同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试试卷一.doc

2002年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试试卷一（真题）
Paper One 
(90 minutes)
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) （略）
Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
16. I’d like to take this opportunity to extend my heart-felt gratitude to the host .
   A. increase   B. prolong   C. intensify           D. express
17. Chinese farmers are mostly living a simple and thrifty life as it is today.
   A. miserable  B. economical       C. luxurious          D. sensible
18. Many of the local residents left homes to ward off the danger of flooding.
   A. overcome           B. enclose   C. encounter         D. avoid
19. The State Council will lay down new rules that aim to make management compatible with internationally accepted conventions.
   A. conferences     B. conversations    C. practices         D. formations
20. Personality in Americans is further complicated by successive waves of immigration from various countries.
   A. uninterrupted      B. successful     C. forceful            D. overwhelming
21. Without question, people’s lives in China have improved dramatically in the past two decades.
   A. Out of the question        B. No doubt
C. Naturally   D. Obviously
22. The dean can’t see you at the moment. He is addressing the first-year students in the lecture hall.
   A. complaining to    B. arguing with      C. speaking to       D. consulting with
23.He does nothing that violates the interests of the collective.
   A. runs for   B. runs against      C. runs over          D. runs into
24. As a result of sophisticated technologies, this device has several advantages over like products.
   A. traditional           B. intelligent          C. industrious        D. advanced
25. The patient’s condition has deteriorated since he had a heart attack.
   A. improved a little      B. remained the same
   C. become worse        D. changed a lot
26. When taken in large quantities some drugs can cause permanent brain damage.
   A. lasting      B. serious   C. terrible   D. temporary
27. One U.S. dollar is comparable to 131 Japanese yen according to China Daily’s finance news report yesterday.
   A. compatible          B. compact           C. equal      D. entitled
28. At that time work was restricted to slaves and to those few poor citizens who couldn’t support themselves.
   A. attributed            B. limited    C. connected         D. devoted
29. I found this very profitable in diminishing the intensity of narrow-minded prejudice.
   A. lessening            B. reflecting          C. removing          D. increasing
30. When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentially deadly object to rob or do harm to another person, he will think twice about it .
   A. passive     B. lifelong   C. unhappy           D. fatal
Section B
Directions: In this section, there are fifteen incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
31. This great project at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze is expected to _______ twenty years to complete.
   A. spend       B. consume           C. need       D. take
32. His effort of decades began to _______ . He came to be well-known for his findings.
   A. pay off     B. die off    C. put off   D. break off
33. The _______ of lung cancer is particularly high among long-term heavy smokers，especially chain smokers.
   A. incident    B. accident            C. incidence          D. evidence
34. Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style _______ over another before being replaced.
   A. dominates           B. manipulates       C. overwhelms      D. prevails
35. Mrs. Brown couldn’t shake the _______ the these kids were in deep trouble and it was up to her to help them.
   A. conversion         B. conviction         C. conservation     D. convention
36. X-rays are also called Rontgen rays _______ the discoverer who first put them to use.
   A. in case of           B. in view of         C. in place of     D. in honor of
37. Telecommunication developments have enabled people to send messages _______ television , radio and electronic mail.
   A. via           B. amid       C. past       D. across
38. Technology has _______ the sharing, storage and delivery of information , thus making more information available to more people.
   A. finished    B. furnished          C. functioned     D. facilitated
39. The philosophy class began with twenty students but three _______ after the midterm exam.
   A. picked up          B. turned out         C. dropped out      D. kept up
40. The following account by the author _______ the difference between European and American reactions.
   A. illustrates            B. acquires            C. demands           D. deletes
41. An intimate and _______ knowledge of how you are doing in the customer’s eyes is critical.
   A. objective            B. subordinate       C. optional            D. subsequent
42. Long _______ to harmful pollutants is most likely to lead to a decline in health.
   A. contact    B. touch            C. use        D. exposure
43. The architectural differences may _______ confusion or discomfort for the foreign travelers.
   A. vary         B. describe            C. cause            D. impress
44. _______ being fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill.
   A. Rather than         B. Apart from        C. Instead of         D. Owing to
45. Even at discounted prices, these powerful AIDS drugs are far beyond _______ for most of the world’s 40 million HIV-infected people.
   A. reach       B. control   C. comprehension D. imagination

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes ,25 points)
Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Passage 1
    John Grisham was born on February 2, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the USA. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America, stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼). In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.
    One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel, called A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre farm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia.
    When he’s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26Little League teams.

46. John Grisham is ________ at present.
   A. a writer            B. a lawyer
   C. a professional baseball player            D. a congressman
47. What inspired Grisham to write his first novel?
   A. A case of murder.
   B. A case of rape
   C. His father’s experience
   D. His life on the farm
48. The story of the novel A Time to Kill would probably focus on __________ ?
   A. how the girl was attacked
   B. the circumstances of the rape
   C. how the girl’s father took revenge
   D. how the case of rape was settled
49. Which of the following is NOT true of the novel The Firm ?
   A. It was popular at the time of publication
   B. It earned Grisham great fame.
   C. It brought Grisham wealth
   D. It was carried by The New York Times as a series.
50. It can be inferred from the passage that Grisham has built ballfields on his property ________.
   A. to achieve his life’s goal as a professional baseball player
   B. to coach children in baseball
   C. to see his childhood dream being realized in the children
   D. to provide facilities of baseball training.

Passage 2
    A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty, giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible.
    For this reason, the international community has committed itself to getting all the world’s children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All.
    Can education for all be achieved by 2015? The answer is definitely “yes,” although it is a difficult task. If we know measure the goal in terms of children successfully completing a minimum of five years of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, then the challenge becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion.
    Still, the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems. They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solution, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.
    A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country’s capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies, institutions and management. Where a country scores well on these criteria, foreign assistance can be highly effective.

51. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that a quality education can __________ .
   A. free countries from foreign rules
   B. speed up social progress
   C. give people freedom
   D. liberate people from any exploitation
52. Ideally, the goal of the program of Education for All is to _____ by 2015.
   A. get all the world’s children to complete primary school
   B. enroll all the world’s children into primary school
   C. give quality education to people of 88 countries
   D. support those committed to transforming their education systems
53. _________ countries are now at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of completion rates.
   A. 32           B. 59   C. 29   D. 88
54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the right policy?
   A. Raising the efficiency of education systems.
   B. Improving the quality of education.

   C. Using information technologies.
   D. Building more primary school.
55. As can be gathered from the last paragraph, foreign aid _________ .
   A. may not be highly effective
   B. is provided only when some criteria are met
   C. alone makes development possible
   D. is most effective for those countries lagging farthest behind

Passage 3
    Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they’re been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of the globe. Now lions hold only a small fraction of their former habitat, and Asiatic lions, a subspecies that spit from African lions perhaps 100,000 years ago, hang on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.
    India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily in a 560-square-mile sanctuary (保护区) . It took me a year and a half to get a permit to explore the entire Gir Forest---and no time at all to see why these lions became symbols of royalty and greatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen, but a lion stands its ground, curious and unafraid---lionhearted. Though they told me in subtle ways when I got too close, Gir’s lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives during my three months in the forest. It’s odd to think that they are threatened by extinction; Gir has as many lions as it can hold----too many, in fact. With territory in short supply, lions move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave it altogether, often clashing with people. That’s one reason India is creating a second sanctuary. There are other pressing reasons: outbreaks of disease or natural disasters. In 1994 a serious disease killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions----a thousand animals----a fate that could easily happen to Gir’s cats. These lions are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a dozen individuals. “If you do a DNA test, Asiatic lions actually look like identical twins,” says Stephen O’Brien, a geneticist (基因学家) who has studied them. Yet the dangers are hidden, and you wouldn’t suspect them by watching these lords of the forest. The lions display vitality, and no small measure of charm.
    Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it’s time to eat, meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a mother and her baby lion sharing a deer, or a young male eating an antelope (羚羊), there’s no need to fight for a cut of the kill. The animals they hunt for food are generally smaller in Gir than those in Africa, and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well.

56. In the first paragraph, the author tells us that Asiatic lions ______ .
   A. have killed off other lions
   B. have descended from African lions
   C. used to span vast sections of the globe
   D. have lost their habitat
57. What impressed the author most when he went to watch the lions in the Gir Forest?
   A. Their friendliness.
   B. Their size