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2011 年山东青岛大学基础英语(2)考研真题 I. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Choose one of the four answers that best completes the sentence. 1. The resort encourages visitors to _______ the brochure before making a reservation. (A) look through (B) look around (C) look forward to (D) look up to 2. The Great Wall, _______ China’s first line of defense, is now merely a tourist attraction. (A) because of (B) being (C) once (D) before 3. They were giving nothing_______ dry bread and water for their evening meal. (A) other than (B) more than (C) less than (D) rather than 4. _______ of the grassland dwellers of the North America continent is the
antelope or pronghorn. (A) Typical (B) Typical is (C) The typical (D) It is typical 5. Since I could not see anything through microscope, _______ my careful adjustment, I gave up. (A) for all (B) above all (C) after all (D) in all 6. Bids for the proposals must received _______. (A) prior to the deadline March first (B) the March first deadline prior to (C) to the March first deadline prior (D) prior to the March first deadline 7. Automations programmed to perform a given task _______ the flexibility and adaptability of human beings. (A) without (B) lack (C) minus (D) not having
8. Everyone in the office was asked to _______the gift for the retiring vice-president.. (A) look after (B) give over (C) take up for (D) go in for 9. Improved technology is always a source of lower costs and a _______ to economic growth. (A) tax (B) spur (C) gem (D) digression 10. There has not been a _______ in May since 1908. (A) snowy (B) snowstorm (C) snowing (D) storm of snow 11. Mr. Davidson launched his first successful _______ at age of fifteen, when he produced his own radio program. (A) profitability (B) venture (C) equity
(D) revenue 12. Many companies believe that their lack of knowledge about global markets is an insurmountable _______. (A) border (B) limit (C) barrier (D) access 13. He is planning another tour abroad, yet his passport will _______ at the end of this month. (A) expire (B) exceed (C) terminate (D) cease 14. Automated teller machines enable people to do their banking at anytime, seven days _______. (A) weekly (B) week (C) in a week (D) a week 15. A retirement plan ensures one’s well-being in one’s _______. (A) oldness (B) old age
(C) elderly (D) senile 16. According to one belief, if truth is not to be known it will make itself apparent, so one _______ wait instead of searching for it. (A) would rather (B) had to (C) cannot but (D) had best 17. If we _______ our relations with that country, we’ll have to find another supplier of raw materials. (A) diffuse (B) diminish (C) terminate (D) preclude 18. Classical acting is characterized by an eternal _______ of balance between the natural and the stylized. (A) redundancy (B) quest (C) conflict (D) quality 19. In some corporations, employees _______ offices, desks, and room assignments.
(A) circle (B) rotate (C) take turns (D) exercise 20. The various countries are striving to defend their_______ economics against imperialist trade attacks. (A) respected (B) respectful (C) respectable (D) respective II. Cloze (15 points) There are fifteen blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You must choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care 1 their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who 2 with their parents 3 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand, too, children are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live alone. What explains these differences in living arrangements 4 cultures? Modernization theory 5 the extended family household to low levels of economic development. In traditional societies, the elderly live with their
children in large extended family units for economic reasons. But with modernization, children move to urban areas, leaving old people 6 in isolated rural areas. Yet modernization theory cannot explain why extended family households were never common in the United States or England, or why families in Italy, which is fully modernized, 7 a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain 8 living arrangements. Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance 9 . Under this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then 10 their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, 11 broader social changes brought 12 by industrialization and urbanization, have 13 the tradition. In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60 percent did—a figure that is still high 14 U. S. standards, but which has been declining steadily. In 5 Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are 15 : the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77 percent in 1984 to 50 percent just 10 years later. Although most elderly Koreans still expect to live with a son, their adult children do not expect to live with their children when they grow old. 1. A about B after C for D over
2. A reside B recite C redeem D rebel 3. A amasses B amounts C attains D reaches 4. A over B across C within D above 5. A associated B linked C united D combined 6. A aside B after C over D behind 7. A maintain B promote C reserve D support 8. A appointed B assigned C preserved D preferred 9. A controls B overtakes C predominates D overwhelms 10. A delivers B conveys C conceives D inherits 11. A as well as B might as well C as well D well as 12. A off B up C around D about 13. A undermined B decreased C diminished D defeated 14. A by B on C with D in 15. A receding B removing C invading D eroding III. Error Correction (15 points) The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in a right 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
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