1 云南民大2007年度硕士学位英语考试试卷
秀秀聪者
Part1 Vocabulary &Structure
Directions: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this part. Beneath each
sentence there four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or
phrase that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer sheet.
1 .I think it‟s the best ____towards the business we‟re in. Do you agree?
A. pose B. inclination C. attitude D .instinct
2. While some business executives repeated their objection to the new smoking
restrictions, others said they wanted they wanted more time to ___ the impact of
today‟s decision.
A. attest B .affect C. revive D. weigh
3. Researchers have developed a new process that can ___fresh drinking water
from sea water at a significantly lower cost than can existing system.
A .remove B\.withdraw C. extract D. exclude
4. A government commission finds that high-school students live in a sorry state
of ___about basic facts of history and classics of literature.
A. ignorance B. negligence C. absence D. indifference
5. Called weather alert, the “telex” receiver is said to be able to automatically_
__sailors to changing weather condition.
A. alarm B. warn C. alert D. remind
6. He lost his accustomed vigor and ___in the tropical climates.
A. lashed B. lavished C. languished D. launched
7. The old woman realized that that terrible day had forever ___in her memory.
A. immersed B. embedded C. integrated D. encoded
8. He was ___to be seen near the place where the crime happened.
A. condemned B. persecuted C. proposed D. prosecuted
9. Although he had been the ___of many favor , he was not grateful to his
benefactor.
A. recipient B. miscreant C. deterrent D. pirate
2 10. Her kid had been dead for 3 years , but she couldn‟t___ the incident from
her mind.
A. originate B. obliterate C. elaborated D. segregate
11. His essay is badly written, but the idea ___it is good.
A. underlies B. underlie c. underlying D. underlay
12. Although ___Spanish, he attended the course.
A. he was knowing b. he is knowing C. having a knowledge of D.
knows
13. Joseph was very lucky ___with his life; he almost didn‟t get out of the room.
A. to escape B. to have escaped C. to escaping D. escape 14. The
back garden of our house contains a lawn, ___very pleasant to sit on in summer.
A. which is B. that is C. which it is D. on which
15. John‟s score on the test is the highest in the class; he __last night.
A. must study B. should have studied c. can have studied d. must have
studied
16. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world‟s population
___in cities rather than in the county.
A. are living B. will be living C. have lived d. will have lived
17. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened,___ a
sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be C. there was D. there is
18. Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantage over ___made of
natural fibers like cotton, wood, or silk.
A. one B. the one C. that D. what
19. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it
___before the west was settled.
A. could B .did C would D. was
20.Kelly has no problem___ with other people is English.
A. to talk B. talking C.talk D.of talking
3 Part 2 Cloze(10%)
Directions: Read the passage though and choose one suitable word or phrase
marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Please write down your
answers on your answer sheet.
Thousands of young people visiting the Isle Whight for the pop music festival
are finding that they have themselves become a tourist attraction. Family men
driving past the festival_1__in family cars _2_ the children see the hippies.
In their views anybody _3_ a rucksack and long hair is a hippy. One can
almost _4_ the children being ordered not to open the doors.
An elderly woman is supposed _5_ into a stranger‟s car and asked for a _6_
because she was afraid of the _7_ youngsters . It would not be fair to say that the
whole island regards all young people _8_ the festival as creatures from another
world, but there is ample evidence of a _9_ between the pop culture and the
attitude of many of the island‟s usual visitors. _10_ trouble, extra police are
being called in from the main land. Hundreds of tens have been put up, and some
temporary huts made out of straw and plastic materials.
1. A soil B. land C. site D. territory
2. A. stop letting B. stop to let C. stop D. letting
3. A. which having B. who have C. who having D. with
4. A. think B. believe C. consider D. imagine
5. A. to have jumped B. jumped C. to jump D. jumping
6. A. ticket B. help C. protect D. lift
7. A. crazy B. hairy C. attend D. attended
9. A. connection B. gap C. relation D. mixture
10. A. Fear of B. In case C. Because D. In case of
Passage One
In the Middle Ages, St. Nicholas was everyone‟s favorite saint. He was patron
saint of all kinds of people,including merchants,sailor and small boys. Few facts
are known about Nicholas, who was bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, during the
fourth century, but there are some very-fetched legends about him. This one , the
