江苏大学硕士研究生入学考试样题第3页共13页满分:150分科目代码: 科目名称620基础英语注意：认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项；所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在本试题 纸或草稿纸上均无效；本试题纸须随答题纸一起装入试题袋中交回！Part I Choose the ONE that best completes each sentence below from the four choices given. (1X30=30 points)1. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as its soils and water of its lakes,rivers and oceans.A. are B. is C. do D. has2. The local health organization is reported twenty-five years ago when Dr. Ardonbecame its first president.A. to be set upB. being set upC. to have been set upD. having been set up3. Each one of us who now living is destined to witness remarkable scientificdiscoveries.A. is B. are C. have being D. were4. If the work by the end of the month is delayed, the construction company will befined.A. to be completed B. will be completedC. has been completed D. being completed5. nothing to eat, he had to go to bed without supper.A. There was B. It being C. There being D Being6. The firm decided after a board meeting that the old machinery in the factories with.A. do awayB. would be done awayC. should do awayD. should be done away7. Jackson is not as you imagine.A. so a big fool B. so big a fbol C. such big a fool D. a such big fbol8. The worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur ideal that matters is not winning but participating.A. anything B. it C. what D. everything9. your opinions are worth considering, the committee finds it unwise to place toomuch importance on them.A. As B. Since C. Provide D. While10. Never before that night the extent of my own power.A. did I feel B. had I felt C. I had felt D. I did feel11. It seems to me that the main requirement of an international language is that it easily learned.A. can be B. be C. must be D. is12. The grammatical device employed in the sentence "Others have been curious to learnwhat portion of my income I devoted to charitable purposes; and some, who have large families, how many poor children I maintained, is .A. inversion B. ellipsis C. substitution D. separation13. He the danger that doesnt exist.A. forever imagines B. is forever imaginingC. images forever D. forever is imaging14. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A. She is a pleasant girl with whom to work.B. She is a pleasant girl to work with.C. She is a pleasant girl whom to work with.D. She is a pleasant girl whom you can work with.15. Truthfulness and honesty always the best policy.A. are B. is C. have been D. be16. Since the couple couldnt their difference, they decided to get a divorce.A. reconcile B. identify C. adjust D. coincide17. We attended a of the new manufacturing process.A. demonstration B. display C. showing D. manifestation18. How many people do you think his car would ?A occupy B. holdC. fit D. load19. It never my mind that he might refuse the request.A. passedB. filledC. crossedD. occurred20. People become lessto new ideas as they grow older.A. receptiveB. availableC. attentiveD. attractive21. Is he reallyto judge a brass band contest?A. competentB. skillfulC. capableD. efficient22. The new airport will befrom all directions.A. availableB. accessibleC. obtainableD. achievable23. For parents, one of the problems by rising prices is the continual demand fbr morepocket money.A. given B. posedC. provided D. forced24. The partys reduced vote was of lack of support fbr its policies.A. indicativeB. confirming C. revealingD. evidence25. We are not on very good with the people next door.A. friendshipB. relationsC. willD. terms26. Usually newspapers for people with intellectual interests.A. suitB. furnishC. regardD. cater27. The overcrowded living conditions a heavy strain on the family.A. setB. putC. madeD. pressed28. The new cars of the Volkswagen Company are now being at the rate of 1,000 everyweek.A. turned out B. turned down C. turned up D. turned on29. her inexperience her failure to secure the contract was not surprising.A. In view ofB. By virtue ofC. With regard toD. In recognition of30. Mr. White was told again and again to smoking but he just wouldnt listen.A. cut through B. cut down C. cut off D. cut awayPart II Fill in each blank with an appropriate article (including ZERO) (1X10=10 points)Most of us have formed (1) unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of (2) paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite (3) opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is (4) element of truth in both these pictures, but few of us have had (5) opportunity to find out.Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During (6) journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded (7) small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across (8) Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected (9) rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day, and, as one of them put it "ate like kings,. When (10) passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.Part III Put the verbs in brackets into proper forms, using some modal auxiliaries where necessary, (1X15=15 points)The family finances (1) (take) a real beating. My fathers business had collapsed, jobs were almost nonexistent, and the country (2) (be) in a near depression. We had a tree for Christmas that year but no presents. We simply couldnt afford them. On Christmas Eve, we all went to bed in pretty low spirits.Unbelievably, when we (3) (wake up) on Christmas morning, there was a .mound of presents under the tree. We (4) (try) to control ourselves at breakfast, butwe rushed through the meal in record time.Then the fun began. My mother (5)(go) first. We surrounded her in anticipationand when she (6)(open) her package, we saw that she (7)(give) an oldshawl that she had "misplaced" several months earlier. My father got an old axe with a (8) (break) handle. My sister got her old slippers. One of the boys got a pair of (9) (wrinkle) trousers. I got a hat, the same hat I thought I (10)(leave) in a restaurant back in November.Each old castoff (11)(come) as a total surprise. Before long, we (12)(laugh) so hard that we could barely pull the strings on the next package. But where had this largesse come from? It was my brother Morris. For several months, he (13)(secret away) old things that he knew we wouldnt miss. Then, on Christmas Eve, after the rest of us had gone to bed, he (14)(wrap up) the presents and placed them under thetree.I (15)(remember) this as one of the finest Christmases we have ever had.Part IV Read the following passage closely and then choose a proper word for each numbered gap from the words provided in the box above the passage, (1X20=20 points)distinguish intrinsic established transfer either casts sum largely behindsuperioritybymerelythat once sensemaytongueaddressedadequateknownCulture is the (1)total of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of agiven group of human beings. In this (2) , every group has a culture, howeversavage, underdeveloped, or uncivilized it (3)seem to us.To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic (4)of one culture overanother, just as to the professional linguist there is no (5)rank among languages.People (6) thought of the languages of backward groups as savage,underdeveloped forms of speech, consisting (7)of grunts and groans. While it ispossible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact (8) , by the study of "backward" languages, that no spoken (9)answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, (10)our most severestandards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery fbr the (11) of ideas. They fall (12) our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully (13)for all languageneeds, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities (14)tospeakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1) All languages seem to possess the machinery fbr vocabulary expansion (15)by putting together wordsalready in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2) The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. AWestern language distinguishes (16) between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"); some languages of the American Indians (17) between what is close to the speaker, or to the person (18) , or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.This study of language, in turn, (19) a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists (20) all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank.Part V Combine each group of sentences into a single sentence, using coordination, subordination or both. (3X5=15 points)1. I visited some placesI met some people.If I am asked to tell about them, there are many wonderful stories.2. A student goes to a library for the first time.There are books on different subjects in the library.The student may be puzzled as to what books to read.3. Americans often made a claim.The claim was that in their country a man may rise from the lowest to the highest position. Abraham Lincoln is the most famous instance of the claim.4. The story is written in plain language.It consists of three parts.It has an interesting plot.The plot centers round an aristocratic family.The family lived in the 17th-century France.5. Mr. Jacob was Tonys former employer.He had promised Tony a halfday job.The job would give Tony 20 pounds a week.It was necessary to break this news to his family, Tony thought.Part VI Read the following passages carefully and decide on the BEST one for each question from the four choices given. (1X20=20 points)Text AIf you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.Here is an example, which 1 heard at a nurses convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that?" the new arrival asked St. Peter, "Oh, thafs God, came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and ifll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairmans notorious taste in ties. With other audiences you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote Tf you dont succeed, give up" or play on woods or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.1. To make your humor work, you should .A. take advantage of different kinds of audienceB. make fun of disorganized peopleC. address different problems to different peopleD. show sympathy for your listeners2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are .A. impolite to new arrivalsB. very conscious of their godlike roleC. entitled to some privilegesD. very busy even during lunch time3. It can be inferred from the text that public services .A. have benefited many peopleB. are the focus of public attentionC. are an inappropriate subject fbr humorD. have often been the laughing stock4. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered .A. in well-worded language B. as awkwardly as possibleC. in exaggerated statements D. as casually as possible5. The best title fbr the text may be .A. Use Humor EffectivelyB. Various Kinds of HumorC. Add Humor to SpeechD. Different Humor StrategiesText BUnless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids （小行星）now, one might crash into earth and destroy life we know, say some scientists.Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids （流星）that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and dont threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with earth.Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year fbr the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we511 have a way to change its course.Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuc