二00九年华中师范大学英语专业研究生入学考试试题（模拟）

1、考生答题请一律写在答题纸上，在试卷上作答无效。华中师范大学二00九年研究生入学考试试题（模拟一）招生专业 英语语言文学 050201 研究方向 外国语言学及应用语言学 050211考试科目及代码 基础英语 343 考试时间： 月 日i. in each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been underlined. choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate in standard english. write your choice on

2、 the answer sheet. (15/150)1. melting glaciers may account the rise in sea level that has taken place honing this century. a b c d2. anthropologist jane goodall has contributed a wealth information concerning primate a bbehavior through her studies of chimpanzees. c d 3. the discovery of gold in 184

3、8 transformed san francisco suddenly from a quiet port into one a b cof the worlds richest and most famous city. d4. allan pinkerton, founder of the famous detective agency that bears him name, directed a civil a b cwar espionage system behind confederate lines. d5. contemporary film directors, some

4、 of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce a btheir own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art. c d6. the pioneer john chapman received the nickname johnny appleseed because he planted a bapple seedlings during his travels in where are now ohio, indiana, a

5、nd illinois. c d7. in the united states among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers is reserved for a b cadvertising. d8. scientists believe that by altering the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop a specimens that are resisting to disease and have increased food val

6、ue. b c d9. being the biggest expanse of brackish water in the world, the baltic sea is of special a b cinteresting to scientists. d10. while studying the chemistry of human body, dr. rosalyn yalow won a nobel prize for the a b research she conducted on the role of hormones. c d11. jane addams, soci

7、al worker, author, and spokeswoman for the peace and womens suffrage amovements, she received the nobel peace prize in 1931 for her humanitarian achievements.bcd12. bromyrite crystals have a diamond-like luster and are usually colorless, but they dard to abcbrown when exposed to light.d13. any thing

8、 wrong? there was no objection on the part of these present.ab c d14. standing in the driveway,the house appeared to be much smaller than it seemed to us asabcd children many years ago.15. kevin is particularly fond of cooking, and he real cooks delicious meals. a b c d ii. find the one choice that

9、best completes the sentence. write your choice on the answer sheet. (15/150)1. practical rules are helpful in such ordinary occurrences of social life as making proper introductions at parties or other functions _ people can be brought to know each other.45a. in caseb. for the sake of c. in order to

10、d. so that2. dont upset her _ you do！a. whoeverb. wheneverc. howeverd. whatever3. there is still a long way to go _ overpopulation is concerned but progress is being made.a. as long asb. as well asc. as far asd. since4. i could just see a car in the distance, but i couldnt _what color it was.a. look

11、 outb. make outc. get acrossd. take after5. the little man was _ one meter fifty high.a. nearly more thanb. just as much asc. almost more thand. hardly more than6. on the beach _.a. were large globs of oil lyingb. were lying large globs of oilc. lying large globs of oil wered. lying were large globs

12、 of oil7. i waited there for thirty minutes; that seemed _ hours to me. a. manyb. veryc. as many d. so many8. our modern civilization must not be thought of as _ in a short period of time.a. being createdb. having been createdc. to have been createdd. to be created9. the painting he bought at the st

13、reet market the other day was a _ forgery.a. man-madeb. naturalc. cruded. real10. after a long delay, she _ replying to my e-mail.a. got away withb. got back atc. got byd. got round to11. we stood still, gazing out over the limitless _ of the desert. a. spaceb. expansec. stretchd. land12. the square

14、 itself is five hundred yards wide, five times _ the size of st. peters in rome.a. /b. that of c. which is d. of13. the company has capitalized _ the error of judgment made by its business competitors.a. in b. overc. withd. on14. they stood chatting together as easily and naturally as _. a. it could

15、 beb. could bec. it wasd. was15. mr. browns condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _.a. pull backb. pull upc. pull throughd. pull outiii. proofreading: (20/150): (do it on the answer sheet)the following passage contains 16 errors. each line contains a maximum of one error, and fo

16、ur are free from error. in each case only one word is involved. you should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. for a missing word, mark the position of the missin

17、g word with a “” and write the word you believe to be the missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. for an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. if the line is correct, place a tick “” in the blank

18、 at the end of the line.example: it is impossible any sentence in one (1) for language to have exactly the same meaning as any single sentence in (2) single another language. it is alsoimpossible for any sentence in a particular (3) language to have exactlythe same meaning as the other sentence in (

19、4) any that same language.if you are a high school senior graduating and looking to enter college in 2006, you will take the new exam.the biggest change to the sat will be the introduction of a new writing section. the writing section will consist two parts: an essay and a multiple-choice section. s

20、tudents will be given 25 minutes to respond to a prompt and construct a well-organizing essay that effective deals with the task. the essay question may require students to complete a statement, or to react to a quote, or to agree or disagree with a point of view. in any case, a good essay will supp

21、ort the chosen position with specific reasons and examples from literature, history, art, science, current affairs, or even a students own experience. essays will be scored based on the procedures for the current sat ii: writing test. essays will be gradedby two independent readers on scale of 16, a

22、nd their two scores will be combined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2 to 12. should the readers scores vary by more than 2 points, a third reader will score the essay. the readers will be high schoolteachers and college professors teach composition. to ensure that essays will be scored i

23、n a timely manner, they will be scanned and made it available to readers on the internet for grading purpose.the writing section will also include multiple-choices grammar and usage questions. some of these questions will call for students to improve given sentences and paragraphs. others will prese

24、nt students with sentences and require them to identify mistakes in diction, grammar, sentence construction, subject-verb agreement, proper word usage.the high possible score on the new writing section will be 800. a written subscore will also be assigned. iv. cloze. fill in each blank with one word

25、 that is logically and grammatically suitable. write your answers on the answer sheet. (25/150)in bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition of each 1_ skill the first 2_ words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. it is common3 _ paren

26、ts hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but 4_ can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. this might happen at 5_ stage. a baby might 6_ forced to use a toilet too early, and a young 7_ might be encouraged to learn to read 8_ he knows the meaning of the w

27、ords he reads. on the other 9_, though, if a child is 10_ alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find 11_ new things for himself. parents vary greatly in 12_ degree of strictness 13_ their children. some may be especially str

28、ict in money 14_; others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. in general, the controls imposed represent the needs 15_ the parents and the values of the community as 16_ as the childs own happiness.17_ regards the development of moral standards in the growing child,

29、 18_ is very important in parental teaching. to forbid a thing one day and excuse it the19 _ is no foundation for morality. also, parents 20_ realize that “example is 21_ than precept”. 22_ they are not sincere and do not practice 23_ they preach, their children may grow confused, and emotionally in

30、secure when they grow old enough to think24 _ themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled. a sudden awareness of a marked difference25 _ their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.v. fill in each blank with the best answer from the four choices given

31、 under the correspondent number. write your choice on the answer sheet. (25/150)(a)today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the united states. it has completely replaced the horse as a 1 of everyday transportation. americans use their car for 2 90% of all 3 business. most a

32、mericans are able to buy cars. the average price of a 4 made car was ,050 in 1950, ,470 in 1960 and up to ,750 in 1975.during this period american car manufacturers set about 5 their products and work efficiency. as a result, the yearly income of the 6 family increased from 1950 to 1975 faster than

33、the price of cars. for this reason 7 a new car takes a smaller part of a familys total earnings today. in 1951 8 took 8.1 months of an average familys income to buy a new car. in 1962 a new car cost 8.3 of a familys annual earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 months income. in addition, the 1975 cars

34、 were technically superior to models from previous years. the influence of automobile extends throughout the economy 9 the car is so important to american. americans spend more money 10 keeping their cars running than on any other item.1.a.meansb. meanc. typesd. kinds2.a.hardlyb. nearlyc. certainlyd

35、. somehow3.a. personalb. personnelc. manuald. artificial4.a.quicklyb. regularlyc. rapidlyd. recently5.a.raisingb. makingc. reducingd. improving6.a.unusualb. smallestc. averaged. biggest7.a.bringingb. obtaining c. boughtd. purchasing8. a. clearlyb. proportionallyc. percentaged. suddenly9.a.thenb. asc

36、. sod. which10.a.tob. inc. ofd. for(b)today, the tower of london is one of the most popular tourist (11) _ and attracts over three million visitors a year. it was occasionally used as a royal palace for the kings and queens of england (12) _ the time of james i who reigned from 1603 to 1625, but is

37、(13) _ known as a prison and execution place. within the walls of the tower, princes have been murdered, traitors (14) _, spies shot, and queens of england beheaded. one of the most famous executions was that of anne boleyn in 1536. she was the second wife of henry viii. he wanted to (15) _ her beca

38、use she could not give him a son, so he accused her of adultery. she was tried and found guilty. she asked to be beheaded with a sword, (16) _ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the tower. the sword and executioner were (17) _ over specially from france and with one (18) _ the executioner cut

39、 off her head.the tower was also the (19) _ of one of londons most famous mysteries. king edward iv died in 1843. his elder son, edward, became king (20) _ his fathers death. young edward lived in the tower, and the duke of gloucester, (21) _ protector, persuaded edwards brother, richard, to come an

40、d live there so that they could play together. but then the duke announced that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old edward, (22) _ himself richard iii.after that, the boys were seen less and less and eventually disappeared. it is said that they were suffocated in b

41、ed by pillows being (23) _ their mouths. it is believed that richard ordered their deaths, although it has never been proved. in 1674, workmen at the tower discovered two (24) _ which were taken away and buried in westminster abbey in 1678. the bones were examined in 1933 and were declared to be tho

42、se of two children, (25) _ the age of the princes.11. a. seatsb. scenesc. groundsd. sights12. a. untilb. byc. to d. at13. a. hardlyb. littlec. bestd. well14. a. ruinedb. destroyedc. torturedd. wounded15. a. get the worst ofb. get rid ofc. get the best ofd. get done with16. a. apart fromb. besidesc.

43、together withd. rather than17. a. broughtb. takenc. gotd. won18. a. knockb. hitc. shotd. stroke19. a. spotb. scentc. placed. view20. a. onb. atc. withd. by21. a. theirb. thec. hisd. a22. a. namingb. callingc. declaringd. giving23. a. forced intob. squeezed forthc. pressed overd. put on24. a. skeleto

44、nsb. boysc. remainsd. dead bodies25. a. definitelyb. certainlyc. roughlyd. possiblyvi. reading comprehension: (25/150)8. read the following passage carefully and choose the one best answer to each question from the four choices given. write your choice on the answer sheet. (18/150)text anearly two t

45、housand years have passed since a census decreed by caesar augustus become part of the greatest story ever told. many things have changed in the intervening years. the hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have

46、a manager to accommodate the weary guests. now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay long enough to get a good sampling. methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. and whe

47、re then it was the modest purpose of rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future

48、events. the bible does not tell us how the roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. they were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the american statisti

49、cal association. there was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-falutin mathematical system in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things

50、 mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. but others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the mets, and the president-elect of the association cautioned that “high powered statist

51、ical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume.” we left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair and with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied

52、 to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude. 1. taxation in roman days apparently was based ona. wealth. b. mobility. c. population. d. census takers.2. the american statistical associationa. is con