西外考研真题详解
西安外国语大学英语专业考研真题基础英语
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 English
Section one: Vocabulary
Directions: 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. tendency
b. intention
c. ambition
d. preference
2. The mother separated the quarrelling children and gave each of them a sharp .
a. slap
b. scratch
c. pinch
d. punch
3. His decision to invest in the developing holiday resort was a one.
a. shrewd
b. sly
c. crafty
d. cunning
4. He cited a Chinese proverb to the that you should never wish ill on your
neighbor.
a. extent
b. notion
c. effect
d. point
5. All the following verbs but may form a meaningful combination with the noun
phrase a need in one’s life.
a. fill
b. serve
c. answer
d. accord
6. An honorary doctorate of law was on him by Newcastle University in 1976.
a. granted
b. conferred
c. extended
d. awarded
7. The Academic Committee him of its willingness to help with his research program.
a. assured
b. ensured
c. reassured
d. insured
8. As winter the population is predicted to face severe food and fuel shortages.
a. sets out
b. sets in
c. sets forth d sets down
9. Each of the following noun phrases may constitute a logical collocation
except .
a. a burst of passion
b. a fit of industry
c. a gust of rage
d. a flash of
meditation
10 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 of
b. take sides with
c. fall into line with
d. take note of
Section Two
Grammatical Structure
Directions: 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 to
performance at work.
a. which
b. where
c. whether
d. what
12. Mary’s facial expression suggested that she disappointed with my decision.
a. was
b. be
c. should be
d. must be
13. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than eastern Nebraska.
a. in
b. does
c. it does in
d. it receives in
14. No one can walk the wire without a bit of fear unless very young.
a. trained
b. being trained
c. to be trained
d. having been trained
15.you have no right_____to read what is written in the study report.
a. indeed
b.actually
c.anyhow
d.whatsoever
16.a thorough check of the accounts has revealed_______a tax evader.
a.him being
b.that he be
c.him to be
d.that he had been
17. They regard it as one of the sights of london that must_____be missed.
a.of no account
b.from all accounts
c.on no account
d.by all accounts
18. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring
country, ____by the police each time.
a. had been captured
b.being always captured
c.unfortunately
captured d.only to be captured
19.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./;a
c.the;a
d./;/
20.deliberate aggression integral____some forms of competitive athletics increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt among crowds of young adult
spectators.
a.to
b.into
c.for
d.with
section three rhetoric
Directions: 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
in the west.
a.but it went
b.although it was
c.but the discovery went
d.although the
discovery was
22.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 protecting
b. protecting
c.as a protection of
d.to protect
23.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 percent
b.numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five
percent
24. 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 disc
b.no less remarkable than the development of the compact disc
c.developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than
d.developwent of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as
26.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 skills
are weak
a.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 been
b.some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have
been
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28.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 course
b.if it is taught only as a course required separately
c.if it was taught only as a separate and required course
d.if it would only be taught as a required course, separately
29.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 findings
b.baltic sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity
c.sediments from the Baltic sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial
activity in the area
d.sediments from the Baltic sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity
there
30.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 exports
b.worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our
exports
c.in that they were worried sbout the removal of some foreign trade barriers and
also about the failure of our exports
d.because od its worry concerning the removal of some foreign trade barriers, also
concerning the failure of our exports
section four reading comprehension
directions;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 paradise
Easter 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, turtle s, 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 the Americans 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 the remaining 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.
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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.pessimisti
c. c.understanding
d.objective
35.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 schem
e.
Text b hurricane
Hurricane 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 outside
37.during the hurricane, the wind at its strongest blew at______________
a.about 133 miles per hour
b.less than 133 miles per hour
c.more than 145 miles per hour
d.more than 500 miles per hour
38.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 move
b.it smashed it to pieces
c.it blew all the windows out
d.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 night
c.eight-thirty at night
d.when the writer drove through the
streets
section five cloze test
directions: 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 https://www.wendangku.net/doc/317496382.html,, 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.西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题（基础英语）
西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题（基础英语）
Vocabulary and sentence structure
Section a directions: this section consists of 30 incomplete sentences. Each sentience is followed by four words or phrases. Select the best one to complete the sentence by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.(15 points)
1. to our delight she quickly____herself____the situation.
a.adapted/with
b.adapted/to
c.adopted/of
d.adopted/into
2.the portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel.
That man____prince henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.
a.is
b.was
c.being
d.had
3.”l don’t think professor jones meant to be funny this morning do you?””no,
although l coul dn’t help____at some of his remarks.”
a.from laughing
b.but laugh
c.to have laughed
d.to laugh
4.”what did the police chief do after the report?”
“he ordered that parking___on main street during the rush hour”
A. be prohibiting b.is prohibited c.be prohiboted d.was prohibited
5.some insects pass through their entire life oycles, from egg to adult___days or
weeks.
a.in a matter of
b.in case of
c.based on
d.in time for
6.duncairn, a castle built in the twelfth century on the westem coast of scotland,
is___a few feet high.
a.nearly more than
b.almost more than
c.just as much as
d.hardly more than
7.although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are certainly___.
a.imaginsry
b.imaginable
c.imaginative
d.imagining
8.just as too much harmony is tiresome in music,____
a.the life of too many benefits annoys us
b.so,in life ,too many benefits annoy us
c.we are annoyed with lives also of too many benefits
d.a lot of benefits annoy us in life
9.ann said,”english men____good husbands because they are nearly always willing
to help in a house.”
a.be
b.do
c.make d,get
10.nelther jone nor her brothers____a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip
a.need
b.needs
c.needing
d.has need
11.if mr.wang_____to leam more english, he would not have bought this book yesterday.
a.shouldn’t need
b.hasn’t needed
c.hadn’t needed
d.didn’t need
12.”how about john?’
“my uncle____a good student,”
a.thinks of him
b.knows of him
c.considers him
d.believes him
13.never again___polltical office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency
a.alfred e. smith seriously sought
b.seriously alfred e.smith souht
c.when did alfred e.smith seriously seek
d.did alfred
e.smith seriously seek
14.they noticed a crowd of people in front of the madeleine____
a.shouting and cheering
b.to shout and cheer
c.to be shouting and cheering
d.being shouted and cheered
15.”why is the university doing so much building?”
“the number of students____.”
a.have increased so rapidly
b.have increased so rapid
c.has increased so rapid
d.has increased so rapidly
16.my car is none_____for the accident.
a.the bad
b.the worse
c.enough worse
d.much worse
17.’why should l try larry and kevin’s pickles?”
“because___the best.”
a.his are
b.theirs are
c.theirs is
d.his is
18.it was___he arrived at the station___he realized he had forgotten his ticket
a.not until/then
b.until/that
c.not until/that
d.not until/when
19.george entered the box and picked up one of the directories inside,___that someone
unknown had tom out the very page he needed.
a.only to discover
b.discovered
c.to discover
d.only discovering
20.the prison riot was___
a.brought about by the guards, whose severity was an extreme
b.originated from the extreme guard severity
c.blamed on the guards, whose harshness caused it to originare
d.attributed to the unnecessary roughness of the guards
21.whom___mr.smith saw in the college yesterday?
a.it was that
b.is it that
c.was it that
d.is it whom
22.the hawaiian coastline is bordered by many coral reefs. Some living but___dead.
A.most of them b.other are c.most of their d.the rest are being
23.you must obtain___from the govemment to fish in this river.
a.permit
b.right
c.freedom
d.permission
24.”did your club dance tum out well?”
“yes. We made a___profit.
a.five-hundred-dollar
b.five-hundred-dollars
c.five-hundreds-dollar
d.five-hundreds-dollars
25.the project requires more labor than___because it is extremely difficult
a.has been put in
b.have been put in
c.being put in
d.to be put in
26.”what does canada export?”
“large quantities of wheat___sent abroad,”
a.is
b.have
c.are
d.is being
27.we are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style___in
a personal one.
a.other than
b.better than
c.less than
d.rather than
28.:it was___that we had bone for a walk.”
a.so beautiful day
b.such beautiful a night
c.such a beautiful weather
d.so beautiful a night
29.the wealth of a country should be measured___the health and happiness of its
people as well as the material goods it can produce.
a.in line with
b.in regard with
c.in terms of
d.by means of
30.why____? It’s not very important.
a.to worry
b.worry
c.you are worried
d.you worry
section b direcions: supply the correct form of the word in italics for the blank space in each sentence. Write your answer after the corresponding question number
on vour answer sheet (10 poinls)
31. continue the successful___of this project depends upon hard work.
32. argument ___people are seldom desirable as companions.
33. respect they always respond to the teacher___
34. miserable doctors work hard to relieve human___
35. advantage having so much experience, you are in a very____position
36. aggravation new york’s hot weather is often___by its humidity.
37. entangle the fly became___in the spider’s web.
38. visible the plane could not land because the____was pocr.
39. deform better food has reduced the number of children born with____
40. inhabit the____of that country speak english.
ll. reading skills and comprehension
section a reading skills(10 points)
skill 1: ldentifying the main idea
directions: read the following passage and pick out the statement that best summarices what the author has said by blackening the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet.
Upc. These letters do not stand for a new government agency, a new chemical or a new football leagu e. They are shorthand for “universal product code.” Supermarket shoppers across the nation are seeing the upc symbol on the packages of all kinds of products. From food to paper towels to detergents to over-the counter (nonprescription) drugs. The symbol consists of many closely spaced lines. And numbers and will be popping up on more and more items as time goes by. The lines and bars in the code symbol are unique to that product and can be read by a computer.
41.the best summary statement is:
a.upc is new way to mark prices on products across the nation
b.as time goes by more supermarkets will use upc for their items
c.supermarket shoppers across the nation can see upc on the packages of all kinds
of products
d.upc is a product code that consists of lines and bars that can be read by a computer.
Skill2: judging the importance of details
Directions: to be ejective reader. You must be able to tell important from unimportant details. Read the following passages in which details are marked by a), b), c)and d). decide which of the marked details is the most important by blackening
the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet: 42.a) in 1978 a federal law was passed to prohibit abusive. Deceptive or unfair practices by debt collectors b) this law was designed to help consumers, c) it provides new rights under the law for consumers who owe money. D) some people never have to deal with debt collectors: this law was designed to help those who do
43.a) French psychologist Alfred Binet was asked by the French government: to develop
a test that would help find out which school children were not intelligent enough to profit from regular schooling b) binet thought that intelligence should be measured by tests that required problems solving and reasoning. C) binet: did a great deal of research with children of various ages d) as a result of his work. Binet developed the concept of the lq. Or intelligence quotient. Which is the basis for
much modern intelligence testing.
Skill 3: guessing the meaning of a new word in context
Directions: to be an effective reader you must also be able to hypothesize about the meaning of a new word or expression according to its context. Read the following passage and write out the meaning of the underlined word in the space after the
question number on your answer sheet.
“give one tiny measure of this magic love potion to the young lady-its flavor is imperceptible in orange juice, soup. Or cocktails-and however gay and giddy she is she will change altogether she will w ant nothing but solitude and you,” said the
old man, reaching for the bottle.
“l can hardly imagine Diana like that!” cried Alan overwhelmed with joy “you will not have to use your imagination,” said the old man. “and by the way since there are always sirens if by any chance you should. Later on. Slip a little, you need not worry, she will forgive you. In the end she will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you—in the end.”
44. in this context potion most probably means_________
45. in this context, siren most probably means______________
Section b reading comprehension (15 points)
Directions: read the following passage first and then do the close test based on it fill in each space an appropriate word deginning with the given letter write the word after the question number on your answer sheet
Two events this week one in Britain and one in the United States. Highlight the way developments in biotechnology are an increasing force in the financial world. One is the formation of a new British company, Cambridge life sciences.
With s 1m backing from technical development capital it joins the list of highly specialized firms whose future depends on the ingenuity of a still-small band of scientists who have learnt how to rearrange the genetic code of micro-organisms and of plant and animal cells these may then become living factories that manufacture substances ranging from antibiotics and vitamins to synthetic petrol and substitute
foodstuffs.
Cloze test
The ______in which the financial world is being increasingly_______by developments in biotechnology is illuminated by two recent events on _________side
of the atlantics
The ______of Cambridge life sciences in Britain is one of them.
Financial______from technical development capital has______it to become one of a _______number of higly-specialized companies which relies on ______soientitic research into the genetic______of organisms and cells.
This research may lead to these companies being able to _____antibiotics vitamins synthetic petrol and substitute foodstuffs.
西安外国语大学2004年硕士研究生入学考试基础英语试题
西安外国语大学2004年硕士研究生入学考试基础英语试题
Part one basic english
1. vocabulary and structure
section a
directions: this section consists of 15 incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by 4 words or phrases. Select the word or phrase that best fits in with each context and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the
answer sheet.(15 points)
1. these rules and regulations apply only________joint ventures and
corporations.
a.to
b.for
c.with
d.about
2.a foreign ministry statement said that the French government rejoiced____the happy
outcome to the event.
a.for
b.in
c.with
d.over
3.inspectors were appointed to inquire____the affairs of the company
a.with
b.after
c.into
d.about
4.the group does not____market conditions to improve substantially in the second
half of this year.
a.aspire
b.expect
c.predict
d.estimste
5.if you want to_____your point of view, you need to provide more evidence or support
for it
a.deduce
b.increase
c.formulate
d.reinforce
6.different from the other speakers at this conference, l would_____that juvenile
delinquency is one of our serious social problems today.
a.state
b.explain
c.contend
d.assume
7.during the art festival, she quickly____herself of the opportunity to make friends
a.availed
b.seized
c.obtained
d.acquired
8.the financial scandal is yet to unfold, so the offical has shown extreme_____to
explain their position to the media
a.patience
b.reluctance
c.uneasiness
d.willingness
9.the two parties have finally reached a_____on this issue after a series of heated
debates in the parliament.
a.doctrine
b.negotiation
c.hypothesis
d.consensus
10.the company has worked out an____management training scheme for newly recruited
graduates.
A.elaborate b.abundant c.inherent d.optimistic
11.owing to the development is mass communications, people everywhere are feeling
new wants and are being____to new customs and ideas.
a.adapted
b.subjectted
c.exposed
d.tailored
12.regular reading is believed to broaden the mind and ____the spirit.
a.uplift
b.nurse
c.inflate
d.cherish
13.first-rate companies are highly_____to market signals.
a.interactive
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c.pervasive
d.responsive
14.as a result of this academic advancement Henry will____a wider range of
responsibilities for the research project.
a.take to
b.take on
c.take over
d.take after
15.his colleague____the description given by the police so he must be the criminal.
a.answers up
b.answers for
c.answers to
d.answers back
section b
directions: this section consists of fifteen (15) incomplete sentences. Each followed by four (4) possible answers. Select the one the best completes each sentence and then mark your answer on the answer sheet.(15 points)
16._______can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the
science fiction.
a.everybody
b.anybody
c.somebody
d.nobody
17.culture is defined as_____complex whole which includes belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by_____man as a member
of_____society.
a.the;/;the
b.a;the;/
c.the;/;the
d.a;/;/
18.the emphasis on data gathered first-hand. Combined with a cross-cultural perspective____to the analysis of cultures past and present, makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.
a.bringing
b.brought
c.being brought
d.to be brought
19.a safety analysis____the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately. It was
never done.
a.would identify
b.will identify
c.would have identified
d.will have
identified
20.for there____successful communication, there must be attentiveness and
involvement in the discussion itself by all present
a.is
b.to be
c.will be d deing
21.some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last
year_____in violation of the city’s building code.
a.were constructed
b.were being constructed
c.had been constructed
d.were to be constructed
22.the strength of a country’s economy is bound up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and this____rests upon the efforts of scientists and
technologists.
A.in turn b by chance c.in addition d.to some extent
23.doctrs see a connection between increased amounts of leisure time spent____and
the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
a.to sunbathe
b.to have sunbathed
c.having sunbathed
d.sunbathing
24.we hope the measures to control prices,____taken by the government. Will succeed.
a.when
b.as
c.since
d.after
25.____my return, l learned that professor smith had been at the museum and would
not be back for several hours.
a.at
b.on
c.with
d.during
26.our moderm civilization must not be thought of as ____in a short period of time.
a.being created
b.to have been created
c.having been created
d.to be created
27.had paul received six more votes in the last election. He_____our chairman now.
a.were
b.would be
c.must have been
d.would have been
28.substantial efforts to increase crude oil production must be made if fuel
shortages_____avoided
a.can be
b.will be
c.are to be
d.have been
29.the semantic differences between the two sentences are so trivial as hardly______.
a.explained
b.to be explained
c.being explained
d.to explain
30.____to my amazement, be burst out language before so many distinguished guests.
a.much
b.more
c.too much
d.much more
ll.reading comprehension
directions:this section consists of 2 reading texts, each of them is followed by a number of questions ore unfinished statements based on its content. After you read each text. Select the best answer to each question and mark your answer o the answer
sheet.(10 points)
text a
Plants are subject to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of symbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms to frustrate the potential colonists; these can be divided into pre-formed or passive defense mechanisms and inducible or active systems. Passive plant defense comprises physical and chemical barriers that prevent entry of pathogens, such as bacteria, or render tissues unpalatable or toxic to the invader. The external surfaces of plants, in addition to deing covered by an epidermis and a waxy cuticle, often carry spiky hairs known as trichomes, which either prevent feeding by insects or may even puncture and kill insect larvae, other trichomes are sticky and glandular and effectively trap and
immobilize insects.
If the physical barriers of the plant are breached, then pre-formed chemicals may inhibit or kill the intruder and plant tissues contain a diverse array of toxic or
potentially toxic substances, such as resins, tannins, glycosides, and alkaloids, many of which are highly effective deterrents to insects that feed on plants. The success of the colorado beetle in infesting potatoes, for example, seems to be correlated with its high tolerance to alkaloids that normally repel potential pests. Other possible chemical defenses, while not directly toxic to the parasite, may inhibit some essential step in the establishment of a parasitic relationship. For example. Glycoproteins in plant cell walls may be inactive enzymes that degrade cell walls. These enzymes are often produced by bacteria or fungi.
Active plant defense mechanisms are comparable to the immune system of vertebrate animals. Although the cellular and molecular bases are fundamentally different. Both however, are triggered in reaction to intrusion, implying that the host has sone means of recognizing the presence of a foreign organism, the most dramatic example of an inducible plant defense reaction is the hypersensitive response in the hypersensitive response, cell undergo rapid necrosis, that is, they become diseased and die after being penetrated by a parasite; the parasite itself subsequently ceases to grow and is therefore restricted to one or a few cells around the entry site several theories have been put forward to explain the basis of
hypersensitive resistance.
31.what does the passage mainly discuss?
a.the success of parasites in resisting plant defense mechanisms.
b.theories on active plant defense mechanisms.
C.the major functions of plant defense mechanisms.
d.the immune system of animals and the defense mechanisms of plants.
32.the word “puncture” as underlined in paragraph l is closest in meaning to____
a.pierce
b.pinch
c.sourround
d.cover
33.the word”which” as underlined in paragraph 2 refers to______
a.tissues
b.substances
c.barriers
d.insects
34.which of the following substances does the author mention as not necessarily being
toxic to the colorado beetle?
a.resins
b.tannins
c.glycosides
d.alkaloids
35.the passage most probably continues with a discussion of theories on________
a.the basis of passive plant defense
b.the inhibitive effects of chemicals on a parasitic relationship
c.the way in which plants produce toxic chemicals
d.the principles of the hypersensitive response
text b the unseeing eye
the old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily winkled face. He didn’t use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply the man seated behind the table who went on asking him,” why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife? Why didn't you com e directly to enquires?” the old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another/ his eyes busy watching him? He said, “l came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my
children”
the man seated behind the table muttered irritably blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of annoyance, weren’t effective. He puffed at his cigarette as he enquired in exasperation, “what’s your wife’s name?” the old man at once replied,” zeinab mohamed the man seated behind the table began flipping through the pages of the thick ledger; each time he turned over a page there was a loud noise that was heard by everyone in the waiting room. He went on flipping though the pages of his ledger, pursing his lips listlessly, then nervously, as he kept bringing the ledger close to his face until finally he said, your wife came in here the day before yesterday? The old man in relief at once answered, “yes, sir, when her heart came to a stop.” Once again irritated, the man seated behind the table mumbled to himself,” had her heart stopped she wouldn’t be h ere, neither would you. With his eyes still on the ledger, he said, “she’s in ward 4, but it’s not permitted for you to enter her ward because there are other women there yawning, he called to the nurse learning against the wall. She came forward, in hrhand a paper cup from which she was drinking motioning which his heat to the man he said, “ward number 4-zeinab mohamed.” The nurse walked ahead, without raising her mouth frpm the cup, the old ma asked himself how it was that this woman worked in a hospital that was crammed with men, even though she spoke Arabic. Having arrived at the ward. The nurse left him outside after telling him to wait; then, after a while, she came out and said to him, “there are two women called zeinab mohamed, one of them, though, has only one eye. Which one is your wife
so that l can call her?
The old man was thrown into confusion. One eye? How am l to know? He tried to recall what his wife zeinab looked like, with her long gown and black headdress, the veil,
and sometimes the black covering enveloping her face and sometimesremoved and lying on her neck. He could picture her as she walked and sat, chewing a morsel and then taking it out of her mouth so as to place it in that of her first-born. Her children. One eye. How am l to know? He could picture her stretched out on the bed, her eyes closed. The old man was thrown into confusion and found himself saying,” when l call her, she’ll know my voice,” the nurse doubted whether he was in fact visiting his wife; however, giving him another glance; she laughed at her suspicions and asked him,” how long have the two of you been married? Again, he was confused as he said,”allah knows best—thirty, forty years…
36.what does the title of the passage suggest?
a.the old man had very poor vision.
b.the old man’s wife had an eye problem
c.the old man failed to see what he should have seen
d.the old man’s wife was noteasy to recogniz
e.
37．Which of the following can be inferred about the old man seated behind the table?
a.he showed much tolerance to the old man.
b.he often put on airs before of lower status.
c.he refused to respond to the old man’s enquiries.
d.he seemed to lose his patience too easily.
38.the word muttered in line l , paragraph 2 means______
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b.denoted
c.groaned
d.refuted
39.which of the following words best describes the old man’s mood when he could
not answer the nurse’s questons?
a.surprised
b.puzzled
c.lrritated
d.reserved
40.which of the following may least reveal the old man’s arabian identity?
a.his religious belief
b.his attitude toward the nurse
c.his memories of his apouse
d.his kerchief and headband
lll. Cloze test
directions: 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 points)
in the united states, there is a belief that people are rewarded for working, producing and achieving, many people_____that there is equality of opportunity that____ anyone to become successful. This belief is illustrated by stories written by____19th –century american novelist, horatio alger, who wrote about the american