2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题
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2002年1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. Terrorist activities, in
whatever forms, are to be denounced by peace-
loving people worldwide.
A announced B
forgiven C condemned D despised
17.
Problems with respiration are often associated
with smoking and air pollution as has been
proved.
A aspiration B inspiration C
creativity D breathing
18. The military
operations commenced yesterday were targeted at
the Taliban’s military
installations.
A
set about B set out C set apart D set aside
19. No merchandise is currently in short
supply thanks to the market economy.
A
businessman B commodity C substance D talent.
20. It is becoming increasingly difficult for
an only child to live up to the expectations of
their
parents.
A encourage B survive C
arouse D fulfill
21. This summit talk is
thought to be instrumental in bringing about peace
in this region.
A helpful B useless C
harmless D inappropriate
22. Faced with this
grim situation, top executives of this company are
trying to find quick solutions.
A unexpected
B undesirable C comforting D grave
23. The
bill was passed unanimously as a result of the
intensive lobbying of some senators.
A
without any objections B in the end C in the
dark D against heavy odds.
24. Nobel Prize
winners have been mostly scientists of
international renown in some field.
A
institutions B standard C prestige D
application.
25. These natural resources will
be depleted sooner or later if the present rate
of exploitation
continues.
A exhausted
B evaluated C deployed D popularized.
Section B (0.5 point, each)
26. Harry
Potter was originally _____for children or
teenagers, yet many adults have come to be
crazy about the book.
A extended B
intended C inclined D directed
27. This
experienced author was able to ____the lifetime’s
work of Jefferson into one volume.
A
suppress B compress C express D depress
28. A Frenchman who has an unusually sensitive
nose can ____ hundreds of different smells.
A nominate B dominate C eliminate D
discriminate
29. The Chinese share the
____that their life will become better and the
country more prosperous.
A conviction B
speculation C elaboration D perspiration
30. After weeks of _____, the owners and the
union leaders have finally agreed on the question
of
sick benefits.
A administration B
arbitration C authorization D alternation
31. It took this disabled boy a long time to
___ the fact that he was not qualified for
admission to
college.
A come up with B
come down with C come up to D come to terms with
32. The authorities claim that the rate of
crime is declining, but statistics show ____.
A clockwise B otherwise C elsewhere D likewise
33. Air attacks in Afghanistan are focused on
airports and training camps to avoid civilian ____
A involvement B rebellion C casualties D
anguish
34. After all, people across the
Taiwan Straits are of the same race, so this
island and the mainland
are _______
A inexplicable B irreplaceable C
indispensable D inseparable
35. President
Bush said that the most urgent mission was to
bring the wrongdoers to ____
A justice B
justification C adjustment D justifiability
Part III Cloze Test ( 10 minutes, 15 points,
1 point each )
It has been said that in a
high-divorce society, not only are more unhappy
marriages likely to end
in divorce, but in
addition, more marriages are likely to become
unhappy. Much of life’s happiness
and much of
its 36 come from the same resource ---one’s
marriage. Indeed, few things in life
have the
potential to provide as much 37 or as much
anguish. As the accompany box indicates,
many
couples are having more than their share of the
38 .
But divorce statistics reveal only
part of the problem. For each marriage that sinks,
countless
others remain 39 but are stuck in
stagnant waters. “We used to be a happy family,
but the last 12
years have been horrible,” 40
a woman married for more than 30 years. “My
husband is not
interested in my feelings. He
is truly my worst 41 enemy.” Similarly, a
husband of nearly 25
years said, “My wife has
told me that she doesn’t love me anymore. She says
that if we can just
exist as roommates and
each go our 42 ways when it comes to leisure
time, the situation can be
43 .
Of
course, some in such terrible straits 44 their
marriage. For many, however, divorce is
45 .
Why? According to Dr. Karen Kavser, factors such
as children, community disgrace, finances,
friends, relatives and religious beliefs might
keep a couple together, even in a 46 state.
“Unlikely to divorce legally,” she says,
“these spouses choose to 47 a partner from whom
they are
emotionally divorced.”
Must a
couple whose relationship has cooled 48
themselves to a life of dissatisfaction? Is a
loveless marriage the only 49 to divorce?
Experience proves that many troubled marriages can
be saved ---- not only from the 50 of
breakup but also from the misery of lovelessness.
36. A mighty B misery C mystery
D myth
37. A delight B dismay C
dignity D destiny
38. A late B
later C latter D last
39. A
ashore B afloat C arrogant D
ascended
40. A conferred B compromised C
confessed D confided
41. A passional B
feeling C emotional D sensational
42. A separate B parting C
different D divided
43. A excused B
forgiven C comprehended D tolerated
44. A intensify B terminate C
reinforce D betray
45. A in the end B
out of the count C in the way D out of the
question
46. A loving B lovely
C loved D loveless
47. A insist on
B persist in C remain with D keep in
with
48. A resign B deposit C
expel D return
49. A pattern B
destination C alternative D route
50. A addiction B agony C abuse
D abolition
Part IV Reading Comprehension (
45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)
Passage
One
Moviegoers may think history is
repeating itself this weekend. The summer’s most
anticipated
film, Pearl Harbor, which has
opened recently, painstakingly re-creates the
Japanese attack that
drew the United States
into World War II. But that isn’t the film’s only
reminder of the past. Harbor
invites
comparison to Titanic, the biggest hit of all
time. Like Titanic, Harbor attempts to create
popular global entertainment from a deadly
real-life tragedy. Like Titanic, Harbor costs a
pretty
penny and hopes to get in even more at
the box office.
Both Titanic and Pearl
harbor unseal their tales of love and tragedy over
more than three hours.
Both stories
center on young passion, triangle of tension with
one woman and two men: in Titanic,
Leonardo
DiCaprio and Billy Zane compete for the love of
the same woman, a high-society type
played by
a British actress named Kate (Winslet). In Harbor,
two pilots (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett)
fall
for the same woman, a nurse played by a British
actress named Kate (Beckinsale).
The scenes
of peril also have similarities, Harbor has a shot
in which soldiers cling for dear life
as the
battleship USS Oklahoma capsizes. The moment is
recalled for the Titanic’s climactic sinking
scene in which DiCaprio and Winslet hang from
the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically
plunges into the water. In Harbor, one of its
stars floats atop a piece of debris in the middle
of the
night, much like Winslet’s character
does in Titanic.
And the jaw-dropping
action of Titanic is matched by Harbor’s 40-minute
re-creation of the
Dec.7, 1941 attack on the
United States’ Pacific Fleet. Both films spent
heavily on special effects.
Harbor director,
Michael Bay, for example, says he kept salaries
down so more could be spent on
the visuals.
Both movies even shot their ship-sinking scenes at
the same location: Fox Studios Baja
in Mexico.
Harbor’s makers have ever taken a Titanic-
like approach to the soundtrack. The film includes
one song, There You’ll be, performed by
country music superstar Faith Hill. Titanic, which
is one of
the best selling soundtracks of all
time, also has only one pop song: Celine Dion’s My
Heart Will
Go On.
“If Harbor becomes a
major moneymaker, filmmakers may comb history
books searching for
even more historical
romance-action material,” says a critic.
51. What are the two things that the author of
this article tries to compare?
A The attack
on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.
B Historical fiction movies and successful
box office hits.
C The movie Titanic and the
on-show movie Pearl Harbor.
D Sinking boats
and famous actors.
52. Pearl Harbor and
Titanic are similar in all of the following
aspects EXCEPT _____.
A both spent large
amount of money on special effects.
B both
have soundtracks starring a major pop star.
C both added made-up stories to historical events.
D both are documentary movies of historical
events.
53. Who plays the leading female role
in Pearl Harbor?
A Kate Beckisale B Ben
Affleck C Kate Winslet D Faith Hill
54.
What does the phrase “cost a pretty penny” in the
first paragraph mean?
A To be very attractive
B To cost a lot.
C To have big box office
returns
D To require a lot of efforts to
accomplish
55. If Pearl Harbor is as
successful as Titanic, which of the following
movies might we see next?
A The Battle of
Waterloo B The Advents of Mr. Bean
C Space
Invaders D The Haunted House
56. It
is said in the passage that __________
A
major historical events can never repeat
themselves.
B both Titanic and Pearl Harbor
are the historical reappearance.
C Pearl
Harbor may have a better box office return than
Titanic.
D Titanic is the most successful
film in history.
Passage Two
A few
weeks ago my mother called to say there was a
warrant out for my arrest. I was mystified.
I’d like to think myself dangerous but I’m a
mild-mannered journalist. I don’t have a criminal
record, though the address on my
driver’s license is my mother’s ---- thus the
“raid”. I hadn’t
robbed any convenience stores
lately, nor fled the scene after backing a Jeep
into a crowd of people.
But this is Mayor
Giuliani’s New York, where it doesn’t take much to
draw the attention of cops.
New Yorkers know
all about Hizzonor’s banning homeless cleaning men
from approaching drivers
and offering to clean
their windshields. He’s also cracked down on
street vendors. Yuppie that I am,
I’ve never
given much thought to what it felt like to be on
the other side of the law.
So when the cops
came knocking, I thought there must be some
mistake. Imagine my
embarrassment upon
discovering my crime. One Saturday night in March,
I strolled out of
apartment after dinner, a
Coors Light beer in hand. Suddenly a police
officer came up and wrote me
a ticket. The
charge: violating New York City’s open-container
laws. Yeah, I probably should have
paid it
then and there. But instead I stuck the pink slip
in my back pocket---- and forgot about it.
When I called to inquire about my case, I was told
to “speak with Officer Kosenza.” But I didn’t
get a chance. Kosenza called me that night
while I was having dinner with my girlfriend. He
wanted
me to come to court, right then. But I
was cautious. It seems New York’s police are in a
bind. With
crime falling to record lows, it’s
getting harder and harder for cops to “make the
numbers” that
show they’re doing a better and
better job. What to do? The answer is to rifle
through out-of-date
tickets that haven’t been
paid --- anything they could turn into a “crime”.
I finally decided to turn
myself in, which is
now I found myself, one August evening, handcuffed
at the downtown
Manhattan police station with
an older officer telling us tales of his days in
the 1980s. “Times sure
have changed,” he said,
shaking his head at us statistically useful
nuisances.
Eventually I was led into a
courtroom. Very quickly, it was done. Handcuffs
off, out the door. I
wanted to complain but
went quietly home, promising not to do whatever I
was guilty of for another
six months. I got
off easy. But I also learned a lesson: Guiliani’s
clean streets come with a price. If
only the
mayor would neglect to pay a ticket.
57.
According to the passage, the author is probably
_________
A an urban young professional B a
narrow-minded journalist
C a criminal wanted
by the police D a traffic offender
58. The
author was arrested primarily because _____
A
he once stuck a piece of pink paper in his back
pocket.
B he used his mother’s address on
the driver’s license
C he had robbed
convenience shops before.
D he drank some
beer one night on the street.
59. The word
“nuisances” in the fourth paragraph may
mean________
A mild-mannered prisoners B
trouble makers C new arrivals D hardened
criminals
60. Through the passage, the author
wants to convey the idea that _______
A New
York policemen are doing a good job---cracking
down on crimes.
B not everyone agrees with
the mayor’s management of the city.
C the
crime rate has been reduced at the expense of
citizen’s convenience
D everyone including
the mayor should be punished if he is guilty of
crime
61. According to the passage, which of
the following statements is NOT true?
A The
author pleaded guilty and was set free.
B
Policemen were trying hard to please their
superiors.
C Many so-called crimes were only
trifle things.
D It’s no use complaining to
cops when you are caught.
62. The tone of the
passage is _________
A satirical B
objectives C praiseful D complaining
Passage Three
Ewen Cameron is long dead
but his ghost appears to haunt Canada, where
extraordinarily strict
rules are being
considered to protect the subjects of
psychological research.
Cameron was a
scientist straight from a horror movie. On the
surface, he was a respectable
academic. But
after the end of the Second World War, he visited
the Nuremberg trials, superficially
to examine
Rudolf Hess’s psychological state. Many people
believe that he also studied Nazi
methods of
mind control. Certainly, he never internalized the
Nuremberg declaration that prohibits
human
experiments where risk outweighs “humanitarian
importance.”
Throughout the 1950s, Cameron
ran a CIA-funded laboratory at McGill University
where
patients were used as guinea pigs in
brainwashing experiments. Some patients were given
ECT
“therapy” twice daily, others were drugged
and kept unconscious for weeks or months, injected
with
huge amounts of drugs, and subjected to
long-term sensory deprivation.
Compensation
has been paid to most surviving patients. But
suspicion of the psychological
sciences has
not entirely gone away. Nor has the need for
patients’ rights to be guaranteed. Cameron,
after all, ensured that every patient signed a
consent form, even though many were not in
position to
understand what it meant.
The strict new rules for psychological research
now under discussion can partly be understood in
the light of special Canadian sensitivities.
They are designed to ensure that no one can be
involved
in an experiment that might damage
their own interests.
All well and
good, except that psychological sciences aren’t
going to advance if anyone can leave
an
experiment if they don’t like the results.
Obviously, many psychological experiments would
not
be possible if the experimenters had to
reveal exactly what they were testing.
There is much to debate about the rights of
patients and experimental subjects. The committee
drawing up the code has apparently received
2,000 pages of comment on its draft.
No one
should do anything until this committee has had
all the time it needs to read, digest and
study these submissions. And then reach a
truly balanced position.
63. According to the
author, we may conclude that __________
A
Cameron was a dedicated and responsible scientist.
B Cameron was interested in unveiling the
myths about Rudolf Hess’s psychological state.
C Cameron tried to ensure that his subjects
clearly understood the purpose of the experiments.
D Cameron unmistakably violated the subjects’
rights.
64. Which of the following statements
is NOT true based on the second paragraph?
A
Cameron’s appearance might misrepresent his true
personality.
B Probing into the
psychological state of the Nazi was outside
Cameron’s professions.
C Cameron did not
observe the stipulation relating to human
experiments.
D People believed that he had
undisclosed motives for attending the Nuremberg
trials.
65. We can infer from this passage
that _________
A making compensation for the
subjects’ loss was illegal.
B some subjects
in Cameron’s experiments died.
C people have
been quite indifferent to the subjects’ rights.
D as a rule, people are fully supportive of
psychological science.
66. The committee
responsible for working out the rules governing
psychological research______
A has to give
top priority to psychological advances.
B is
bombarded with criticisms from the public.
C
is expected to take into account all the reactions
to the drafting.
D should rely on those
willing to sacrifice their own interests.
67.
One of the problems with the new rules for
psychological research is that _________
A
the rules can do little to protect the patients’
rights
B people may withdraw from the
experiments in fear of damage to their own
interests.
C it would be impossible to
sort out anything valuable from the comments on
the rules.
D people’s response to
psychological sciences is overwhelmingly negative.
Passage Four
Some accept their fate.
Others try to reason with the police officer who
has pulled them over for
some real or imagined
traffic offense. But when law enforcement is
represented by a
computer-driven camera that
has immortalized your violation on film---- as is
the case at hundreds
of intersections in more
than 60 cities around the U.S.---it’s hard to talk
your way out of a heavy
fine. Yet that is
precisely what some 300 motorists in San Diego
succeeded in doing last week when
a superior
court judge rules that pictures taken by the so-
called red-light camera were unreliable and
therefore unacceptable.
The first U.S.
Court decision to reject all the traffic
violations caught on camera, the ruling by
judge Ronald Styn has fueled debate over the
growing use of the devices. Police departments
swear,
and studies indicate, that the robocams
( robot camera) deter people from speeding and
running red
lights. A Lou Harris poll set for
release this week finds that 69% of Americans
support their use. Yet
at least seven states
have blocked proposal to implement them, and
opponents---ranging from
House majority leader
Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Union
---- argue that the
cameras violate privacy
and place profit above public safety.
Part
of the problem is that virtually all the devices
in place are operated by private firms that
handle everything from installing the
machinery to identifying violations ----often with
minimal
police oversight--- and have an
incentive to pull in as many drivers as they can.
The companies get
paid as much as $$70 a
ticket, and the total revenue is hardly chump
change. San Diego has got in
$$15.9 million
since October 1998, and Washington $$ 12.8 million
since August 1999. “It’s all about
money,”
says Congressman Bob Barr, a leading critic. Not
so, insists Terrance Gainer, Washington’s
executive assistance chief of police. “We have
reduced fatalities. If some company is making
money off that, that is American way.”
Critics counter that there must be other,
less intrusive ways to make intersections safer,
such as
lengthening the yellow light and
adding turn lanes. “I object to this fixation we
have with cameras
and electronically gathered
information,” says Barr. “It places too much
confidence in technology.”
That confidence, as
Washington residents have learned, can be
misplaced. The city removed one
camera last
May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at
a particularly confusing intersection.
In San
Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be
going faster than they really were. The city
suspended the system in July.
Another
concern is privacy. While systems in Washington,
Maryland and North Carolina
photograph nothing
but the rear of the car, others in Arizona,
California and Colorado take a picture
of the
driver’s seat as well as ----- a bit of electronic
monitoring that could land straying spouses in
trouble a lot more serious than a traffic
violation.
In Europe, where speedcams are
deployed by the thousands and are even less
popular than they
are here, resentful drivers
have started to take matters into their own hands,
seeking out hidden
cameras and knocking them
over with their cars.
68. It is mainly
indicated in the first paragraph that _________
A people respond differently when caught in
traffic offense.
B motorists can be wrongly
accused by police officers.
C speeders can’t
defend themselves before red-light cameras.
D computer-driven camera sometimes do tell lies.
69 The court decision last week _____
A
triggered a dispute over the use of robocams
B immuned few camera-caught violators
from punishment.
C found fewer red-light
camera supporters in America.
D deterred some
states from implementing camera devices.
70.
Opponents’ arguments against cameras include all
the following EXCEPT _________
A they intrude
into people’s privacy.
B they give priority
to the pursuit of profit.
C they are
operated by private firms.
D they are under
the supervision of police
71. Police
apartment believe that _______
A robocams
should not be operated by private firms.
B
robocams are effective in maintaining traffic
order.
C speeding is the major cause of
traffic fatalities.
D companies operating
cameras should not pursue money only
72. The
phrase “ chump change” in the third paragraph is
closest in meaning to ________
A trivial B
moderate C enormous D indefinite
73.
According to the passage, Bob Barr ____________
A is the majority leader in the House of
Representatives.
B is strongly against the
American way of making money.
C lacks
confidence in modern technology.
D doubts
the authenticity of electronically gathered
information.
74. The writer’s attitude
towards speedcams can be best expressed as ___
A positive B negative C indifferent D
uncertain
75. Drivers in Europeans countries
___________
A get angry at the red-light
cameras.
B destroy thousands of the
speedcams.
C take the initiative in the use
of speedcams.
D take drastic measures with
speedcams.
Passage Five
Now and then,
researchers retreat from the trackless jungle at
the edge of knowledge and set up
camp in more
familiar territory. Such expeditions don’t often
yield surprises, but it’s always
reassuring to
know that the back yard looks much as we thought
it did.
Among those scientists were
psychologists from the State University of New
York at Stony
Brook. To prove their theory----
that people are more likely to yell at a family
member or a peer
than a superior----they asked
100 college students to wear blood-pressure cuffs
and to keep notes
about when they got angry
and what they did about it.
The momentous
conclusion: people tend to bottle up anger felt
toward an authority figure, and
are more
likely to vent it instead at family members or
friends.
While these findings are far from
earth-shattering, one researcher pointed out that
nobody had
ever looked at anger this way
before.
Big words can make a self-evident
result seem weightier. Psychologists at the
National Institute
for Healthcare Research in
Maryland used this technique when they announced
that when one
person hurts another,
forgiveness “is associated with restored
relational closeness following an
interpersonal transgression.” Couples who have
adopted the kiss-and-make-up strategy will no
doubt be pleased to learn that there is now a
sound scientific basis for their actions.
Psychologists, however, aren’t the only ones
taking pains to prove the obvious.
Some
boldly going where few have gone don’t always lead
to radical conclusions. Over the years,
researchers have set up weather-monitoring
stations in remote areas of Antarctica. According
to data
from stations on the Ross Ice Shelf
----where almost all those taking part in Robert
Scott’s ill-fated
South Pole expedition
perished sometime between late February and mid-
March of
1912---temperatures as low as those
recorded in Scott’s journal have been documented
only once in
the past 15 years.
This
evidence led to one inexorable conclusion about
what killed Scott and most of his party: it
was the cold.
76. According to the
author, the scientists who do researches in more
familiar territory _____
A have confirmed
what we have already known.
B have looked at
things in new ways.
C have had important
discoveries by studying the obvious.
D have
done some useless work.
77. Which of the
following is NOT true according to the
psychologist at Stony Brook?
A When people
get angry, their blood pressure changes.
B
People are less likely to show their anger to
their family members.
C People tend to let
off their grievance at home.
D They have
looked at anger in a unique way.
78. The
psychologists in Maryland have proved that when
one person hurts another, ____
A it is easier
for them to make up if they have very close
relations.
B it is easier for them to make
up if they show their intimacy.
C They
should kiss each other to make it up.
D They
should find a sound scientific basis to make up
79. According to the research on the Ross Ice
Shelf, Robert Scott’s expedition failed because
____
A most of the expeditioners couldn’t
stand hardships.
B Robert Scott should not
have chosen to go there in winter.
C It was
exceptionally cold on Antarctica that year.
D Robert Scott did not pay much attention to the
temperature record of Antarctica.
80. It is
implied in the passage that ___________
A
people should not bottle up their anger at their
family members or friends.
B bold researches
would lead to radical conclusion.
C what
scientists say is not necessarily important.
D researchers should shift from the edge of
knowledge to familiar fields.
Part V
Translation ( 40 minutes, 20 points ) Section A
( 20 minutes, 10 points)
Regrettably for
many in Silicon Valley, the ability to make
accurate forecasts can depend on
how well-
established a company’s products are. Young
industries on steep growth curves are almost
always surprised by how well their products do
in the first few years, and then they’re at a loss
when demand falls. Says a Stanford University
business strategy professor, “In a highly dynamic
and unpredictable market people are going to
make mistakes. It’s inherent in the type of
business.”
In many corners of Silicon Valley
----and elsewhere ----unpredictability is
inevitable. One solution:
keep innovating but
develop sound service businesses to sell with
products. Building a “very strong
service
business”, a company president says, smoothes out
the rough spots between innovations.
Section
B (20 minutes, 10 points)
4年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退的冲击， 实现了经济持续快速增长。目前，
中国面临的
问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市
场。
Part VI. Writing ( 30 minutes, 10 points)
Studying abroad has gained popularity in
China. In the past, many students went abroad
after
their college education. Currently,
those going abroad are mostly middle school
students aged 16-19.
Do you think it is a good
idea for the teenagers to study abroad? Give at
least three reasons to
support your viewpoint?
2002年1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. Terrorist activities, in
whatever forms, are to be denounced by peace-
loving people worldwide.
A announced B
forgiven C condemned D despised
17.
Problems with respiration are often associated
with smoking and air pollution as has been
proved.
A aspiration B inspiration C
creativity D breathing
18. The military
operations commenced yesterday were targeted at
the Taliban’s military
installations.
A
set about B set out C set apart D set aside
19. No merchandise is currently in short
supply thanks to the market economy.
A
businessman B commodity C substance D talent.
20. It is becoming increasingly difficult for
an only child to live up to the expectations of
their
parents.
A encourage B survive C
arouse D fulfill
21. This summit talk is
thought to be instrumental in bringing about peace
in this region.
A helpful B useless C
harmless D inappropriate
22. Faced with this
grim situation, top executives of this company are
trying to find quick solutions.
A unexpected
B undesirable C comforting D grave
23. The
bill was passed unanimously as a result of the
intensive lobbying of some senators.
A
without any objections B in the end C in the
dark D against heavy odds.
24. Nobel Prize
winners have been mostly scientists of
international renown in some field.
A
institutions B standard C prestige D
application.
25. These natural resources will
be depleted sooner or later if the present rate
of exploitation
continues.
A exhausted
B evaluated C deployed D popularized.
Section B (0.5 point, each)
26. Harry
Potter was originally _____for children or
teenagers, yet many adults have come to be
crazy about the book.
A extended B
intended C inclined D directed
27. This
experienced author was able to ____the lifetime’s
work of Jefferson into one volume.
A
suppress B compress C express D depress
28. A Frenchman who has an unusually sensitive
nose can ____ hundreds of different smells.
A nominate B dominate C eliminate D
discriminate
29. The Chinese share the
____that their life will become better and the
country more prosperous.
A conviction B
speculation C elaboration D perspiration
30. After weeks of _____, the owners and the
union leaders have finally agreed on the question
of
sick benefits.
A administration B
arbitration C authorization D alternation
31. It took this disabled boy a long time to
___ the fact that he was not qualified for
admission to
college.
A come up with B
come down with C come up to D come to terms with
32. The authorities claim that the rate of
crime is declining, but statistics show ____.
A clockwise B otherwise C elsewhere D likewise
33. Air attacks in Afghanistan are focused on
airports and training camps to avoid civilian ____
A involvement B rebellion C casualties D
anguish
34. After all, people across the
Taiwan Straits are of the same race, so this
island and the mainland
are _______
A inexplicable B irreplaceable C
indispensable D inseparable
35. President
Bush said that the most urgent mission was to
bring the wrongdoers to ____
A justice B
justification C adjustment D justifiability
Part III Cloze Test ( 10 minutes, 15 points,
1 point each )
It has been said that in a
high-divorce society, not only are more unhappy
marriages likely to end
in divorce, but in
addition, more marriages are likely to become
unhappy. Much of life’s happiness
and much of
its 36 come from the same resource ---one’s
marriage. Indeed, few things in life
have the
potential to provide as much 37 or as much
anguish. As the accompany box indicates,
many
couples are having more than their share of the
38 .
But divorce statistics reveal only
part of the problem. For each marriage that sinks,
countless
others remain 39 but are stuck in
stagnant waters. “We used to be a happy family,
but the last 12
years have been horrible,” 40
a woman married for more than 30 years. “My
husband is not
interested in my feelings. He
is truly my worst 41 enemy.” Similarly, a
husband of nearly 25
years said, “My wife has
told me that she doesn’t love me anymore. She says
that if we can just
exist as roommates and
each go our 42 ways when it comes to leisure
time, the situation can be
43 .
Of
course, some in such terrible straits 44 their
marriage. For many, however, divorce is
45 .
Why? According to Dr. Karen Kavser, factors such
as children, community disgrace, finances,
friends, relatives and religious beliefs might
keep a couple together, even in a 46 state.
“Unlikely to divorce legally,” she says,
“these spouses choose to 47 a partner from whom
they are
emotionally divorced.”
Must a
couple whose relationship has cooled 48
themselves to a life of dissatisfaction? Is a
loveless marriage the only 49 to divorce?
Experience proves that many troubled marriages can
be saved ---- not only from the 50 of
breakup but also from the misery of lovelessness.
36. A mighty B misery C mystery
D myth
37. A delight B dismay C
dignity D destiny
38. A late B
later C latter D last
39. A
ashore B afloat C arrogant D
ascended
40. A conferred B compromised C
confessed D confided
41. A passional B
feeling C emotional D sensational
42. A separate B parting C
different D divided
43. A excused B
forgiven C comprehended D tolerated
44. A intensify B terminate C
reinforce D betray
45. A in the end B
out of the count C in the way D out of the
question
46. A loving B lovely
C loved D loveless
47. A insist on
B persist in C remain with D keep in
with
48. A resign B deposit C
expel D return
49. A pattern B
destination C alternative D route
50. A addiction B agony C abuse
D abolition
Part IV Reading Comprehension (
45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)
Passage
One
Moviegoers may think history is
repeating itself this weekend. The summer’s most
anticipated
film, Pearl Harbor, which has
opened recently, painstakingly re-creates the
Japanese attack that
drew the United States
into World War II. But that isn’t the film’s only
reminder of the past. Harbor
invites
comparison to Titanic, the biggest hit of all
time. Like Titanic, Harbor attempts to create
popular global entertainment from a deadly
real-life tragedy. Like Titanic, Harbor costs a
pretty
penny and hopes to get in even more at
the box office.
Both Titanic and Pearl
harbor unseal their tales of love and tragedy over
more than three hours.
Both stories
center on young passion, triangle of tension with
one woman and two men: in Titanic,
Leonardo
DiCaprio and Billy Zane compete for the love of
the same woman, a high-society type
played by
a British actress named Kate (Winslet). In Harbor,
two pilots (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett)
fall
for the same woman, a nurse played by a British
actress named Kate (Beckinsale).
The scenes
of peril also have similarities, Harbor has a shot
in which soldiers cling for dear life
as the
battleship USS Oklahoma capsizes. The moment is
recalled for the Titanic’s climactic sinking
scene in which DiCaprio and Winslet hang from
the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically
plunges into the water. In Harbor, one of its
stars floats atop a piece of debris in the middle
of the
night, much like Winslet’s character
does in Titanic.
And the jaw-dropping
action of Titanic is matched by Harbor’s 40-minute
re-creation of the
Dec.7, 1941 attack on the
United States’ Pacific Fleet. Both films spent
heavily on special effects.
Harbor director,
Michael Bay, for example, says he kept salaries
down so more could be spent on
the visuals.
Both movies even shot their ship-sinking scenes at
the same location: Fox Studios Baja
in Mexico.
Harbor’s makers have ever taken a Titanic-
like approach to the soundtrack. The film includes
one song, There You’ll be, performed by
country music superstar Faith Hill. Titanic, which
is one of
the best selling soundtracks of all
time, also has only one pop song: Celine Dion’s My
Heart Will
Go On.
“If Harbor becomes a
major moneymaker, filmmakers may comb history
books searching for
even more historical
romance-action material,” says a critic.
51. What are the two things that the author of
this article tries to compare?
A The attack
on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.
B Historical fiction movies and successful
box office hits.
C The movie Titanic and the
on-show movie Pearl Harbor.
D Sinking boats
and famous actors.
52. Pearl Harbor and
Titanic are similar in all of the following
aspects EXCEPT _____.
A both spent large
amount of money on special effects.
B both
have soundtracks starring a major pop star.
C both added made-up stories to historical events.
D both are documentary movies of historical
events.
53. Who plays the leading female role
in Pearl Harbor?
A Kate Beckisale B Ben
Affleck C Kate Winslet D Faith Hill
54.
What does the phrase “cost a pretty penny” in the
first paragraph mean?
A To be very attractive
B To cost a lot.
C To have big box office
returns
D To require a lot of efforts to
accomplish
55. If Pearl Harbor is as
successful as Titanic, which of the following
movies might we see next?
A The Battle of
Waterloo B The Advents of Mr. Bean
C Space
Invaders D The Haunted House
56. It
is said in the passage that __________
A
major historical events can never repeat
themselves.
B both Titanic and Pearl Harbor
are the historical reappearance.
C Pearl
Harbor may have a better box office return than
Titanic.
D Titanic is the most successful
film in history.
Passage Two
A few
weeks ago my mother called to say there was a
warrant out for my arrest. I was mystified.
I’d like to think myself dangerous but I’m a
mild-mannered journalist. I don’t have a criminal
record, though the address on my
driver’s license is my mother’s ---- thus the
“raid”. I hadn’t
robbed any convenience stores
lately, nor fled the scene after backing a Jeep
into a crowd of people.
But this is Mayor
Giuliani’s New York, where it doesn’t take much to
draw the attention of cops.
New Yorkers know
all about Hizzonor’s banning homeless cleaning men
from approaching drivers
and offering to clean
their windshields. He’s also cracked down on
street vendors. Yuppie that I am,
I’ve never
given much thought to what it felt like to be on
the other side of the law.
So when the cops
came knocking, I thought there must be some
mistake. Imagine my
embarrassment upon
discovering my crime. One Saturday night in March,
I strolled out of
apartment after dinner, a
Coors Light beer in hand. Suddenly a police
officer came up and wrote me
a ticket. The
charge: violating New York City’s open-container
laws. Yeah, I probably should have
paid it
then and there. But instead I stuck the pink slip
in my back pocket---- and forgot about it.
When I called to inquire about my case, I was told
to “speak with Officer Kosenza.” But I didn’t
get a chance. Kosenza called me that night
while I was having dinner with my girlfriend. He
wanted
me to come to court, right then. But I
was cautious. It seems New York’s police are in a
bind. With
crime falling to record lows, it’s
getting harder and harder for cops to “make the
numbers” that
show they’re doing a better and
better job. What to do? The answer is to rifle
through out-of-date
tickets that haven’t been
paid --- anything they could turn into a “crime”.
I finally decided to turn
myself in, which is
now I found myself, one August evening, handcuffed
at the downtown
Manhattan police station with
an older officer telling us tales of his days in
the 1980s. “Times sure
have changed,” he said,
shaking his head at us statistically useful
nuisances.
Eventually I was led into a
courtroom. Very quickly, it was done. Handcuffs
off, out the door. I
wanted to complain but
went quietly home, promising not to do whatever I
was guilty of for another
six months. I got
off easy. But I also learned a lesson: Guiliani’s
clean streets come with a price. If
only the
mayor would neglect to pay a ticket.
57.
According to the passage, the author is probably
_________
A an urban young professional B a
narrow-minded journalist
C a criminal wanted
by the police D a traffic offender
58. The
author was arrested primarily because _____
A
he once stuck a piece of pink paper in his back
pocket.
B he used his mother’s address on
the driver’s license
C he had robbed
convenience shops before.
D he drank some
beer one night on the street.
59. The word
“nuisances” in the fourth paragraph may
mean________
A mild-mannered prisoners B
trouble makers C new arrivals D hardened
criminals
60. Through the passage, the author
wants to convey the idea that _______
A New
York policemen are doing a good job---cracking
down on crimes.
B not everyone agrees with
the mayor’s management of the city.
C the
crime rate has been reduced at the expense of
citizen’s convenience
D everyone including
the mayor should be punished if he is guilty of
crime
61. According to the passage, which of
the following statements is NOT true?
A The
author pleaded guilty and was set free.
B
Policemen were trying hard to please their
superiors.
C Many so-called crimes were only
trifle things.
D It’s no use complaining to
cops when you are caught.
62. The tone of the
passage is _________
A satirical B
objectives C praiseful D complaining
Passage Three
Ewen Cameron is long dead
but his ghost appears to haunt Canada, where
extraordinarily strict
rules are being
considered to protect the subjects of
psychological research.
Cameron was a
scientist straight from a horror movie. On the
surface, he was a respectable
academic. But
after the end of the Second World War, he visited
the Nuremberg trials, superficially
to examine
Rudolf Hess’s psychological state. Many people
believe that he also studied Nazi
methods of
mind control. Certainly, he never internalized the
Nuremberg declaration that prohibits
human
experiments where risk outweighs “humanitarian
importance.”
Throughout the 1950s, Cameron
ran a CIA-funded laboratory at McGill University
where
patients were used as guinea pigs in
brainwashing experiments. Some patients were given
ECT
“therapy” twice daily, others were drugged
and kept unconscious for weeks or months, injected
with
huge amounts of drugs, and subjected to
long-term sensory deprivation.
Compensation
has been paid to most surviving patients. But
suspicion of the psychological
sciences has
not entirely gone away. Nor has the need for
patients’ rights to be guaranteed. Cameron,
after all, ensured that every patient signed a
consent form, even though many were not in
position to
understand what it meant.
The strict new rules for psychological research
now under discussion can partly be understood in
the light of special Canadian sensitivities.
They are designed to ensure that no one can be
involved
in an experiment that might damage
their own interests.
All well and
good, except that psychological sciences aren’t
going to advance if anyone can leave
an
experiment if they don’t like the results.
Obviously, many psychological experiments would
not
be possible if the experimenters had to
reveal exactly what they were testing.
There is much to debate about the rights of
patients and experimental subjects. The committee
drawing up the code has apparently received
2,000 pages of comment on its draft.
No one
should do anything until this committee has had
all the time it needs to read, digest and
study these submissions. And then reach a
truly balanced position.
63. According to the
author, we may conclude that __________
A
Cameron was a dedicated and responsible scientist.
B Cameron was interested in unveiling the
myths about Rudolf Hess’s psychological state.
C Cameron tried to ensure that his subjects
clearly understood the purpose of the experiments.
D Cameron unmistakably violated the subjects’
rights.
64. Which of the following statements
is NOT true based on the second paragraph?
A
Cameron’s appearance might misrepresent his true
personality.
B Probing into the
psychological state of the Nazi was outside
Cameron’s professions.
C Cameron did not
observe the stipulation relating to human
experiments.
D People believed that he had
undisclosed motives for attending the Nuremberg
trials.
65. We can infer from this passage
that _________
A making compensation for the
subjects’ loss was illegal.
B some subjects
in Cameron’s experiments died.
C people have
been quite indifferent to the subjects’ rights.
D as a rule, people are fully supportive of
psychological science.
66. The committee
responsible for working out the rules governing
psychological research______
A has to give
top priority to psychological advances.
B is
bombarded with criticisms from the public.
C
is expected to take into account all the reactions
to the drafting.
D should rely on those
willing to sacrifice their own interests.
67.
One of the problems with the new rules for
psychological research is that _________
A
the rules can do little to protect the patients’
rights
B people may withdraw from the
experiments in fear of damage to their own
interests.
C it would be impossible to
sort out anything valuable from the comments on
the rules.
D people’s response to
psychological sciences is overwhelmingly negative.
Passage Four
Some accept their fate.
Others try to reason with the police officer who
has pulled them over for
some real or imagined
traffic offense. But when law enforcement is
represented by a
computer-driven camera that
has immortalized your violation on film---- as is
the case at hundreds
of intersections in more
than 60 cities around the U.S.---it’s hard to talk
your way out of a heavy
fine. Yet that is
precisely what some 300 motorists in San Diego
succeeded in doing last week when
a superior
court judge rules that pictures taken by the so-
called red-light camera were unreliable and
therefore unacceptable.
The first U.S.
Court decision to reject all the traffic
violations caught on camera, the ruling by
judge Ronald Styn has fueled debate over the
growing use of the devices. Police departments
swear,
and studies indicate, that the robocams
( robot camera) deter people from speeding and
running red
lights. A Lou Harris poll set for
release this week finds that 69% of Americans
support their use. Yet
at least seven states
have blocked proposal to implement them, and
opponents---ranging from
House majority leader
Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Union
---- argue that the
cameras violate privacy
and place profit above public safety.
Part
of the problem is that virtually all the devices
in place are operated by private firms that
handle everything from installing the
machinery to identifying violations ----often with
minimal
police oversight--- and have an
incentive to pull in as many drivers as they can.
The companies get
paid as much as $$70 a
ticket, and the total revenue is hardly chump
change. San Diego has got in
$$15.9 million
since October 1998, and Washington $$ 12.8 million
since August 1999. “It’s all about
money,”
says Congressman Bob Barr, a leading critic. Not
so, insists Terrance Gainer, Washington’s
executive assistance chief of police. “We have
reduced fatalities. If some company is making
money off that, that is American way.”
Critics counter that there must be other,
less intrusive ways to make intersections safer,
such as
lengthening the yellow light and
adding turn lanes. “I object to this fixation we
have with cameras
and electronically gathered
information,” says Barr. “It places too much
confidence in technology.”
That confidence, as
Washington residents have learned, can be
misplaced. The city removed one
camera last
May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at
a particularly confusing intersection.
In San
Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be
going faster than they really were. The city
suspended the system in July.
Another
concern is privacy. While systems in Washington,
Maryland and North Carolina
photograph nothing
but the rear of the car, others in Arizona,
California and Colorado take a picture
of the
driver’s seat as well as ----- a bit of electronic
monitoring that could land straying spouses in
trouble a lot more serious than a traffic
violation.
In Europe, where speedcams are
deployed by the thousands and are even less
popular than they
are here, resentful drivers
have started to take matters into their own hands,
seeking out hidden
cameras and knocking them
over with their cars.
68. It is mainly
indicated in the first paragraph that _________
A people respond differently when caught in
traffic offense.
B motorists can be wrongly
accused by police officers.
C speeders can’t
defend themselves before red-light cameras.
D computer-driven camera sometimes do tell lies.
69 The court decision last week _____
A
triggered a dispute over the use of robocams
B immuned few camera-caught violators
from punishment.
C found fewer red-light
camera supporters in America.
D deterred some
states from implementing camera devices.
70.
Opponents’ arguments against cameras include all
the following EXCEPT _________
A they intrude
into people’s privacy.
B they give priority
to the pursuit of profit.
C they are
operated by private firms.
D they are under
the supervision of police
71. Police
apartment believe that _______
A robocams
should not be operated by private firms.
B
robocams are effective in maintaining traffic
order.
C speeding is the major cause of
traffic fatalities.
D companies operating
cameras should not pursue money only
72. The
phrase “ chump change” in the third paragraph is
closest in meaning to ________
A trivial B
moderate C enormous D indefinite
73.
According to the passage, Bob Barr ____________
A is the majority leader in the House of
Representatives.
B is strongly against the
American way of making money.
C lacks
confidence in modern technology.
D doubts
the authenticity of electronically gathered
information.
74. The writer’s attitude
towards speedcams can be best expressed as ___
A positive B negative C indifferent D
uncertain
75. Drivers in Europeans countries
___________
A get angry at the red-light
cameras.
B destroy thousands of the
speedcams.
C take the initiative in the use
of speedcams.
D take drastic measures with
speedcams.
Passage Five
Now and then,
researchers retreat from the trackless jungle at
the edge of knowledge and set up
camp in more
familiar territory. Such expeditions don’t often
yield surprises, but it’s always
reassuring to
know that the back yard looks much as we thought
it did.
Among those scientists were
psychologists from the State University of New
York at Stony
Brook. To prove their theory----
that people are more likely to yell at a family
member or a peer
than a superior----they asked
100 college students to wear blood-pressure cuffs
and to keep notes
about when they got angry
and what they did about it.
The momentous
conclusion: people tend to bottle up anger felt
toward an authority figure, and
are more
likely to vent it instead at family members or
friends.
While these findings are far from
earth-shattering, one researcher pointed out that
nobody had
ever looked at anger this way
before.
Big words can make a self-evident
result seem weightier. Psychologists at the
National Institute
for Healthcare Research in
Maryland used this technique when they announced
that when one
person hurts another,
forgiveness “is associated with restored
relational closeness following an
interpersonal transgression.” Couples who have
adopted the kiss-and-make-up strategy will no
doubt be pleased to learn that there is now a
sound scientific basis for their actions.
Psychologists, however, aren’t the only ones
taking pains to prove the obvious.
Some
boldly going where few have gone don’t always lead
to radical conclusions. Over the years,
researchers have set up weather-monitoring
stations in remote areas of Antarctica. According
to data
from stations on the Ross Ice Shelf
----where almost all those taking part in Robert
Scott’s ill-fated
South Pole expedition
perished sometime between late February and mid-
March of
1912---temperatures as low as those
recorded in Scott’s journal have been documented
only once in
the past 15 years.
This
evidence led to one inexorable conclusion about
what killed Scott and most of his party: it
was the cold.
76. According to the
author, the scientists who do researches in more
familiar territory _____
A have confirmed
what we have already known.
B have looked at
things in new ways.
C have had important
discoveries by studying the obvious.
D have
done some useless work.
77. Which of the
following is NOT true according to the
psychologist at Stony Brook?
A When people
get angry, their blood pressure changes.
B
People are less likely to show their anger to
their family members.
C People tend to let
off their grievance at home.
D They have
looked at anger in a unique way.
78. The
psychologists in Maryland have proved that when
one person hurts another, ____
A it is easier
for them to make up if they have very close
relations.
B it is easier for them to make
up if they show their intimacy.
C They
should kiss each other to make it up.
D They
should find a sound scientific basis to make up
79. According to the research on the Ross Ice
Shelf, Robert Scott’s expedition failed because
____
A most of the expeditioners couldn’t
stand hardships.
B Robert Scott should not
have chosen to go there in winter.
C It was
exceptionally cold on Antarctica that year.
D Robert Scott did not pay much attention to the
temperature record of Antarctica.
80. It is
implied in the passage that ___________
A
people should not bottle up their anger at their
family members or friends.
B bold researches
would lead to radical conclusion.
C what
scientists say is not necessarily important.
D researchers should shift from the edge of
knowledge to familiar fields.
Part V
Translation ( 40 minutes, 20 points ) Section A
( 20 minutes, 10 points)
Regrettably for
many in Silicon Valley, the ability to make
accurate forecasts can depend on
how well-
established a company’s products are. Young
industries on steep growth curves are almost
always surprised by how well their products do
in the first few years, and then they’re at a loss
when demand falls. Says a Stanford University
business strategy professor, “In a highly dynamic
and unpredictable market people are going to
make mistakes. It’s inherent in the type of
business.”
In many corners of Silicon Valley
----and elsewhere ----unpredictability is
inevitable. One solution:
keep innovating but
develop sound service businesses to sell with
products. Building a “very strong
service
business”, a company president says, smoothes out
the rough spots between innovations.
Section
B (20 minutes, 10 points)
4年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退的冲击， 实现了经济持续快速增长。目前，
中国面临的
问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市
场。
Part VI. Writing ( 30 minutes, 10 points)
Studying abroad has gained popularity in
China. In the past, many students went abroad
after
their college education. Currently,
those going abroad are mostly middle school
students aged 16-19.
Do you think it is a good
idea for the teenagers to study abroad? Give at
least three reasons to
support your viewpoint?