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1、 2004年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题考试科目：基础英语、汉语 (即英语基础YZ)(注意：答案必须写在答案纸上)(全卷试题共150分). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15 points) 1. The charlatan claimed that his elixir would the aged and weary . A. revile B. exorcise C. rejuvenate D. ramify 2. I ca

2、n recommend him for a position of responsibility for I have found him a very young man. A. scrupulous B. evasive C. traumatic D. tautological3. We have many examples of scientists in different parts of the world who have made discoveries.A. intractable B. incontinent C. synchronous D. tenacious4. It

3、 is nor our aim to our foe; we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.A. antecede B. subjugateC. swelter D. convoke5. In his to further his knowledge of the universe, man has now begun to explore space.A. expedition B. endeavor C. trial D. chase 6. We finally managed to the committee

4、s approval of the design.A. tattle B. exert C. secure D. acquire7.His speech was careful and but his words seemed to made no sense.A. distinguished B. distinctiveC. distinct D. distinguishable8. The climbers their great ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.A. maintained B. realized C. sus

5、tained D. retained9. Skilled technicians and advanced technologies enable us to build uncompromised quality into all our cars, because our first is bringing you pleasure for years to come.A. prestige B. benefit C. privilege D. priority10. Technology has the sharing or information and the storage and

6、 delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.A. formulated B. furnished C. functioned D. facilitated11. No punishment is too severe for such an crime; it is almost impossible to understand its enormity.A. arbitrary B. appositeC. exemplary D. egregious12. California

7、ns and New Englanders speak the same language and with the same federal laws.A. abide B. governed C. comply D. obey13. When it comes to teaching , many parents believe that if they love their children and treat them kindly, the kids will know how to behaveA. majesty B. morality C. majority D. mental

8、ity14. He was so convinced that people were driven by motives that he could not believe that anyone could be unselfish.A. selfless B. personal C. ulterior D. intrinsic15. I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him and reliable.A. veracious B. viciousC. valorous D. voraciou

9、s.Reading Comprehension (20 points) Read carefully the following passage (which for your convenience has been divided into three sections ) and then answer the questions.(Billy Liar is a novel in which the story is told by the main character, an adolescent of about sixteen. In this extract he comes

10、home late for his Saturday midday mealfor no good reason. His mother, father and grandmother are cross with himtheir usual emotional state. )A What time do you call this? my mother asked as l opened the kitchen door. I knew my part in this little passage and replied, Twenty-seven minutes past two. T

11、hough you may have another phrase for it, reflecting that my answers were becoming as stereotyped as her questions. Ive had an exciting morning, I added, trying to get some uplift into the conversation.My mother was not having any. You seem to think Ive nothing else to do but cook, Cook, cook, she s

12、aid, slipping with disturbing ease into a monologue so familiar to me that I could have chanted it with her , like those two men doing imitations on the radio. “You come in when you expect to find a meal waiting for you, you dont seem to think Im entitled to five minutes peace.Peace I began, not tro

13、ubling to think what I was going to say ; anything obscure would pass for something clever. My mother cut me short.Ive not sat down all morning. If Im not sick !From the lounge, Gran shouted, If thats our Billy, theres his old raincoat been in the bathroom all morning. Its about time he started hang

14、ing his things up.I called back, What if it isnt our Billy, where has his old raincoat been then? A grammatical pleasantry whose full subtlety I did not expect to be appreciated. I anticipated, and got, no reply. The old man came into the kitchen from the garage, carrying a shelf.B And you can start

15、 coming home on a dinner-time instead of gadding round town half the bloody day, he said, without even looking at me.Good afternoon, Father, I said with heavy civility. I was beginning to wonder why I had come home at all.And stop being so cheeky. Ive just about had enough of it.He wants to give him

16、 a good hiding, teach him some manners, called Gran from the lounge.I began to feel angry, like a caged animal being taunted with sticks. This feeling, a regular enough occurrence in this horse, had several outlets. One course open to me was to revert to what I felt must be my former self or my real

17、 self or something, an abusive shadow of the old man. Another, less dangerous, move was to introduce the mood of polished detachment. What are manners-? I began, examining my fingernails. But I had underestimated the strength of the old mans frustration or whatever it was.Talk bloody sense, man! he

18、roared. If this is what they learned him at technical school, Im glad Im ignorant!Ah, a confession! I murmured, but without any idea that he should hear me. The old man gave me a steady, threatening look. Aloud, I said, Im going upstairs.And deep out of them bedrooms! Gran called from the lounge. Th

19、e bedrooms were nothing to do with her. She was only the permanent guest. I whipped round in a sudden gust of fury.Stick the bedroom I began, then checked myself on the absolute verge of disaster, so abruptly that I physically teetered on my toes.You what! The old man dropped his shelf on the floor

20、and came almost running across the kitchen, face to face with me.What did you say? What was that? What did you say? He grabbed my collar and put his fist close against my face. These melodramatics-,C Dont melodram me with your fancy talk ! I was seized, not with fear or anger, but with sheer helples

21、sness at the thought that these were beautiful Josiah Olroyd lines and I could not point them out to anybody, or even scoff. I merely said Talk bloody properly! You were talking different a minute ago, werent you? What did you just say to your grandma? What did you say? Well, dont pull him round, th

22、at shirts clean on, my mother said, anxiously. Ill clean shirt him! Ill clean shirt him round his bloody ear-hole! With his bloody fountain pens and suede shoes! Well he doesnt go out tonight! I know where he gets it from. He stops in tonight, and tomorrow night an all!I stood by the sink, looking w

23、ary, seeking some facial ex- pression that was not outside for something to say that would not sound clever or impertinent. From the lounge I heard Gran muttering, Cheeky young devil, but her voice sounded thick and strange. KEITH WATERHOUSE, Billy Liar (Michael Joseph)After reading each of the foll

24、owing questions, choose the ONE correct answer, and indicate it by writing down the letter that stands for it. In all questions only ONE answer is correct. This is stressed in some questions, but remember that the rule applies to all of them.From Section A1 The essential situation is that BillyA. ha

25、s angered his mother by arriving late for his midday meal B can persuade his family, with a little difficulty, to accept whatever he doesC annoys his family in ways that only a few adolescents doD is harbouring a grudge against his familyE can charm his mother but not his father2 Passage (1.2) means

26、A an extract from a comic conversationB a narrow corridor from the door to the kitchenC a quarrel between mother and sonD a game to see who could make the cleverest remarkE a switch from one side in an argument to another3 A monologue (1. 9) isA a dull style of speaking all on one noteB a mothers st

27、atement of her grievances C a speech made by one personD a reproachful accusation that Billy is an ungrateful sonE a harping on the same complaint4 Obscure (1. 14) meansA dull and indefinite B complex and intellectualC unexplained and doubtfulD difficult to understandE too up-to-date for his family5

28、 Billys grandmother soundsA senile and too old to talk rationallyB unsympathetic and critical of BillyC talkative and fond of the sound of her own voiceD eager to make peace between Billy and his motherE eager to move from one complaint about Billy to another 6 A pleasantry (1. 21) isA a hidden insu

29、lt B a good-natured attempt at amusementC a joke depending on witty clevernessD the making of a subtle distinctionE a desperate attempt to be funny at all costs7 The opposite of stereotyped (1. 5) would beA monotonousB good-temperedC spontaneousD varied E sincereFrom Section B8 Which ONE of the foll

30、owing comments would not be true of the situation depicted in Sections A and B?A it exaggerates the sorts of annoyance that most adolescents cause their parentsB it emphasizes the generation gap, the potential lack of sympathy between parents and childrenC it illustrates some working-class parents s

31、uspicion of educationD Billy has a subtle mind and is aware of many more aspects of the situation than the others are E it emphasizes the tragedy that Billys family are fond of him but do not understand him9 When Billy spoke with heavy civility (1. 4) he was A genuinely apologetic B considerably sca

32、redC elaborately politeD deceptively insincereE typically melodramatic10 taunted (1. 9) meansA reproached B upbraidedC teased E enraged11 The phrase gust of fury (1. 25)A stresses Billys disgust at how he is treated B compares his sudden attack of more passionate anger to a sudden strong rush of win

33、dC shows that Billy is equally angry throughout this incidentD underlines the stormy violence of Billys angerE compares the bitterness of Billys anger to the bitter cold of a snowstorm12 The phrase She was only the permanent guest (11. 24-5)A emphasizes how kind and charitable Billys parents were to

34、wards his grandmotherB invites the reader to feel sorry for the plight of many old folk C suggests that Billy becomes less angry less angry at this point in the series of eventsD reveals Billys unsympathetic feeling that his grandmother was not really s member of the familyE expresses the point of v

35、iew of the novelist rather than of Billy13 When Billy says that he was on the absolute verge of disaster (1. 27) he emphasizes that heA allowed his anger to get the better of his judgmentB nearly angered his mother and grandmother as much as he did his fatherC allowed his resolve to use clever answe

36、rs to run away with himD almost crossed what his class regarded as the borderline between decency and obscenityE was almost more offensive than his father would tolerate14 The word verge (1. 27) implies a comparison between Billys position and that of someone whoA crosses a chasm by walking along a

37、tight-ropeB almost falls off the edge of a cliffC decides at the last moment not to commit suicideD nearly goes to sleep when driving a carE narrowly escapes being overwhelmed by an avalanche15 The word melodramatics (1. 33) describes behaviour thatA is sensationally and violently emotional B belong

38、s to a play with a musical backgroundC contains stormy outbursts of angerD destroys the peacefulness of family lifeE is theatrical and insincere16 Which ONE of the following is not a colloquial and informal method of speech?A on a dinner-time (1. 1) B gadding round town (1. 2)C what they learned him

39、 at technical school (11. 18-19)D keep out of them bedrooms (1. 23)E I whipped round (1. 25)17 I began taunted with sticks (11. 9-10) contains an example of A a metaphorB a simile C an exaggerationD a paradoxE a clichFrom Section C18 Which ONE of the following remarks is not true about the behaviour

40、 of the four characters in Section C as distinct from the other sections?A Billys father is as angry as everB Billys grandmother is as unsympathetic as everC Billy becomes even less tactfulD Billys mother makes a limited attempt to protect him from his fatherE Billys father still seems particularly

41、sensitive about Billys rudeness towards his grandmother19 A face outside the histrionic experience of the family (11. 16-17) would be one which they had not seen inA nightmares B cartoonsC real lifeD playsE operasFrom the Whole Passage20 This is obviously an extract from a novel because it A is writ

42、ten in the first personB describes life as it is today C contains both dialogue and commentD makes fun of quarrels between young and old E is written in an informal style. Cloze test: Select the most appropriate word from the box to fill each of the blanks below. The choice 0 means no additional wor

43、d is correct. (10 points)Underlies analyzing giving force argument applicationangry sets forth depend temper synthesizing assured anger confrontations disagreeable defending logically engagingassigned pleas evidence point plan challenged marshallingtemper debatable refute unlikely pleas taking invol

44、ve 0 (empty) When writing argument for your college or university courses, you seek to convince a reader to agree with you concerning a topic open to debate. The terms persuasive writing and argumentative writing often are used interchangeably. When a distinction is made between them, persuasive wri

45、ting is the broader term. It includes advertisements, letters to editors, emotional 1 in speeches or writing, and formal written arguments. The 2 of this chapter is formal written argument as usually 3 in college and university courses.A written argument states and supports one position about the 4

46、topic. Support for that position depends on 5 , reasons, and examples chosen for their direct relation to the 6 being argued. One section of the written argument might present and attempt to 7 other positions on the topic, but the central thrust of the essay is to argue for one point of view.Taking and 8 a position in a written argument is an 9 intellectual process, especially