招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题A卷.docx

1、招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题A卷2016年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（A卷）*学科、专业名称：外国语言文学 研究方向：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学考试科目名称：外语（英）水平考试 考试科目代码：706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。 Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,

2、B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.1. The Olympic Games were watched by _ billions of people around the world. A. virtually B. literally C. deliberately D. appropriately2. In a materialistic and _ society peoples interest seems to be

3、 focused solely on monetary pursuit. A. adaptive B. addictive C. acquisitive D. arrogant3. I found it difficult to _ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children. A. intensify B. reconcile C. consolidate D. amend4. Both dogs diet and structure are _ to those of the human being, and so i

4、t has been the subject of countless demonstrations and experiments. A. comparable B. comparative C. equal D. contrary5. We need one hundred more signatures before we take the _ to the governor. A. plea B. petition C. patent D. claim6. Due to sluggish market conditions, the factorys workforce has _ f

5、rom over 4000 to a few hundred. A. proclaimed B. dwindled C. repressed D. indulged7. Like most other American companies with a rigid _, workers and managers have strictly defined duties. A. vitality B. jurisdiction C. hierarchy D. bureaucracy8. It is required that during the process, great care has

6、to be taken to protect the _ silk from damage. A. sensitive B. sensible C. tender D. delicate9. Poverty and domestic violence make it easy for her to trust that bad things will happen and take this _ happiness away. A. adversary B. vulgar C. fragile D. superfluous10. The industry has pumped _ amount

7、s of money into political campaigns, making it less and less likely that politicians will deal with the issue sensibly. A. potential B. substantial C. massive D. traditional11. The university has sought to _ a special fund for physically disabled students. A. administer B. compliment C. perform D. i

8、nstitute12. Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into _ ones. A. tragic B. vulnerable C. turbulent D. suspicious13. Bad traveling conditions had seriously _ their progress to their destination in that region. A. tugged B. demolished C. hampered D.

9、destroyed14. When cooperating with the American specialists in the States, I _ myself of the opportunity to improve my English. A. availed B. allowed C. deprived D. indulged15. The structure of this animals brain gives no _ that it is any more intelligent than others. A. indication B. index C. hint

10、D. implication16. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than _ in the public mind today. A. exists B. exist C. existing D. existed17. He told us how he dealt with the self-interest of countries to bring them into a kind of international accord _ everyone seemed to

11、benefit. A. where B. which C. that D. what18. Rarely _ occur without a corresponding physical ailment. A. chronic mental fatigue B. is chronic mental fatigue C. does chronic mental fatigue D. chronic mental fatigue does19. Minoan civilization _ rapidly after a huge volcanic eruption; Crete was event

12、ually overrun with people from mainland Greece. A. declining B. declined C. was declined D. to decline20. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive _ avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens imposed by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans.A. but

13、 B. while C. and D. whereas21. Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements - usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen. They are different _ their elements are arranged differently. A. in that B. so that C. such that D. except that22. The individual TV viewer invar

14、iably senses that he or she is _ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience. A. everything except B. anything but C. no less than D. nothing more than23. Annic Jump Cannon, _ discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky”. A. a leading a

15、stronomer who B. who, as a leading astronomer, C. was a leading astronomer D. a leading astronomer, 24. Used only for wall surfaces that are exposed to view or require a decorative effect, _.A. the exactness in shape, size, and color of face brick B. face brick must be exact in shape, size, and colo

16、r C. must be face brick which is exact in shape, size and colorD. the shape, size, and color must be exact of face brick25. Nearly all trees contain a mix of polymers that can burn like petroleum _ properly extracted. A. after B. if C. when it D. is26. Playwright Lillian Hellmans dramas are marked b

17、y their intelligent and _.A. weaved tight plots B. plots are tightly woven C. tightly woven plots D. weaving of tight plots27. Even at low levels, _.A. the nervous system has produced detrimental effects by lead B. leads detrimental effects are producing the nervous system C. lead produces detriment

18、al effects on the nervous system D. the detrimental effects produced by lead on the nervous system28. When Jane fell off the bike, the other children _.A. were not able to help laughter B. could not help but laughing C. could not help laughing D. could not help to laugh29. Founded around 1075, the A

19、coma Pueblo is considered _ settlement in the United States.A. the oldest continuously occupied B. occupied continuously the oldest C. the oldest occupied continuously D. continuously the oldest occupied30. _ debate and discussion, opposing ideas are presented in an attempt to persuade people.A. Bot

20、h B. Although both C. That both D. In bothPart II. Proof-reading and Error Correction （10 points）Directions:Proofread the given passage as instructed. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the

21、passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrong wordUnderline the wrong and write the correct one in the blank provided on the answer sheet. For a missing wordMark the position of the missing word with a “” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided on the answe

22、r sheet. For an unnecessary word Cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided on the answer sheet. Some people say love makes the world go around. Others say it is not love; its money. Since the truth is that it is energy that makes the world go around. Energy i

23、s the currency of the ecological system and life becomes possible even when food is converted into energy, which in turn is used to seek more food to grow, to reproduce and to survive. In this cycle all life depends. It is fairly well known that wild animals survive from year to year by eating as ma

24、ny as they can during times of plenty, the summer and fall, storing the excess, usually in the form of fat, and then using these reserves of fat to survive during the hard time in winter when food is scarce. But it is probably less well known that even with their stored fat, wild animals spend less

25、energy to live in winter than in summer. A good case in point is white-tailed deer. Like most wildlife, deer reproduce, grow, and store fat in the summer and fall when there is plenty of nutritious food available. A physically mature female deer in the good condition who has conceived in November an

26、d was given birth to two fawns during the end of May and first part of June, must search for food for the necessary energy not only to meet her bodys needs but also to reproduce milk for her fawns. The best milk production occurs at the same time that new plant growth is available. This is good timi

27、ng, because milk production is an energy consuming processit requires a lot of food. The cost can be met unless the region has ample food resources.1. _2. _3. _4. _5. _6. _7. _8. _9. _10. _Part III. Cloze (20 points):Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. You are required to read

28、the passage and fill in each bank with a word from the word bank, and change the form where necessary. Do not use any of the words in the bank more than once. base reduce limit compare date represent synonymhomonym pronounce indicate proportionate restrict exceed varietycontrast approximate compose

29、symbol recombine exist varydevelop complicated majority minorityThe Chinese writing system is one of the oldest known written languages. Some of the earliest examples of ancient Chinese writing _1_ back to over 4000 years ago. The first characters to be developed were pictographs, or pictures of obj

30、ects. The symbol for “sun” looked like a sun, and the symbol for “tree” looked like a tree. When symbols for more _2_ concepts were needed, an _3_ character with the same pronunciation was used to _4_ the pronunciation of the word. The written language therefore _5_ according to the sound of the wor

31、ds, not just their meaning. There are some pictograph and ideograph characters, but about 90 per cent of characters have a phonetic element. Each character is _6_ of elements that can be recombined to form new words _7_ on its meaning or sound. For example, the element 木（tree）can be _8_ with other elements to form the word for “forest” (based on its me