西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题(基础英语)
Vocabulary and sentence structure
Section a directions: this section consists of 30 incomplete sentences. Each sentience is followed by four words or phrases. Select the best one to complete the sentence by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.(15 points)
1. to our delight she quickly____herself____the situation.
a.adapted/with b.adapted/to c.adopted/of d.adopted/into
2.the portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel. That man____prince henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.
a.is b.was c.being d.had
3.”l don’t think professor jones meant to be funny this morning do you?””no, although l couldn’t help____at some of his remarks.”
a.from laughing b.but laugh c.to have laughed d.to laugh
4.”what did the police chief do after the report?”
“he ordered that parking___on main street during the rush hour”
A. be prohibiting b.is prohibited c.be prohiboted d.was prohibited
5.some insects pass through their entire life oycles, from egg to adult___days or weeks.
a.in a matter of b.in case of c.based on d.in time for
6.duncairn, a castle built in the twelfth century on the westem coast of scotland, is___a few feet high.
a.nearly more than b.almost more than c.just as much as d.hardly more than
7.although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are certainly___.
a.imaginsry b.imaginable c.imaginative d.imagining
8.just as too much harmony is tiresome in music,____
a.the life of too many benefits annoys us
b.so,in life ,too many benefits annoy us
c.we are annoyed with lives also of too many benefits
d.a lot of benefits annoy us in life
9.ann said,”english men____good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in a house.”
a.be b.do c.make d,get
10.nelther jone nor her brothers____a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip
a.need b.needs c.needing d.has need
11.if mr.wang_____to leam more english, he would not have bought this book yesterday.
a.shouldn’t need b.hasn’t needed c.hadn’t needed d.didn’t need
12.”how about john?’
“my uncle____a good student,”
a.thinks of him b.knows of him c.considers him d.believes him
13.never again___polltical office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency
a.alfred e. smith seriously sought
b.seriously alfred e.smith souht
c.when did alfred e.smith seriously seek
d.did alfred e.smith seriously seek
14.they noticed a crowd of people in front of the madeleine____
a.shouting and cheering b.to shout and cheer
c.to be shouting and cheering d.being shouted and cheered
15.”why is the university doing so much building?”
“the number of students____.”
a.have increased so rapidly b.have increased so rapid
c.has increased so rapid d.has increased so rapidly
16.my car is none_____for the accident.
a.the bad b.the worse c.enough worse d.much worse
17.’why should l try larry and kevin’s pickles?”
“because___the best.”
a.his are b.theirs are c.theirs is d.his is
18.it was___he arrived at the station___he realized he had forgotten his ticket
a.not until/then b.until/that c.not until/that d.not until/when
19.george entered the box and picked up one of the directories inside,___that someone unknown had tom out the very page he needed.
a.only to discover b.discovered c.to discover d.only discovering
20.the prison riot was___
a.brought about by the guards, whose severity was an extreme
b.originated from the extreme guard severity
c.blamed on the guards, whose harshness caused it to originare
d.attributed to the unnecessary roughness of the guards
21.whom___mr.smith saw in the college yesterday?
a.it was that b.is it that c.was it that d.is it whom
22.the hawaiian coastline is bordered by many coral reefs. Some living but___dead.
A.most of them b.other are c.most of their d.the rest are being
23.you must obtain___from the govemment to fish in this river.
a.permit b.right c.freedom d.permission
24.”did your club dance tum out well?”
“yes. We made a___profit.
a.five-hundred-dollar b.five-hundred-dollars
c.five-hundreds-dollar d.five-hundreds-dollars
25.the project requires more labor than___because it is extremely difficult
a.has been put in b.have been put in c.being put in d.to be put in
26.”what does canada export?”
“large quantities of wheat___sent abroad,”
a.is b.have c.are d.is being
27.we are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style___in a personal one.
a.other than b.better than c.less than d.rather than
28.:it was___that we had bone for a walk.”
a.so beautiful day b.such beautiful a night
c.such a beautiful weather d.so beautiful a night
29.the wealth of a country should be measured___the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
a.in line with b.in regard with c.in terms of d.by means of
30.why____? It’s not very important.
a.to worry b.worry c.you are worried d.you worry
section b direcions: supply the correct form of the word in italics for the blank space in each sentence. Write your answer after the corresponding question number on vour answer sheet (10 poinls)
31. continue the successful___of this project depends upon hard work.
32. argument ___people are seldom desirable as companions.
33. respect they always respond to the teacher___
34. miserable doctors work hard to relieve human___
35. advantage having so much experience, you are in a very____position
36. aggravation new york’s hot weather is often___by its humidity.
37. entangle the fly became___in the spider’s web.
38. visible the plane could not land because the____was pocr.
39. deform better food has reduced the number of children born with____
40. inhabit the____of that country speak english.
ll. reading skills and comprehension
section a reading skills(10 points)
skill 1: ldentifying the main idea
directions: read the following passage and pick out the statement that best summarices what the author has said by blackening the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet.
Upc. These letters do not stand for a new government agency, a new chemical or a new football league. They are shorthand for “universal product code.” Supermarket shoppers across the nation are seeing the upc symbol on the packages of all kinds of products. From food to paper towels to detergents to over-the counter (nonprescription) drugs. The symbol consists of many closely spaced lines. And numbers and will be popping up on more and more items as time goes by. The lines and bars in the code symbol are unique to that product and can be read by a computer.
41.the best summary statement is:
a.upc is new way to mark prices on products across the nation
b.as time goes by more supermarkets will use upc for their items
c.supermarket shoppers across the nation can see upc on the packages of all kinds of products
d.upc is a product code that consists of lines and bars that can be read by a computer.
Skill2: judging the importance of details
Directions: to be ejective reader. You must be able to tell important from unimportant details. Read the following passages in which details are marked by a), b), c)and d). decide which of the marked details is the most important by blackening the corresponding letter after the question number on your answer sheet:
42.a) in 1978 a federal law was passed to prohibit abusive. Deceptive or unfair practices by debt collectors b) this law was designed to help consumers, c) it provides new rights under the law for consumers who owe money. D) some people never have to deal with debt collectors: this law was designed to help those who do
43.a) French psychologist Alfred Binet was asked by the French government: to develop a test that would help find out which school children were not intelligent enough to profit from regular schooling b) binet thought that intelligence should be measured by tests that required problems solving and reasoning. C) binet: did a great deal of research with children of various ages d) as a result of his work. Binet developed the concept of the lq. Or intelligence quotient. Which is the basis for much modern intelligence testing.
Skill 3: guessing the meaning of a new word in context
Directions: to be an effective reader you must also be able to hypothesize about the meaning of a new word or expression according to its context. Read the following passage and write out the meaning of the underlined word in the space after the question number on your answer sheet.
“give one tiny measure of this magic love potion to the young lady-its flavor is imperceptible in orange juice, soup. Or cocktails-and however gay and giddy she is she will change altogether she will want nothing but solitude and you,” said the old man, reaching for the bottle.
“l can hardly imagine Diana like that!” cried Alan overwhelmed with joy
“you will not have to use your imagination,” said the old man. “and by the way since there are always sirens if by any chance you should. Later on. Slip a little, you need not worry, she will forgive you. In the end she will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you—in the end.”
44. in this context potion most probably means_________
45. in this context, siren most probably means______________
Section b reading comprehension (15 points)
Directions: read the following passage first and then do the close test based on it fill in each space an appropriate word deginning with the given letter write the word after the question number on your answer sheet
Two events this week one in Britain and one in the United States. Highlight the way developments in biotechnology are an increasing force in the financial world. One is the formation of a new British company, Cambridge life sciences.
With s 1m backing from technical development capital it joins the list of highly specialized firms whose future depends on the ingenuity of a still-small band of scientists who have learnt how to rearrange the genetic code of micro-organisms and of plant and animal cells these may then become living factories that manufacture substances ranging from antibiotics and vitamins to synthetic petrol and substitute foodstuffs.
Cloze test
The ______in which the financial world is being increasingly_______by developments in biotechnology is illuminated by two recent events on _________side of the atlantics
The ______of Cambridge life sciences in Britain is one of them.
Financial______from technical development capital has______it to become one of a _______number of higly-specialized companies which relies on ______soientitic research into the genetic______of organisms and cells.
This research may lead to these companies being able to _____antibiotics vitamins synthetic petrol and substitute foodstuffs.