广外考研英语水平测试及答案.docx

1、广外考研英语水平测试及答案广外考研 2005 英语水平测试及答案广东外语外贸大学 2005年研究生入学考试英语专业水平考试试题I.Cloze (30 points, 1 point for each)Read the following passage and choose a proper word from the Word List to fill in each of the blanks in the passage. Each word can be used only once. Write the words you choose for each blank on YOUR

2、ANSWER SHEET in the following way:ExampleI.Cloze1. paper 2. continu ously 3. Now, do the Cloze.WORD LISTstay form fictional there Begun classicsnovel whose published of One relatedaway In After When with mostdisliked until hide aboard destroying againstBut then finished who Rebellion onMost of Mark

3、Twain s books bubbled out 1 him like water out of a fountain.2 of his gifts was the capacity to take a scene and fill it 3 every sparklingdetail of nature and of human action, to put in every spoken word and accompanying gesture, and to slowly exaggerate the successive moments 4 the whole episoderea

4、ched a climax of joyous, sidesplitting laughter. 5 he had trouble weaving hisincidents into meaningful plot patterns. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, MarkTwains masterpiece, came into _6 slowly. 7 in 1876, immediately after hehad dashed off The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, he wrote 400 manuscript p

5、agesquickly and 8 stalled; in disgust he meditated 9 the work. _10 the winterof 1879-1880 he penned further sections; again the spark of enthusiasm died. _11taking a journey down the Mississippi River in April, 1882, he quickly completed Lifton the Mississippi (1883) and with unabated zest 12 the no

6、vel. The trip hadreawakened his boyhood memories and suggested new episodes; the two books became 13 , the weaker travel account serving as scaffolding for the great edifice. _14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was 15 in 1884, it met a mixedreception. A Brooklyn lady protested 16 its presence in

7、thechildren s room of thepublic library; the librarian reshelved the volume in the adult areato 17 Huck sand Tom s mischievous and deceitful practices which made thempoor examples for youth. II Today the novel is among the world s 18 andvies with NathanielHawthorne s The Scarlet Letter (1850) for th

8、e position ofAmerican s _19 artisticwork of fiction.The reader is reminded at the outset that in 1850 Huck Finn had been a playmate of Tom Sawyer in St. Petersburg, Missouri, the 20 name of Mark Twain s nativevillage of Hannibal. For three months Huck had lived with the lady21 life he hadsaved, the

9、Widow Douglas, fair, smart, and forty I ; her hill mansion was the only palace in the town, and t he most hospitable andmuch the most lavish in the matter of festivities I that the town couldboast. The lad 22 had run away from elegancewas again a candidate for the major role in a rags-to-riches tale

10、.Huck wanted it otherwise. Like Tom, whose name turns up throughout the _23 . Huck wantedadventure. For six months Huck endured starched clothes and virtual imprisonment within the mansion. When Pap returned on April 1 and took Huck 24 from theWidow, Huck came to prefer his slovenly island home. 25

11、against Paps crueltyled Huck to pla n his own murder II and to decamp about two mon thslater. He discovered Jim 26 June 4 and started the rafting trip down the river on June 22. On July 7 he reached the Grangerfords and stayed _27 about a month. On Augustthe raft; their shenanigans ended at Pikevill

12、e 10 the Duke and Dauphin came 28on September 18. The 29 at Aunt Sally s lasted twenty -six days,until October 15.Then Huck decided to light out for Indian Territory and forever depart from a civilization I that he 30 .II.Proofreading and Error Correction (30 points, 2 points for each)The following

13、passage contains fifteen errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. Correct the errors and write the answers on YOUR ANSWER SHEET in the following way:For a wrong word, write the correct one on Your Answer Sheet.For a missing word, write the

14、 missing word with a I sign beforeit on Your Answer ,Sheet.For an unnecessary word, write the unnecessary word with a deleting line on it on YourAnswer Sheet.ExampleWhen art museum wants a new exhibit, it 31. ,never buys things in finished form and hangs 32. them on the wall. When a natural history

15、museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it. 33. Write on your Answer Sheet:II.Proofreading and Error Correction31. an 32. never 33. exhibit ,Now, do the Proofreading and Error Correction.Scientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the world average air temperature. In order to pr

16、ove that theory, 31 _ ecologists have turned to historical datum in relation to 32 _ especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes affect weather changes that are similar to air pollution. 33_One source of informations is the effect of the eruption 34_ of Tambora, a volcano in Sumb

17、awa, the Dutch East Indies, in April 1815. The largest recorded volcano eruption, Tambora 35_ threw 150 million tons of fine ash into the stratosphere. The ash from a volcano spreads around worldwide in a few days 36 _ or remains in the air for years. Its effect is to turn incoming 37 _ solar radiat

18、ion into the space and thus cool the earth. For 38_ example, records of weather in England shows that between 39 _ April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen 4.5: F. During the next twenty-four months, England sufferedone of the coldest periods of their history. Farmers records40_fr

19、om April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases at crop and 41_ livestock markets. Since there was a time lag of several years between cause and effect, by the time the world agricultural commodity community had deteriorated, no one realizes the 42_

20、cause.Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. Theever-present possibility of volcanic eruptions, such as those43_of Mt. St. Helens in Washington, added man s pollution of 44_the atmosphere with oil, gas, coal, and other pollutingsubstances, may bring us increasingly colder weather. 45_S

21、cientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the worlds average air temperature. In orderto prove that theory, ecologists have turned to historical data in relation to especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes affect weather change that are similar to air polluiton.On

22、e source of information is the effect of the eruption of Tambora, a volcano in Sumbawa, the Dutch East Indias, in April 1815. The largestrecorded volcanic eruption, Tambora threw 150 million tons of fine ash into the stratosphere（ 平流层 ）. The ash from a volcano spreads worldwidein a few days and rema

23、ins in the air for years. Its effect is toturn incoming solar radiation intospace and thus cool the earth. For example, records of weather inEngland show that between April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen 4.5 . During the next twenty four months, England suffered one of the col

24、dest periods of its history. Farmers records from April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases in crop and livestock markets. Since there was a time lag（ 滞后） of several years between cause andeffect, by the time the world agricultural commodity comm

25、unity had deteriorated, no one realized the cause.Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. The ever present possibility ofvolcanic eruptions, such as that of Mr. St. Helens in Washington, added to mans pollution of the atmosphere with oil, gas, coal, and other polluting substances, may b

26、ring us increasingly colder weather.III.Gap-filling （30points, 2 points for each）Fill in the following banks with the correct words and the correct forms of the words given according the meanings of the sentences. Write the answers on YOUR ANSWER SHEET in the following way:Example46.prolong, refuse,

27、 delay, postpone, lengthenI hope the of the appointment will not cause you muchinconvenience.Write on your Answer Sheet:III.Gap-filling46. postp on eme nt 47. 48.Now, do the Gap-filling.46.affect, influence, effect, impactWe have tried our best to a reconciliation between the twoparties.47.attain, a

28、cquire, obtain, gain, secure, procureChrysler, including sales of newly American Motors,delivered 1.01million cars, down 17.7 percent and amounting to 9.6 percent of the market.48.ensure, assure, guaranteeThe Labor Department issued guidelines to equal jobopportunities forwomen on work paid for by f

29、ederal funds.49.ability, capability, competence, capacity, aptitudeResearchers using the new measuring technique found the skull to have a of only about 515 cubic centimeters (about 31 cubic inches).50.take part in, attend, participate in, enter for, joinTo the amazement of the organizing committee,

30、 so many professional singers the singing competition to be held next month.51.insist on, persist in, stick/adhere to, persevere inDue to the bankruptcy of the company, they failed to theoriginalagreement.52.stable, secure, steady, firm, durablePolitical and wars in many sub-Saharan countries have a

31、lsocontributedto poverty. As a result of such factors, the number of people living in extremepoverty in sub-Saharan Africa grew from 217 million in 1987 to more than 300million in 1998.53.manager, director, headmaster, proprietor, governorAs one of the four of the company, he often had to attendBoar

32、dmeetings.54.permit, allow, approve, accept, consent, endorseEligible paper, as defined in 1951, is a negotiable note, draft, or bill bearing the of the member bank, the proceeds of which have been or are to be usedin producing, purchasing, carrying, or marketing goods in one or more steps ofthe process of production, m