2024年全國(guó)碩士研究生考試《英語二》模擬試卷一

2024年全國(guó)碩士研究生考試《英語二》模擬試卷一[問答題]1.EuropeanUnionscientistshavere（江南博哥）portedthecontinent'swarmestsummeronrecordthisyear.MeasurementsbytheEU'sCopernicussatellitesystemshowedtheaveragesurfacetemperaturesfromJunetoAugustwereabout1degreeCelsiushigherthanthe1991-2020average.TemperaturesacrossEuropewerealso0.1degreeCelsiuswarmerthanthepastwarmestsummersonrecord,in2010and2018.The2021summertemperaturerecordmarksthelatestdevelopmentinalong-termworldwidewarmingtrend.Scientistshavelinkedclimatechangeontheplanettopollutionemissionsrelatedtohumanactivities.TheCopernicusobservationprogramhasbeenkeepingtemperaturerecordssince1950.Butitsrecordsarecomparedwithotherdatagoingbacktothemid-19thcentury.Theorganizationsaidthataroundtheworld,August2021tiedforthethird-warmestmonthonrecord.TemperaturesinAugustwereover0.3degreesCelsiuswarmerthanthe1991to2020average,itreported.參考解析：歐盟科學(xué)家報(bào)告稱，今年夏季是歐洲大陸據(jù)記載以來最炎熱的夏季。歐盟哥白尼衛(wèi)星系統(tǒng)的測(cè)量結(jié)果表明.6月至8月的地表平均溫度比1991年至2020年的平均溫度高約l攝氏度。整個(gè)歐洲的氣溫也比有記錄以來最熱的夏季(2010年和2018年)高0.1攝氏度。2021年夏季氣溫紀(jì)錄標(biāo)志著全球長(zhǎng)期變暖趨勢(shì)的最新進(jìn)展?？茖W(xué)家已將地球上的氣候變化與人類活動(dòng)相關(guān)的污染排放聯(lián)系起來。哥白尼觀測(cè)計(jì)劃自1950年以來一直記錄溫度。但其記錄與19世紀(jì)中葉的其他數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行了比較。該組織表示，在全球范圍內(nèi)，2021年8月是有記錄以來氣溫第三高的月份。據(jù)該組織報(bào)道，8月份的氣溫比1991年至2020年的平均溫度高出0.3攝氏度。[問答題]2.Directions:SupposeyouruniversityistoinviteMr.Williams,aforeignprofessorofChinesestudies,togivealectureonChineseliterature.Writeanemailto1)sendhimaninvitation,and2)informhimofthestudents'expectationofthelecture.Youshouldwriteabout100wordsontheANSWERSHEET.Donotuseyourownname.Use"LiMing"instead.(10points)參考解析：DearProfessorWilliams,TheChineseLiteratureConference2020willbeheldinouruniversitynextmonth.outofsincereappreciationofyoureminentresearchinthefieldofChinesestudies,IonbehalfofmyuniversitycordiallyinviteyoutoattendtheconferenceanddeliveralectureonChineseliterature.AsthestudentsintheaudienceshareagreatdealofinterestinacomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishLiterature,wewouldlikeyoutoshareyourviewsonthistopicinthelecture.Moreover,itwouldbeilluminatingforthestudentsifyoucouldelaborateontheapproachesyouadoptwhenanalyzingthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthem.Inordertomakeyourlectureeasiertounderstand,weadvisethatmaybeyoucouldciteacoupleofcelebratedpoemsfromChineseaswellasEnglishliteratureascasestoillustrateyourpoints.Thedetailsoftheconferencehavebeenattachedforyourreference.Itwillbeagreathonorforusifyouhavetimetocomeandshareyourinsights.Welookforwardtoyourreply.Yourssincerely,LiMing[問答題]3.Directions:Writeanessaybasedonthefollowingchart.Inyourwriting,youshould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomments.Youshouldwriteabout150wordsontheANSWERSHEET.(15points)參考解析：Basedonthetable,wecanfindthatfrom2000to2020,thenumberofpeopleaged65andaboveincreaseddrasticallyfrom88.1millionto190.6million,withtheproportionrisingfrom6.96%to13.50%.Moreover,itispredictedthatamountofthoseseniorswillbe230.1millionin2030and337.6millionin2050andtheproportionwillreach17.07%andthenstandat25.76%.ThestatisticsrevealtheagingofpopulationisbecomingincreasinglysevereinChina.Whatexactlycontributestothisphenomenon?Foronething,withtheimplementationofChina'sfamilyplanningpolicy,thebirthratehasdramaticallydropped,whichresultsinalowerproportionofyoungsters.Foranother,withtheimprovementofmedicalservices,peoplecanbemorelikelytoenjoyalongerlifeandthemortalityratehasthusbeenreduced,whichalsopromptsthepopulationaging.Inrecentyears,manystudieswarnthatpopulationagingislikelytobringsomeundesirableconsequencesinthefuture.Hence,itishightimethatwefiguredsomewaysouttofacetheupcomingchallenges.共享題干題Apreferenceforinstrumentalmusicindicateshigherintelligence,researchfinds.People__1__ambientmusic,smoothjazz,filmsoundtracks,classicalmusicandsimilargenreswithoutvocalstendtohavehigherIQs.Whilevocalmusic__2__beseenasthe"__3__"ofinstrumentalmusic,likingvocalmusichasnolinktoIQ.__4__otherwords,manypeoplewithhighIQsalsolikevocalmusic,butsodomanywithlessimpressivelevelsof__5__.Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]1.第（1）題選__A.goodatB.fondofC.giftedinD.usedto參考答案：B參考解析：goodat擅長(zhǎng)fondof喜歡giftedin有天賦usedto習(xí)慣于根據(jù)第一句Apreferenceforinstrumentalmusicindicateshigherintelligence，researchfinds.研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，偏好器樂表明智力更高。后一句peopleteedtohaveIQs，空格處修飾主語people，因?yàn)槠闷鳂分橇?huì)更高，所以應(yīng)該空格表喜歡此類音樂的人擁有高智商，B正確。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]2.第（2）題選__A.mustB.wouldC.mightD.should參考答案：C參考解析：must必須、一定would會(huì)、將might也許should應(yīng)該考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。選項(xiàng)[A]和[D]在表達(dá)語氣上都不適合客觀描述事物，所以排除；選項(xiàng)[B]體現(xiàn)了趨勢(shì)和預(yù)測(cè)，同樣不是在描述既定的客觀事實(shí)；選項(xiàng)[C]是在陳述觀點(diǎn)，但語氣委婉，所以[c]符合題意。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]3.第（3）題選__A.equivalentB.oppositeC.substitutionD.contradictory參考答案：B參考解析：equivalent等價(jià)的、相當(dāng)?shù)膐pposite對(duì)立的alternative替換的contradictory矛盾的while表轉(zhuǎn)折。前一句：喜歡器樂的往往擁有更高的智商，后一句：likingvocalmusichasnolinktoIQ“喜歡聲樂與智商無關(guān)”，similargenreswithoutvocals與vocalmusic明顯的對(duì)立，因此可以確定選項(xiàng)[B]符合題意。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]4.第（4）題選__A.WithB.AtC.ByD.In參考答案：D參考解析：考查固定搭配。短語inotherwords，表示“換句話說”，Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]5.第（5）題選__A.preferenceB.intelligenceC.wisdomD.interest參考答案：B參考解析：preference喜愛、偏好intelligence智力wisdom智慧interest興趣最后一句話對(duì)這個(gè)研究的總結(jié)：喜歡器樂的往往智商更高，喜歡聲樂與智商無關(guān)，也就是說，喜歡器樂的智商往往比較高，喜歡聲樂的又高智商的，也有智商較低的。所以manypeoplewithhighIQsalsolikevocalmusic“很多高智商的也喜歡聲樂”,butsodomanywithlessimpressivelevelsofintelligence“但是很多低智商的也喜歡聲樂”，B正確。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]6.第（6）題選__A.givenB.presentedC.providedD.taken參考答案：A參考解析：given給予

presented呈現(xiàn)provided提供taken拿Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people這個(gè)結(jié)論基于一份對(duì)1500人的調(diào)查，根據(jù)后面askedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical，所以空格處是做了IQ測(cè)試，選項(xiàng)[B]和[D]不能用于本句中的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，選項(xiàng)[c]常與with連用，且短語providesbwithsth，表示“向某人提供某物”。[A]符合題意，短語givesbtests表示“讓某人做測(cè)試”。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]7.第（7）題選__A.genresB.featuresC.instrumentsD.plays參考答案：A參考解析：genres流派、體裁features特點(diǎn)instruments樂器plays表演翻譯：這些結(jié)論是基于一份對(duì)1500人的調(diào)查。這1500人都進(jìn)行了智商測(cè)試并被問及他們對(duì)18種音樂____的偏好。因?yàn)楸疚挠懻摰氖窍矏垡魳放c智商的關(guān)系，且上文已經(jīng)提及了vocalmusic(聲樂)和instrumentalmusic(器樂)，所以應(yīng)填入“類別”或“種類”等詞匯。由此可知選項(xiàng)[A]符合題意。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]8.第（8）題選__A.educationB.ideasC.numberD.love參考答案：C參考解析：education教育

ideas主意、想法number數(shù)量love愛and連接并列的詞性，age，race，sex，education，familyincome都是形容人的屬性，所以空格處是小孩的數(shù)量，C正確。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]9.第（9）題選__A.rapB.instrumentalC.folkD.classical參考答案：B參考解析：rap說唱音樂instrumental樂器的folk民間的classical古典的根據(jù)第一段的結(jié)論高智商的，都喜歡器樂，moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer____musicsuchasbigband,classical，并且suchas后面的bigband，classical都是器樂，B正確。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]10.第（10）題選__A.stupidB.wiseC.cleverD.intelligent參考答案：D參考解析：stupid愚蠢的wise有智慧的clever聰明的

intelligent有智力的morethan是一個(gè)比較結(jié)構(gòu)，即moreintelligentAmericans與less…Americans構(gòu)成對(duì)比，所以選項(xiàng)[D]符合題意。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]11.第（11）題選__A.recentB.likelyC.familiarD.similar參考答案：D參考解析：recent最近的likely可能的familiar熟悉的similar類似的根據(jù)Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.

thesecondsurveyofthousandsof16-year-olds，表明此項(xiàng)調(diào)查與之前的調(diào)查類似，所以D正確。Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,theresearchersfoundthiscouldn'tbetrue.Opera,forexample,isseenascomplex,yetthepeoplewholikeitarenomoreintelligentthanthosewho__14__.Thestudy'sauthorswrite:"Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecase__15__big-bandmusicismorecognitivelycomplexthanclassicalmusic.Ontheotherextreme,as__16__,preferenceforrapmusicis__17__negativelycorrelatedwithintelligence.However,preferenceforgospelmusicisevenmorestronglynegativelycorrelatedwithit.Itwouldbedifficulttomakethecasethatgospelislesscognitivelycomplexthanrap."Instead,the__18__,accordingtoDrSatoshiKanazawa,thestudy'sco-author,isthatinstrumentalmusicismorenovel.Musicthatisnovel——inotherwords,__19__morerecentlyinevolutionaryterms——tendstobepreferredbypeoplewith__20__IQs.[單選題]12.第（12）題選__A.linkB.relationC.connectionD.linkage參考答案：A參考解析：link關(guān)聯(lián)relation關(guān)系coalition結(jié)合linkage聯(lián)系翻譯：該調(diào)查同樣發(fā)現(xiàn)高智商與對(duì)樂器的偏好之間存在的____。由Thisalsofound…(這也發(fā)現(xiàn)……)可知結(jié)果與上文的調(diào)查類似，所以選項(xiàng)A正確。linkage是link的派生詞，但為不可數(shù)名詞Theconclusionscomefromasurveyof1,500people.Allwere__6__IQtestsandaskedabouttheirpreferencesforeighteenmusical__7__.Theresultsshowedthat"...netofage,race,sex,education,familyincome,religion,currentandpastmaritalstatusand__8__ofchildren,moreintelligentAmericansaremorelikelytoprefer__9__musicsuchasbigband,classicalandeasylisteningthanless__10__Americans."Asecond__11__surveyofthousandsof16-year-oldsandtheirmusicalpreferenceswascarriedoutintheUKinthe1980s.Thisalsofounda__12__betweenhighintelligenceandapreferenceforinstrumentalmusic.OnetheoryaboutwhylikinginstrumentalmusicislinkedtohighIQisthecognitivecomplexityofthemusic.__13__,therese