硕士英语Unit1~6词汇、完型和翻译

硕士英语第一单元V ocabulary1. There is no doubt that higher energy costs will have a(n) negative effect on the economA. detrimentalB. adverseC. conservativeD. drastic2. This new round of layoff occurring in major industrial cities will only reduce profits and trigger an economic crisis.A. precipitateB. rectifyC. offendD. alternate3. Everyone agrees that the young woman who speaks with an Irish accent is unattractive and is no match for Paul.A. dumpyB. homelyC. slovenlyD. mutable4. In this picture is a young couple with a relaxed smile on their faces having fun on the beach at end of a sunny day.A. selectiveB. leisureC. carefreeD. orderly5. The survey shows that publishers in Britain are more reluctant to change than their continental counterparts in many aspects.A. flightyB. negativeC. favorableD. conservative6. All his life he has been struggling to escape the lower class of society to become a member of the upper class.A. echelonB. oddsC. prospectD. parlor7. For many people it has now become a(n) extravagance to sleep and wake up at reasonable hours.A. fortuneB. InsuranceC. luxuryD. standard8. I agree with John Stuart Mill, who said that happiness is something that comes to you when pursuing some other worthy end.A. cater toB. go along withC. adapt toD. get right down to9. I totally dislike the use of offensive terms in reference to women, who are no less capable than men in any way.A. criticizeB. trimC. eliminateD. resent10. In spite of my repeated apologies, she never forgave me for my interference with her private affairs.A. potential forB. expertise ofC. intrusion intoD. injection intoClozeOne issue today is the number of Asians looking to remake themselves to look more Caucasian. It’s a charge many deny, although few would argue that 1) under the relentless bombardment of Hollywood, satellite TV, and Madison Avenue, 2) Asia’s aesthetic ideal has changed drastically. “Beauty, after all, is evolutionary,” 3)says Harvard psychology professor Nancy Etcoff. Asians are increasingly asking their 4)surgeons for wider eyes, longer noses and fuller breasts — features not 5) typical of the race.To accommodate such demands, surgeons in the 6)region have had to invent unique techniques. The No. 1 procedure 7) by far in Asia is a form of blepharoplasty （眼睑整容术）, in which 8) a crease is created above the eye by scalpel（解剖刀）or by 9) needle and thread; in the U.S., blepharoplasty also ranks near the 10) top , but involves removing bags and fat around the eyes.Likewise, 11) Westerners use botox（肉毒菌毒素）to diminish wrinkles — while in Korea, Japan and 12) other Asian regions, botox is injected into wide cheeks so 13) that the muscle will atrophy（萎缩）and the cheeks will shrink. Just 14) as Asian faces require unique procedures, their bodies demand innovative operations 15) to achieve the leggy, skinny, busty Western ideal that has become 16) increasingly universal.Dr. Suh, a plastic surgeon in Seoul, has struggled to 17) find the best way to fix the radish-shaped calves. Liposuction（吸脂）, so effective 18 on the legs of plump Westerners, doesn’t work on Asians since 19) muscle , not fat, accounts for the bulk. Earlier attempts to carve 20) to muscle were painful and made walking difficult. “Finally, I discovered that by severing a nerve behind the knee, the muscle would atrophy,” says Suh, “thereby reducing its size up to 40%.” Suh has performed over 600 of the operations since 1996.硕士英语第二章ClozeThe Internet has been a major source of leisure since before the World Wide Web. One main area of leisure on the Internet is multiplayer gaming. This form of leisure creates 1)_ communities_, bringing people of all ages and 2) origins to enjoy the fast-paced world of multiplayer games. This has revolutionized the way many people 3) interact and spend their free time on the Internet.While online gaming has been 4) around since the 1970s, today’s style of online gaming began with services such as GameSpy and MPlayer, 5)which gamers would typically subscribe （订购）to. Non-subscribers were 6)_ limited to certain types of gameplay or certain games. With the release of Diablo （《暗黑破坏神》）by Blizzard Entertainment, gamers were treated to a built-in online game service that was free of 7)_charge over Battle. net.Recently with the 8)_release of World of Warcraft （WOW, 《魔兽世界》）many users spend hours in a day trying to level 9)_up_ their characters.Many use the Internet to access and 10)_download music, movies and other works for their enjoyment and relaxation. As discussed above, there are 11)_paid_ and unpaid sources for all of these, using centralized servers（服务器）and distributed（分布式的）, peer-to-peer （点对点的）technologies.Discretion（谨慎）is needed as some of these sources take 12) more care over the original artists’ ri ghts and over copyright laws than others.Many use the World Wide Web to 13) access news, weather and sports reports, to plan and book holidays and to find out more about their random ideas and 14) casual interests.People use chat, 15) messaging and email to make and stay in touch with friends 16) worldwide _, sometimes in the same way as some pen pals had previously.Social networking web sites like Friends Reunited and many others also put and keep people in 17) contact for their enjoyment.Cyberslacking（因上网而工作懈怠）has become a serious 18) drain on corporate resources; the 19)_ average UK employee spends 57 minutes a day 20) surfing he web at work, according to a study by Peninsula Business Services.Translation1) Since the early days of the Internet users have been keeping online diaries recording their opinions and adding hyperlinks to websites they visit. 自从早期英特网以来，网络使用者就一直在写在线日记，记下他们自己的想法，并将所访问网站的超链接加在自己的网页上。