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1、考研外语专家预测过关卷6一、Use of English1 Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1), the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2)to th
2、emselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3) the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4) being classified as English”.Even in England there are many (5)in regional character and speech. The chief (6) is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7) going from Bristol to London
3、, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8) there are local variations.Further north regional speech is usually (9) than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)They are open-hearted and hospitabl
4、e; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12) Northerners generally have hearty (13): the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire,William Jerry Boykin, deputy under-secretary of defence for intelligence, toured the country telling Christian groups that radical Muslims hate America becaus
5、e we re a Christian nation and the enemy is a guy named Satan”. He often wore uniform.The increasingA. terrorist attacksB. American reliance on deityC. intractable reasonD. multiple factorsThe phrase in kind in the last sentence of the second paragraph most probably denotes .A. with something tender
6、B. with kindnessC.out of charity impulseD. with something similarThe view mentioned in the third paragraph at least prevail among.A.the European UnionB.the religious establishmentC.the special adviserD.the elitesWith which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?A. Ameri
7、cas foreign policy seems strongly influenced by religion. But that influence is much more complex than its critics suppose.B. In the world of good and evil American foreign policy is bound to be fruitless.C. The growing disparity which is created by God has been existing. But the gulf of the transat
8、lantic alliance will be bridged.D.Religious figures have made some pretty outrageous things that could be compromised by means non-violent means.The author evidences his own notion by advancing.A. four factsB. far-fetched pretextsC.random hypothesisD. powerful preachers6 It is no longer just dirty b
9、lue-collar jobs in manufacturing that are being sucked offshore but alsowhite-collar service jobs, which used to be considered safe from foreign competition. Telecoms charges have tumbled, allowing workers in far-flung locations to be connected cheaply to customers in the developed world. This has m
10、ade it possible to offshore services that were once non-tradable. Morgan Stanley5 s Mr. Roach has been drawing attention to the fact that the “global labour arbitrage is moving rapidly to the better kinds of jobs. It is no longer just basic data processing and call centres that are being outsourced
11、to low-wage countries, but also software programming, medical diagnostics, engineering design, law, accounting, finance and business consulting. These can now be delivered electronically from anywhere in the world, exposing skilled white-collar workers to greater competition.The standard retort to s
12、uch arguments is that outsourcing abroad is too small to matter much. So far fewer than Im American service-sector jobs have been lost to off-shoring. Forrester Research forecasts that by 2022 a total of 3. 4m jobs in services will have moved abroad, but that is tiny compared with the 30m jobs destr
13、oyed and created in America every year. The trouble is that such studies allow only for the sorts of jobs that are already being off-shored, when in reality the proportion ofjobs that can be moved will rise as IT advances and education improves in emerging economies.Alan Blinder, an economist at Pri
14、nceton University, believes that most economists are underestimating the disruptive effects of off-shoring, and that in future two to three times as many service jobs will be susceptible to off-shoring as in manufacturing. This would imply that at least 30% of all jobs might be at risk. In practice
15、the number of jobs off-shored to China or India is likely to remain fairly modest. Even so, the mere threat that they could be shifted will depress wages. Moreover, says Mr. Blinder, education offers no protection. Highly skilled accountants, radiologists or computer programmers now have to compete
16、with electronically delivered competition from abroad, whereas humb 1 e taxi drivers, janitors and crane operators remain safe from off-shoring. This may help to explain why the real median wage of American graduates has fallen by 6% since 9000, a bigger decline than in average wages. In the 1980s a
17、nd early 1990s, the pay gap between low-paid, low-skilled workers and high-paid, high-skilled Workers widened significantly. But since then, according to a study by David Autor, Lawrence Katz and Melissa Kearney, in America, Britain and Germany workers at the bottom as well as at the tophave done be
18、tter than those in the middle-income group. Office cleaning cannot be done by workers in India. It is the easily standardised skilled jobs in the middle, such as accounting, that are now being squeezed hardest. A study by Bradford Jensen and Lori Kletzer, at the Institute for International Economics
19、 in Washington D. C. , confirms that workers in tradable services that are exposed to foreign competition tend to be more skilled than workers in non-tradable services and tradable manufacturing industries.To offshore services that were once non-tradable results fromA.the blue-collar job marketB. th
20、e geographic location of the underdeveloped worldC.the fierce competition among skilled workersD.the dive of telecoms feeWhich of the following statements is the typical reply concerning off-shoring?A.Service-sector has sustained a great loss.B. White-collar workers will not have a narrow escape.C.
21、Most economists underestimated the effects of off-shoring.D.Outsourcing abroad has no significant impact.According to the text, Forrester Research Prediction might be different if .A.outsourcing abroad is large enough to matter muchB.the proportion of jobs that can be moved will riseC. more comprehe
22、nsive factors are taken into accountD. education improvement in emerging economies plays a roleThe narrative of the text in the last three paragraphs concentrates on .A.the standard retort to the argumentsB. off-shoring and the resulting incomeC.the future off-shoringD.the counter-measures at handWh
23、ich of the following could be the best title for the text?A.Business consulting.B.Blue-collar jobs.C. Non-tradable services.D. White-collar blues.11 Few beyond Californias technology crowd recognise the name Larry Sonsini; none within its circle could fail to. For four decades he has been lawyer, ad
24、viser and friend to many prominent companies and investors. Some consider him the most powerful person in Silicon Valley. Companies beg for his law firm to represent them. The 65-year-old chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (WSGR) has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight, first, for counse
25、lling many of the technology firms now under scrutiny for backdating stock options (and in some cases, serving on their boards); and more recently, as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard (HP), for initially defending the boards dubious investigative practices.WSGR boasts 600 lawyers and represents ar
26、ound half of Silicon Valleys public companies, including Apple, Sun Microsystems and Google. Last year it ranked first in private-equity and venture-capital deals, with nearly twice as many as its closest rival. Over the past five years WSGR has worked on over 1, 000 mergers and acquisitions, collec
27、tively worth over $260 billion. The recent troubles cast a shadow over WSGRs reputation. Although Mr. Sonsini is not accused of wrongdoing himself, many of his firms clients are on the ropes. Former executives at Brocade Communications suffered criminal charges in July. Mr. Sonsini served on Brocade
28、s board until last year and his firm was its outside counsel. He also was on the boards of Pixar,Echelon, Lattice Semiconductor, LSI Logic and Novell-all firms at which the issuing of stock options is being called into question.WSGR dismisses the idea that Mr. Sonsini faced a conflict of interest by
29、 acting as both director and legal adviser to so many firms and says he did not advise HP in its investigation of board members. Mr. Sonsini initially said it was well done and within legal limits”. It now seems it was neither.At the beginning of the text, the author stresses .A.the public ignorance
30、 of Larry SonsiniB.the popularity of Larry SonsiniC. the failure of California5 s technologyD.the public recognition of Californias technologyThe statistics in the text indicate .A.the fame of WSGRB.the notoriety of Larry SonsiniC.the boom of WSGRD. the obligation of Hewlett-PackardThe phrase on the
31、 ropes in the second sentence of the third paragraph denotes .A.under controlB. in the dangerC.on the horizonD.on the verge of. collapseThe authors attitude toward Mr. Sonsinis remarks is.A. scepticalB. indifferentC. biasedD.sympatheticThe text is most probably a digest concerning .A.federal imageB.
32、corporate governanceC.economic inflationD.personnel administration14、 It is not just Indian software and business-process outsourcing7 firms that are benefiting from the rise of the internet. Indian modern art is also on an upward spiral, driven by the aspirations of newly rich Indians, especially t
33、hose living abroad, who use the internet to spot paintings and track prices at hundreds of gallery and auction websites. Prices haverisen around 20-fold since 2000, particularly for prized names such as Tyeb Mehta and F. N. Souza.There would have been no chance of that happening so fast without the
34、internet, says Arun Vadehra, who runs a gallery in Delhi and is an adviser to Christies, an international auction house. He expects worldwide sales of Indian art, worth $200 million last year, to double in 2022. It is still a tiny fraction of the $30 billion global art market, but is sizeable for an
35、 emerging market.For newly rich often very rich-non-resident Indians, expensive art is a badge of success in a foreign land. Who you are, and what you have, are on your walls”, says Lavesh Jagasia, an art dealer in Mumbai. Indian art may also beat other forms of investment. A painting by Mr. Mehta t
36、hat fetched $1. 58 million last September would have gone for little more than $100, 000 just four years ago. And a $22 million art-investment fund launched in July by Osians, a big Indian auction house, has grown by 4. 1% in its first two months.Scant attention was paid to modern Indian art until t
37、he end of the 1990s. Then wealthy Indians, particularly those living abroad, began to take an interest. Dinesh Vazirani, who runs Saffronart, a leading Indian auction site, says 60% of his sales for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14) at meal times.In accent and character the peopl
38、e of the Midlands (15) a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.In Scotland the sound (16)by the letter R is generally a strong sound, and R is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty p
39、eople, (18) inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)as being more fiery than the English. They are (20) a race that is quite distinct from the English. (289 words)Notes: fiery急躁的，易怒的。A.In consequenceB.In briefC. In gener
40、alD. In fact2、A.confineB.attachC. refer go to buyers overseas.The focus now is on six auctions this month. Two took place in India last week; work by younger artists such as Surendran Nair and Shibu Natesan beat estimates by more than 70%. Sothebys and Christies have auctions in New York next week,
41、each with a Tyeb Mehta that is expected to fetch more than $1 million. The real question is tee fate of other works, including some by Mr. Souza with estimates of up to $600, 000. If they do well, it will demonstrate that there is strong demand and will pull up prices across the board. This looks li
42、ke a market with a long way to run.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that the recent rapid development of Indian modern art is closely associated with .A. economic boomB. real estateC. electronic elementD. international actionAccording to the third paragraph, the expensive art can be seen
43、 as an ideal means of.A. triumphB. appreciationC. assessmentD. investmentWhich of the following is true according to the text?A. People attached importance to modern Indian art long before the end of 1980s.B.Rich Indians, particularly those living abroad, had a strong passion for modern Indian art f
44、or ages.C. Prices at the emerging market of modern art had been climbing and then declining.D.Rich Indians did not show interest in modern Indian art until the end of the 1990s.According to the text, the fortune of such works as Mr. Souzas can exert an influence on.A.the creation of modern artB.prod
45、uction of younger artistsC.the strong rejection of market policyD. the value of Indian modern artThe authors narrative in the text centers on .A.the profits brought about by a pretty pictureB. why Indian modern art is boomingC. the Success of Indian software and business-process outsourcing firmsD.
46、how wealthy Indians evaluate Indian modern art21 Part B (10 points)You are going to read a list of headings and a text about laughing. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A一F for each numbered paragraph (41一45). The first paragraph of the text is not numbered. There is one extra heading w
47、hich you do not need to use. (10 points)What have they found?A. Is it true that laughing can make us healthier?B. So why do people laugh so much?C. What makes you laugh?D. How did you come to research it?E. So whats it for?Why are you interested in laughter?Its a universal phenomenon, and one of the
48、 most common things we do. We laugh many times a day, for many different reasons, but rarely think about it, and seldom consciously control it. We know so little about the different kinds and functions oflaughter, and my interest really starts there. Why do we do it?What can laughter teach us about our positive emotions and social behaviour? Theres so much we don t know about how the brain contributes to emotion and I think we can get at understanding this by studying laughter.(41).Only 10 or 20 per cent of laughing is a response to humour. Most of theti