1997-2012考研历年英语试题(20)

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1997-2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题答案

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[B] Rise [C] V-shape [D] Zigzag

18. What do people nowadays desire to do concerning their marriage? [A] To embrace changes of thought.

[B] To adapt to the disintegrated family life.

[C] To return to the practice in the 60s and 70s. [D] To create stability in their lives.

19. Why did some people choose not to divorce 20 years ago? [A] They feared the complicated procedures. [B] They wanted to go against the trend. [C] They were afraid of losing face. [D] they were willing to stay together.

20. Years ago a divorced man in a company would have. [A] been shifted around the country. [B] had difficulty being promoted. [C] enjoyed a happier life.

[D] tasted little bitterness of disgrace.

You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.

THIS IS THE END OF SECTION I

DO NOT READ OR WORK ON THE NEXT SECTION UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO CONTINUE 全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 (二)

National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (2002) 考生注意事项 1. 考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则，得到监考人员指令后方可开始答题。 2. 全国硕士研究生入学考试英语分为试题 (一) 、试题 (二) 。 3. 本试题为试题 (二)，共11页(5～15页)，含有英语知识运用、阅读理解、写作三个部分。英语知识运用、阅读理解A节的答案必须用2B铅笔按要求直接填涂在答题卡1上，如要改动，必须用橡皮擦干净。阅读理解B节和写作部分必须用蓝 (黑) 圆珠笔在答题卡2上答题，注意字迹清楚。 4. 考试结束后，考生应将答题卡1、答题卡2一并装入原试卷袋中，将试题 (一)、试题 (二) 交给监考人员。 Section II: Use of English Directions:

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 printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened __21__. As was discussed before, it was not __22__ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic __23__, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the __24__ ofthe railway, and telegraph, the motion pictures the motor It is generally recognized, __29__, that the introduction of20th century, __30__ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, __31__ its impact on the media was not immediately __32__. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became ―personal‖ too, as well as __33__, with display becoming sharper and storage __34__ increasing. They were thought of, like people, __35__ generations, with the distance between generations much __36__.

It was within the computer age that the term ―information society‖ began to be widely used to describe the __37__ within which we now live. The communications revolution has __38__ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been __39__ view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. ―Benefits‖ have been weighed __40__ ―harmful‖ outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult. 21. [A] between [B] before [C] since [D] later

22. [A] after [B] by [C] during [D] until

23. [A] means [B] method [C] medium [D] measure

24. [A] process [B] company [C] light [D] form

25. [A] gathered [B] speeded [C] worked [D] picked 26. [A] on [B] out [C] over [D] off

27. [A] of [B] for [C] beyond [D] into

28. [A] concept

[B] dimension [C] effect

[D] perspective 29. [A] indeed [B] hence [C] however [D] therefore

30. [A] brought [B] followed [C] stimulated [D] characterized 31. [A] unless [B] since [C] lest

[D] although

32. [A] apparent [B] desirable [C] negative [D] plausible

33. [A] institutional [B] universal [C] fundamental [D] instrumental 34. [A] ability [B] capability [C] capacity [D] faculty

35. [A] by means of [B] in terms of [C] with regard to [D] in line with 36. [A] deeper [B] fewer [C] nearer [D] smaller

37. [A] context [B] range [C] scope [D] territory

38. [A] regarded [B] impressed [C] influenced [D] effected

39. [A] competitive [B] upon [C] against [D] with

Section III: Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D] Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1

If 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 are 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 are 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 wonderful 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 himself. ―Who is that?‖ the new arrival asked St. Peter. ―Oh, that‘s God,‖ came the reply, ―but sometimes he thinks he‘s 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 it‘ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman‘s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn‘t 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 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 it‘s the delivery which 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 don‘t succeed, give up‖ or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor. 41. To make your humor work, you should ________. [A] take advantage of different kinds of audience