电子科技大学研究生历年学位英语考试试题及答案汇编(9)

2002 年 6 月研究生英语学位课统考真题： Part II. Vocabulary ( 10 minutes, 10 points ) Section A (0.5 point each) 16. Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger. A reveal B underline C improve D integrate 17. What players and coaches fear most is the partiality on the part of referees in a game. A justice B bias C participation D regionalism 18. The sale has been on for a long time because the price is reckoned to be too high. A considered B stipulated C raised D stimulated 19. Smugglers try every means to lay hands on unearthed relics for their personal gains. A set foot on B lost their heart to C set their mind on D get hold of 20. There must have been round about a thousand people participating in the forum. A approximately B exactly C less than D more than 21. These old and shabby houses will be demolished for the construction of residential buildings. A pulled out B pulled in C pulled down D pulled up 22. Readers are required to comply with the rules of the library and mind their manners. A observe B memorize C comment D request 23. Artificial intelligence deals partly with the analogy between the computer and the human brain. A likeness B relation C contradiction D difference 24. It is often the case that some superficially unrelated events turn out to be linked in some aspects. A practically B wonderfully C beneficially D seemingly 25. The alleged all-power master of chi kong was arrested on a charge of fraud. A so-called B well-known C esteemed D undoubted 26. It is hoped that pork can be made leaner by introducing a cow gene into the pig’s genetic ____ A reservoir B warehouse C pool D storehouse 27. The chairman said that he was prepared to ____the younger people in the decision making. A put up with B make way for C shed light on D take charge of 28. Tom is angry at Linda because she ____ him ____ all the time. A sets..up B puts…down C runs…out D drops…in 29. The ability to focus attention on important things is a _____characteristic of intelligence. A defining B declining C defeating D deceiving 30. Our picnic having been ____ by the thunderstorm, we had to wait in the pavilion until it cleared up. A destroyed B undermined C spoilt D contaminated 31. I was disappointed to see that those people I had sort of ____ were pretty ordinary. A despised B resented C worshipped D ridiculed. 32. One of the main purposes of using slang is to consolidate one’s ____ with a group. A specification B unification C notification D identification 33. The ____ from underdeveloped countries may well increase in response to the soaring demand for high-tech professionals in developed nations. A brain damage B brain trust C brain fever D brain drain 34. This matter settled, we decided to ___ to the next item on the agenda. A succeed B exceed C proceed D precede 35. Listening is as important as talking. If you are a good listener, people often ___you for being a good conversationalist. A complement B compliment C compel D complain Part III. Cloze Test (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point each) Most American magazines and newspapers reserve 60 percent of their pages for ads. The New York Times Sunday edition 36 may contain 350 pages of advertisements. Some radio stationsdevote 40 minutes of every hour to 37 . Then there is television. According to one estimate, American youngsters sit 38 three hours of television commercials each week. By the time they graduate from high school, they will have been 39 360,000 TV ads. Televisions advertise in airport, hospital waiting rooms, and schools. Major sporting 40 are now major advertising events. Racing cars serve as high-speed 41 . some athletes receive most of their money from advertisers. One 42 basketball player earned $ 3.9 million by playing ball. Advertisers paid him nine times that much to 43 their products. There is no escape. Commercial ads are displayed on walls, buses and trucks. They decorate the inside of taxis and subways ----even the doors of public toilets. 44 messages call to us in supermarkets, stores, elevators -----and 45 we are on hold on the telephone. In some countries so much advertising comes through the mail that many recipients proceed directly from the mailbox to the nearest wastebasket to 46 the junk mail. 47 Insider’s Report, published by McCann-Erickson, a global advertising agency, the estimated 48 of money spent on advertising worldwide in 1990 was $ 275.5 billion. Since then, the figures have 49 to $ 411.6 billion for 1997 and a projected $ 434.4 billion for 1998. Big money. What is the effect of all of this ? One analyst 50 it this way: “Advertising is one of the most powerful socializing forces in the culture. Ads sell more than products. They sell images, values, goals , concepts of who we are and who we should be. They shape our attitudes and our attitudes shape our behaviour. 36. A lonely B alone C singly D individually 37. A commerce B consumers C commercials D commodities 38. A through B up C in D about 39. A taken to B spent in C expected of D exposed to 40. A incidents B affairs C events D programs 41. A flashes B billboards C attractions D messages . 42. A top-heavy B top-talented C top-secret D top-ranking 43. A improve B promote C urge D update 44. A Audio B Studio C Oral D Video 45. A since B while C even D if 46. A toss out B lay down C blow out D break down 47. A It is said that B Apart from C According to D Including in 48. A digit B amount C account D budget 49. A raised B elevated C roared D soared 50. A said B recorded C told D put Passage One For decades, arms-control talks centered on nuclear weapons. This is hardly surprising, since a single nuclear bomb can destroy an entire city. Yet, unlike smaller arms, these immensely powerful weapons have not been used in war in over 50 years. Historian John Keegan writes, “Nuclear weapons have, since August 9, 1945, killed no one. The 50,000,000 who have died in war since that date have for the most part, been killed by cheap, mass-produced weapons and small ammunitions, costing little more than the transistor radios which have flooded the world in the same period. Because small weapons have disrupted life very little in the advanced world, outside the restricted localities where drug-dealing and political terrorism flourish, the populations of the rich states have been slow to recognize the horror that this pollution has brought in its train.” Why have small arms become the weapons of choice in recent wars? Part of the reason lies in the relationship between conflict and poverty. Most of the wars fought during the 1990s took place in countries that are poor----too poor to buy sophisticated weapon systems. Small arms and light weapons are a bargain. For example, 50 million dollars, which is approximately the cost of a singlemodern jet fighter, can equip an army with 200,000 assault rifles. Another reason why small weapons are so popular is that they are lethal. A single rapid-fire assault rifle can fire hundreds of rounds a minute. They are also easy to use and maintain. A child of ten can be taught to strip and reassemble a typical assault rifle. A child can also quickly learn to aim and fire that rifle into a crowd of people. The global traffic in guns is complex. The illegal trade of small arms is big. In some African wars, paramilitary groups have bought billions of dollars’ worth of small arms and light weapons, not with money, but with diamonds seized from diamond-mining areas. Weapons are also linked to the illegal trade in drugs. It is not unusual for criminal organizations to use the same routes to smuggle drugs in one direction and to smuggle guns in the other. 51. It is implied in the passage that __________ A small arms-control is more important than nuclear arms-control. B the nuclear arms-control talks can never reach an agreement. C the power of nuclear weapons to kill people has been diminished. D nuclear weapons were the topic of arms-control talks 50 years ago. 52. The advanced world neglect the problems of small arms because ____ A They have to deal with drug-dealing and political terrorism. B They have no such problems as are caused by small weapons. C They have not recognized the seriousness of the problems in time. D They face other more important problems such as pollution. 53. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason for the prevalence of small arms? A Small arms are cheap. B Small arms are powerful . C Small arms are easier to use. D Small arms are easier to get 54. We can conclude from the passage that ____ A small arms are not expensive in the black-market. B it is unfair to exchange small arms for diamond. C Criminals use the same passage to smuggle drugs and small arms. D where there are drugs, there are small arms. 55. The best title for this passage is ____ A Small Arms Talks, Not Nuclear Arms Talks. B Neglect of Small Arms Control C Global Traffic in Small Arms D Small Arms, Big Problems. Passage Two In order to combat sickness, many doctors rely heavily on prescribing medicines that are developed and aggressively advertised by pharmaceutical companies. Significantly, the world market for such drugs has skyrocketed in recent decades, from just a few billion dollars a year to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. What had been a consequence? Medically prescribed drugs have helped many people. Yet, the health of some who take drugs has either remained unchanged or become worse. So, recently some have turned to using other methods of medical treatment. In places where modern, conventional medicine has been the standard of care, many are now turning to what have been called alternative, or complementary, therapies. “The Berlin Wall that has long divided alternative therapies from mainstream medicine appears to be crumbling,” said Consumer Reports of May 2000. The Journal of the American Medical Association( JAMA) observed, “Alternative medical therapies such as the use of herbs, functionally defined as interventions neither taught widely in medical schools nor generally available in U. S. hospitals, have attracted increased national attention from the media, the medical community, governmental agencies, and the public.”In the past, conventional medical practitioners have been skeptical about alternative medical practices, but 75 medical schools in the United States currently offer elective course work on alternative medicine, including Harvard, Stanford, University of Arizona, and Yale. JAMA noted, “ Now an estimated 3 in 5 individual seeing a medical doctor for a principal condition also used an alternative therapy. And outside the United States, alternative medicine is popular throughout the industrialized world.” The trend toward integrating alternative therapies with conventional ones has long been a general practice in many countries. As JAMA concluded, “There are no longer two types of medicine, conventional and complementary. There is only good medicine and bad medicine.” 56. This passage suggests that pharmaceutical companies ____ A pay doctors for prescribing their drugs. B have raised the prices of their products sharply in recent years. C spend more money on their advertisements than on their products. D have produced some ineffective drugs. 57. The sentence “The Berlin Wall …. Appears to be crumbling” in the third paragraph implies that _____ A the restrictions on the practice of alternative therapies will be abolished. B there are still strict restrictions on the practice of alternative drugs. C conventional medicine and alternative therapies are incomparable. D conventional medicine and alternative therapies are completely different remedies. 58. According to the passage, alternative therapies _____ A are widely taught in the U.S. medical schools now. B have been approved by U. S. government. C have been used by many American patients. D are as popular as conventional medicine. 59. JAMA seems to suggest that ____________ A U. S. government should meet the increasing demands for alternative therapies. B a medicine is good after it proves to be beneficial to the patients. C pharmaceutical companies should cover the cost of alternative therapies. D conventional medicine and alternative medicine should join hands. 60. It is implied in the passage that ._____________ A we should take as little western medicine as possible. B the prices of the prescribed medicine should be reduced. C herbal medicine will be accepted by more Americans. D without the help of alternative medicine, good health can not be guaranteed. Passage Three Our Milky Way galaxy could contain up to 1 billion Earth-like planets capable of supporting life, scientists announced last week. The theoretical abundance of habitable worlds among the estimated 200 billion stars of our home galaxy suggests that more powerful telescopes might glimpse the faint signature of far-off planet, proving that, in size and temperature at least, we are not alone in the universe. Solar systems such as Earth’s, in which planets orbit a star, have been discovered. Astronomers have identified almost 100 planets in orbit around other suns. All are enormous, and of the same gaseous make-up as Jupiter. Barrie Jones of the Open University in UK and his colleague Nick Sleep have worked out how to predict which of the newly discovered solar systems is likely to harbor Earth-like planets. Using a computer, they have created mathematical models of planetary systems and seeded them with hypothetical Earths in “Goldilocks zone” orbits, where it is neither too hot too cold to support life.The computer simulates which of these model Earths is likely to be kicked out of its temperature orbit by gravitational effects of the monster planets, and which is likely to survive. The solar system most like ours discovered so far is 51 light years away, at the star 47 Ursae Majoris, near the group of stars known as the Great Bear. Astronomers have discovered two planets orbiting 47 Ursae Majoris----One is two and half times the size of Jupiter, the other slightly smaller. Both planets are relatively close to the Goldilocks zone, which is further out than ours because 47 Ursae Majoris is older, hotter and brighter than the sun. “It’s certainly a system worth exploring for an Earth-like planet and for life,” said Jones. The requirement for a life-supporting zone in any solar system is that water should be able to exist in a liquid state. NASA and its European counterpart, ESA, plan to launch instruments in the next 10 years which could produce pictures of Earth-sized planets. 61. It is suggested in this passage that _______________ A scientists have found evidence to prove there are many Earth-like planets in our galaxy. B Theoretically there are a great number of Earth-like planets capable of supporting life. C our Earth is the only planet in our galaxy that can support life. D with more powerful telescope, scientists will be able to find more galaxies in the universe 62. The “Godilocks zone” mentioned in the 5th paragraph most probably means _________ A a certain fixed distance between a planet and sun. B a range in the universe in which the planets’ temperature is suitable for life. C a range in the universe in which the planets can receive enough sunlight. D a mathematical model to measure the size of the planetary system. 63. Barrie Jones and Nick Sleep have found ____________ A 100 planets orbiting around other stars like our sun. B many planets’ atmosphere has the same composition as Jupiter. C the ways to tell which solar system may have Earth-like planets. D a mathematical model to measure the distance of newly found solar-systems. 64. So far, the solar system most like ours that has been discovered is _______ A in the group of stars known as Great Bear. B 2.5 times as big as Jupiter. C smaller than our system. D impossible for us to reach at present time. 65. The most important requirement to have a life-supporting zone in any solar system is that it must have _____ A enough water and proper temperature. B enough oxygen and hydrogen. C enough air and sunlight. D enough water in any state. Passage Four Having abandoned his call for higher gasoline prices, Vie President Al Gore has another idea to get people out of their cars: Spend billions on mass transit ----$ 25 billion to be exact. Last week, Gore unveiled his “Keep America Moving” initiative, which will spend $25 billion on upgrading and improving mass-transit systems nationwide. According to Gore’s self-proclaimed “new way of thinking”, all that’s necessary to reduce traffic congestion is to “give people a choice.” The federal government has been trying to “give people a choice” for decades to little effect. Portions of the federal gasoline tax have already been used to support urban bus and rail systems. Despite years of subsidies, few urban-transit systems run in the black. They don’t do much to reduce congestion either. No matter how much the tax-payers paid for the planned transit systems.Americans prefer the autonomy offered by their automobiles. The vice president praised the Portland light-rail system as an example of how good mass transit can be. Yet Portland’s experience is more cautionary tale than exemplary model. Research by the Cascade Policy Institute demonstrates that Portland’s Metro has been a multi-million-dollar mistake. According to Metro’s own figures, the light-rail system is doing little to reduce congestion, as most of its riders used to ride the bus. Those riders that do come off the roads, come at an incredible price: $ 62 per round trip. Road improvements and expansion would do far more to reduce congestion at a fraction of the cost, but they wouldn’t attract the same volume of federal funds. 66. According to the author, the mass-transit systems____ A are characterized by low consumption of gasoline. B have contributed little to the improvement of the traffic. C aim at monitoring the public traffic. D are financially profitable. 67. What does the author say about the federal government? A It has recently begun to address the problem of traffic congestion. B It fails to provide enough funds to help reduce traffic congestion. C Its attempt to reduce traffic congestion is successful but costly. D It has not done much to reduce congestion by improving roads. 68. What is said about Americans’ attitude toward the transit systems? A They are reluctant to pay taxes to support the transit systems. B They think driving their own cars is more convenient. C They prefer the policies of improving and expanding roads. D They think there should be more choices in transportation. 69 In the third paragraph, the underlined expression “cautionary tale” most probably means ____ A an incredible story B an untrue story C a story giving a warning D a story teaching a moral lesson 70. Which of the following statements would the author probably agree to ? A In spite of federal funds, most urban-transit systems have financial problems. B The American public should become more aware of the need to reduce traffic congestion. C The attempt to expand roads would be as costly as the one to build a light-rail system. D The federal gasoline tax should be raised to support urban-transit system. Passage Five In all of the industrial countries and many less developed countries, a debate along the lines of government vs. business prevails. This struggle has gone on for so long and is so pervasive, that many who participate in it have come to think of these two social institutions as natural and permanent enemies, each striving to oppose the other. Viewing the struggle in that format diminishes the chance of attaining more harmonious relations between government and business. Moreover, if these two are seen as natural and deadly enemies, then business has no long-range future. It is self-evident that government, as the only social instrument that can legally enforce its will by physical control, must win any struggle that is reduced to naked power. A more realistic, and most constructive, approach to the conflict between business and government starts by noticing the many ways in which they are dependent on each other. Business cannot exist without social order. Business can and does generate its own order, its own regularities of procedure and behaviour; but at bottom these rest upon more fundamental patterns of order which can be maintained and evolved by the political state. The dependence of government on business is less absolute. Governments can absorb direct responsibility for organizing economic functions. In many cases, ancient and modern, government-run economic activities seem to have operated at a level of efficiency not markedlyinferior to comparable work organized by business. If society’s sole purpose is to achieve a bare survival for its members, there can be no substantial objection to governmental absorption of economic arrangements. 71. Many people think government and business are “enemies” because ____ A the struggle between the two parties has always existed. B they based their belief on the experience of the industrial countries. C they believe that government can do better than business in economic activities. D the struggle between the two parties is so fierce that neither will survive in the end. 72. The third paragraph mainly discusses___________ A how government and business depend on each other. B why social order is important to business activities. C Why it is necessary for business to rely on government. D how business can develop and maintain order. 73. What does the passage say about economic activities organized by government? A They mostly aim at helping people to survive. B They can be conducted as well as those by business. C They are the ones that business can’t do well. D They are comparatively modern phenomena. 74. We can conclude from the passage that ____ A it is difficult for government and business to have good relations. B it is difficult to study the relations between government and business. C government should dominate economic activities. D government and business should not oppose each other . Passage Six Standing up for what you believe in can be tough. Sometimes it’s got to be done, but the price can be high. Biochemist Jeffrey Wigand found this out the hard way when he took on his former employer, tobacco giant Brown & Williamson, over its claim that cigarettes were not addictive. So too did climate modeler Ben Santer when he put his name to a UN report which argued that it is people who are warming the planet. Both men found themselves under sustained attacks, Wigand from Brown & Williamson, Santer from the combined might of the oil and car industries. The two men got into their dreadful predicaments by totally different routes. But they had one thing in common---they fought powerful vested interests （既得利益者）with scientific data that those interests wished would go away. Commercial companies are not, of course, the only vested interests in town. Governments have a habit of backing the idea of whoever pays the most tax. Academia also has its version: scientific theories often come with fragile egos and reputations still attached, and supporters of those theories can be overly resistant to new ideas. For example, Alfred Wegener’s idea that the continents drift across the surface of the planet was laughed at when he proposed it in 1915. this idea was only accepted finally in the 1960s, when plate tectonics came of age. More recently, in 1982, Stanley Prusiner was labeled crazy for his controversial suggestion that infectious diseases such as BSE （疯牛病） were caused by a protein that self-replicated. A decade later, the notion had gained ground. Finally , in 1997, he received a Nobel Prize for his idea. Western science has always thrived on individualism---- one person’s ambition to topple a theory. So independence of thought is crucial. But this applies not only for scientists, but also their institutions. With governments and commercial sponsors increasingly pulling the strings of university research---- perhaps it’s time to spend some lottery money, say, on truly independent research.Overcoming scientists’ inertia will be much more difficult. Yet we can’t afford to be slow to hear new ideas and adapt to them. Back in the 1950s, if governments had taken seriously the findings of epidemiologist Richard Doll about the link between smoking and lung cancer, millions of people would have been spared disability and premature death. 75. One of the ideas that are highlighted in the passage is that __________ A individuals have greater chance of success in scientific research than collectives. B personality plays a crucial role in the advance of science. C originality of thinking is the key to the advance of science. D the intelligence of scientists is of vital importance to scientific achievements. 76. Jeffrey Wigand’s idea about the nature of cigarette__________ A was similar to that of the tobacco company. B sounded ridiculous to the general public . C was reached purely out of personal interests D should be regarded as scientifically true. 77. Jeffrey Wigand was attacked by the tobacco giant because _____ A his idea could lead to a financial loss for the company. B he had been eager to defeat his company. C his idea was scientifically invalid. D he had long been an enemy of the company. 78. The underlined phrase “place tectonics” in the 5th paragraph probably refers to ____ A the study of the structure of the earth B scientific study of the climate of the earth. C the theory that the earth’s surface consists of plates in constant motion. D the theory that the earth’s surface was originally a plate-shaped heavenly body. 79. One of the conclusions that we can reach from this passage is that ____ A governmental interests always seem to clash with those of the private companies. B scientific findings are often obtained at the sacrifice of personal interests. C scientific truths are often rejected before they are widely accepted. D scientists are sometimes doubtful about their beliefs. 80. The author seems to be suggesting that _______ A the vested interests are sometimes on obstacle to the progress of science. B governments are the one to blame for the deterioration of the environment. C a timely response to people’s demand is appreciated by the academia. D the interference by the government resulted in the tragedy of the 1950s. Part V Translation (40 minutes, 20 points ) The nations meeting here in Shanghai understand what is at stake. If we don’t stand against terrorism now, every civilized nation will at some point be its target. We will defeat the terrorists by destroying their network, wherever it is found. We will also defeat the terrorists by building an enduring prosperity that promises more opportunity and better lives for all the world’s people. The countries of the Pacific Rim made the decision to open themselves up to the world, and the result is one of the great development success stories of our time. The peoples of this region are more prosperous, healthier, and better educated than they were only two decades ago. And this progress has proved what openness can accomplish. Section B ( 20 minutes, 10 points ) 也许你觉得自己那些静卧于抽屉中的家书措辞不够优美， 气息也不够现代，其实这正是我 们所需要的，/毕竟时代的烙印和真挚的情怀是挥之不去， 那亘古不变的魔力足以超出我们 的想象。