2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）试题
Section I U of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choo the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
By 1830, the former Spanish and Portugue colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million 1 of the nations looked 2 to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian colonialism, many of the leaders of independence 3 the ideals of reprentative government, careers 4 to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the 5 to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society. 6 there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a 7 t of laws.
On the issue of 8耸立是什么意思 of religion and the position of the Church, 9 , there was less agreement
10the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one11 by the Spanish crown. beetles>alexandre currently unknown 12 most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism 13 the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the 14 of other faiths. The defen of the Church became a rallying15 for the conrvative forces.
英文讣告The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had16 in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain’s 17 colonies. Early promis to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much 18becau the new nations still needed the revenue such policies 19 . Egalitarian ntiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 lf-rule and democracy.
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2.[A] confudly [B] cheerfully [C] worriedly provigil[D] hopefully
3.[A] shared [B] forgot [C] attained [D] rejected
4.[A] related [B] clo [C] open [D] devoted
5.[A] access [B] succession [C] right [D] return
6.[A] Presumably [B] Incidentally [C] Obviously appleton[D] Generally
7.[A] unique [B] common [C] particular [D] typical
8.[A] freedom [B] origin [C] impact [D] reform
9.[A] therefore [B] however [C] indeed [D] moreover
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10.[A] with [B] about [C] among [D] by
11.[A] allowed [B] preached [C] granted [D] funded
12.[A] Since [B] If [C] Unless [D] While
13.[A] as [B] for血亲相奸 [C] under [D] against
14.[A] spread [B] interference [C] exclusion [D] influence
15.[A] support [B] cry [C] plea [D] wish
16.[A] urged [B] intended [C] expected [D] promid
17.[A] controlling [B] former [C] remaining [D] original
18.[A] slower [B] faster [C] easier [D] tougher
19.[A] created [B] produced [C] contributed [D] preferred
20.[A] puzzled by [B] hostile to [C]pessimistic about [D] unprepared for
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C], or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the late months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be ever more pronounced.
What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guess: a) certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills; b) winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increassoccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccermania; d) none of the above.
Anders Ericsson, a 58-year-old psychology professor at Florida State University, says he believes strongly in “none of the above.” Ericsson grew up in Sweden, and studied nuclea
r engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own rearch if he switched to psychology. His first experiment, nearly 30 years ago, involved memory: training a person to hear and then repeat a random ries of numbers. “With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had rin from 7 to 20,” Ericsson recalls. “He kept improving, and after about 200 hours of training he had rin to over 80 numbers.”
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