2007-2012年研究生学位英语考试真题(无听力)

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PART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points)

Section A (0.5 point each) eventually dry up.

A. investment B. resource C. inspiration D. stimulus A. bewildering B. exasperating C. dismaying D. upsetting A. all at once B. by and by C. to some extent D. on the whole A. optimistic B. anxious C. uncertain D. scared A. enhanced B. revised C. alternated D. modified A. arisen from B. contributed to C. patched up D. participated in A. resigned B. compromised C. persisted D. dominated

28. Hamilton hoped for a nation of cities while Jefferson that the country should remain chiefly

agricultural.

A. inclined B. struggled C. argued D. competed

A. on occasion B. at present C. by now D. for sure

A. briefly B. quickly C. accurately D. earnestly

Section B (0.5 point each)

31. New York probably has the largest number of different language _________ in the world.

A. neighborhoods B. communities C. clusters D. assemblies

32. Nuclear wastes are considered to _____ a threat to human health and marine life.

A. compose B. impose C. expose D. pose

33. Some states in the US have set _____ standards concerning math and science tests.

A. energetic B. vigorous C. rigorous D. grave

34. This school promised to make classes smaller and offer more individualized ___________.

A. presentation B. instruction C. conviction D. obligation

35. Because of ______ ways of life, the couple has some difficulty getting along with each other.

A. incomprehensible B. incomparable C. inconceivable D.

incompatible

36. As __________ China and other emerging export powers, efforts to strengthen anti-corruption activities are

gaining momentum.

A. in the light of B. in the event of C. in the case of D. in the course of

37. According to an Australian research, moderate drinkers ________ better thinkers than heavy drinkers or those

who never drink.

A. end up B. take up C. put up D. turn up

38. Strangely enough, an old man ______ me and introduced himself, who turned out to be a friend of my father‘s.

A. stood up to B. walked up to C. lived up to D. added up to

39. Many children often _____ why airplanes can fly like birds while we humans cannot.

A. assume B. anticipate C. assure D. wonder

40. The FDA was created to _______ the safety of products, review applications and grant approvals.

A. manipulate B. adjust C. regulate D. manage

PART III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)

Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than their shorter co-workers, with each

inch adding about US$789 a year in pay, according to a new study. "Height career success," says

Timothy Judge, a University of Florida professor of management, who led the study. "These findings are troubling

since, with a few , such as professional basketball, no one could argue that height is something essential

required for job ," Judge points out.

Judge analyzed results of four large-scale studies in the US and Britain that followed thousands of people

from childhood to adulthood, examining details of their work and personal lives. "If you take this the

course of a 30-year career, we're talking about literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of earnings that

a tall person enjoys," Judge said.

of how effective

someone is-- and measures of performance--such as sales volume. Being tall may boost

self-confidence, improving performance. Other people may also give higher and greater respect to a

tall person, giving them

an edge in negotiating states, he says.

. Maybe from a time

when humans lived among animals and size was power and strength used when making "fight or run"

decisions.

41. A. makes out B. works in C. takes on D. matters for

42. A. cases B. exceptions C. examples D. problems

43. A. performance B. operation C. condition D. environment

44. A. on B. with C. over D. to

45. A. deficiency B. advantage C. loss D. necessity

46. A. imagination B. decision C. judge D. evaluation

47. A. relative B. absolute C. objective D. initiative

48. A. state B. status C. situation D. statue

49. A. origins B. sources C. courses D. organizations

50. A. a time in B. a hold on C. a work at D. a sign of

PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)

Passage One

At the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a student loaded his class notes into a handheld

e-mail device and tried to read them during an exam: a classmate turned him in. At the University of Nevada at

Las Vegas (UNLV) students photographed test questions with their cellphone cameras and transmitted them to

classmates. The university put in place a new examination-supervision system. "If they'd spend as much time

studying, they'd all be A students," says Ron Yasbin, dean of the College of Sciences of UNLV.

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