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考研英語強(qiáng)化階段——完形填空課程主講老師：歡迎使Directions:Foreachnumberedblankintheflowingpassage,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.choosethebestoneandmarkyouransweronANSWERSHEET1byblackeningthecorrespondingletterinthebracketswithapencil.(10points)ThehomelessmakeupagrowingpercentageofAmerica’spopulation.1homelessnesshasreachedsuchproportionsthatlocalernmentcan’t .Tohelphomelesspeople independence,thefederal ernmentmustsupportjobtrainingprograms, theminimumwage,andfundmorelow-cost everyoneagreesonthenumbersofAmericanswhoarehomeless.Estimates_6_anywherefrom600,000to3million._7_thefiguremayvary,ystsdoagreeonanothermatter:thatthenumberofthehomelessis_8_,oneoftheernment’sstudies9 thatthenumberofthehomelesswillreachnearly19millionbytheendofthisdecade.Findingways thisgrowinghomelesspopulation increasinglydifficult. 11_whenhomelessindividualsmanagetofinda 12_thatwillgivethemthreemealsadayandaplacetosleepatnight,agoodnumberstillspendthebulkofeach thestreet.Partoftheproblemisthathomelessadultsareaddictedtoalcoholordrugs.Andasignificantnumberofthehomelesshaveseriousmentaldisorders.Manyothers,_14_notaddictedormentallyill,simplylacktheeveryday15_skillsneedtoturntheirlives16_.BostonGlobereporterChrisReidynotesthatthesituationwillimproveonlywhenthereare17programsthataddressthemanyneedsofthehomeless. it,“Therehastobe ofprograms.What’sneedisapackagedeal.” [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A] [A]Now[D]Except 答案 turnover和turnaroundturnover：“使翻身；翻轉(zhuǎn)”，如：Jackwasdrivingtoofastandturnedthecaroveronthebend.(把車開得太快了，拐彎時翻了。)它沒有使生活變好、逆轉(zhuǎn)的意思。故這道題選A最佳。Passage2（2007年By1830theformerSpanishandPortuguesecolonieshad eindependentnations.Theroughly20million1ofthesenationslooked2tothefuture.BorninthecrisisoftheoldregimeandIberianColonialism,manyoftheleadersofindependence3theideasofrepresentativeernment,careers4totalent,freedomofcommerceandtradeinthe5toprivateproperty,andabeliefintheindividualasthebasisofsociety.6therewasabeliefthatthenewnationsshouldbesovereignandindependentstates,largeenoughtobeeconomicallyviableandintegratedbya7setoflaws.Ontheissueof8ofreligionandthepositionofthechurch,9,therewaslessagreement10theleadership.RomanCatholicismhadbeenthestatereligionandtheonlyone11bytheSpanishcrown,12mostleaderssoughttomaintainCatholicism13theofficialreligionofthenewstates,somesoughttoendthe14ofotherfaiths.ThedefenseoftheChurchbecamearallying15fortheconservativeTheidealsoftheearlyleadersofindependencewereoftenegalitarian,valuingequalityofeverything.BolivarhadreceivedaidfromHaitiandhad16inreturntoabolishslaveryintheareasheliberated.By1854slaveryhadbeenabolishedeverywhereexceptSpain’s17colonies.Earlypromisestoendntributeandtaxesonpeopleofmixedorigincamemuch18becausethenewnationsstillneededtherevenue.Suchpolicies19Egalitariansentimentswereoftentemperedbyfearsthatthemassofthepopulation self-ruleand [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [A]puzzled [B]hostile [C]

答案 allowgrant意思最為接近，比較有爭議。grant指“同意；授予”時，強(qiáng)調(diào)對所提t(yī)oagreetogivesb.whattheyaskedforespeciallyformalorlegalpermission,如：grantindependence(準(zhǔn)許獨(dú)立)；grantthefranchisetoallcitizens(給予所有公民而allow則側(cè)重于permit。文中是說羅馬天主教的存在，故grant不正確。另外，都有“承認(rèn)”的意思，但都強(qiáng)調(diào)的是toadmitoragreethatsth.istrue,文中顯然討論的不是真實(shí)性的問題，故這里不能作“承認(rèn)”解，而且二詞作“承認(rèn)”講時往往后接that從句。因此，11題選擇AallowedPassage3（2008年Directions:Foreachnumberedblankintheflowingpassage,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.choosethebestoneandmarkyouransweronANSWERSHEET1byblackeningthecorrespondingletterinthebracketswithapencil.(10points)Theideathatsomegroupsofpeoplemaybemoreinligentthanothersisoneofthosehypothesesthatdarenotspeakitsname.ButGregoryCochranis1tosayitanyway.Heisthat2bird,ascientistwhoworksindependently3anyinstitution.Hehelpedpopularizetheideathatsomediseasesnot4thoughttohaveabacterialcausewereactuallyinfections,whicharousedmuchcontroversywhenitwasfirstsuggested.5he,however,mighttrembleatthe6ofwhatheisabouttodo.Togetherwithanothertwoscientists,heispublishingapaperwhichnotonly7thatonegroupofhumanityismoreinligentthantheothers,butexplainstheprocessthathasbroughtthisabout.Thegroupin8areaparticularpeopleoriginatedfromcentralEurope.Theprocessisnaturalselection.ThisgroupgenerallydowellinIQtest,912-15pointsabovethe 10valueof100,andhavecontributed11totheinlectualandculturallifeoftheWest,asthe12oftheirelites,includingseveralworld-renownedscientists, 13.Theyalsosuffermoreoftenthanmostpeoplefromanumberofnastygeneticdiseases,suchasbreastcancer.Thesefacts,14,previouslybeenthoughtunrelated.Theformerhasbeen15tosocialeffects,suchasstrongtraditionof 16education.Thelatterwasseenasa(an)17ofgeneticisolation.Dr.Cochransuggeststhattheinligenceanddiseasesareintima y18.Hisargumentisthattheunusualhistoryofthesepeoplehas19themtouniqueevolutionarypressuresthathaveresultedin stateof [A][B][C][D] [A][B][C][D] [