最新云南师范大学学位英语试卷

专业
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PAPER ONE
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PART I VOCABULARY ( 20 minutes, 10 points)
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Section A ( 0.5 point each)
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Directions: In this section there are ten sentences, each with one word 6
or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, 7
C and
D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the 8
corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the 9
center.
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1. Outbreaks of teenage violence here are confined to technical 11
schools students fighting mindless.
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A. restricted
B. confirmed
C. relevant
D. dedicated
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2. Something clearly disturbs Thai youth and parents who need to do 14
something before things get worse.
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A. boosts
B. disrupts
C. annoys
D. stuns
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3. They came from different backgrounds, but both resorted to the use 17
of handguns to resolve their problems.
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A. objected to
B. took to
C. amounted to
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D. turned to
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4. Children do not learn what it is to lose and will seek violence 21
to restrain their disappointment.
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A. release
B. check
C. eliminate
D. restore
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5. Streep possesses a fragile, fleeting beauty that allows her to be 24
as earthy and plain as she can be glamorous and radiant.
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A. fragmentary
B. permanent
C. delicate
D. tender
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6. Faced with such a dilemma, the top executives had to weigh one 27
option against another.
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A. scale
B. seek
C. balance
D. reject
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7. Despite conflicts and disagreements, the fundamental sympathies 30
and similarities between the two countries will continue.
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A. essential
B. intense
C. necessary
D. difficult
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8. The car broke down about five kilometers short of the destination, 33
so they had to go on foot.
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A. lacking in
B. except for
C. up to
D. away from
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9. Kant revolutionized philosophy, questioned established 36
authorities and placed reason and freedom at the center of his thinking.
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A. founded
B. accepted
C. overthrown
D. stereotyped
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10. The freshmen will be introduced to some methods of coping with 39
stress and depression.
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A. handling
B. executing
C. cooperation
D. consuming
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Section B (0.5 point each)
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Directions: In this section there are ten sentences. Each sentence has 44
something omitted. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C 45
and D that best completes each sentence. Then mark the corresponding 46
letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
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11. ___________________________________________ I had expected to win 49
the race, but things did not ____________________ t hat way.
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A. break out
B. work out
C. pass out
D. figure out
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12. _ Anyone employing people and paying them a fair wage, in my view, 52
makes a(n)
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____ contribution to society.
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A. immense
B. gigantic
C. large
D. spacious
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13. __________________________________ I have time to enjoy family and 56
friends, ______________________________ activities such as reading, 57
writing, listening to music and playing sports.
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A. chase
B. involve
C. pursue
D. capture
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14. _______________________________ And not one of these pleasures is 60
taxation under the Internal Revenue
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Code.
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A. committed to
B. subject to
C. attached to
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D. indifferent to
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15. _________________________________ Middle-aged ladies somehow tend 65
to weight more easily even if they are
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vegetarians.
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A. put on
B. put up
C. put forward
D. put away
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16. ______ As China, reform and opening-up have led to substantial 69
improvement of
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lives.
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A. in the case of
B. in the face of
C. in the name of
D. in
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the middle of
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17. Niagara Falls is a great tourist _______, drawing millions of 74
visitors every year.
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A. attention
B. attraction
C. appointment
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arrangement
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18. The manager spoke highly of such _______ as loyalty, courage and 78
truthfulness shown by his employees.
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A. virtues
B. features
C. properties
D.
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characteristics
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19. Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t _______ 82
so much noise.
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A. resist
B. sustain
C. tolerate
D.
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undergo
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20. Since the matter was extremely _______, we dealt with it 86
immediately.
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A. tough
B. tense
C. urgent
D. instant
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PART II CLOZE TEST ( 20 minutes 10 points)
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Directions: Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one item 91
of suitable word(s) marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage.
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Mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line 93
through the center.
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Deaths and injuries from motor-vehicle accidents are reaching 95
epidemic proportions in developing countries around the world, 96
according to the World Health Organization. Traffic accidents in the 97
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PART III READING COMPREHENSION (60 minutes, 50 points)
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Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages for 130
you to read. Read each passage carefully, and hen do the questions that 131
follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and 132
D and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single 133
line through the center.
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Passage One
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Peng Gonglin wasn't an important man. He lived in a bare concrete house 136
in a small village of Deng Zhuang where women stoop beside ponds to scrub 137
clothes in buckets and the men often harvest crops by hand.
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When his rice fields came up empty last October, Peng had no influence 139
and little cash. The 43-year-old farmer had spent almost all of his 140
family's savings and borrowed more to lease the land and buy seeds.
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County experts in the central province of Henan tested the seeds he'd 142
planted and determined that he'd been sold inferior goods. Peng begged 143
for financial or legal help from the local agricultural bureau and its 144
county seed station.
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He took what remained of his family's money and tried to bribe two local 146
officials to intervene. They accepted the meals, massages and prostitutes, 147
but they did nothing in return, according to a letter he later wrote. 148
Finally, on March 29 he returned to the county seed station to plead 149
once more. Men there beat Peng about the head until he went home, 150
humiliated.
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Facing financial ruin, he carried out one last act of protest. Early 152
the next morning, Peng Gonglin's body was found hanging at the seed 153
station.
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The story of Peng's lonely suicide reveals the pitfalls beneath the 155
glossy surface of China's booming economy. Ordinary Chinese who've been 156
cheated or defrauded, especially in rural areas, find themselves trapped 157
in neo-feudal conditions with no protection beyond the mercy of corrupt 158
officials.
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Outsiders are sometimes baffled by the emphasis Chinese leaders put on 160
order and harmony, and their crushing response to any signs of unrest. 161
From the turmoil in a village such as Deng Zhuang, though, it's clear that 162
the nation sits uneasily on deep social fault lines.
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41.People like Peng Gonglin _______.
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A.live simple and humble life
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B.try to bribe officials
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C.have no land and have to lease from others
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D.hate the officials
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42. What happened to the seeds Peng Gonglin had bought?
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A. They were tested inferior.
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B. They were illegal.
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C. They were cheated.
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D. They were too expensive.
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43. He bribed local officials hoping that _______.
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A. they may help him get financial compensation or legal aid
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B. they may accept the meals, massages and prostitutes
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C. they may interfere the affair
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D. they may offer plea for him
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44. Which of the following statements is NOT the reason of Peng 179
Gonglin’s suicide?
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A. He was beaten by the men at the seed station and felt humiliated. 181
B. It was his final cry for protest in the face of financial ruin. 182
C. The desperation was beyond his psychological endurance.
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D. He feared that his bribe may be discovered.
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45. Peng's lonely suicide reveals that _______.
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A. the ordinary people seize neo-feudal conditions
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B. the ordinary people can get protection if the corrupt officials 187
ignore them
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C. there are social problems under the fast developing economy 189
D. people baffle the emphasis on order and harmony
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Passage Two
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Computers have been taught to play not only checkers, but also 192
championship chess, which is a fairly accurate yardstick for measuring 193
the computer’s progress in the ability to learn from experience.
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Because the game requires logical reasoning, chess would seem to be 195
perfectly suited to the computer .all a programmer has to do is give the 196
computer a program evaluating the consequences of every possible response 197
to every possible move, and the computer will win every time. In theory 198
this is a sensible approach; in practice it is impossible. Today, a 199
powerful computer can analyze 40 000 moves a second. That is an impressive 200
speed. But there are an astronomical number of possible moves in 201
chess—literally trillions. Even if such a program were written (and in 202
theory it could be, given enough people and enough time), there is no 203
computer capable of holding that much data.
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Therefore, if the computer is to compete at championship levels, it must 205
be programmed to function with less than complete data. It must be able 206
to learn from experience, to modify its own program, to deal with a 207
relatively unstructured situation—in a word, to “think” for itself. 208
In fact, this can be done. Chess-playing computers have yet to defeat world 209
champion chess players, but several have beaten human players of only 210
slightly lower ranks. The computers have had programs to carry them 211
through the early, mechanical stages of their chess games. But they have 212
gone on from there to reason and learn, and sometimes to win the game. 213
There are other proofs that computers can be programmed to learn, but 214
this example is sufficient to demonstrate the point. Granted, winning a 215
game of chess is not an earthshaking event even when a computer does it . 216
But there are many serious human problems which ban be fruitfully 217
approached as games. The Defense Department uses computers to play war 218
games and work out strategies for dealing with international tensions. 219
Other problems—international and interpersonal relations , ecology and 220
economics , and the ever-increasing threat of world famine—can perhaps 221
be solved by the joint efforts of human beings and truly intelligent 222
computers .
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46. The purpose of creating chess-playing computers is _______.
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A. to win the world chess champion
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B. to pave the way for further intelligent computers
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C. to work out strategies for international wars
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D. to find an accurate yardstick for measuring computer progress 229
47. Today, a chess-playing computer can be programmed to _______. 230
A. give trillions of responses in a second to each possible move and 231
win the game
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B. function with complete data and beat the best players
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C.learn from chess-playing in the early stage and go on to win the game 234
D. evaluate every possible move but may fail to give the right response 235
each time
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48. For a computer to “think”, it is necessary to _______.
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A. mange to process as much data as possible in a second
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B. program it so that it can learn from its experiences
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C. prepare it for chess-playing first
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D. enable it to deal with unstructured situations
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49. The author’s attitude towards the Defense Department is_ ___. 242
A. critical
B. unconcerned
C. positive
D. negative
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50. In the author’s opinion, ___ _ .
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A. winning a chess game is an unimportant event
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B. serious human problems shouldn’t be regarded as playing a game 246
C. ecological problems are more urgent to be solved
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D. there is hope for more intelligent computers
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Passage Three
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You have to have lived in the 1950s and 1960s to have experienced a good 251
economy. In the period between 1950 and 1970 it was the rule—rather than 252
the exception—that an ordinary family, without higher education, could 253
sustain itself decently on the income of a single breadwinner. In 1955, 254
when I was 19 and living in Brooklyn, N. Y., my father, who had a 255
sixth-grade education, maintained our family of five on a wage of $82 a 256
week as a bookbinder. My mother taught us fairness and compassion; my 257
father, discipline and enterprise.
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The U. S. economy in those years was good. Then where did this good 259
economy go? It was inflated away. The price of gold, which I take as proxy 260
for the prices of all goods, was $35 an ounce in those years. It is at 261
roughly ten times that price today.
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There is another answer, though: inflation caused the entire work force 263
to be moved into higher tax groups, thus reducing after-tax purchasing 264
power. That is, my father’s bindery job in1954 paid $82 a week, with $80 265
after deductions; today, at $ 820 per week the net would be $662.
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To ordinary people, the economy doesn’t look very good at all. 267
After-tax incomes continue to decrease in purchasing power. The jobs 268
offered in the employment ads pay only a little more than the minimum wage, 269
maybe $5 an hour, which, after payroll deductions, yields $4 an hour. 270
Compare that with minimum-wage jobs of the early 1950s, when 75 cents was 271
worth today’s $7.50 before and after taxes.
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51. In the author’s opinion, a good economy, to ordinary people can 274
be expressed in terms of ____ __.
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A.the amount of wage
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B.after-tax income
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C.the ac tual purchasing power
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D.the minimum wage per hour
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52. In the period between 1950 and 1970, _______.
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A.there was not much difference in the living standards 281
between people of higher and lower education
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B.an o rdinary family of five without exception could live on 283
one person income
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C.the income of an ordinary family was more than enough for 285
buying food
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D.for an average family the income was sufficient to support 287
all the members
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53. Today a bookbinder’s wage is ten times that of the 1950’s but 289
its income tax rate has increased ______.
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A.50 times
B.60times
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D. 80 times
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54. The worsening of a bookbinder’s livelihood results from __ __. 292
A.his low education and the amount of wage
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B.the high-taxation and the income deductions
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C.the high taxation and cost of living
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D.the low wage and higher prices
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higher___ ___.
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A.the value of labor actually is shrinking
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B.the minimum wage level is increasing likewise
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C.the income tax rate is rising along
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D.the employment ads naturally offer a higher minimum wage 302
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Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international 305
marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of 306
the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic 307
variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, 308
aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with 309
this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive 310
knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; 311
its interpretation comes only through experience.
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The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment 313
stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two 314
schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural 315
diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following 316
the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact 317
of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging. 318
The other school proposes that companies must tailor business 319
approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in 320
each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical 321
question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to 322
the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result 323
of cultural myopia or even blindness.
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Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large 325
companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The 326
internationally successful companies all share an important quality: 327
patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their 328
operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. 329
These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know 330
your customer.
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56. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
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A. All international managers can learn culture.
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B. Business diversity is not necessary.
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C. V iews differ on how to treat culture in business world.
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D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.
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57. According to the author, the model of Pepsi .
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A. i s in line with the theories of the school advocating the business 338
is business the world around
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B. is different from the model of McDonald’s
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C. shows the reverse of globalization
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D. has converged cultural differences
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A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches 344
to individual cultures
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B. both advocate that different policies be set up in different 346
countries
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C. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
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D. Both A and B
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59. This article is supposed to be most useful for those .
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A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity 351
B. who have connections to more than one type of culture
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C. who want to travel abroad
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D. w ho want to run business on International Scale
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A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
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B. al l have the quality of patience
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C. will follow the overseas local cultures
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D. adopt the policy of internationalization
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When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life 362
span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of 363
significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history 364
of constant change—at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other 365
times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always 366
been a living growing organism, it has never been static. Another 367
significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all 368
times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At 369
one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who 370
have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used 371
their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has 372
been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a 373
sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give 374
it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty. 375
As we consider our changing language, we should note here two 376
developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is 377
that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete 378
reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words 379
in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many 380
inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend 381
largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the 382
older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function 383
words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, 384
conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show 385
relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have 386
survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word 387
order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall 388
see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and 389
ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, 390
our attitudes toward language forms change also. The eighteenth century, 391
for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language 392
into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there 393
is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in 394
terms of the ways in which people speak and write.
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61. In contrast to the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend 396
to .
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A. attempt to continue the standardization of the language
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B. e valuate language practices in terms of current speech rather 399
than standards or proper patterns
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C. be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its 401
analysis or history
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D. be more aware of the rules of the language usage
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62.Choose the appropriate meaning for the word “inflection” used 404
in line 4 of paragraph 2.
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A. C hanges in the forms of words.
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B. Changes in sentence structures.
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C. Changes in spelling rules.
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D. Words that have similar meanings.
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63. Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? 410
A. I t is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the 411
beginning of the modern English language.
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B. Some other languages had great influence on the English language 413
at some stages of its development.
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C. The English language has been and still in a state of relatively 415
constant change.
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D. Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of 417
the English language.
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64. The author of these paragraphs is probably a(an) .
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A. historian
B. philosopher
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65. Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? 421
A. The history of the English language.
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B. Our changing attitude towards the English language.
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C. Our changing language.
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D. Some characteristics of modern English.
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PAPER TWO
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二、中英文尽可能做到字迹清晰，书写工整，疏密相间均匀，字437
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三、英文作文必须逐行书写，不得隔行或跳行。

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PART V TRANSLATION (40 minutes, 20 points)
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Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)
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Directions: Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Write your 442
Chinese version on Answer Sheet
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For the Greeks, beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Persons then 444
were assumed to be what we now have to call——enviously——whole persons. 445
If it did occur to the Greeks to distinguish between a person’s “inside”446
and “outside”, they still expected that inner beauty would be matched 447
by beauty of the other kind. The well-born young Athenians（雅典人） who 448
gathered around Socrates（苏格拉底）found it quite paradoxical（反论449
的） that their hero was so intelligent, so brave, so honorable, so 450
seductive（迷人）——and so ugly. One of Socrates’ main pedagogical 451
（教学的） acts was to be ugly——and teach those innocent, no doubt 452
splendid-looking disciples（弟子） of his how full of paradoxes life really 453
was.
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Section B ( 20 minutes, 10 points)
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Directions: Put the following paragraph into English. Write your 458
English version on the Answer Sheet.
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父亲和母亲与孩子说话时的方式不一样。

母亲会用简单的语言，用孩子的460
话和他们交流；而爸爸则不太会为孩子改变说话的方式。

母亲的方式便于直461
接交流，父亲的方式给孩子挑战，迫使他们扩大词汇量，提高语言技能，这462
为孩子将来学业的成功打下重要基础。

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PART VI WRITING (40 minutes, 10 points)
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Part V. Writing (10 points)
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This year, there were a series of attacks at schools across China, in 467
which men walked into classrooms and injured small children with hammers 468
or knives. Many Chinese experts pointed out that the lack of social justice 469
and legal means to vent（发泄） frustration is the main cause of such 470
attacks. Do you agree with such view? How to secure a safe environment 471
to children?Please write an essay of approximately 120 words on the issue 472
with the title:Ensuring Kids’ Safety
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