2002年同等学力申硕英语全国统一考试真题

2002 年同等学力申硕英语全国统一考试真题 Paper One 试卷一（90 minutes） Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension（20 minutes，15 points）（略） Part Ⅱ Vocabulary（15 minutes，15 points） Section A Directions：In this section there are fifteen sentences，each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A，B，C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 16. I’d like to take this opportunity to extend my heart-felt gratitude to the host. A. increase B. prolong C. intensify D. express 17. Chinese farmers are mostly living a simple and thrifty life as it is today. A. miserable B. economical C. luxurious D. sensible 18. Many of the local residents left homes to ward off the danger of flooding. A. overcome B. enclose C. encounter D. avoid 19. The State Council will lay down new rules that aim to make management compatible with internationally accepted conventions. A. conferences B. conversations C. practices D. formations 20. Personality in Americans is further complicated by successive waves of immigration from various countries. A. uninterrupted B. successful C. forceful D. overwhelming 21. Without question ， people’s lives in China have improved dramatically in the past two decades. A. Out of the question B. No doubt C. Naturally D. Obviously 22. The dean can’t see you at the moment. He is addressing the first-year students in the lecture hall. A. complaining to B. arguing with C. speaking to D. consulting with 23. He does nothing that violates the interests of the collective. A. runs for B. runs against C. runs over D. runs into 24. As a result of sophisticated technologies ， this device has several advantages over like products. A. traditional B. intelligent C. industrious D. advanced 25. The patient’s condition has deteriorated since he had a heart attack. A. improved a little B. remained the same C. become worse D. changed a lot 26. When taken in large quantities some drugs can cause permanent brain damage. A. lasting B. serious C. terrible D. temporary 27. One U.S. dollar is comparable to 131 Japanese yen according to China Daily’s finance news report yesterday. A. compatible B. compact C. equal D. entitled 28. At that time work was restricted to slaves and to those few poor citizens who couldn’t support themselves. A. attributed B. limited C. connected D. devoted 29. I found this very profitable in diminishing the intensity of narrow-minded prejudice. A. lessening B. reflecting C. removing D. increasing 30. When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentially deadly object to rob or do harm to another person ，he will think twice about it. A. passive B. lifelong C. unhappy D. fatal Section B Directions ：In this section ，there are fifteen incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 31. This great project at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze is expected to ____ twenty years to complete. A. spend B. consume C. need D. take 32. His effort of decades began to____. He came to be well-known for his findings. A. pay off B. die off C. put off D. break off 33. The ____ of lung cancer is particularly high among long-term heavy smokers，especially chain smokers. A. incident B. accident C. incidence D. evidence 34. Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style____over another before being replaced. A. dominates B. manipulates C. overwhelms D. prevails 35. Mrs. Brown couldn’t shake the____that these kids were in deep trouble and it was up to her to help them. A. conversion B. conviction C. conservation D. convention 36. X-rays are also called Rontgen rays____the discoverer who first put them to use. A. in case of B. in view of C. in place of D. in honor of 37. Telecommunication developments have enabled messages____ television，radio and electronic mail. people to send A. via B. amid C. past D. across 38. Technology has____the sharing，storage and delivery of information，thus making more information available to more people. A. finished B. furnished C. functioned D. facilitated 39. The philosophy class began with twenty students but three ____ after the midterm exam. A. picked up B. turned out C. dropped out D. kept up 40. The following account by the author____the difference between European and American reactions. A. illustrates B. acquires C. demands D. deletes 41. An intimate and____knowledge of how you are doing in the customer’s eyes is critical. A. objective B. subordinate C. optional D. subsequent 42. Long to harmful pollutants is most likely to lead to a decline in health. A. contact B. touch C. use D. exposure 43. The architectural differences may____confusion or discomfort for the foreign travelers. A. vary B. describe C. cause D. impress 44. being fun and good exercise，swimming is a very useful skill. A. Rather than B. Apart from C. Instead of D. Owing to 45. Even at discounted prices，these powerful AIDS drugs are far beyond ____ for most of the world’s 40 million HIV-infected people. A. reach B. control C. comprehension D. imagination Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension（40 minutes，25 points） Directions：There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ， B ， C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Passage One John Grisham was born on February 2，1955，in Jonesboro，Arkansas，in the USA. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America，stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981 ， Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven ， specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation（诉讼）. In 1983，he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990. One day at the Dessoto County courthouse ， Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel ，called A Time to Kill ， which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel ， The Firm ， was one of the biggest hits of 1991 ， spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children，dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre farm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation near Charlottesville，Virginia. When he’s not writing，Grisham devotes time to charitable causes，including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player ， and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26 Little League teams. 46. John Grisham is at present. A. a writer B. a lawyer C. a professional baseball player D. a congressman 47. What inspired Grisham to write his first novel？ A. A case of murder. B. A case of rape. C. His father’s experience. D. His life on the farm. 48. The story of the novel A Time to Kill would probably focus on .