2013年北京科技大学英语二外考研真题.doc

2013年北京科技大学英语二外考研真题北 京 科 技 大 学2013年硕士学位研究生入学考试试题试题编号： 247 试题名称： 英语（二外） 适用专业： 日语语言文学 说明： 所有答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试题或草稿纸上无效。=Part I Vocabulary (10 points, 0.5 point each)Section A (5 points)Directions: There are 10 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 sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. This matter settled, we decided to _ to the next item on the agenda. A) succeed B) exceed C) proceed D) precede2. You cant afford to let the situation get worse. You must take _ to put it right.A) decisionsB) directionsC) sidesD) steps3. There were no tickets _ for Fridays performance.A) preferableB) considerableC) possibleD) available4. Dont _ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.A) releaseB) relieveC) relateD) retain5. The young lady is Mr. Smith's step-daughter, her _ parents having died in an accident.A) ecological B) psychological C) physiological D) biological6. My camera can be _ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions. A) treatedB) adjustedC) adoptedD) remedied7. Dont have him for a friend. Hes _ a criminal. A) anything butB) but forC) rather thanD) nothing but8. We are interested in the weather because it _ us so directly-what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel. A) affectsB) benefitsC) guidesD) effects9. Lets not wait any longer, he might not _ at all.A) turn overB)used toC) turn upD) turn down10. Not _, the process of choosing names varies widely from culture to culture.A) obviouslyB) surprisinglyC) particularlyD) normallySections B (5 points)Directions: There are 10 questions in this part. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.11. Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger.A) revealB) underlineC) improveD) integrate12. The manager is seeking some cost-effective methods that can call forth their initiative.A) efficient B) economical C) conventional D) unique13. An important innovation in this college was the introduction of the seminary method for advanced students. A) ideaB) matterC) change D) policy14. Readers are required to comply with the rules of the library and mind their manners.A) observeB) memorizeC) commentD) request15. It has been scientifically proved that man does have some inherent abilities that other species don't possess. A) general B) internalC) peculiarD) inborn16. Studies of the role of positive thinking in our daily lives have yielded interesting results.A) specific B) active C) creative D) confident17. At that moment the first idea that came to her mind was that a disaster was around the corner.A) coming to an end B) still in the air C) soon to happen D) out of the question18. Opinion polls suggest that the approval rate of the president is on the increase.A) agreement B) consensus C) permission D) support19. This young lawyer dares to take on the powerful on behalf of the poor and weak. A) win the favor ofB) find good jobs forC) assume the responsibility forD) accept the challenge of20. Not everyone in the intelligence community was convinced the document was genuine. A) standardB) validC) neatD) natural Part II Cloze (10 points, 0.5 point each)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.As the place circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and _21_ the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly _22_ forward. At that moment, the air-hostess _23_. She looked very pale, but was quite _24_. Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she _25_ everyone that the pilot had _26_ and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machinesor at _27_ how to drive a car. After a moments _28_, a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilots cabin.Moving the pilot _29_, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the _30_ instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport _31_. The plane was now dangerously close _32_ the ground, but to everyones _33_, it soon began to climb. The man had to _34_ the airport several times in order to become _55_ with the controls of the plane. _36_ the danger had not yet passed. The terrible _37_ came when he had to land. Following _38_, the man guided the plane to ward the airfield. It shook violently _39_ it touched the ground and then moved rapidly _40_ the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.21.A) althoughB) whileC) thereforeD) then（A）22.A) shiftedB) thrownC) putD) moved（B）23.A) showedB) presentedC) exposedD) appeared（B）24.A) wellB) stillC) calmD) quiet（C）25.A) inquiredB) insuredC) informedD) instructed（C）26.A) fallenB) failedC) fadedD) fainted（D）27.A) bestB) leastC) lengthD) first（B）28.A) hesitationB) surpriseC) doubtD) delay（A）29.A) backB) asideC) aboutD) off（B）30.A) patientB) anxiousC) urgentD) nervous（C）31.A) beneathB) underC) downD) below（D）32.A) toB) byC) nearD) on（A）33.A) horrorB) trustC) pleasureD) relief（D）34.A) surroundB) circleC) observeD) view（B）35.A) intimateB) familiarC) understoodD) close（B）36.A) ThenB) ThereforeC) ButD) Moreover（C）37.A) momentB) movementC) ideaD) affair（A）38.A) impressionB) informationC) inspectionsD) instructions（D）39.A) asB) unlessC) whileD) so（A）40.A) aroundB) overC) along D) abovePart III Reading Comprehension (40points, 2points each)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneAs supplier of most of the food we eat and of raw materials for many industrial processes, agriculture is clearly an important area of the economy. But the industrial performance of agriculture (the relative efficiency of agricultural production compared to other areas in the economy) is even more important than this. For in nations where the productivity of farmers is low, most of the working population is needed to raise food and few people are available for the production of investment goods or for other activities required for economic growth. Indeed, one of the factors related most closely to the per capita income (人均收入) of a nation is the fraction of its population engaged in farming. In the poorest nations of the world more than half of the population lives on farms. This compares sharply with less than 10 percent in Western Europe and less than 4 percent in the United States.In short, the course of economic development in general depends in a fundamental way on the performance of farmers. This performance, in turn, depends on how agriculture is organized and on the economic environment, or market structure, within which it functions. In the following pages the performance of American agriculture is examined. It is appropriate to begin with a consideration of its market structure.41.This passage is most probably _.A) a news itemB) part of an introduction to a bookC) part of a lectureD) an advertisement（C）42.What is the most important to agriculture is _.A) the amount of food it producesB) the per capita income of farmersC) its industrial performanceD) the production of investment goods（C）43.The underlined word “this” in the first paragraph refers to _.A) the provision of food and raw materialsB) the productivity of farmersC) the production of investment goodsD) the economy as a whole（A）44.The performance of farmers essentially determines _.A) the size of the working populationB) the organization of agricultureC) the market structureD) the general development of economy（D）45.This passage will most probably be followed by a discussion of _.A) the structure of American farming populationB) the market structure of American agricultureC) the various functions of American agricultureD) the organization of American agriculturePassage TwoFaces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someones personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someones personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in peoples behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains (坏人) or the heros role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.46.By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that _.A) people can learn to recognize facesB) people have different personalitiesC) people have difficulty in describing the features of finger printsD) people differ from each other in facial features（D）47.According to this passage, some animals have the gift of _.A) telling people apart by how they behaveB) typing each otherC) telling good people from had peopleD) recognizing human faces（D）48.Who most probably knows best how to describe peoples personality?A) The ancient Greek audienceB) The movie actorsC) PsychologistsD) The modern TV audience（C）49.According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because _.A) people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristicsB) human fingerprints provide unique informationC) peoples behavior can be easily described in wordsD) human faces have complex features（A）50.Which of the following is the major point of the passage?A) Why it is necessary to identify peoples personalityB) Why it is possible to describe peopleC) How to get to know peopleD) How best to recognize peoplePassage ThreeIn bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.Patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the childs own happiness.As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.51.Eagerly watching the childs acquisition of new skills _.A) should be avoidedB) is universal among parentsC) sets up dangerous states of worry in the childD) will make him lose interest in learning new things（B）52.In the process of childrens learning new skills parents _.A) should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readB) should not expect too much of themC) should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their ownD) should create as many learning opportunities as possible（C）53.The second paragraph mainly tells us that _.A) parents should be strict with their childrenB) parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the communityC) parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children aloneD) parents vary in their strictness