西安交通大学综合英语考试题.doc

20052006学年 第1学期西安交通大学研究生综合英语(I)期末考试试题(b)姓名学 号英语班号考场所在院系考试日期2006年1月5日Part I Vocabulary (20 points)Direction: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. My father was diagnosed as emphysema and was advised to from alcohol and cigarettes. A abstainB obtain C avoid D prevent2. A large number of old men and women are with rheumatism in this bleak northern part of the world.A sufferingB afflicted C troubled D bother3. The boy is such a good violinist that he will probably make quite a for himself.A starB name C credit D character4. The Iraq force was under the attack of the U.S.A armys bombing.A abolishedB disappeared C annihilated D triumphed5. A study shows that is a serious psychological disease that is affecting many college students life.A maniaB selfish C autism D egocentricity6. Nuclear weapons might like tumors in humans body to destroy the whole human being.A grewB proliferate C extend D erupts7. Just when her life was going well, Jane was by a devastating illness.A attackB fallen C blindsided D surprised8. It is reported that many companies are operating in that province.A falseB bogus C bad D fake9. Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is the trend of recession. A againstB following C bucking D enhanced10. The war completely the whole nations industries as well as agriculture.A crampedB crimpled C crippled D lowered11. It had been a/an according to Aristotle that a heavy object falls faster than the light one from the same height, but Galileo overthrew it. A definitionB utterance C clincher D law12. Marys granny is good at making .A picturesB colleges C collages D paintings.13. The government made a budget to the educational expenditure for the purpose to strengthen their arms.A curtailB limit C condense D concentrate14. The sculpture toward the far end of the sea as if he is waiting for the crew to come back.A cravesB spots C watches D contemplates15. Nearly every Chinese student has asked his or her English teacher for cutting of mastering English.A cornerB short C near D close16. The fact cannot prevent every womans pursuit for youth.A olderB disable C senility D decrepit17. “Charity those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it, ” George Sand said.A degradesB demises C depresses D deregulates18. They have collected a large number of evidence needed to convict.A discreteB concrete C specific D separate19. Although he has been over thirties, he is still by fairy tales like a child.A addictedB interested C enjoyful D entranced 20. The thief himself behind his newspaper from time to time while the reporter interviewed him.A protectedB revealed C entrenched D covered21. The living cost and education fee prevent many young couples from planning to give birth to a baby.A hugeB exorbitant C outrageous D increasing22. She is not usually good at table tennis; that winning stroke was a .A luckyB accident C chance D fluke23. The boss was really a fool by using a safety lock.A easyB foolproof C effective D solid24. Many people have the experience of a future case in their dream.AforeshadowingB prefigure C indicating D implying25. The white horse into the first place within seconds to go and we relieved a sigh.A fledB eloped C hurried D forged26. It is a troublesome and heavy work to make fitment of a house and the most one is to the floor.A buildB instruct C resurface D infrastructure27. All human being hopes justices will , but the fact is always against the wish.A popularB conquer C prevail D prevalence28. The two weavers talked about the cloth in a language while the minister was pretending to see it.A praiseB boast C hyperbolic D brag29. In recent years the kindergarten teachers have complained a lot about the of children.A intolerance B overactivity C hyperactivity D fantasy30 Once the of the skin was damaged, usually there will be a scar left on the surface after healing up.A deepstructureB lowest C layer Dinfrastructure31. The doctor paid to his nurses by praising their work.A giftsB presents C tribute D contribution32. The singer have a examined his dog to see what is wrong with him these days.A doctorB veterinary C surgeon D pediatrist33. The paintings of Paul Czanne the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.A presentedB predicated C prefigured D forthcome34. The political authority force the old man to sign a/an never to reveal the secret.A promiseB word C pledge D oath35. The examiner let us show our in order to be admitted to the test center.A certificateB identification C passport D testimonial 36. Everyone marveled his courage to fight against the monster.A inB at C from D on37. The movie depicted peoples emotion when they might have lost their good past happy time.A nostalgiaB sorrow C sad D regretful38. When we got to the cinema, the movie was to the close.A reducing B going C waningD wax39. Our thinking is by our historical myths.A soakedB permeated C pervaded D presented40. Every mother is anxious to some degree while waiting for the new life. A waitingB pinching C expectant D eagerPart II Error Identification (20 points)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.For Example: A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition which they saw. A B C D on the answer sheet: A B C D41. When a spinning ball bounces, some of the energy contained in its rotation can transfer to its A B C energy of forward motion. D42. The irritable sergeant was insistent that nothing supersedes the drilling of the forty new men. A B C D43. When Edison died, it was proposed that the American people turned off all power in theirA B Chomes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. D44. A four-year study by the Infant testing Center suggests that babies feel more comfortably A B Caround other babies than with adults. D45. Most of us are of the opinion that this set of training program is among the wisest devised ones A B Cwe have seen so far. D46. They pointed out the damage which they supposed that had been done by last nights storm. A B C D47. Because of the recent accidents, our parents forbid my brother and me from swimming in the A B river unless someone agrees to watch over us. C D48. A great many teachers firmly believe that English is one of the poorest-taught subjects in high A B Cschools at present. D49. In this way these insects show an efficient use of their sound-produced ability, organizing two A Bsounds delivered at a high rate as one call. C D50. I thought the technician was to blame for the blowing of the fuse, but I see now how I was A B C Dmistaken.51. The recession of the 1970s underscore some of the basic problems of contemporary American A B C Dsociety.52. For him to be re-elected, what is essential is not that his policy works, but that the public A B Cbelieve that it is. D53. As far as I am concerned, his politics are rather conservative compared with other politicians. A B C D54. Id say whenever you are going after something that is belonging to you, anyone who A Bis depriving you of the right to have it is criminal. C D55. On the whole, ambitious students are much likely to succeed in their studies than are those A B Cwith little ambition. D56. Despite much research, there are still certain elements in the life cycle of the insect that is not A B Cfully understood. D57. In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism A Bthen he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew. C D 58. The data received from the two spacecrafts whirling around Mars indicate that there is much A B Cevidence that huge thunderstorms are occurring about the equator of the planet. D59. Generally speaking, the bird flying across our path is observed, and the one staying on the tree A Bnear at hand is passed by without any notice taking of it. C D60. Mercurys velocity is so much greater than the Earths that it completes more than four A Brevolutions around the Sun in the time that takes the Earth to complete one. C DPart Reading comprehension (40 points)Direction: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Of each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Question 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say about their school experience. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, Never was so dull a boy. Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach. As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformityand stubbornness (and Yeatss level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to conflicts with teachers.When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.61. The main point the author is making about schools is that_.A they should enroll as many gifted students as possibleB they should organize their classes according to the students abilityC they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented studentsD they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds62. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmiths teachers _.A to show how poor Olivers performance was at schoolB to illustrate the strong will of some gifted childrenC to explain how dull students can also be successfulDto provide support for his argument63. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who_.A could not cope with their studies at school successfullyB paid no attention to their teachers in classC contradicted their teachers much too oftenD behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers64. Many gifted people attributed their success _.A less to their systematic education than to their talentB mainly to parental help and their education at homeC both to school instruction and to their parents coachingD more to their parents encouragement than to school training65. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that _.A they were seldom praised by their teachersB school courses failed to inspire or motivate themC their nonconformity brought them a lot of troubleD teachers were usually far stricter than their parentsPassage 2Question 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:Its hardly new that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, its become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were here on expired visas. Thats been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome.But this laxness toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U.S.A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stop watch-listed terrorists at the border.But whats really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once theyre here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required t