2006年考研英语模拟试题三2006年考研英语模拟试题三.doc

2006年考研英语模拟试题三 　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) 　　STOP fretting about recession. That is the message from Americas R-word index. For each quarter, we 1 how many stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post include the word recession. 2 bells were set 3 by the sharp jump in the R-count in the first quarter of this year, at a rate that in the past has 4 the start of a recession. In the second quarter, 5 , the number of articles 6 by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors, 7 about dwindling advertising revenues, have 8 the R-word. 　　The Economist has found that 9 the past two decades, the R- word index has been good at 10 turning-points in the American economy. 11 GDP figures which appear 12 after a lag, the numbers are instantly available. But how does the index perform in Germany, 13 there have also been 14 fears of recession? Using our idea, HypoVereinsbank has 15 an R-word index for Germany, counting the number of times the word recession 16 in Handelsblatt. 　　Worryingly, Germanys R-count for the first quarter of 2001 showed the second-steepest 17 in the past two decades. But in the second quarter, the index dropped by one-third, 18 in America. 19 the world economy has nothing to worry about, or journalists are more worried about a 20 than a mere recession. A D-word index? 　　1.A. count B. calculate C. account D. reckon 　　2. A. warning B alarm C. siren D. danger 　　3.A. up B out C. off D. about 　　4.A hint at B. gestured C. sign D. signaled 　　5.A but B. yet C. however D. although 　　6,A. reduced B. fell C. drop D. descended 　　7.A. bothered B. harassed C. troubled D. worried 　　8.A. prohibited B. proscribed C. banned D. interdicted 　　9.A.over B. in C. through D. by 　　10. A. pointing B setting C. placing D. spotting 　　11.A. Unlike B.Like C. As D. Not as 　　12.A. generally B. usually C. always