管理类专业硕士学位联考〔英语二
模拟试题八
Section I Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word<s> for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. <10 points>
Some historian在职研究生申报条件s say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency <总统任期> in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system.It was a __1__ project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human __2__ as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower’s interstate highways __3__ the nation together in new ways and __4__ major economic growth by making commerce less __5__. Today, an information superhighway has been built—an electronic network that __6__ libraries, corporations, government agencies and __7__. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, __8__ it is the backbone <主
干> of the World Wide Web.
The Internet had its __9__ in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which __10__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __11__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation <NSF>, __12__ mission is to promote science, took over.
This new NSF network __13__ more and more institutional users, many of __14__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __15__ the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network __16__ became a connector for thousands of other networks. __17__ a backbone system that interconnects networks, Internet was a name that fit.
So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure on which web __18__ move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded __19__ research network.
Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying intuitions of many sorts together __20
The Internet had its __9__ in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which __10__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __11__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation <NSF>, __12__ mission is to promote science, took over.
This new NSF network __13__ more and more institutional users, many of __14__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __15__ the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network __16__ became a connector for thousands of other networks. __17__ a backbone system that interconnects networks, Internet was a name that fit.
So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure on which web __18__ move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded __19__ research network.
Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying intuitions of many sorts together __20
__ an "information superhighway."1. A.concise B.radicalC.massive D.trivial
2. A.behaviors B.endeavors C.inventions D.elements
3. A.packed B.stuckC.suppressed D.bound
4. A.facilitated B.modified C.mobilized D.terminated
5. Apetitive BparativeC.exclusive D.expensive
6. A.merges B.connects C.relays D.unifies
7. A.figures B.personalities C.individuals D.humans
8. A.and B.yet C.orD.while
9. A.samples B.sourcesC.origins D.precedents
10. A.stood by B.stood for C.stood against D.stood over
11. A.exchange B.bypassC.switch D.interact
12. A.their B.that C.when D.whose
13. A.expanded B.contractedC.attracted D.extended
14. A.what B.which C.these D.them
15. A.joined B.attachedC.participated D.involved
2. A.behaviors B.endeavors C.inventions D.elements
3. A.packed B.stuckC.suppressed D.bound
4. A.facilitated B.modified C.mobilized D.terminated
5. Apetitive BparativeC.exclusive D.expensive
6. A.merges B.connects C.relays D.unifies
7. A.figures B.personalities C.individuals D.humans
8. A.and B.yet C.orD.while
9. A.samples B.sourcesC.origins D.precedents
10. A.stood by B.stood for C.stood against D.stood over
11. A.exchange B.bypassC.switch D.interact
12. A.their B.that C.when D.whose
13. A.expanded B.contractedC.attracted D.extended
14. A.what B.which C.these D.them
15. A.joined B.attachedC.participated D.involved
16. A.moreover B.howeverC.likewise D.then
17. A.With B.ByC.In D.As
18. A.contexts B. signsC.messages D.leaflets
19. A.citizen B.civilian C.amateur D.resident
20. A.into B.amid C.over D.toward
17. A.With B.ByC.In D.As
18. A.contexts B. signsC.messages D.leaflets
19. A.citizen B.civilian C.amateur D.resident
20. A.into B.amid C.over D.toward
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C, or D. mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. <40 points>
Text 1
Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes. But shouldn't clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being simple for the individual who
wears them? Why are we constantly told that we need to buy new clothes and add fresh pieces to our collection?
Fashions change year after year so lots of people can make piles of money. If folks are convinced that they need a different look each season, that this year's sweater's length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy. The fashion industry would have you ignore your shortcomings and just make you feel beautiful and happy. In fact, it is not only a phenomenon we can find in people's dressing.
Fashion controls our lives. Fashion controls what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, the way we cut our hair, the makeup we buy and use, the color of the cars we drive. Fashion even controls our ideas.
You don't believe me? How many of your friends are vegetarians? Why are they vegetarians? Because it is fashionable!
Where does fashion come from? Often the answers are quite logical. Scientists and historians study the fashions of the past and discover the secrets of each fashion.
When girls see an attractive guy, their blood pressure rises and their lips become redder. That's why guys think that girls wearing lipstick are beautiful.
Why do guys shave their heads? In the past soldiers shaved their heads to kill the insects that lived in their hair. Now guys shave their heads so that they look strong and masculine, like soldiers.
People spend a lot of time and money on fashion. But are they wasting their money? Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies. Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.
And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn't it? When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don't you?
21. What's the author's viewpoint about the models and their hairstyles and clothes?
A. Unbiased. B. Indifferent. C. Critical.D. Appreciative.
22. It is indicated by the author that clothes should be ____. A. comfortable and durable
B. new and fresh
C. expensive and fashionable
D. simple and unique
22. It is indicated by the author that clothes should be ____. A. comfortable and durable
B. new and fresh
C. expensive and fashionable
D. simple and unique
23. The fashion industry makes profits by ____. A. selling the products at high prices
B. creating a need in you
C. helping you get rid of your shortcomings
D. making you look more beautiful
B. creating a need in you
C. helping you get rid of your shortcomings
D. making you look more beautiful
24. The author thinks what has been found about fashions by the scientists and historians is ____. A. incredibleB. amazingC. reasonableD. creative
25. The passage mentions the advantages of fashion EXCEPT that ____. A. it can help promote technological development
B. it enables people to remain up-to-date
B. it enables people to remain up-to-date
C. it can create more job opportunities for people
D. it can make people achieve a great feeling
D. it can make people achieve a great feeling
Text 2
Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year. A new Einstein will emerge, scientists say. But it may take a long time.
After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival, Isaac Newton.
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