1 / 13 华侨大学 2018 年硕士研究生入学考试专业课试卷 （答案必须写在答题纸上） 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 710 Part I Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points) Directions: There are THIRTY sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. The cost, he demands should not _our expectation. A. exceeds B. exceeding C. exceed D. exceedingly 2. On the _ in the countryside, there are only one-tenth as many doctors as there are in the city. A. averaged B. average C. averagely D. averages 3. The writer received a _ amount of praise for his newly published novel. A. fantastic B. fantastical C. fantasy D. fantastically 4. After the retirement his parents began to _ a small grocery store. A. operate on B. operatic C. operate D. operated 5. None of the servants were _when I wanted to send a message. A. available B. availed C. availing D. availably 6. The drought in this area resulted in the _of fruit and vegetable. A. scarcely B. scarcer C. scarch D. scarcity 7. His _eyebrows and shining eyes impress us favorably. A. bush B. bushed C. bushy D. bushing 8. The designer suggests we have a curtain to _ the light. A. soft B. softness C. soften D. software 9. He was so_ when he saw the robbery at the bank. A. terrify B. territorial C. terrified D. terrifying 10. Information theory is primarily a _study. A. theory B. theoretical C. therapy D. theoretically 11. The United Nations had a strong _to waging a war in Iraq. A. object B. objection C. objectify D. objected 12. Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly _of national opinion? A. represent B. representation C. representative D. representational 13. She _ a few words on the paper. A. scrawl B. scrawling C. scrawled D. scrawny 14. Dont delay your sending in the _ form. 2 / 13 A. apply B. applying C. appliance D. application 15. Our grateful thanks are _ to the police departments help in the making of this film. A. due B. owing C. owning D. owe 16. The guy leaned _ to look at what I was writing for his recommendation letter. A. on B. above C. over D. against 17. Could you drop me _ near the post office? A. off B. / C. out D. both A and B 18. We were so _ that we couldnt help yawning. A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boredom 19. What you say now is not _with what you said last week. A. consistent B. persistent C. permanent D. insistent 20. In addition to rice, we need to _ our diet with fish, meat and vegetable. A. replace B. supplement C. mix D. replenish 21. The survival _ of some wild animals is not very high because they are ruthlessly hunted for their skins. A. degree B. ratio C. scale D. rate 22. Tim is good, smart and hardworking. _, I cant speak too highly of him. A. In a word B. By the way C. As a result D. On the contrary 23. What she told me about the affair simply doesnt make any _. A. idea B. meaning C. significance D. sense 24. The bank requires that the real estate company naturally serve as a loan _ for its customers. A. guarantee B. guaranteed C. guaranteeing D. guarantor 25. He _ as a rich man though he owed more than he owned. A. served B. posed C. pretended D. disguised 26. Its maintained that _ in bulk is not good to the goods. A. sending B. communication C. traffic D. transport 27. California has more light than it knows _ to do with, but everything else is expensive. A. what B. how C. where D. which 28. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, dont have small children and get along _ to spend most of their time together. A. too well B. well as C. well enough D. so well 29. Its easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes _ place in our ever-changing world. A. to take B. taking C. taken D. take 30. On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont _ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading “Boston”. A. when B. which C. what D. that 3 / 13 Part II Close Test (20 points) Directions: Decide which of the words given in the below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. A luxury B collect C shower D delicacy E impulse F received G illogical H couple I forgotten J suddenly Kdespised Leverywhere Massociate N possession O normally P brought Q delighted R repulsive S stroll T reluctantly People become quite _(1)_ when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great _(2)_. You would not be able to understand why some people find it _(3)_. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat the _(4)_ accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been _(5)_up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives. No creature has _(6)_ more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great _(7)_ in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to _(8)_ snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are _(9)_. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to _(10)_ snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy _(11)_, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a _(12)_ on some of my prize plants. Acting on a sudden _(13)_, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was _(14)_ to see me and equally pleased with my little gifts. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a _(15)_ of hours. I had _(16)_ all about the snails when Robert _(17)_ said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I _(18)_ followed Robert out of the room. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails _(19)_: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete _(20)_ of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then. Part III Error Correction (15 points) Directions: The passage contains FIFTEEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proof-read 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 missing word with a “ ”sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided 4 / 13 at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. Example: The cold afternoon sunlight make long shadows behind the trees a. made along the road. Sam Beckett never opened the gate of the old Higbee b. never place and drove his tractor into field. c. the Things had been moving quickly. Only the night before, Higbee family had 1. _ at last stopped quarrel for long enough to agree on a selling price. John 2._ Farnham, the real-estate agent, had made a hurry trip to see Beckett the 3._ next morning. Within a few hours Beckett had looked round the property again, the agreement had signed, and he had put his horses into one of the 4._ Higbee fields. Now he was starting to plough. Hed work until midnight, or longer if he didnt get too sleep. 5._ Out in the centre of the field the old house surrounded by big shady 6._ trees. A dusty road run through the field to the house from the gate, But 7._ Beckett had no use for the big old house. The repairs would cost more than the place was worthy. 8_ He lowered the plough and starting the tractor. As he ploughed, the rich 9._ black earth rolled out in smooth furrows. Low dark cloud moved past 10._ overhead, and in the west the setting sun turned the lower parts of the clouds to reddish purple: a southern Californian winter sunset. 11._ The sound of the tractor motor was steady, and the effort of watching the 12._ furrows sent Sam Beckett into a dream-like statement. He didnt notice the 13._ minutes passing. When it got dark, he turned on the headlights and kept go. 14._ The cold night air stung his face and hands, but his eyes remained fixed on the piece of ground among the grass and the ploughed earth. 15._ Part IV Reading Comprehension (55 Points) Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For the first four passages, there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and you should decide on the best choice. For the last passage you should answer the questions about its structure. All of the answers should be written on the answer sheet. Passage 1 How good are grades as a method of evaluation if almost everyones GPA is the same? 5 / 13 This is where the problem lies. Grade inflation is the term given to the trend in some universities where higher grades are being given to less deserving students. The problem began in the early 1970s when maintaining good grades in college meant an exemption from the Vietnam draft. Professors didnt want to feel responsible for sending young men into war, especially since college campuses were popular sites of anti-war protest. The letter grade C became rare while the F was actually banned at places like Stanford University in California, and Brown University in Rhode Island. Today, grades are hardly a matter of life and death, but they can mean the difference between a good job and a great career. This is why it is important to differentiate excellent students from average ones. Charles Rooney of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing feels that in the coming years good grades may not carry as much weight as before. “Whereas 10 percent of a class used to receive an A, now 40 percent is normal. The A has lost its meaning.” When Donna LaBella began her college career at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, three years ago, she expected it to be the greatest challenge of her life. Before long, Donna realized that the easiest road to a high GPA is by selecting classes taught by “generous” professors. “Course selection is just as significant as the final exam week in the outcome of your grade. By my sophomore year, I knew which instructors to avoid and I ended up with a perfect 4.0 without actually learning much.” Professor William Cole of Harvard once said, “Grade inflation rewards mediocrity and discourages excellence.” Though different opinions may exist, one thing about grades is certain: As grades get higher and higher they will have less and less meaning. 1. Professor began to give high grades in the early 1970s because _. A) some of them are not very responsible B) all students worked very hard at that time C) they did not want to send young people into war D) they hated the educational system 2. The passage mentions that the grade F was once banned at _. A) New York University B) Syracuse University C) Harvard University D) Stanford University 3. How many students can get As in college nowadays? A) 10% B) 20% C) 40% D) 50% 4. Donna LaBella managed to get a perfect GPA of 4.0 by _. A) working harder than others 6 / 13 B) forming some good study habits C) selecting her classes carefully D) seeking some help from her classmates 5. What do people in the educational profession think of grade inflation? A) Excellent students may feel discouraged if grade inflation goes on. B) It is all right so long as professors have no objections. C) High grades no longer mean so much as before. D) It has greatly affected the quality of education in the USA. Passage 2 I was 35 years old when I found out that I was dyslexic. By the time I graduated from high school in 1960 I was convinced that I was not very smart. I remember a defining moment in the seventh grade. I was doing really badly in a history course and my parents had been notified. My mother said to me, “Im going to work with you on this for a full week. Im going to show you what you can do if you put in the right amount of effort.” So we did. We worked on the history for a full week, an extra hour every day. Then I went to school and failed the test, as always. It was really upsetting to me. So I went to a friend of mine who had gotten an A and I asked: “How long did you study for this?” He said: “I didnt. I just glanced at it.” So what do you take from that? He must be smarter than I am. By the time I got to college I had come to realize that I couldnt spell no matter how hard I tried. So at the University of Oregon I would sign up for extra courses. Id be in registration lines all day. Then I would go around the first day of class and ask each professor: “Whats your policy on misspelling?” If the professor said: “This is history. Let the English department worry about spelling,” then Id hold the course. If he said, “Three misspellings is a flunk,” Id drop it. I figured out a way to graduate, but it was more an escape than a graduation. Even though I was an academic failure, I had a great time. I had a lot of friends and I was always popular. I was a good high school football player, a running back, which was important in those early years because I could read my name in the newspaper on Saturday morning. I never had a day when I would sit around and think, “People dont like me.” Despite my obvious weaknesses, I did become successful in my career, so much so that people now say to me, “So youve overcome dyslexia.” No. No. You dont overcome it; you learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are very hard for me. Most people who go thro