学位英语

 

第1部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1.The news will horrify everyone.

A.attract　B.terrify　C.tempt　D.excite

2.The article sketched  the major events of the decade.

A.described　B.offered　C.outlined　D.presented

3.I won't  tolerate  that kind  of behavior.

A.bear　B.accept　C.admit　D.take

4.Their style of playing football is  utterly  different.

A.barely　B.scarcely　C.hardly　D.totally

5.Her sister  urged  her to apply for the job.

A.advised　B.caused　C.forced　D.promised

6.Even sensible men do absurd  things.

A.unusual　B.ridiculous　C.special　D.typical

7.She  bumped  inot her boyfriend in town this morning.

A.walked　B.came　C.fled　D.ran

8.This sort of thing is bound  to happen.

A.sure　B.quick　C.fast　D.swift

9.At the age of 30,Hersey suddenly became a celebrity.

A.boss　B.manager　C.star　D.dictator

10.He cannot discriminate  between a good idea and a bad one.

A.judge　B.assess　C.distinguish　D.recognize

11.They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the lndians who dwell  in it.

A.live　B.sleep　C.hide　D.gather

12.The index is the government's chief gauge  of future economic activity.

A.method　B.measure　C.way　D.manner

13.The architecture is harmonious and no building is over six-storey  high.

A.old-fashioned　B.traditional　C.conventional　D.balanced

14.The food is inadequate  for ten people.

A.demanded　B.qualified　C.insufficient　D.required

15.She persevered  in her ideas despite obvious objections raised by friends.

A.persisted　B.insisted　C.resisted　D.suggested

第2部分：阅读判断（第16~22题，第题1分，共7分）
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C.

The Spanish Flu Epidemic

If you're worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic,you can take comfort in the fact that humanity has survived a similar influenza epidemic in the past.Starting its rounds at the end of World War I,the 1918 flu killed an estimated 50 million people.

Popularly known as the Spanish Flu,this type of influenza was far worse than your common cold.Normally,influenza only kills those who are more vulnerable to disease,such as newborns,the old or the sick.However,the Spanish Flu was prone to killing the young and healthy.Often it would disable its victims in hours;within a day,they would be dead,typically from extreme cases of pneumonia（肺炎）.

The Spanish Flu was quite nasty-fast-spreading and deadly.It managed to spread across the globe,devastating the world.Then suddenly,after two years ravaging（蹂躏）the Earth,it disappeared as quickly as it had arisen.

Despite its nickname,the Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain.Its true origins are unknown.Some believe it started in US forts and then spread to Europe as America joined the war;others think that it populated the trenches of the English and the French and eventually broke out in 1918.Regardless of where it started,eventually a fifth of the world population suffered the disease,with a global mortality rate（死亡率）estimated at 2.5% of the population.

Modernity was partly to blame for the quick spread of the disease.It passed throughout the world on trade routes and shipping lines.It hit Northern America,Europe,Asia,Africa and the South Pacific.The war did not help at all-the movement of supplies and troops aided the spread of the Spanish Flu,as well as the trench warfare.Imagine the speed at which a virus can spread in a crowded ditch.The fast emergence of the virus in the trenches caused some soldiers to believe that the Spanish Flu was a new form of biological warfare.

Luckily,the Spanish Flu simply vanished by 1920.It is believed the flu simply ran out of fuel to spread.

16.The Spanish Flu started during World War I.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

17.The Spanish Flu posed a greater threat to the old and the sick.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

18.As the Spanish Flu was spreading,people in Australia were worried.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

19.The Spanish Flu disappeared two years after it broke out.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

20.The Spanish Flu was named after the place where it started.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

21.About half of the people in the world suffered from the Spanish Flu.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

22.Biological warfare originated in the 20th century.

A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

　　第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23~30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2~5段每段选择1个最佳标题；（2）第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。

Facts about Stroke

1Every 45 seconds,someone in America has a stroke.Every 3.1 minutes,someone dies of one.Stroke killed an estimated 167,661 people in 2000 and is the nation's third leading cause of death,ranking behind diseases of the heart and all forms of cancer.Stroke is a leading cause of serious,long-term disability in the United States.

2Stroke is a type of cardiovascular（心血管的）disease.It affects the arteries（动脉）leading to and within the brain.A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients（营养物）to the brain is either blocked by a clot（凝块）or bursts.When that happens,part of the brain cannot get the blood（and oxygen）it needs,so it starts to die.

3The brain is an extremely complex organ that controls various body functions.If a stroke occurs and blood flow can't reach the region that controls a particular body function,that part of the body won't work as it should.If the stroke occurs to