上海交通大学英语水平考试XXXX及答案XXXX考研真题考研试题试卷

1、上海交通大学2005硕士研究生入学考试试题考试科目：英语水平考试试题序号：453题号IIIIIIIVVVI全部分值302020302525150Directions: This test paper is designed for a work period of 3 hours. This booklet only contains questions. You are supposed to write all your answers in a separate booklet namedAnswer Booklet ” . Write in dark ink.I. Multiple C

2、hoice: (30 points)Each of the following sentences demands one word for its completion. Your task is to pickfrom the four choices a word that you think may fit in the blank in the sentence. Write the letter that corresponds to your choice in the answer booklet.The appeal of the heist film, according

3、to director Brett Ratner, is that “ everyonedreams ofstealing something and getting away it.”A. byB. fromC. withD. forYes, we veall got a little criminal in us, daring us to take something we reiot to,whether it s pens and legal pads from the supply room at work or a priceless Monet from the Met.A.

4、designedB. supposed C. madeD. temptedRatner s latest film,“ After the Sunset, Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek as jewelthieves who have retired directly into La Casa de Good Life on a beach in the Bahamas, reminds us once again how much more enjoyable our lives could be if we only had the guts to make

5、 the Big Score.A. regardingB. transformingC. representingD. starringLike other recent caper films, including Brosnan s turn as the title character in The TheCrown Affair” (1999),“Sunset sells the seductive, charming, even amusing of crime.A. partB. pointC. layerD. sideWe admire the master thief who

6、calls his own shots and takes pride in his work, and cannot help but the audacity of criminals of vision who set out to do the impossible, to breach theimpenetrable.A. denouceB. applaudC. doubtD. challengeWe swoon for their unflappable calm under extreme pressure - as we know so well from our own mi

7、smanaged lives, you can lay down the most meticulous and intricate plans, but the real trick is how cool you remain when Fate and Chaos kick in the door.A. undesirableB. imaginableC. practicable D. irritableMost heists aren t going after the little guy or pinching morn and pop -they re stealing nest

8、 egg from of vice such as casinos or racetracks, from corporate banks, or from other thieves.A. palaces B. places C. comersD. institutionsLet s tango back to the sun, where we can blissfully project our larcenous daydreams stars a bit more suave and better-looking than ourselves.A. intoB. ontoC. thr

9、oughD. likeI picked up a fork and explained that as as I used it for eating, the fork would lastindefinitely. However, if I began to use it to drive nails or dig trenches, it would soon break.A. soonB. wellC. longD. farThe look in his eyes told me he it, but I still went on to say that people are li

10、ke thefork. When they do what they are not designed to do, they eventually break.A. tookB. had C. sawD. gotSure enough, his MAPP showed that he was designed to work on projectsthere wasa definite goal.A. whereB. becauseC. thatD. whetherWhat his job required on a day-to-daywas another story.A. payB.

11、serviceC. plan D. basisMuchfor his recovery, goes to his boss who was willing to change the job content tofit the design of a valuable employee.A. creditB. attributeC. solutionD. effortSo how do you know if you, a loved one, or someone who reports to you sufferingfrom burnout?A. are B. is C. were D.

12、 wasTake a close look at what is said about you in your MAPP, and what you are naturally motivated with regard to your work.A. to B. forC. about D. towardThe sound of head-scratching coming from Democratic circles will likely be as much part of autumn as the rustle of leaves.A. aB. one C. theD. inIn

13、side the party, discuss ions of strategy and future plans are way, many of themaimed at luring those precious“ values voters ” in future elections.A. on. B. offC. oneD. underAny time a party does better non-churchgoing people than with churchgoing people,you ve got a problem, ” he said.A. inB. withC

14、. for D. aboutThere will also be attempts to reach out to rural voters, many of regard theDemocrats as arrogant and out-of-touch.s gotA. whomB. themC. whichD. whoOne anonymous high- ranking Democrat told The New York Times that“ at some point itto settle in with us that there are more of them than t

15、here areus.”A. with13. atC. ofD. toNone of this should be greeted with much enthusiasm by African-Americans, who know something about livingthe mercy of the majority.A. under B. atC. onD. byDemocrats will wince at my , but I can htelp thinking that black voters are theelephant in the room.A. humorB.

16、 opinionC. wordD. metaphorParty officials fear that liberal values have acquired a “ veryupper-middle class flavor, to” author Thomas Frank pshrase, which undoubtedly confoun ds the many poor and working-class blacks who have supported the Democrats for decades.A. borrowB. useC. interpretD. mentionE

17、ven the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, formerly a District of Columbia delegate Congressand perhaps the most prominent black opponent of gay marriage, predicted it would have little impact in black communities on Election Day.A. fromB. inC. onD. toA day after his gracious victory speech, Bush claimed his 51

18、perce nt triumph “ thewill of the people ” and indicated his eagerness to pursue a strict conservative agenda.A. onB. at C. as D. overIt s enough to make me cast a nostalgic glanceat the days when A. Philip Randolphand the “ BigSix ” of civil rights leadership could stride into the White House, sit

19、down with President Kennedy and boldly assert their plans for a March on Washington.A. forwardB. backC. overD. acrossAfter Kerry the election, Bush told the country, “ I pmroud to lead it forward.Because we have done the hard work, we are entering a season of hope.”A. concludedB. conductedC. concede

20、dD. concealedCollapsing wearily into my subwayduring my commute home, I give new meaningto the concept of suburban sprawl.A. carB. placeC. lineD. seatCall it what you want, seasonal affective disorder, winter blues, maybe even election stressA. synthesisB. syndromeC. syntaxD. symphony.The madness of

21、 the presidential campaign is behind us, but the problems of our nation -and they are disturbing enough to put anyone in a funk.A. aheadB. PresentC. remainD. coolCloze: (20 points)In each of the following sentences, one word is missing. Your task is to guess at the missing word with the help of the

22、context. Then write the word in the answer booklet.Depressed by the appalling grotesqueries of the election season-the smears, leaks, lies and alibis- and crushed by my beloved Cardinals obliteration at the hands of the unstoppable Red Sox,I search for a bit of encouragement, an infinitesimal spark

23、tomy sagging spirits.According to a report released Oct. 27 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average height of American men is now 5 feet 9 1/2 inches,from 5 feet 8 inches in 1960.Although I m 5 feet 11 inches when I wake up in the mornin,gthe events of the day usually leave me

24、 considerably by sundown.“ I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a ball er, ” he rhymed. “ I wish Ia girl wholooked good. I would call her .”I was never a baller but I admired Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets and Ozzie Smith of the San Diego Padres, who proved that, on occasion, mortals

25、 of ordinary stature couldalso acquire glory and, presumably, girls.“ The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, ”a2004 study by economists Nicola Persico, Andrew Postlewaite and Dan Silvermart, found that tall adultsto earn more than short ones.Discussing the

26、young lady of his dreams, he noted,“ I know she s livin phat/Her boyfriendtall and he plays ball/So how am I gonnawith that?”For three year s, some of the university s finest minds will get together and pursue promises to be a thorny question: Why do people laugh at cartoons?Scholars at Michigan hop

27、e to find out by studying cartoons in The New Yorker,beginning with those that appeared in the magazine s first issues in 1925.Ina fan of New Yorker cartoons. In addition to funny they are also oddlyreassuring.Featuring neurotic and often wealthy white folks, they provide some comfort in showing tha

28、t the privileged may be different from you and me, but they are as screwed up.I even own collections of several of the artists who made as New Yorker cartoonists,including Charles Addams, Charles Barsotti and George Booth.Like many of the cartoons in that issue, the gag successfully the tricky ident

29、ity issues surrounding race in an increasingly multicultural society.Armstron g tapped into the concerns of black professionals who, in books such as Ellis Cose “Ragef a Privileged Class, often fears about being perceived as too black or not black enough.Best as the artist behind“Jump Start, d stapw

30、abouhteayteung marriedcouple, Armstrong was the sole black cartoonist to have his work included in an issue devoted to black culture.“ The black cartoons were more difficult for people to handle than been anticipated,Lorenz said.Eight years later, the impressive diversity that has begun to creep int

31、o the pages of The New Yorker-with maddening slowness,be sure-has yet to show up much in the cartoons.Evidently the magazine decided that the easiest way to avoid stepping racial sensitivities is to leave blacks and other minorities out of the cartoons altogether.The New Yorker is not alone its inab

32、ility to grapple efficiently with this issue.Editors confusion about racial commentary in cart00rdemonstrates the enduring power of these tiny drawings to perplex and infuriate as as amuse.Error Correction: (20 points)Each of the following sentences contains an error. Your task is to identify that e

33、rror and correct it. Write both the label letter and the correction in the answer booklet.Like a lot of kids that age, I was obsessed at_being grown. TOC o 1-5 h z ABCDA senior in high school, I went out to acquire some of the things that I associated withABCmaturity, including an after-school job a

34、nd a car. DSo, at_ the first time in my life, I came home from school to find mail addressed to me thatABCwasn t a postcard from my vacationing grandma. DEvery afternoon my mother left the envelopes in_a tidy pile on_the piano, where I could ripABthem apart before rushing out to_work.CDI find myself

35、 getting nostalgic on_those days eachevening when I collect my 17-year- ABCold son sslrfrom the box.DCollege recruiters have taken notice of him-and they are apparently even more ABCaggressive than they are in my day. DMy son s apathespecially distressing tome by lightofthe National Center for Publi

36、c ABCDPolicy and Higher Education s recent report on higher education.The bad news, according to James B. Hunt Jr., a former governor ofNorth Carolina and Achair of the center s board of directors, is that the improvementsohave not been reflected TOC o 1-5 h z BChigher college enrollment or completi

37、on rates in_ most states.”DTuition rates have outpaced incomes, making college less affordable for most families than ABCit did_ a decade ago. D“ At a timehere we should be encouraging eligible students to attend college, we areABmaking it more difficult for potential students and their families, “

38、Hunt saidn a statement CDannouncing the report.When my parents accompanied me at college fairs, they marveled atthe opportunities ABCavailable to me.DHe has taken honors courses throughout his tenure at his suburban high school, has already A TOC o 1-5 h z qualified for advance placement in_two subj

39、ects and expects to qualify for several others. BCDIn such an environment, finding a suitable, affordable college should be far easier than ABCearning a A in AP English. DIt was the breast of times, the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of ABCfoolish. DIn that you re wondering

40、 what the Dickens would prompt me to take such salacious ABliberties with that well-known and eternally appropriate quotation, let me attribute my Ccheekiness io the intoxication of epiphany. DI as one am glad she spoke out because I need that kind of information to_take to the voting booth with me.

41、DI m more inclined ttonk seriously celebrities such as actor Danny Glover, who has longAbeen active 叵 liberal causes,叱Detroit rocker Ted Nugent, who has never made a secret of_ his conservative views.“We cannot dut read, he observed “A Historyf Reading. ”Reading, almost as TOC o 1-5 h z ABCmuch as b

42、reathing, is our essential function.”DOn the night I wrote this column, I had at first put aside my well-thumbed copy of anold ABC favorite, James Baldwin sof a Notive Son.”DIn the United States, for example, reading may be less essential than it ever were-at leastABCwhere books are concerned.DIV. R

43、eading Comprehension: (30 points)In this part you will find three passages, each followed by five questions. For each question, four tentative answers are given. Your task is to read the passages carefully, and then choose the one true answer to the related question. Write the letter that correspond

44、s to your answer in the answer booklet.Passage One“Readingat Risk, “a report recently released by the National Endowment for the Arts, concludes that literary reading has declined precipitously in the past 20 years. The agency defines literary reading as novels, short stories, poetry or plays that w

45、ere not required for work or school.Less than half of the adult American population now reads literature, according to the report.“If one believes that active and engaged readers lead richer intellectual lives than nonreaders and that a well-read citizenry is essential to a vibrant democracy, the de

46、cline of literary reading calls for serious action, “the report states. Its dramatic language suggests that the sense of inclusion once celebrated by C.S. Lewis belongs on the endangered species list.Patricia Pasqual agrees. People who read are engaged in the community,“ she told me. Thpart that is

47、frightening is you lose civic participants when you lose readers. As head of Targetedand Outreach Services for the D.C. Public Library, Pasqual spends her days devising and implementing ways to encourage citizens to read. She has worked in libraries for 30 years, which may explain why she was “ dist

48、ressed but not surprised by Reading At Risk. ”The study says that reading has declined most among young people aged 18 to 24. Pasqualsees the roots of that in attitudes among children, for many of whom, she says,it s not cool toread.The NEA declined to issue specific recommendations for reversing th

49、e trend, but Pasqual andother librarians are trying a number of approaches. Some revolve around “ emergentliteracy, ” which focuses on the period between birth and the age when children are able to read on their own.Pasqual said.So wethweoirr kiwdsit,hhtahveimngatnhdem“ Parents are the first teacher

50、s, hold books, getting to learn what a book is.InterprePtuelritzoef rMaladies,Other programs include citywide reading campaigns. Pasqual chairs the book selection committee for D.C. We Read, in which every Washingtonian is encouraged to read the same book at the same time. During the month of May, p

51、articipants readPrize-winning collection of stories by Jhumpa Lahiri. Discussions were held at various libraries and coffeehouses, and discussion guides were made available across the city. The program is similar to ones conducted in Seattle, Chicago and other major cities.At the risk of sounding bl

52、asphemous, we mustn ctonclude that just because people aren treading books doesn t mean they arent reading at all. Consider, for example, all tphaogsesWebin cyberspace, which collectively have attracted googols of “ hits. Th”e NEA sees nothing encouraging in interactive electronic media, which, it s

53、ays, “ fostershorter attention spans andaccelerated gratification.Pasqual says librarians are less alarmed about the high- tech stuff.Getting on the Internet issometimes the best w ay to go because its up to date. You need to give information to people in avariety of formats, but enriching the soul

54、is still a part of our function.I think C.S. Lewis would like the sound of that.71. According to the passage, literary reading is .not related to schoolC. great literaturenot required for schoolD. both B and CHow does literary reading helps with the maintenance of democracy?Literature encourages peo

55、ple to embrace diversification.Literature brings people wealth.Literature guides people into danger.Literature shows people what dramatic language is.Why does Patricia Pasqual encourages people to read?Because wide readership may bring profit to her library.Because reading stimulates interest in com

56、munal welfare.Because she loves reading.Because she loves seeing people visiting her library.74. What doesit s not cool to read” mean?A. Reading rooms are stuffy.C. Reading is a traditional act.75. Why is Web reading so attractive?B. Reading is a radical act.D. Reading is a slow process.A. Because i

57、ts the fashion.B. Because it demands shorter concentration.Becasue it effects quicker satisfaction. D. Both B and C.Passage TwoWithin methodology a distinction is often made between methods and approaches, in which methods are held to be fixed teaching systems with prescribed techniques and practice

58、s, whereas approaches represent language teaching philosophies that can be interpreted and applied in a variety of different ways in the classroom. This distinction is probably most usefully seen as defining a continuum of entities ranging from highly prescribed methods to, loosely describedapproach

59、es.The period from the 1950s to the 1980s has often been referred to as“ The Age of Methods,“during which a number of quite detailed prescriptions for language teaching were proposed.Situational Language Teaching evolved in the United Kingdom while a parallel method, Audio-Lingualism, emerged in the

60、 United States. In the middle-methods period, a variety of methods were proclaimed as successors to the then prevailing Situational Language Teaching and Audio-Lingual methods. These alternatives were promoted under such titles as Silent Way, Suggestopedia, Community Language Learning, and Total Phy