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英语专业水平考试试题

I.Cloze(30points,1pointforeach)

ReadthefollowingpassageandchooseaproperwordfromtheWordListtofillineachoftheblanksinthepassage.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.WritethewordsyouchooseforeachblankonYOURANSWERSHEETinthefollowingway:

Example

I.Cloze

1.paper

2.continuously

3.…

Now,dotheCloze.

WORDLIST

stayformfictionalthereBegunclassics

novelwhosepublishedofOnerelated

awayInAfterWhenwithmost

dislikeduntilhideaboarddestroyingagainst

ButthenfinishedwhoRebellionon

MostofMarkTwain‘sbooksbubbledout1himlikewateroutofafountain.

2ofhisgiftswasthecapacitytotakeasceneandfillit

3everysparkling

detailofnatureandofhumanaction,toputineveryspokenwordandaccompanyinggesture,andtoslowlyexaggeratethesuccessivemoments4thewholeepisode

reachedaclimaxofjoyous,sidesplittinglaughter.5hehadtroubleweavinghisincidentsintomeaningfulplotpatterns.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,Mark

Twain‘smasterpiece,cameinto__6slowly.7in1876,immediatelyafterhehaddashedoffTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,hewrote400manuscriptpagesquicklyand8stalled;indisgusthemeditated9thework.__10thewinter

of1879-1880hepennedfurthersections;againthesparkofenthusiasmdied.

__11

takingajourneydowntheMississippiRiverinApril,1882,hequicklycompletedLift

ontheMississippi(1883)andwithunabatedzest12thenovel.Thetriphad

reawakenedhisboyhoodmemoriesandsuggestednewepisodes;thetwobooksbecame13,theweakertravelaccountservingasscaffoldingforthegreatedifice.

__14TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnwas15in1884,itmetamixed

reception.ABrooklynladyprotested16itspresenceinthe

children‘sroomofthe

publiclibrary;thelibrarianreshelvedthevolumeintheadultarea

to17Huck‘s

andToms—mischievousanddeceitfulpracticeswhichmadethem

poorexamplesforyouth.IITodaythenovelisamongtheworld‘s18andvieswithNathaniel

Hawthorne‘sTheScarletLetter(1850)forthepositionof

American‘s_19artistic

workoffiction.

Thereaderisremindedattheoutsetthatin1850HuckFinnhadbeenaplaymateofTomSawyerinSt.Petersburg,Missouri,the20nameofMarkTwain‘snativevillageofHannibal.ForthreemonthsHuckhadlivedwiththelady

21lifehehad

saved,theWidowDouglas,—fair,smart,andfortyI;herhillmansionwas—theonlypalaceinthetown,andthemosthospitableandmuchthemostlavishinthematteroffestivitiesIthatthetowncouldboast.Thelad22hadrunawayfromelegance

wasagainacandidateforthemajorroleinarags-to-richestale.

Huckwanteditotherwise.LikeTom,whosenameturnsupthroughoutthe__23.Huckwanted

adventure.ForsixmonthsHuckenduredstarchedclothesandvirtualimprisonmentwithinthemansion.WhenPapreturnedonApril1andtookHuck24fromthe

Widow,Huckcametopreferhisslovenlyislandhome.25againstPap‘scrueltyledHucktoplanhisown—murderIIandtodecampabouttwomonthslater.HediscoveredJim26June4andstartedtheraftingtripdowntheriveronJune22.OnJuly7hereachedtheGrangerfordsandstayed__27aboutamonth.OnAugust

theraft;theirshenanigansendedatPikeville10theDukeandDauphincame28onSeptember18.The29atAuntSally‘slastedtwenty-sixdays,

untilOctober15.

ThenHuckdecidedtolightoutforIndianTerritoryandforeverdepartfroma—civilizationIthathe30.

II.ProofreadingandErrorCorrection(30points,2pointsforeach)

Thefollowingpassagecontainsfifteenerrors.EachindicatedlinecontainsamaximumofONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisinvolved.CorrecttheerrorsandwritetheanswersonYOURANSWERSHEETinthefollowingway:Forawrongword,writethecorrectoneonYourAnswerSheet.

Foramissingword,writethemissingwordwitha—Isignbefore

itonYourAnswer,

Sheet.

Foranunnecessaryword,writetheunnecessarywordwithadeletinglineonitonYour

AnswerSheet.

Example

Whenartmuseumwantsanewexhibit,it31.____,

neverbuysthingsinfinishedformandhangs32.____

themonthewall.Whenanaturalhistorymuseumwantsanexhibition,itmustoftenbuildit.33.___________________________

WriteonyourAnswerSheet:

II.ProofreadingandErrorCorrection

31.an32.never33.exhibit,

Now,dotheProofreadingandErrorCorrection.

Scientistsclaimthatairpollutioncausesadeclineintheworldaverageairtemperature.Inordertoprovethattheory,[31]___ecologistshaveturnedtohistoricaldatuminrelationto[32]___especiallyhugevolcaniceruptions.Theysuspectthatvolcanoesaffectweatherchangesthataresimilartoairpollution.[33]___

Onesourceofinformationsistheeffectoftheeruption[34]__ofTambora,avolcanoinSumbawa,theDutchEastIndies,inApril1815.Thelargestrecordedvolcanoeruption,Tambora[35]___threw150milliontonsoffineashintothestratosphere.Theashfromavolcanospreadsaroundworldwideinafewdays[36]___orremainsintheairforyears.Itseffectistoturnincoming[37]___solarradiationintothespaceandthuscooltheearth.For[38]___example,recordsofweatherinEnglandshowsthatbetween[39]___AprilandNovember1815,theaveragetemperaturehadfallen4.5:F.Duringthenexttwenty-fourmonths,Englandsuffered

oneofthecoldestperiodsoftheirhistory.Farmers‘records

[40]___

fromApril1815toDecember1818indicatefrostthroughoutthespringandsummerandsharpdecreasesatcropand[41]___livestockmarkets.Sincetherewasatimelagofseveralyearsbetweencauseandeffect,bythetimetheworldagriculturalcommoditycommunityhaddeteriorated,noonerealizesthe[42]___cause.

Ecologiststodaywarnthatwefaceatwofoldmenace.The

ever-presentpossibilityofvolcaniceruptions,suchasthose

[43]___

ofMt.St.HelensinWashington,addedman‘spollutionof[44]___

theatmospherewithoil,gas,coal,andotherpolluting

substances,maybringusincreasinglycolderweather.[45]___

Scientistsclaimthatairpollutioncausesadeclineintheworld'saverageairtemperature.Inorder

toprovethattheory,ecologistshaveturnedtohistoricaldatainrelationtoespeciallyhugevolcaniceruptions.Theysuspectthatvolcanoesaffectweatherchangethataresimilartoairpolluiton.

OnesourceofinformationistheeffectoftheeruptionofTambora,avolcanoinSumbawa,theDutchEastIndias,inApril1815.Thelargest

recordedvolcaniceruption,Tamborathrew150milliontonsoffineashintothestratosphere（平流层）.Theashfromavolcanospreadsworldwideinafewdaysandremainsintheairforyears.Itseffectisto

turnincomingsolarradiationinto

spaceandthuscooltheearth.Forexample,recordsofweatherin

EnglandshowthatbetweenAprilandNovember1815,theaveragetemperaturehadfallen4.5.Duringthenexttwentyfourmonths,Englandsufferedoneofthecoldestperiodsofitshistory.Farmers'recordsfromApril1815toDecember1818indicatefrostthroughoutthespringandsummerandsharpdecreasesincropandlivestockmarkets.Sincetherewasatimelag（滞后）ofseveralyearsbetweencauseandeffect,bythetimetheworldagriculturalcommoditycommun