218二外英语--外交学院2007年硕士研究生入学考试样题

1、 资料来源：中国教育在线 /218二外英语-外交学院2007年硕士研究生入学考试样题Part I: Multiple Choices (20%)Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken thecorre

2、sponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. The police accused him of setting fire to the building but he denied _ in the area on the night of thefire.A to be B to have been C having been D be2. Thompson is the only one of the students who _ to France.A has been B havebeen C had been D has beingpoetry is

3、 his insistence that it _ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.A is to be analyzed B has been analyzedC be analyzed D should have been analyzed4. I didnt know what to do but then an idea suddenly _ to me.A happened B enteredC occurred D emerged5. _ if you had lost your watch?A Hadn

4、t you been upset B Werent you upsetC Wouldnt you be upset D Wouldnt you have upset6. John would rather that Jane _ to the party yesterday evening.A did not go B not goC wouldnt gone D had not gone7. The match was cancelled because most of the members _ a match without a standard court.A objected to

5、having B object to haveC were objected to have D were objected to having8. _ from the tenth floor when the policeman pointed his pistol at him.A Jumped down the burglar B Down the burglar jumpedC The burglar jumps down D Down jumped the burglar9. Before the students set off, they spent much time set

6、ting a limit _ to expenses of the trip.A to B about C in D for10. You should abide _ your promise as a man of honor.A to B for C by D withSection BDirections: In this section, you are required to select the one word or phrase that would best match themeaning of the underlined part in the original se

7、ntence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet.11. Dr. Smith checked the patients signs carefully before making his statement.A symbols B symptoms C sinecures D synods12. Henrys news report covering the conference was so exhaustive that nothing had been omitted.A understanding B co

8、mprehensibleC comprehensive D underlying13. The driver stopped at the crossroad as the traffic lights flashed.A pulled off B pulled roundC pulled away D pulled up14. Motivation is a primary factor in learning.A Memorization B AptitudeC Intelligence D Incentive15. It is bad policy for the developing

9、countries to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economicgrowth.A accelerate B further C discourage D weaken16. The world market is constantly changing. We must anticipate the changes and make timely adjustments.A regularly B steadily C scarcely D always17. Many people have the illusion th

10、at wealth is the chief source of happiness.A false idea B imaginationC vision D impression18. Jack came to the party with a young woman, whom I assumed to be his girl friend.A pretended B supposed C resumed D granted19. They built the motel on the edge of an abandoned village.A immense B deserted C

11、well-run D remote20. After receiving her check, Suzy endorsed it and took it to the bank.A destroyed B signed C folded D depositedPart II. Cloze (15%)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A,B, C and D below the paper. You should choose

12、 the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then blackenthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Cheques have largely replaced money as a means of exchanges, for they are widely acceptedeverywhere. Though this is very _21_ for both buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that chequesare not r

13、eal money: they are quite _22_ in themselves. A shop-keeper always runs a certain _23_ when he accepts a cheque and he is quite _24_ his rights if, onoccasion, he refuses to do so.People do not always know this and are shocked if their good faith is called _25_. An old and everywealthy friend of min

14、e told me he had an extremely unpleasant experience. He went to a famous jewelleryshop which keeps a large _26_ of precious stones and asked to be shown some pearl necklaces. Afterexamining several trays, he _27_ to buy a particularly fine string of pearls and asked if he could pay bycheque. The ass

15、istant said that this was quite _28_, but the moment my friend signed his name, he wasinvited into the managers office.The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone with _29_ the same name hadpresented them with a _30_ cheque not long ago. He told my friend that the police would arrive

16、at anymoment and he had better stay _31_ he wanted to get into serious trouble. _32_, the police arrivedsoon afterwards. They apologized to my friend for the _33_ and asked him to copy out a note whichhad been used by the thief in a number of shops. The not _34_: “I have a gun in my pocket. Ask noqu

17、estions and give me all the money in the safe.” _35_, my friends handwriting was quite unlike the thiefs.21. A complicated B trivial C bearable D convenient22. A valueless B invaluable C valuable D indefinite23. A danger B change C risk D opportunity24. A within B beyond C without D out of25. A in d

18、ifficulty B in doubt C in earnest D in question26. A amount B stock C number D store27. A considered B thought C conceived D decided28. A in order B in need C in use D in common29. A largely B mostly C exactly D extremely30. A worth B worthy C worthwhile D worthless31. A whether B if C otherwise D u

19、nless32. A Really B Sure enough C Certainly D However33. A treatment B manner C inconvenience D behavior34. A read B told C wrote D informed35. A Unfortunately B Fortunately C Naturally D BasicallyPart III. Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is fol

20、lowed by some questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on thebest choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneMobility of individual members and family groups tends to split up family relationshi

21、ps. Occasionally themovement of a family away from a situation which has been the source of friction results in greater familyorganization, but on the whole mobility is disorganizing.Individuals and families are involved in three types of mobility: movement in space, movement up ordown in social sta

22、tus, and the movement of ideas. These are termed respectively spatial, vertical, andideational mobility.A great increase in spatial mobility has gone along with improvements in rail and water transportation,the invention and use of the automobile, and the availability of airplane passenger service.

23、Spatial mobilityresults in a decline in the importance of the traditional home with its emphasis on family continuity andstability. It also means that when individual family members of the family as a whole move away from acommunity, the person or the family is removed from the pressures of relative

24、s, friends, and communityinstitutions for conventionality and stability. Even more important is the fact that spatial mobility permitssome members of a family to come in contact with and possibly adopt attitudes, values, and ways ofthinking different from those held by other family members. The pres

25、ence of different attitudes, values,and ways of thinking within a family may, and often does, result in conflict and family disorganization.Potential disorganization is present in those families in which the husband, wife, and children are spatiallyseparated over a long period, or are living togethe

26、r but see each other only briefly because of differentwork schedules.One index of the increase in vertical mobility is the great increase in the proportion of sons and tosome extent daughters, who engage in occupations other than those of the parents. Another index ofvertical mobility is the degree

27、of intermarriage between social classes. This occurs almost exclusivelybetween classes which are adjacent to each other. Engaging in a different occupation, or intermarriage,like spatial mobility, allows one to come in contact with ways of behavior different from those of theparental home, and tends

28、 to separate parents and their children.The increase in ideational mobility is measured by the increase in publications, such as newspapers,periodicals, and books, the increase in the percentage of the population owning radios, and the increasein television sets. All these tend to introduce new idea

29、s into the home. When individual family members areexposed to and adopt the new ideas, the tendency is for conflict to arise and for those in conflict tobecome psychologically separated from each other.36. What the passage tells us can be summarized by the statement _.A social development results in

30、 a decline in the importance of traditional familiesB family disorganization is more or less the result of mobilityC potential disorganization is present in the American familyD the movement of a family is one of the factors in raising its social status37. According to the passage, those who live in

31、 a traditional family _.A are less likely to quarrel with others because of conventionality and stabilityB have to depend on their relatives and friends if they do not move away from itC will have more freedom of action and thought if they move away from itD can get more help from their family membe

32、rs if they are in trouble38. Potential disorganization exists in those families in which _.A the husband, wife, and children work too hardB the husband, wife, and children seldom get togetherC both parents have to work full timeD the family members are subject to social pressure.39. Intermarriage an

33、d different occupations play an important role in family disorganization because _.A they permit one to come into contact with different ways of behavior and thinkingB they allow one to find a good job and improve ones social statusC they enable the children to better understand the ways of behavior

34、 of their parentsD they enable the children to travel around without their parents40. This passage suggests that a well-organized family is a family whose members _.A are not psychologically withdrawn from one anotherB never quarrel with each other even when they disagreeC often help each other with

35、 true love and affectionD are exposed to the same new ideas introduced by books, radios, and TV setsPassage TwoDo animals have rights? Do trees? Do humans have an obligation to behave ethically to rivers? To rocks?Viruses? The entire planet?These are not merely questions for abstract philosophical d

36、ebate but, as Roderick Frazier Nash pointsout in The Rights of Nature, issues of intense interest to theologians, lawyers, legislators and evenscientists. Radical environmentalists are already demanding that legal and ethical protection be extendedto all of nature, and a few of them have demonstrate

37、d a willingness to fight, break the law and even diein support of this belief.As described by Nash, the circle covered by the ethical rules governing individual and social behaviorhas expanded slowly and irregularly throughout history. Starting by granting rights to themselves, humansgradually enlar

38、ged the circle to include the family, the tribe, the nation and, in theory if not in practice, theentire community of human beings. When Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men were created equal andentitled to certain unalienable (不可剥夺的) rights, it was understood he was talking only about white males.

39、Since the American Revolution,however, the right to ethical treatment has been extended, at least by law and social consensus, toinclude women and ethnic minorities.The next page in this history the extension of ethical and legal rights to animals, plants, and the rest of the natural world is now be

40、ing written, Nash believes. For a growing number of people throughout the world but particularlyin the United States, the belief is taking root.The idea that nature has rights and is entitled to ethical consideration is not a new one. Some Easternreligions define humans as only part of a great chain

41、 of being. But in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the West, man was created to master nature, not to be part of it.However, as environmentalism has evolved as a social movement in recent years, Nash says, theconcept of liberating nature from persecution by humanity has gained followers. U. S. law,

42、he notes,provides legal protection to animals and plants through the Endangered Species Act and the MarineMammals Protection Act.Nash points to the increasingly aggressive positions of so-called deep environmentalists and other radicals who insist that nature has intrinsic and unalienable rightsthat

43、 have nothing to do with its value to people. Some of these radicals have thrown themselves beforebulldozers to protect virgin forests and chained themselves to rocks on a river bank to prevent the riverfrom being damned.For the most part, Nash takes no position on questions of ethical duties. Only

44、in an epilogue (跋), doeshe indicate where his sympathies lie. Just as the antislavery radicals in the early part of the 19th centurywere scorned (嘲笑) for insisting that slaves were human beings with rights, todays radical environmentalists are often laughed at for suggesting that nature is “the late

45、st minoritydeserving a place in the sun of American liberal tradition,” he says. But with the groundwork now laid for“mass participation in environmentalism,” Nash believes, there is a real possibility of seriousconfrontation with those who profit from exploitation of the environment.“If this situat

46、ion, with its intellectual and political similarities to America before the Civil War, promisesonce again to endanger domestic peace,” Nash warns, “it is not the fault of history.”41. Radical environmentalists hold that _.A all of nature should enjoy legal and ethical protectionB all animals should

47、have legal rights as human beingsC viruses should be eliminated from this planetD nature should be exploited in a humane way42. By “all men were created equal,” Thomas Jefferson meant that _.A all human beings should enjoy equal rightsB all white males should have equal rightsC blacks and whites sho

48、uld enjoy equal rightsD men and women should have equal rights43. According to the so-called deep environmentalists, _.A things in nature that have value to people should be protectedB virgin forests should be preservedC man should let rivers take their natural course and dams should not be builtD e

49、verything in nature has its intrinsic (天生的) value and should be protected44. According to the passage, Nash _.A is neutral on the question concerning the ethical rights of natureB sympathizes with the radical environmentalistsC laughs at the idea that nature deserves a place in the American liberal

50、traditionD is scornful of the anti-slavery radicals for insisting that slaves were human beings.45. The best title for this passage might be _.A Ethics and the Natural WorldB Anti-slavery Radicals and Deep EnvironmentalistsC All men Were Created EqualD Relationship Between Human Beings and NaturePas

51、sage ThreeWhereas George Gershwin worked in the glare of critical and commercial success, Charles Ivesworked in obscurity. Though Ives created the bulk of his output before Gershwin appeared on the scene,his music was almost completely neglected until he was “rediscovered” in the 1940s and 1950s. He

52、 earned his livelihood, for most of his adult life, in the insurance business and created some of themost striking examples of American music in his spare time. Ivess composing was restricted to weekends, holidays, vacations, and long evenings, Ives himself was quitephilosophic about this and never

53、considered his business career a handicap to artistic production. On thecontrary, he regarded his music and the business in which he earned his livelihood as complementaryactivities.His raw material for all of his work was the ordinary musical life of a small New England town. Inevolving his highly individualistic musical language, Ives used popular dance hall tunes fragments ofhymns and patriotic anthems, brass band marches, country dances, and songs which he integrated intoworks of enormous