2002年同等学力申硕考试英语试卷一

2002年同等学力人员申请硕士学位

外国语水平全国统一考试

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 _______ the 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

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