2012年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 National Entrance Test of English for M

2012

年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题

National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)

Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions:

Read

the

following

text.

Choose

the

best

word(s)

for

each

numbered

blank

and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D]on ANSWER SHEET 1. ( 10 points)

The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices became an important

issue recently. The court cannot_____ its legitimacy as guardian of the

rule of law______ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several

instances, justices acted in ways that_____

the court’s reputation for

being independent and impartial.

Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr., for example, appeared at

political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the

court’s

decisions

will

be

____

as

impartial

judgments.

Part

of

the

problem

is that the justices are not _____ by an ethics code. At the very least,

the

court

should

make

itself_______

to

the

code

of

conduct

that

______to

the rest of the federal judiciary.

This

and

other

cases

______the

question

of

whether

there

is

still

a

_____

between the court and politics.

The

framers

of

the

Constitution

envisioned

law____

having

authority

apart

from

politics.

They

gave

justices

permanent

positions

____

they

would

be

free to ____those in power and have no need to_____ political support.

Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely

because they are so closely _____.

Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted

in fundamental social ______like liberty and property. When the court

deals with social policy decisions, the law it _____is inescapably

political

—

which

is

why

decisions

split along

ideological

lines

are

so

easily _____ as unjust.

The justices must _____

doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making

themselves

_____to

the

code

of

conduct.

That

would

make

their

rulings

more

likely

to

be

seen

as

separate

from

politics

and,

_____,

convincing

as

law.

1 A emphasize

B

maintain

C modify

D recognize

2 A when

B

best

C before

D unless

3 A rendered

weakened

C established

4 A challenged

compromised

C suspected

5. A advanced

caught

C bound

6. A resistant

subject

C immune

7. A resorts

sticks

C leads

8. A evade

raise

C deny

9. A line

barrier

C similarity

B

D eliminated

D accepted

B

D founded

B

D prone

B

D applies

B

D settle

B

D conflict

B

10. A by

B

as

C through

D towards

11. A so

B

since

C provided

D though

12. A serve

satisfy

C upset

13. A confirm

express

C cultivate

14 A guarded

followed

C studied

15. A concepts

theories

C divisions

16. A excludes

questions

C shapes

17. A dismissed

released

C ranked

18. A suppress

exploit

C address

B

B

B

B

B

D replace

D offer

D tied

D convenience

D controls

D distorted

D ignore

B

B

19. A accessible

B.

amiable

C agreeable

D accountable

20. A by all means

B at all

costs

C in a word

D as a result

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part

A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by

choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (40

points)

Text

2

TEXT2

Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the

colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls’ lives. It

is not that

pink

intrinsically

bad,

but

it

is

a

tiny

slice

of

the

rainbow

and,

though

it

may

celebrate

girlhood

in

one

way,

it

also

repeatedly

and

firmly

fused

girls’ identity to appearance. Then it presents that connection, even

among two-year-olds, between girls as not only innocent but as evidence

of innocence. Looking around, despaired at the singular lack of

imagination about girls’ lives and interests.

Girls'

attraction

to

pink

may

seem

unavoidable,

somehow

encoded

in

their

DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American

Studies,

it's

not.

Children

were

not

colour- coded

at

all

until the

early

20th

century:

in

the

era

before

domestic

washing

machines

all

babies

wore

white as a practical matter,

since

the only

way of getting

clothes clean

was

to

boil

them.

What's

more,

both

boys

and

girls

wore

what

were

thought

of

as

gender-neutral

dresses.

When

nursery

colours

were

introduced,

pink

was actually considered the more masculine colour, a pastel version of

red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of

the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity. It

was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences

became

a

dominant

children's

marketing

strategy,

that

pink

fully

came

into