西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题（基础英语）
西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试
试题（基础英语）
V ocabulary and sentence structure
Section a directions: this section consists of 30
incomplete sentences. Each sentience is
followed by four words or phrases. Select the
best one to complete the sentence by blackening
the corresponding letter on your answer
sheet.(15 points)
1. to our delight she
quickly____herself____the situation.
a.adapted/with
b.adapted/to
c.adopted/of
d.adopted/into
2.the portuguese give a great deal of credit to
one man for having promoted sea travel. That
man____prince henry the navigator, who lived
in the 15th century.
a.is
b.was
c.being
d.had
3.‖l don’t think professor jones meant to be
funny this morning do you?‖‖no, although l
coul dn’t help____at some of his remarks.‖
a.from laughing
b.but laugh
c.to have
laughed d.to laugh
4.‖what did the police chief do after the report?‖
―he ordered that parking___on main street
during the rush hour‖
A. be prohibiting b.is prohibited c.be
prohiboted d.was prohibited
5.some insects pass through their entire life
oycles, from egg to adult___days or weeks.
a.in a matter of
b.in case of
c.based on
d.in time for
6.duncairn, a castle built in the twelfth century
on the westem coast of scotland, is___a few feet
high.
a.nearly more than
b.almost more than
c.just as much as
d.hardly more than
7.although the main characters in the novel are
so true to life, they are certainly___.
a.imaginsry
b.imaginable
c.imaginative
d.imagining
8.just as too much harmony is tiresome in music,____
a.the life of too many benefits annoys us
b.so,in life ,too many benefits annoy us
c.we are annoyed with lives also of too many benefits
d.a lot of benefits annoy us in life
9.ann said,‖english men____good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in a house.‖
a.be
b.do
c.make d,get
10.nelther jone nor her brothers____a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip
a.need
b.needs
c.needing
d.has need
11.if mr.wang_____to leam more english, he would not have bought this book yesterday.
a.shouldn’t need
b.hasn’t needed
c.hadn’t needed
d.didn’t need
12.‖how about john?’
―my uncle____a good student,‖
a.thinks of him
b.knows of him
c.considers him
d.believes him
13.never again___polltical office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency
a.alfred e. smith seriously sought
b.seriously alfred e.smith souht
c.when did alfred e.smith seriously seek
d.did alfred
e.smith seriously seek
14.they noticed a crowd of people in front of the madeleine____
a.shouting and cheering
b.to shout and cheer
c.to be shouting and cheering
d.being shouted and cheered
15.‖why is the university doing so much building?‖
―the number of students____.‖
a.have increased so rapidly
b.have increased so rapid
c.has increased so rapid
d.has increased so rapidly
16.my car is none_____for the accident.
a.the bad
b.the worse
c.enough worse
d.much worse
17.’why should l try larry and kevin’s pickles?‖
―because___the best.‖
a.his are
b.theirs are
c.theirs is
d.his is
18.it was___he arrived at the station___he realized he had forgotten his ticket
a.not until/then
b.until/that
c.not until/that
d.not until/when
19.george entered the box and picked up one of the directories inside,___that someone unknown had tom out the very page he needed.
a.only to discover
b.discovered
c.to discover
d.only discovering
20.the prison riot was___
a.brought about by the guards, whose severity was an extreme
b.originated from the extreme guard severity
c.blamed on the guards, whose harshness caused it to originare
d.attributed to the unnecessary roughness of the guards
21.whom___mr.smith saw in the college yesterday?
a.it was that
b.is it that
c.was it that
d.is it whom
22.the hawaiian coastline is bordered by many coral reefs. Some living but___dead.
A.most of them b.other are c.most of their
d.the rest are being
23.you must obtain___from the govemment to fish in this river.
a.permit
b.right
c.freedom
d.permission
24.‖did your club dance tum out well?‖
―yes. We made a___profit.
a.five-hundred-dollar
b.five-hundred-dollars
c.five-hundreds-dollar
d.five-hundreds-dollars
25.the project requires more labor than___because it is extremely difficult
a.has been put in
b.have been put in
c.being put in
d.to be put in
26.‖what does canada export?‖
―large quantities of wheat___sent abroad,‖
a.is
b.have
c.are
d.is being
27.we are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style___in a personal one. a.other than b.better than c.less than
d.rather than
28.:it was___that we had bone for a walk.‖
a.so beautiful day
b.such beautiful a night
c.such a beautiful weather
d.so beautiful a night
29.the wealth of a country should be measured___the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
a.in line with
b.in regard with
c.in terms of
d.by means of
30.why____? It’s not very important.
a.to worry
b.worry
c.you are worried
d.you worry
section b direcions: supply the correct form of the word in italics for the blank space in each sentence. Write your answer after the corresponding question number on vour answer sheet (10 poinls)
31. continue the successful___of this project depends upon hard work.
32. argument ___people are seldom desirable as companions.
33. respect they always respond to the teacher___
34. miserable doctors work hard to relieve human___
35. advantage having so much experience, you are in a very____position
36. aggravation new york’s hot weather is often___by its humidity.
37. entangle the fly became___in the spider’s web.
38. visible the plane could not land because the____was pocr.
39. deform better food has reduced the
number of children born with____
40. inhabit the____of that country speak english.
ll. reading skills and comprehension
section a reading skills(10 points)
skill 1: ldentifying the main idea
directions: read the following passage and pick out the statement that best summarices what the author has said by blackening the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet.
Upc. These letters do not stand for a new government agency, a new chemical or a new football league. They are shorthand for ―universal product code.‖ Supermarket shoppers across the nation are seeing the upc symbol on the packages of all kinds of products. From food to paper towels to detergents to over-the counter (nonprescription) drugs. The symbol consists of many closely spaced lines. And numbers and will be popping up on more and more items as time goes by. The lines and bars in the code symbol are unique to that product and can be read by a computer.
41.the best summary statement is:
a.upc is new way to mark prices on products across the nation
b.as time goes by more supermarkets will use upc for their items
c.supermarket shoppers across the nation can see upc on the packages of all kinds of products
d.upc is a product code that consists of lines and bars that can be read by a computer.
Skill2: judging the importance of details Directions: to be ejective reader. You must be able to tell important from unimportant details. Read the following passages in which details are marked by a), b), c)and d). decide which of the marked details is the most important by
blackening the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet:
42.a) in 1978 a federal law was passed to prohibit abusive. Deceptive or unfair practices by debt collectors b) this law was designed to help consumers, c) it provides new rights under the law for consumers who owe money. D) some people never have to deal with debt collectors: this law was designed to help those who do
43.a) French psychologist Alfred Binet was asked by the French government: to develop a test that would help find out which school children were not intelligent enough to profit from regular schooling b) binet thought that intelligence should be measured by tests that required problems solving and reasoning. C) binet: did a great deal of research with children of various ages d) as a result of his work. Binet developed the concept of the lq. Or intelligence quotient. Which is the basis for much modern intelligence testing.
Skill 3: guessing the meaning of a new word in context
Directions: to be an effective reader you must also be able to hypothesize about the meaning of a new word or expression according to its context. Read the following passage and write out the meaning of the underlined word in the space after the question number on your answer sheet.
―give one tiny measure of this magic love potion to the young lady-its flavor is imperceptible in orange juice, soup. Or cocktails-and however gay and giddy she is she will change altogether she will wa nt nothing but solitude and you,‖ said the old man, reaching for the bottle.
―l can hardly imagine Diana like that!‖ cried Alan overwhelmed with joy
―you will not have to use your imagination,‖ said the old man. ―and by the way since there are always sirens if by any chance you should. Later on. Slip a little, you need not worry, she
will forgive you. In the end she will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you—in the end.‖
44. in this context potion most probably means_________
45. in this context, siren most probably means______________
Section b reading comprehension (15 points) Directions: read the following passage first and then do the close test based on it fill in each space an appropriate word deginning with the given letter write the word after the question number on your answer sheet
Two events this week one in Britain and one in the United States. Highlight the way developments in biotechnology are an increasing force in the financial world. One is the formation of a new British company, Cambridge life sciences.
With s 1m backing from technical development capital it joins the list of highly specialized firms whose future depends on the ingenuity of a still-small band of scientists who have learnt how to rearrange the genetic code of micro-organisms and of plant and animal cells these may then become living factories that manufacture substances ranging from antibiotics and vitamins to synthetic petrol and substitute foodstuffs.
Cloze test
The ______in which the financial world is being increasingly_______by developments in biotechnology is illuminated by two recent events on _________side of the atlantics
The ______of Cambridge life sciences in Britain is one of them.
Financial______from technical development capital has______it to become one of a _______number of higly-specialized companies which relies on ______soientitic research into the genetic______of organisms
and cells.
This research may lead to these
companies being able to _____antibiotics
vitamins synthetic petrol and substitute
foodstuffs.
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Part one basic english
1. vocabulary and structure
section a
directions: this section consists of 15 incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by 4 words or phrases. Select the word or phrase that best fits in with each context and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.(15 points)
1. these rules and regulations apply only________joint ventures and corporations.
a.to
b.for
c.with
d.about
2.a foreign ministry statement said that the French government rejoiced____the happy outcome to the event.
a.for
b.in
c.with
d.over
3.inspectors were appointed to inquire____the affairs of the company
a.with
b.after
c.into
d.about
4.the group does not____market conditions to improve substantially in the second half of this year.
a.aspire
b.expect
c.predict
d.estimste
5.if you want to_____your point of view, you need to provide more evidence or support for it
a.deduce
b.increase
c.formulate
d.reinforce
6.different from the other speakers at this conference, l would_____that juvenile delinquency is one of our serious social problems today.
a.state
b.explain
c.contend
d.assume
7.during the art festival, she quickly____herself of the opportunity to make friends
a.availed
b.seized
c.obtained
d.acquired
8.the financial scandal is yet to unfold, so the offical has shown extreme_____to
explain their position to the media
a.patience
b.reluctance
c.uneasiness
d.willingness
9.the two parties have finally reached a_____on this issue after a series of heated debates in the parliament.
a.doctrine
b.negotiation
c.hypothesis
d.consensus
10.the company has worked out an____management training scheme for newly recruited graduates.
A.elaborate b.abundant c.inherent d.optimistic
11.owing to the development is mass communications, people everywhere are feeling new wants and are being____to new customs and ideas.
a.adapted
b.subjectted
c.exposed
d.tailored
12.regular reading is believed to broaden the mind and ____the spirit.
a.uplift
b.nurse
c.inflate
d.cherish
13.first-rate companies are highly_____to market signals.
a.interactive
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3116049298.html,petitive
c.pervasive
d.responsive
14.as a result of this academic advancement Henry will____a wider range of responsibilities for the research project.
a.take to
b.take on
c.take over
d.take after
15.his colleague____the description given by the police so he must be the criminal.
a.answers up
b.answers for
c.answers to
d.answers back
section b
directions: this section consists of fifteen (15) incomplete sentences. Each followed by four (4) possible answers. Select the one the best completes each sentence and then mark your answer on the answer sheet.(15 points)
16._______can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.
a.everybody
b.anybody
c.somebody
d.nobody
17.culture is defined as_____complex whole which includes belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by_____man as a member of_____society.
a.the;/;the
b.a;the;/
c.the;/;the
d.a;/;/
18.the emphasis on data gathered first-hand. Combined with a cross-cultural perspective____to the analysis of cultures past and present, makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.
a.bringing
b.brought
c.being brought
d.to be brought
19.a safety analysis____the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately. It was never done.
a.would identify
b.will identify
c.would have identified
d.will have identified
20.for there____successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present
a.is
b.to be
c.will be d deing
21.some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year_____in violation of the city’s building code.
a.were constructed
b.were being constructed
c.had been constructed
d.were to be constructed
22.the strength of a country’s economy is bound up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and this____rests upon the efforts of scientists and technologists.
A.in turn b by chance c.in addition d.to some extent
23.doctrs see a connection between increased amounts of leisure time spent____and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
a.to sunbathe
b.to have sunbathed
c.having sunbathed
d.sunbathing
24.we hope the measures to control prices,____taken by the government. Will succeed.
a.when
b.as
c.since
d.after
25.____my return, l learned that professor smith had been at the museum and would not be back for several hours.
a.at
b.on
c.with
d.during
26.our moderm civilization must not be thought of as ____in a short period of time.
a.being created
b.to have been created
c.having been created
d.to be created
27.had paul received six more votes in the last election. He_____our chairman now.
a.were
b.would be
c.must have been
d.would have been
28.substantial efforts to increase crude oil production must be made if fuel shortages_____avoided
a.can be
b.will be
c.are to be
d.have been
29.the semantic differences between the two sentences are so trivial as hardly______.
a.explained
b.to be explained
c.being explained
d.to explain
30.____to my amazement, be burst out language before so many distinguished guests.
a.much
b.more
c.too much
d.much more
ll.reading comprehension
directions:this section consists of 2 reading texts, each of them is followed by a number of questions ore unfinished statements based on its content. After you read each text. Select the best answer to each question and mark your answer o the answer sheet.(10 points)
text a
Plants are subject to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of symbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms to frustrate the potential colonists; these can be divided into pre-formed or passive defense mechanisms and inducible or active systems. Passive plant defense comprises physical and chemical barriers that prevent entry of pathogens, such as bacteria, or render tissues unpalatable or toxic to the invader. The external surfaces of plants, in addition to deing covered by an epidermis and a waxy cuticle, often carry spiky hairs known as trichomes, which either prevent feeding by insects or may even puncture and kill insect larvae, other trichomes are sticky and glandular and effectively trap and immobilize insects.
If the physical barriers of the plant are breached, then pre-formed chemicals may inhibit or kill the intruder and plant tissues contain a diverse array of toxic or potentially toxic substances, such as resins, tannins, glycosides, and alkaloids, many of which are highly effective deterrents to insects that feed on plants. The success of the colorado beetle in infesting potatoes, for example, seems to be correlated with its high
tolerance to alkaloids that normally repel potential pests. Other possible chemical defenses, while not directly toxic to the parasite, may inhibit some essential step in the establishment of a parasitic relationship. For example. Glycoproteins in plant cell walls may be inactive enzymes that degrade cell walls. These enzymes are often produced by bacteria or fungi.
Active plant defense mechanisms are comparable to the immune system of vertebrate animals. Although the cellular and molecular bases are fundamentally different. Both however, are triggered in reaction to intrusion, implying that the host has sone means of recognizing the presence of a foreign organism, the most dramatic example of an inducible plant defense reaction is the hypersensitive response in the hypersensitive response, cell undergo rapid necrosis, that is, they become diseased and die after being penetrated by a parasite; the parasite itself subsequently ceases to grow and is therefore restricted to one or a few cells around the entry site several theories have been put forward to explain the basis of hypersensitive resistance.
31.what does the passage mainly discuss?
a.the success of parasites in resisting plant defense mechanisms.
b.theories on active plant defense mechanisms.
C.the major functions of plant defense mechanisms.
d.the immune system of animals and the defense mechanisms of plants.
32.the word ―puncture‖ as underlined in paragraph l is closest in meaning to____
a.pierce
b.pinch
c.sourround
d.cover
33.the word‖which‖ as underlined in paragraph 2 refers to______
a.tissues
b.substances
c.barriers
d.insects
34.which of the following substances does the author mention as not necessarily being toxic to the colorado beetle?
a.resins
b.tannins
c.glycosides
d.alkaloids
35.the passage most probably continues with a discussion of theories on________
a.the basis of passive plant defense
b.the inhibitive effects of chemicals on a parasitic relationship
c.the way in which plants produce toxic chemicals
d.the principles of the hypersensitive response
text b the unseeing eye
the old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily winkled face. He didn’t use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply the man seated behind the table who went on asking him,‖ why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife? Why didn't you come directly to enquires?‖ the old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another/ his eyes busy watching him? He said, ―l came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my children‖
the man seated behind the table muttered irritably blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was
that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of annoyance, weren’t effective. He puffed at his cigarette as he enquired in exasperation, ―what’s your wife’s name?‖ the old man at once replied,‖ zeinab mohamed th e man seated behind the table began flipping through the pages of the thick ledger; each time he turned over a page there was a loud noise that was heard by everyone in the waiting room. He went on flipping though the pages of his ledger, pursing his lips listlessly, then nervously, as he kept bringing the ledger close to his face until finally he said, your wife came in here the day before yesterday? The old man in relief at once answered, ―yes, sir, when her heart came to a stop.‖ Once again irritated, th e man seated behind the table mumbled to himself,‖ had her heart stopped she wouldn’t be here, neither would you. With his eyes still on the ledger, he said, ―she’s in ward 4, but it’s not permitted for you to enter her ward because there are other women there yawning, he called to the nurse learning against the wall. She came forward, in hrhand a paper cup from which she was drinking motioning which his heat to the man he said, ―ward number 4-zeinab mohamed.‖ The nurse walked ahead, without raising her mou th frpm the cup, the old ma asked himself how it was that this woman worked in a hospital that was crammed with men, even though she spoke Arabic. Having arrived at the ward. The nurse left him outside after telling him to wait; then, after a while, she came out and said to him, ―there are two women called zeinab mohamed, one of them, though, has only one eye. Which one is your wife so that l can call her?
The old man was thrown into confusion. One eye? How am l to know? He tried to recall what his wife zeinab looked like, with her long gown and black headdress, the veil, and sometimes the black covering enveloping her face and sometimesremoved and lying on her neck. He could picture her as she walked and sat, chewing a morsel and then taking it out of her mouth so as to place it in that of her first-born. Her children. One eye. How am l to know? He could picture her stretched out on the bed, her eyes closed. The old man was thrown into confusion and found himself saying,‖ when l call her, she’ll know my voice,‖ the nurse doubted whether he was in fact visiting his wife; however, giving him another glance; she laughed at her suspicions and asked him,‖ how long have the two of you been married? Again, he was confused as he said,‖allah knows best—thirty, forty y ears…
36.what does the title of the passage suggest?
a.the old man had very poor vision.
b.the old man’s wife had an eye problem
c.the old man failed to see what he should have seen
d.the old man’s wife was noteasy to recogniz
e.
37．Which of the following can be inferred about the old man seated behind the table?
a.he showed much tolerance to the old man.
b.he often put on airs before of lower status.
c.he refused to respond to the old man’s enquiries.
d.he seemed to lose his patience too easily.
38.the word muttered in line l , paragraph 2 means______
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3116049298.html,plained
b.denoted
c.groaned
d.refuted
39.which of the following words best describes the old man’s mood when he could not
answer the nurse’s questons?
a.surprised
b.puzzled
c.lrritated
d.reserved
40.which of the following may least reveal the old man’s arabian identity?
a.his religious belief
b.his attitude toward the nurse
c.his memories of his apouse
d.his kerchief and headband
lll. Cloze test
directions: fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following text with one word that is appropriate to context.. write down all your answers in the space provided on the answer sheet. (10 points)
in the united states, there is a belief that people are rewarded for working, producing and achieving, many people_____that there is equality of opportunity that____ anyone to become successful. This belief is illustrated by stories written by____19th –century american novelist, horatio alger, who wrote about the american dream. In his stories he desscribed poor people____became rich because of their hard work, honesty and luck, the stories reinforced the____that all indivduals, on matter how poor, were____of becoming wealthy as long as they were____and virtuous____many am ericans, horayio alger’s rags-to-riches stories do not____the reality of opportunity, many poor immigrants who came to the united states in the 19th and 20th centuries were able to____on the social and economic scales. Today, _____, the poor generally do not rise to the middle and upper classes. The american dream is now described____a myth.
There are some people, however, who do succeed in ____their economic and social levels, ―upward mobility‖ and climbing the ladder‖ are terms that____to one’s advancement in work. Many employees have a succession have a succession of jobs____constitute a career. Some businesses, organizations and government and government agencies provide employees with the____to progress to higher positions. Promotions and increased responsibility generally____higher salaries.
Rewards for achievement in work are personal as well as financial. There is increased job satisfaction_____employees have the opportunity to develop creative and intellectual skills. Gaining____from fellow workers, supervisors and managers gives one a____of importance and identity in society.
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l. multiple-choice questions (30 points)
section a vocabulary(10 points)
directions: in this section there are ten incomplere sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices labeled [a], , [c] or [d]. select the one that best fits in with each context and write your answer sheet.
1. the mayor is a woman with great____and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
a.intention
b.flourished
c.vanished
d.intensity
2.the flowers____from lack of water.
a.withered
b.flourished
c.vanished
d.stopped growing
3.one way of cutting down waste is to____such things as glass and paper
a.repeat
b.renew
c.recycle
d.reproduce
4.at the inauguration ceremony. The newly elected president_____his speech with
a few words of thanks to his supporters.
a.preceded
b.proceeded
c.precluded
d.advanced
5.the rescue was_____after several attempts because the snowstorm was getting worse.
a.deserted
b.abandoned
c.ceased
d.rejected
6.he failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contrast, and now he has to_____the consequences.
a.answer for
b.run into
c.abide by
d.step into
7.l _______with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column.
a.express
b.confess
c.verify
d.acknowledge
8.from this material we can_____hundreds of what you may call direct products.
a.derive
b.discem
c.diminish
d.displace
https://www.doczj.com/doc/3116049298.html,nguage, oulture, and personality may be considered_____of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
a.indistinctly
b.separately
c.irrelevantly
d.independently
10.christmas is a christian holy day usually celebrated on december 25th______the birth of jesus christ
a.in accordance with
b.in terms of
c.in favor of
d.in honor of section b grammatical structure (10 points)
directions: in this section there are ten incomplete sentences, each followed by four possible answer. Choose the one that best completes each sentence and write your answer on the answer sheet.
11.specialization can seen as_____response to_____problem of_____increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge.
a.a:the:the
b.a:the:an
c./:the:an
d.the:the:/
12.one difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match.____this is meat that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.
a.in
b.for
c.by
d.with
13.intellect is to the mind______soul is to the body.
a.as
b.since
c.if
d.what
14.humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, _____other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.
a.subjecting
b.to subject
c.having subjected
d.to have subjected
15.in the early industrialized countries of europe, the process of industrialization was spread over nearly a century, _____a developing nation nowadays underwent the same process in a decade or so.
a.just as
b.thereby
c.whereas
d.nevertheless
16.for there______successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement itself by all present.
a.is
b.to be
c.will be
d.being
17.without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we need to have factual knowledge_____our thinking.
a.which to be based on
b.which to base on
c.upon which to base
d.to which to be based
18.sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be h elped by” drugs” that aren’t really drugs at all_____sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.
a.or rather
b.rather than
c.but rather
d.other than
19.five minutes earlier, ____we would have caught the last train.
a.and
b.or
c.but
d.so
20.in the course of a day, students do far more than just_____classes
a.attend
b.attended
c.to attend
d.attending
section c logic and rheroric (10 points)
directions: each of the following sentences contains one underlined part. Beneath each sentence, there are four ways of phrasing the underlined part, labeled [a],, [c] or [d]. Select the best version and write your answer on the answer sheet.
21.in the traditional Japanese household. Most clothing could be packed flatly and so it was not necessarv to have elaborate cloaet facilities.
a.flat, and so no elaborate closet facilities were necessary.
b.flatly, and so no elaborate closet facilities were needed
c.flat, and so there was no need for elaborate closet facilities
d.flatly, and so elaborate closet facilities were needless
21.according to his own account, frederic-auguste bartholdi, the sculptor of the statute of liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the bodv like his wife’s.
a.modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
b.made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
c.modeled the face of the statue after his mother’s and the body after his wife’s
d.made the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s
23.a collection of 38 poems by phillis wheatley. A slave. Was published in the 1770’s the first book by a black by a black woman and it was only the second published by an american woman.
a.it was only the second that an, American woman published
b.only the second published by an American woman
c.the second one only published by an American woman
d.the second book that an American woman only published
24.there is ample evidence, derived from the lore of traditional folk medicine, that naturally occurring antibiotics are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug.
a.are usually able to be modified to make them more effective drugs
b.are usually able to be modified, which makes them more effective drugs
c.can usually be modified to make them a more effective drug
d.can usually be modified to make them more effective drugs
25.for many people. Household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
a.despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
b.although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
c.even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents
d.even of they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
ll. cloze test (20 points)
directions: read the following text and fill in each numbered blank with one appropriate word. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Men have traveled ever since they first appeared on the earth.
In primitive times they did not travel for pleasure but to______new places where their herds could feed, or to escape from_____neighbors, or to find more_____climates they traveled on foot. Their_____were long, tiring and often dangerous. They protected themselves with simple_____such as wooden sticks or stone clubs, and by lighting fires at night and, ____all. By keeping together.
Being intelligent and creative, they soon_____easter ways of traveling, they_____on the backs of their domesticated animals; they hollowed out tree____and. By using bits of wood____paddles, were able to travel across water.
Later they traveled, not from necessity, but____the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things, which is still the main_____why we travel today.
Traveling, of course, has now become a____organized business. There are cars and splendid roads, express trains, huge ships and jet airliners; all of____provide us_____comforts and security. This sounds wonderful.______there are difficulties. If you want to go____you need a passport and a visa, tickets, luggage, and a hundred and one____ things. If you lose any of them. Your journey may be_____
Scientists have invented machines that can explore_____space, eventually there will be cheap day excursions to the moon and honeymoons on venus. People will be able to fly from one planet to another in nasty little arrow-shaped tubes, l say ―people‖ because l have no intention of being one of them.
Ill: reading comprehension(30 points)
Directions: in this section there are three reading texts, followed by fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read each text carefully and select the best answer to each question.
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following text.
The world has spent on preparations for war more than ﹩112 billion a year, roughly ﹩450 per head for every man, woman. And child in the world let us consider for a moment what could be done with this sum of money if it were spent on peace and not on war. Some of it, at any rate, in the more prosperous countries, could be spent on the reduction of taxation. The rest should be spent in ways that will at the same time, be of benefit to mankind and a solution to the economic problem of conversion from war industry to the expansion of peace industries, as to this expansion. Let us begin with the most elementary of all needs, namely food, at present. The majority of mankind suffers from undernourishment. And in view of the population explosion, this situation is likely to grow worse in the coming decades a very small part of what is now being spent upon armaments would rectify our predicament not only could the American surplus of grain. Which was for man yeas uselessly destroyed, be spent in relief of famine, but by irrigation, large regions now desert could be made fertile, and by improvement in transport, distribution from regions of excess to regions of scarcity could be facilited.
Hosing, even in the richest countries, is often disastrously inadequare, this could be remedied by a tiny fraction of what is being spent on missiles, education everywhere, but especially in the newly liberated countries of Africa and Asia demands an expenditure many times as great as that which it receives at present. But it is not only greater expenditure that is needed in education, if the terror of war were removed, science could be devoted to improving human welfare. Instead of to the invention of increasingly expensive methods of mutual slaughter, and schools would no longer think it a part of their duty to promote hatred of possible enemies by means of ignorance tempered by lies.
By the help of modem techniques, the world could enter upon a period of happiness and prosperity far surpassing anything known in previous history. All this is possible. It requires only a different outlook on international affairs and a different state of mind toward these nations which are now regarded as enemies. This is possible, l repeat but it cannot be done all at once to reverse the trend of affairs in the most powerful nation of the world is no light task and will require a difficult process of reeducation.
46.which of the following words can best describe the author?
a.utoplan
b.radical
c.indifferent
d.pragmatic
47.according to the text, schools at the present time_____
a.often have ignorant studets
b.have to make uce of enemies for the target of hatred
c.have to make use of lies to gain a certain purpose
d.only need more lies to carry out their duty
48.it can be learned from the text that the problem of undemourishment will become______
a.more critical because america destroys it surplus goods
b.worse because large regions are desert
c.more critical because the population increases dramatically
d.worse beeause more are spent on preparations for war
49.it can be inferred from the text that_____
a.by diverting some or all of the money spent on preparations for war peaceful purpose can easily be achieved
b.people need to change their present viewpoint so as to line in happiness and harmony in the world
c.science has always been properly applied
d.our world will soon become a more prosperous and happier one
50.the word ―rectify‖ (in line 10, para.1)most probably means______
a.correct
b.rely on
c.recede
d.prove
questions 51 to 55 are based on the following text.
With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or at least as a distinct even though a slightly disreputable, offshoot of the traditional novel.
The detective story is probably the most respectable(at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species its creation is often the relaxation of university teachers, literary economists, scientists or even poets, fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen the village, aeaside resort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the newspaper or the lives of friends the characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates a story set in a more remote environment African jungle or Australian bush ancient china or gas-lit London, appeals to our interest in geography or history and most detective story writers are conscientious in providing a reasonably authentic background the elaborate carefully assembled plot despised by the modem intellectual critics and creators of significant novels, has found refuge in the murder mystery with its sprinkling of cues, its spicing with apparent impossibilities, all with appropriate solutions and explanations at the end. With the guilt of escapism from real life nagging gently, we secretly revel in the unmasking of evil by a vaguely super-human detective who sees through and dispels the cloud of suspicion which has hovered so unjustly over the innocent.
Though its villain also receives his rightful deserts the thriller presents a iess comfortable and credible world. The sequence of fist fights, revolver duels car crashes and escapes from gas-filled cellars exhausts the reader far more than the hero, who, suffering from at least two broken ribs, one black eye. Uncountable bruises and a hangover, can still chase and overpower an armed villain with the physique of a wrestler, he moves dangerously through a world of ruthless gangs brutality a vicious list for power and money and, in contrast to the detective tale, with a near-omniscient
arch-criminal whose defeat seems almost accidental. Perhaps we miss in the thriller the security of being safely led by our imperturbable investigator past a score of red herrings and blind avenues to a final gathering or suspeots when an unchallengeable elucidation of all that has bewildered us is given and justice and goodness prevail all that we vainly hope for from life is granted vicariously.
51.the crime novel may be regarded as______
a.a not quite respectable form of the conventional novel
b.not a true novel at all
c.related in some ways to the historical novel
d.an independent development of the novel
52.the text suggests that intellectuals write detective stories decause_______
a.the stories are often in fact very instructive
b.they enjiy writing these syories
c.the oreation of these stories demands considerable intelligence
d.detective stories are an accepted branch of literature
53.what feature of the detective story is said to isqualify it from respectful consideration by intellectual critics?
a.the many seeming impossible events
b.the fact that the guilty are always found out and the innocent cleared
c.the existence of a neat closely-knit story
d.the lack of interest in genuine character revelations
54.one of the most incredible characteristics of the hero of a thriller is____
a.his exciting life
b.his amazing toughness
c.his ability to escape from dangerous situations
d.the way he deals with his enemies
55.in what way are the detective story and thriller unlike?
a.in introducing violence
b.in providing excitement and suspense
c.in appealing to the intellectual curiosity of the reader
d.in ensuring that everything comes right in the end
questions 56 to 60 are based on the following text.
Of all the American Jewish writers who have poured forth their creative efforts in the golden medina, none has achieved more recognition from his literary peers than saul bellow, bom in Quebec in 1915, raised in Montréal and Chicago, he received a trilingual heritage of Yiddish English and French trained as an anthropologist at northwester and Chicago universities he taught creative writing at Princeton before being appointed to the committee on social thought at the university of Chicago there he has made his home, and his most august works stem from that mid-western locus.
A biographical sketch is essential because the reading of Mr. Bellow’s works involves some study in the fields of anthropology, social thought, creative writing and in the various literary cultures of French, English, and Yiddish, the last, the Yiddish culture, bellow’s protestations to the contrary, permeates all his writing he has become the great
success that all his less popular and less materially successful Yiddish compatriots tried for, yet failed, as suggested by Cynthia Ozick in her remarkable story envy, or Yiddish in America, because they lacked a good translator, bellow does not need any translator; he represents the generation of American Jews whose secular education was not only as good as their gentile neighbors, but whose digestion and interpretation of American culture was markedly superior.
One work that perhaps best reveals bellow’s search fo r understanding his own literary success, and the resultant success (he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1976) of jewish writers during the third quarter of this century, is Humboldt’s gift(1975)
Through the character of von Humboldt Fleisher, bellow excavates the scarred relationship he shared with the brilliant but self-defeating Delmore Schwartz his New York literary parent. He still writes, and his writing though not as overwhelming in its greatness as it once was, still inspires the reader, who learns that reading Saul bellow is an education into the mysteries of the universe, taught by a fellow Jew, whose vision of the possibility of human greatness and the penchant for human failure is singularly distinct and penetratingly clear.
56.what does the author infer about Saul bellow’s skills as a writer?
a.he had a better translator than his peers.
b.he had a better knowledge of language than his peers
c.his education made him a better writer than other Jewish American writers
d.his strong background and education allowed him to be more successful than his peers
57.why is a biographical sketch of Saul bellow necessary according to the author?
a.to leam of all his works
b.to explain what the sources of the stories are
c.to understand the influences of the Yiddish culture
d.to understand his character better in its full depth
58.the word‖secular‖ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____
a.relidious
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c.philosophical
d.non-religious
59.what does the author seem to suggest is true of bellow and his works?
a.bellow’s Yiddish culture highly influenced his work although bellow didn’t think it did
b.bellow was aware of his Yiddish influence on his work and knew it permeated his writing
c.bellow ignored his Yiddish influence and thus was able to write more as an American
d.bellow’s education was more important than his Yiddish influence
60.the author’s opinion of bellow’s works seems to suggest that_____
a.his early works are greater but his latest works are still worth reading
b.his best works are his latest because they inspire us
c.his works inspire us equally
d.his works all relate the Jewish American experience