()研究生英语水平能力测试样卷1

研究生英语水平能力测试样题

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)

Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of ________ reality.

A. what it is conceived

B. that is conceived

C. what is conceived to be

D. that is being conceived of

2. New York City collects garbage ________ $209 per family per year.

A. at the cost of

B. at sacrifice of

C. in demand of

D. in support of

3. I would just as soon ________ rudely to her.

A. you not speak

B. you won't speak

C. you not speaking

D. you didn't speak

4. ________ so many people been out of work as today.

A. More than ever before

B. Never before have

C. In the past, there never have

D. Formerly, there never were

5. We got home late last night, ________, early this morning.

A. namely

B. in other words

C. or rather

D. in any case

6. The miners escaped the danger by ________.

A. a hair breadth

B. hair breadth

C. hair's breadth

D. a hair's breadth

7. Praise is like warm sunshine. It not only brings joy to ________ who are praised but also adds pleasure to ________ who praise.

A. these; these

B. we; us

C. them; them

D. those; those

8. When our imports ________ our exports, we say we have a favorable trade balance; however, when our imports and exports are the other way round we say we have an unfavorable trade balance.

A. fall short

B. fall short of

C. run out of

D. are lack of

9. ________ that distinguish human beings from other primates are related to the ability of people to stand upright and walk on two legs.

A. Many of the physical characteristics

B. Of the many physical characteristics

C. The physical characteristics

D. There are many physical characteristics

10. Classical logic is characterized by a concern for the structure and elements of argument ________ that thought, language, and reality are interrelated.

A. based on the belief

B. on the belief based

C. belief based on the

D. the based belief on

11. ________ fashioned from a wick floating in a bowl of oil functioned according to the principle of capillary action.

A. All lamps early

B. Lamps all early

C. All early lamps

D. Early all lamps

12. In 1964 ________ of Henry Osaka Tanner's paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution.

A. was a major collection

B. that a major collection

C. a collection was major

D. a major collection

13. Traditionally, ________ on Thanksgiving Day in New England.

A. when served is sweet cider

B. when sweet cider is served

C. is served sweet cider

D. sweet cider is served

14. Richard: This class is so boring. When will it end?

Drew: I don't know. I don't think I can take it much longer.

Teacher: ________

Richard: Oh, nothing. We were discussing the text.

A. Hey you two! What are you talking about?

B. Do one of you know what the answer to this problem is?

C. Am I boring you two?

D. The two of you go to the principal's office right now!

15. Delivery man: I have a package here for Beverly Beaver.

Beverly: That is me. ________

Delivery man: Yes, please sign here on the line.

Beverly: Thank you. These must be the new drapes I ordered.

A. Where is the receipt?

B. Do you have the sender's address?

C. Do you take a credit card?

D. Do I have to sign for it?

Part II Reading Comprehension (40 marks)

Section A (5 marks)

Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Questions 46-50 are based on the following passage.

No matter what our work is, we all have to face that choice - in my field no less than in others. There may not be a more important field for the dissemination of values in our country than the entire communications industry - most strikingly, television. Networks are very sensitive to that fact, and they employ dozens of censors to prevent all of us from using language on television that an eight year old might have to explain to his parents. But the point that censors miss, I think, is that it is not so much what we say that teaches as what we don't say. Even programs that attempt to make a moral point don't always make the point that they intended to. Because when we sense we are being sole something, we automatically defend ourselves against it. I think it may be the unspoken assumptions that mold an audience.

Look at the way, for instance, that violence is treated on television. It is not only the quantity that offends. There probably is no more violence on television than there is in a Shakespearean