长裤2013129-研究生综合英语考试卷

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课程名称：

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综合英语

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开课学院：

外国语

上课专业：

所有专业

年级：

2013

学生人数：

命题教师：

…

审核人：

考试形式：

闭

卷

考试时间：

2013

至

2014

学年第

一

学期

考试时量：

120

分钟

PART

Ⅰ

BEST CHOICE ( 1%* 20=20%)

Section

A

Direction:

choose

the

word

or

phrase

that

is

closest

in

meaning

to

the

italicized

part

of

each

sentence.

1. Coming from a theatrical family, I was

destined for

a career on the stage

—

I was expected

to be an actor.

A. up to be

B. doomed to be

C. made up for

D. derived from

2.

A

lot

of

people

gathered

at

the

airport

waiting

for

the

famous

movie

star,

and

when

he

arrived a

flurry

of excitement went round the crowd.

A. burst

B. flow

C. ruffle

D. flood

3. In order to finish the task in time, he was out in the rain all day and this

brought on

a bad

cold.

A. resulted from

B. resulted in

C. brought up

D. gave up

4.

The

play

shows

that

Americans

have

an

embarrassment

of

riches

and

a

paucity

of

spirituality and morality, focusing on the disillusionment of the American Dream.

A. deficiency

B. scarcity

C. inadequacy

D. deficit

5. Investment is a

hazardous

business in the highly volatile market; even those who are in the

swim sometimes come a cropper.

A. risky

B. questioning

C. partial

D. wondrous

6. He said things that would have been better unsaid, he had read too many books, and he

frequently showed up at the Chestnut Tree Café

, a

haunt

of painters and musicians.

A. frequently visited place

B. ghosted

C. visit

D. party

7.

The

puritans,

a

sizable

percentage

of

earliest

settlers

in

Massachusetts,

were

pious

,

self- disciplined.

A. obedient

B. humorous

C. adventurous

D. religious

8. Bitterly I cursed my

folly

in having become a party to such a mad undertaking which could,

I saw, only end in our deaths in this ghastly land.

A. starve

B. stability

C. stupidity

D. stimulation

9. She is worrying about too many things these days, she really needs to

commune with

her

friends to relieve her fear and worry.

A.

talk with

B. argue with

C. cooperate with

D. cope with

10. She cried so bitterly and looked so

forlorn

and heartbroken and ashamed as she told her

sad story.

A. cheerful

B. uncomfortable

C. unhappy

D. ignorant

11. Moves to change the way key resources should be allocated have sparkled a rise in turf

battle, which could

hinder

the Internet’s growth as a global information infrastructure.

A. control

B. retard

C. obstruct

D. decrease

12.

We

should

transcend

ourselves

before

overcoming

the

difficulties,

which

is

my

motto

throughout my life.

A. tackle

B. conquer

C. surpass

D. squeeze

13. According to the latest polls, the Republicans

trail

the Democrats by 10%, but it doesn’t

mean the final victory.

A. drag down

B. fall behind

C. pass for

D. run after

14. I enjoyed the

camaraderie

among the team, which brought mutual trust among the team

members. To a certain extent, this was the key to our success.

A. amusement

B. friendship

C. confidence

D. trust

15.

Digital

cell

phones

offer

more

security,

but

the

downside

is

that

they

have

less

power

compared with the traditional telephone.

A. disengagement

B. misadventure

C. disadvantage

D. misfortune

16. As a manager, it’s advised to bear in mind that

if your division’s profit outlook is

bleak

, so

may be your future with the company.

A. bare

B. chilly

C. pleasant

D. dismal

Section

B

Direction: choose the best word to complete the sentence.

17. The Court assumed that some of the elderly patients could suffer physical or psychological

______ from being forced to relocate.

A. painful

B. trauma

C. dilemma

D. issues

18. Being obsessed with the desire of gain, he began to engage in theft last year, but now he is

unable to _____ himself.

A. extricate

B. freedom

C. outset

D. intricate

19.

Although

mockingbirds

superbly

______

the

songs

and

calls

of

many

birds,

they

can

nonetheless be quickly identified as mockingbirds by certain aural clues.

A. sing

B. mimic

C. show

D. repeat

20. Most intriguing is underwater walking, in which, wearing an oxygen helmet, you ______

along the ocean bed among coral and shoals of striped fish.

A. walk

B. strool

C. swim

D. meander

PART

Ⅱ

READING COMPREHENSION (2%* 10=20%)

Directions: Read the following two passages. Answer the questions below each passage by

choosing A, B, C or D.

Passage 1

Half

the

world’s

population

will

be

speak

ing

or

learning

English

by

2015,

researchers

say. Two billion people are expected to start learning English within a decade and three billion

will speak it, says a British Council estimate.

Other

languages,

such

as

French,

risk

becoming

the

casualties

of

this

globalization

will have become a victim of its own success, says David Graddol, author of the report, The

Future of English.

Mr. Graddol’s research was based o

n a computer model developed to estimate demand

for English language teaching around the world. The lecturer, who has worked in education

and

language

studies

at

the

Open

University

for

the

past

25

years,

said

the

model

charted

likely student numbers through to 2050.

It

was

compiled

by

looking

at

various

estimates

from

the

United

Nations

Education,

Scientific

and

Cultural

Organization

(Unesco)

on

education

provision,

demographic

projections,

government

education

policies

and

international

student

mobility

figures.

The

impact

of

educational

innovations

and

other

developments

affecting

the

world

population

including the Chinese government's policy of one baby per family were also factored in.

Based on its findings, Mr. Graddol has predicted that the world is about to be hit by a

tidal

wave

of

English.

governments,

especially

in

countries

which

have

relatively

recently

gained

independence,

are

introducing

the

teaching

of

English

under

a

utilitarian

banner.”

world, and for such countries to be able

to

compete

for

work,

including

lucrative

(profitable)

outsourcing

contracts,

English

is

being

pushed heavily from kindergarten on.

The potential bonanza (source of wealth) on offer from outsourcing means even

maths

and

science

are

being

taught

in

English

at

secondary

schools

in

Malaysia.

But

demand

for

English teaching would drop as children progress

through academia, and more universities

across the world choose to teach in the language.

Mr.

Graddol

also

estimated

that

the

boom

would

be

over

by

2050.

language

students will be down from two billion to 500 million then,

spread across the globe, more people will become bilingual, even multilingual and such skills

are highly prized in business. But Britain has not got the best reputation for learning other

languages.”

The report also showed that English was not the only language spreading, and the world,

far from being dominated by English, was to become more multi-lingual. Mr. Graddol said,

21. It is estimated that in a decade English will be _____________.

[A]. actively studied by over 200 million people.

[B]. freely spoken by global English learners.

[C]. popular with over 80% of world inhabitants.

[D]. really mastered by 50% of people worldwide.

22. According to the text,

[A]. eliminate French from the globe.

[B]. defeat other European languages.

[C]. fail all languages except English.

[D]. make English the biggest winner.

23. David Graddol predicts that the thriving period of English will____________.

[A]. terminate within half a century.

[B]. climax in the middle of the century.

[C]. endure for no less than five decades.

[D]. quit till the beginning of the 2050s.

24. The report

[A]. the educational condition and policy. [B].the directions and designs of Unesco.

[C]. the statistics about population.

[D]. the movements of overseas students.

25. The writer of the report deems that outsourcing is to____________.

[A]. result in the increase of English subjects.

[B]. account for the further spread of English.

[C]. lead to the drop of interest in English study.

[D]. bring about transition in college curricula.

Passage 2

What

accounts

for

the

astounding

popularity

of

McGraw?

Why

have

so

many

TV viewers and book buyers embraced this tough warrior of a psychologist who tells them to

suck it up and deal with their own problems rather than complaining and blaming everyone

else? Obviously, Oprah Winfrey has a lot to do with it. She made him famous with regular

appearances on her show, and is co-p

roducing the new