2011 福建考研英语一真题及答案
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. ( 10 points)
The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue
recently. The court cannot
1
its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of
law
2
justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices
acted in ways that
3
the court’s reputation for being independent and
impartial.
Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of
activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be
4
as impartial
judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not
5
by an ethics code.
At the very least, the court should make itself
6
to the code of conduct
that
7
to the rest of the federal judiciary.
This and other similar cases
8
the question of whether there is still
a
9
between the court and politics.
The framers of the Constitution envisioned law
10
having authority apart from
politics. They gave justices permanent positions
11
they would be free
to
12
those in power and have no need to
13
political support. Our legal
system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so
closely
14
.
Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in
fundamental social
15
like liberty and property. When the court deals with
social policy decisions, the law it
16
is inescapably political—which is why
decisions split along ideological lines are so easily
17
as unjust.
The justices must
18
doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making
themselves
19
to the code of conduct. That would make their rulings more likely
to be seen as separate from politics and,
20
, convincing as law.
1.[A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify [D]recognize
2.[A]when [B]lest [C]before [D]unless
3.[A]restored [B]weakened [C]established [D]eliminated
4.[A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected [D]accepted
5.[A]advanced [B]caught [C]bound [D]founded
6.[A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone
7.[A]resorts [B]sticks [C]leads [D]applies
8.[A]evade [B]raise [C]deny [D]settle
9.[A]line [B]barrier [C]similarity [D]conflict
10.[A]by [B]as [C]through [D]towards
11.[A]so [B]since [C]provided [D]though
12.[A]serve [B]satisfy [C]upset [D]replace
13.[A]confirm [B]express [C]cultivate [D]offer
14.[A]guarded [B]followed [C]studied [D]tied
15.[A]concepts [B]theories [C]divisions [D]conventions
16.[A]excludes [B]questions [C]shapes [D]controls
17.[A]dismissed [B]released [C]ranked [D]distorted
18.[A]suppress [B]exploit [C]address [D]ignore
19.[A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable [D]accountable
20.[A]by all means [B]at all costs [C]in a word [D]as a result
答案解析:
1.【答案】B
【解析】从空后信息可以看出,这句表达的是"_ _法官表现得像政治家"的情况下,法庭就
不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象,所以应该选 C,maintain"维持,保持",其他
显然语义不通。
2.【答案】A
【解析】从第三段可以看出,文章认为法院和政治之间应该是有界限的。所以这里应该是当
法官像政治家一样行事,模糊了二者之间的区别时,就失去了其作为法律卫士的合法性。只
有 B,when 表示这个意思。
3.【答案】B
【解析】第二段给的具体事例说明,法官出现在政治活动中会使法官形象受损,影响他们独
立、公正的名声。只有 B,weaken 能表示这个意思。
4.【答案】D
【解析】空前信息显示,法官出席政治活动会让法院的审判收到影响,人们就会认为其审判
不公正,所以选 D,be accepted as..."被认为是"。
5.【答案】C
【解析】空所在的语境为:产生这样的问题,部分原因在于"法官没有_ _道德规范"。后一
句话说,至少法院应该遵守行为规范,这显然是进一步说明上一句话。所以上一句是说法官
没有受到道德规范的约束,选 C,bound。
6.【答案】B
【解析】根据解析 5 可以看出,这里应该是说遵守行为规范,subject 与 to 连用,表示"服
从某物,受…支配"。故本题选 B。
7.【答案】D
【解析】分析句子结构可知,这里是由 that 引导的定语从句修饰说明前面的行为规范,是
说法院也应当遵守适用于其他联邦司法部的行为规范。apply to "适用于"符合题意。resort
to "求助于";stick to "坚持(原则等)"语意不通。
8.【答案】B
【解析】空所在的语境为,类似这样的案例提出了这样一个问题:法院和政治之间是否还存
在着界限。提出问题,产生问题用只能选 raise。
9.【答案】A
【解析】根据第 8 题可知,空内应填 line,"界限"。 barrier "障碍",similarity"相似
性",conflict"冲突"都不合题意。
10.【答案】B
【解析】根据句意,宪法的起草者们预想的是将司法从政治中分出来,让其享有独立的权力。
envision as "将…想象成…"。所以选 B。
11.【答案】A
【解析】本题考察逻辑搭配。本选项答案的确定需结合前句意思,制宪者旨在使法律不受政
治的任何影响,这样一来,法官就可以免受掌权者的影响了。此空就是考察由此所带来的结
果,故选[A]。
12.【答案】C
【解析】此题承接上题,可知法律不受政治的影响,从而法官也不用担心掌权者(those in
power)。
13.【答案】C
【解析】此题承接上题, 结合句意, 可知该半句主要表达"法官也无需政治支持了。"选项 C
最符题意。
14.【答案】D
【解析】此题考察词意辨析。原句表达"我们的法律体系是法律完全不受政治的影响,是因
为这两者是紧密。。。"。结合句意思,[D]最合题意.
15.【答案】A
【解析】此题考察词意辨析。文中说"宪法具有政治性,是因其的选择都是植根于诸如自由,
财产之类的基本社会。。。中。"自由,财产是西方社会的一些基本社会理念或概念,故选[A]。
16.【答案】C
【解析】此题考察词意辨析。首先分析该句,可知空白处添加上一动词可构成一定语从句,
限定"the law"。其次,文中语境表达"当法律处理社会政策决策问题时,。。。的法律不可
避免的具有政治性。四个选项中,[C]为最佳答案。
17.【答案】A
【解析】此题考察词意辨析。可由文中语境得知,该半句主要表达"这也就解释了为何背离
思想路线的决策被看作是不公正的,从而被轻易的…."。结合语境,以及四个选项的意思,
可知[A]最佳。
18.【答案】C
【解析】此题考察词意辨析。由文中语境可知该句主要表达"法官必须。。。有关法庭(裁决
的)公正合理的质疑。"四个选项中,仅[C]符合题意。
19.【答案】D
【解析】本题考察短语搭配及相似短语辨析。四个选项均可与连用,其中 accessible to 易
接近的;可归属的;可得到的可归因的 amiable to 可亲,多指人和蔼可亲,易于接近
agreeable to 欣然同意的;适合的,适宜的 accountable to 对…负责此题的理解需承接整
个句, 首先此空所在后半句乃一方式状语,承接前半句说明法官怎样来解决有关法庭(裁决
的)公正合理的质疑。将此四个选项分别代入,可得出正确答案[D],法官只有对对行为准则
负责,也即是遵循一定的行为准则才可确保其裁决的公正与合理。
20.【答案】D
【解析】此题考察逻辑搭配。此句承接上句,旨在说明由此带来的结果,也即是文中所说的
"。。。使得裁决看起来完全不受政治的影响,如法律一般令人信服。" 结合四个选项意思,
可知选[D]。
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. (40 points)
Text 1
Come on — Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half
forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually
leads to no good — drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the
Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through
what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power
of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the world.
Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social
cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage
Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an
HIV-prevention initiative known as loveLife recruits young people to promote safe
sex among their peers.
The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of
the lameness of many public-health campaigns is spot-on:they fail to mobilize peer
pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding
of psychology. “Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard
campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers — teenagers, who desire nothing
more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates
ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.
But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive.
Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration
of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most
glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work