上海外国语大学考研英语综合试题及答案

上海外国语大学考研英语综合试题及答案 xx 年上海外国语大学英语综合试题答案 I Cloze (1)Either (2)than (3) and (4)speak (5) parents (6)each (7)own (8)with (9)Otherwise (10)difference (11) by (12)With (13)masculinity (14)by (15)femininity II Sentence Matching LDFAEBKGJC III Summary Many American Presidents have to shake hands with others in a public situation. And for western people who are traditionally austomed to this way of greeting, they have to shake hands for the sake of politeness. Even though the hand-shaking manner of greeting was unsanitary, it nevertheless has a “magic” effect on the person being shaken by a celebrity. Whats more, hand-shaking is far better than the greeting manner of some tribes who clasp each others genitals. IV Reading Comprehension TEXT A 1-4 BADC TEXT B 5-10 DDABAC TEXT C 11-16 CADBBC TEXT D 17-20 DAAD V Writing It is widely acknowledged that history is a masterpiece of enlightenment, recording vicissitudes of the world, among them noble deeds as well as crimes, great intelligence as well as follies, marvelous triumph as well as misfortunes. Bewilderment by the evils of the mankind gives rise to such a statement to the effect that history is little more than a register of crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. There is no lacking of people who agree to the above saying, believing that history can teach them nothing but the abominable behaviors of the ancestors, who mitted violent crimes, lived with outrageous follies, and eventually stricken by a string of misfortunes that are invited at the wake of their evilness. Kept in the dark until the advent of their ignominious death, they never saw the brilliance of the history, brimming with mankinds vanquish over nature, noble and selfish deeds, enlightenment and inspiration, honesty and devotion, which together draw a magnificent picture of history. History is full of great heroes, who endowed us with abundant fruits of man, no matter in the field of philosophy, literature, or politics. Rousseau, the Swiss-born French philosopher and political theorist, is considered the most important forerunner of romanticism. He advocates primitivism, attributing superior virtue to primitive civilization. Whats more, his works inspired the leaders of French revolution and influenced the movement of Romanticism. As a philosopher, he tried to bine Christianity with rationalism and materialism. His “natural education” and thought of the freedom between teachers and students serve as the source of modern pedagogical movement. In literature, history bestows Charles Dickens on us. Dickens, the great English novelist with wide popularity, is known for the essential realism of his portrayal of life among the poor and the lower middle class of England. Thank to him, the voices of the poor were heard and their lives became known to the rest of the world. In politics, Martin Luther King, Jr. is no doubt a hero, who is the foremost runner of the civil rights movement of his time and a life long advocate of non-violent resistance to segmentation. He was recognized for his efforts to bring peaceful change to the US and was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1964. The stories of numerous great heroes are brilliant registers of history, from which we learn and admire. Yet history is also dotted with ugly veil, form which we should draw experience and prevent us from mitting the same old mistakes. In a word, history is a book, a good half of which is good and a small half is evil. Together they push forward the on-going development of mankind, who will be written into the book of history as the passage of time. VI Grammar A 1. He mustnt pass the test last week. 2. Your remarks must be the last straw that constitutes his ultimate indignity. 3. The paparazzi may directly caused Princess Diana to die. 4. It shall be desirable that every man and woman contribute to the environmental protection. 5. He mustnt mit the embezzlement. 6. It must be the postman at the door. 7. They may have heard the news by now. 8. Actually: you dont have to write such a long essay. The professor only asked for four or five hundred words. 9. You must have left your bag on the subway. 10. They have to sell their house in order to pay the debts. B The cohesive devices used in this passage are as follows. Firstly, repetition. The word “aloneness” in the first sentence is r