| 考博易错题（2019/11/11） |
| 第1题：Florence Nightingale was a woman ahead of time.Before the nineteenth century, the profession of nursing was largely untraineD、Midwives were the only practitioners who had any training at all. For the most part, sick people were looked after by the women of the house in their own homes. Florence Nightingale began a school in London,England to set the standards for nursing. She was able to do this because she had already established a reputation for her work with soldiers during theCrimean War. She carried a lamp above her head as she walked among the wounded men, thereby earning the nickname "the lady with the lamp. " It was this great lady who lit the way for nursing to become the respected profession it is today. The passage is mainly about ______. A、the impact of nursing on the soldiers of theCrimean War B、Florence Nightingale and her influence on the profession of nursing C、the difference between nurses and midwives D、How Florence Nightingale earned the nickname "the lady with the lamp\ |
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| 第2题：For the people who have never traveled across theAtlantic the voyage is a fantasy.But for the people who cross it frequently one crossing of theAtlantic is very much like an other, and they do not make the voyage for the (56) of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel (57) to go to bed and pleased when the journey (58) On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed (59) earlier than usual. When I (60) my cabin, I was surprised (61) that I was to have a companion during my trip, which made me feel a little unhappy. I had expected (62) but there was a suitcase (63) mine in the opposite corner. I wondered who he could be and what he would be like. Soon afterwards he came in. He was the sort of man you might meet (64) , except that he was wearing (65) good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not (66) whoever he was and did not say (67) .As I had expected, he did not talk to me either but went to bed immediately. I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was already the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered68as well as I could and tried to go back to sleep. Then I real ized that a (69) was coming from the window opposite. I thought perhaps I had forgotten (70) the door, so I got up (71) the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold air was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room and (72) the moon shone through it on to the other beD、 (73) there. It took me a minute or two to (74) the door myself. I realized that my companion (75) through the window into the se A、 A、while doing like that B、as I did like that C．asIdidso D．at doing so |
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| 第3题：For reasons yet to be fully understood, one out of ten human beings in the world is left-handed, and from one generation to the next, this ratio is roughly preserveD、As we know, left-handedness cuts across socioeconomic, ethnic, and gender lines. Yet throughout history prominent figures in science—to say nothing of religion—have identified in left-handedness signs of viciousness or worse. In 1903, Italian physicianCesare Lombroso identified left-handedness as one of the degeneracy signs of the born criminals. Three years later,Dr. Wilhelm Fliess suggested that left-handedness was a reliable identification of homosexuality.And in 1937British psychologistCyrilBurt declared left-handedness to be a mark of an ill-organized nervous system. As demonstrated by all the "therapeutic" coercion that left-handed children were subjected to during the first half of the 20th century, these biases had more than just a theoretical impact. Yet even when this gauche predilection was being discouraged, handism was certainly never taken as seriously as racism or sexism now is. Perhaps it’s the arbitrary nature of the trait that has militated against meaningful discrimination.After all, even when both parents are right-handed, there is still a 10 percent chance that they will bring a left-handed baby into the worlD、Moreover, a white baby born in Scaresdale is just as likely to be left-handed as a black baby in Harlem. Hence when the left-handed GeorgeBush became President of the United States, it was hardly interpreted as a blow against prejudice. Nor was much attention paid to the fact that Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford were also southpaws. The word "southpaws" at the end of the passage means ______. A、a boxer from the south B、a politician from a southern state C、a person with extraordinarily large hands D、a left-handed person |
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| 第5题：In mostAmerican cities, the rent for a one-bedroom apartment was $250 or more per month in recent years. In some smaller cities such as Louisville, Kentucky or Jacksonville, Florida the rent was less, but in larger cities it was more. For example, if you lived in LosAngeles, you had to pay $400 or more to rent a one-bedroom apartment, and the same apartment rented for $625 and up inChicago. The most expensive rents in the U. S. were in New YorkCity, where you had to pay at least $700 a month to rent a one-bedroom apartment in most parts of the city. Renters and city planners are worried about the high cost of renting apartments. Many cities now have rent control laws to keep the cost of renting low. These laws help low-income families who cannot pay high rents. Rent controls in the United States began in 1943 when the government imposed rent controls on allAmerican cities to help workers and the families of soldiers during World War Ⅱ.After the war, only one city—New York—continued these World War Ⅱ controls. Recently, more and more cities have returned to rent controls.At the beginning of the 1980s, nearly one fifth of the people in the United States lived in cities with rent-control laws. Many cities have rent-control laws, but why are rents so highBuilders and landlords blame rent controls for the high rents. Rents are high because there are not enough apartments to rent, and they blame rent controls for the shortage of apartments.Builders want more money to build more apartment buildings, and landlords want more money to repair their old apartment buildings.But they cannot increase rents to get this money because of the rent-control laws.As a result, landlords are not repairing their old apartments, and builders are not building new apartment buildings to replace the old apartment buildings.Builders are building apartments for high-income families, not low income families, so low-income families must live in old apartments that are in disrepair.Builders and landlords claim that rent-control laws really hurt low income families. Many renters disagree with them. They say that rent control is not the problem.Even without rent controls, builders and landlords will continue to ignore low-income housing because they can make more money from high-income housing. The only answer, they claim, is more rent controls and government help for low-income housing. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A、The Highest Rent. B．RentControls. C．BuildingApartments for Low-Income Families. D．Rent-Control Laws. |
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