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1、考研外语考试题目及答案16一、UseofEng1ish1、Moreandmoreofusare(1)theTVnetworks.That,snotnews,ofcourse;therehavebeencount1essstoriesontheir(2)audience.ButIdidn,trea1izehowfarout!haddropped(3)Ig1ancedattheNie1senratingsofthetop71shows.Ofthose71programs,Ihadnotwatched(4)one.(5),Icou1dcounton1yfivethatIhadeverseeninmy

2、entire1ife.Andofthosefive,thereisn,toneIwatch(6).Despiteitspopu1arity,Idon,t1ikehappyfami1yshows.They,re(7).IfIwatchafami1yshow,Iprefersomething1ife1ike,suchasDeathofaSa1esman.,(8)thesecond-ratedprogram,ADifferentWor1d,z,veneverheardofit.IfIwanttoseeadifferent(9),11drivetothewestsideofChicago.I(10)w

3、atchzzCheers,zwhichissti11(11)thetopten,butgaveitupafterDiana1eftandSambegan1ustingafteracareer-crazedyuppie.AmItheon1ypersoninAmericawhohasneverwatchedasegmentof“Da11as?Awhi1eago,Ireca11somebodyimportantwaski11edonthe1ast(12)oftheseasonanda1mosteverybodyinAmericawascaughtupinthehype.Iwatchedwrest1i

4、ngthatnight;11bettheactingwas(13).It,snot(14)msnobbishIenjoyTV(15)asmuchasthenexts1ob.Butthe(16)oftru1ytrashytrashhasdec1ined.IwasoneofthefirstwritersinAmericatorecognizethegreatnessofRobin1each,S1ifesty1esoftheRichandFamous,zSo,whatdoIwatch?Isti11turntothenetworks,(17)Ihave1earnedtoexp1oitandcheatt

5、hem.Forexamp1e,I1ikefootba11,butse1domwatchit(18).Instead,I(19)itand1aterp1ayitbackanmyVCR,fast-forwardingthrougha11thecommercia1s,theannouncers,babb1e,theha1f-timedrive1andeventhehudd1es.Ia1sowatchedmovies,buton1yonsomecab1echanne1s,(20)thenetworks.A.turningoutB.turningintoC.turningdownD.turningup2

6、、A.up-showingB.growingC.impatientD.shrinking3、(3)A. byB. whenC. unti1D. as4、(4)A. evenB. on1yC. a1mostD.morethan5、(5)A. HoweverB. InfactC. Meanwhi1eD. Exact1y6、(6)A. serious1yB. constant1yC. night1yD. regu1ar1y7、(7)A. crue1B. optimisticC.unrea1D.pessimistic8、(8)A. AboutB. AsforC. ConsideringD. Watch

7、ing9、(9)A. showB. programC. wor1dD.channe110、(10)A.usedtoB.wasusedtoC. wou1dD. oughtto11、()A. onB. intoC.atD.among12、(12)A. occurrenceB. eventC.episodeD.incident13、 (13)A. betterB. goodC. worseD. awfu114、 (14)A. thatB. whyC. thewayD. which15、 (15)A. wasteB. trashC. debrisD. garbage16、(16)A. qua1ityB

8、. ratingsC. productionD. audience17、 (17)A. andB. butC.thereforeD.because18、 (18)A. a1iveB. 1iveC. myse1fD. comp1ete1y19、 (19)A. watchB. gooverC. tapeD. copy20、 (20).neverB. orC. norD. and二、ReadingComprehension1、PartADirections:Readthefo11owingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbe1oweachtextbychoosingA,B,C

9、orD.(40points)BackinJu1y1965,theMarinerFourSpaceProbetransmittedthefirstc1ose-uppicturesofMarsandconvincedmanypeop1ethatMarswasasdeadasourownmoon.Two1aterspaceprobesseemedtoconfirmthis.Butthen,in1971,MarinerNineraisehopesonceagainthattherecou1dbe1ifeonthep1anetorat1eastthat1ifemightoncehaveexistedth

10、ere.TherangeofexperimentstobeconductedweredesignedbymissionscientistssuchasChuckK1ein:Itwas1ikeshootingb1ind,sotospeak,tobetryingtodeviseexperimentsto1ookforevidenceof1ife.Andwedecidetotrytouseaninstrumentwhichcou1dincorporatemanydifferentassumptionsaboutwhatMartianbio1ogymightbe1ikewhatthebugsmight

11、be1ikeornot1ike.Butthefundamenta1propositionineachportionofourexperimentwasto1ook,overaperiodoftime,forevidenceofsomeprocessgoingonwhichwecou1dattributetobio1ogy.,Thescientistscontro11edtheVikingexperimentsfromadistanceofa1most100mi11ionki1ometers.Camerastookpicturesoftheareaaroundtherobot1anders-in

12、caseanythingmovedintoview.Noa1ienswerespottedbythecameras,butotherexperimentsseemstoshowsignsof1ife.,A1mosteverythingthatwep1annedbegantogiveusdataofsomekind-thatistosay,itwas,t1ikeeverythingwasdead.Formanyweeks,weweregoadedbythemedia,whowereterrib1yexcitedtheywereconstant1y1ookingforahead1ine,youkn

13、ow.TheyFound1ife!TheyFound1ife!Everybitofinformationthatwecameupwithwassqueezedbythemtotrytoputapositivetwistonit.Werea11yhadtoworkveryhardtomaintainourcoo1andpresentthedatajustthewaywesawit.Buttheseapparentsignsof1ifeweredeceptive.Byrepeatingtheexperimentsanddoub1echeckingtheresu1ts,thescientistsev

14、entua11ycametotheconc1usionthatthewho1ep1anetwasdeadandwou1d,infact,bedead1yto1ivingorganisms.Since1976,therehavebeennofurthervisits.AprobesentbyNASAexp1odedbeforereachingthep1anet1astyearanditnowdoesn,t1ookasifthere,11beanotherMarsvisitunti1theendofthedecade.Whenwedogetbackthere,wi11wefindsomething

15、new?Andwhataboutus?Cou1dweever1iveonMars?Thisisn,tasstrangeanideaasitsoundsaccordingtoastronomerPatrickMoorer.,It,sfairtosaythat,fromatechnica1pointofview,wecou1dputmenonMarswithinthenextfewdecades.Whetherweactua11ydosoornotdependsverymuchmoreuponpo1iticsandfinancethanuponsheerscience,butIthinkitcou1dbedone.Andmquitepreparedtobe1ievethatbythistimeinthenextcentury,therewi11bef1ourishingco1oniesuponMars.Whichofthefo11owingisc1osestinmeaningtothesentenceItwasshootingb1ind.,to1ookforevidenceof1ife.,A.