西交大综合英语2008年考题.doc

20072008学年 第2学期西安交通大学研究生综合英语(II)期末考试试题(a)姓名学 号英语班号考场所在院系考试日期2008 年7 月7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. The new subway project will greatly the journey to all parts of the city.A surviveB facilitate C subsidize D extend2. Can you _ these letters on the edge of the paper by correction fluid?A protrudeB scaleC obliterateD perceive3. How can you your rude behavior towards your parents who love you so much?A testifyB unify C defy D justify4. He was afraid that if he mentioned the matter it would _ his family, so he kept it secret.A complicateB implicate C replicate D duplicate5. The government decided to _ a protective tariff on foreign cars.A impactB improve C impose D impress6. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may _ material injury from external annoyance.A defyB devote C decay D defer7. If profits should in any field of production, the resulting increase in output would cause price declines.A shroudB shepherd C emit D emerge8. In South Africa, the notorious between the dominant minority white and oppressed majority black always triggers the social upheaval. A animosityB gaiety C immensity D luminosity9. The new government is now making great efforts to the policy of helping the unemployed which it has promised in the televised speech.A implementB compliment C imply D comply10. Imagination and of a manager will help make the business a success.A motivationB innovation C reverberation D intervention11. She continued to work in a(n) _ spirit in spite of all difficulties.A culpableB blithe C catatonic D abstruse12. Last year big floods hit many cities in this country because of the rainfall.A unexpectedB unimagined C unprecedented D unaccepted13. If we were not to enforce the newspapers promises of confidentiality, confidential sources would have no legal recourse against reporters or editors.A unsuitableB unreasonable C inexperienced D unscrupulous14. The personnel of organs of state must accept _ by the masses.A supervisionB surveillance C administration D management15. They decided to help the poor girl whose parents died in a car accident return to the classroom by money from the public.A solicitingB asking C begging D pleading16. Today, we are witnessing a genuine _, even a merger, of astronomy and physics.A convergenceB compromise C conflict D contradiction17. The violinists _ has amazed audiences all over the worldA vitalityB vibration C victory D virtuosity18. Nowadays most women go to work outside home for the traditional that womens role is at home has changed.A condemnB condition C conviction D consideration 19. That night he a plan to get rid of this old woman, whom he had every reason to believe was all that stood between him and the consummation of his designs.A concoctedB concurred C presumed D hustled20. People all over the world, old or young, male or female, help to those in Indonesia who were suffering from the tsunami.A adjustedB administered C adapted D adopted21. Larger companies usually have larger facilities for development and expansion than smaller companies and are more likely to survive any large decrease in profit .A phantomsB margins C obscurity D serenity22. Some say it is actually a horror movie, because it can make those whove had love affairs feel uneasy and even can _ family warfare.A igniteB reduce C arise D depress23. He argues that if workers general training as a gift, they may also view it as a signal of commitment on the part of the employee.A avertB conceal C enshrine D perceive24. Foreigners are amazed by the and luxury of the American way of life. A provisionalB haughty C affluent D somber25. They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these _ ideas.A subversiveB hypothetical C illiterate D indivisible26. The cost of a new house should be to the working class income, but the reality is house purchase has become the biggest issue in most peoples life.A transparentB proportionate C exclusionary D sagacious27. In practice, _ values are ignored if they are not expected to be material in amount.A abstruseB intrinsic C residual D divergent28. It is extremely important for a party to know how to enhance its art of leadership and how to raise its capacity to resist corruption, prevent and withstand risks.A declinationB elevation C repercussion D degeneration29. The union leaders are trying to _their demands to the employer.A dictateB falsify C encompass D mitigate30. This year saw the publication of a rich of realistic fictions for children aged 812 and older.A categoryB number C assortment D catalog31. The reporter could not get to see the Queen, so he made up a completely interview with her.A compactB monumental C cautious D bogus32. Robinson found many savages on this island. They were seen warring, and eating each other, and sacrificing one another by thousands to their gods. A slayingB halving C tangling D diverting33. It must have been a very _ task to build the pyramids.A arduousB culpable C plausible D pedantic34. There is a sameness about all these tales. Theyre so _, and all about talented scholars and lovely ladies.A rigidB muddleheaded C stereotyped D plenipotentiary35. When he was twelve he became almost _ interested in clocks and watches.A flaccidlyB instinctively C simultaneously D obsessively36. Information system security is responsible for the and safety of system resources and activities.A integrityB dignity C pomposity D humbug37. There was a _ of panic-stricken crowd from the burning hotel. A luminosityB stampede C gaiety D prevalence38. The boy idles away his school time and does not _ his parents expectation. A live up to B refer to C adhere to D yield to 39. _ rain, the football match will be postponed till next weekend.A In spite of B Instead of C In the event of D In light of 40. The new-appointed manager _ some good ideas for the product promotion.A pick up B integrate into C came up with D identify withPart 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.41. Thus, it has to be made clear that many of the employees did not have a direct duty with the A Btesting departments and with the parts that eventually failed. C D 42. Now your country has known more millennia than United States has known centuries. A B C D43. What is missed in all this is consideration of whats in the interests of the cloned child. A B C D44. It seems to me simplicity is about the most difficult thing to achieve between scholarship and A B C Dwriting.45. The last thing we need most of is less conscience. A B C D46. If new information should require modification of the Big Bang theory, that modification Ashould be accomplished without the entire temple of knowledge collapsing. B C D47. If guilt is a struggle between our acceptance of shoulds and shoulds-not, it is a powerful and A B Cintensely human one. D48. A number of theologians concur that the apparent convergence of religious and scientific Aversions of the creation is a coincidence in which no profound meaning can be extracted. B C D49. In that sense guilt is the great civilizer, the internal commandment that help us choose to be A Bkind to each other rather than to join in a stampede of me-firsts. C D50. Although both privacy and property are rooted deep in humanitys evolutionary past, yet they A B Care variables, and societal norms change. D51. The term Asian-American covers a variety of national, cultural or religious heritages. A B C D52. Send these people to a conference on the eve of a great war, and see whether they can start a A B C European war, however they try. D53. It is taken for granted that the production and sale of drug will be regulated by governments, A B C but this was not always the case. D54. Now, if that is true, there are many days in the United States that the president has more A B Cfriends than anyone else in America. D55. Seismic readouts are carefully monitoring by seismologists, who are always A B on the lookout for the next big earthquake. C D56. Mr. Copper was offered a ten percentage discount as he paid for his order by cash. A B C D57. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring the seven automakers selling the A B most cars in the state make 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free by 2010. C D58. Senior member of the committee was authorized to act for the chairman during his absence.A B C D59. It is demanded that every member in the company informs himself of these rules. A B C D60. I wanted to hold the meeting today, but in the light of the changed circumstances A B Cit had better been postponed. DPart Cloze ( 20 points)Direction: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.The classic sociological theory of privacy asserts two main principles that are relevant to current information debates. First, private relations between individuals are not merely a 61_ luxury but the very basis of all societies. Thus, surveillance of citizens 62 the name of national security undermines the very society it was intended to protect. Second, privacy and its violation are inescapably issues of power, with power 63 as the ability to defend ones own privacy while being able to invade the privacy of others. 64 , citizens privacy is violated by government surveillance, 65 the information is kept confidential afterward by the agencies. Computer scientists have begun to develop systems that would 66 peoples information privacy. For example, the World Wide Web consortium, which is the chief forum 67 development of Web standards, has launched the Platform for Privacy Preferences, which automatically manages personal information when interacting 68 Web sites, following the explicit wishes of the 69 . Ethically informed research can be 70 for design and implementation of information systems. Data mining, for example, can be used in non-controversial situations like intrusion detection, when you need to defend your own data 71 attack from outside. But it can also be used aggressively to sift through vast troves of data, pulled together via the Net in a process called data fusion, in a way that 72 the privacy of law-abiding citizens 73 hunting for a few criminals or terrorists. In its recent report, Information Technology for Counterterrorism, the National Research Council blithely suggests that all airport security baggage x-ray machines _74_ their pictures to a 75 computer network that would monitor the collective movements of terrorists boarding different airplanes in different cities, 76 spying on everybody else who flies. Proper sociotechnical design could 77 the harm. 78 , an automatic data-mining system could seek patterns of suspicious behavior, without allowing any human being to see the data. Then, specially sworn court officials 79 carefully examine the suspicious cases, 80 reporting to law enforcement only those few that met statutory definitions of probable cause.61.ApersonalBpublicCsocialDindividual62.Aby Bon Cin Dfor 63.Adescribed BregardedCbelievedDdefined 64.AHoweverBButCThusDWhats more65.AandBeven ifCyetDso66.AexploreBdefendCrecordDanalyze67.AforBofCinDto68.AbetweenBonCoverDwith69.AscientistsBexpertsCuserDmanager70.AuniqueBexpensiveCvaluableDtroublesome71.AfromBagainstCinDduring72.AprotectsBdistinguishesCbreaksDviolates 73.AwhileBinCasDfor74.Awould sendBcould sendCwould have sentDcould have sent75.AunifiedBdifferentCseparateDconnected76.AdeliberatelyBtheoreticallyCeffectivelyDincidentally77.AstopBlimitCcancelDpostpone78.AThereforeBFurthermore CFor exampleDHowever 79.AcouldBwouldCshouldDmust80.AthenBwhenCafterDbeforePart 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 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on “persuasive salesmanship” to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convert them into money.Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase.This concept does not imply that business is benevolent(慈善的) or that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business transaction the firm and the customer and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking example of the importance of catering to the con