桂林电子科技大学2015年研究生统一入学考试试题
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I. Vocabulary and Grammar (30’)
Multiple Choice Questions
Directions: Beneath each ntence there are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Choo the answer that best fits the blank or best paraphras the underlined word or words to complete each statement. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
1. This little girl is very much attached ______ her father.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. on
2. His face is ______ me, but I can’t recall his name.
A. familiar on
B. familiar to
C. familiar at
D. familiar with
3. The troops advanced ______ becau the area had been mined by the enemy.
A. careful
B. cautious
C. carefully
D. cautiously
4. Since the conference was held on Chine ______, curity was no problem.
A. earth
B. dirt
C. mud
D. soil
5. The financial ______ of the company for the last half year were very satisfactory.
A. effect
B. outcome
C. results
D. conquences
6. The lady had to remain nameless for diplomatic ______.
A. why
B. cau
C. source
D. reason
7. He had a unique way of putting _____ thoughts into simple words.
A. simple
B. simplistic
C. complex
D. complicated
8. She was unhappy becau her request was ______.
A. turned in
B. turned down
C. turned on
D. turned up
9. The local authorities tried to ______ the accident.
A. reduce
B. diminish
C. dwindle
D. minimize管理的概念
10. We ______ the responsibility placed on us.
A. n
B. feel
C. are conscious of
D. are aware of什么牌子眼霜好
11. Broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter.
A. penniless
B. barge
C. twinge
D. façade
12. It’s no go.
教学基本功A. uless
B. not bad
C. bad
D. uful
13. Well now, there’s no call for being hasty.
A. uless
B. sloth
C. need
D. revere
14. Older drivers are more likely to be riously injured becau of _______ of their bones.
A. shift
B. fragility
C. resiliency
D. flexibility
15. Starvation and dia over much of Asia and Europe in the 1950s were Truman’s _______ as
President.
慈善晚宴
A. inheritance
B. confidence
C. grievance
D. existence
16. Sue is a woman of ______ who has never abandoned her principles for the sake of winning a
vote.
A. honesty
B. integrity
C. reputation
D. modesty
17. The trial jury met again after an adjournment of two weeks.
A. a continuation
B. a suspension
C.an accomplishment
D.a commencement
18. Some ethnic groups of people in this area still practice the customs of their fathers.
A. formulator
B. advocate
C. ancestors
D. plagiarizer
19. The wild and rampant spread of Ebola forced a vigorous war against the dia.
A. powerful
B. lengthy
C. prolonged
D. pretentious
20. The film star has an incredible car in addition to a super luxurious large hou.
A. terrible
B. incongruous
C. incredulous
D. unbelievable
21. Mr. Woodward adored his wife and wanted to do everything to plea her.
A. hated
B. admonished
C. loved
D. abated
22. After the election of Taipei, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou was forced to submit his
resignation under publish pressure for the remarks by leaders of the Taiwan authority met with scathing criticism from all sides.
A. bitter
B. static
C. dynamic
D. gentle
23. In June 1941 Hitler suddenly ______ an attack on Russia.
A. launched
B. exerted
C. developed
D. created
24. Police followed the would-be thieves and caught them red-handed.
A. enraged
B. likely
C. attempted
D. timid
25. Weapons of mass destruction must be strictly forbidden. Otherwi, if a nuclear war started, it
would be the cataclysm for all humankind.
A. termination
B. destruction
C. devastation
D. calamity
26. She was sanding outside in the snow, ____ with cold.
A. spinning
B. shivering
C. shaking
D. staggering
幼儿园大班舞蹈27. The _______ I am thinking of particularly is entered by a Gothic-arched gateway of aged brick
and stone.
A. bazaar
B. market
C. mart
D. exchange
28. Mr. Johnson is to preside over this Asian-European ministerial meeting.
A. declare
B. prepare
C. host
D. supervi
29. I now stood on the site where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in
slow agony.
A. great pain
B. suffering
C. distress
D. miry
30. As the offender confesd his crime, he was dealt with leniently.
A. admitted
B. declared
C. confirmed
D. affirmed
II. Reading Comprehension (40’)
Section 1 Multiple Choice Questions (30’)
Directions: In this ction, there are reading passages followed by multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
Passage A
Imagine eating everything delicious you want - with none of the fat. That would be great, wouldn't it? New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves in the United States recently, but not everyone is happy about it. Makers of the products, which contain a compound called olestra, say food manufacturers can now eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics, however, say the new compound can rob the body of esntial vitamins and nutrients(营养物)and can also cau unpleasant side effects in some people. So it's up to consumers to decide whether the new fat-free products taste good enough to keep eating.
Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they were arching for a fat that could be digested by infants more easily. Instead of finding the desired fat, the rearchers created a fat that can't be digested at all.
Normally, special chemicals in the intestines(肠)“grab”molecules of regular fat and break them down so they can be ud by the body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of three molecules of su
bstances called fatty acids.
The fatty acids are absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the esntial vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat molecules are prent in the intestines with any of tho vitamins, the vitamins attach to the molecules and are carried into the bloodstream.
Olestra, which is made from six to eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for the
intestines to absorb. It just slides through the intestines without being broken down. Manufacturers say it's that ability to slide unchanged through the intestines that make olestra so valuable as a fat substitute. It provides consumers with the taste of regular fat without any bad effects on the body. But critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E, and K from being absorbed. It can also prevent the absorption of carotenoids(类胡萝卜素), compounds that may reduce the risk of cancer, heart dia, etc.
陋室铭书法作品 Manufacturers are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as carotenoids to their products now. Even so, some nutritionists are still concerned that people might eat unlimited amounts of food made with the fat substitute without worrying about how many calories they are consuming. Multiple Choice Questions (10’)
1. We learn from the passage that olestra is a substance that ______.
A. contains plenty of nutrients
B. renders foods calorie-free while retaining their vitamins
C. makes foods easily digestible
D. makes foods fat-free while keeping them delicious
2. The result of the arch for an easily digestible fat turned out to be ______.
A. commercially uless
B. just as anticipated
C. somewhat controversial
D. quite unexpected
3. Olestra is different from ordinary fats in that ______.
A. it pass through the intestines without being absorbed
B. it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the body
C. it helps reduce the incidence of heart dia
D. it prevents excessive intake of vitamins
4. What is a possible negative effect of olestra according to some critics?
A. It may impair the digestive system.
B. It may increa the risk of cancer.
C. It may affect the overall fat intake.平安建设的主要内容
D. It may spoil the consumers' appetite.
5. Why are nutritionists concerned about adding vitamins to olestra?
A. It may lead to the over-consumption of vitamins.
B. People may be induced to eat more than is necessary.
扁桃体发炎的原因C. The function of the intestines may be weakened.
D. It may trigger a new wave of fake food production.
Passage B
Every day there’s a steady stream of children and their mothers entering the doors of the Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou--Burkina Faso’s capital--patiently waiting to be en by a doctor.
The well-maintained one-storey buildings of the Saint Camille Hospital are known to many. More than five thousand women give birth at the hospital each year, making it the facility with the highest birth rate in the country. Established in the 1960s, it’s one of the principal areas for health for mothers and their children in the capital.
The Saint Camille Hospital deals with the main chronic health problems facing Burkina Faso malaria, HIV/AIDS and child malnutrition. On average, there are 100 children en daily at the Catholic medical centre. Most of tho children are suffering from malaria --the number one killer of children in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is in the forefront of African countries to develop a national multi-cto
ral strategy to fight HIV/AIDS. While HIV/AIDS is not as widespread in West Africa as Southern Africa, Burkina Faso has among the highest HIV prevalence rates in West Africa. About 2 percent of adults are infected nationally, but rates are higher in urban areas and among high risk groups such as truck drivers and commercial x workers.
The Saint Camille Hospital is the pilot site for the country’s national program to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS. And with backing from the World Bank, the Global Fund, and other donors, the facility now also offers AIDS treatment.
It’s in the facility’s pre-natal counling centre, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, will have a chance to e firsthand hospital staff discussing AIDS with women and encouraging them to be tested. As elwhere in Africa, children born with HIV develop AIDS quickly, and generally die within one to two years. But with treatment, pregnant women can largely avoid passing HIV to their infants.
And just outdoors in the facility’s grounds, in a child feeding centre, the World Bank president will e the staff’s efforts to deal with child malnutrition. Child malnutrition is wor than it was a decade ago in Burkina Faso, with more than a third of children mal nourished. In the feeding centre, the impact on children of HIV/AIDS is starkly brought home. Children, who don’t gain weight after feedings, are tested, and generally found to be HIV positive.
In speaking publicly about his planned trip to Africa, Wolfowitz stresd he wanted to meet reprentatives of women’s groups in Africa. He’ll have the chance to do just that at Saint Camille Hospital, as well as meet people living with HIV/AIDS.
The World Bank is supporting efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso through its HIV/AIDS Disaster Respon Project, approved in 2001 for $ 24 million. It was the cond project approved as part of the US $ 500 million Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program for the Africa Region and finances nearly a quarter of the cost of the National HIV/AIDS strategy.
And under the multi-country HIV/AIDS Treatment Acceleration Program, known as TAP, Burkina Faso received US $18 million for scaling up AIDS treatment, through partnerships with the country’s Ministry of Health and local associations of people living with AIDS.
The Saint Camille Hospital’s laboratory will benefit under the TAP program with plans already underway to expand the laboratory’s facilities.
The World Bank also has plans to embark on a new integrated health and HIV/AIDS support program. A key focus of that will be combating malaria, but it will also ek to improve maternal and child health and nutrition, strengthen HIV prevention programs, and expand access to AIDS care and
treatment.
Multiple Choice Questions (10’)
6. In the first paragraph, the writer ems to suggest that______.
A. the doctors in the Saint Camille Hospital are proficient in medical treatment
B. the mothers and children in Burkina Faso are prone to dia
C. the Saint Camille Hospital has made great contributions to helping women and children
against health problems
D. women and children are facing some vere endemic dias
7. The word "starkly" in the sixth paragraph is clost in meaning to______.
A. cheerlessly
B. surprisingly
C. obviously
D. entirely
8. The sixth paragraph indicates that______.
A. children in Burkina Faso are having a desperate life
B. many children in Burkina Faso are plagued by rious malnutrition
C. it is time that Burkina Faso make more efforts to solve the rious health problems
confronted with children
D. the medical treatment in Burkina Faso should be improved quickly
9. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Burkina Faso has the highest HIV prevalence rates in West Africa.
B. There are more people suffering AIDS in villages than cities in Burkina Faso.
C. Child malnutrition is better than veral years ago.
D. Malaria is the most threatening dia for the children in Burkina Faso.
10. It can be inferred from the World Bank president’s planned trip to the Saint Camille Hospital
that______.
A. his plan was appropriate and necessary due to his position
B. the president was audacious in facing the infected dias
C. the planned trip could undoubtedly earn the World Bank world acclaim
D. the World Bank was deeply concerned with the health problems of women and children in
Burkina Faso
Passage C
Complaining about faulty goods or bad rvices is never easy. Most people dislike making a fuss. Bu
t something you have bought is faulty or does not do what was claimed for it, you are not asking for a favor to get it put right. It’s the shopkeeper’s responsibility to take the complaint riously and to replace or repair a faulty article or put right poor rvice, becau he is the person with whom you have entered into an agreement. The manufacturer may have a part to play but that comes later.
Complaints should be made to be a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any receipt you may have. Ask to e a boss in a large store. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain directly. In a chain store ask to e the manager. If you phone, ask the name of the person who handles your enquiry, otherwi you may never find out who dealt with the complaint later.
Even the bravest person finds it difficult to stand up in a group of people to complain, so if you do not want to do it in person, write a letter. Stick to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article. If you are not satisfied with the answer you get, or if you do not get a reply, write to the managing director of the firm, shop, or organization. Be sure to keep copies of your own letters and any you receive.
If your complaint is a just one, the shopkeeper may offer to replace or repair the faulty article. You may find this an attractive solution. In certain cas you may have the right to refu the goods and ask for your money back but this is only where you have hardly ud the goods and have acted at once. Even when you cannot refu the goods you may be able to get some money back as well. And if you have suffered some special loss, if for example a new washing machine tears your clothes, you might receive money to replace them. If the shopkeeper offers you a credit note to be ud to buy goods in the same shops but you would be ud to buy goods in the same shops but you would rather have money. Say so. If you accept a credit note remember that later you will not be able to ask for your money. If the shopkeeper refus to give you money, ask for advice from your Citizens Advice Bureau before you accept a credit note. In some cas the shopkeeper does not have to give you your money back--if, for example, the changes an articles simply becau you don’t like it or it does not fit. He does not have to take back the goods in the circumstances.
Multiple Choice Questions (10’)
11. When complaining on the telephone, _______.
A. you should speak directly to the owner of the shop
B. you must ask for the manager
C. you may never find out who dealt with the matter
D. you should find out with whom you are discussing the matter
12. You can demand your money back only if ________.
A. you find something wrong with what you bought
B. the article you paid for cannot be replaced or repaired
C. the article has not gone up in price since you bought it
D. you are sure you have the right to refu the goods
13. If you accept a credit note, ______.
A. you cannot u it anywhere el
B. you cannot say you’d prefer the money
C. you will have to ask for the money late
D. you can u it in another shop
