西安交通大学考博英语试题及其解析

(15points)EXAMPLE:Iwascaught_therainyesterday.A.inB.byC.withD.atANSWER:(A)l.Thosetwofamilieshavebeenquarrelling__eachotherformanyyears.A.toB.betweenC.againstD.with2.Therearemanythingswhosemisuseisdangerous,buritishardtothinkofanythingthatcanbecompared___A.inB.withC.amongD.by3.Howoftenhaveyouseencaseslikethis?onesurgeonaskedanother.Oh,__times,Iguess,wasthereply.A.hundredofB.hundredsC.hundredsofD.hundred4.Givemeyourtelephonenumber__Ineedyourhelp.A.whetherB.unlessC.sothatD.incase5.Yousangwelllastnight.Wehopeyou'llsing__.A.morebetterB.stillbetterC.nicelyD.best6.Thosepeople__ageneralunderstandingofthepresentsituation.A.lackofB.arelackingofC.lackD.areinlack7.Aloneinadeserthouse,hewassobusywithhisresearchworkⅡ.EachofthethreepassagesbelowisfollowedbysomeGengduoyuanxiaowanzhengkaoboyingyuzhentijiqijiexihuokaobofudaotiyanqinglianxiquanguomianfeizixundianhua:silinglingliuliubaliujiuqiba,huojiazixunqq:qiqierliuqibawusanqiquestions.Foreachquestiontherearefouranswer.Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachoftheques-tions.PutyourchoiceintheANSWERSHEET.(20points)1.InMayl989,spaceshuttleAtlantisreleasedinouterspacethespaceprobeMegallan,whichisnowonher15-monthandone-billion-kilometerflighttoVenus.Anewphaseinspaceexplorationhasbegun.TheplanetVenusisonlyslightlysmallerthanEarth;itistheonlyotherobjectinthesolarsystem,infact,thatevencomesclosetoearth'ssize.Venushasasimilardensity,soitisproba-blymadeofapproximatelythesanlestuff,andithasanatmosphere,completewithclouds.Itisalsotheclosestplanettoearth,andthusthemostsimilarindistancefromthesun.Inshort,Venusseemstojustifyitslong-heldnicknameofearth'stwin.ThesurfacetemperatureofVenusreachessome900F.Addedtothatisanatmosphericpres-sureabout90timesEarth's:Highoverheadinthecarbondioxidethatpassesforairisalayerofclouds,perhapsIOto20milesthick,whoselittledropsconsistmostlyofsulfuric(H2SO4).Waterisallbutnonexistent.Bornwithsomanyfundamentalsimilaritiestoearth,howdidVenusgettobesoradicallydifferent:Itisnotjustanacademicmatter.Forallitsextremes,Venusisavaluablelaboratoryforresearchersstudyingtheweatherandclimateofearth.Ithasnoearth'soceans,sotheheattrans-portandothermechanismsaregreatlysimplified.Inaddition,theplanetVenustakes243earth-daystoturnonceonitsaxis,soincomingheatfromthesunisaddedanddistributedatamoreleisurely,observablepace.16.VenusissimilartoEarthin__A.sizeanddensityB.distancefromthesunC.havingatmosphereD.alloftheabove17.ThegreatestvalueinstudyingVenusshouldbeto__A.allowustovisitthereB.understandEarthbetterC.findanewsourceofenergyD.promoteanewspaceprogram18.Themainideaofthispassageisabout_A.problemsofspacetravelB.scientificmethodsinspaceexplorationC.theimportanceofVenustoEarthD.conditionsonVenus2.TouristsweresurprisedtoseeawomandrivingahugeorangetractordownoneofRome'smainavenues.Italy'spoliticalleadersandsomeofitsmaleunionchiefsaresaidtohavebeenevenmorepuzzledtoseethatthetractorwasfollowedbyabout200,OOOwomeninaparadingproces-sionthattookmorethanthreehourstosnake