考研真题及解析.docx

1、考研真题及解析2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题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)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printin

2、g in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 1 . As was discussed before, it was not 2 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic_ 3 _ ，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical. It was during the same time that the commu

3、nications revolution 5 up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading 6 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures 7 the 20th century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that Process in 8 . It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, 9

4、, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, 10 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 11 its impact on the media was not immediately 12 . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal

5、” too, as well as 13 , with display becoming sharper and storage 14 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 15 generations, with the distance between generations much 16 . It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the 17 within whic

6、h we now live. The communications revolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 19 view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed 20 “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have pro

7、ved difficult.1. Abetween Bbefore Csince Dlater2. Aafter Bby Cduring Duntil3. Ameans Bmethod Cmedium Dmeasure4. Aprocess Bcompany Clight Dform5. Agathered Bspeeded Cworked Dpicked6. Aon Bout Cover Doff7. Aof Bfor Cbeyond Dinto8. Aconcept Bdimension Ceffect Dperspective9. Aindeed Bhence Chowever Dthe

8、refore10. Abrought Bfollowed Cstimulated Dcharacterized11. Aunless Bsince Clest Dalthough12. Aapparent Bdesirable Cnegative Dplausible13. Ainstitutional Buniversal Cfundamental Dinstrumental14. Aability Bcapability Ccapacity Dfaculty15. Aby means of Bin terms of Cwith regard toDin line with16. Adeep

9、er Bfewer Cnearer Dsmaller17. Acontext Brange Cscope Dterritory18. Aregarded Bimpressed Cinfluenced Deffected19. Acompetitive Bcontroversial Cdistracting Dirrational20. Aabove Bupon Cagainst DwithSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions bel

10、ow 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 shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you a

11、re 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 to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you ar

12、e 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 shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonde

13、rful 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 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 him

14、self. “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 will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be appropriate

15、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 resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if

16、 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 apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which

17、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 often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you dont succeed, give up” or a play o

18、n words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatement. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.21. To make your humor work, you should .A take advantage of different kinds of audienceB make fun of the disorganized peopleC

19、 address different problems to different peopleD show sympathy for your listeners22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are .A impolite to new arrivalsB very conscious of their godlike roleC entitled to some privilegesD very busy even during lunch hours23. It can be inf

20、erred from the text that public services .A have benefited many peopleB are the focus of public attentionC are an inappropriate subject for humorD have often been the laughing stock24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered .A in well-worded languageB as awkwardly as pos

21、sibleC in exaggerated statementsD as casually as possible25. The best title for the text may be .A Use Humor EffectivelyB Various Kinds of HumorC Add Humor to SpeechD Different Humor StrategiesText 2Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that

22、 is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in roboticsthe science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.As a result, the modern worl

23、d 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 rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the tra

24、nsaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracyfar greater precision than highly ski

25、lled 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 supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselvesgoals that pose a real challenge. “While we know how to tell a robot t

26、o 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 dynamic world.” Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the

27、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 lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human br

28、ains roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talentedand human perception far more complicatedthan previously imagined. They have built robots 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 glimp

29、se a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the 98 percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side of a winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer systems on Earth cant approach that kind of ability, and neuro

30、scientists still dont know quite how we do it. 26. Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in .A the use of machines to produce science fiction.B the wide use of machines in manufacturing industry.C the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work.D the elites cunning tackling of dangerous

31、 and boring work.27. The word “gizmos” (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means . A programsB experts C devices D creatures28. According to the text, what is beyond mans ability now is to design a robot that can . A fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surgery.B interact with human beings verbally. C have a little common sense. D respond independently to a changing world.29. Besides reducing human labor, robots can also . A make a few decisions for themselves.B deal with some errors with human intervention. C improve factory environments.