2018年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（A卷）
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学科、专业名称：外国语言文学
研究方向：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学
考试科目名称：外语（英）水平考试 考试科目代码：706 考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. His work shed ______yet necessary light on an important way to slow the spread of this deadly virus. A. provisional B. seductive C. insulting D. disturbing 2. The new chemical will ________ this kind of insects in this area. A. eliminate B. prosecute C. quench D. quilt 3. I have to say this, but this coat you’ve just bought is made of _______ fur; it is not real mink. A. coarse B. genuine C. slippery D. counterfeit 4. Plastic bags are useful for holding many kinds of food, ______ their cleanness, toughness and low cost. A. by virtue of B. in addition to C. for the sake of D. as opposed to 5. It must guarantee freedom of expression to the end that all _________ to the flow of ideas shall be removed. A. prophecies B. transactions C. arguments D. hindrances 6.This warm air was, needless to say, the perfect environment for the rapid growth of disease-carrying ______ originating from outside the building. A. germ B. microbe C. fungus D. bacteria 7. Traditionally, a dark suit is ______ to a light one for evening wear. A. alternate B. choosable C. selective D. preferable 8. I have replaced my old ______ typewriter with an electric one. A. artificial B. manual C. automatic D. synthetic 9. Four police officers sustained ______ in the explosion. A. ruins B. injuries C. damages D. spoils 10.The professor found himself constantly______ the question: “How could anyone do these things?” A. presiding B. poring C. pondering D. presuming 11. Weeks _______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery. A. terminated B. elapsed C. overlapped D. expired 12. His attempt to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other. A. alienate B. abuse C. alleviate D. abandon 13. Building the Bird’s Nest calls for giant curving beams which crisscross in an ______ pattern of woven steel. A. intuitive B. intensive C. intrinsic D. intricate 14. Older, less dogmatic theories better explained how the problems in the financial _____ dragged down the rest of the economy. A. charter B. session C. chapel D. sector 15. Language may be _______ of as a process which arises from social interaction. A. comprised B. conceived C. disposed D. deprived 16. I meant __________ the matter with you, but I had some guests there. A. discuss B. discussing C. having discussed D. to have discussed 17. Any student _______ in chess can apply for membership. A. have a keen interest B. with a keen interest C. who is keenly interested D. when keenly interesting 18. _________, she stood at the front door waiting for her husband to return. A. Being finished prepared dinner B. Having finished preparing dinner C. Finished preparing dinner D. Having finished to prepare dinner 19. All this leads to a population in the twenty-first century that is smaller______ feared few years ago. A. than was B. that was C. than that D. it was 20. _________ will Mr. Peter be able to regain control of the company. A. Only hard work B. Only if he works hard C. With hard work D. In spite of his hard work 21. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material _______ to its burning temperature. A. heated B. be heated C. to be heated D. being heated 22. The earthquake ______ not have come at a worse time for the war-torn country. A. could B. must C. might D. should 23. The boy students in this school are nearly_____ as the girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business. A. twice as likely B. likely as twice C. as twice likely D. as likely twice 24. If the whole operation _______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost. A. was not planned B. has not been planned C. had not been planned D. were not planned 25. Apple pie is _______ neither good nor bad; it is the way it is used that determines its value. A. at itself B. as itself C. on itself D. in itself 26. ________ us earlier, ________ your request to the full. A. You have contacted … we could comply with B. Had you contacted … we could have complied with C. You had contacted … could we have complied with D. Have you contacted … we could comply with 27. The explosion on the sun cannot be heard, there_________ no air between the earth’s atmosphere and the sun. A. is B. was C. being D. be 28. ______ by the host added to his uneasiness. A. His neglecting B. His being neglected C. He is neglected D. He had been neglected 29. Every man, woman and child in this community_______ now aware of the terrible consequences of the habit of smoking. A. is B. are C. was D. were 30. As a result, the mission of the school, along with the culture of the classroom, _______. A. was slowly to change B. are slowly changed C. is slowly changed D. have slowly changed Part II. Proof-reading and Error Correction（10 points） Directions: Proofread the given passage as instructed. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrong word Underline the wrong and write the correct one in the blank provided on the answer sheet. For a missing word Mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided on the answer sheet.
暨南大学硕士研究生入学考试真题706外语水平考试
