2006年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题（原卷）

1、绝密启用前2006 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（禾斗 目 代码： 201 ) 女考生注意事项女-1. 答题前， 考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名 ； 在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、 考生姓名和考生编号， 并涂写考生编号信息点。2. 考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下， 粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中 。 不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的， 责任由考生 自 负 。3. 选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上， 非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内 。 超出答题区域书写的答案无效； 在草稿纸、 试题册上答题无效。4. 填 （书） 写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写， 字迹工整、 笔迹清楚； 涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。5. 考试结束， 将答题卡和试题册按规定交回 。（ 以下信息考生必须认真填写）二：I 1 111 1 11111 1 1 1 1 I 2006年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题第 1 页，共 15 页Directions:Section IUse of EnglishRead the following text.

2、 Choose the best word(s) for each numberedblankandmark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10points)The homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population.1 ，homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments cantpossibly2.Tohelphomelesspeople3independence,thefederalgovernment must support job training programs,4the minimum wage, and fundmore low-cost housing.5everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates6anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million.7the figur

3、e may vary, analysts doagree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is 8 . One of the federalgovernments studies9that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to 10this growing homeless population has become increasinglydifficult.11when homeless individuals manage to find a12that will givethem three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend thebulk of each day13the street. Part of the problem is that many

4、 homeless adultsare addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless haveserious mental disorders. Many others,14not addicted or mentally ill, simplylack the everyday15skills needed to turn their lives16. Boston Globereporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation willimprove only when thereare 17programs that address the many needs of the homeless.18Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College inMassachusetts,19it, “There has to be20of programs. Whats

5、needed is apackage deal.”2006年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题第 2 页，共 15 页1.A Indeed B Likewise C Therefore D Furthermore 2.A stand B cope C approve D retain 3. A in B for C with D toward 4. A raise B add C take D keep 5. A Generally B Almost C Hardly D Not 6. A cover B change C range D differ 7. A Now that B Although C Provided D Except that 8. A inflating B expanding C increasing D extending 9. A predicts B displays C proves D discovers 10.A assist B track C sustain D dismiss 1 1.A Hence B But C Even D Only 1

6、2.A lodging B shelter C dwelling D house 13. A searching B strolling C crowding D wandering 14.A when B once C while D whereas 15.A life B existence C survival D maintenance 16.A around B over C on D up 17.A complex B comprehensive C complementary D compensating 18.A So B Since C As D Thus 19.A puts B interprets C assumes D makes 20.A supervision B manipulation C regulation D coordination Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions belo

7、w each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) 2006年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题第 3 页，共 15 页Text 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machinefor homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress anddiscourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popularculture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of

8、goods in an elegant atmosphere.Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite” these were stores “anyonecould enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public anddemocratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces forhomogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not bealtogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National ImmigrationForum,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattodaysimmigrationi

9、sneitheratunprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 forevery 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation language, home ownershipand intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteenmost common countries of origin spoke English well or very well

10、after ten years ofresidence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.“By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrantfamilies.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage tha

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