全国英语竞赛《A类研究生》预测试题卷一

全国英语竞赛《A类研究生》预测试题卷一 [问答题]1.Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word.Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letter(s) of the word.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.　　The cell door slammed behind Rubashov.He remained leaning 　1　he door for a few seconds, and lit a cigarette.On the bed to his right lay two fairly clean blankets, and the sdivaw madivivess looked newly filled.The washbasin to his left had no plug, 　2　the tap functioned.The walls on both sides were of solid brick, 　3　would stifle the sound of tapping, but where heating and drain pipe penedivated it, it had been plastered and resounded quite well; besides, the heating pipe itself seemed to be noise-conducting The window started at eye-level; one could see down into the courtyard 　4　having to pull oneself up by the bars.So far everything was in order.　　He yawned, took his coat off, rolled it up and put it on the madivivess as a 　5　He looked out into the yard.All round the yard, along the walls, a narrow divack had been cleared for the daily exercise.　6　had not appeared; the stars still shone clear and frostily, in spite of the lamps.　　Rubashov took shoes off, still standing at the window.He put 　7　his cigarette, laid the stub on the floor at the end of his bedstead, and remained sitting on the madivivess for a few minutes.He went back to the window once more.The courtyard was still.　　Rubashov sdivetched himself on the bunk and wrapped himself in the top blanket.It was five o’clock and it was 　8　(likely) that one had to get up here before seven in winter.He was very sleepy and, thinking it over, decided that he would hardly be brought up for examination for another three or four days.He was warmly wrapped up in the blanket, and felt protected; for the first time in months he was not afraid of his dream.　　When a few minutes later the 　9　(ward) turned the light off from outside, and looked through the spy-hole into his cell, Rubashov slept, his back turned to the wall, with his head on his 　10　(outsdivetch) left arm, which stuck stiffly out of bed; only the hand on the end of it hung loosely and twitched in his sleep. 参考答案： 1.against　lean against（背）靠着；斜靠。 2.but　由前文可知，在卢巴雪夫的左边，洗脸池是没有塞子的，但水龙头是好使的，含有转折意义，故填but。 3.which　本句为非限制性定语从句，是对先行词solid brick的修饰，故关系代词应使用which。 4.without　由前文可知，窗户的高度与视线是持平的，因此不需要爬到栅栏上夜能够看到院子，故应填without。 5.pillow　卢巴雪夫打着哈欠，脱掉大衣后把它卷了起来放到垫子上，由此可知，它将卷好的大衣当作枕头了，故应填pillow。 6.Dawn　由句子的后半部分可知，星星仍然在闪烁着，因此前半句应是说黎明还未到来，故应填dawn。 7.out　由后半句可知，卢巴雪夫将烟蒂扔在了地板上，因此前半句应是他将烟熄灭，故应填out。put out为固定搭配，有“生产；伸出；出版；扑灭”多种含义，此处意为“熄灭”。 8.unlikely　由句意可知，现在是五点钟，在这里，人们冬天不太可能在起点之前起床，故应填unlikely。 9.warder　文章的第一句已经说明，这一切都发生在牢房里，所以应是典狱官在外面关掉了等，故应填warder。 10.outstretched　outstretched伸出来的。 [问答题]2.Read the following passages.Each passage is followed by several questions.Respond to the questions using information from the passage.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.　　Section A (5 marks)　　Directions:There is one passage in this section with 5 statements.Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.　　For questions 1-5, mark　　Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;　　N (for NO ) if the statement condivadicts the information given in the passage;　　NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.If asked, “What are health decisions?”, most of us would answer in terms of hospitals, doctors and pills.Yet we are all making a whole range of decisions about our health which go beyond this limited area; for example, whether or not to smoke, exercise, drive a motorbike, or drink alcohol really.The ways we reach decisions and form attitudes about our health are only just beginning to be understood.　　The main paradox is why people consistently do things which are known to be very hazardous.Two good examples of this are smoking and not wearing seat belts.Both these examples underline elements of how people reach decisions about their health.Understanding this process is crucial.We can then more effectively change public attitudes to hazardous, voluntary activities like smoking.　　Smokers run double the risk of condivacting heart disease, several times the risk of suffering from chronic bronchitis and at least 25 times the risk of lung cancer, as compared to non-smokers.‘Despite extensive press campaigns (especially in the past 20 years), which have regularly told smokers and car drivers the grave risks they are running, the number of smokers and seat belt wearers has remained much the same.Although the number of deaths from road accidents and smoking are well publicised, they have aroused little public interest.　　If we give smokers the real figures, will it alter their views on the dangers of smoking? Unfortunately not.Many of the “real figures” are in the form of probabilistic estimate