胡敏考研英語　考前十天沖刺模擬試題

英語沖刺模擬試題

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)

Responsibilities. We all have them; most of us have more than we’d like. That doesn’t change the reality that, sooner or later, we all have to 1____ up to them. But perhaps it does explain our __2___ to add to the ever-growing list. There’s already so much to do in a day, why tack on an 3_____ burden?

Unfortunately, it’s this kind of defeatist mentality 4 __keeps people from enhancing their lives through proper 5 and exercise. Here is the salient point, though: The health and fitness benefits you’ll derive from 6_____ the necessary work are worth whatever sacrifices you must make 7______ the way.

I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the same 8 . Each time, I always give the same response: Yes, I say, working out is work. So is taking the 9 to eat right. 10 yourself on the couch or having drinks with friends after work is a lot easier than exercising, and hitting the McDonald’s drive thru takes a lot less time than cooking a 11 at home. But channel surfing, margaritas and a Quarter Pounder. With Cheese aren’t going to produce some of the things worth having—a low cholesterol level or the 12____ to go shirtless on the beach. Those benefits demand a ___13____ effort.

I’m not saying you should eschew the ___14__ night on the town or gourmet meal at a five-star restaurant. Both have their ___15____ and are components of a well-rounded life. I’ve enjoyed my ___16____ of revelry and fine ___17___ and look forward to those special opportunities to experience more of the good life. But I’ve managed to find a balance between those ___18 pleasures and a permanent ___19____ to a regular workout and a healthy diet. Because, __20____, it is the latter that will have a lasting improvement on the overall quality of my life.

1. [A] come [B] catch [C] confront [D] face

2. [A] resistance [B] reluctance [C] persistence [D] existence

3. [A] exact [B] external [C] extra [D] extensive

4. [A] that [B] which [C] what [D] who

5. [A] food [B] nutrition [C] diet [D] recreation

6. [A] setting in [B] putting in [C] getting in [D] cutting in

7. [A] along [B] by [C] on [D] in

8. [A] reasons [B] questions [C] doubts [D] excuses

9. [A] chance [B] effort [C] time [D] interest

10. [A] Throwing [B] Planting [C] Sitting [D] Placing

11. [A] dish [B] dinner [C] meal [D] hamburger

12. [A] pride [B] confidence [C] enthusiasm [D] inspiration

13. [A] long time [B] long range [C] long term [D] long distance

14. [A] additional [B] emotional [C] occasional [D] sensational

15. [A] place [B] position [C] location [D] attraction

16. [A] share [B] part [C] portion [D] section

17. [A] meal [B] diet [C] dining [D] eating

18. [A] short dated [B] short lived [C] short legged [D] short tempered

19. [A] coherence [B] experience [C] adherence [D]remembrance

20. [A] in a word [B] in the end [C] in the future [D] in a nutshell

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

Economists often like to speak of Homo economicus—rational economic man. In practice, human economic behaviour is not quite as rational as the relentless logic of theoretical economics suggests it ought to be. When buying things in a straight exchange of money for goods, people often respond to changes in price in exactly the way that theoretical economics predicts. But when faced with an exchange whose outcome is predictable only on average, most people prefer to avoid the risk of making a loss than to take the chance of making a gain in circumstances when the average expected outcome of the two actions would be the same.

There has been a lot of discussion about this discrepancy in the economic literature—in particular, about whether it is the product of cultural experience or is a reflection of a deeper biological phenomenon. So Keith Chen, of the Yale School of Management, and his colleagues decided to investigate its evolutionary past. They reasoned that if they could find similar behaviour in another species of primate (none of which has yet invented a cash economy) this would suggest that loss aversion evolved in a common ancestor. They chose the capuchin monkey, Cebus apella, a South American species often used for behavioral experiments.

First, the researchers had to introduce their monkeys to the idea of a cash economy. They did this by giving them small metal discs while showing them food. The monkeys quickly learned that humans valued these ine