考研英语-25
(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)
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.
   Lots of creatures already reproduce without sex. Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, in 1978,  (1)  of human beings  (2)  in laboratory glassware rather than in bed.
   If human cloning becomes possible—and since the birth of a sheep called Dolly,  (3)  doubt that it will be feasible to clone a person by 2025—even the link between sex organs and reproduction  (4)  . You will then be able to take a cutting from your body and grow a new person,  (5)  you were a willow tree.
     (6)  , we have already divorced sex from reproduction. In the 1960s, the contraceptive pill freed women to enjoy sex for its own sake.  (7)  , greater tolerance of homosexuality signaled society's acceptance of nonreproductive sex of another sort. These changes are only continuations of a  (8)  that started perhaps a million years ago.
   Human beings  (9)  the interest in infertile, social sex with a few other species: dolphins, apes and some birds. But  (10)  sex is too good for human beings to  (11)  , more and more people will abandon it as a  (12)  of reproduction.
   In the modern world, you can  (13)  have sex and parenthood without suffering the bit  (14)  . Some Hollywood actresses  (15)  the urge for mothering by electing to adopt children  (16)  spoil their figures (as they see it) by childbearing. For people as beautiful as this, the temptation to  (17)  a clone (reared in a surrogate womb) could one day be  (18)  .
   However, human cloning and designer babies are probably not  (19)  . Even assuming that the procedures are judged safe and efficient in farm animals, still a long way off, they will be heavily  (20)  , if not banned, by many governments for human beings.
1. 
A hundreds of thousands
B hundred of thousands
C hundreds of thousand
D hundred of thousand
2. 
A has been conceived
B had been conceived
C have been conceived
D were conceived
3. 
A few
B a few
C quite few
D quite a few
4. 
A is broken
B will break
C will be broken
D will have broken
5. 
A as
B if
C as if
D as yet
6. 
A In case
B In no case
C In a sense
D In no sense
7. 
A But
B However
C Whereas
D At the same time
8. 
A trend
B tend
C program
D procedure
9. 
A have
B possess
C share
D owe
10. 
A as
B if
C even
D even if
11. 
A give out
B give up
C give away
D give in
12. 
A mean
B means
C meaning
D meant
13. 
A even
B still
C yet
D thus
14. 
A in
B between
C among
D in between
15. 
A be satisfied
B have been satisfied
C may satisfy
D may have satisfied
16. 
A rather than
B other than
C instead
D despite
17. 
A adapt
B have adapted
C adopt
D have adopted
18. 
A resistible
B irresistible
C resistless
D resistant
19. 
A coming
B nearby
C realistic
D imminent
20. 
A encouraging
B discouraging
C encouraged
D discouraged
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.  Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text 1
sort out the facts
   The people who answer the phone get an endless stream of calls from people who are extremely upset that their electricity got turned off just because they failed to pay their bill for 297 months, or people asking questions like "Is it OK to operate an electric appliance while taking a bath?"
   So let's say that you have a genuine problem with your electric bill. The people in "Customer Service" have no way of knowing that you're an intelligent, rational person. They're going to lump you in with the usual not-so-bright public. As far as they're concerned, the relevant facts, in any dispute between you and them, are these:
   1. They have a bunch of electricity.
   2. You need it.
   3. So shut up.
   This is why, more and more, the people in "Customer Service" won't even talk to you. They prefer to let you talk to the convenient Automatic Phone Answering System until such a time as you die of old age "... If your FIRST name has more than eight letters, and your LAST name begins with 'H' through 'L' press 251 NOW. If your first name has LESS than eight letters, and your last name contains at least two 'E' s, press 252 NOW. "
   So is there any way that you, the lowly consumer, can gain the serious attention of a large and powerful business? I am pleased to report that there IS a way, which I found out about thanks to an alert reader who sent me a news report from Russia. According to this report, a Russian **pany got into a dispute with a customer and cut off the customer's electricity. This customer, however, happened to be a unit of the Russian Army. So **mander ordered a tank to drive over to the **pany's office and aim its gun at the windows. The electricity was turned right back on.
   On behalf of consumers everywhere, I want to kiss this **mander on the lips. I mean, what a GREAT concept. Imagine, as a consumer, how much more seriously **plaint would he taken if you **plaining from inside a vehicle capable of reducing the entire "Customer Service" department to tiny smoking pieces. What I am saying is: Forget the Automated Phone Answering System. Get a tank.
   Perhaps you are thinking: "But a tank costs several million dollars, not including floor mats. I don't have that kind of money."
   Don't be silly. You're a consumer, right? You have credit cards, right?
   Perhaps you are thinking: "Yes, but how am I going to pay the credit-**pany?"
   Don't be silly. You have a tank, right?

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