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1997年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section II Cloze Test
Directions:
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)
Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world’s largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people 41家 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day’s work for a day’s pay. One day at a time. 大42家 industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 大43家 reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.
大44家 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers. This “大45家” work force is the most important 大46家 in American business today, and it is 大47家 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The
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phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 大48家 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 大49家 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 大50家 that came from being a loyal employee.
41. [A] swarm[B] stride[C] separate[D] slip 42. [A] For[B] Because[C] As[D] Since 43. [A] from[B] in[C] on[D] by
44. [A] Even though[B] Now that[C] If only[D] Provided that 45. [A] durable[B] disposable[C] available[D] transferable 46. [A] approach[B] flow[C] fashion[D] trend 47. [A]
instantly[B]
reversely[C]
fundamentally[D]
sufficiently
48. [A] but[B] while[C] and[D] whereas
49. [A] imposed[B] restricted[C] illustrated[D] confined 50. [A] excitement[B] conviction[C] enthusiasm[D] importance
Section III Reading Comprehension
Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For
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each question there are four answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (40 points)
Text 1
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches,
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1997年考研英语试题及答案
