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 people to send messages____
television,radio and electronic mail.
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 .
A. how the girl was attacked B. the circumstances of the rape
C. how the girl’s father took revenge D. how the case of rape was settled
49. Which of the following is NOT true of the novel The Firm?
A. It was popular at the time of publication.
B. It earned Grisham great fame.
C. It brought Grisham wealth.
D. It was carried by The New York Times as a series.
50. It can be inferred from the passage that Grisham has built ballfields on his
property .
A. to achieve his life’s goal as a professional baseball player
B. to coach children in baseball
C. to see his childhood dream being realized in the children
D. to provide facilities of baseball training
Passage Two
A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty,
giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place
in society. It can also free communities and countries,allowing them to leap forward
into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible.
For this reason,the international community has committed itself to getting all
the world’s children into primary school by 2015,a commitment known as Education
for All.
Can education for all be achieved by 2015?The answer is definitely“yes”,although
it is a difficult task. If we know measure the goal in terms of children successfully
completing a minimum of five years of primary school,instead of just enrolling for
classes,which used to be the measuring stick for education,then the challenge
becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk
of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises
to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion.
Still,the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from
the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal
primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their
education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems.
They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support.
The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without
unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solution,
including use of information technologies,flexible and targeted foreign aid,and
fewer people living in poverty.
A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country’
s capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies , institutions and
management. Where a country scores well on these criteria,foreign assistance can
be highly effective.
51. In the first paragraph,the author suggests that a quality education can .
A. free countries from foreign rules
B. speed up social progress
C. give people freedom
D. liberate people from any exploitation
52. Ideally,the goal of the program of Education for All is to by 2015.
A. get all the world’s children to complete primary school
B. enroll all the world’s children into primary school
C. give quality education to people of 88 countries
D. support those committed to transforming their education systems
53. countries are now at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of
completion rates.
A. 32 B. 59 C. 29 D. 88
54. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT mentioned as the right
policy?
A. Raising the efficiency of education systems.
B. Improving the quality of education.
C. Using information technologies.
D. Building more primary school.
55. As can be gathered from the last paragraph,foreign aid .
A. may not be highly effective
B. is provided only when some criteria are met
C. alone makes development possible
D. is most effective for those countries lagging farthest behind
Passage Three
Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts,but only because they’ve
been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast
sections of the globe. Now lions hold only a small fraction of their former habitat,
and Asiatic lions,a subspecies that spit from African lions perhaps 100000 years
ago,hang on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.
India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions,which live primarily in a
560-square-mile sanctuary(保护区). It took me a year and a half to get a permit
to explore the entire Gir Forest—and no time at all to see why these lions became
symbols of royalty and greatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen,but a lion
stands its ground,curious and unafraid—lionhearted. Though they told me in subtle
ways when I got too close,Gir’s lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives
during my three months in the forest. It’s odd to think that they are threatened
by extinction;Gir has as many lions as it can hold—too many,in fact. With territory
in short supply,lions move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave
it altogether,often clashing with people. That’s one reason India is creating a
second sanctuary. There are other pressing reasons:outbreaks of disease or natural
disasters. In 1994 a serious disease killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti
lions—a thousand animals—a fate that could easily happen to Gir’s cats. These
lions are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a
dozen individuals.“If you do a DNA test,Asiatic lions actually look like identical
twins.”says Stephen O’Brien,a geneticist(基因学家)who has studied them. Yet
the dangers are hidden,and you wouldn’t suspect them by watching these lords of
the forest. The lions display vitality,and no small measure of charm.
Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it’s time to eat,meals in Gir
are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a mother and her baby lion sharing a deer,
or a young male eating an antelope(羚羊),there’s no need to fight for a cut of
the kill. The animals they hunt for food are generally smaller in Gir than those
in Africa,and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well.
56. In the first paragraph,the author tells us that Asiatic lions .