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09年6月真题
Some historians say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency (总统任期) in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system. It was a 62 project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human 63 as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower's interstate highways 64 the nation together in new ways and 65 major economic growth by making commerce less 66 . Today, an information superhighway has been built-an electronic network that 67 libraries, corporations, government agencies and 68 . This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, 69 it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.
The Internet had its 70 in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which 71 Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to 72 information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), 73 mission is to promote science, took over.
This new NSF network 74 more and more institutional users, many of 75 had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that 76 the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network 77 became a connector for thousands of other networks. 78 a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.
So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure (基础设施) on which web 79 move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded 80 research network.
Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying institutions of many sorts together 81 an "information superhighway."
C 62. A) concise B) radical C) massive D) trivial
concise指"(语言或文字)简练的,言简意赅的"; radical意为"根本的,彻底的,激进的";massive表示"大规模的";trivial意为"琐碎的,无价值的,微不足道的"。根据下文easily surpassing the scale ... the Panama Canal,考生可判断出州际高速公路是一项浩大的工程,选项C是正确答案。
B 63. A) behaviors B) endeavors C) inventions D) elements
behavior意为"行为,举止,表现",endeavor表示"努力",invention表示"发明", element意为"元素"。这道题可采用排除法来做,巴拿马运河不属于人类的行为举止,也不是发明,更不是什么人类元素,而是人类付出了艰辛的劳动创造的一个历史奇迹,故选项B符合题意。
D 64. A) packed B) stuck C) suppressed D) bound
pack表示"包装",suppress表示"镇压; ",stick意为"粘贴,插入,刺入;容忍",bind(up, together)意为"捆绑,包扎,装订,将(人或物)合在一起"。根据句意,高速公路把国家连接在一起,只有选项D与题意相符。
A 65. A) facilitated B) modified C) mobilized D) terminated
此题考查动词的用法。facilitate意为"促进,帮助,减轻......的困难",mobilize表示"动员起来, 调动, 鼓动起,流通",modify表示"修改,变更, 修正,修饰",terminate表示"终止, 结束, 以......告终(in);解除(契约等)"。根据上文,高速公路比巴拿马运河规模还要大,可以推断它对经济的发展是起促进作用的,选项A是正确答案。
D 66. A) competitive B)comparative C) exclusive D) expensive
competitive意为"指(人)好竞争的, 求胜心切的;(价格等)有竞争力的",comparative意为"比较的,相比之下的,相对的",exclusive意为"排斥的,专门的",expensive指"价格昂贵的"。商业成本降低,利润提高,经济就发展了。正确答案为选项D。
B 67. A) merges B) connects C) relays D) unifies
merge指" (企业等)合并",connect意为"连接,联系",relay表示"拖延,延误",unify指"统一"。考生根据常识就可判断因特网的作用就是把信息连接起来,选项B是正确答案。
C 68. A) figures B) personalities C) individuals D) humans
此题为同类项列举。figure指"人物,轮廓;数字,图形",personality指"人的个性",individual指"个人", human指"整个人类"。用排除法可知选项C符合题意。
A 69. A) and B) yet C) or D) while
选项B、C、D均为转折连词,只有A表示递进关系,与题意吻合。
C 70. A) samples B) sources C) origins D) precedents
此题考查名词。sample意为"样品",source意为"源泉",origin意为"起源",precedent意为"前身"。根据上下文,这里讲的显然是因特网的起源,故正确答案为C。
B 71. A) stood by B) stood for C) stood against D) stood over
stand by意为"旁观",stand for意为"代表",stand against意为"反对",stand over没有这一固定表达。stand up放某人鸽子。根据上文给出ARPA首字母缩写,下文给出的机构全称,可以得知stand for这一词组符合句意。
A 72. A) exchange B) bypass C) switch D) interact
exchange意为"交流,交换,兑换",switch意为"转换,转变",bypass意为"绕过,避开,不顾",interact是非及物动词,意为"互相作用,互相影响,互动",要首先排除。只有选项A和information搭配使用才与题意相符。
D 73. A) their B) that C) when D) whose
非限制性定语从句引导词。选项A和B很容易排除,选项C表示时间,须排除,只有选项D符合语法要求。
C 74. A) expanded B) contracted C) attracted D) extended
expand膨胀 (on, upon)",contract签合同,缩小,attract吸引,extend平面的延伸。根据句意,这种新网络应该是吸引了越来越多的机构性用户,正确答案为C。
B 75. A) what B) which C) these D) them
what、these、them都不能引导非限制性定语从句,只有which合乎语法规范,代替前面提到的institution users。
A 76. A) joined B) attached C) participated D) involved
join加入,attach附属,依恋 (to),participate参与(in),involve卷入(with, in),固定搭配为be/get involved in/with。intra-campus computer network校内网。
D 77. A) moreover B) however C) likewise D) then
NSF network成为千千万万其它网络的连接者,这句话里什么都不缺。moreover表示"而且"。however表示转折。 likewise意为"类似的,以相同方式的"。then意为"那时,接着,于是,然后"。根据上文,这种新网络吸引了很多机构用户,可推知then(接着,于是)与题意吻合。可以把4个选项一一带入到句子中去,用排除法选出正确答案。
D 78. A) With B) By C) In D) As
作为骨干系统,这里肯定要接一个介词。with用于句首时,意为"随着;尽管,虽然", by和in一般不用于句首和名词连用。as的用法比较多,可表方式,"以......的身份, 以......资格, 作为",根据逻辑关系,正确答案应为D。
C 79. A) contexts B) signs C) messages D) leaflets
context意为"语境,上下文,语境",sign意为"迹象",message意为"信息",leaflet意为"传单,小册子"。根据句意,网络信息可以在因特网上运行,正确答案应为C。
B 80. A) citizen B) civilian C) amateur D) resident
可根据上文began as a military communication system,找出与military意义相反的单词civilian。从军用的到民用的。
A 81. A) into B) amid C) over D) toward
今天的英特网是一个用户资助的系统,它是将许许多多未经整理的原始信息连接在一起的信息高速公路系统。tying是tie的现在分词。动词tie只能和into搭配使用,故正确答案为A。
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