2007年研究生入学考试试题.doc

2007年研究生入学考试试题考试科目：综合英语 报考学科、专业：英语语言文学请注意:全部答案必须写在答题纸上，否则不给分综合英语A卷第一部分 知识题Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words which best complete the meaning of the sentences. 40%1. “To be or not to be” is a famous line in Shakespeare’s great tragedy (1). 2. One of the English humanists was (2), the author of Utopia. 3. “A” in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter stands for (3).4. The title of The Forsyte Saga written by John Galsworthy, is generally applies to the epic of the Forsyte family in two trilogies, each consisting of (4) novels and two interludes. 5. The musical comedy My Fair Lady is based on a play Pygmalion by (5).6. (6) was the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.7. Hemingway once said that modern American Literature began with Mark Twain’s (7).8. The hero Rip Van Winkle has become one of the most famous literary figures in world literature. He is depicted as a simple, indolent, and (8) Dutch-American.9. The Fabian Society was a British socialist society founded in 1884 to promote socialism by way of (9). Early members included Sidney Webb and H. G. Wells.10. In 1939, John Steinback wrote his masterpiece (10).11. The history of the English language is usually described as covering three stages: Old English up to about (11), Middle English to about 1500, and then Modern English.12. Language and parole was put forward by (12).13. International Phonetic Association was founded in the year 1886 by a group of European phoneticians to promote the study of phonetics. In the year (13) it published the International Phonetic Alphabet. 14. All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players. This is an example of (14).15. Languages can be classified in three ways: structurally, genetically and (15). 16. We will have to be on the ball in order to win the game. In this sentence, “to be on the ball” means (16).17. Words like “mass-produce”, “window-dress” and “hen-peck” are formed by (17). 18. The nickname “copper” for the English policeman comes from the verb to “cop”, meaning to (18).19. “Disinterest” does not mean “lack of interest”. It means (19). 20. UNESCO, NATO, IRA and UNICEF are called (20).21. The Statue of Liberty is located on Bedloe’s Island, in New York harbor, commanding the entrance to New York City. It is given by France as a symbol of “(21) Enlightening the World”22. During the Civil War in America the Union soldiers from the North were called (22). 23. The puritans came to America not merely to worship in their own way but also to demonstrate that the puritan’s life was the ideal way. They were going to create a New Jerusalem in America based on their interpretation of (23). 24. George Washington, as a (24) landowner, was a leader of the opposition to British colonial policy. 25. The ship Mayflower reached Cape Cod, far from their destination and the Pilgrims drew up the famous Mayflower Compact, which is considered by some historians to be the first American (25). 26. In February 1981, astronauts John Yong and Robert Crippen took the (26) Shuttle on its first flight.27. The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, and was attended by representatives of all the colonies except (27).28. The United Kingdom consists of the whole of Briton, and also about one-sixth of (28)29. In London, the famous great bell which sounds the hours is called the (29). 30. The theatre where most of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed was (30). 31. The residence of the British Queen in London is known as (31). 32. Australia’s major-farming industry is (32).33. The capital of Canada is (33). 34. The first Christmas card was designed in (34) in the year 1843.35. (35) deals with how language is acquired, understood and produced.36. The beginning of modern linguistics was from the late 18th and early 19th century when the (36) method was developed and established.37. (37) refers to a relation between two words, in which the meaning of one of the words includes the meaning of the other word.38. Style is sometimes regarded as a (38) with respect to a norm.39. The First World War was triggered by the assassination of an (39), Archduke Francis Ferdinand. 40. There are (40) official working languages recognized by the United Nations.第二部分 语言技能题Part One Fill in each blank with one proper word. 20% A first-rate faculty is key to building a successful university. But (1) for cash, time and expertise, many institutions simply import visiting professors or (2) on part-time graduate students to teach. Such hires usually remain outsiders among the university community, (3) few benefits and are often neither adequately trained nor highly skilled. The opposite (4) --- hiring academic “stars” in order to gain prestige but then leaving empty the coffers needed to hire young, high-quality professors ---- is also a (5) for institut。