重庆师范大学
2010年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（初试）
招收专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学
研究方向：英语语言学、文体学、英美文学、英语国家文化研究、
英语教学理论及应用、现代英语研究、社会语言学、翻译理论
考试科目：基础英语 科目代码：618
I. Multiple choice. (20 points)
Section A: Identify one of the four choices A, B, C or D which would best keep the meaning of the underlined word or phra. Write your answer on your Answer Sheet.
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怕冷症>metarthunter1.The formulation of the writer’s idea took half an hour.
A. exact statement B. detailed description
C. general interpretation D. brief generalization
2.Unable to sleep, the patient thrashed about in bed.
A. twisted B. twitched C. tosd about D. tosd off
3.In the Pacific Northwest, as climate and topography vary, so do the species prevail in the forests.
A. coexist B. invade C. dominate D. gather
4.The unjust peace agreement t the scene for another war.
A. t off B. resulted in C. started with D. made ready for
5.My chief objection to the book is that the characters are stereotyped.
A. overdone B. lack in individuality C. poorly drawn D. incomplete
6.He staked all his money on the result of the card game.
A.. bet B. put C. risk D. issued
7.All his attempts to argue to save the business were futile.
爱的教育摘抄A. valuable B. worthwhile C. uless D. unnecessary
8.When Frank had found a movie he liked, what others said cut no ice with him.
A. had much effect on B. had no effect on
C. made a deep impression on D. made a slight impression on
9.Nothing on earth can countervail the loss of one’s health.
A. counterturn B. compensate for C. prevail D. counteract
10.They accorded due prai to him for exceeding his fellow-workers in production.
A. matched B. sublimed C. revealed D. awarded
Section B (1 point each)
Directions: There are ten ntences in this ction. Each ntence has something omitted. Choo the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each ntence. Write your answer on your Answer Sheet.
11.Good motion pictures create ___________ .reality.
A. delusion B. allusion C. illusion D. illustration
12.Civilized people ought to be able to find some ways of ttling their disputes _______ by fighting.
A. instead B. rather C. unless D. other than
13.__________ , I don’t know what we should have done without him.
A. In principle B. in general C. In theory D. In point of fact
14.The loss in that fire disaster amounts to ¥ 14 billion ______________ .
A. in the aggregate B. all in all C. in the total D. all in one
15.Being a stranger, he took his _________ from the actions of the natives.
A. notice B. cue C. opinion D. sign
画时圆写时方16.I can’t understand the ___________ of anyone who would do a terrible thing like that.
A. mentality B. power C. intelligence D. function
17.Stronger pressures have been __________ on the national character.
A. at work B. affecting C. in play D. running
18.A cigar-shaped body of gas was raid and eventually ___________ from the surface of the sun.
A. descended B. abstracted C. outrun D. reflected
19.Condemned to death, Socrates could have escaped but cho to die by drinking _______ poison ------ eking truth even to death.
A. strong B. dead C. dying D. lethal
20.The scientists have made a new plan for widespread _________ of antibiotics for non-medical u.
A. exploration B. expedition C. extension D. exploitation
II. Proofreading and error correction. (10 points)
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The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each ca, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Example
When∧art muum wants a new exhibit, [1] 在When后面加an
it never buys things in finished form and hangs them on the wall. [2] 去掉never
汤圆用什么粉做的When a natural history muum wants an exhibition, it must [3] 将exhibition改为 exhibit
often build it.
