历年考研英语及答案1993.docx

1、历年考研英语及答案19931993 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案1. The board deemed it urgent that these files _ right away.A. had to be printed B. should have been printedC. must be printed D. should be printed2. The local health organization is reported _ twenty-five years ago when Dr.Audon became its first president.A. t

2、o be set up B. being set upC. to have been set up D. having been set up3. The school board listened quietly as John read the demands that his followers_ for.A. be demonstrating B. demonstrateC. had been demonstrating D. have demonstrated4. Ted had told me that he always escapes _ as he has got a ver

3、y fast sportcar.A. to fine B. to be finedC. being fined D. having been fined5. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California,_ in San Francisco.A. previously B. predominantlyC. practically D. permanently6. Prof. Lees book will show you _ can be used in other contexts.A.

4、that you have observed B. that how you have observedC. how that you have observed D. how what you have obs4erved7. All fights _ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.A. were canceled B. had been canceledC. having canceled D. having been canceled8. The new secretary has written a rem

5、arkably _ report only in a few pagesbut with all the details.A. concise B. clear C. precise D. elaborate9. With prices _ so much, its hard for the company to plan a budget.A. fluctuating B. waving C. swinging D. vibrating10. Expert say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _ healthy.A. pre

6、serve B. stay C. maintain D. reserve11. Expected noises are usually more _ than unexpected ones of the likemagnitude.A. manageable B. controllable C. tolerable D. perceivable12. It isnt so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works_.A. above all B. in all C. at all D. after all13.

7、There is an incorrect assumption among scientists and medical people thateveryone agrees _ what constitutes a benefit to an individual.A. on B. with C. to D. in14. All the information we have collected in relation to that case _ verylittle.A. makes up for B. adds up to C. comes up with D. puts up wi

8、th15. A really powerful speaker can _ the feelings of the audience to the feverof excitement.A. work out B. work over C. work at D. work up16. Before the students set off, they spent much time setting a limit _ theexpenses of the trip.A. to B. about C. in D. for17. According to the psychoanalyst Sig

9、mund Freud, wisdom comes form the_ of maturity.A. fulfillment B. achievement C. establishment D. accomplishment18. From the tears in Nedras eyes we can deduce that something sad _.A. must have occurred B. would have occurredC. might be occurring D. should occur19. You can arrive in Beijing earlier f

10、or the meeting _ you dont mind takingthe night train.A. provided B. unless C. though D. until20. Hardly a month goes by without _ of another survey revealing new depthsof scientific among U.S. citizens.A. words B. a word C. the word D. word21. If you _ Jerry Brown until recently, youd think the phot

11、ograph on theright was strange.A. shouldnt contact B. didnt contactC. werent to contact D. hadnt contacted22. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which_ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they aremature.A. deprives B. restricts C. rejects D. den

12、ies23. I must go now. _ , if you want that book Ill bring it next time.A. Incidentally B. Accidentally C. Occasionally D. Subsequently24. There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, _ theycan limit how much water you drink.A. much more than B. no more than C. no less than D. any

13、more than25. Though _ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record ,the plain facts of small-town life.A. raised B. grown C. developed D. cultivated26. Most electronic devices of this kind, _ manufactured for such purposes ,are tightly packed.A. that are B. as are C. which is D. it

14、 is27. As for the winter, it is inconvenient to be cold, with most of _ furnace fuelis allowed saved for the dawn.A. what B. that C. which D. such28. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is nota mysterious _ without scientific basic.A. process B. practice C. proced

15、ure D. program29. We cannot always _ the wind, so new windmills should be so designedthat they can also be driven by water.A. hang on B. count on C, hold on D. come on30. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _ of vegetablesin the coming days.A. rarity B. scarcity C. invalidity D. v

16、ariety. Each of the passages below is followed by some quetions. For each questionthere are fouranswers marked A,B,C, and D. Read the passages carefully and choose theanswer to each ofthe questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening thecorrespondingletter in the brackets. (30 p

17、oints)1Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a criticalperiod of lifecan be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick in the thirteenthcentury, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child wouldspeak if he heard nomother tongue, he tol

18、d the nurses to keep silent.All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack oflanguagehere. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in thefirst year of lifeespecially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.Today no such severe lack exists

19、 as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless,some childrenare still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the motheris insensitive tothe signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly.If these sensitiveperiods are neglected , the ideal time for acqui

20、ring skills passes and they mightnever be learned soeasily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time, but theprocess is slow andhard once the critical stage has passed.Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at aconstant age, butthere are cases

21、where speech has started late in a child who eventuaLly turnsout to be of high IQ.At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve monthshe can speak simplewords and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has avocabulary of three tofifty words. At three he knows about

22、l ,000 words which he can put intosentences, and at fourhis language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar.Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak.What is specialabout mans brain, compared with that of the monkey, if the complex systemwhich

23、enables achild to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattemtoy-bear . Andeven more incredible is the young brain s ability to pick out an order in languagefrom the mixtureof sound around him, to analyse, to combine and recombine the parts of alanguage in new ways.But speec

24、h has to be induced, and this depends on interaction between themother and thechild , where the mother recognizes the signals in the child s babbling ( 咿呀学语) , grasping andsmiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dullsthe interactionbecause the child gets discourag

25、ed and sends out only the obvious signals.Sensitivity to thechild s non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development oflanguage.31 . The purpose of Frederick IIs experiment was_A. to prove that children are born with the ability to speakB. to discover what language a child would speak w

26、ithout hearing any humanspeechC. to find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speakD. to prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language32. The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that_A. they are incapable of learning language ra

27、pidlyB. they are exposed to too much language at onceC. their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speakD. their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them33 . What is exceptionally remarkable about a child is thatA. he is born with the capacity to speakB. he has a brain more compl

28、ex than an animalsC. he can produce his own sentencesD. he owes his speech ability to good nursing34. Which of the fonowing can NOT be inferred from the passage?A. The faculty of speech is inborn in man.B. Encouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning.C. The child s brain i

29、s highly selective.D. Most children learn their language in definite stages.35. If a child starts to speak later than others, he willA. have a high IQB. be less intelligentC. be insensitive to verbal signalsD. not necessarily be backward2In general , our society is becoming one of giant enterprises

30、directed by abureaucratic ( 官僚主义的)management in which man becomes a small ,well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oilingis done with higher wages, well-ventilated factories and piped music, and bypsychologists andhuman-relations experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that manhas become p

31、owerless,that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he isbored with it. In fact ,the blue-and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets whodance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management .The worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might findthemselves out of ajob; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any realsatisfaction or interest inlife. They live and die without ever having confronted th