考研英语模拟题模拟286
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. With the spread of inter-active electronic media a man alone in his own home will never have been so well placed to fill the inexplicable mental space between cradle and
crematorium. So I suspect that books will be pushed more and more into those moments of travel or difficult defecation （ 1 ） people still don't quite know what to do with.
When people do read, I think they'll want to feel they are reading literature, or （ 2 ） something serious. （ 3 ） you're going to find fewer books presenting themselves as no-nonsense and （ 4 ） assuming literary pretensions and being packaged as works of art. We can expect an extraordinary
variety of genre, but with an underlying （ 5 ） of sentiment and vision.
Translators can only （ 6 ） from this desire for the presumably sophisticated. We can look forward to lots of difficult names and fantastic stories of foreign parts enthusiastically （ 7 ） by the overall worship of the \
wonderful, （ 8 ） don't expect the press or the organizers of prizes to offer you much help in making the appropriate distinctions. They will be chiefly （ 9 ） in creating
celebrity, the greatest enemy of discrimination, but a good prop for the （ 10 ） consumer.
Every ethnic grouping over the world will have to be seen to have a great writer—a phenomenon that will （ 11 ） a new kind of provincialism, more chronological than geographic, （ 12 ） only the strictly contemporary is talked about and （ 13 ） Universities, including Cambridge, will include
（ 14 ） their literature syllabus novels written only last year. （ 15 ） occasional exhumation for the Nobel, the achievements of ten or only five years ago will be largely forgotten.
In short, you can't go too far wrong when predicting more of the same. But there is a （ 16 ） side to this—the
inevitable reaction against it. The practical things I would like to see happen—publishers seeking less to （ 17 ）celebrity through extravagant advertising, （ 18 ） and magazines （ 19 ） space to reflective pieces—are rather more improbable than the Second Coming(耶稣复临). But
dullness never quite darkens the whole planet. In their own idiosyncratic fashion a few writers will （ 20 ） be looking for new departures. 1. A.when B.that C.which D.where 答案：B
[解答] 语法现象。该题考查定语从句，此处选择关系代词that，它在从句做宾语。该句意为：所以我猜想，人们读书会越来越少，只有在旅途中、排便困难或不知如何打发时间时，才会读书。 2.
A.in particular B.in general C.at least D.by contrast 答案：C
[解答] 词组辨析。根据文章，人们一旦读书，就想要感觉自己是在读文学作品，或者至少是在读严肃作品，因此选择at least表达递进。in particular意为“尤其”，表达强调；in general意为“总体上，大体上”；by contrast表达对比关系。
3. A.So B.Yet C.Once D.Since 答案：A
[解答] 语篇连贯。根据语篇，该空前后是因果关系，因此选择so。该句意为：人们一旦读书，就想要感觉自己是在读文学作品，或者至少是在读严肃作品。所以，你将发现，以实实在在的叙事读物呈现在读者面前的书会越来越少。 4.
A.fewer B.more C.less D.much 答案：B
[解答] 语篇连贯。根据语篇，该句中and前后是对比关系，前面为fewer，后面则为more。该句意为：所以你将发现，以实实在在的叙事读物呈现在读者面前的书会越来越少，而自我标榜有文学价值，把自己包装成艺术作品的书会越来越多。 5.
A.variety B.mechanism C.monotone D.conformity 答案：D
[解答] 语篇连贯。根据语篇，该句but前后是转折关系，前面描述an extraordinary variety of genre(多种多样的文体类型)，后面描述an under lying conformity of sentiment and vision (隐含的情趣和见识的一致性)。variety意为“多样性”；mechanism意为“机械，机制”； monotone意为“单调，乏味”。 6.
考研英语模拟题模拟286
