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2002年考研英语自我测试题（一）
Section 1 Structure and Vocabulary(15%)
Part A
1.Personally I hold the view that if
anything is going to be done at all to revise the methods
of selecting and approving judges then
it____all embracing.
A.just as well be B.might well be C.might
as well D.just as well
2.I would like him more___refrain from
making caustic comments about my firends.
A.would do B.if he needed to C.had to
D.if he would
3.In cross-cultural interaction,speakers
sometimes assume that what they believe is right, because
they have grown up _______their way is the best.
A.to think B.thinking C.to thinking D.think
4. He argued that happiness is something
long-lasting and stable,______pleasure,for example,
is brief and passing.
A.when B.since C.whereas D.meanwhile
5. He told himself that only reason he
was stopping Oxenham____further was that he know Tarrant
so well and trusted him.
A.form probing B.to probe C.agasinst
probing D.for probing
6. On the whole he proply had a heathly
respect for the material things of life.
A.althought B.despite C.inasmuth D.as
far as
7.Whatever their teahnical may be,adult
students have a good deal of practical experience:
they greatly resent______.
A.to be talked down to B.talking down
to C.being talking down to D.to talk down to
8.Transit authorities have responded
to the competition mot with innovative prougrams but
with campaingns to ban the news types
of subcars,______they are illegal and unsafe.
A.for fear that B.in order that C.create
D.created
9.Electric power had become so important
and virtal a part of America's life that a complete
shut-down for even a few seconds_______chaos.
A.would have created B.had created C.create
D.created
10.In preatic it is very difficult to
separate learning from memory,although the ways in which
______are often ditticult.
A.each is stusied B.each study C.each
studies D.each studying
Part B
11.This kind of relationship can be attrative
to employees with strong growth needs when the
tasks to be performed are clearly_______.
A.framed B.desingnated C.designed D.defined
12.The question is whether there need
be large numbers of people______from their birth to hard
work in order to provide for others a refihed and cultural
life.
A.deemed B.determined C.doomed D.inherited
13.He should______what he's good at,and
not try and do something he knows nothing about.
A.stick to B.lean on C.grow into D.reach
out
14.The elderly should have their own
goals to____in life instead of focusing all their energy
on their children.
A.remine B.pursue C.maintain D.persist
15.The news of the president's visit
to France wasn't_____tothe public until the visit was
over.
A.released B.Issued C.Published D.Launched
16.Traditionally speech recognition systems
have veen limited in use vecause they must be treated
with care and______to slowly with no interfering background
noise.
A.lisrened B.Pronounced C.Dictated D.subjected
17.A.Doctors who have studied the problem
warn that negative_______to drugs may be one of the leading
causes of death in Western countries.
A.feedback B.Acknowledgement C.Reaction
D.echo
18.The couple has reportedly received
permission to wed in the Irish Republic,but some newspapers
have suggested that they may_______the ceremony in England.
A.perform B.Conduct C.Persecute D.conclude
19.As people are_______with lots of things
in the workplace,it's healthy tocreate some humorous feelings
by telling funny stories.
A.caught up B.Wound up C.Fed up D.covered
up
20.Actually humor is especially useful
as a social lubricant---in criticism,complaints,etc,for
it reduces the threat and______in any situation.
A.attention B.intention C.retention D.tension
21.Technology used to be about freeing
people from boring physical labor like washing clothes,
but now it is_____increasingly complicated
mental functions.
A.handing over B.talking over C.turning
over D.staying over
22.if you're really serious about lowering
your blood pressure. you'll have to____smoking,
or best of all,stop altogether.
A.do awwy with B.get rid of C.come to
an end to D.cut down on
23.Generaly speaking,people want to keep
a wild animal for one of one many reasons:they want
to _____other people by owning an unusual
animal as a pet.
A.depress B.repress c.express D.impress
24.The key to concention, according to
Dr.Coska,is to lern to overcome noise and_____,whether
internal or external.
A.distraction B.interference C.wordering
D.interruption
25.In this States,people who try to ___for
a lower price in a shop or store are likely to be
considered either quite odd or startling
aggressive.
A.discount B.negotiate C.quarrel D.bargain
26.Nowhere else in the world are sports_____with
colleges and universities in the way they are in the USA.
A.associated B.committed C.attached D.involved
27.As a_____institution,the family will
continue to accommodate itself to the ecomany and the
values of the information age.
A.changeable B.rigid C.flexkible D.varible
28.Evidence is strong that teenage childbearing,particularly
by unmarried monthers,is socially
______of the furture well-being of both
mother and the child.
A.destructive B.respective C.painful
D.damaging
29.Researchers have better methods_____their
dispotal,including clinical intervention trials,
human tissue and cell cultures,as well
as new imaging methods.
A.under B.in C.at D.for
30.Although animal experiments are sometimes
intellectually seductive, they are poorly_____to addressing
the urgent health problems of our era.
A.fitted B.adjusted C.suited D.accustomed
Section 2 Cloze Test(10%)
Apple computer introduced its pioneering,user-firendly
Mackintosh computer in 1984.The "Mac"
quickly became popular and appular likely
to____31____the field.But Apple officials were
reluctant to____32___the Mac's_____33___system
to other manufacturers and give up control of their project.
Mranwhile,Microsoft developed the "Windows"system
for rival IBM computers and ___34____
nachines .Microsoft licensed its operating
system to whoever could pay the price,and its sales
_____35___.
Last September Apple finally lisened
the Mac technology.But by then,most computers ware_____
36___to Windows and few customers signed____37___."That
just waited too long to make it ".
Our lives are a ___38__of our decisions
---whether in business or personal ___39__.And in
every decision,there comes a crucial
point__40__you must make up your mind. Deciding too quickly
can bring disatrous consequences;___41__too long can mean
miissed opportunities.often,
what you decide is as important as the
dicision itself. And everyday life and history are full
of __42__that can help us recognize that
critical moment.
In July 1862,in the __43__of the Civil
War,Abraham lincoln__44__his Cabinet members to the
Whiles House to __45_them of a decision
he had made.The president read aloud to them the
Emancipation Proclamation,__46__for freeing
slaves in the Southern states at war with the Union.When
he finished,the Cabinet members were silent.It was a__47__idea
for the time and
bound to__48__controversy even in the
North.
Then Secretary of States,William Sewards
spoke up.The Confederates had recently routed the
Union Army,Seward said,and Lincoln's
proclamation might be interpreted as a__49_move.Why not
wait until the picture was brighter?Lincoln
welcomed Seward's advice and delayed the proclamation__50__September,when
the battle of Antietam had stopped a confederate advance.The
decision was then well received by supporters
of the Union.
31.A.overwhelm B.overcome C.dominate
D.overtake
32.A.license B.grant C.bid D.transform
33.A.operational B.operative C.operate
D.operation
34.A.reliable B.compatible C.reliant
D.comparable
35.A.bloomed B.prospered C.boomed D.advanced
36.A.permitted B.limited C.committed
D.allowed
37.A.out B.off C.down D.up
38.A.amount B.number C.sum D.total
39.A.cycles B.regions C.areas D.spheres
40.A.Where B.When C.Before D.while
41.A.postponing B.delaying C.canceling
D.prolonging
42.A.benefits B.courses C.classes D.lessons
43.A.light B.midst C.gap D.duration
44.A.summoned B.required C.recalled D.demanded
45.A.inform B.reform C.conform D.deform
46.A.contended B.tended C.attended D.intended
47.A.drastic B.radical C.striking D.inten
48.A.compose B.create C.stir D.encourage
49.A.despairing B.desperate C.hopeless
D.disappointed
50.A.Until B.Unless C.Towards D.near
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