"The numerous tribes and combinations of tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid...(47)The life of the Pathan is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enough to yield with little labour the modest material requirements of a sparse population.
"Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the breech-loading rifle and the British government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second an unmitigated nuisance. The convenience of the breech-loading, and still more of the magazine rifle, was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands.(48) A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in one\'s own house and fire at one\'s neighbour nearly a mile away...
"The action of the British government on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory. The great organising, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport.
"No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone away again...But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys...All along the road people were expected to keep quiet, not to shoot one another, and, above all, not to shoot at travellers along the road. (49)It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source...
"The Political Officers who accompanied the force...were very unpopular with the army officers...(50)They were accused of the grievous crime of \'shilly-shallying\', which being interpreted means doing everything you possibly can before you shoot. We had with us a very brilliant political officer...who was much disliked because he always stopped military operations. Just when we were looking forward to having a splendid fight and all the guns were loaded and everyone keyed up, [he] would come along and put a stop to it."
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51. Directions:
You are just back from a tour and have some complaints to make about the tourist company. Write a letter to the manager of the company which includes the following points: (1) the purposes of writing the letter;(2)the services you were not satisfactory with;(3)the hope that they can give you some compensation.
Write your letter using no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)
Part B

52. Study the picture above carefully and write an essay entitled “Cars: Should we Love them or Hate them?” In the essay, you should (1)describe the picture (2)interpret its meaning (3)give your opinion about the phenomenon.
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET2. (20 points)
2006考研英语模拟题一参考答案
Section I Use of English
1.答案D. fiction
句意: 小说类的作品中
解析: 本题测试点为词义辨析。A意为“文学作品”; B意为“记叙文”;C意为“故事”、“小说”;D意为“小说”;。在本题中,根据句意需要选用的是表达“小说”这个意思,C和D都符合,但是这段中间有non-fiction,表示畅销书的另一类,因此应选D。
2.答案B. from
句意:从恐怖小说到凯瑟琳·米勒的《凯瑟琳·M的性生活》全都榜上有名
解析:本题测试点为句意理解和固定词组搭配。A. C D都是“关于”的意思。根据句意以及后面介词“to”可知,应该是“from…to… ”这个固定搭配的介词短语,因此选B。
3.答案A. both
句意:这部小说既被赞美为”高雅艺术”,又被讽刺为高级色情文学。
解析:本题测试点为句意理解和并列连词的用法。B. equally意为“同等地”,但是“高雅艺术”和“高级色情文学”并不能被称作“同等”。 D意为“一起”。根据句意以及后面的连词and可推断应选A,是固定搭配,表示既……又……。
4.答案C. derided
句意:见3
解析:本题测试点为上下文理解和词义辨析。A意为“被认可为”; B意为“被夸赞为”;C意为“被讽刺为”; D意为“被斥责为”。又后面的“色情文学”一词可知应该选表负面意义的动词,所以应在C、D里选,但由upmarket可以推断这是讽刺说法,应该选C。
5. 答案C
句意:还有一些小说是关于现代生活中一些另人费解的问题:善与恶,信仰与科学。
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析及固定搭配。A意为“尝试”;B意为“处理”; D. 意为“谈论”;C意为“处理”。B、C、D都有相关意思,但B后应加介词with,D后应加介词about。因此正确答案为C。
6. 答案A
句意:见5
解析:本题测试点为西方文化中常用的一些对比词语。A、 B、、C、 D都有“恶”的意思,但一般来说,good相对应的是evil,应选A。
7.答案D
句意:在非小说类中哲学主题还在继续着
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析。A意为“主题、话题”; B意为“主意”; C意为“论点”; D意为“主题”。A和C在这里都可以,但一般作品的主题都用theme,所以结合语境应该选D。
8.答案A
句意:本周由Michel Onfray的《哲学反手工》荣登榜首。
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析。A. topped 意为“由……占据最前头”,例如: She topped the list.她排名第一;B. covered意为“由……覆盖”; C. overdone意为“被……超过”; D. surpassed意为“被……超过”。根据句意,应选A。
9.答案D
句意:这是关于哲学永无休止的争论的作品。
解析:本题测试点为介词用法。根据句意,此处介词应表达“关于”的意思,四个介词中只有on有这个意思,因此选D。
10.答案B
句意:法国最受欢迎的20世纪小说调查
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析。根据后面括号里的句子可以推断出是所添词语是“最受欢迎”的意思,A意为“好的”;C意为“招人喜爱的”; D意为“另人满意的”,根据句意,应选B。
11.答案B
句意:从题目开始就穿插着Beigbeder先生的招牌式幽默了
解析:本题测试点为动词词组的固定搭配,因为handl with这个固定搭配,而其他动词相应的搭配没有这个意思,应该选B。
12.答案B
句意:见11
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析,在中国有一个词叫“招牌式的……”,这句话就是表达这个意思。CD是形容词,意思是“明显的”;A是名字意思为“品牌”;B意思为“商标”,还有一个意思是“人的特征”,这个词用在这里最为恰当,意思是特有的幽默。
13.答案A
句意:主要的成分
解析:本题测试点为名词词义辨析,A意为“成分”;B意为“构造”;C意为“部分”;D意为“因素”,根据句意,选项A最为恰当。
14.答案C
句意:一位国内著名的厨师
解析:本题测试点为句意理解和逻辑推断。根据后recipes)一词,可以推断应该是“厨师”,所以应选C,其他几个都不合适。
15.答案C
句意:他最新的菜谱集名列榜首
解析:本题测试点为词义辨析,这四个词都是指“集子”的意思,但所指不同,A意为“一套”,通常用来形容设备; B. 意为“文选”,指正式作品集子; D. 意为“歌曲集”、“唱片”; C意为“合集”。因此,应该选C。
16.答案B
句意:位居第二
解析:本题测试点为句意理解和固定搭配。in second place意为“第二名”;A侧重表示职位、级别; C意为“点”,D意为“地位”。 因此,应该选B。
17.答案:C
句意:她到意大利遍布阳光的山脉区种植自己的橄榄
解析:本题测试点为动词短语固定搭配,take oneself off 意为“去、到”,因此应该选C。
18.答案D
句意:就在法国边境处。
解析:本题测试点为介词用法。A意为“在……上面”; B意为“在……周围”;C.意为“在……周围”;D意为“横过……”。根据句意,应该选D。
19.答案A
句意:正如其一般功用
解析:本题测试点为副词短语的固定搭配。as usual表示“照例”,因此选A。
20.答案A
句意:《火焰杯》依旧闪耀位居第三
解析:本题测试点为形容词词义辨析。A 意为“闪亮的”; B意为“强烈的”; C.意为“眼花缭乱的”; D.意为“灿烂的”。A与burning搭配比较恰当,应选A。
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Text 1
21. D
22.B
23.A
24.C
25.B
Text 2
26.C
27.D
28.A
29.D
30.B
Text 3
31.A
32.C
33.D
34.D.
35.A
Text 4
36.B
37.D
38.A
39.B
40. C
Part B
[总体分析] 本篇介绍的是911事件后美国对索马里政策以及索马里内部军阀政策的转变。文章从美国的举措、索马里军阀的反应和举措等方面进行记叙。就本篇文章而言,理请思路,分清美国和索马里军阀不同的举措是非常重要的。 [详细解答] 41.F 本段主要讲述美国911事件前索马里采取的政策,然后引出911事件后政策的改变。从上文中“This, like so much else, changed on September 11th.”可以推断,接下来讲的应该是事件后的举措。 [D[]E[F]似乎都于事件后举措有关,但[D]讲的是西方国家总体的策略,而[E]讲的是美国情报人员的具体行动,只有[F]讲的是美国举措,而且下面一段讲的就是这个举措的具体情况。因此F与上文内容相吻合。 42.G 本段上文讲的是美国将伊斯兰极端主义组织定为恐怖组织,下文是说美国担心索马里会成为逃亡人员的避难所,以及美国海军、侦察机的行动。[A]讲的是有关伊斯兰极端主义组织的情况,似乎和上文可以接起来,但由 “Al-Itihaad subsequently infiltrated Somalia's business class”句中subsequently(随后,后来)可以推断这句话前面应该是说该组织最初的一些情况,和上文It had listed a Somali Islamic group, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Islamic Unity), as a terrorist organisation.就不符合了。再仔细分析一下,这部分仍旧讲的是美国的在不同方面实施的一些行动和举措,而且中间几个句子都用it作主语,回头看一下几个选项,[G]讲的也是一些举措,并且主语为it,符合这段的行文和逻辑意思。 43.[B] 本题空白处是一段的开头,下文讲的是某个人的看法,而前一段讲的是美国采取的行动,并未提到什么人,所以可以推断空白处应该是
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