西安外国语大学611英语专业基础历年考研真题

[2019初试真题回忆] 2019年西安外国语大学英语语言文学各科真题回忆英美文学综合一、填空题15个吧可能是(20分，研究真题，会复现)Wallace的作品莎士比亚一个作品中的两个主角（忘了是啥了，但是应该之前考过）UtopiaChristopher MarloweTony Morrison BelovedTo a NightingaleInvisible Man Ralph Ellison二、名词解释（30分）Byronic HeroIceberg PrincipleTragicomedyflat and round character（还有一个我怎么也想不起来了，我只记得是很简单的一个，欢迎研友补充）三、简答5个（50分）今年简答题考的挺意外的，就压中了一个盖茨比= =1.Jane Austen的写作风格（特点）2.Adgar Allan Poe的贡献3.Joseph Conrad黑暗之心题目的象征4.Fitzigerald的《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比为什么伟大5.西方和中国在Hospitality方面的不同四、文学评论（50分）The Man And The Bridge(Hemingway)(1)summary(2)comment日语一、单词：根据假名写汉字，根据汉字写假名，此处单词的意思（全是初级很基础的单词）天花板住所刺身加班毕业音乐会便利店足球小说字典台球（这种类型的，这是仅有的我还能记起来的考到的单词）二、选择今年考了比较多的使役和被动感觉，具体的有点忘了。

三、阅读没啥好说的。

总体不难四、翻译汉译日日译汉各5个（初级课本课后题）想要去东京塔，请问怎么走？（忘记去哪里的了）机票有时便宜有时贵。

提前预订酒店比较好。

五、总结大意今年是一小篇讲手机发展历程的文章基础英语一、选择二、阅读今年选择和阅读都不难三、翻译汉译英是《三代》考动词翻译比较多我觉得英译汉我忘记是啥了，不难四、写作小作文是投诉信，好像是投诉社区环境不好希望政府想办法改善一下，具体的有点忘了。

一、英语语言文学（考试科目611、811）
611英语专业基础内容范围：包括基础英语、英汉互译、英语写作三部分，主要考查考生的英语基本功。

基础英语部分旨在测试学生的英语综合运用能力；英汉互译部分旨在测试考生对来源语的理解能力与目的语的表达能力；写作部分旨在考查考生的书面英语表达能力。

811英美文学综合内容范围：包括英美文学和跨文化交际两部分。

英美文学部分旨在考查考生对有关英美文学的基本概念、主要流派、表现手法和文学现象的理解和掌握情况及运用所学的基础理论知识归纳、总结、评论文学文本的能力，内容包括英美文学各个历史时期的作家、作品、流派及文学理论；跨文化交际部分主要考查考生对跨文化交际的基本概念、基本理论的理解及对不同文化现象的分析能力。

复试笔试科目：专业文献翻译（笔试）
内容范围：旨在考查考生理解和翻译专业理论文献的能力。

翻译材料为考生所报考专业的论著节录。

同等学力人员加试科目：1、翻译2、写作
1、翻译：本科目旨在考查考生运用所学翻译知识和技巧进行翻译实践的能
力。

要求考生了解英汉语在词汇、句子、语篇、文类等各层面上的差异，灵活运用英汉互译理论和技巧翻译有关政治、历史、文化、经济等方面的文章或文学作品的节录。

2、写作：本科目旨在考查考生的综合表达和逻辑思维能力。

根据不同体裁、题材的写作要求，评估考生通过阅读分析、比较综合、逻辑思辨、批评鉴赏等方式完成英语书面表达任务的能力。

西安外国语大学2011年翻译硕士专业学位研究生招生试题科目：翻译硕士英语（代码：211）A卷注意事项：1. 请核对本场考试科目及代码与你所报考专业的考试安排是否一致。

2. 请一定使用黑色、蓝色钢笔、圆珠笔或签字笔，铅笔答题无效。

3. 请在专业答题纸上的规定区域清楚地填写自己的姓名和准考证号码。

4. 请按照考题顺序在专业答题纸上依次作答，在试卷上答题无效。

5. 本科目总分为100分，答题时间为3小时，请掌握好答题时间。

6. 考试结束后，请将试题和答题纸一并装入考试专用试题袋，并及时交回。

Task One: Vocabulary and Grammatical StructureSection ADirections: This section is designed to test your ability to interpret the meanings of words in different contexts. Read each of the following sentences carefully and select one word or phrase from the four choices that is closest in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence, and then write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (20%)1. Psychologists have done extensive studies of how well patients comply with doctors orders.[A] obey [B] understand[C] improve with [D] agree with2. Stars are composed of intensely hot gases and derive their energy from nuclear reactions occurring in the interiors.[A]extremely [B]uniformly[C]explosively [D] continually3. From1775 to 1776 the Americans undertook an unsuccessful campaign against the British in Canada.[A] wage [B] headed[C] Paid for [D] attended to4. Because of its old mannerisms, the praying mantis has always intrigued human beings.[A]fascinate [B]aggravated[C]offended [D]terrified5. Industrial self-sufficiency in the United States developed simultaneously with the mass production of textiles in New England.[A]smoothly [B]concurrently[C]effectively [D]spontaneously6. The initial appearance of the silver three-cent piece coincided with the first issue of three-cent stamps in 1851.[A] occurred at the same time as [B] collided with[C] was necessitated by [D] was similar to7. Chicago’s O’ Hare International Airport accommodates forty-four million passengers per year.[A] amazes [B] lures[C] handles [D] counts8. Regional planning deals with proposals concerning outlying communities and highways as well as with urban affairs.[A] outlandish [B] exclusive[C] exempted [D] remote9. The introduction of the bus signaled the eventual demise of the trolley car asa form of travel.[A] designation [B] mechanization[C] disappearance [D] friskiness10. In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson forcefully decried the indiscriminate use of pesticides.[A] haphazard [B] unpleasant[C] regional [D] periodic11.After its founding, the United States government followed a policy explicitly designed to aid national shipping.[A] prematurely [B] economically[C] specifically [D] proudly12.Before social inequality can be alleviated, its principal causes must be diagnosed.[A] denounced [B] relieved[C] analyzed [D] controlled13. Astronauts are subjected to the most rigorous training that has ever been devised for human beings.[A] demanded [B] created[C] diagnosed [D] allowed14. Weight lifting is the gymnastic sport of lifting weights in a prescribed manner.[A] vigorous [B] popular[C] certain [D] careful15. Project Skylab was designed to demonstrate that a person can work and live inspace for prolonged periods without ill effects[A] unexpected [B] obvious[C] adverse [D] immediate16. Plays that entail direct interaction between actor and audience present no unusual difficulties for actors.[A] advocate [B] involve[C] elicit [D] exaggerate17. Since speech is such a familiar activity, it is often regarded as a universal endowment.[A] event [B] habit[C] trait [D] gift18. In the Pacific Northwest, as climate and topography vary, so do the species that prevail in the forests.[A] rebuild [B] invade[C] dominate [D] tend19. In North America, the first canoes were constructed from logs and propelled by means of wooden pad.[A] carved [B] docked[C] driven forward [D] carried upright20. United States citizens are now enjoying better dental health, as shown by the declining incidence of tooth decay.[A] treatment [B] consequences[C] occurrence [D] misfortuneSection BDirections: In each of the following sentences, some part of the sentence or the whole is underlined. Rephrase the underlined part so as to express most effectively what is presented in the original sentence. Your correction should be dear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity or redundancy. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (10%)21. Credit cards are now accepted in exchange for many goods and services around the world and in some countries, like the Americans, is used even more widely than cash.22. Scholars recognized immediately that thelanguage experiments in Finnegan’s Wake are different than any other novel.23. When it rains outside, most parents prefer small children to play indoors.24. Required by law to register by the end of the year, the post office was crowded with legal aliens attempting to comply with the law before the deadline.25. In the past few years, significant changes have take place in the organization of our economy that will profoundly affect thecharacter of our labor unions as well as influencing consumer and industrial life.Task Two: Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: Read the following two texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]; write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%)Text1The ancient Greeks and the Chinese believed that we first clothed our bodies for some physical reason, such as protecting ourselves from theelements. Ethnologists and psychologists have invoked psychological reasons: modesty, taboo, magical influence, or the desire to please. Anthropological research indicates that the function of the earliest clothing was to carry objects. Our hunting-gathering ancestors had to travel great distances to obtain food. For the male hunters, carrying was much easier if they were wearing simple belts or animal skins from which they could hang weapons and tools. For the female gatherers, more elaborate carrying devices were necessary. Women had to transport collected food back to the settlement and also had to carry babies, so they required bags or slings.Another function of early clothing-providing comfort and protection—probably developed at the same time as utility. As human beings multiplied and spread out from the warm lands in which they evolved, they covered their bodies more and more to maintain body warmth. Today, we still dress to maintain warmth and to carry objects in our clothes. And like our hunting-gathering ancestors, most men still carry things on their person, as if they still needed to keep their arms free for hunting, while women tend to have a separate bag for carrying, as if they were still food-gatherers. But these two functions of clothing are only two of many uses to which we put the garments that we wear today.There is a clear distinction between attire that constitutes “clothing” and attire that is more aptly termed “costume”. We might say that clothing has to do with covering the body, and costume concerns the choice of a particular form of garment for a particular purpose. Clothing depends primarily on such physical conditions as climate, health, and textile, while costume reflects social factors such as personal status, religious beliefs, aesthetics, and the wish to be distinguished from or to emulate others.Even in early human history, costume fulfilled a function beyond that of simple utility. Costume helped to impose authority or inspire fear. A chieftain’s costume embodied attributes expressing his power, while a warrior’s costume enhanced his physical superiority and suggested he was superhuman. Costume often had a magical significance such as investing humans with the attributes of other creatures through the recent times, professional or administrative costume is designed to distinguish the wearer and to express personal or delegated authority. Costume communicates the status of the wearer, and with very few exceptions, the aim is to display as high a status as possible. Costume denotes power, and since power is often equated with wealth, costume has come to be an expression of social class and material prosperity.A uniform is a type of costume that serves the important function of displaying membership in a group: school, sports team, occupation, or armed force. Military uniform denotes rank and is intended not only to express group membership but also to protect the body and to intimidate.A soldier’s uniform says. “I am part of a powerful machine, and when you deal with me, you deal with my whole organization.” Uniforms are immediate beacons of power and authority. If a person needs to display power—a police officer, for example—then the body can be virtually transformed. Height can be exaggerated with protective headgear, thick clothing can make the body look broader and stronger, and boots can enhance the power of the legs. Uniforms also convey low social status; at the bottom of the scale, the uniform of the prisoner denotes membership in the society of convicted criminals.Religious costume signifies spiritual or superhuman authority and possesses a significance that identifies the wearer with a belief or god.A successful clergy has always displayed impressive investments of one kind or another that clearly demonstrate the religious leader’s dominant status.26. According to the passage, what aspect of humanity’s hunting-gathering past is reflected in the clothing of today?[A]People cover their bodies because of modesty.[B]Most men still carry objects on their person.[C] Women like clothes that are beautiful and practical.[D]Men wear pants, but women wear skirts or pants.27. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?[A] Clothing serves a physical purpose, while costume has a personal, social, or psychological function.[B] We like clothing to fit our body well,but different costumes fit differently depending on the purpose.[C] Both clothing and costume are types of attire, but it is often difficult to distinguish between them.[D] People spend more time in choosing special costumes than they do in selecting everyday clothing.28. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that the author most likely believes whichof the following about costume?[A] We can learn about a society’s social structure by studying costume.[B] Costume used to serve a simple function, but now it is very complex.[C] The main purpose of costume is to force people to obey their leaders.[D] Costume is rarely a reliable indicator of a person’s material wealth.29. Why does the author discuss the police officer’s uniform in paragr aph 5?[A] To describe the aesthetic aspects of costume.[B] To identify the wearer with a hero.[C] To suggest that police are superhuman.[D] To show how costume conveys authority.30. All of the following are likely to be indicated by a person’s costume except[A] playing on a football team.[B] being a prisoner[C] having a heart condition.[D] leading a religious ceremony.Text2The founders of the Republic viewed their revolution primarily in political rather than economic or social terms. And they talked about education as essential to the public good—a goal that took precedence over knowledge as occupational training or self-improvement. Over and over again, the Revolutionary generation, both liberal and conservative in outlook, asserted its conviction that the welfare of the Republic rested upon an educated citizenry and that schools, especially free public schools, would be the best means of educating the citizenry in civic values and the obligations required of everyone in a democratic republican society. All agreed that the principal ingredients of a civic education were literacy and the inculcation of patriotic and moral virtues, some others adding the study of history and the study of principles of the republican government itself.The founders, as was the case of almost all their successors, were long on exhortation and rhetoric regarding the value of civic education, but they left it to the textbook writers to distill the essence of those values for school children. Texts in American history and government appeared early as the 1790s. The textbook writers turned out to be very largely of conservative persuasion, more likely Federalist in outlook than Jeffersonian, and almost universally agreed that political virtue must rest upon moral and religious precepts. Since most textbook writers were New Englanders, this means that the texts were infused with Protestant and, above all, Puritan outlooks.In the first half of the Republic, civic education in the schoolsemphasized the inculcation of civic values and made little attempt to develop participatory political skills. That was a task left to incipient political parties, town meetings, churches, and the coffee or alehouses where men gathered for conversation. Additionally, as a reading of certain federalist papers of the period would demonstrate, the press probably did more to disseminate realistic as well as partisan knowledge of government than the schools. The goal of education, however, was to achieve a higher form of un um for the new Republic. In the middle half of the nineteenth century, the political values taught in the public and private schools did not change substantially from those celebrated in the first years of the Republic. In the textbooks of the day, their rosy hues if anything became golden. To the resplendent values of liberty, equality, and a benevolent Christian morality were now added the middle-class virtues—especially of New England—of hard work, honesty and integrity, the rewards of individual effort, and obedience to parents and legitimate authority. But of all the political values taught in school, patriotism was preeminent; and whenever teachers explained to school children why they should love their country above all else, the idea of liberty assumed pride of place.31. The passage deals primarily with the[A] content of early textbooks on American history and government.[B] role of education in late 18th- and early to mid-19th-century America.[C] influence of New England Puritanism on early American values.[D] establishment of universal, free public education in America.32. According to the passage, the founders of the Republic regarded education primarily as[A] a religious obligation. [B] a private matter[C] a matter of individual choice. [D] a political necessity.33. The author states that textbooks written in the middle part of the nineteenth century[A] departed radically in tone and style from earlier textbooks.[B] mentioned for the first time the value of liberty.[C] treated traditional civic virtues with even greater reverence.[D] were commissioned by government agencies.34. Which of the following would LEAST likely have been the subject of an early American textbook?[A] the American Revolution.[B] patriotism and other civic virtues[C] principles of American government.[D] vocational education35. The author implies that an early American Puritan would likely insist that[A] moral and religious values are the foundation of civic virtue.[B] textbooks should instruct students in political issues of vital concern to the community.[C] textbooks should give greater emphasis to the value of individual liberty than to the duties of patriotism.[D] private schools with a particular religious focus are preferable to public schools with no religious instruction.Section BDirections: Read the following text and answer the questions that follow. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%)The Greenhouse Effect and Global WarmingCarbon dioxide and other naturally occurring gases in the earth’s atmosphere create a natural greenhouse effect by trapping and absorbing solar radiation. These gases act as a blanket and keep the planet warm enough for life to survive and flourish. The warming of the earth is balanced by some of the heat escaping from the atmosphere back into space. Without this compensating flow of heat out of the system, the temperature of the earth’s surface and its atmosphere would rise steadily. Scientists are increasingly concerned about a human-driven greenhouse effect resulting from a rise in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The man-made greenhouse effect is the exhalation of industrial civilization. A major contributing factor is the burning of large amounts of fossil fuels—coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Another is the destruction of the world’s forests, which reduces the amount of carbon dioxide converted to oxygen by plants. Emissions of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrous oxide, and methane from human activities will enhance the greenhouse effect, causing the earth’s surface to become warmer. The main greenhouse gas, water vapor, will increase in response to global warming and further enhance it.There is agreement within the scientific community that the buildup of green house gases is already causing the earth’s average surface temperature to rise. This is changing global climate at an unusually fast rate. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the earth’s average temperature climbed about 1 degree F in the past century, and nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1990. A United Nations panel has predicted that average global temperatures could rise as much as 10.5degrees F during the next century as heat-trapping gases from human industry accumulate in the atmosphere.What are the potential impacts of an enhanced green house effect? According to estimates by an international committee, North American climatic zones could shift northward by as much as 550 kilometers (340miles). Such a change in climate would likely affect all sectors of society. In some areas, heat and moisture stress would cut crop yields, and traditional farming practices would have to change. For example, in the North American grain belt, higher temperature and more frequent drought during the growing season might require farmers to switch from corn to wheat and to use more water for irrigation.Global warming may also cause a rise in sea level by melting polar ice caps. A rise in sea level would accelerate coastal erosion and inundate islands and low-lying coastal plains, some of which are densely populated. Millions of acres of coastal farmland would be covered by water. Furthermore, the warming of seawater will cause the water to expand, thus adding to the potential danger.Global warming has already left its fingerprint on the natural world. Two research teams recently reviewed hundreds of published papers that tracked changes in the range and behavior of plant and animal species, and they found ample evidence of plants blooming and birds nesting earlier in the spring. Both teams concluded that rising global temperatures are shifting the ranges of hundreds of species—thus climatic zones—northward. These studies are hard evidence that the natural world is already responding dramatically to climate change, even though the change has just begun. If global warming trends continue, changes in the environment will have an enormous impact on world biology. Birds especially play a critical role in the environment by pollinating plants, dispersing seeds, and controlling insect populations; thus, changes in their populations will reverberate throughout the ecosystems they inhabit.36. According to the passage, how do carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases affect the earth-atmosphere system?37. What can e inferred from paragraph 3 about global climate change?38. According to paragraph 4, what is one effect that climate change could have on agriculture in North America?39. What evidence does the author give that climate zones have shifted northward?40. An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by writing THREE sentences that express the most important ideas in the passage.Scientists are concerned about the greenhouse effect and its role in global warming.Task Three: Composition WritingDirections: Read the following essay question carefully, formulate a title based on the question and write a 400-word composition on the Answer Sheet. (35%)“Education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society. Just as property and money once were the key to success, education has now become the element that most ensures success in life.”Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your point of view with reasons and/or examples from your own experience.西安外国语大学2011年翻译硕士专业学位研究生招生试题汉语写作与百科知识（代码：448）A卷注意事项：1. 请核对本场考试科目及代码与你所报考专业的考试安排是否一致。

西安外国语大学2002年硕士研究生入学考试试题（专业英语）Part A Basic EnglishSection one: VocabularyDirections: This section consists of (10) incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by (4) words or phrases. Select the word of phrase that best fits in with each context and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet (10%)1. She had clearly no of doing any work, although she was well paid.a. tendencyb. intentionc. ambitiond. preference2. The mother separated the quarrelling children and gave each of them a sharp .a. slapb. scratchc. pinchd. punch3. His decision to invest in the developing holiday resort was a one.a. shrewdb. slyc. craftyd. cunning4. He cited a Chinese proverb to the that you should never wish ill on your neighbor.a. extentb. notionc. effectd. point5. All the following verbs but may form a meaningful combination with the noun phrase a need in one’s life.a. fillb. servec. answerd. accord6. An honorary doctorate of law was on him by Newcastle University in 1976.a. grantedb. conferredc. extendedd. awarded7. The Academic Committee him of its willingness to help with his research program.a. assuredb. ensuredc. reassuredd. insured8. As winter the population is predicted to face severe food and fuel shortages.a. sets outb. sets inc. sets forth d sets down9. Each of the following noun phrases may constitute a logical collocation except .a. a burst of passionb. a fit of industryc. a gust of raged. a flash of meditation10 I have been away from home for many years, and it is not very easy for me to some of my old friends.a. keep track ofb. take sides withc. fall into line withd. take note of Section Two Grammatical StructureDirections: This section consists of ten incomplete sentences, each followed by four possible answers. Select the one that best completes each sentence and blacken your answer choice on the answer sheet.(10%)11. The management has now introduced a policy pay rises are related toperformance at work.a. whichb. wherec. whetherd. what12. Mary’s facial expression suggested that she disappointed with my decision.a. wasb. bec. should bed. must be13. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than eastern Nebraska.a. inb. doesc. it does ind. it receives in14. No one can walk the wire without a bit of fear unless very young.a. trainedb. being trainedc. to be trainedd. having been trained15.you have no right_____to read what is written in the study report.a. indeedb.actuallyc.anyhowd.whatsoever16.a thorough check of the accounts has revealed_______a tax evader.a.him beingb.that he bec.him to bed.that he had been17. They regard it as one of the sights of london that must_____be missed.a.of no accountb.from all accountsc.on no accountd.by all accounts18. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country, ____by the police each time.a. had been capturedb.being always capturedc.unfortunately capturedd.only to be captured19.according to be law,___organizations or individuals that employ school-age children and youngsters shall be criticized and ordered to put______stop to such employment.a.the;/b./;ac.the;ad./;/20.deliberate aggression integral____some forms of competitive athletics increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt among crowds of young adult spectators.a.tob.intoc.ford.withsection three rhetoricDirections: in each of the following sentences, some part of the sentence or the whole is underlined. Beneath each sentence you will find four(4)ways of phrasing the underlined part. Select the answer that expresses most effectively what is presented in the original sentence. Your choice should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity or redundancy. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet(10%).21.more than five hundred years a go, Chinese scholars accurately described the flow of blood as a continuous circle controlled by the heart, but it was unnoticed ina.but it wentb.although it wasc.but the discovery wentd.although the discovery was22.for members of the 17th-century ashanti nation in africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.a.as a method protectingb. protectingc.as a protection ofd.to protect23.a labor department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.a.numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percentb.numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent24. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the messenger were two young journalists, chandler owen and a. Philin Randolph who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.a. published in Harlem, two young journalists, chandler own and a Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the messenger.b.published in Harlem, the messenger was owned and edited by two, young joumalists, a, Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and chandler owen.c.the messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.d.the owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and a. Philip Randolph. Who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the messenger was published in Harlem.25. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era.a. the thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact discb.no less remarkable than the development of the compact discc.developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable thand.developwent of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as26.unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skillsa.unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that the analytical skills are weak.b.unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.c.many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.d.many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.27.some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earth-quake last year were constructed in violation of the city’s building code.a.some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had beenb.some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have beenst year the earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have beenst year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake had been28.while some academicians believe that business ethics should be included in every business course, others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course.a.only if it is taught as a separate, required courseb.if it is taught only as a course required separatelyc.if it was taught only as a separate and required coursed.if it would only be taught as a required course, separately29.scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper 20 centimeters of Baltic sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.a.baltic sea sediments, which the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findingsb.baltic sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activityc.sediments from the Baltic sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the aread.sediments from the Baltic sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there30.the current administration, being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing to increase as a result of deep cuts in the value of the dollar, has formed a group to study ways to sharpen our competitiveness.a.worrying over some foreign trade barriers being removed, also over the failure of our exportsb.worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exportsc.in that they were worried sbout the removal of some foreign trade barriers and also about the failure of our exportsd.because od its worry concerning the removal of some foreign trade barriers, also concerning the failure of our exportssection four reading comprehensiondirections;this section consists of two (2) reading texts, each of them is followed by a number of questions or unfinished statements based on ias content. After you read each text, select the best answer to each question and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet(10%)Text a trouble in paradiseEaster Sunday was just another day in paradise for James and Mary Murphy-until the guys with the ak-47s and rocket launchers turned up. After a day of diving and lounging on the beach, the Murphys and the other tourists on Sipadan island off the east coast of Malaysia were having dinner when six armed men burst in and ordered them onto boats waiting offshore. The Murphys, from Rochester, New York, had come to the exclusive s250-a-night resort of Sipadan for its world-renowned corals, turtles, and sharks. Instead they found themselves confronted by men pointing gun’s at them and shouting orders. The men, it turned out, were muslin separatists from the Philippines’ shadowy Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization.With a tradition of taking foreign hostages-and killing civilians-the abu sayyaf are the most feared rebel group in the predominantly catholic Philippines the organization maintains links with international terrorist leaders, including Osama bin laden and Ramzi Yoursef, the man convicted of plotting the 1993 bombing of the world trade center in New York City.Although James Murphy initially didn’t know who the armed men were, he was worried. They showed little interest in the tourists valuables, he noted, but wanted them to board their boat. They had cut the phone lines to the island, so nobody could call for help. With the kidnappers shouting, “move it, goddamn, move it!” to theAmericans and 10 other foreign tourists, Murphy took a big chance. He told the armed men that his wife could not swim and was unable to make it to the. The pirates turned away long enough for the Murphys to run into the undergrowth of the tropical island, where they hid for the rest of the night.The other travelers were not so lucky, three Germans, two French, two south Africans, two Finns and a Lebanese were herded onto the waiting boats together with nine Malaysians and two Filipino workers from the resort. Under cover of darkness they were taken to Jolo Island in the southern Philippines, about an hour away by sea. For several days their fate was a mystery, until Philippine Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado finally confirmed what many had suspected all along; the hostages were being held by the local Abu Sayyaf leader on Jolo Island, Galib Andang, who goes by the alias commander robot, Andang was behind several previous assaults, including the 1998 kidnapping of three Hong Kong citizens in the Sulu islands. Efforts to negotiate the release of the latest hostages were continuing through the weekend with the appointment of former Muslim rebel leader Nur Misuari as manila’s negotiator, Misuari traveled to Jolo to open communications with the kidnappers, once head of the Moro national liberation front, an Islamic separatist group, Misuari went over to the government after peace talks in 1996. he still commands respect among Muslims in the southern Philippines. The kidnappers reportedly told Misuari they want money and restoration of fishing rights in exchange for the hostages. President Joseph Estrada told time, however, that he isn’t prepared to meet the demands. “no way, you cannot keep paying,” Estrada said,” that’s why we have so much kidnapping in the Philippines,” the president shows every sign of sticking to the hard line he has adopted since the start of the incident,” Abu in Tagalong means ash.” says Estrada and that is what we are going to turn them into.”Though they didn’t realize it at first, the tourists have been plunged into a complicated and brutal kidnap drama that reaches across the Sulu islands, an area long known for piracy, smuggling and general lawlessness a month earlier, Abu Sayyaf fighters had seized 50 people from schools on Basilan Island, some 80 kilometers northeast of Jolo their demand was bizarre: that manila must persuade American president Bill Clinton to release yourself, the world trade center boomer currently serving a 240-year sentence in the u.s. Estrada rejected the demand out of hand. In response, the rebels announced several days before Easter that they had beheaded two of their hostages. Estrada ordered his military. To go in hand on April 22, the government launched an air and ground assault on the Abu Sayyaf camp to free theremaining captives. A day later, the latest batch of hostages were grabbed in Sipadan, upping the stakes for manila once again.Abu Sayyaf, which in Arabic means “bearer of the sword”, was set up in 1991 by abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, a veteran of the anti-soviet war in Afghanistan. With some 600 fighters, abu Sayysf says it is struggling for an independent Muslim state in the southern Philippines. But most of its actions have amounted to little more than localized terrorism and kidnapping for ransom. The group is known to receive money and support from the Middle East, although claims that Osama bin laden visited the region in the early 1990s have never been confirmed. Abu sayyaf has a record of tossing explosives into buses and shopping centers, and in 1993 it killed seven worshipers by rolling grenades down the aisle of the catholic cathedral in Davao. In 1995 Abu Sayyaf fighters invaded the Christian village of Ipil on Mindanao Island, walking down the main street and shooting anything that moved. When they left, 53 people were dead. Over the years they have kidnapped Spanish nuns, Hong Kong fishery workers, a u.s. bible translator and a Taiwanese grandmother.As the hostage drama drags on, Estrada is feeling the pressure. “our priority is the safety of the hostages,” he told time.” but we’re going to finish them off this time.” The philippine military’s assault on the Abu Sayyaf base on Basilan has been going slowly, however, as troops cope with dense jungle land mines and an enemy that knows the terrain better. According to one officer, government soldiers do not dare to move at night for fear of being cut down by friendly fire.Abu sayyafs political objectives may seem unreal: 600 rebels are not going to overturn a country of 73 million people anytime soon, let alone convert the entire world to Islam. But this only makes dealing with them more hazardous. “How do you negotiate with guys like that?” asks one of Estrada’s top aides. “They’re crazy.” Solving that problem, however, could mean the difference between life and death for several dozen hostages.31.what does the title of the text suggest about the tourists?a.they had a blessing in disguise.b.their travel was doomed to failure.c.they attracted unwanted attention.d.their holiday was unexpectedly undermined.32.what function is the text primarily intended to achieve?a.entertaining.rmative.c.aesthetic.d.inspiring.33.which category of style does the text basically fall into?a.recount.b.exposition.c.description.d.argumentation.34.the tone of the whole text is___________a.apprehensive.b.pessimistic. c.understandingd.objective35.which of the following cannot be inferred from the text?A.abu sayyaf’s objectives are both political and economic.b.catholicism dominates in the minds of most filipinos.c.the government soldiers will give the rebels a surprise attack.d.the recent crisis is part of the rebls’anti-government scheme.Text b hurricaneHurricane Frederic was far from its peak of fury as l drove through the deserted streets of mobile, Alabama, for a last look. But already roaring winds loaded with rain tunneled between buildings. Traffic lights danced crazily on their wire strings, and then crashed into the streets. Signs, tree limbs, garbage cans, and sheet metal hurtled through the air. Windows popped glass sprayed like shrapnel.I retreated to my hotel at about 8:30 pm, when the center or eye of Frederic neared western mobile. Mobile eventually the city was enveloped in the most violent part of the storm. Wind spiraled in bands toward the eye, signaled by a banshee wail that split the night. Lightning flashed down the wall of the sky thunder shook the hotel. Once a frightening tornado rumbled past in the darkness, more than a few who heard these horrendous noises of a hurricane may have died of heart attacks.The wind strengthened steadily until, in the fiercest assault of the century on mobile bay, Frederic lashed the coast with sustained winds of 133 miles per hour, the maximum gusts of history’s great hurricanes have rarely been clocked, because most measuring instruments cannot stand before them. At the mouth of mobile bay wind gauges on Dauphin Island recorded gusts of 145 miles per hour before Frederic swept them away peak gusts rocked the hotel violently. The floor of my room swayed like the deck of a ship.Hurricanes and their western pacific and Indian ocean counterparts-typhoons and cyclones-may grow to be more than 500 miles in diameter, earth’s greatest storms. They are like enormous heat engines, which feed on the ocean’s warmth evaporated seawater condenses into rain changing thermal energy into wind power in awesome amounts. The heat energy released by one hurricane in a single day, if converted to electrical energy, would supply the entire United States with power for three years.As an experienced Florida reporter, l have had an intimate acquaintance with hurricanes, and l realized that air pressure inside the hotel was now greater than the low barometric pressure of the storm, putting explosive stresses on the building.L propped my door open, hoping to let air into the corridor, l can only assume that it helped, my window held while, all around, others cracked and shattered.The thudding strikes of wind came harder and more often as the night wore on gusts slammed through gaping windows and knocked the inner walls of some rooms out into the hallways. Sometime near midnight Frederic jolted the entire hotel, cutting off electric power and plunging the hotel into darkness.With other guests, l groped down emergency stairs to the lobby, water streamed from the cracked ceiling. Broken glass crunched under our feet. Hours later, l went out into a gray, gusty dawn to walk the streets of a brutally beaten city.Mobile was a shambies. Roofs were tom off, glass and even brick walls caved in church steeples toppled, and debris piled high, at Bellingrath gardens, a luxuriantly landscaped estate, tornadoes like artillery fire had toppled and uprooted oaks, pines and other trees, throughout mobile, giant live oaks that had stood for two centuries now lay blocking avenues and flattening houses.In only a few hours, hurricane Frederic had swept mobile back to an earlier era gone were air conditioning ice-boxes, television sets, telephones, and in many areas, drinking water gasoline could not be pumped newspaper presses were silent and only candles and lanterns dispelled nighttime darkness.36.why did the writer go back to his hotel at about 8:30?a.all the streets were deserted. B.he had seen enough to write a report.c.he was afraid of the tornado that rumbled past. D.it was too dangerous to stay outside37.during the hurricane, the wind at its strongest blew at______________a.about 133 miles per hourb.less than 133 miles per hourc.more than 145 miles per hourd.more than 500 miles per hour38.why did the writer open his hotel room?a.because the lights had gone out. B.so he could escape easily.c.because the room was airless. D.to prevent the windows from breaking.39.according to the text, what was the effect of the hurricane on the hotel?a.it caused it to jerk and moveb.it smashed it to piecesc.it blew all the windows outd.it took the roof off.40.when was the hurricane at its worst?a.at dawn, early next morning,b.around the middle of the nightc.eight-thirty at nightd.when the writer drove through the streetssection five cloze testdirections: 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%)More on , there are other text papers on the club of this website, the papers were all typed by the typewriter.single-parent families and stepfamilies share similar frustrations. There is one big difference-one parent______shoulder it all. Single parents face many additional wrinkles in the family______such as increased economic pressures, reduced resources for child care-especially______a child is ill-the effects of a parent’s dating on the children, the remarriage of a formal spouse, the______of steporothers and stepsisters and not having someone to talk things over with. We______single parents to remember the following suggestions.Be the boss and a friend. In the absence of a partner, parent and child often______as friends. So the single-parent family ends up with no real hierarchy of power. This puts the parent in a bind______issues of discipline the solution seems to______in developing good communication skills and establishing clear guidelines about what is expected______the child this covers both____of the relationship: the roles of friendship and parent. The more clearly the child knows what is expected, the easier it is to talk about problems_____they come up.Ask for help. This is the first time in recorded history we are trying to____children alone. Asking is the____thing you will have to do, so if you can not do it for yourself, do it for your child. In my____l was going to change my daughter’s preschool for the third time in a year, and l didn’t want to put her____yet a other change. I finally got up the____to ask the school for help with fees, and even though the school had never done it before, they said ok! L was shocked. It____to ask. Now years later, l have given back a thousand fold. When you are on your feet again, you can give back and more.Be quick to consult single parents need feedback and information about current____in their children’s lives—age-appropriate behsvior, peer group choices and so on. Single motners may need to get perspectives____how to enforce chores, homework and financial assistance. Major corporations do not hesitate to____a professional for recommendations when faced with important decisions. Single parents must break down their walls of isolation and reach out to other when in doubt about parenting.。