西 安 建 筑 科 技 大 学 2018 年招收攻读硕士 学位研究生入 学考试试题 共 10 页 考试科目: 适用专业:（624）英语 水平测试 戏剧戏 曲学 I. Vocabulary (30 points / 1 point each ) Directions: There are 30 incomplete statements in this part. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. One of the examination questions _ me completely and I couldnt answer it. A. baffled B. mingled C. provoked D. diverted 2. Because of the shortage of water there is a _ on the use of hose-pipes. A. ban B. veto C. taboo D. boycott 3. You can see clearly from the chart that today mortgage debt is almost about 60% of personal consumption _. A. payment B. expenditure C. exposition D. expend 4. Over the past few months this has had some _ successes, which both weaken rivals and tackle some of the more blatant problems with economic management. A. unilateral B. residential C. noteworthy D. curious 5. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the _. A. vain B. vicinity C. court D. jail 6. Can I apply for the unemployment _ when I am out of job? A. bonus B. payment C. subsidy D. salary 7. He turned suddenly and majestically _ away. A. sneaked B. stalked C. strayed D. strolled 8. Their _ ideas are often misunderstood by their own generation. A. vocational B. versatile C. visionary D. visible 9. He _ that he would die rather than surrender. A. voted B. vowed C. vetoed D. vented 10. The Microscope and telescope, with their capacity to enlarge, isolate and probe, demonstrate how details can be _ and separated from the whole. A. radiated B. extended C. prolonged D. magnified 第 1 页 第 2 页 11. His illness first _ itself as severe stomach pains and headaches. A. manifested B. displayed C. expressed D. reflected 12. The medicine _ his pain but did not cure his illness. A. activated B. alleviated C. mediated D. deteriorated 13. Today, our country is experiencing widespread pain because of that _ belief. A. substantial B. brutal C. rational D. erroneous 14. The bride and groom promised to _ each other through sickness and health. A. nourish B. nominate C. foster D. cherish 15. A membership card _ the holder to use the clubs facilities for a period of twelve months. A. approves B. authorizes C. rectifies D. endows 16. Police fired shots and used teargas to _ the demonstrators. A. spread B. dispense C. displace D. disperse 17. He was a man of decisive action and an adventurous _. A. exposition B. tendency C. hazard D. disposition 18. The device can _ between the cancerous and the normal cells. A. diagnose B. discriminate C. acknowledge D. identify 19. It is a bitterly _ view, but that doesnt necessary mean he is wrong. A. conversational B. collaborated C. cynical D. classified 20. My grandfather, a retired worker, often _ the past with a feeling of longing and respect. A. considers B. contemplates C. contrives D. contacts 21. On balance, we feel it is more likely to _ the capital-allocation problem than to solve it. A. accentuate B. influence C. accelerate D. sympathize 22. Hollywoods latest _ for trying to convince men to watch romantic comedies is to deny that the movies are romantic comedies at all. A. target B. tactic C. objective D. taboo 23. One very _ argument against direct reseeding in the spring is that land may be out of production for such a long time. A. coincidental B. coherent C. conscientious D. cogent 24. Many big companies periodically need to _ the sort of patient restructuring that they can only get when they leave public markets. A. undertake B. undergo C. underestimate D. understand 25. The amount of water in the pond will _ as the dry season continues. A. diminish B. disband C. discern D. discharge 26. She felt great pressure in this project because she knew failure would definitely_ her future. A. jeopardize B. justify C. irritate D. irrigate 西 安 建 筑 科 技 大 学 2018 年招收攻读硕士 学位研究生入 学考试试题 共 10 页 考试科目: 适用专业:（624）英语水 平测试 27. Good benefits and a cash bonus should _ new graduates to accept the job here. 戏剧戏曲学 A. loom B. loot C. lure D. limp 28. A _ person weighs facts carefully and he would not feel defected for bad news and exult over unpredictable auspicious. A. justice B. jungle C. judicial D. judicious 29. Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for _, which brings them down to earth. A. gravity B. gratuity C. granite D. geography 30. Color has a profound, though often _ influence on our senses and moods. A. subliminal B. convict C. solicit D. vulgar II. Paraphrase (20 points / 2 points each) Directions: Explain the following sentences in your own words, bringing out any implied meanings. 1. So far, however, we seem oblivious of the fragility of the earths natural systems. 2. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it. 3. The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. 4. Bargaining is the order of the day. 5. We shall be strengthened not weakened in determination and in resources. 6. “No” is a word the world never learned to say to her. 7. The cab drivers door popped open at the very sight of a traveler. 8. By a shade of a shade, Roosevelt looked like Number One. 9. This is the new Edmund Carr with a vengeance. 10. Well, that is California all over. III. Proofreading and Error Correction (20 points / 1 point each) Directions: The following passage contains 17 errors. Each line contains a maximum of one error, and three are free from error. In each case only one word is involved, You are required to proofread the passage and correct them in the following way: 第 3 页 第 4 页 For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank. 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. 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. If the line is correct, place a tick “ ”in the blank provided at the end of the line. Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet. It was market day so people and traffic had been pouring into (1) the town from early morning. There w as not e nough r oom (1) _ _ (2) for a ll t he pe destrians on t he pavements a nd t hey ov erflew (2) _ _ (3) into t he r oad, e ndangered t heir l ives f rom pa ssing (3) _ (4) vehicles, t he dr ivers w hich were c onstantly bl owing t heir (4) _ (5) horns t o c onvince pe ople t o get out of t he w ay. (5) _ _ (6) Yet it was a colorful view. Peasants swayed along the (6) _ (7) street, t heir he ads be ing pi led hi gh w ith ba skets or (7) _ _ (8) beautifully w oven bl ankets w hich t hey hope d t o s ell t o (8) _ _ (9) the townsfolks. Men with barrows forced t heir w ay a long (9) _ _ (10) shouting t heir w ares a t t he t ops of t heir v oices. They (10) _ _ (11) were selling peaches, melons and grapesharvest (11) _ _ (12) of their fields. Through i t, women i n br ight s ummer (12) _ _ (13) clothes t hreaded t heir w ay, laughing a nd c hattering (13) _ _ (14) but c hildren da rted i n a nd out of t he c rowds s hrieking (14) _ _ (15) with l aughter or s obbing w ith f ear be cause t hey l ost (15) _ (16) The noise w ent on all t he day. People did not e ven (16) _ _ (17) stop f or e very meal. The r ubbish f rom a ll t he (17) _ (18) activities of t he da y be gan t o c ollect i n t he s treet (18) _ _ (19) Finally, w hen ni ght c ame, the s treet w as e mptied a nd (19) _ _ (20) only the rubbish remained sad bl owing i n t he c ool ni ght wind. (20) _ IV . Reading Comprehension (50 points) Directions: In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 17 questions. Read the passages and then answer the questions briefly. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 “History is written by the victors.” This famous phrase reverberates throughout the halls of history, constantly reminding us to take all that we learn with a grain of salt, knowing that the information provided for our dissemination was provided, shaped and influenced by those left to hold the pen that 西 安 建 筑 科 技 大 学 2018 年招收攻读硕士 学位研究生入 学考试试题 共 10 页 考试科目: 适用专业:（624）英语水 平测试 戏剧戏曲学 recorded it. In that respect, one of the worst crimes against history is the revision of it, the altering of the record of the past so as to reflect the viewpoint of a biased group who stand to benefit from the altered version. By revising the lens by which history is judged, valuable information is lost, to the detriment of both students of the field as well as the awareness that comes from experience. Without an accurately recorded account to serve as a guiding light, nations and societies are left to stumble their way about their affairs, ignorant of what has and hasnt worked before, and unaware of what past events shaped and determined their present situation. Such dismal situations emerge from simple pride, as well as the desire of the revisionists to depict themselves in a better light to posterity or to cover up an embarrassing legacy, no matter the cost to the future. Recent attempts by nations involved in the Second World War to minimize or erase altogether certain shameful incidents from their history textbooks have been met with international outrage and protest, and rightly so. By allowing future generations to forget or never even learn about how their ancestors stumbled on the path to progress, the experiences of those who suffered as a result of those mistakes are trivialized and made to be in vain. Also, a false sense of national identity emerges, inconsistent and inaccurate in its formation. Both are heinous results for both nationals of that particular nation as well as those of the international community, whose stories intertwine to form the larger picture. When a single string in the tapestry of world history is unraveled by revision, the entire piece becomes a weaker one, subject to additional modification at the whim of those who would like to use history as a tool for their own purposes, even if it means fundamentally changing it. His outcome must be avoided at all costs, firstly by not allowing a precedent to be established that makes it acceptable, even in a single case, to commit the revision. Otherwise, humans as a race will fall prey to yet another oft-quoted phrase: “History, if forgotten, is doomed to be repeated.” 1. What is the authors view of the revision of history? (5 points) 2. What is the meaning of the statement “When a single string in the tapestry of world history is unraveled by revision, the entire piece becomes a weaker one” in paragraph 4? (3 points) 3. What is implied in the statement that “History is written by the victors” in paragraph 1? (3 points) 第 5 页 第 6 页 Passage 2 What can rigid, cold calculating mathematics possibly have in common with subtle, creative, lofty, imaginative art? This question faithfully mirrors the state of mind of most people, even of most educated people, when they regard the numbers and symbols that populate the world of mathematics. But the great leaders of mathematics thought have frequently and repeatedly asserted that the object of their pursuit is just as much an art as it is a science, and perhaps even a fine art. Maxime Bocher, eminent mathematician living at the beginning of last century, wrote: “I like to look at mathematics almost more as an art than as a science; for the activity of the mathematician, constantly creating as he is, guided although not controlled by the external world of the senses, bears a resemblance, not fanciful, I believe, but real, to the activities of the artistof a painter, let us say. Rigorous deductive reasoning on the part of the mathematician may be likened here to the technical skill in drawing on the part of the painter. Just as one cannot become a painter without a certain amount of skill, so no one can become a mathematician without the power to Reason accurately up to a certain point.” “Yet these qualities, fundamental though they are, do not make a painter or a mathematician worthy of the name, nor indeed are they the most important factors in the case. Other qualities of a far more subtle sort, chief among which in both cases is imagination, go into the making of a good artist or a good mathematician.” If mathematics wants to lay claim to being an art, however, it must show that it possesses and makes use of at least some of the elements that go to make up the things of beauty. Is not imagination, creative imagination, the most essential element of an art? Let us take a geometric object, such as the circle. To the ordinary man, this is the rim of a wheel, perhaps with spokes in it. Elementary geometry has crowded this simple figure with radii, chords, sectors, tangents, diameters, inscribed and circumscribed polygons, and so on. Here you have already an entire geometrical world created from a very rudimentary beginning. These and other miracles are undeniable proof of the creative power of the mathematician; and, as if this were not enough, the m