2002年考研英语真题及解析(黄皮书)
2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
Section I Use of English
Directions：
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C OR D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 1 . As was discussed before, it was not 2 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic_ 3 _ ，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution 5 up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading 6 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures 7 the 20th century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that Process in 8 . It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, 9 , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, 10 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 11 its impact on the media was not immediately 12 . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as 13 , with display becoming sharper and storage 14 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 15 generations, with the distance between generations much 16 .
It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the 17 within which we now live. The communications revolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 19 view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed 20 “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
1. ［A］between ［B］before ［C］since ［D］later
2. ［A］after ［B］by ［C］during ［D］until
3. ［A］means ［B］method ［C］medium ［D］measure
4. ［A］process ［B］company ［C］light ［D］form
5. ［A］gathered ［B］speeded ［C］worked ［D］picked
6. ［A］on ［B］out ［C］over ［D］off
7. ［A］of ［B］for ［C］beyond ［D］into
8. ［A］concept ［B］dimension ［C］effect ［D］perspective
9. ［A］indeed ［B］hence ［C］however ［D］therefore
10. ［A］brought ［B］followed ［C］stimulated ［D］characterized
11. ［A］unless ［B］since ［C］lest ［D］although
12. ［A］apparent ［B］desirable ［C］negative ［D］plausible
13. ［A］institutional ［B］universal ［C］fundamental ［D］instrumental
14. ［A］ability ［B］capability ［C］capacity ［D］faculty
15. ［A］by means of ［B］in terms of ［C］with regard to［D］in line with
16. ［A］deeper ［B］fewer ［C］nearer ［D］smaller
17. ［A］context ［B］range ［C］scope ［D］territory
18. ［A］regarded ［B］impressed ［C］influenced ［D］effected
19. ［A］competitive ［B］controversial ［C］distracting ［D］irrational
20. ［A］above ［B］upon ［C］against ［D］with
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?”the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up”or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatement. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
21. To make your humor work, you should .
[A] take advantage of different kinds of audience
[B] make fun of the disorganized people
[C] address different problems to different people
[D] show sympathy for your listeners
22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are .
[A] impolite to new arrivals
[B] very conscious of their godlike role
[C] entitled to some privileges
[D] very busy even during lunch hours
23. It can be inferred from the text that public services .
[A] have benefited many people
[B] are the focus of public attention
[C] are an inappropriate subject for humor
[D] have often been the laughing stock
24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered .
[A] in well-worded language
[B] as awkwardly as possible
[C] in exaggerated statements
[D] as casually as possible
25. The best title for the text may be .
[A] Use Humor Effectively
[B] Various Kinds of Humor
[C] Add Humor to Speech
[D] Different Humor Strategies
Text 2
Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics—the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.
As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos
whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy—far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.
But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves—goals that pose a real challenge. “While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error," says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program at NASA, “we can't yet give a robot enough ‘common sense’ to reliably interact with a dynamic world.”
Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.
What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain's roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented—and human perception far more complicated—than previously imagined. They have built robots that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the 98 percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side of a winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer systems on Earth can't approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still don’t know quite how we do it.
26. Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in .
[A] the use of machines to produce science fiction.
[B] the wide use of machines in manufacturing industry.
[C] the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work.
[D] the elite’s cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work.
27. The word “gizmos” (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means .
[A] programs B］ experts［C］ devices ［D］ creatures
28. According to the text, what is beyond man's ability now is to design a robot
that can .
[A] fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surgery.
[B] interact with human beings verbally.
[C] have a little common sense.
[D] respond independently to a changing world.
29. Besides reducing human labor, robots can also .
[A] make a few decisions for themselves.
[B] deal with some errors with human intervention.
[C] improve factory environments.
[D] cultivate human creativity.
30. The author uses the example of a monkey to argue that robots are .
[A] expected to copy human brain in internal structure.
[B] able to perceive abnormalities immediately.
[C] far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information.
[D] best used in a controlled environment.
Text 3
Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?
The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.
Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.
Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25-0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies—to which heavy industry has shifted—have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.
One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist’s commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.
31. The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is_______
[A] global inflation. [B] reduction in supply.
[C]fast growth in economy. [D] Iraq’s suspension of exports.
32. It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up
dramatically if______.
[A] price of crude rises. [B] commodity prices rise.
[C] consumption rises. [D] oil taxes rise.
33. The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries_______.
［A］heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive.
［B］income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices.
［C］manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed.
［D］oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP.
34. We can draw a conclusion from the text that_______.
［A］oil-price shocks are less shocking now.
［B］inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks.
［C］energy conservation can keep down the oil prices.
［D］the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry.
35. From the text we can see that the writer seems__________.
［A］optimistic. ［B］sensitive. ［C］gloomy. ［D］scared.
Text 4
The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.
Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.
Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients’pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient.
Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient medication to control their pain if that might hasten death”.
George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. “It’s like surgery,” he says. “We don’t call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn’t intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you’re a physician, you can risk your patient’s suicide as long as you don’t intend their suicide.”
On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the
assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
Just three weeks before the Court’s ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.
The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.
Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. “Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering”, to the extent that it constitutes “systematic patient abuse”. He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear...that painful deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension”.
36. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that .
[A] doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients’pain
[B] it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives
[C] the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide
[D] patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide
37. Which of the following statements its true according to the text?
[A] Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patients’death.
[B] Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.
[C] The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be
prescribed.
[D] A doctor’s medication is no longer justified by his intentions.
38. According to the NAS’s report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is .
[A] prolonged medical procedures [B] inadequate treatment of pain
[C] systematic drug abuse [D] insufficient hospital care
39. Which of the following best defines the word “aggressive”(line 4, paragraph
7)?
[A] Bold. [B] Harmful. [C] Careless. [D] Desperate
40. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they .
[A] manage their patients incompetently
[B] give patients more medicine than needed
[C] reduce drug dosages for their patients
[D] prolong the needless suffering of the patients
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments
into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)
Almost all our major problems involve human behavior, and they cannot be solved by physical and biological technology alone. What is needed is a technology of behavior, but we have been slow to develop the science from which such a technology might be drawn.（41）One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on. Physics and biology once followed similar practices and advanced only when they discarded them. （42）The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find. The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure. It does not push or pull, it selects, and this function is difficult to discover and analyze.（43）The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago, and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is only beginning to be recognized and studied. As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood, however, effects once assigned to states of mind, feelings, and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions, and a technology of behavior may therefore become available. It will not solve our problems, however, until it replaces traditional prescientific views, and these are strongly entrenched. Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty. （44）They are the possessions of the autonomous（self-governing）man of traditional theory, and they are essential to practices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his achievements. A scientific analysis shifts both the responsibility and the achievement to the environment. It also raises questions concerning “values”. Who will use a technology and to what ends? （45）Until these issues are resolved, a technology of behavior will continue to be rejected, and with it possibly the only way to solve our problems.
Section III Writing
46. Directions:
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay entitled “Cultures National and International”.
In the essay you should
1. describe the picture and interpret its meaning, and
2. give your comment on the phenomenon.
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)
An American girl in traditional Chinese costume（服装）
第一部分英语知识应用试题解析
一、文章总体分析
本文主要介绍了计算机的发展对通信革命及人们的生存方式产生的影响。文章第一段从早期的通信革命入手，指出在15、16世纪和20世纪之间发生了很多事情，特别是通信革命加快了步伐。第二段接着提到20世纪计算机的出现极大地改变了这一进程。第三段指出随着计算机的发展，我们步入了一个信息社会。在计算机影响下，通信革命改变了我们的工作和休闲方式，也影响了我们的思考和感知方式。在结尾部分，文章提到，当然，关于这种通信革命在经济、政治、社会和文化各方面的影响是利大于弊还是弊大于利，还存在争议。
二、试题具体解析
1. [A] between在…当中，在空间、位置或时间的中间
[B] before在此之前早些时候，在…前面
[C] since自从…以后，以前
[D] later 后来，稍后，随后
[答案] A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：时间副词的用法辨析。
解此题关键看两个方面，一是理解文章第一句话的含义：人们曾对20世纪电视的发展以及15世纪和16世纪印刷术的传播进行了比较。二是注意转折连词yet的用法，yet一般标志着接下来的内容与前面的内容出现了较大的不同，如：She said she would be late, yet she arrived on time.（她说她会迟到，但她却准时到达了）。文中第二句话结构非常简单，主语和谓语都无法体现与第一句话的强烈对照，这时只能通过空格里填入的时间状语来体现了，因此这个时间副词应与第一句话中的时间状语in the 20th century和 in the 15th and 16th centuries相呼应并对照。接下来关键看这个时间副词表示的是哪个时间段，15、16世纪之前，20世纪之后还是两者之间。其实我们从下文中的the 19th century也可以推断
出正确答案是between，即“然而，在这两个时段之间却发生了很多事情”。
2. [A] after [B] by [C] during [D] until
[答案]D
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：固定句型。
空格所在的句子是一个强调句型：it was + 时间状语 + that。四个选项中能与not 搭配的只有until，not until表示“直到……才……”，整个句意是“直到十九世纪，报纸才成为电子时代到来前主要的……”。如：It was not until the afternoon that he begun to tackle the problem.（直到下午他才开始解决问题）。
知识点补充：在这种强调状语的结构中，表示状语的成分可以是单词、词组或句子。强调句子时可以是主语从句、宾语从句或状语从句。如：It was at an evening party that I first met her.（强调地点状语）；It was because the water had risen that they could not cross the river.（强调原因状语从句，引导词只能用because，不能用since，as或why）；It is what you will do that is essential.（强调主语从句）。
3. [A] means方式，方法，手段 [B] method方法
[C] medium（表达或传播的）媒介 [D] measure措施，步骤，方法
[答案] C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：名词词义辨析。
本题相关部分是the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic_ 3 _, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book，其中in the wake of 意为“紧跟…之后，接踵而来”，如：Outbreaks of disease occurred in the wake of the drought.（那场旱灾过后，疾病肆虐）。因此整个句子的含义是“报纸继宣传册和书之后成为电子时代到来前主要的__ 3_ _”从句意来看，空格处填入的名词应概括newspaper、pamphlet 和book的共同特点，根据常识，报纸、宣传册和图书都只能是传播信息的媒介（medium），而不是方法或措施。Medium可特指“大众传播手段，包括报纸、杂志、广播或电视等”，如：Commercial television is a medium for advertising.（商业电视是一种广告媒介）。
词汇补充：注意means和medium都可以表示借以成就某事或达到某目的人或物。means (单复数同形)可以指人或物，其含义为“手段”或“工具”。这个词不仅用于具体的东西，也可以用于抽象的意念。如：Thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech（一个人的思想能够借助于语言传递给另一个人）；medium 的含义是“媒介，手段”，通过它能完成、传输或转移某种事物的东西：如：Air is a medium of sound.（空气是声音传播的媒体）。
method 所表示的“方法”可以指做某件事的具体步骤或程序，也可以指抽象概念“条理”，如：To do this, scientists have to devise methods using radar and underwater television.（为此，科学家还要设计出使用雷达和水下电视的方法）；measures表示“手段，策略，为达到目的采取的行动，权宜之计”，如：They took strong measures against dangerous drivers.（他们对危害公众的司机采取强硬的措施）。
4. [A] (in the) process (of) 在……过程中
[B] (in the) company (of) 在……陪伴下，与……同时出现
[C] (in the) light (of) 按照，根据
[D] (in the) form (of) 以……的形式
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：上下文语义 + 介词短语辨析。
文章相关部分是newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical，从
结构上来看，现在分词结构following in the wake of 和介词短语in the 4 of 是并列成分，都做主句的伴随状语，newspaper，pamphlet and book，periodical也是三个平行的部分，它们之间的关系是通过in the wake of和in the 4 of两个部分来体现的。分词结构following in the wake of…意为“随着宣传册和书的出现以后”，体现了时间上的先后。因此空格处的动词构成的短语应既需要与分词结构表并列含义，又需要体现newspaper和periodical之间的时间关系。四个选项从意义上来看，只有B符合。
5. [A] gathered (up) 收集，蜷缩，概括
[B] speeded (up) 加速
[C] worked (up) 逐步建立，逐步发展，逐步引起，整理
[D] picked (up) 拾起，染上，学到，整理，收听到，好转
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：动词短语辨析。
本题要求考生判断哪个动词可以与up搭配，构成短语动词，且符合文意。该动作的发出者是前面的主语communication revolution。根据语义，恰当选项是speeded up，表示“通信革命加速发展”。文中所在句子用了强调结构It was during the same time that，强调时间状语19世纪，表明在这一时期不但报纸成为主要媒介，而且通信革命也取得了重大的成果：运输业、铁路、电报、电话、无线电、电影都在发展。
知识点补充：与up搭配组成的短语动词还包括：beat up（毒打），choke up（说不出话），dress up（盛装），end up（结束），hold up（阻止，妨碍），mix up（混淆），play up （强调），sign up（签约），take up（从事），wash up（洗餐具）等。
例句补充：The child gathered up his toys and put them away.（孩子把他的玩具收拾起来放好）；I worked up this business from nothing.（我在一无所有的情况下把这个事业逐步发展起来的，或，我白手起家）；Trade has been slack for the past six months, but it is now picking up.（过去六个月里商业一直很萧条，但现在情况正在好转）。
6. [A] (lead) on引导，率领……继续前进
[B] (lead) out开始，领舞伴起舞
[C] over不与lead搭配
[D] (lead) off（begin）开始
[答案] A
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：短语动词搭配 + 副词词义辨析。
事实上本题和下一个题目可以一起解答。因为第六空和第七空是所在句子整体中不可分割的两个部分。考生首先需判断选项中哪个副词可以与lead和through搭配。首先排除over，它不能与lead搭配。从结构上看，空格所在部分中的beginning with…和leading…都是现在分词状语成分，说明通信革命是怎样加速发展的：开始于运输和铁路，接着通过电报、电话、收音机和电影的发展，直到二十世纪的汽车和飞机。四个选项只有副词on可以表示“继续，向前”的含义，用在句子中强调“电报、电话、收音机和电影行业推动通信革命的继续发展”。
7. [A] of …的，属于…的；有关…的
[B] for 为了；代表；以…为目的地；因为
[C] beyond 超出（理解、范围、眼界）之上
[D] into进入…之内；成为…状态
[答案] D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：介词用法辨析。
根据上一题的分析，句子空格处需要一个介词和前面的begin with，lead on through
一起来表达通信革命发展的全过程。选项中只有into符合，而且它和前面的leading相呼应，表达“进入20世纪的汽车和飞机时代”。
8．[A] concept 观念，概念
[B] dimension 长度，宽度，高度，尺寸，大小
[C]（in）effect实际上，事实上，简直是
[D]（in）perspective正确地、如实的（观察事物）
[答案] D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：句内语义 + 介词短语搭配。
本题要求考生判断哪个名词和介词in搭配构成副词短语。空格所在句子是Not everyone sees that process in 8 （并不是每个人都…地看待这个过程）。首先排除concept和dimension，它们一般不和in搭配，即使搭配了，所表达的含义“在观念上看待这个过程”和“在尺度上看待这个过程”也不符合文意。in effect为固定搭配，如：They have no formal contract, but he is, in effect, her manager.（他们之间没有正式合同，但他实际上是她的经理），但它在文中能表达的含义“实际上看待这个过程”也不符合逻辑；只有in perspective放入句中，表示“并不是每一个人都能正确地看待这一问题”。
知识点补充：in perspective和in one’s right perspective都是固定搭配，都表示“正确、如实地（观察事物）”，如：see problems in their right perspective（如实地看待问题）。
另外，该句中，代词everyone与not搭配使用，表部分否定，意思是“不是每个人”。类似的代词或副词还有all，both，every，everyday，everybody，many，everything，entirely，absolutely，always，completely，often，wholly等，它们和not一起表达出“并非都是，不是每个都是”的含义。如：Both of them are not my brothers.（他们两个不全是我的兄弟）。I do not remember all those formulas.（这些公式我并非全都记得）。
9. [A] indeed实际上，确实（表强调） [B] hence因此，所以，（表因果关系）
[C] however然而，（表转折关系） [D] therefore因此，（表因果关系）
[答案] C
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：逻辑关系。
从结构上看，空格所在句子是一个it做形式主语的完整的主语从句It is generally recognized that the introduction of the computer radically changed the process。空格由两个逗号隔开，在主语从句中是插入语。从四个选项看，这里需填入一个逻辑连接词，表明这个句子和其前文之间的逻辑关系。
从语义上看，第一段主要论述在15、16世纪和20世纪之间发生了很多事情，如：报纸等媒介的出现和通信革命的发展。第二段一、二句综合指出正确看待这个过程很重要。从空格所在这一句开始，文章提出“计算机的出现极大地改变了这个进程”，可以判断这里的逻辑关系为转折。选项中只有however表转折。
知识点补充：像however这类逻辑连接副词在句中的位置可以是句首、句中或句尾，而当在用于句中时，与句子其他部分既可用逗号也可用分号隔开，如：①However, not everybody agreed. ②The visitor came to the door; however, it was too late for him to get in. ③The composition is all right; there is room for improvement, however.
10. [A] brought带来
[B] followed跟随
[C] stimulated刺激, 激励
[D] characterized表现……的特色，刻画的……性格
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：过去分词辨析。
空格所在部分 10 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s
是插入成分，插在了that引导的主语从句的主语the introduction of the computer和谓
语radically changed之间，修饰从句的主语。从选项可看出空格处将填入过去分词，考生
关键要判断主语“计算机在20世纪早期问世”和插入成分“集成电路在20世纪60年代发明”之间是什么联系，显然这两件事是时间先后关系。从词义上来看，只有follow表示时
间先后关系，符合题意。本题最具干扰的选项是brought，但考生注意20世纪初期出现的
电脑不可能由比它还晚（20世纪60年代）出现的集成电路所带来。
11. [A] unless除非，（引导条件状语从句）
[B] since自……以来，既然，（引导时间、原因状语从句）
[C] lest惟恐，以免，（引导条件状语从句）
[D] although虽然，尽管，（引导让步状语从句）
[答案] D
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：逻辑关系。
在做本题之前，先做第12题比较好。空格前文提到，计算机的出现大大改变了这种进程，接着空格下文又说它对媒体的影响没有立即见效。显然，这里的逻辑关系为让步。四个
选项中，只有although符合要求，意为“极大地改变了这一进程。虽然对媒体的影响并没
有立即见效。”
12. [A] apparent明显的
[B] desirable值得要的，合意的，令人想要的，悦人心意的
[C] negative否定的，消极的，负的，阴性的
[D] plausible似是而非的
[答案] A
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：上下文语义 + 形容词词义辨析。
空格所在句子是its impact on the media was not immediately 12 ，其中its
指代的是the computer’s。首先排除plausible，因为我们不能说“影响不是立即似是而
非的”。其次，根据上下文的逻辑，考生可推出虽然计算机的影响很大，但这个影响不是一
蹴而就的，它刚出现时应该没有像现在这样得到这么广泛的使用，因此它对媒体的影响不是
立刻就很明显的（apparent）。desirable更强调主观上的愿望，如：a home computer with many desirable features.（有许多理想性能的家庭计算机）。但计算机的影响不是我们主
观上能决定的。
13. [A] institutional惯例的；公共机构的，社会事业性质的
[B] universal全体的，普通的，大众化的
[C] fundamental基础的，根本的，必要的
[D] instrumental起作用的，有助于，一般做表语
[答案] A
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：句内语义 + 形容词词义辨析。
从结构上来看，空格所在句子中的代词they指代前面的computers，逗号后的and连
接了两个并列句子，即上句的smaller and more powerful与下文的personal as well as 13 相对应。上句的smaller和powerful在含义上有转折，意为“虽然越来越小却越来越强”，因此空格所填入的词也应与personal相对照。如果从字面上理解personal，它的含
义是“私人的、个人的”，universal可以是它的反义词，但universal多做定语，强调“普
遍性”，如；universal interest（普遍感兴趣），而且它在文中表达的含义“不仅被普遍使用，也被个人使用”也不符合逻辑；只有institutional与personal 相对应，指出“电脑
不再仅仅是团体而且也成了个人使用的工具”，符合文意。
例句补充：Technical innovation is instrumental in improving the qualities of products.（技术革新有助于提高产品的质量）
14. [A] ability [B] capability
[C] capacity [D] faculty
[答案] C
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：名词词义辨析。
从结构上看，空格所在句子是with引导的分词独立结构：with display（逻辑主语）becoming sharper（现在分词结构） and storage 14 （逻辑主语）increasing（现在分词），来修饰前面的主句做状语。从语义上看，“计算机也成了个人工具，是随着其显示效果（display）越来越清晰（sharper）和存储…的提高”，因此空格和storage搭配后应指“（计算机的）存储能力”。考生关键要判断哪个名词能与storage搭配。四个选项都可以表示“能力”，但只有capacity可以指承受力或容纳力，和storage是固定搭配，表“存储能力”。例如：The hall has a seating capacity of 200 people（大厅可容纳200人）。
知识点补充：ability指去做某件事情的能力（精神的或生理的），如children’s ability to learn（孩子们的学习能力）；capability强调生长、发展或成功的一种潜能。如：The little girl has great capability as a singer and should be trained.（这个小女孩很有当歌手的才能，应该加以训练）；faculty指内在的、天生的力量或能力，如：the faculty to learn languages（学语言的能力）。
15. [A] by means of用…，依靠…，通过…
[B] in terms of按照，在…方面，从…角度
[C] with regard to关于
[D] in line with符合，和…一致
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：介词短语辨析。
空格所在句子是They were thought of, like people, 15 generations，其中主语they指的仍然是computers，插入语意为“像人一样”，谓语是被动语态形式were thought of，指“被考虑，被想”，可见，空格和generations（一代人，世代，衍生代）一起做状语，修饰谓语，说明电脑是怎样被看待考虑的。因此考生重点要区分A、B选项，A 选项by means of强调“用某种方式或手段”，而B选项in terms of可以强调用某个字眼、措辞及它所传达的概念，如：Give the answer in terms of a percentage.（用百分比来回答）。根据文意，“计算机与人一样，都可以按照代（generations）来划分”，这里使用generation更多地是借用这个词和它的概念，因此正确选项为B。
例句补充：Thoughts are expressed by means of words.（思想用词汇来表达）；The work is not very profitable in terms of cash, but I am getting valuable experience from it.（这个工作从钱的角度来说不是非常有利可图，但我从中获得了宝贵经验）；He would make no concession in regard to his own rights.（他在关于自己权利的方面不会作出让步）；That isn’t in line with my ideas at all.（那和我的想法根本不一致）。
16. [A] deeper [B] fewer
[C] nearer [D] smaller
[答案] D
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：习惯搭配。
本题要求考生判断哪个形容词的比较级可以修饰the distance。选项中只有smaller 可以，表示“距离减小”。注意，英文中不能用near形容distance来表达“距离近”，而只
用small或big这类的词来形容距离的远近。许多考生选择了A或C，是因为受到了中文思维的影响，觉得距离可以是深浅和远近。
17. [A] context （事情发生的）环境，背景
[B] range山脉；（种类变化的）范围，幅度；射程
[C] scope（处理，研究事物的）范围；（做某事物的）机会, 余地
[D] territory领土,
[答案] A
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：名词词义辨析。
空格所在句子是一个强调句型It was within the computer age that…，其大意是：正是在这个计算机时代，“信息社会”开始被广泛用来描述我们现在所生活的……。information society描述的当然是society，因此考生关键要判断哪个选项和society属于同一语义范畴，显然我们不能说society是“范围（range/scope）”或“领土（territory）”，而只能说是一种“环境或背景（context）”。
18. [A] regarded看待，把…作为，尊敬，涉及 [B] impressed留下印象，盖印
[C] influenced 影响 [D] effected产生，招致，实现
[答案] C
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：动词词义辨析。
空格所在句子是The communications revolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time，因此考生需判断哪个动词可以描述句子主语“通信革命”对宾语“我们的工作和休闲方式以及对时间和空间的思考和感知方式”所做的动作。显然influenced是正确选项，句意为“通信革命影响了我们的众多方式”，其他三个选项和work和leisure搭配后从语义上都讲不通。
例句补充：I have always regarded him highly.（我总把他看得很高）；I wrote down whatever impressed me during the journey.（我记下旅行过程中使我感动的所有事物）；The new manager effected several changes in the company.（新来的经理在公司里促成了好几次改革）。
19. [A] competitive竞争的 [B] controversial有争议的
[C] distracting注意力不集中的 [D] irrational无理性的，不合理的
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：上下文语义+ 形容词词义辨析。
本题要求考生判断哪个形容词可与view搭配，并符合文意。首先排除distracting，它不和view搭配。其次，从转折连词but可知空格所在部分there have been 19 view 表示的意思和前文相反。前文指出“通信革命影响了我们工作、休闲及思考和感知的方式”，空格所在句子指出“但是关于其在经济、政治、社会和文化上的含义的看法却…”。此外，从下文中的benefits和harmful的对比以及最后一句的And generalizations have proved difficult（现在形成统一的看法还有困难）也可以知道，人们对这个通信革命影响的看法是褒贬不一的，，因此，该看法是有争议的（controversial），而不是竞争的（competitive）或不合理的（irrational）。
20. [A] above 在…上，超出 [B] upon 在…上
[C] against 对照，对比，与…相反 [D] with 和…，同…在一起
[答案] C
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：习惯搭配。
解答本题，考生关键要知道weigh sth. against sth.或sth. is weighed against sth.是固定搭配，意为“权衡，斟酌”，如：weigh one plan against another（比较一计划与
另一计划的优劣）。空格所在句子的含义是“把利益和产生的弊端进行了权衡”。
三、全文翻译
人们曾对20世纪电视的发展以及15世纪和16世纪印刷术的传播进行了比较。然而，在这两个时段之间发生了很多事情。正如前面所讲的，直到十九世纪，报纸才继宣传册和书之后，伴随着期刊的出现，成为电子时代到来前主要的传播手段。在同一时间，通信革命也加快了步伐，先从运输和铁路开始，紧接着是电报、电话、收音机和电影，直到二十世纪的汽车和飞机。
并不是每一个人都能正确地看待（通信革命发展）这一进程，但这一点非常重要。然而，人们普遍认识到二十世纪初期计算机的出现，及随后六十年代集成电路的发明，在极大程度上改变了这一进程，虽然它对媒体的影响并没有立即见效。随着时间的推移，计算机变得越来越小，功能却更加强。它们不仅被单位，也被个人使用。计算机的图像显示变得更加清晰，储存容量也在增加。它们被看作和人一样，可以分成几代。每一代的距离也在缩小。正是在计算机时代，“信息社会”这个词语开始被广泛地用于描述我们现实的生活环境。通信革命改变了我们的工作和休闲方式，同时也改变了我们对时间和空间的思考和感知方式。但对这一革命在经济、政治、社会和文化上的含义，人们还有争议。人们把利益和产生的弊端进行了权衡，但很难得出一个概括性的结论。
第二部分阅读理解试题解析
Part A
第一篇
一、文章结构总体分析
本文是关于幽默的一篇说明文，旨在教会读者如何使用幽默。文章从三个层次讲述使用幽默时应该注意的问题，并多次举例说明。
第一段：第一句话是主题句，说明为了达到幽默的效果，必须知道如何识别听话者共有的经历和问题，针对不同的听众谈不同的幽默话题。该段主要使用说理的论证手段。
第二段：举例证明上面的观点。
第三段：推理说明为什么第一段提出的方法会达到幽默的效果。
第四段：谈论幽默很重要的一个方面是注意练习，让它显得自然随意。
第五段：举例说明获得幽默的重要方法——主动寻找幽默。
二、试题具体解析
21. To make your humor work, you
should .
[A] take advantage of different kinds of
audience
[B] make fun of the disorganized people
[C] address different problems to
different people
[D] show sympathy for your listeners 21. 要使自己的幽默让人发笑，你应当
_ 。
[A] 利用不同类型的听众
[B] 取笑杂乱无章的人
[C] 对不同的人谈不同的问题
[D] 对你的听众表示同情
[答案] C
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：段落主旨题。
本题考查的是局部信息，考生关键要理解第一段。该段首句指出，如果你想在谈话中用幽默使人发笑，你就必须知道如何辨别共同的经历和共同的问题。接着作者又对此进行了解释，即：你的幽默必须与听众相关，显示你是他们中的一员，或你理解他们的处境并赞成他们的观点。作者在第三句得出结论，即“Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different（针对不同的听众，谈及不同的问题）”。由此可知，C选项恰好是对该段中心的概括，为正确答案。
A选项虽然在某种程度上谈到了“不同的听众”的重要性，但没有接着阐述听众不同应该怎样做，而且它出现了文中没有的内容：利用听众。B选项是该段最后举例说明的内容，if you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses。但这只是用来论证“听众不同问题不同”这个论点的一个具体个案，缺乏普遍性，无法由此而得出取笑他们就总会使幽默起作用的结论，因此不能选。D选项就是该段第二句谈到的in sympathy with their point of view，但是它仅仅是“对不同的人谈不同的问题”这个中心论点的部分解释，不具备完整性和概括性。
答题技巧：本题要求考生透过字里行间去把握段落主题句。注意主题句一般是观点而非描写、说明或事实。段落中除了表观点的主题句外，其他的内容一般起说明或论证作用，并且，主题句大都具有归纳性、概括性、抽象性等特点。
22. The joke about doctors implies that,
in the eyes of nurses, they
are .
[A] impolite to new arrivals
[B] very conscious of their godlike role
[C] entitled to some privileges
[D] very busy even during lunch hours 22. 从那个关于医生的笑话里推出护士对
医生的看法是他们____。
[A] 对新来的人没有礼貌
[B] 非常在乎自己上帝般的角色
[C] 享有某些特权
[D] 用午餐时都很忙
[答案] B
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：推理引申题。
本题考查考生概括理解具体例子的能力，考生关键要把握作者通过举例手法所表达的观点。作者在第二段讲述了一则嘲笑医生的笑话。笑话中上帝的动作rush to grab 和stomp over都表明了上帝的傲慢和目中无人，而圣彼德的话“但是有时他认为自己是一名医生”表明医生也有同样的特点，即无礼、傲慢、自以为像上帝一样。由此可知，B选项为正确答案。
A选项不是笑话中暗示的医生的普遍特点，我们无法从笑话中得出医生对所有新来的人都不礼貌。而C选项和D选项都没有嘲笑他们的意味，因此也不对。
23. It can be inferred from the text that
public services .
[A] have benefited many people
[B] are the focus of public attention
[C] are an inappropriate subject for
humor
[D] have often been the laughing stock 23. 从文中可以推出，公共服务____。
[A] 给许多人带来利益
[B] 是公众注意的焦点
[C] 不适合作为幽默的笑料
[D] 经常是大家的笑料
[答案] D
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：推理引申题。
本题要求考生根据第三段的内容去推测最后一句的含义。文章第三段指出，如果谈话者是听话者中的一分子，就可以用双方共同的经历作为幽默的素材，否则，这样做就不合适。最后指出，这时如果拿公共服务行业作为替罪羊（scapegoats）去评论，你就会处于安全境地。这就说明即使对不同的听众也可以以它们为笑料，也就是说它们是大家经常谈论的笑料。因此D选项为正确答案。C 选项恰与原文意思相悖。A 选项未提到，因为当作笑料并非就是带来利益。B选项似乎也有道理，但是他的针对性不如D选项。
24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered .
[A] in well-worded language
[B] as awkwardly as possible
[C] in exaggerated statements
[D] as casually as possible 24.为了达到预期的效果，幽默故事应该以____方式讲述。
[A] 话语措辞得当；
[B] 尽可能地不自然；
[C] 用夸张的词语；
[D] 尽可能自然。
[答案] D
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：段落主旨题。
本题要求考生理解第四段的主题思想。文章第四段指出，如果在讲述幽默时感到有些不自然，就必须加以练习，使之变得更自然。你可以加入一些随便的、看上去是即兴（off-the-cuff）的话，用轻松的、自然的方式把它说出来。让听众发笑的通常是讲述幽默的过程，因此应该放慢语速，再加上一些表情，这些都在告诉人们你在讲述笑话。从该段的一些关键词natural，relaxed，unforced和light-hearted等，都可看出D选项才是讲幽默故事的正确方法。
A选项是文中未出现的内容；B选项与文章内容相悖；C选项是在第五段中谈到搜集幽默素材时应该留意的内容之一，只是列举，同样不具有概括性，因而不能入选。
25. The best title for the text may be . 25. 这篇文章最好的标题是。
[A] Use Humor Effectively [A] 有效地使用幽默
[B] Various Kinds of Humor [B] 各种各样的幽默
[C] Add Humor to Speech [C] 在谈话中添加幽默
[D] Different Humor Strategies [D] 不同的幽默策
[答案] A
[解析]本题考核的知识点是：文章主旨题。
本题考的是对全文的理解，是总括题，要求考生综合各段主题找出全文的主旨。文章第一至三段谈的是选择恰当的幽默话题，以求实现幽默效果；第四段谈论的是自然随意的幽默，可以达到幽默效果；第五段建议人们留意幽默，并指出了幽默可能存在的地方，也就是实现幽默的一些策略方法。因此可知，A选项是全文都在谈论的论点，为正确的答案。
B选项不符合文章的主要内容，因为文中并未举出幽默有哪些种类。C选项也不是全文探讨的问题。D选项只是最后一段间接涉及的一些内容，如：对一句常言进行歪曲，玩弄语言文字或情景，夸大其词或是故意地轻描淡写等以求实现幽默的效果，因此无法概括全篇。
三、文章长难句分析与佳句赏析
长难句分析：
① Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point if view.
本句主干是Your humor must be...and should help to show...，不定式to show后是两个that 引导的宾语从句：that you are one of the them以及that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view，中间用or连接。
② Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors.
该句的主干是：Here is an example of a story，example 后是非限定性定语从句which I heard...做定语；story 后是限制性定语从句which works well做定语，其中又含有一个原因状语从句because...。work意思是“起作用，有效”。如：How long does a sleeping pill take to work? 安眠药要多长时间才起作用？
③ If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties.
该句子有多重结构。第一重是，句首if引导的条件从句和主句构成主从复合句。if从句充当主句的条件状语，主句由两个并列的分句构成：you will be...and it’ll be appropriate....。第二重是，if从句中的group后接有一个限定性定语从句which you are addressing做定语，主句中前一个分句中不定式的宾语the experiences and problems 后接which 引导的定语从句做定语，后一分句的结构是it’ll be appropriate for sb. to do sth....。
be in a position to do sth.意思是“由于客观或主观条件”可能做某事。如：He is in a position to marry.他有条件结婚。passing 意思是：粗略的，随便的，仓促的。如：
a passing mention 顺便提及。
④ With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will
resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman.
句中as 引导的是原因状语从句，will在这里是情态动词，表示某种推测。cut in with sth.意思是“以……插入”。
佳句赏析：
① Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.
这就是我们常说的“因人而异”的英文版说法。
② If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
两个if条件从句的并列、talking to和addressing、refer to和comment on的替换以及disorganized的重复，使该句子变化中有重复，动中有静。
四、核心词汇与超纲词汇
(1) identify（v.）认出，识别；鉴定；identification（n.）识别，身份证明，简写成ID。
(2) sympathy（n.）同情，同感；be in～with sb./sth. 同意，赞同。如：We are all in～with your proposals. sym-前缀表示“相同的”；anti-表示“相反的”，如：antipathy 反感。
(3) address（v.）与…说话，向…致辞，演说；从事，忙于
(4) alternatively（ad.）作为选择，或者；这个词在写作中常用来引导另外一个平行的观点或意见；alternative（a./n.）二者择一（的），选择性（的）
(5) convention（n.）大会，协定，习俗，惯例；conventional（a.）
(6) accommodations（n.）住处，住所；座位，车厢；适应；便利的设备，有帮助的事物
(7) St. Peter 圣彼德，St.是Saint的缩写，是人们对耶稣基督的尊称。
(8) stomp（n./v.）跺脚，践踏，重踏
(9) passing（a.）经过的，短暂的，匆匆的，随便的，偶然的，及格的
(10) notorious（a.）声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的；notorious是一个贬义词。表示“名气很大”的贬义词还有infamous。褒义词很多，如：famous，well-known，renowned等。（11）resent（v.）愤恨，怨恨，对…感觉不愉快；resentment（n.）
（12）disparaging（a.）蔑视的，轻视的，毁谤的
（13）scapegoat（n.）替罪羊。记住goat，与“羊”有关的词语还有black sheep害群之马。
（14）understatement（n.）一种修辞手法，故意的轻描淡写；under-前缀表示“未达，未满，不足”，如：undertreatment处理不足或不力，underestimate，underripe不成熟的。（15）turn about转变，改变意见，转身，反复思考