2022年考博英语-哈尔滨工业大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题Why should anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of NationalBiography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And have you got the rest of volumes? You need the basic 22 plus the largely decennial supplements to bring the total to 31. Of course, it will be answered, public and academic libraries will want the new volume. After all, it adds 1068 lives of people who escaped the net of the original compilers. Yet in 10 years time a revised version of the whole caboodle, called the New Dictionary of National Biography, will be published. Its editor. Professor Colin Matthew, tells me that he will have room for about 50,0001ives，some 13,000 more than in the current DNB. This rather puts the 1,068 in Missing Persons in the shade.When Dr. Nicholls wrote to The Spectator in 1989 asking for names of people whom readers had looked up in the DNB and been disappointed not to find, she says that she received some 1009000suggestions .( Well, she had written to “ other quality newspapers” too .) As soon as her committee had whittled the numbers down, the professional problems of an editor began. Contributors didnt file copy on time; some who did sent too much. 50,000 words instead of 500 is a record, according to Dr. Nicholls.There remains the dinner-party game of whos out. That is a game that the reviewers have played and will continue to play. Criminals were may initial worry. After all, the original edition of the DNB boasted. Malefactors whose crimes excite a permanent interest have received hardly less attention than benefactors. Mr. John Gross clearly had similar anxieties, for he complains that, while the murderer Christie is in. Crippen is out. One might say in reply that the injustice of the hanging of Evans instead of Christies (entry in Missing Persons) notes. But then Crippen was reputed as the first murderer to be caught by telegraphy (he had tried to escape by ship to America).It is surprising to find Max Miller excluded when really not very memorable names get in. There has been a conscious effort to put in artists and architects from the Middle Ages. About their lives not much is always known.Of Hugo of Bury St Edmunds, a 12th -century illuminator whose dates of birth and death are not recorded his biographer comments. “Whether or not Huge was a wall-painter, the records of his activities as carver and manuscript painter attest to his versatility”. Then there had to be more women, too (12 per cent, against the original DBNs 3), such as Roy Strongs subject, the Tudor painter Levina Teerlinc, of whom he remarks, “Her most characteristic feature is a head attached to a too small, spindly body. Her technique remained awkward, thin and often cursory.” Doesnt seem to qualify her as a memorable artist. Yet it may be better than the record of the original DNB, which included lives of people who never existed (such as Merlin) and even managed to give thanks to J.W. Clerke as a contributor. Though, as a later edition admits in a shamefaced footnote, “except for the entry in the List of contributors there is no trace of J.W. Clerke”.1.The writer suggests that there is no sense in buying the latest volume（ ）.2.On the issue of who should be included in the DNB, the writer seems to suggest that （ ）.3.Crippen was absent from the DNB （ ）.4.The author quoted a few entries in the last paragraph to（ ）.5.Throughout the passage, the writers tone towards the DNB was（ ）.问题1选项A.because it is not worth the priceB.because it has fewer entries than beforeC.unless one has all the volumes in his collectionD.unless an expanded DNB will come out shortly问题2选项A.the editors had clear rules to followB.there were too many criminals in the entries.C.the editors clearly favored benefactors.D.the editors were irrational in their choices问题3选项A.because he escaped to the U.sB.because death sentence had been abolishedC.for reasons not clarifiedD.because of the editors mistake问题4选项A.illustrate some features of the DNBB.give emphasis to his argumentC.impress the reader with its contentD.highlight the people in the Middle Age问题5选项A.complimentaryB.supportiveC.sarcasticD.bitter【答案】第1题:C第2题:B第3题:C第4题:B第5题:C【解析】1.语义理解题。作者在第一段提到“人们为什么要购买不断增补的全国 名人传记辞典的最新一卷？我并不是像那些评论家一样认为这本辞典不好。但是，它的价格高达65英镑，而且，你买了其他卷册了吗？你需要22卷基础册，加上每两年出版的增订卷，要买齐整套书就要买31册。”这里的含义是，这本辞典每两年都要出版增补卷，除非你全部都买了，否则购买最新一卷就没有意思。所以C选项除非你收藏了所有的书正确。A “不值得它 的售价”也是原因之一，却不是主要原因。B “相比之前的版本，它收录的词条更少。” 与文章意思不符。C “除非增订版名人传记缩短出版时间”在文章中没有提及。2.语义理解题。文章第三段开头提到了 “There remains the dinner-party game of whos out. That is a game that the reviewers have played and will continue to play. 关于选录谁的问题，这是读者提出的问题，并且他们还将提出这样的问题。”，“罪犯的入选让人担心.”，但是Crippen却没有当作值得一提的人物收录其中；第四段，作者提到It is surprising to find Max Miller excluded when really not