全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题.docx

1、全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题2006年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections: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 homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population. homelessness has reached such propo

2、rtions that local governments cant possibly. To help homeless people independence, the federal government must support job training programs, the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. th

3、e figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is. One of the federal governments studies that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult

4、. when homeless individuals manage to find a that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless hav

5、e serious mental disorders. Many others, not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday skills needed to turn their lives. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are programs that address the many needs of the homeless. Edward Zlotkowski, dire

6、ctor of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, it, “There has to be of programs. Whats needed is a package deal.”1. A IndeedB LikewiseC ThereforeD Furthermore2. A standB copeC approveD retain3. A inB forC withD toward4. A raiseB addC takeD keep5. A generallyB almostC hardlyD not6. A

7、coverB changeC rangeD differ7. A Now thatB AlthoughC ProvidedD Except that8. A inflatingB expandingC increasingD extending9. A predictsB displaysC provesD discovers10. A assistB trackC sustainD dismiss11. A HenceB ButC EvenD Only12. A lodgingB shelterC dwellingD house13. A searchingB strollingC crow

8、dingD wandering14. A whenB onceC whileD whereas15. A lifeB existenceC survivalD maintenance16. A aroundB overC onD up17. A complexB comprehensiveC complementaryD compensating18. A SoB SinceC AsD Thus19. A putsB interpretsC assumesD makes20. A supervisionB manipulationC regulationD coordinationSectio

9、n II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. Th

10、ere is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.

11、 Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting i

12、nto this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; i

13、n 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation - language, home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants

14、from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the

15、 description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U

16、.S.-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gar

17、th Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nations assimilative power.”Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against

18、Americas turbulent past, todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.21. The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means _.A identifyingB associatingC assimilatingD monopolizing22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th centu

19、ry _.A played a role in the spread of popular cultureB became intimate shops for common consumersC satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable eliteD owed its emergence to the culture of consumption23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. _.A are resistant to homogenizationB exert a great in

20、fluence on American cultureC are hardly a threat to the common cultureD constitute the majority of the population24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?A To prove their popularity around the world.B To reveal the publics fear of immigrants.C To give examples of s

21、uccessful immigrants.D To show the powerful influence of American culture.25. In the authors opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is _.A rewardingB successfulC fruitlessD harmfulText 2Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry - William Shakespeare - but there ar

22、e two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but

23、 to look at Anne Hathaways Cottage, Shakespeares birthplace and the other sights.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSCs actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. Its all deliciously ironic wh

24、en you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus - and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side - dont usually see the play

25、s, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the towns revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pour

26、ing cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.The townsfolk dont see it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every h

27、otel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive.Anyway, the townsfolk cant understand why t

28、he Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year theyll do better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.It

29、 would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratfords most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) - lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and san

30、dals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.26. From the first two paragraphs, we learn that _.A the townsfolk deny the RSCs

31、 contribution to the towns revenueB the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stageC the two branches of the RSC are not on good termsD the townsfolk earn little from tourism27. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that _.A the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separatelyB the playgoers spend more money than the sightseersC the sightseers do