2017学位英语考试模拟试题（3）_第3页

　　26、阅读下文，回答26-40题

　　It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. (78) The meanings of thou-sands of everyday perceptions . the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.

　　Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involving any change in the way an animal typically behaves. (79) Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain be-cause he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.

　　Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and ma-chines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"--ready for instant use. An averageU.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of Engfish. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for ex- ample, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.

　　26、The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings.

　　A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.

　　According to the passage, memory is considered to be__________.

　　A.the basis for decision making and problem solving

　　B.an ability to store experiences for future use

　　C.an intelligence typically possessed by human beings

　　D.the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words

　　27、The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human be-ing shows that __________.

　　A.the computer's memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager's

　　B.the computer's memory capacity is much smaller that an adult human being's

　　C.the computer's memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenager's

　　D.both A and B

　　28、The whole passage implies that__________.

　　A.only human beings have problem-solving intelligence

　　B.a person's memory is different from a computer's in every respect

　　C.animals are able to solve only very simple problems

　　D.animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence

　　29、The phrase "in terms of" in the last sentence can best be replaced by__________.

　　A."in connection with"

　　B."expressed by"

　　C."consisting"

　　D."by means of"

　　30、The topic of the passage is:__________.

　　A.What would life be like without memory?

　　B.Memory is of vital importance to life.

　　C.How is a person's memory different from an animal's or a computer's?

　　D.What is contained in memory?

　　答案：CBBBABCCDABCCBB

　　Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

　　31、It would be a mistake to__________this law to situations which are outside this range.

　　A.apply

　　B.employ

　　C.use

　　D.fit

　　32、__________anything about the accident, he went to work as well.

　　A.Not know

　　B.Know not

　　C.Knowing not

　　D.Not knowing

　　33、Living things are __________cells, and cells do not grow to more than twice the size they were at first.

　　A.made from

　　B.made up of

　　C.made up from

　　D.made of

　　34、Lying in hospital, the patient __________the outside world by watching news programs on TV every day.

　　A.kept in touch with

　　B.faced up

　　C.turned the clock back

　　D.slowed down

　　35、There is an old saying which goes, "Never __________until tomorrow what you can do today. "

　　A.put aside

　　B.put up

　　C.put off

　　D.put away

　　36、While I was waiting for her, I killed time__________ looking in the show windows.

　　A.by

　　B.with

　　C.in

　　D.with

　　37、I__________ talk that way if I were Frank.

　　A.won't

　　B.didn't

　　C.couldn't

　　D.wouldn't

　　38、My next door neighbor Johnson seems to have __________opinion on the show last night.

　　A.rather the strong

　　B.rather strong

　　C.a rather strong

　　D.the rather strong

　　39、It is necessary that we__________ have a good command of English at college.

　　A.must

　　B.have to

　　C.should

　　D.ought to

　　40、Susan is not very intelligent, __________work very hard.

　　A.not does she

　　B.either does she

　　C.or does she

　　D.neither does she

　　答案：ADBACADCCD