云南师范大学学位英语试卷

专业

PAPER ONE

PART I VOCABULARY ( 20 minutes, 10 points)

Section A ( 0.5 point each)

Directions: In this section there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

1. Outbreaks of teenage violence here are confined to technical schools students fighting mindless.

A.restricted

B. confirmed

C. relevant

D. dedicated

2. Something clearly disturbs Thai youth and parents who need to do something

before things get worse.

A. boosts

B. disrupts

C.annoys

D. stuns

3. They came from different backgrounds, but both resorted to the use of handguns to

resolve their problems.

A. objected to

B. took to

C. amounted to

D.turned to

4. Children do not learn what it is to lose and will seek violence to restrain their

disappointment.

A. release

B.check

C. eliminate

D. restore

5. Streep possesses a fragile, fleeting beauty that allows her to be as earthy and plain

as she can be glamorous and radiant.

A. fragmentary

B. permanent

C. delicate

D. tender

6. Faced with such a dilemma, the top executives had to weigh one option against

another.

A. scale

B. seek

C.balance

D. reject

7. Despite conflicts and disagreements, the fundamental sympathies and similarities

between the two countries will continue.

A.essential

B. intense

C. necessary

D. difficult

8. The car broke down about five kilometers short of the destination, so they had to

go on foot.

A. lacking in

B. except for

C. up to

D.away from

9. Kant revolutionized philosophy, questioned established authorities and placed

reason and freedom at the center of his thinking.

A. founded

B.accepted

C. overthrown

D. stereotyped

10. T he freshmen will be introduced to some methods of coping with stress and

depression.

A.handling

B. executing

C. cooperation

D. consuming

Section B (0.5 point each)

Directions: In this section there are ten sentences. Each sentence has something

omitted. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best completes each sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

11. I had expected to win the race, but things did not ______ t hat way.

A. break out

B.work out

C. pass out

D. figure out

12. Anyone employing people and paying them a fair wage, in my view, makes a(n)

______ contribution to society.

A. immense

B. gigantic

C. large

D. spacious

13. I have time to enjoy family and friends, ____ activities such as reading, writing,

listening to music and playing sports.

A. chase

B. involve

C. pursue

D. capture

14. And not one of these pleasures is ______ taxation under the Internal Revenue

Code.

A. committed to

B.subject to

C. attached to

D. indifferent to

15. Middle-aged ladies somehow tend to _____ weight more easily even if they are

vegetarians.

A.put on

B. put up

C. put forward

D. put away

16. As ______ China, reform and opening-up have led to substantial improvement of

lives.

A. in the case of

B. in the face of

C. in the name of

D. in the middle of

17. Niagara Falls is a great tourist _______, drawing millions of visitors every year.

A. attention

B. attraction

C. appointment

D. arrangement

18. The manager spoke highly of such _______ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness

shown by his employees.

A. virtues

B. features

C. properties

D. characteristics

19. Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t _______ so much noise.

A. resist

B. sustain

C. tolerate

D. undergo

20. Since the matter was extremely _______, we dealt with it immediately.

A. tough

B. tense

C. urgent

D. instant

PART II CLOZE TEST ( 20 minutes 10 points)

Directions: Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one item of suitable word(s) marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Deaths and injuries from motor-vehicle accidents are reaching epidemic proportions in developing countries around the world, according to the World Health Organization. Traffic accidents in the young nations of 21 amount to a “social scourge（祸害)”, and all too often the victims are young, educated Africans 22 increased earning power has enabled them to buy a motorcycle or an automobile. Statistics 23 three Latin-American countries, Chile, Costa Rica and Venezuela,