暨南大学考研真题基础英语免费.docx

1、暨南大学考研真题基础英语免费2010年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（B卷）*学科、专业名称：英语语言文学 外国语言学及应用语言学研究方向：各研究方向考试科目名称：基础英语 考试科目代码：606考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 I Vocabulary (20%)Directions: There are 20 multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question, then Mark the corresponding letter on th

2、e Answer Sheet.1. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable _ his financial situation.A. with respect toC. regardless ofB. in accord withD. in terms of2. Ive not even read the first chapter, finished the whole novel.A. rather thanC. as well asB. much moreD

3、. other than3. Once we receive your order, we will goods to your door in twenty-four hours.A. distributeC. deliverB. transferD. convey4. The bus came to a(n) _ just in time to avoid hitting the wall.A. endC. closeB. pause D. halt5. The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the accused

4、mans _, but in vain. A. mistakeC. faultB. guiltD. defeat6. Most westerners are _with Buddhist ceremonies.A. fascinatingC. interestingB. fascinatedD. interested7. In the ruin of the castle a book _ the 14th century royal family life was found.A. prescribingC. depictingB. ascribingD. illustrating8. Wi

5、ll it be ever possible to alter human _ material to produce the “perfect” human being?A. geneticC. generousB. geniusD. genetics9. The amount of pollution in the river exceeds maximum _ levels.A. tolerantC. permissiveB. permissibleD. voluntary10. The broadcaster _ the radio show by wishing all the li

6、steners good night.A. signed inC. signed outB. signed offD. signed up11. Tom and Susan _ with each other just before their marriage, which made their parents very angry.A. fell downC. fell outB. fell throughD. fell off12. How can they remain _ when children are suffering?A. unrelatedC. isolatedB. in

7、tolerantD. indifferent13. This high _ of illiteracy in some remote mountain regions is surprising.A. incidenceC. accidentB. confidence D. incident14. Her silence gave _ consent .A. illicitC. explicitB. elicitD. implicit15. The sculpture _ the artists love of animal.A. engagedC. estimatedB. embodiedD

8、. emerged16. _ fabrics usually dont wrinkle as much as cotton.A. SympatheticC. SystematicB. SymbolicD. Synthetic17. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it _ when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.A. compactedC. dispersedB. restrictedD. delayed18. By patient

9、 questioning the lawyer managed to _enough information from the witnesses. A. evacuateC. impartB. withdrawD. elicit19. George enjoys talking about peoples private affairs. He is a _.A. solicitorC. gossipB. cowardD. rebel20. The new secretary has written a remarkably _report within a few hundred word

10、s but with all the important details included.A. conciseC. preciseB. briskD. elaborateII CLOZE (20%)Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corre

11、sponding letter on the Answer Sheet.If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to 1 shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the 2 and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you 3 their situation and are in sympathy with t

12、heir point of view. 4 on whom you are addressing, the problems will be 5 . If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer 6 the disorganized methods of their secretaries; 7 if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to 8 on their disorganized bosses.If you are part of the group 9 you

13、are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be 10 for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or chairmans notorious bad taste in ties. 11 other audience you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they wi

14、ll 12 an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer 13 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 14 . Include a few casual and apparently o

15、ff-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a 15 and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, 16 speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted 17 .Look for the humor. It often 18 the une

16、xpected. It can be a twist on a familiar quote or a 19 on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick 20 a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.1. A. clarifyC. recognizeB. identifyD. simplify 2. A. experiencesC. au

17、dienceB. problemsD. humorists3. A. understandC. entertainB. appreciate D. recognize4. A. RelyingC. LookingB. Depending D. Deciding5. A. differentB. difficult C. confusingD. complex6. A. onC. forB. with D. to7. A. unexpectedlyC. impossiblyB. alternatively D. apparently8. A. catchC. commentB. take D.

18、agree9. A. whoC. whereB. what D. which10. A. appropriateC. approvalB. appreciative D. adequate11. A. ForC. ToB. With D. By12. A. resentC. recallB. resume D. refuse13. A. earthC. floorB. soil D. ground14. A. easyC. familiarB. natural D. interesting15. A. predictableC. relaxedB. loose D. tense 16. A.

19、asC. whileB. so D. when17. A. remarkC. showB. lecture D. delivery18. A. takes onC. brings ouB. ends withD. comes from19. A. joke B. funC. play D. choice20. A. at B. inC. out D. upIII PROOFREADING AND ERROR CORRECTION (20%)Directions: The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a ma

20、ximum of one error. In each case, only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it. 1) Mark the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line; 2)Mark the position of the missing word with “”sign and write the words you believe to be missi

21、ng in the blank provided at the end of the line; 3)Put the unnecessary word in the blank provided and cross it with a slash “/”. Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study of literature as 2. _a school sub

22、ject are valid for study of television. 3. _the_The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media.According to the survey. “readi

23、ng is on the decline on every (1) region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.” The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie (2) vote, upheld the governments right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal

24、would have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book customer (3) lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they (4) echo each other in the message they send about the place of books a

25、nd reading in American culture. At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic (5) system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by (6) reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a p

26、rovision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might (7) undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our cultures decline in reading begin well before the (8) exis

27、tence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents (9) and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and

28、 (10) is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the American public.IV. READING (50%)Directions: There are three passages in this section. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each q

29、uestion.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:I came away from my years of teaching on tile college and university level with a conviction that enactment, performance, dramatization are the most successful forms of teaching. Students must be incorporated, made, so far as pos

30、sible, an integral part of the learning process. The notion that learning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greater part of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless the case. Of Ezekiel Cheever, the most famous schoolmaster of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, his onetime student Cotton Mather wrote that he so planned his lessons that his pupils “came to work as though they came to play,” and Alfred North Whitehead, almost three hundred years later, noted that a teacher should make his/her students “glad they were there.”Since,