fantasy2017年研究生英语学位课统考真题及答案2

2017

年研

究生英

语 学

位

课统

考

真 题及答案

Part II

Vocabulary (10minutes, 10 points)

Section A (0.5 point each)

21. The vast crowd bust into spontaneous cheering at the skillful play.

A earnest

B volcanic

C hearty

D automatic

22. Not everyone in the intelligence community was convinced the document was genuine.

A standard

B valid

C neat

D lucid

23. They found substantial evidence that exposures to nerve gas was responsible for the veterans

’

symptoms.

A contact

B betrayal

C exhibition

D publication

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The

majority

of

prospective

adoptive

parents

use

an

adoption

agency,

while

others

consult

adoption

facilitators in the United States.

A confident

B justified

C sensible

D potential

25. This patient must on no account be left unattended, even for one minute.

A not repeatedly

B not in any circumstances

C without any reason

D with no explanation.

26. Only a few Furgans remain alive today, a fading anthropological link with the first native Americans.

A condescending

B amplifying

C prosperous

D vanishing

27. He was as deliberate in his speech as he was in his work, weighing his words momentously, even if they were

only going to add up to a casual remark.

A a witty

B an indifferent

C an offending

D a humorous

28. Embarrassed, he slung her over his shoulder and made a hasty exit.

A turn

B leap

C speech

D leave

29. Eighty-five percent of people polled recently had not a clue what is meant by InfoTech, although 53% of those

polled said they thought it sounded pretty important.

A inspected

B registered

C voted

D nominated

30. It would be a way of preserving animals that are dying out because their habitat is being destroyed.

A mate

B pray

C territory

D enemy

Section B (0.5point each)

31. Mourinho is a young and ___coach who is prepared to lead his team to win

the championship in his first

season.

A clumsy

B humorous

C ambitious

D intimate

32. Just wait for one second, I am ____ready.

A all but

B all over

C at all

D at any

moment

33. If you can

’

t think of anywhere to go on Saturday, we ___as well stay home.

A should

B might

C can

D need

34. A nation that does not know history is ___ to repeat it.

A discouraged

B characterized

C linked

D fated

35. They preferred a British Commonwealth or European arrangement, because this was substantially ____their

British thinking.

A in touch with

B in line with

C with relation to

D with reference to

36. The traffic accident that delayed our bus gave us a ___ reason for being late.

A prompt

B vague

C irritable

D legitimate

37. The United States has 10 percent of the total petroleum _____of the world in its own territory, and has been

a major producer for decades.

A reservoirs

B reservations

C reserves

D reproductions

38. This is the world

’

s first accurate ___ model of human heart in computer.

A setting

B laboring

C showing

D working

39. In 2000 I visited Berkeley, where I began my long ___ with this world famous university.

A interaction

B nomination

C reconstruction

D association

40. ___, ads for phony business opportunities appear in the classified pages of daily and weekly newspapers and

magazines , and online.

A Specially

B Typically

C Especially

D Commonly

Part III

Cloze Test ( 10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)

Earthquakes have never really affected Hong Kong, but this has not been the case on the mainland, where their

effects through history have often been devastating, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.

In ancient China, earthquakes were occasionally followed by riots and rebellions, so it was important for the

emperor to find out about quakes in remote parts of the country as soon

41

occurred. This was

42

far from

easy in an age before modern telecommunications.

In the year 132 AD, however, the scientist and inventor, Zhang Heng, devised a forerunner of the modern

seismograph

(

an

instrument

used

by

scientists

to

detect

earthquakes).

43

only

could

it

detect

a

distant

earthquake as it happened, but it could

44

in which direction the epicenter of the quake lay.

The machine, was from metal, was almost two meters

445, and shaped

like a vase. There were dragons

’

heads around the rim, each with a metal ball in its mouth. The ball were balanced

46

when the earth moved

slightly, one of them would fall into the mouth of a metal toad at the base of the vase.

47

creating a loud noise

to raise the alarm. The direction of the earthquake was indicated by

48

ball fell, and a special mechanism

ensured that only one ball could fall.

The device was viewed with considerable suspicion and doubt 49

especially since the first time it dropped a

ball, no shock could be felt. But people changed their minds a few days later, when a messenger

50

news of an

earthquake 700km away.

41. A as it

B if they

C as they

D that it

42. A naturally

B obvious

C clear

D hardly

43. A But

B Not

C Yet

D If

44. A show besides

B have to show

C also indicate

D also displaying

45. A across

B through

C length

D width

46. A in order to

B carefully if

C delicately

D so that

47. A besides

B thereby

C resulting

D furthermore

48. A whichever

B how

C whenever

D the

49. A to begin

B besides

C initially

D first

50. A would bring

B brought

C carrying

D had carried

Part IV

Reading Comprehension ( 45minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)

Passage 1

In a new book published this month called Gray Dawn, Peter G. Peterson predicts that in less than 25 years,

senior citizens will comprise more than 18 percent of the entire U.S. population ----the same proportion as in

Florida today. Put another way, that means that early in the 21

century, there will be more grandparents than

grandchildren. Peterson, a former secretary of Commerce under Nixon, is primarily concerned with what the

aging of America---a product of both longer life spans and falling birthrates---means for Social Security and

Medicare. But the social ramifications will be at least as profound as the economic ones. Will all those seniors

shift the balance

of political

power?

How will

Hollywood executives,

funeral

directors

and the auto industry

change their products to meet the demands of a markedly older public? Because women tend to outlive men, will

an older America also be significantly more female? In short, what will America be like when we all become a

st

Senior Nation?

Anyone who has visited West Palm Beach or Tucson knows part of the answer, lots of people driving very

slowly in big cars on their way to early-bird dinners. But that

’

s only the most broad- brush observation. The

political changes alone will be enough to bury all those stereotypes about the feeble elderly. Peterson estimates

that by 2038, people 64 and older will make up 34 percent of the electorate-up from only 16 percent in 1966. you

think

Social

Security

is

a

sacred

cow

now?

And

the

battle

over

entitlements

may

get

uglier.

The

65-plus

population is about 85 percent white. The younger generations---the ones footing the seniors

’

bills---are much

more racially mixed.

“

What you

’

ve got is an overwhelmingly white generation with enormous influence, asking

African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians to support them for decades,

”

says Ken Dychtwald, president of Age

Wave, a consulting firm that focuses on the maturing marketplace.

“

The tension becomes not only generational

but racial.

”

51. What is true of American population?

A Florida

’

s population is 18% of the entire U.S. population.

B American people will represent 18% of the world

’

s population.

C American population will increase by 18% early in the next century.

D Senior citizens will outnumber teenagers in less than 25 years in the U.S.

52. According to Peterson, the aging of America is caused by ___

A social security and medicare

B shift in the balance of political power

C longer life spans and falling birthrates

D social ramifications as well as economic ones

53. Who is Peter G. Peterson?

A a funeral director.

B A Hollywood executive

C A secretary of Commerce

D The author of G

ray Daw

n.

54.

Gray Dawn

probably refers to the fact that ____

A the younger generations are much more racially mixed.

B the U.S will be significantly more female in the next century.

C the stereotypes about the feeble elderly are being dispersed by political changes.

D the U.S is entering a stage when they are more grandparents than grandchildren.

55. What is the best title for the passage?

A The U.S--- A Senior Nation

B The Senior Boom is Coming

C A Book Called

Gray Dawn

D Generational and Racial Tension

Passage 2

Weary after centuries of fighting the surging North Sea from gushing into this low-lying nation, the Netherlands

is rethinking how to keep Dutch feet dry.

The traditional method of stopping flood water has been to build dikes. But at the Second World Water Forum,

a five-day conference that was to start today in The Hague, Dutch water experts were to explain that the best

way to handle the water may be to let it in.

In the Netherlands---half of which lies below sea level---the Ministry of Water Management has designated

several low-lying regions as

“

calamity flood plains

”

that would be used in emergencies to divert floodwaters

from populated areas, spokesman Hans Scholoten said.

Referring to the fable of a Dutch boy named Hans Brinker who saved the nation from disaster by plugging a hole

in the sea barrier, Undersecretary for Water Management Monique de Vries said: Hans Brinker will have to take

his finer out of the dike and pull on his galoshes.

”

Although the country has built dikes and reclaimed land since the Middle Ages, repeated flooding of farmland in

recent years and high maintenance costs have led to a rethinking about the old methods.

“

Sometimes

it

doesn’t

make

sense

to

ignore

the

processes

of

nature,

”

said

Bert

Blasé

,

spokesman

for

an

association of regional water boards.

“

Flooding certain nature reserve areas every few years would be good for

the environment.

”

Part of the plan involves widening river beds to allow larger volumes of water to flow to the sea.

Although it is still unclear how much land could eventually be allocated to the project--- some inhabitants would

have to be relocated---large areas of the eastern Dutch province of Gelderland have been labeled as suitable.

While flooding is a serious threat to the Dutch, global warming could expose many more in this country of

15 million to drought and water pollution if governments do not take drastic measures, conference organizers

have warned.

More than 3,5000 delegates from 150 countries will attend the conference, the follow-up to the first global

water congress, which was held in Marrakech, Morocco, two years ago.

With one-sixth of the world

’

s population lacking clean drinking water, forum organizers have called for

annual global spending on water problems to be more than doubled from about $$70 billion or $$80 billion to $$180

billion.

In

the

closing

stages

of

the

conference,

ministers

from

more

than

100

countries

will

meet

to

discuss

sustainable water for the world

’

s growing population and farmers who grows crops for mass consumption.

56. What is the new idea the experts put forward to keep Dutch feet dry?

A To build more powerful dams.

B To let the sea water in the inside.

C To ignore the process of nature

D To flood certain nature reserves.

57. Hans Brinker is known as a national hero____.

A In Dutch history who succeeded in diverting floodwater from the populated areas.

B who took his finger out of the dike and built a sea barrier.

C who pulled his finger on his galoshes and saved the nation from being drowned.

D a legend who saved the nation by stopping the sea flood in

58. Which of the following is NOT included in the forth-coming Dutch project in saving the nation from possible

sea floods?

A To designate some low-lying regions as

“

calamity flood plains

”

.

B To let the sea flood certain nature reserve areas every few years.

C To broaden some river beds to allow more river water to flow to the sea.

D To expose many more areas of the country to drought or flood.

59. All the following are the topics to be discussed in the Second World Water Forum EXCEPT_____

A how to diver floodwaters from the populated areas of Holland.

B how to reduce water pollution and provide more healthy drinking water for the growing population.

C how to help farmers to keep on the sustainable agriculture by watering their crops timely.

D how to take measures to slow down the ever-accelerating global warming up tendency.

60. The best way to paraphrase the sentence

“

Sometimes it doesn

’

t make sense to ignore the process of nature

”

is ____

A Sometimes it

’

s no use ignoring the process of nature.

B In some cases man can and must neglect the law of nature.

C It would often be harmful for Man to go against the process of nature

D Man must always follow the way of how things are going on

Passage 3

“

Refrigerator production in China jumped from 1.4million units in 1985 to 10.6million in 1998,

”

according to

David Fridley, a researcher in the Department of Energy

’

s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA.

The Global Environmental Facility, through the United Nations Development Program, has decided to fund $$9.3

million of the $$40 million program to help the government of China transform its market for refrigerators. The

refrigerator project began in 1989 when the EPA signed an agreement with the government of China to assist in

the elimination of CFCs from refrigerators. Berkeley Lab has been involved in the project since 1995 through the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, developing the market transformation program based on the success of

the

first

phase

of

the

project,

which

involved

designing

and

testing

CFC(

echlorofluorocabon

含

氯氟烃

)free,