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广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷
考试年度：2017年 考试科目代码及名称：613-英语水平考试
适用专业：050201 英语语言文学
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I. Cloze 完形填空（30题，每题1分，共30分）
Direction: There are 3 passages below. Read each of them and choose the proper word from the word list to fill in each of the blanks in the passages. Each word can be used only once.
Passage 1
Two of the most frustrating things about driving a car are getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is (1)_____to cure these problems, it will have a positive impact. Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from (2)____satellites can locate your car (3)_____at any moment and warn of traffic jams. We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites orbiting the earth, making up what is called the Global Positioning System. They make it possible to determine your (4)_______on the earth to within about a hundred feet. At any (5)______time, there are several GPS satellites orbiting overhead at a distance of about 11,000 miles. Each satellite contains four “atomic clocks,” which (6)_____ at a precise frequency, according to the laws of the quantum theory.
As a satellite passes overhead, it sends out a radio (7)___that can be detected by a receiver in a car’s computer. The car’s computer can then (8)___how far the satellite is by (9)____how long it took for the signal to arrive. Since the speed of light is well known, any delay in receiving the satellite’s signal can be (10)_____into a distance.
A. given B. precisely C. poised D. vibrate E. signal F. measuring G. frequency H. grossly I. unlikely J. orbiting K. location L. expansion
Passage 2
More than 30 million cars and trucks nationwide are (1) with dangerously (2)____air bags, congressional officials say, a number that raises questions about whether the US (3)____industry can handle what could become the largest recall in history.
Federal safety (4)____have recalled only 7.8 million vehicles over the defect in a few states, a limited action that (5)____said Thursday was vastly insufficient to (6)____what they deemed “a public safety threat”.
Two senators demanded a much (7)____recall that would cover every affected
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vehicle nationwide. (8)_____a recall of that magnitude ---- including best-selling
models from Honda, Toyota, GM, Chrysler and six other companies (9)____ 2002 to 2007 ---- could prove far (10)_____than the industry has ever managed.
A. faulty F. but B.struggling C. broader D. auto E. logistical J. address O. spanning G.authorities H. defective I. lawmakers M. equipped N. replacement K. overwhelmed L. greater Passage 3
Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several (1) __ parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural (2) __. Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do not claim to (3) __ to \because their inhabitants are not (4) __ \and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is (5) __ to the others.
These cultural minorities(少数民族) have been Britain’s original inhabitants. In varying degrees they have managed to (6) __ their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more true of the (7) __ areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the (8)__ of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots could rather (9) __ about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing. The Celtic (10)__ as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Burns, and the Welsh Dylan Thomas, to mention but a few.
A. incomprehensible B. temper C. remote D. separate E. understandable F. forget G. generally H. temperament I. preserve J. strictly K. traditional L. reserve M. growth N. apply O. belong II. Proofreading and error correction 改错题 (15题，每题2分，共30分) Directions: The following passage contains 15 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. Correct the errors and write the answers on your answer sheet.
What is corporate culture? At its most basic, it’s described like (1) ____ the personality of an organization, or simply as “how things are
done around here.” It guides what employees think, act, and feel. (2)_____ Corporate culture is a wide term used to define the unique
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personality or character of a particular company or organization,
and include such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate (4) _____ ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can express in the company’s mission statement and other communications, in the architectural style or interior decoration, by what people wear
to work, by how people address to each other, and in the titles given (6) _____ various employees. How do you uncover the corporate culture of (7) _____ a potential employer? The truth is that you will never really know
the corporate culture after you have worked at the company for a (8)______ number of months, but you can get close to them through research (9)______ and observation. Understanding culture is a two-steps process, starting with the research before the interview and ending with observation at the interview. The bottom line is that you are going to spend a lot of time on the work environment- and to be happy, success, and productive, you will want to be in a place where you fit for the culture, a place where you can have voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth.
III. Gap-filling 选词填空题（15题，每题2分，共30分）
Directions: Fill in the following blanks with the correct words given according to
the meanings of the sentences.
1. Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to ________ the
impact of the oil spill. A. minimize B. belittle C. reject D. reclaim
2. Topics for conversation should be ________ to the experiences and interests of the
students. A. satisfied B. relevant C. concerned D. concentrated
3. They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to
________.
A. bring about B. pull through C. carry on D. put up
4. We could tell that she was still ________ something and it was our job to find out what.
A. canceling B. sheltering C. concealing D. settling
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(5) _____
(10) _____ (11)______ (12)______ (13)______ (14)______ (15)______
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5. You are legally ________ to take faulty goods back to the store where you bought
them.
A. assigned B. entitled C. acclaimed D. remained
6. His knowledge of English is ________ for the job, although he is not fluent in the language. A. justified B. reliable C. adequate D. assured
7. The scientists have been ________ the necessary funds for their research program. A. desired B. neglected C. declined D. denied
8. There is always a ________ that the legal system is designed to suit lawyers rather than to protect the public. A. confidence B. faith C. deception D. suspicion
9. A spokesman of Ministry of Agriculture said that a series of policies would be implemented to ________ the development of agriculture. A. demote B. promote C. decrease D. increase 10. A dark suit is ________ to a light one for evening wear. A. favorable B. suitable C. proper D. preferable
11. The foreign company has been ________ running this factory for decades. A. enormously B. effectively C. infinitely D. extremely 12. I’m not sick; ________, I’m in the peak of health. A. to be honest B. on the contrary C. to my delight D. on all sides
13. By a ________ of good luck, Gene, who had been buried in the rubble for more than 26 hours, came out alive. A. stroke B. hit C. strike D. blow 14. Advertising is an intensely ________ business. A. competitive B. aggressive C. adventurous D. lucrative
15. She was _______ upset to find that she failed in the final examination. A. somehow B. someway C. somewhat D. somewhere IV. Reading Comprehension 阅读理解（30题，每题2分，共60分） Directions: In this section, there six reading passages followed by a total of thirty multiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then choose the correct answer.
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Passage 1 The Birth of Photography
【1】Perceptions of the visible world were greatly altered by the invention of
photography in the middle of the nineteenth century. In particular, and quite logically, the art of painting was forever changed, though not always in the ways one might have expected. The realistic and naturalistic painters of the mid- and late-nineteenth century were all intently aware of photography—as a thing to use, to learn from, and react to.
【2】Unlike most major inventions, photography had been long and impatiently awaited. The images produced by the camera obscura, a boxlike device that used a pinhole or lens to throw an image onto a ground-glass screen or a piece of white paper, were already familiar—the device had been much employed by topographical artists like the Italian painter Canaletto in his detailed views of the city of Venice. What was lacking was a way of giving such images permanent form. This was finally achieved by Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), who perfected a way of fixing them on a silvered copper plate. His discovery, the \【3】A second and very different process was patented by the British inventor William Henry Talbot (1800-1877) in 1841. Talbot's \was the first negative-to-positive process and the direct ancestor of the modern photograph. The calotype was revolutionary in its use of chemically treated paper in which areas hit by light became dark in tone, producing a negative image. This \as Talbot called it, could then be used to print multiple positive images on another piece of treated paper.
【4】The two processes produced very different results. The daguerreotype was a unique image that reproduced what was in front of the camera lens in minute, unselective detail and could not be duplicated. The calotype could be made in series, and was thus the equivalent of an etching or an engraving. Its general effect was soft edged and tonal. 【5】One of the things that most impressed the original audience for photography was the idea of authenticity. Nature now seemed able to speak for itself, with a minimum of interference. The title Talbot chose for his book, The Pencil of Nature (the first part of which was published in 1844), reflected this feeling. Artists were fascinated by photography because it offered a way of examining the world in much greater detail. They were also afraid of it, because it seemed likely to make their own efforts unnecessary.
【6】Photography did indeed make certain kinds of painting obsolete—the daguerreotype virtually did away with the portrait miniature. It also made the whole business of making and owning images democratic. Portraiture, once a luxury for the privileged few, was suddenly well within the reach of many more people.
【7】In the long term, photography's impact on the visual arts was far from simple. Because the medium was so prolific, in the sense that it was possible to produce a multitude of images very cheaply, it was soon treated as the poor relation of fine art, rather than its destined successor. Even those artists who were most dependent on photography became reluctant to admit that they made use of it, in case this
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