2019 年广东财经大学英语水平考试考研真题
考试年度:2019 年
考试科目代码及名称:613-英语水平考试(自命题)
适用专业:050201 英语语言文学
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一、Gap Filling 选词填空(用单词列表选词完成段落)(30 题,每题 1 分,共 30 分)
Passage One: fill in the gaps with the proper form of given words
pose,
exaggerate,
accelerate, extinct,
exist,
perception,wealthy,
magnify, starve,
head,
run,
predict, abundant,
conception, reduce
For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed
a hit list of our main fears: natural resources are 1 out? The population is ever
growing, leaving less and less to eat? Species are becoming 2 in vast numbers, and
the planet's air and water are becoming ever more polluted.
But a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other
natural resources have become more 3 not less so, since the book 'The Limits to
Growth' was published in 1972 by a group of scientists. Second, more food is now
produced per 4 of the world's population than at any time in history. Fewer people
are 5 . Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them
are expected to disappear in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been
6 . And finally, most forms of environmental pollution either appear to have been
7 , or are transient - associated with the early stages of industrialization and
therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth, but by 8 it. One form of
pollution - the release of greenhouse gases that causes global warming - does appear
to be a phenomenon that is going to extend well into our future, but its total impact
is unlikely to 9 a devastating problem. A bigger problem may well turn out to be
an inappropriate response to it.
Yet opinion polls suggest that many people nurture the belief that environmental
standards are declining and some factors seem to cause this disjunction between 10
and reality.
Passage Two: fill in the gaps with the proper form of given words
transplant, solution, gradually, transport, elemental, conflict,
continually,
mobile,
couple,
agriculture,
including,
compromise, require, primary, consist
The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous
other dependents as well---grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Such "extended"
families were suited for survival in slow paced 11 societies. But such families are
hard to 12 . They are immobile.
Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in
pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family 13
shed its excess weight and the so-called "nuclear" family emerged---a stripped-down,
portable family unit 14 only of parents and a small set of children. This new style
family, far more 15 than the traditional extended family, became the standard model
in all the industrial counties.
Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development, 16
even higher mobility. Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry
the streamlining process, a stepfather by remaining children, cutting the family
down to its more 17 components, a man and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched
careers, will prove more efficient at navigating through education and social status,
through job changes and geographic relocations, than the ordinarily child-cluttered
family.
A 18 may be the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women
today are often torn in 19 between a commitment to career and a commitment to children.
In the future, many 20 will sidestep this problem by deferring the entire task of
raising children until after retirement.
Passage Three: fill in the gaps with the proper form of given words
tip
,
slight,
examine,
specify,
nuisance,
associate,
sensitive,
indicate,
superior,suspicious, peak, abundant, treat,
prohibit, visual,
prevent
A rat or pigeon might not be the obvious choice to tend to someone who is sick, but
these creatures have some 21 skills that could help the treatment of human diseases.
Pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban 22 , but they are just the latest
in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.
Despite having a brain no bigger than the 23 of your index finger, pigeons have a
very impressive 24 memory. Recently it was shown that they could be trained to be
as accurate as humans at detecting breast cancer in images.
Rats are often 25 with spreading disease rather than 26 it, but this long-tailed
animal is highly 27 . Inside a rat's nose are up to 1,000 different types of olfactory
receptors , whereas humans only have 100 to 200 types. This gives rats the ability
to detect 28 smells. As a result, some rats are being put to work to detect TB. When
the rats detect the smell, they stop and rub their legs to 29 a sample is infected.
Traditionally, a hundred samples would take lab technicians more than two days to
30, but for a rat it takes less than 20 minutes. This rat detection method doesn't
rely on specialist equipment. It is also more accurate — the rats are able to find
more TB infections and, therefore, save more lives.
二、Proofreading and error correction 改错题 (15 题,每题 2 分,共 30 分)
Passage One
Three passions have governed my life: the longing for love, the search into knowledge,
and the unbearable __1__pity for the suffering of mankind. I have sought of love,
first, because it brings ecstasy--ecstasy so great because I would often have
__2__sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought
it, next, because it relieves loneliness--that terrible loneliness which one
shivering consciousness __3__looks over the rim of the world into the cold
unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, then, because in the __4__union of
love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven where
saints and poets __5__have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem
too good for human life, this is what--at last--i have found.
With equal passionate I have sought knowledge. I have wished __6__to understand the
hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine...A little this, but not
much, I have achieved. __7__Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led
upward toward the heavens. But it always pity brought __8__me back to earth. Echoes
of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by
oppressors, helpless old people--a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world
of loneliness, poverty and pain make a mock of what __9__human life should be. I
long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer. This has been my life.
I have found it worth of living, and would gladly live it again if the chance
__10__were offered me.
Passage Two
Since 1965, when is equipment became operational, a device called Eros has been
helped to make sky traffic__11__safe. Eros is short for Eliminate Range Zero System
−range zero meaning collision. Basically Eros is a computer system measures, with
great speed and precision, closing__12__speed ( the speed at which two objects are
approaching each other ) and range (the distance apart of the objects ).Eros can
warn aircraft approachable each other at jet__13__speeds and can provide protection
for as many as a thousand aircraft in wide area. The pilot of an Eros−equipped
aircraft heading for a collision hear a warning noise in his ear−phones__14_when
his airborne computer calculates that he is within thirty seconds or half a mile
( whichever occurs first ) of other aircraft.__15__At the same time, a flashing red
arrow on the device's indicator panel instructs him to descend. Simultaneously, in
the other aircraft, the signal is automatically reversed: the flashing arrow tells
the pilot to climb. The newer Eros II system can accommodate a total of two thousand
aircraft at one time within a 140−mile radius. Every three seconds, each Eros−
equipped plane automatically reports to ground stations and to similarly equipped
aircraft its precise range, altitude and approach rate. The producers of Eros, the
McDonnell Dougals Corporation in the U.S., are now studying the fitting of Eros and
will do more make the sky safer: they will also lighten the work of air−traffic
controllers and increase the efficiency of airports.
三、Sentence Completion 完成句子(根据提供的词,用合适的形式完成句子) (15 题,
每题 2 分,共 30 分)
1. The
on a car or other vehicle is the system of gears and shafts by which
the power from the engine reaches and turns the wheels. (transmit)
2. If the warranty is limited, the terms may
you to a replacement or refund.
(title)
3. If someone or something is
for
a particular event or situation, they are
the cause of it or they can be blamed for it. (responsibility)
4.
As
the
day
set
for
drew
near,
I
told
my
wife
that
I
could
no
t
accompany
them. (depart)
5.
He
was
acting
out his
feelings
of
by
being
overly
aggressive.
(
inferior)
6.You
have
no
idea
of
the
of
it, I
was
going
completely
mad
a
nd
I
wouldn't
have
stuck
it
so
I
knew I
had to
leave. (awe)
7. I
knew
from
the
beginning
that
there
was
no
for
what
I
was
doing.
(justify)
8.
He
further
his
activity
by
convincing
himself
that
he
was
actuall
y
promoting
peace. (rational)
9.
I
honestly don't
know
how
I
will
react
the
next time
I
meet a
dangerous
situation. (potential)
10.
I
have
a
particular
responsibility
to
I
make
the
right
decision.
(sure)
11.
He
seemed
so
sure of
his
decision,
how
could
he
flip-flop
so
no
w? (dramatic)
12. Independent thinking is an absolute
in study. (necessarily)
13.Funding
also
will
increase
the
,
quality,
and
relevance
of
basic
education.(access)
14.
One
of
the
main
design
concerns
was
the
building's
environmental
and
appropriation. (adapt)
15.
It
is
significantly
more
compact
than
any
laptop,
with
no
loss
in
functionality. (compare)
四、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(30 题,每题 2 分,共 60 分)
Passage One
To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the
difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries
concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on
"persuasive salesmanship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production
and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convert
them into money.
Marketing, on the other hand focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first
analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that
will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing
concept which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to
produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what
the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase.
This concept does not imply that business is benevolent or that consumer satisfaction
is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every
business transaction-the firm and the customer-and each must be satisfied before
trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest
route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking
example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid-1985,
when Coca Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The nonacceptance of the new flavor
by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the
Classic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled!
1.The marketing concept discussed in the passage is, in essence
A) a form of persuasive salesmanship.
B) the customer-centred approach.
C) making goods available for purchase.
D) the practice of turning goods into money.
2.What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept was widely
accepted?
A) The needs of the market.
B) The preferences of the dealer,
C) The efficiency of production.
D) The satisfaction of the user.
3. According to the passage, "to move as much of these goods as possible"(Line 3,
Para.l) means