上海交通大学硕士生入学-英语水平考试2001
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1 上海交通大学
2001年硕士生入学考试试题
试题序号： 533
试题名称： 英语水平考试
（答案必须写在答题纸上，否则答题无效）
Time allowed: 3 Hours
Warning: Answers to all questions should be given to on the ANSWER SHEET.
Do not write or mark your answers in the test book.
SECTION 1 (10%)
Give the phonetic transcription for each of the following words.
1. bazaar
2. redeem
3. elegy
4. nostalgia
5. primordial
6. falsetto
7. cyberspace
8. chaotic
9. exhilarate
10. vantage 11. alchemy
12. endeavor
13. titanic
14. intact
15. naive
16. elite
17. odyssey
18. labyrinthine
19. meritorious
20. amazon
SECTION 2 (15%)
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are 4 choices marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that best
completes sentence.
21. The troops advanced ……… because the area had been mined by the enemy.
A. carefully
B. cautiously C. conscientiously
D. meticulously
22. Trains ………, doors ………, and windows ………
A. toot … bang … rattle
B. bang … toot … rattle C. rattle … bang … toot
D. toot … rattle … bang
23. The book embodies the ……… of his ten years of original research.
A. results
B. consequence C. outcome
D. achievements
24. This is a (n) ……… answer, and I’m sure it won’t solve the problem.
A. simple B. easy C. simplistic D. simplified
25. Serious trouble ……… when Martin thought the problem of his college education was solved.
A. cropped up B. brought up 2 C. crept up D. broke up
26. In that country, the stern police tactics and their failure to ……… any terrorists prompted some criticism.
A. turn up B. turn down C. turn out D. turn to
27. He caught his bus in nick of ………
A. moment B. hour C. second D. time
28. The little baby ……… several steps on the floor without losing his balance.
A. plodded B. strolled C. hobbled D. tottered
29. They did their best to ……… the significance of their enemy’s victory.
A. belittle B. minimize C. dwindle D. reduce
30. When the bell rang, the students ……… into the lecture hall.
A. mustered B. swarmed C. clustered D. rounded up
31. Besides washing that cut, put some ……… on it in case you have got some dirt in it.
A. medicine B. disinfectant C. antiseptic D. antidote
32. The forecast predicted ……… weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is just what we have
had.
A. various B. differing C. unsteady D. variable
33. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ……… in a quiet position.
A. above all
B. over all C. first of all
D. after all
34. He went to Somerset House ……… looking up the terms of his grandfather’s will.
A. in the event of
B. with the purpose of C. on account of
D. in case of
35. The tenant must be prepared to decorate the property ……… the terms of the agreement.
A. with regard to
B. in relation to C. in accordance with
D. by way of
36. His speech was careful and ……… but his words seemed to make no sense.
A. distinguished
B. distinctive C. distinct
D. distinguishable
37. Income tax rates are ………to one’s annual income.
A. dependent
B. associated C. adapted
D. related
38. He had always had a good opinion of himself, but after the publication of his best-selling novel he became
unbearably ………
A. conceited B. bigoted C. proud D. cocksure
39. An arctic blizzard swept through the now ……… city streets.
A. lonely B. deserted C. neglected D. isolated
40. I know him ……… but I have never actually spoken to him.
A. from sight
B. by sight C. at sight
D. on sight
41. In an autocracy, all power is vested in the ………
A. ruler B. noblemen C. wealthy D. people
42. A study of the ruler’s genealogy will acquaint you with his ………
A. life B. descent C. beliefs D. education
43. An error is considered ……… if it appears in the printed text but not in the author’s manuscript. 3 A. graphic
B. authentic C. typographical
D. anonymous
44. An imminent event belongs to the ………
A. recent past
B. present C. near future
D. distant future
45. Quarrelsome neighbors rarely ……… one another’s views.
A. invoke B. censure C. contradict D. advocate
46. Only a person with a ……… voice could have made himself heard above the din of the angry crowd.
A. stentorian B. Herculean C. titanic D. jovial
47. It is more difficult for a (n) ……… smoker to give up the habit than for a novice, but it can be done.
A. affluent B. confirmed C. beginning D. disciplined
48. Millie’s mother is driving us to school, ……… the need for our waiting for the bus in the rain.
A. necessitating
B. entailing C. obviating
D. protracting
49. On a Detroit assembly line, you can see the whole gamut of automobile production from ……… to ………
stages.
A. early … incipient
B. temporary … permanent C. transitive … final
D. initial … final
50. The principal ……… the student for his ……… behavior.
