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1、2022年辽宁考研英语考试真题卷（4）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Text 3Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals: the ability to laugh. In a universe which appears to be utterly devoid of humor, we enjoy this supreme luxury. And it is a
2、 luxury, for unlike any other bodily process, laughter does not seem serve a biologically useful purpose. In a divided world, a laughter is a unifying force. Human begins oppose each other on a great many issues. Nations may disagree about systems of government and human relations may be plagued by
3、ideological factions and political camps, but we all share the ability to laugh. And laughter, in turn, depends on the most complex and subtle of all-human qualities: a sense of humor. Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal. This can best be seen from the world-wide popularity of Charlie
4、Chaplain’s early films. The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from. As that great commentator on human affairs, Dr. Samuel Johnson, once remarked, Men have been wise in very different modes; but they have always laughed in the same way.A sense
5、 of humor may take various forms and laughter may be anything from refined tinkle to an earthquaking roar, but the effect is always the same. Humor helps us to maintain a correct sense of values. It is the one quality which political fanatics appear to lack. If we can see the funny side, we never ma
6、ke the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously. We are always reminded that tragedy is not really far removed from comedy, so we never get a lopsided view of things.This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony. Human pain and suffering are so grim; we hover so often on the brink of war,
7、political realities are usually enough to plunge us into total despair. In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress the balance. They take the wind out of pompous and arrogant politicians who have lost their sense of proportion. They enable us to see tha
8、t many of our most profound actions are merely comic or absurd. We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about wars in Gulliver’s Travels. The Lilliputians and their neighbors attack each other because they can’t agree which end to break an egg. We laugh because we are meant to l
9、augh; but we are meant to weep too. It is no wonder that in totalitarian regimes any satire against the Establishment is wholly banned. It is too powerful weapon to be allowed to flourish.The sense of humor must be singled out as man’s most important quality because it is associated with laugh
10、ter. And laughter, in turn, is associated with happiness. Courage, determination, initiative-these are .qualities we share with other forms of life. But the sense of humor is uniquely human. If happiness is one of the great goals of life, then it is the sense of humor that provides the key.The most
11、important of all human qualities is（）Aa sense of humorBa sense of satireCa sense of laughterDa sense of history2.Text 4The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. Accor
12、ding to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market like
13、this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66 % of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an umbrella effect on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a washer/ dryer, a new big-screen TV, and maybe a
14、swing set for the yard.The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recovery continues to be more forecast than reality. Falling stock prices raised investor appeal for U. S. Treasury Bonds,
15、 which in turn, allowed most interest rates to drift even lower. But there are not many signs that there’s a bubble ready to burst.December’s new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in new home sales. If you build it, they will buy and even if an e
16、conomic pickup starts to reduce housing’s relative attractiveness, there’s no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can’t help sustaining housing’s strength. The momentum gained from low mortgage interest rates will carry strong home sales into 2003, wi
17、th an improving economy offsetting modestly higher mortgage interest rates as the year progresses, said David Lereah, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.Just as housing has taken up much of the economic slack for the past two years, both as a comforting investment for fretting c
18、onsumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing’s downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term interest rates. Or Alan Greenspan and the Fed could do the same to
19、 short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast. In other words, if everything possible goes wrong for housing, homeowners should have plenty to compensate them in terms of job security and income hikes.The author draws a sharp contrast between the housing mar
20、ket and the rest of the economy so as to show（）Athe boom of real estate activity.Bthe statistics on home prices.Cthe role of housing market.Dthe degree of consumer spirits.3.Text 4The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhaus
21、ted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. According to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.Although residential real estate activity mak
22、es up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market like this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66 % of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an umbrella effect on the homeowner’s spending as he has to sto
23、ck it with a washer/ dryer, a new big-screen TV, and maybe a swing set for the yard.The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recovery continues to be more forecast than reality. Falling
24、stock prices raised investor appeal for U. S. Treasury Bonds, which in turn, allowed most interest rates to drift even lower. But there are not many signs that there’s a bubble ready to burst.December’s new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in ne
25、w home sales. If you build it, they will buy and even if an economic pickup starts to reduce housing’s relative attractiveness, there’s no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can’t help sustaining housing’s strength. The momentum gained from low mortg
26、age interest rates will carry strong home sales into 2003, with an improving economy offsetting modestly higher mortgage interest rates as the year progresses, said David Lereah, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.Just as housing has taken up much of the economic slack for the p
27、ast two years, both as a comforting investment for fretting consumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing’s downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term inter
28、est rates. Or Alan Greenspan and the Fed could do the same to short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast. In other words, if everything possible goes wrong for housing, homeowners should have plenty to compensate them in terms of job security and income hi
29、kes.When mentioning the umbrella effect (Para. 2), the author is talking about（）Abond market.Bstock exchange.Chousing market.Delectric appliances.4.Text 4The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhausted on the floor, still tr
30、ying to struggle to its feet. According to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of tota
31、l U. S. GDP, a housing market like this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66 % of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an umbrella effect on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a washer/ dryer
32、, a new big-screen TV, and maybe a swing set for the yard.The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recovery continues to be more forecast than reality. Falling stock prices raised invest
33、or appeal for U. S. Treasury Bonds, which in turn, allowed most interest rates to drift even lower. But there are not many signs that there’s a bubble ready to burst.December’s new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in new home sales. If you build
34、 it, they will buy and even if an economic pickup starts to reduce housing’s relative attractiveness, there’s no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can’t help sustaining housing’s strength. The momentum gained from low mortgage interest rates will ca
35、rry strong home sales into 2003, with an improving economy offsetting modestly higher mortgage interest rates as the year progresses, said David Lereah, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.Just as housing has taken up much of the economic slack for the past two years, both as a c
36、omforting investment for fretting consumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing’s downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term interest rates. Or Alan Greensp
37、an and the Fed could do the same to short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast. In other words, if everything possible goes wrong for housing, homeowners should have plenty to compensate them in terms of job security and income hikes.A classic economic exa
38、mple of zero-sum boom (Paragraph 3) connotes（）Aeconomic slack.Bcontinued strength.Ceconomic recovery.Djob security.5.Text 4The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. A
39、ccording to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market l
40、ike this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66 % of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an umbrella effect on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a washer/ dryer, a new big-screen TV, and mayb
41、e a swing set for the yard.The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recovery continues to be more forecast than reality. Falling stock prices raised investor appeal for U. S. Treasury Bo
42、nds, which in turn, allowed most interest rates to drift even lower. But there are not many signs that there’s a bubble ready to burst.December’s new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in new home sales. If you build it, they will buy and even if
43、an economic pickup starts to reduce housing’s relative attractiveness, there’s no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can’t help sustaining housing’s strength. The momentum gained from low mortgage interest rates will carry strong home sales into 2003
44、, with an improving economy offsetting modestly higher mortgage interest rates as the year progresses, said David Lereah, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.Just as housing has taken up much of the economic slack for the past two years, both as a comforting investment for fretti
45、ng consumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing’s downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term interest rates. Or Alan Greenspan and the Fed could do the sam
46、e to short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast. In other words, if everything possible goes wrong for housing, homeowners should have plenty to compensate them in terms of job security and income hikes.To which of the following is the author most likely t
47、o agree（）ANature passes nurture.BMan proposes, God disposes.CFaith moves mountains.DFacts speak louder than words.6.Text 4The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. Ac
48、cording to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market li
49、ke this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66 % of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an umbrella effect on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a washer/ dryer, a new big-screen TV, and maybe a swing set for the yard.The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recove