曲阜师范大学 2018 年招收攻读硕士研究生入学考试题 考试科目代码: 考试科目名称: 723 综合英语 说明:考生答题时一律写在答题纸上,否则漏批责任自负。 I. Cloze(每小题1分,共30分) Directions: Fill in each of the blanks with one word. Its first letter is given as a clue. Speed and comfort People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go (1) b________ land, sea, or air. Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train compartments soon get cramped and stuffy. It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey. Reading is only a partial (2)s________, for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you (3) t________ sleep. During the day, sleep comes (4) i________ snatches. At night, when you really wish to go to sleep, you rarely manage to do so. If you are (5)l________ enough to get a sleeper, you spend half the night staring at the small blue light in the ceiling, or fumbling to find your passport when you (6) c________ a frontier. Inevitably you arrive (7) a________ your destination almost exhausted. Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at (8) h________ speeds, but more often than (9)n________, the greater part of the journey is spent (10) o________ narrow, bumpy roads which are crowded (11) w________ traffic. By comparison, ferry trips or cruises offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs (12) o________ the spacious decks, play (13) g________, meet interesting people and enjoy good food -- always assuming, of course, (14) t________ the sea is calm. If it is not, and you are likely to get seasick, no form of (15) t________ could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their (16) h________ for the pleasure of travelling by sea. Aeroplanes have the reputation of being (17) d________ and even hardened 2018 年 考试科目代码 723 考试科目名称 综合英语 (本考试科目共 15页,第1 页)