厦门大学 厦大 2002年英语语言文学基础知识 考研真题及答案解析

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入学考试试题

招生专业外国语言学及应用语言学_考试课程_英语语言文学基础知识研究方向外国语言学及应用语言学各方向

Part I Basic English(50%)

A.Sentence Completion:(30%)

Directions:Each of the sentences below has one or more blank spaces indicating

where a word(or words)has been omitted.Each sentence is followed by

five words or sets of words lettered from A)to E).Select the lettered

word or set of words which,when inserted to replace the blanks,best fits

in with and completes the meaning of the sentence as a whole.Do it on

the Answer Sheet.

1.His theories,though criticized by economists of more orthodox bent,have had enormous

________on government fiscal policy.

A)restraint B)impact C)acceptance D)tension E)reliance

2.Unwilling to admit that his program of tax abatement had failed to achieve its goal,the mayor

attempted to_________the attention of the electorate from the problem by________the issue with irrelevant statistics.

A)capture…complicating B)focus…confuting

C)divert…obfuscating D)remove…buttressing

E)compelling…falsifying

3.The deliberately alienated quality of his paintings is a reflection of the disconnection he sees as

experience by those whose values are derived only from________.

A)enterprise B)reading C)experience D)inspiration E)materialism

4.Although many people advocate personal sacrifice for the public good,their________often

ends at the point where the call for their personal________begins.

A)self-control…resentment B)altruism…involvement

C)intention…supplication D)participation…invocation

E)contention…dispersal

5.Her credentials for the position were________in every respect but one;she could not speak a

word of Turkish!

A)flawless B)essential C)inconsequential

D)pedestrian E)unacceptable

6.Even though he had planned carefully for almost every conceivable________,his ambitious

project wound up a dismal failure when an________power outage brought all the machinery to a complete standstill.

A)day…inevitable B)facet…insufficient

C)succession…automatic D)possibility…obsolete

E)eventuality…unanticipated

7.His attitude toward social welfare legislation,based entirely on his perception of himself as a

self-made man,________him the support of the voters in the state's economically depressed urban areas.

A)earned B)cost C)divested D)evoked E)replicated

8.Many businesses that manufacture recreational products operate profitably during periods of

________,but their inherent dependence upon a________economy becomes apparent when the economic cycle starts downward.

A)regression…mature B)inflation…planned

C)prosperity…flourishing D)stability…fluctuating

E)depression…contracting

9.Since the author frequently________other scholars,his objection to disputes is not only

irrelevant,but also________.

A)supports…overbearing B)provokes…frightening

C)quotes…curious D)ignores…peevish

E)attacks…surprising

10.There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar--a siren that calls

attention to a fog without doing anything to________it.

A)describe B)cause C)analyze D)dispel E)thicken

11.The newborn human infant is not a passive figure,nor an active one,but what might be called

an actively________one,eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.

A)adaptive B)selective C)inquisitive

D)receptive E)intuitive

12.Opponents of the expansion of the market economy,although in________,continued to

constitute________political force throughout the century.

A)error…an inconsequential B)retreat…a powerful

C)disarry…a disciplined D)jeopardy…an ineffective

E)command…a viable

13.Nature's energy efficiency often________human technology:despite the intensity of light

fireflies produce,the amount of heat is negligible;only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency________the firefly's system.

A)engenders…manipulates B)reflects…simulates