南京大学二外英语2009年考研真题及答案.pdf

南京大学二外英语考研真题及参考答案(2009) . Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences (25%) 1. Before leaving his office, the manager showed no sign of _ our proposals. A. responding to B. showing off C. bringing along D. pointing out 2. Hong Kong is a _ city, and still more people are pouring in. A. popular B. populated C. populace D. populous 3. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _ obtaining water is not the least. A. for which B. to which C. of which D. in which 4. I havent the _ idea what you mean. A. lightest B. smallest C. faintest D. dimmest 5. I d rather that my father _ me an ipod as a birthday present. Instead he gave a discman. A. had given B. gave C. would give D. would have given 6. Do you want to see my driving license or my passport? Oh, _. A. either does well B. either one will do C. each one is good D. each will be fine 7. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner _ to the professor. A. as much as B. the same as C. as far as D. as long as 8. We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later we began to _. A. ascend B. descend C. decline D. plunge 9. Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by “drugs” that arent really drugs at all _ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements. A. or rather B. rather than C. but rather D. other than 10. Bacon and eggs _ common Sunday breakfast in England. A. is an B. are the C. is a D. are 11. Don t _ about lunch for the instructors, because they promised to get some on the way. A. bother B. fuss C. trouble D. think 12. The factory has turned out _. A. twice more TV sets this year as last year B. TV sets this year twice as many as last year C. TV sets twice more this year than last year D. twice as many TV sets this year as last year 13. The purpose of this election is to set up a government truly _ of the people. A. typical B. representative C. characteristic D. responsible 14. I do not believe that this ridiculous scheme is _ of our serious consideration. A. worthless B. worthwhile C. worth D. worthy 15. American women were _ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. A. ignored B. denied C. neglected D. refused 16. In the lecture _ he will tell us something about modern English usage. A. following B. followed C. to follow D. being followed 17. If we let our eyes glide _ the lines of a book, we will probably be unable to come up with an understanding of what we have read. A. across B. in C. from D. with 18. It was at the exhibition that we _ this kind of minicar made of plastics. A. came up B. came out C. came upon D. came up with 19. The concert was _ start at eight oclock, but the conductor did not come until a quarter past. A. about to B. due to C. almost D. ready to 20. In most countries, the metric system has been _ for all measurement. A. adapted B. applied C. developed D. adopted 21. You _ worry about her. She _ well already. A. needn t, may get B. don t need to, may get C. mustn t, gets D. needn t, may have got 22. It isnt quite _ that he will be present at the meeting. A. sure B. exact C. certain D. right 23. The experiment requires more money than _. A. has been put in B. being put in C. have been put in D. to be put in 24. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, _ the color of his skin. A. with the exception of B. in the light of C. by virtue of D. regardless of 25. The team s efforts to score were _ by the opposing goalkeeper. A. prevented B. frustrated C. discouraged D. accomplished . Cloze(10%) Publicity is any promotional communication about an organization or its products that is presented by the media but is not paid for by the organization. Publicity usually takes the form of a news story appearing in a mass 1 or an endorsement provided by an individual informally or in a speech or interview. There are three channels for 2 publicity. One is to prepare a story (or a news release) and make it 3 to the media. The intention is for the selected newspapers, television stations, or 4 media to report the information as news. The second channel is personal communication with a group. A press 5 will draw media representatives 6 they feel the subject or speaker has news value. Company tours and speeches to different groups of people are other 7 of individual-to-group communications. The third channel is one-to-one personal communication, often 8 lobbying(游说). Companies lobby law makers or other powerful people 9 an attempt to influence their opinions, and also their decisions. In 10 , firms will give products to highly visible people in hopes that the people will be seen using them. . Reading Comprehension (20%) Passage A The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were valued in terms of their productivity, and they assumed the role of producer quite early. Until they fulfilled this role, their posit。