1、 历年考研英语真题及答案历年考研英语真题及答案 1997 打印版打印版 1997 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section II:Cloze Test Directions:For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A,B,C,D.Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in
2、 the brackets.(10 points)Manpower Inc.,with 560,000 workers,is the worlds largest temporary employment agency.Every morning,its people _41_ into the offices and factories of America,seeking a days work for a days pay.One day at a time._42_ industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to su
3、rvive _43_ reducing the number of employees,Manpower,based in Milwaukee,Wisconsin,is booming._44_ its economy continues to recover,the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers.This _45_ work force is the most important _46_ in American business today,and it is _47_ c
4、hanging the relationship between people and their jobs.The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive _48_ avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens _49_ by employment rules,healthcare costs and pension plans.For workers it can mean an end to the security,benefits an
5、d sense of _50_ that came from being a loyal employee.41.A swarm B stride C separate(A)D slip 42.A For B Because C As(C)D Since 43.A from B in C on(D)D by 44.A Even though B Now that C If only(A)D Provided that 45.A durable B disposable C available(B)D transferable 46.A approach B flow C fashion(D)D
6、 trend 47.A instantly B reversely C fundamentally(C)D sufficiently 48.A but B while C and(B)D whereas 49.A imposed B restricted C illustrated(A)D confined 50.A excitement B conviction C enthusiasm(D)D importance Section III:Reading Comprehension Directions:Each of the passages below is followed by s
7、ome questions.For each question there are four answers marked A,B),C and D.Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(40 points)Text 1 It was 3:45 in the morning whe
8、n the vote was finally taken.After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates,Australias Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die.The measure passed by the convincing vote
9、of 15 to 10.Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up,half a world away,by John Hofsess,executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada.He sent it on via the groups on-line service,Death NET.Says Hofsess:“We posted bulletins all day long,because of course this isnt j
10、ust something that happened in Australia.Its world history.”The full import may take a while to sink in.The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications.Some have breathed sighs of relief,others,including churches
11、,right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association,bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage.But the tide is unlikely to turn back.In Australia-where an aging population,life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part-other states are goi
12、ng to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.In the US and Canada,where the right to die movement is gathering strength,observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law,an adult patient can request death-probably by a deadly injection or pil
13、l-to put an end to suffering.The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors.After a“cooling off”period of seven days,the patient can sign a certificate of request.After 48 hours the wish for death can be met.For Lloyd Nickson,a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer,t
14、he NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering:a terrifying death from his breathing condition.“Im not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view,but what I was afraid of was how Id go,because Ive watched people die in the hospital f
15、ighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,”he says.51.From the second paragraph we learn that _.A the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries B physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia C changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the l
16、aw(D)D it takes time to realize the significance of the laws passage 52.When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling,he means _.A observers are taking a wait and see attitude towards the future of euthanasia B similar bills are likely to be passed in the US,Canada and other countries C observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes(B)D the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop 53.When Lloyd Nickson dies,he will _
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