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全 国 硕 士 研 究 生 入 学 统 一 考 试 英 语 模 拟 试 题(一)Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or Don ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)One of the basic characteristics of capitalism is the private ownership of the major means ofproduction capital.The ownership of large amounts of capital can bring 1 profits,as well aseconomic and political power.Some recent theorists,2,have argued that our society has moved toa new stage of 3 that they call,post industrialn society.One important change in such a societyis that the ownership of 4 amounts of capital is no longer the only or even the most important 5 ofprofits and influence;knowledge as well as 6 capital brings profits and influence.There are many 7 with the thesis above,not the least of 8 is that wealthy capitalists can buythe experts and knowledge they needed to keep their profits and influence.But this does not 9 theimportance of knowledge in an advanced industrial society,as the 10 of some new industrialindicates.11,genetic engineering and the new computer technology have 12 many new firms andmade some scientists quite rich.In 13 with criticism of the post industrial society thesis,however,it must also be 14 that those already in control of huge amounts of capital(i.e.,major corporations)soon 15 to take most profits in these industries based on new knowledge.Moving down from the level of wealth and power,we still find knowledge increasingly 16.Many new high-tech jobs are being created at the upper-middle-class level,but even more newjobs are being created in the low-skill,low-paying service 17.Something like a caste line isemerging centered around knowledge.Individuals who fall too far behind in the 18 of knowledgeat a young age will find it almost impossible to catch later,no matter how hard they try.Illiteracyin the English language has been a severe 19 for many years in the United States,but we are alsomoving to the point when computer illiteracy will hinder many more people and 20 them to a lifeof low-skill and low-paid labor.I.Aquantitative BJextensive CJcomprehension IDJsophisticated2.Amoreover Bhowever Ctherefore Dnevertheless3.Aaggression Bproficiency Cproductivity Devolution4.Adominant Bimpressive Cmagnificent Dsignificant5.Asource BJfactor CJcomponent IDJelement6.Aadequate Bprofitable Cmaterial Dspiritual7.Aadvantages Bconsequences Cproblems Dpotentials8.Athem|B|those Cwhich Dthat9.Adeny IBJrefuse CJadmit Dacknowledge10.Aemergence Binnovation Cextinction Ddiscovery11.AIn addition BIFor example CAbove all DIn short12.Aproduced Bcreated Climproved Dfacilitated13.AJline Bneed CJdoubt DJmatch14.Aidealized Brecognized Csupervised Dsummarized15.Astepped in Bsettled down Cleaned over Dturned out16.Aaccessible Bimportant Cpopular Dabundant17.AJenterprises Bjemployment CJprofessions DJindustries18.Acontrol Bmastery Csearch Dpursuit19.A handicap B penalty CJ inconvenience D shortcoming20.A enforce B punish C confine D condemnSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C orD.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1Half the world s population will be speaking or learning English by researchers say.Twobillion people are expected to start learning English within a decade and three billion will speak it,says a British Council estimate.Other languages,such as French,risk becoming the casualties of this“linguisticglobalization.But the boom will be over by and the English language teaching industry willhave become a victim of its own success,says David Graddol,author of the report,The Future ofEnglish.Mr.Graddol s research was based on a computer model developed to estimate demand forEnglish language teaching around the world.The lecturer,who has worked in education andlanguage studies at the Open University for the past 25 years,said the model charted likely studentnumbers through to.It was compiled by looking at various estimates from the United Nations Education,Scientific and Cultural Organization(Unesco)on education provision,demographic projections,government education policies and international student mobility figures.The impact ofeducational innovations and other developments affecting the world population including theChinese government s policy of one baby per family were also factored in.Based on its findings,Mr.Graddol has predicted that the world is about to be hit by a tidalwave of English.“Many governments,especially in countries which have relatively recentlygained independence,are introducing the teaching of English under a utilitarian banner.”“But English predominates in the business world,and for such countries to be able tocompete for work,including lucrative(profitable)outsourcing contracts,English is being pushedheavily from kindergarten on.,The potential bonanza(source of wealth)on offer from outsourcing means even maths andscience are being taught in English at secondary schools in Malaysia.But demand for Englishteaching would drop as children progress through academia,and more universities across theworld choose to teach in the language.Mr.Graddol also estimated that the boom would be over by.English language studentswill be down from two billion to 500 million t h e n,h e said,Increasingly,as English spreadacross the globe,more people will become bilingual,even multi lingual and such skills arehighly prized in business.But Britain has not got the best reputation for learning other languages.,The report also showed that English was not the only language spreading,and the world,farfrom being dominated by English,was to become more multi-lingual.Mr.Graddol said,aChinese,Arabic and Spanish are all popular,and likely to be languages of the future.M21.It is estimated that in a decade English will beA actively studied by over 200 million people.B freely spoken by global English learners.C popular with over 80%of world inhabitants.D really mastered by 50%of people worldwide.22.According to the text,linguistic globalization willA eliminate French from the globe.B defeat other European languages.C fail all languages except English.D make English the biggest winner.23.David Graddol predicts that the thriving period of English willA terminate within half a century.B climax in the middle of the century.C endure for no less than five decades.D quit till the beginning of the s.24.The report 4tThe Future of English factored in all of the following EXCEPTA the educational condition and policy.B the directions and designs of Unesco.C the statistics about population.D the movements of overseas students.35.The writer of the report deems that outsourcing is toA result in the increase of English subjects.B lead to the drop of interest in English study.C account for the further spread of English.D bring about transition in college curricula.Text 2Perhaps only a small boy training to be a wizard at the Hogwarts school of magic could cast aspell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever.Wherever in the world the clockstrikes midnight on June 20th,his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10mcopies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.Bookshops will open in the middle of thenight and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks.Related toys,games,DVDsand other merchandise will be everywhere.There will be no escaping Pottermania.Yet Mr.Potters world is a curious one,in which things are often not what they appear.Whilean excitable media(hereby including The Economist,happy to support such a fine example ofglobalization)is helping to hype the launch of J.K.Rowlings fifth novel,about the mostadventurous thing that the publishers(Scholastic in America and Britains Bloomsbury in Englishelsewhere)have organized is a reading by Ms Rowling in Londons Royal Albert Hall,to bebroadcast as a live web cast.Hollywood,which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter,says it is doing even less.Incredible as it may seem,the guardians of the brand say that,to protect the Potter franchise,theyare trying to maintain a low profile.Well,relatively low.Ms Rowling signed a contract in 1998with Warner Brothers,part of AOL Time Warner,giving the studio exclusive film,licensing andmerchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal:some$500,000.Warnerlicenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images,from which MsRowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen if you believe BritainsSunday Times rich list.The process is self-generating:each book sets the stage for a film,whichboosts book sales,which lifts sales of Potter products.Globally,the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200m copies in 55 languages;thetwo movies have grossed over$1.8 billion at the box office.This is a stunning success by anymeasure,especially as Ms Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should not be overcommercialized.In line with her wishes,Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful,at least byHollywood standards,about what it licenses and to whom.It imposed tough conditions on CocaCola,insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans,and is now in the process ofmaking its licensing programme even more restrictive.Coke may soon be considered too massmarket to carry the brand at all.The deal with Warner ties much of the merchandising to the films alone.There are noofficially sanctioned products relating to Order of the Phoenix,;nor yet fbr Harry Potter and thePrisoner of Azkaban”,the film of the third book,which is due out in June.Warner agrees that MsRowlings creation is a different sort of commercial property,one with long-term potential thatcould be damaged by a typical Hollywood marketing blitz,says Diane Nelson,the studios globalbrand manager for Harry Potter.It is vital,she adds,that with more to come,readers of the booksare not alienated.4The evidence from our market research is that enthusiasm for the property byfans is not waning.”26.When the author says there will be no escaping Potter mania”,he implies that.A Harry Potters appeal fbr the readers is simply irresistible B it is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boyC craze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near futureD Hogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over27.Ms Rowlings reading in Londons Royal Albert Hall is mentioned to show.A publishers are really adventurous in managing the Potters businessB businesses are actually more credible than media in Potters worldC the media are promoting Pottermania more actively than Hollywood D businesses involved with Potter are moving along in an unusual way28.The author believes that.A Britains Sunday Times rich list is not very convincing as it sounds B Time Warners management of licenses is a bit over commercializedC other firms may produce goods using Harry Potter images at willD what Ms Rowling got in return fbr her offering to Warner is a real bargain29.Paragraph 4 intends mainly to show Warners.A determination to promote PotterB consistence in conducting businessC high regard fbr Ms Rowlings requestD careful restrictions on licensing to Coco-Cola30.It can be concluded from the last paragraph that.A products of Potter films have brought enormous profits to Warner B current Hollywoods marketing of Potter may damage its potentialC readers could get tired of Ms Rowlings writings sooner or laterD Warner will maintain the same strategy with Potter in futureText 3What accounts for the astounding popularity of Dr.Phil McGraw?Why have so many TVviewers and book buyers embraced this tough warrior of a psychologist who tells them to suck itup and deal with their own problems rather than complaining and blaming everyone else?Obviously,Oprah Winfrey has a lot to do with it.She made him famous with regular appearanceson her show,and is co-producing the new Dr.Phil”show thats likely to be the hottest newdaytime offering this fall.But we decided to put Dr.Phil on the cover not just because hes aphenomenon.We think his success may reflect an interesting shift in the American spirit of time.Could it be that were finally getting tired of the culture of victimology?This is a tricky subject,because there are very sad real victims among us.Men still abusewomen in alarming numbers.Racism and discrimination persist in subtle and not-so-subtle forms.But these days,almost anyone can find a therapist or lawyer to assure them that their professionalrelationship or health problems arent their fault.As Marc Peyser tells us in his terrific profile ofDr.Phil,the TV suits were initially afraid audiences would be offended by his stem advice to getreal!In fact,viewers thirsted for the tough talk.Privately,we all know we have to takeresponsibility for decisions we control.It may not be revolutionary advice(and may leave outimpoitant factors like unconscious impulses).But ifs still an important message with clearechoing as,a year later,we contemplate the personal lessons of September 11.Back at the ranch(livestock farm)-the one in Crawford,Texas-President Bush continued toissue mixed signals on Iraq.He finally promised to consult allies and Congress before going towar,and signaled an attack isnt coming right now(”Im a patient man).But so far there has beenlittle consensus-building,even as the administration talks of regime change and positions troopsin the gulf.Bushs team also ridiculed the press for giving so much coverage to the Iraq issue.Defense Secretary Rumsfeld called it a frenzy,“and Press Secretary Ari Fleischer dismissed it asself-inflicted silliness.But as Michael Hirsh notes in our lead story,much of the debate has beeninside the Republican Party,where important voices of experience argue Bush needs to preparedomestic and world opinion and think through the global consequences before moving forward.With so much at stake,the media shouldnt pay attention?Now whos being silly?31.Faced with diversified issues of injustice,Dr.Phil McGraw advised that people should _.A strongly voice their condemnation of those responsibleB directly probe the root of their victimizationC carefully examine their own problemsD sincerely express their sympathy for the victims32.One possible response,when the program Dr.Phil1 was first presented on TV,thatpeople were afraid of w a s.A suspicion|B satisfactionC indifferenceD indignation33.The word toughn(Line 7,Paragraph 2)most probably m e a n s.A piercing to the truthB using vulgar languageC mean and hostileD difficult to understand34.The author advises the public t o.A leave out factors such as unconscious impulses|B draw lessons of their own from September 1 1C respond decisively to September 1 1 tragedyD accept decisions beyond our control35.With a series of questions at the end of the text,the a u t h o r.A feels uncertain of what his own opinion isB differentiates two conflicting viewsC criticizes the Bush AdministrationD argues for the US policy
