中央音乐学院考博英语阅读真题解析
考博英语(阅读理解)历年真题试卷汇编7(题后含答案及解析)
考博英语（阅读理解）历年真题试卷汇编7(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionWe have known for a long time that the organization of any particular society is influenced by the definition of the sexes and the distinction drawn between them. But we have realized only recently that the identity of each sex is not so easy to pin down, and that definitions evolve in accordance with different types of culture known to us, that is, scientific discoveries and ideological revolutions. Our nature is not considered as immutable, either socially or biologically. As we approach the beginning of the 21st century, the substantial progress made in biology and genetics is radically challenging the roles, responsibilities and specific characteristics attributed to each sex, and yet, scarcely twenty years ago, these were thought to be “ beyond dispute”. We can safely say, with a few minor exceptions, that the definition of the sexes and their respective functions remained unchanged in the West from the beginning of the 19th century to the 1960s. The role distinction, raised in some cases to the status of uncompromising dualism on a strongly hierarchical model, lasted throughout this period, appealing for its justification to nature, religion and customs alleged to have existed since the dawn of time. The woman bore children and took care of the home. The man set out to conquer the world and was responsible for the survival of his family, by satisfying their needs in peacetime and going to war when necessary. The entire world order rested on the divergence of the sexes. Any overlapping or confusion between the roles was seen as a threat to the time-honored order of things. It was felt to be against nature, a deviation from the norm. Sex roles were determined according to the “place” appropriate to each. Women’s place was, first and foremost, in the home. The outside world, i.e. workshops, factories and business firms, belonged to men. This sex-based division of the world(private and public)gave rise to a strict dichotomy between the attitudes, which conferred on each is special identity. The woman, sequestered at home, “cared, nurtured and conserved. “ To do this, she had no need to be daring, ambitious, tough or competitive. The man, on the other hand, competing with his fellow men, was caught up every day in the struggle for survival, and hence developed those characteristics which were thought natural in a man. Today, many women go out to work, and their reasons for doing so have changed considerably. Besides the traditional financial incentives, we find ambition and personal fulfillment motivating those in the most favorable circumstances, and the wish to have a social life and to get out of their domestic isolation influencing others. Above all, for all women, work is invariably connected with the desire for independence.1．It is only in recent years that we have recognized that______.A．there is almost no clue to the identity of both sexesB．the role distinction between different sexes is conspicuousC．the different definitions of sexes bears on the development of cultureD．the progress of civilization greatly influences the role definitions of sexes正确答案：D解析：细节题。
考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷5(题后含答案及解析)
考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷5(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionOne motivational analyst who became curious to know there had been such a great rise in impulse buying at supermarkets was James Vicary. He suspected that some special psychology must be going on inside the women as they shopped in supermarkets. His suspicion was that perhaps they underwent such an increase in tension when confronted with so many possibilities that they were forced into making quick purchases. He set out to find out if this were true. The best way to detect what was going on inside the shopper was through the use of a galvanometer or lie detector. That obviously was impractical. The next best thing was to use a hidden motion-picture camera and record the eye-blink rate of the women as they shopped. How fast a person blinks his eyes is a pretty good index of his state of inner tension. The average person, according to Mr. Vicary, normally blinks his eyes about 32 times a minute. If he is tense, he blinks them more frequently; and. under extreme tension, he may blink up to 50 or 60 times a minute. II he is notably relaxed, on the other hand, his eye-blink rate may drop to a subnormal twenty or less.Mr. Vicary set up his cameras and started following the ladies as they entered the store. The results were startling, even to him. Their eyeblink rate, instead of going up to indicate mounting tension, went down and down, to a very subnormal fourteen blinks a minute. The ladies fell into what Mr. Vicary calls a hypnoidal trance, a light kind of trance that, he explains, is the first stage of hypnosis. Mr. Vicary has decided that the main cause of the trance is that the supermarket is packed with products which in former years would have been items only kings and queens could have afforded and here in this fairyland they were available to all. Mr. Vicary theorizes: “Just within this generation, anyone can be a king or queen and go through these stores where the products say ‘buy me, buy me. “‘(344 words)1．Vicary’s curiosity was aroused by the fact that______.A．there was a decrease in sales in supermarketsB．women were showing strong resistance to products in supermarketsC．there seemed to be no logic in women’s buying habitsD．women were shopping very carefully正确答案：C解析：文章第一段就讲述了Vicary怀疑妇女在购物时有一种特殊的心理在起作用．与C“女性购物是没有逻辑理由”相近。
考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷24(题后含答案及解析)
考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷24(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionRoger Rosenblatt’s book Black Fiction, in attempting to apply literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Addison Gayle’s recent work, for example, judges the value of Black fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black identity which it propounds. Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatt’s literary analysis discloses affinities and connections among works of Black fiction which solely political studies have overlooked or ignored. Writing acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presupposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions. First of all, is there a sufficient reason other than the racial identity of the author? Second, how does Black fiction make itself distinct from other modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? Rosenblatt shows that Black fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Blacks over the last eight years, he discovers recurring concerns and designs independent of chronology. These structures are thematic, and they spring, not surprisingly, from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly white culture, whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it. Black Fiction does leave some aesthetic questions open, Rosenblatt s thematic analyses permits considerable objectivity; he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For instance, some of the novels appear to be structurally diffuse. Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer’s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the late against which black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression? In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson’s Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed, and is forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetrating criticism. (444 words)1．The author of the passage objects to the Black fiction made by Addison Gayle because itA．emphasizes purely literary aspects of such fictionB．misinterprets the ideological content of such fictionC．overlooks the notions of Black identity contained in such fictionD．substitutes sociopolitical criteria for literary criteria in evaluating such fiction正确答案：D解析：文章第一段已清楚地表明，Addison Gayle最近出的书用的是社会政治标准来评价黑人小说，是不对的。
考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷3(题后含答案及解析)
考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷3(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionGorillas and chimpanzees possess a rudimentary speech center within their brains that until now was thought to be unique to humans, scientists have found. Brain scans of the apes—man’s closest living relatives—have revealed a small, lopsided(不平衡的) structure buried in the front part of the head which in human is critical for language. The structure, Brodmann’s area 44, is part of the language center known as Broca’s area, and the scans reveal that it is larger and more developed in the left, half of the ape’s brain than in the right hemisphere—just as it is in humans. Claudio Canialupo and William Hopkins, who conducted the study at the Yerkes Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, were surprised thai such a critical feature within the ape’s brain had gone unnoticed. Unlike humans, apes do not have language, and communicate by grunts and hand movements. The scientists believe their brains show that the evolution of language is rooted in a common ape-—human ancestor who lived more than five million years ago. Mr. Cantalupo and Mr. Hopkins say in the journal Nature-. “The part-possession by great apes of a homologue(同族体)of Broca’s area is puzzling, particularly considering the discrepancy between sophisticated human speech and the primitive vocalizations of great apes. Chimpanzees and gorillas nevertheless share one thing in common with human communication—they tend to use their right hands when grunting, which are controlled by the left-side of the brain. “Our findings suggest that the neuro-anatomical substrates(培养基) for left-hemisphere dominance in speech production were evident at least five million years ago and are not unique to hominid (原始人类) evolution,” the scientists say. “Whatever the function of area 44 in great apes, our finding that these species show a human-like asymmetry. . . indicates that the origin of asymmetry in language-related areas of the human brain should be interpreted in evolutionary terms rather than being confined to the human species. “(317 words)1．What does “rudimentary” mean in the first sentence?A．Undeveloped.B．Primitive.C．Radical.D．Aggressive.正确答案：A解析：rudimentary是“未发展的”之意。
考博英语-86_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
考博英语-86(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)Part I Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 5 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.Passage 1Although vocal cords are lacking in cetaceans, phonation is undoubtedly centered in the larynx.The toothed whales or odontocetes (sperm whales and porpoises) are much more vociferous than the whalebone whales, or mysticetes. In this country observers have recorded only occasional sounds from two species of mystieetes (the humpback and right whale). A Russian cetologist reports hearing sounds from at least five species of whalebone whales but gives no details of the circumstances or descriptions of the sounds themselves. **parison of the sound-producing apparatus in the two whale groups cannot yet be made, it is interesting to note that the auditory centers of the brain are much more highly developed in the odontocetes than in the mystieetes, in fact, to a degree unsurpassed by any other mammalian group.SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.Which of the following animals has the most highly developed auditory center in the brain?A Elephants.B Humpback whales.C Racoons.D Sperm whales.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:D巨头鲸的大脑具有非常发达的听觉中枢。
中央音乐学院考博英语模拟真题及其解析
中央音乐学院考博英语模拟真题及其解析Music comes in many forms;most countries have a style of theirown.__1__the turn of the century when jazz(爵士乐)was born,Americahad no prominent__2__of its own.No one knows exactly when jazz was__3__,or by whom.But it began to be__4__in the early1900s.Jazz isAmerica's contribution to__5__music.In contrast to classical music,which__6__formal European traditions.jazz is spontaneous and Gengduo yuan xiao wan zheng kao bo ying yu zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lianxi quan guo mian fei zi xun dian hua:si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiuqi ba,huo jia zi xun qq:qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi free-form.Itbubbles with energy,__7__moods,interests and emotions of the people.In the1920s jazz__8__like America.And__9__it does today.The__10__of this music arc as interesting as the music__11__,American Negroes,or blacks,as they are called today were theJazz__12__.They were brought to the Southern states__13__slaves.They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long__14__.When a Negro died his friends and relatives__15__a procession to carrythe body to the cemetery.In New Orleans,a band often accompaniedthe__16__.On the way to the cemetery the band played slow,solemnmusic suited to the occasion.__17__on the way home the mood changed.Spirits lifted.Death had removed one of their__18__,but the livingwere glad to be alive.The band played__19__music,improvising(即兴表演)on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes__20__at thefuneral.This music made everyone wan to dance.It was an early formof Jazz.1.A)By B)At C)In D)On2.A)music B)song C)melody D)style3.A)discovered B)acted C)invented D)designed4.A)noticed B)found C)listened D)heard5.A)classical B)sacred C)Popular D)light6.A)forms B)follows C)approaches D)introduces7.A)expressing B)explaining C)exposing D)illustrating8.A)appeared B)felt C)seemed D)sounded9.A)as B)so C)either D)neither10.A)origins B)originals C)discoveries D)resources11.A)concerned B)itself C)available D)oneself12.A)Players B)fo llowers C)fans D)pioneers13.A)for B)as C)with D)by14.A)months B)weeks C)hours D)times15.A)demonstrated B)composed C)hosted D)formed16.A)demonstration B)procession C)body D)march17.A)Even B)Therefore C)Furthermore D)But18.A)number B)members C)body D)relations19.A)sad B)solemn C)happy D)funeral20.A)whistled B)sung C)presented D)showed参考答案：1.B2.A3.C4.A5.C6.B7.A8.D9.B10.A11.B12.D13.B14.C15.D16.B17.D18.B19.C20.C本文由“育明考博”整理编辑。
考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷7(题后含答案及解析)
考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷7(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionWould you like to know if your body is older or younger than it should be? Dr David Wikenheiser has been studying ageing in Vancouver, Canada, for the past 10 years and has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than chronologically. He says: “We all know people who are 30 but look over 40, and others who are 70 yet look 50. The difference comes down to lifestyle. Some people’s bodies get rusty faster than others, and this makes them age more quickly. “Virtually every ageing process is related to the oxidative compounds or free radicals produced by our body as a reaction to pollution, ultraviolet light, stress, smoking, alcohol and pesticides. But these can be neutralised by antioxidants. After conducting more than 3 000 tests, Dr. Wikenheiser believes that, on average, you can lower your biological age by 10 years in three months with the right lifestyle changes. “You can’t alter your genetics but you can make other changes, such as eating the right food, drinking enough water to flush out toxins, exercising and managing stress,”he says. But exercising too much is just as bad as not doing enough. Walking out for more than two hours at a time every day puts too great a strain on your heart. “Multivitamin and antioxidant supplements are important even if you’re eating the right amount of fruit and vegetables. Today’s soil tends to lack essential minerals so these are no longer found in the food we eat, in large enough quantities. We should also swap (交换)bleached white table salt for natural sea salt which is much better for us. “It’s also important to eat three meals a day. Missed meals put a strain on your brain as your blood sugar level drops. Many of us are also eating the wrong fats or avoiding fat altogether, so we miss out on important nutritional oils. “You should also ask your dentist what kind of fillings you have. Amalgam fillings in your teeth are not stable and will contribute to toxic metal levels in your body.” says Dr. Wikenheiser. (351 words)1．From the first paragraph, we can see______.A．Wikenheiser is an American scientistB．Wikenheiser is a doctorC．a lot of us look older than our actual ageD．we don’t know we are 15 years older than others正确答案：C解析：第一段里有…has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than chronologically。
2022年考研考博-考博英语-中国艺术研究院考试全真模拟易错、难点剖析B卷(带答案)第69期
2022年考研考博-考博英语-中国艺术研究院考试全真模拟易错、难点剖析B卷（带答案）一.综合题(共15题)1.单选题The century-old hostilities between the two tribes eventually terminated through the persistent efforts of the local government.问题1选项A.diminishedB.shrunkC.vanishedD.worsened【答案】C【解析】考查动词辨析。
句意：经过当地政府的不懈努力，两个部落之间长达一个世纪的敌对关系终于结束了。
A选项diminish“减少，缩小”；B选项shrink“收缩，回避”；C选项vanish“消失”；D选项worsen“恶化”。
根据句意可知，这里指敌意消失了，terminate意为“终止，结束”，所以选项C与之意思相近，代入符合语境。
2.单选题Jazz tends to be a casual dialogue form of dance quite（）in the repetitive and mechanical form of the waltz.问题1选项ckingckedck ofD.for lack of【答案】A【解析】考查语法知识。
空格处词语用来修饰前面的dance，所以是形容词性。
lack 与dance之间是主动关系，因此应使用lack的现在分词形式来修饰。
所以选项A正确。
3.单选题They arrived at some political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals.问题1选项A.establishedB.maximizedC.guaranteedD.promoted【答案】D【解析】考查动词辨析。
根据句意：他们达成了一些政治上的协议，这……撤军。
facilitate意为“促进，帮助，使容易”。
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中央音乐学院考博英语阅读真题解析Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numberedblank and mark[A],[B],[C]or[D]on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points)Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as“a bodilyexercise precious to health.”But1some claims to the contrary,laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness Laughterdoes2short-term changes in the function of the heart and its bloodvessels,3heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughteris difficult to4,a good laugh is unlikely to have5benefits the way,say,walking or jogging does.（PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ:772678537) 6,instead of straining muscles to build them,as exercise does,laughter apparently accomplishes the7,studies dating back to the1930’s indicate that laughter8muscles,decreasing muscle tone forup to45minutes after the laugh dies down.Such bodily reaction might conceivably help9the effects ofpsychological stress.Anyway,the act of laughing probably doesproduce other types of10feedback,that improve an individual’semotional state.11one classical theory of emotion,our feelings arepartially rooted12physical reactions.It was argued at the end ofthe19th century that humans do not cry13they are sad but they becomesad when the tears begin to flow.Although sadness also14tears,evidence suggests that emotions can flow15muscular responses.In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to16a pen either with theirteeth-thereby creating an artificial smile–or with their lips, which would produce a(n)17expression.Those forced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown,19that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around20,the physical act of laughter could improve mood.篇章分析：题目的文章来自于2009年4月刊Scientific American的How Humor Makes You Friendlier,by Sexier Steve Ayan,：幽默如何使你更加有人缘且性感1.[A]among[B]except[C]despite[D]like C2.[A]reflect[B]demand[C]indicate[D]produce D3.[A]stabilizing[B]boosting[C]impairing[D]determining B4.[A]transmit[B]sustain[C]evaluate[D]observe B5.[A]measurable[B]manageable[C]affordable[D]renewable A6.[A]In turn[B]In fact[C]In addition[D]In brief B7.[A]opposite[B]impossible[C]average[D]expected A8.[A]hardens[B]weakens[C]tightens[D]relaxes D9.[A]aggravate[B]generate[C]moderate[D]enhance C10.[A]physical[B]mental[C]subconscious[D]internal A11.[A]Except for[B]According to[C]Due to[D]As for B12.[A]with[B]on[C]in[D]at C13.[A]unless[B]until[C]if[D]because D14.[A]exhausts[B]follows[C]precedes[D]suppresses C15.[A]into[B]from[C]towards[D]beyond B16.[A]fetch[B]bite[C]pick[D]hold D17.[A]disappointed[B]excited[C]joyful[D]indifferent A18.[A]adapted[B]catered[C]turned[D]reacted D19.[A]suggesting[B]requiring[C]mentioning[D]supposing A20.[A]Eventually[B]Consequently[C]Similarly[D]Conversely CSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: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.(40points)Text1The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in2009. For the most part,the response has been favorable,to say the least.“Hooray!At last!”wrote Anthony Tommasini,a sober-sided classical-music critic.纽约爱乐乐团决定聘请Alan Gilbert作为下一任的音乐总监，这从2009年任命被宣布之日起就在古典音乐界引起了热议。
别的不说，大部分人的反应是积极的。
“好啊，终于好了!”Anthony Tommasini写道，他可是一个以严肃著称的古典音乐评论家。
One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however,is that Gilbert is comparatively little known.Even Tommasini,who had advocated Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him“an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.”As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez,that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.但是，这个任命之所以一起人们惊讶的原因却是Gilbert相对而言并不是很有名。
甚至在时代杂志上发文支持Gilbert任命的Tommasini都称其为：低调的音乐家，在他身上找不到那种飞扬跋扈的指挥家的气质。
纽约爱乐乐团迄今为止都是由像Gustav Mahler(古斯塔夫·马勒)和Pierre Boulez布列兹那样的音乐家领导的。
这样去描述这个乐团的下一位指挥，至少对于时代的读者而言，这是一种苍白的表扬。
For my part,I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one.To be sure,he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions,but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall,or anywhere else,to hear interesting orchestral music.All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf,or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.就我看来，我不知道Gilbert是否是一个伟大的指挥家或者是一个好的指挥。