全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题及解析.docx

1、全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题及解析2002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section II 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)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffus

2、ion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened . As was discussed before, it was not the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the of the periodical. It was during the same time that the c

3、ommunications revolution up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in . It is important to do so.It is generally recognized, , that

4、the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, its impact on the media was not immediately . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well a

5、s , with display becoming sharper and storage increasing. They were thought of, like people, generations, with the distance between generations much .It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the within which we now live. The communication

6、s revolution has both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.21. A between B before C s

7、ince （A）D later22. A after B by C during （D）D until23. A means B method C medium （C）D measure24. A process B company C light （B）D form25. A gathered B speeded C worked （B）D picked26. A on B out C over （A）D off27. A of B for C beyond （D）D into28. A concept B dimension C effect （D）D perspective29. A i

8、ndeed B hence C however （C）D therefore30. A brought B followed C stimulated （B）D characterized31. A unless B since C lest （D）D although32. A apparent B desirable C negative （A）D plausible33. A institutional B universal C fundamental （A）D instrumental34. A ability B capability C capacity （C）D faculty

9、35. A by means of B in terms of C with regard to （B）D in line with36. A deeper B fewer C nearer （D）D smaller37. A context B range C scope （A）D territory38. A regarded B impressed C influenced （C）D effected39. A competitive B controversial C distracting （B）D irrational40. A above B upon C against （C）

10、D withSection III 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 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify share

11、d experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking

12、to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses convention, of a story which works well because the audience all

13、 shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside

14、 by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, thats God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.”If you are part of the group, which you are addressing, you wil

15、l be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairmans notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they will rese

16、nt an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparen

17、tly off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.Look for the humor. It oft

18、en comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you dont succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.41. To make your

19、 humor work, you should _.A take advantage of different kinds of audienceB make fun of the disorganized peopleC address different problems to different people（C）D show sympathy for your listeners42. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are _.A impolite to new arrivalsB ve

20、ry conscious of their godlike roleC entitled to some privileges（B）D very busy even during lunch hours43. It can be inferred from the text that public services _.A have benefited many peopleB are the focus of public attentionC are an inappropriate subject for humor（D）D have often been the laughing st

21、ock44. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered _.A in well-worded languageB as awkwardly as possibleC in exaggerated statements（D）D as casually as possible45. The best title for the text may be _.A Use Humor EffectivelyB Various Kinds of HumorC Add Humor to Speech（A）D Dif

22、ferent Humor StrategiesText 2Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics - the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And i

23、f scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the

24、rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already

25、 robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy - far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human super

26、vision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves - goals that pose a real challenge. “While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error,” says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program at NASA, “we cant yet give a robot enough common sense to reliably interact with a dy

27、namic world.”Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers l

28、ately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brains roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented - and human perception far more complicated - than previously imagined. They have built robots

29、 that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the 98 percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side of a winding for

30、est road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer systems on Earth cant approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still dont know quite how we do it.46. Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in _.A the use of machines to produce science fictionB the wide

31、 use of machines in manufacturing industryC the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work（C）D the elites cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work47. The word “gizmos” (Line 1, Paragraph 2) most probably means _.A programsB expertsC devices（C）D creatures48. According to the text, what is beyond mans ability now is to design a robot that can _.A fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain