, began thinking about how to use the internet for a trading system in which buyers and sellers could establish a genuine market price. Over a long holiday weekend he wrote the computer code. At first, a trickle of users arrived at his website―including his girlfriend, who traded PEZ candy dispensers. By the end of 1995, several thousand auctions had been completed and interest in eBay was growing. And it grew and grew. From this modest beginning, eBay has become a global giant, with around 150m registered users worldwide who are set to buy and sell goods worth more than $40 billion this year.
考研一族英语阅读模拟练习之二
阅读模拟练习之二
Text 3
Being the founder of the Internet’s largest encyclopedia means Jimmy Wales gets a lot of bizarre e-mail. There are the correspondents who assume he wrote Wikipedia himself and is therefore an expert on everything―like the guy who found vials of mercury in his late grandfather’s attic and wanted Wales, a former options trader, to tell him what to do with them. But the e-mails that make him laugh out loud come from concerned newcomers who have just discovered they have total freedom to edit just about any Wikipedia entry at the click of a button. Oh my God, they write, you’ve got a major security flaw!
As the old techie saying goes, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Wikipedia is a free open-source encyclopedia, which basically means that anyone can log on and add to or edit it. And they do. It has a stunning 1.5 million entries in 76 languages-and counting. Academics are upset by what they see as info anarchy. Loyal Wikipedians argue that collaboration improves articles over time, just as free open-source software like Linux and Firefox is more robust than for-profit competitors because thousands of amateur programmers get to look at the code and suggest changes. It’s the same principle that New Yorker writer James Surowiecki asserted in his best seller The Wisdom of Crowds: large groups of people are inherently smarter than an élite few.
Wikipedia is in the vanguard of a whole wave of wikis built on that idea. A wiki is a deceptively simple piece of software (little more than five lines of computer code) that you can download for free and use to make a website that can be edited by anyone you like. Need to solve a thorny business problem overnight and all members of your team are in different time zones? Start a wiki. In Silicon Valley, at least, wiki culture has already taken root.
Inspired by Wikipedia, a Silicon Valley start-up called Socialtext has helped set up wikis at a hundred companies, including Nokia and Kodak. Business wikis are being used for project management, mission statements and cross-company collaborations. Instead of e-mailing a vital Word document to your co-workers―and creating confusion about which version is the most up-to-date―you can now literally all be on the same page: as a wiki Web page, the document automatically reflects all changes by team members. Socialtext CEO Ross Mayfield claims that accelerates project cycles 25%. “A lot of people are afraid because they have to give up control over information,” he says. “But in the end, wikis foster trust.”
31. Why do many people think that Wikipedia has a “major security flaw”?
［A］ It has lots of bugs.
［B］ Because they don’t understand the concept of a wiki.
［C］ Because Jimmy Wales is not a computer expert.
［D］ Because a wiki is a simple computer code.
32. Why are many academics unhappy with the idea of a Wikipedia?
［A］ Because they don’t trust online encyclopaedias.
［B］ Because all information in Wikipedia is inherently unreliable.
［C］ Because they believe that certain information should not be available on the internet.
［D］ Because anyone can add or change the information in it.
33. Which of the following is NOT given as an advantage of a wiki?
［A］ You can choose who edits it.
［B］ Wiki software is free.
［C］ Any bugs in the code can be changed easily.
［D］ It’s easy to use.
34. Why do “wikis foster trust”?
［A］ Because the people who use it need to trust the information other users post on it.
［B］ Because they are used in business contexts.
［C］ Because they can be used in a wide variety of situations.
［D］ Because only trustworthy people use them.
35. What kind of reader is the article aimed at?
［A］ Computer specialists.
［B］ Academics who don’t like wikis.
［C］ Computer science students.
［D］ The general reader with an interest in computing.
Text 4
“How do I get into journalism?” is a question that almost anyone who works in this trade will have been asked by friends, godchildren, passing students and, in some cases, their parents. The answer, of course, is: “with difficulty”.
A breezily written new book by the writer, broadcaster and former editor of the Independent on Sunday, Kim Fletcher, recognises this. Its purpose, broadly, is to answer the question posed above, and to offer some tips on how to stay in journalism once you get there. Tenacity matters above all; and there’s a reason to be tenacious. Journalists now are arguably more professional, and certainly more sober, than in the hot metal days of old Fleet Street, but being a hack is still more fun than a barrel of monkeys. You get to have adventures and then write about them. As Fletcher says: “You would do it even if they didn’t pay you.”
Landing that job is a cat that can be skinned in dozens of ways. In the old days, you’d learn the trade as an indentured apprentice on a regional newspaper―working your way through the newsroom covering jam-making competitions and parish council meetings and, occasionally, bracing yourself for the grim task of the “death-knock”, where you interview the grieving parents of that week’s Tragic Tot, and trouser as many of their family photographs as you can. And thence, in some cases, to Fleet Street―though as Mr. Fletcher points out, nationals are not the be-all and end-all of journalism, and many extremely good hacks prefer to remain on local papers, or ply their trade happily in magazines.
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51. Directions:
You have finished your college degree and are looking to start your career. Write a 100 word letter to a company you are interested in, applying for a job. Your letter should include:
1) a deion of your education to date;
2) relevant work experience; and
3) why you are interested in their company.
参考范文：
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a recent graduate of Peking University's English program. Throughout my time at PKU, I maintained a 4.0 grade point average, and was a member of many school clubs. Following my time at PKU I interned at Tobias Corp. I feel that I am highly qualified for the position available at your company. I am hardworking and dedicated to my tasks.
I am particularly interested in your company. I have been following your progress for quite some time, and also have talked to a number of your employees. Your company comes highly recommended by everyone I have spoken to about it.
Thank you for your time.
Yours truly,
Li Ming
Part B
52. Directions:
Write a 160-200 word essay based on the picture provided. Your essay should include:
1)a deion of the picture;
2)an interpretation of the meaning;
3)your suggestions for solving this problem.
参考范文：
The picture depicts a person dumping a nearly full plate of food into an overflowing trashcan, while the writing on the trashcan indicates that the value of food wasted on the dinner table in our country amounts to sixty billion RMB each year.
The cartoon implies that much of the waste could be avoided, as the trash includes an entire fish and an entire chicken. By showing one person throwing away most of his or her dinner, it places the responsibility for conservation squarely on individuals' shoulders, and by showing only the arms of the anonymous individual it implies that each and every one of us is responsible for the problem.
While it is true that individuals should take responsibility for the environment and conservation, I also believe that the government ought to implement programs to encourage and reward individuals for reducing the amount of waste that they produce. Only such a combination of individual action and government support will be effective in substantially reducing our waste and improving the environment.
考研英语 模拟练习把握三要素
到了考研冲刺的最后阶段，很多同学比较感兴趣的问题。在这个阶段模拟题是一定要做的。在模拟题做的过程中，其实也是很有学问。
首先，模拟题的选择。很多同学会问，现在是做比较难的题还是做比较简单的题。有的人主张做比较难的题，因为基于这样的一个理论，所谓平常练的难一些，在考场上如果看到比较简单的题目你就会有一个比较好的水平的发挥，这样讲是有一定的科学根据的。但是，它只适合于哪些同学呢?适合于水平比较高的同学。如果你估计自己的英语成绩在75分以上，就是你现在考研的英语目标在75分以上，你现在可以找一些比较难、比较怪、比较偏的题做。但是如果你的考研英语的要求只是过线，或者50分，或者60分，或者65分，我建议你首先一定要树立自己的信心，在做题的过程中怎么树立信心呢?要选择比真题稍微容易，或者和真题水平差不多的题目来做就可以了。
有同学说我怎么看这个题到底是比真题难还是比真题容易呢?很简单，你上来就先开始做，如果你觉得做着做着，你的文章也看不懂，写作也写不下去，你就把这套题放弃掉，它肯定比你平常练的真题、复习的真题难的，你再选一套题，如果你看这套套是比较容易的，你就把它做下来就可以了。这是第一点，选择题目要选择比较容易的题。
其次，做模拟题一定要成套做。有的同学做模拟题，阅读理解比如分四篇文章，分成周一、周二、周三、周四各做一篇，周五对一下答案，这样做是不行的。模拟题主要是练大家考场上做题的节奏以及你对于整体考试时候的时间把握。所以我建议大家一定要做模拟题一定要连着三个小时。因为我们考研英语的真正考试时间就是三个小时，而且这三个小时一定是要从下午的两点开始，因为考研英语考试的时间就是下午两点到五点这三个小时，一般建议大家去大学的自习室找一个位置坐下来，三个小时不要动，180分钟一口气从头到尾把所有的题目全都做下来。做完以后再对答案。这是第二点。
再次，关于对答案。这个答案怎么对。首先，你可能要算一下分，但是大家注意，没必要太过于注重分数的高低或者是分数的好坏。重点是对的`题你可以不看，但是你做错的题一定要仔细研究一下，再花三个小时左右的时间，把自己一套题目中凡是做错的地方都进行认真的分析。我们知道一套题目中，大家做错的地方一定代表的是你的知识盲点、知识的弱点，把这些东西补起来，会对于你的考试的成绩的提高有一个比较大的帮助。这就是关于做模拟题大家所需要注意的三个要素。
考研英语阅读模拟练习题一：
When Ellen M. Roche， 24， volunteered for the asthma experiment， she didn't expect to benefit from it――except for the $365 she'd be paid. Unlike clinical trials， in which most patients hope that an experimental therapy will help them， this study was designed just to answer a basic question： how does the way a normal lung reacts to irritants shed light on how an asthmatic lung responds? To find out， scientists led by Dr. Alkis Togias of Johns Hopkins University had Roche and other healthy volunteers inhale a drug called hexamethonium. Almost immediately Roche began to cough and feel short of breath. Within weeks her lungs failed and her kidneys shut down. On June 2 Roche died――a death made more tragic by the possibility that it was preventable. Last week the federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ruled that Hopkins's system for protecting human subjects is so flawed that virtually all its U.S.-supported research had to stop.
The worst part is that Hopkins， one of the nation's premier medical institutions， is not alone. Two years ago the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services warned that the system safeguarding human subjects is in danger of a meltdown. The boards that review proposed studies are overburdened， understaffed and shot through with conflicts of interest. Oversight is so porous that no one knows how many people volunteer to be human guinea pigs (21 million a year is an educated guess)， how many are hurt or how many die. “Thousands of deaths are never reported， and adverse events in the tens of thousands are not reported，” says Adil Shamoo， a member of the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee and professor at the University of Maryland. Greg Koski， head of OHRP， has called the clinical-trials system “dysfunctional.”
The OHRP findings on Hopkins are nothing short of devastating. After a three-day inspection last week， OHRP concluded that the Hopkins scientists failed to get information on the link between hexamethonium and lung toxicity， even though data were available via “routine” Internet searches and in textbooks. The drug is not approved for use in humans; the hexa-methonium Togias used was labeled [F]OR LABORATORY USE ONLY. The review board， OHRP charges， never asked for data on the safety of inhaled hexamethonium in people. The consent form that Roche signed states nowhere that hexamethonium is not approved by the FDA (the form describes it as a “medication”) and didn't warn about possible lung toxicity.
Hopkins itself concluded that the review board did not do all it could to protect the volunteers， and suspended all 10 of Togias's studies. Still， the university――whose $301 million in federal grants for 2，000 human studies made it the largest recipient of government research money last year――is seething. “Hopkins has had over 100 years of doing clinical trials，” says Dr. Edward Miller， CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We have had one death in all of those years. We would have done anything in the world to prevent that death， but [suspending the studies] seems out of proportion.” Hopkins calls the shutdown of its experiments “unwarranted， unnecessary， paralyzing and precipitous.” OHRP is letting trials continue “where it is in the best interests” of subjects. The rest of the studies can resume once Hopkins submits a plan to restructure its system for protecting research subjects. How quickly that happens， says a government spokesman， depends on Hopkins.
注(1)：本文选自Newsweek; 7/30/2001， p36;
注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2005年真题Text 1;
1. In the opening paragraph， the author introduces his topic by
[A]explaining a phenomenon
[B]justifying an assumption
[C]stating an incident
[D]making a comparison
2. The statement “The OHRP findings on Hopkins are nothing short of devastating.”(Line 1， Paragraph 3) implies that
[A]The OHRP findings on Hopkins are much too impressive.
[B]The OHRP findings on Hopkins are much too shocking.
[C]The OHRP findings on Hopkins are much too convincing.
[D]The OHRP findings on Hopkins are much too striking.
3. The main reasons for Roche‘s death are as following， except that _______.
[A]the protecting system hasn‘t been set up
[B]the review board has neglected their duty
[C]the research team was not responsible enough for its volunteers
[D]the possibility of lung toxicity was overlooked
4. The OHRP has found that
[A]Hopkins has loose control over the experiment.
[B]the volunteers knew nothing about the experiment.
[C]there is something wrong with every aspect of the experiment.
[D]there exist many hidden troubles in human subjects safeguarding system.
5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
[A]Hopkins had no fault in this accident.
[B]Hopkins seemed not to quite agree with The OHRP
[C]Togias's studies shouldn‘t be suspended.
[D]Hopkins wanted to begin their experiments as soon as possible.
答案：CBACB
★ 中考英语模拟试卷
