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山东青岛大学基础英语2考研真题

2011年山东青岛大学基础英语

（2）考研真题

I.VocabularyandStructure（20points）

Chooseoneofthefouranswersthatbestcompletesthesentence.

1.Theresortencouragesvisitorsto_______thebrochurebeforemakinga

reservation.

（A）lookthrough

（B）lookaround

（C）lookforwardto

（D）lookupto

2.TheGreatWall,_______China’sfirstlineofdefense,isnowmerelya

touristattraction.

（A）becauseof

（B）being

（C）once

（D）before

3.Theyweregivingnothing_______drybreadandwaterfortheirevening

meal.

（A）otherthan

（B）morethan

（C）lessthan

（D）ratherthan

4._______ofthegrasslanddwellersoftheNorthAmericacontinentisthe

antelopeorpronghorn.

（A）Typical

（B）Typicalis

（C）Thetypical

（D）Itistypical

5.SinceIcouldnotseeanythingthroughmicroscope,_______mycareful

adjustment,Igaveup.

（A）forall

（B）aboveall

（C）afterall

（D）inall

6.Bidsfortheproposalsmustreceived_______.

（A）priortothedeadlineMarchfirst

（B）theMarchfirstdeadlinepriorto

（C）totheMarchfirstdeadlineprior

（D）priortotheMarchfirstdeadline

7.Automationsprogrammedtoperformagiventask_______theflexibility

andadaptabilityofhumanbeings.

（A）without

（B）lack

（C）minus

（D）nothaving

8.Everyoneintheofficewasaskedto_______thegiftfortheretiring

vice-president..

（A）lookafter

（B）giveover

（C）takeupfor

（D）goinfor

9.Improvedtechnologyisalwaysasourceoflowercostsanda_______to

economicgrowth.

（A）tax

（B）spur

（C）gem

（D）digression

10.Therehasnotbeena_______inMaysince1908.

（A）snowy

（B）snowstorm

（C）snowing

（D）stormofsnow

11.Mr.Davidsonlaunchedhisfirstsuccessful_______atageoffifteen,when

heproducedhisownradioprogram.

（A）profitability

（B）venture

（C）equity

（D）revenue

12.Manycompaniesbelievethattheirlackofknowledgeaboutglobalmarkets

isaninsurmountable_______.

（A）border

（B）limit

（C）barrier

（D）access

13.Heisplanninganothertourabroad,yethispassportwill_______atthe

endofthismonth.

（A）expire

（B）exceed

（C）terminate

（D）cease

14.Automatedtellermachinesenablepeopletodotheirbankingatanytime,

sevendays_______.

（A）weekly

（B）week

（C）inaweek

（D）aweek

15.Aretirementplanensuresone’swell-beinginone’s_______.

（A）oldness

（B）oldage

（C）elderly

（D）senile

16.Accordingtoonebelief,iftruthisnottobeknownitwillmakeitself

apparent,soone_______waitinsteadofsearchingforit.

（A）wouldrather

（B）hadto

（C）cannotbut

（D）hadbest

17.Ifwe_______ourrelationswiththatcountry,we’llhavetofindanother

supplierofrawmaterials.

（A）diffuse

（B）diminish

（C）terminate

（D）preclude

18.Classicalactingischaracterizedbyaneternal_______ofbalancebetween

thenaturalandthestylized.

（A）redundancy

（B）quest

（C）conflict

（D）quality

19.Insomecorporations,employees_______offices,desks,androom

assignments.

（A）circle

（B）rotate

（C）taketurns

（D）exercise

20.Thevariouscountriesarestrivingtodefendtheir_______economics

againstimperialisttradeattacks.

（A）respected

（B）respectful

（C）respectable

（D）respective

II.Cloze（15points）

Therearefifteenblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblanktherearefour

choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoumustchoosetheONEthatbestfitsinto

thepassage.

IntheUnitedStates,olderpeoplerarelylivewiththeiradultchildren.But

inmanyothercultureschildrenareexpectedtocare1theiragedparents.

InsomepartsofItaly,thepercentageofadultchildrenwho2withtheir

parents365to70percent.InThailand,too,childrenareexpectedto

carefortheirelderlyparents;fewThaielderlylivealone.

Whatexplainsthesedifferencesinlivingarrangements4cultures?

Modernizationtheory5theextendedfamilyhouseholdtolowlevelsof

economicdevelopment.Intraditionalsocieties,theelderlylivewiththeir

childreninlargeextendedfamilyunitsforeconomicreasons.Butwith

modernization,childrenmovetourbanareas,leavingoldpeople6in

isolatedruralareas.Yetmodernizationtheorycannotexplainwhyextended

familyhouseholdswerenevercommonintheUnitedStatesorEngland,or

whyfamiliesinItaly,whichisfullymodernized,7astrongtraditionof

intergenerationalliving.Clearly,economicdevelopmentalonecannotexplain

8livingarrangements.

Anothertheoryassociatedintergenerationallivingarrangementswith

inheritancepatterns.Insomecultures,thestemfamilypatternofinheritance

9.Underthissystem,parentslivewithamarriedchild,usuallythe

oldestson,whothen10theirpropertywhentheydie.Thestemfamily

systemwasoncecommoninJapan,butchangesininheritancelaws,11

broadersocialchangesbrought12byindustrializationandurbanization,

have13thetradition.In1960about80percentofJapaneseover65

livedwiththeirchildren;by1990only60percentdid—afigurethatisstill

high14U.S.standards,butwhichhasbeendecliningsteadily.In5

Korea,too,traditionallivingarrangementsare15:

thepercentageof

agedKoreanswholivewithasondeclinedfrom77percentin1984to50

percentjust10yearslater.AlthoughmostelderlyKoreansstillexpecttolive

withason,theiradultchildrendonotexpecttolivewiththeirchildrenwhen

theygrowold.

1.AaboutBafterCforDover

2.AresideBreciteCredeemDrebel

3.AamassesBamountsCattainsDreaches

4.AoverBacrossCwithinDabove

5.AassociatedBlinkedCunitedDcombined

6.AasideBafterCoverDbehind

7.AmaintainBpromoteCreserveDsupport

8.AappointedBassigned

CpreservedDpreferred

9.AcontrolsBovertakesCpredominatesDoverwhelms

10.AdeliversBconveysCconceivesDinherits

11.AaswellasBmightaswellCaswellDwellas

12.AoffBupCaroundDabout

13.AunderminedBdecreasedCdiminishedDdefeated

14.AbyBonCwithDin

15.ArecedingBremovingCinvadingDeroding

III.ErrorCorrection（15points）

ThepassagecontainsTENerrors.Eachindicatedlinecontainsamaximumof

ONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisinvolved.Youshouldproofread

thepassageandcorrectitinarightway.

Forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneinthe

blankprovidedattheendoftheline

Foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”sign

andwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheend

oftheline.

Foranunnecessaryword,crossouttheunnecessarywordwithaslash“/”and

putthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.

ThepollutionofHongKong’sBeachesbyoilfromadamagedtankerlastyearrecallsasimilarincidentwhichtookplaceinBritainin1967whenTerreyCanyon,ahugeoiltanker,splitintwoandcauseddisasterincoastalareas.Shoalsoffishesarekilled,seabirdshopelessly

（1）________6fouledwithoilandcoastalholidayresortputoutofbusiness

（2）________forseveralweeks.Asaresultofthisparticularincidentscientistsarebecomingrestlessinthethoughtof（3）________Britain’sinabilitytocopewithnationaldisastersonalargescale.Thereasonfortheirconcernisthattechnologyisrapidlyoutstrippingman’sabilitytocontrolit.

Oiltankers,forinstance,havebeenallowedtogetbiggerandbiggerwithoutsufficientthoughtbeinggiventoemergentbrakingandmaneuveringarrangement.（4）________Collisionsatseacontinue,butlittleeffecthasbeenmade（5）________

todevelopsafetydevicesaseffectiveasthoseusedforaircraft.Scientistsoutspokeinexpressingtheirconcern（6）________duringarecentmeetingoftheBritishAssociation.Unanimousapprovalwasvoicedwhentheleadingspeakerurgedthatapermanentnationalrescueservicesshouldbeestablished,equippedforanyemergencyandreadytomoveimmediately.（7）________Ofallthepossibledisastersmentioned,theonepromotingmostdiscussionwasamajorreleaseofradioactivityfromanuclearpowerstation.Onedoesnotneedaparticularlyvividimagination

tovisualizetheotherpossibilitiesdiscussed.Whatwouldbetheeffectofajumbo-jetcrashingonalargechemicalplanthandledestroyingliquids?

（8）________Couldthetappingofnaturalgasleadtoanyformofcollapse?

Supposealorryfullofahighlypoisonouschemicalcrashedunseenintoalargereservoir?

Damscanburst,normal（9）________conditionscanleadtomassiveelectricalblackouts…Anintensivestudyofsuchpossibilitiescouldatleastreducetheeffectsoffuturedisasters.Forexample,itwouldmeanthatanumberoftechnicalalternative（such（10）________asthechoicebetweendetergentorchalkfordispersingoil）couldbeexaminedandtestedinadvancesothatespeciallytrainedexpertwouldknowexactlywhatactionwasneededinagivenemergency

IV．Pleasereadthefollowingpassagesandchooseoneoftheanswersthatbestcompletes7thesentence.（20points）

1.Romanticism:

amovementofthelateeighteenthcenturyandthe

nineteenthcenturythatexaltsindividualismovercollectivism,revolutionism

overconservatism,innovationovertradition,imaginationoverreason,and

spontaneityoverconstraint.Accordingtoromanticism,artisessentially

self-expression,aspontaneousoverflowofpowerfulemotions.Aworkofart

shouldexemplifyorganicformsothatthepartsandthewholearevitally

interdependent.Romanticismstrivestohealthecleavagebetweensubjectand

object,"tomaketheexternalinternal,theinternalexternal,tomakenature

thought,andthoughtnature"（SamuelTa