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2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试
英语
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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)
By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent
nations. The roughly 20 million 1 of these 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 representative 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 set of laws.
On the issue of 8 of religion and the position of the Church, 9 ,
there was less agreement 10 the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been
the state religion and the only one 11 by the Spanish crown. 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 defense of the Church became a
rallying 15 for the conservative forces.
The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing
equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had 16 in return
to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished
everywhere except Spain’ s 17 colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute
and taxes on people of mixed origin came much 18 because the new nations
still needed the revenue such policies 19 . Egalitarian sentiments were often
tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 self-rule and democracy.
英语试题 . 1 . (共 14 页）1.[A]natives [B]inhabitants [C]peoples [D]individuals
2.[A]confusedly [B]cheerfully [C]worriedly [D]hopefully
3.[A]shared [B]forgot [C]attained [D]rejected
4.[A]related [B]close [C]open [D]devoted
5.[A]access [B]succession [C]right [D]return
6.[A]Presumably [B]Incidentally [C]Obviously [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
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 [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]promised
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]puzzledby [B]hostileto [C]pessimisticabout [D]unpreparedfor
Section II Reading Comprehension
PartA
Directions:
Readthefollowing four texts.Answerthequestions beloweachtextbychoosing
A, B, C or D. Mark your answers onANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
英语试题 . 2 . (共 14 页）Text1
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
later 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
evenmorepronounced.
What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a)
certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills; b) winter-born babies tend to
have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parents
aremorelikelytoconceivechildreninspringtime,attheannualpeakofsoccer mania;
d)noneoftheabove.
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 nuclear engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity to
conduct his own research if he switched to psychology. His first experiment, nearly
30 years ago, involved memory: training a person to hear and then repeat a random
series of numbers. “With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit
span had risen from 7 to 20,” Ericsson recalls. “He kept improving, and after about
200hoursoftraininghehadrisentoover80numbers.”
This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not
genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more
of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. In other words, whatever inborn
differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences
are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. And the best way
to learn how to encode information meaningfully, Ericsson determined, was a process
known as deliberate practice. Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a
task. Rather, it involves setting specific goals, obtaining immediate feedback and
concentratingasmuchontechniqueasonoutcome.
Ericsson and his colleagues have thus taken to studying expert performers in a
wide range of pursuits, including soccer. They gather all the data they can, not just
performance statistics and biographical details but also the results of their own
laboratory experiments with high achievers. Their work makes a rather startling
assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated. Or, put another way,
expert performers – whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer
programming–arenearlyalways made,notborn.
英语试题 . 3 . (共 14 页）21.Thebirthdayphenomenonfoundamongsoccerplayersismentionedto
[A] stresstheimportanceofprofessionaltraining.
[B] spotlightthesoccersuperstarsintheWorldCup.
[C] introducethetopicofwhatmakesexpertperformance.
[D] explainwhysomesoccerteamsplaybetterthanothers.
22.Theword“mania”(Line4,Paragraph2)mostprobablymeans
[A] fun.
[B] craze.
[C] hysteria.
[D] excitement.
23.AccordingtoEricsson,goodmemory
[A] dependsonmeaningful processingofinformation.
[B] resultsfrom intuitiveratherthancognitiveexercises.
[C] isdeterminedbygeneticratherthanpsychologicalfactors.
[D] requiresimmediatefeedbackandahighdegreeofconcentration.
24.Ericssonandhiscolleaguesbelievethat
[A] talentisadominatingfactorfor professionalsuccess.
[B] biographicaldataprovidethekeytoexcellentperformance.
[C] theroleoftalenttendstobeoverlooked.
[D] highachieversowetheirsuccessmostlytonurture.
25.Whichofthefollowingproverbsisclosesttothemessagethetexttriestoconvey?
[A] “Faithwillmovemountains.”
[B] “Onereapswhatonesows.”
[C] “Practicemakesperfect.”
[D] “Likefather,likeson.”
英语试题 . 4 . (共 14 页）Text2
For the past several years, the Sunday newspapersupplementParade has featured
a column called “Ask Marilyn.” People are invited to query Marilyn vos Savant, who
at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23 years old; that gave her an
IQ of 228 – the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and
visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce
numerical sequences, among other similar tasks. So it is a bit confusing when vos
Savant fields such queries from the average Joe (whose IQ is 100) as, What’s the
difference between love and fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence?
It’ s not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical
patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and
philosophers.
Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test. Just what does it
mean to be smart? How much of intelligence can be specified, and how much can we
learnaboutitfromneurology, genetics,computerscienceandotherfields?
The defining term of intelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score, even
though IQ tests are not given as often as they used to be. The test comes primarily in
two forms: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales
(both come in adult and children’ s version). Generally costing several hundred dollars,
they are usually given only by psychologists, although variations of them populate
bookstores and the WorldWide Web.Superhigh scores like vos Savant’ s are no longer
possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among
age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and
multiplying by 100. Other standardized tests, such as the Scholastic Assessment Test
(SAT)andtheGraduateRecordExam(GRE),capturethemainaspectsofIQtests.
Such standardized tests may not assess all the important elements necessary to
succeed in school and in life, argues Robert J. Sternberg. In his article “How
Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?”, Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess
analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge,
components also critical to problem solving and life success. Moreover, IQ tests do not
necessarily predict so well once populations or situations change. Research has found
that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress
conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with
leadership –that is, it predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled through SATwill
testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it's knowing when to guess or what
questionstoskip.
英语试题 . 5 . (共 14 页）26.Whichofthefollowingmayberequiredinanintelligencetest?
[A]Answeringphilosophicalquestions.
[B] Foldingorcuttingpaperintodifferentshapes.
[C]Tellingthedifferencesbetweencertainconcepts.
[D] Choosingwordsorgraphssimilartothegivenones.
27.WhatcanbeinferredaboutintelligencetestingfromParagraph3?
[A] PeoplenolongeruseIQscoresasanindicatorofintelligence.
[B] MoreversionsofIQtestsarenowavailableontheInternet.
[C]Thetestcontentsandformatsfor adultsandchildrenmaybedifferent.
[D] Scientistshavedefinedtheimportantelementsofhumanintelligence.
28.PeoplenowadayscannolongerachieveIQscoresashighasvosSavant’sbecause
[A] thescoresareobtainedthroughdifferentcomputationalprocedures.
[B] creativityratherthananalyticalskillsisemphasizednow.
[C] vosSavant’scaseisanextremeonethatwillnotrepeat.
[D] thedefiningcharacteristicofIQ testshaschanged.
29.Wecanconcludefrom thelastparagraphthat
[A] testscoresmaynotbereliableindicatorsofone’sability.
[B] IQscoresandSATresultsarehighlycorrelated.
[C] testinginvolvesalotofguesswork.
[D] traditionaltestsareoutofdate.
30.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsIQtests?
[A] Supportive.
[B] Skeptical.
[C] Impartial.
[D] Biased.
英语试题 . 6 . (共 14 页）Text3
During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could
count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been
transformed by economic risk and new realities. Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or
a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in
afewmonths.
In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming
basic family economics. Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have
debatedthesocialimplicationsofthesechanges, butfewhavelookedatthesideeffect:
family risk has risen as well. Today’ s families have budgeted to the limits of their
new two-paycheck status. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in
times of financial setback – a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the
workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. This “added-worker effect”
could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability
insurance to help families weather bad times. But today, a disruption to family
fortunes can no longer be made up with extra income from an otherwise-stay-at-home
partner.
During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in
their retirement income. Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto
industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock
market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.
For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a
savings-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments
for payments depending on investment returns. For younger families, the picture is
not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by
families have risen – and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from
legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new
dose of investment risk for families’ future healthcare. Even demographics are
working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly
parent– and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance – have jumped
eightfoldinjustonegeneration.
From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks
far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal
more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their
already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun, and the political
falloutmaynotbefarbehind.
英语试题 . 7 . (共 14 页）31.Today’sdouble-incomefamiliesareatgreaterfinancialriskinthat
[A] thesafetynettheyusedtoenjoyhasdisappeared.
[B] theirchancesofbeinglaidoffhavegreatlyincreased.
[C] theyaremorevulnerabletochangesinfamilyeconomics.
[D] theyaredeprivedof unemploymentordisabilityinsurance.
32.AsaresultofPresidentBush’sreform,retiredpeoplemayhave
[A] ahighersenseofsecurity.
[B] lesssecuredpayments.
[C] lesschancetoinvest.
[D] aguaranteedfuture.
33.Accordingtotheauthor,health-savingsplanswill
[A] helpreducethecostofhealthcare.
[B] popularizeamongthemiddleclass.
[C] compensateforthereducedpensions.
[D] increasethefamilies’investmentrisk.
34.Itcanbeinferredfrom thelastparagraphthat
[A] financialriskstendtooutweigh politicalrisks.
[B] themiddleclassmayfacegreaterpoliticalchallenges.
[C] financialproblemsmaybringaboutpoliticalproblems.
[D] financialresponsibilityisanindicatorofpoliticalstatus.
35.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitlefor thistext?
[A]TheMiddleClassontheAlert
[B]TheMiddleClassontheCliff
[C]TheMiddleClassinConflict
[D]TheMiddleClassinRuins
英语试题 . 8 . (共 14 页）Text4
It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their
worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation
governance, a new problem threatens to earn them – especially in America – the
sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data
insecurity. Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a
concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel,
information protection is now high on the boss’ s agenda in businesses of every
variety.
Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year – from
organizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense contractor Science
Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley –
have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business
processesinsearchofpotentialvulnerabilities.
“Data is becoming an asset which needs to be guarded as much as any other
asset,” says Haim Mendelson of Stanford University’ s business school. “The ability
to guard customer data is the key to market value, which the board is responsible for
on behalf of shareholders”. Indeed, just as there is the concept of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP), perhaps it is time for GASP, Generally Accepted
Security Practices, suggested Eli Noam of New York’ s Columbia Business School.
“Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a
managementissue,notatechnicalone,”hesays.
The mystery is that this should come as a surprise to any boss. Surely it should
be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets,
is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore – and that few things are more
likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the
wronghands.
The current state of affairs may have been encouraged – though not justified –
by the lack of legal penalty (in America, but not Europe) for data leakage. Until
California recently passed a law,American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the
victim, when data went astray. That may change fast: lots of proposed data-security
legislation is now doing the rounds in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, the theft of
information about some40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June
17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’ s Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will
actiffirmsfailtoprovideadequatedatasecurity.
英语试题 . 9 . (共 14 页）36.Thestatement“Itneverrainsbutitpours”isusedtointroduce
[A] thefiercebusinesscompetition.
[B] thefeebleboss-boardrelations.
[C] thethreatfromnewsreports.
[D] theseverityofdataleakage.
37.AccordingtoParagraph2,someorganizationschecktheirsystemstofindout
[A] whetherthereisanyweakpoint.
[B] whatsortofdatahasbeenstolen.
[C] whoisresponsiblefor theleakage.
[D] howthepotentialspiescanbelocated.
38.InbringinguptheconceptofGASP theauthorismakingthepointthat
[A] shareholders’interestsshouldbeproperlyattendedto.
[B] informationprotectionshouldbegivendueattention.
[C] businessesshouldenhancetheirlevelofaccountingsecurity.
[D] themarketvalueofcustomerdatashouldbeemphasized.
39.AccordingtoParagraph4,whatpuzzlestheauthoristhatsomebossesfailto
[A] seethelinkbetweentrustanddataprotection.
[B] perceivethesensitivityofpersonaldata.
[C] realizethehighcostofdatarestoration.
[D] appreciatetheeconomicvalueoftrust.
40.Itcanbeinferredfrom Paragraph5that
[A] dataleakageismoresevereinEurope.
[B] FTC’sdecisionisessentialtodatasecurity.
[C] Californiatakestheleadinsecuritylegislation.
[D] legalpenaltyisamajorsolutiontodataleakage.
英语试题 . 10 . (共 14 页）PartB
Directions:
Youaregoing toreadalistofheadingsandatextaboutwhatparentsaresupposedto
do to guide their children into adulthood. Choose a heading from thelist A-G that best
fits the meaning of each numbered part of the text (41-45). The first and last
paragraphs of the text are not numbered. There are two extra headings that you do not
needtouse.Markyour answersonANSWER SHEET1.(10points)
A. SetaGoodExamplefor YourKids
B. BuildYourKids’WorkSkills
C. PlaceTimeLimitsonLeisureActivities
D. TalkabouttheFutureonaRegularBasis
E. HelpKidsDevelopCopingStrategies
F.HelpYourKidsFigureOutWhoTheyAre
G. BuildYourKids’SenseofResponsibility
How Can a Parent Help?
Mothers and fathers can do a lot to ensure a safe landing in early adulthood for
their kids. Even if a job’s starting salary seems too small to satisfy an emerging
adult’s need for rapid content, the transition from school to work can be less of a
setback if the start-up adult is ready for the move. Here are a few measures, drawn
from my book Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, that parents can take to prevent what I
call“work-lifeunreadiness”:
41
You can start this process when they are 11 or 12. Periodically review their
emergingstrengthsandweaknesseswith themandwork together onanyshortcomings,
like difficulty in communicating well or collaborating. Also, identify the kinds of
interests they keep coming back to, as these offer cluesto the careers that will fit them
best.
42
Kids need a range of authentic role models – as opposed to members of their
clique, pop stars and vaunted athletes. Have regular dinner-table discussions about
people the family knows and how they got where they are. Discuss the joys and
downsides of your own career and encourage your kids to form some ideas about
their own future. When asked what they want to do, they should be discouraged from
saying “I have no idea.” They can change their minds 200 times, but having only a
foggyviewofthefutureisoflittlegood.
英语试题 . 11 . (共 14 页）43
Teachers are responsible for teaching kids how to learn; parents should be
responsible for teaching them how to work. Assign responsibilities around the house
and make sure homework deadlines are met. Encourage teenagers to take a part-time
job. Kids need plenty of practice delaying gratification and deploying effective
organizationalskills,suchasmanagingtimeandsettingpriorities.
44
Playingvideogamesencouragesimmediatecontent.AndhoursofwatchingTV
shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way.
At the same time, listening through earphones to the same monotonous beats for long
stretches encourages kids to stay inside their bubble instead of pursuing other
endeavors. All these activities can prevent the growth of important communication
and thinking skills and make it difficult for kids to develop the kind of sustained
concentrationtheywillneedfor mostjobs.
45
Theyshouldknowhowtodealwithsetbacks,stressesandfeelingsofinadequacy.
They should also learn how to solve problems and resolve conflicts, ways to
brainstorm and think critically. Discussions at home can help kids practice doing
thesethingsandhelpthemapplytheseskillstoeverydaylifesituations.
What about the son or daughter who is grown but seems to be struggling and
wandering aimlessly through early adulthood? Parents still have a major role to play,
but now it is more delicate. They have to be careful not to come across as
disappointed in their child. They should exhibit strong interest and respect for
whatever currently interests their fledging adult (as naive or ill conceived as it may
seem) while becoming a partner in exploring options for the future. Most of all, these
new adults must feel that they are respected and supported by a family that
appreciatesthem.
英语试题 . 12 . (共 14 页）PartC
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into
Chinese.YourtranslationshouldbewrittenclearlyonANSWER SHEET2.(10points)
The study of law has been recognized for centuries as a basic intellectual
discipline in European universities. However, only in recent years has it become a
feature of undergraduate programs in Canadian universities. (46) Traditionally, legal
learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather
than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person. Happily, the
older and more continental view of legal education is establishing itself in a number
of Canadian universities and some have even begun to offer undergraduate degrees in
law.
If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as part and parcel of a general
education, its aims and methods should appeal directly to journalism educators. Law
is a discipline which encourages responsible judgment. On the one hand, it provides
opportunities to analyze such ideas as justice, democracy and freedom. (47) On the
other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the
links journalists forge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news. For
example, notions of evidence and fact, of basic rights and public interest are at work
in the process of journalistic judgment and production just as in courts of law.
Sharpening judgment by absorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable component of
ajournalist’sintellectualpreparationfor hisorhercareer.
(48) But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly
than an ordinary citizen rests on an understanding of the established conventions and
special responsibilities of the news media. Politics or, more broadly, the functioning
of the state, is a major subject for journalists. The better informed they are about the
way the state works, the better their reporting will be. (49) In fact, it is difficult to see
how journalists who do not have a clear grasp of the basic features of the Canadian
Constitutioncandoacompetentjobonpoliticalstories.
Furthermore, the legal system and the events which occur within it are primary
subjects for journalists. While the quality of legal journalism varies greatly,there is an
undue reliance amongst many journalists on interpretations supplied to them by
lawyers. (50) While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is
preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their
own judgments. These can only come from a well-grounded understanding of the
legalsystem.
英语试题 . 13 . (共 14 页）Section III Writing
PartA
51.Directions:
Writealettertoyour universitylibrary,makingsuggestionsfor improvingits
service.
Youshouldwriteabout100wordsonANSWERSHEET2.
Donotsign yourownnameattheendoftheletter.Use“LiMing”instead.
Donotwritetheaddress.(10points)
PartB
52.Directions:
Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowing drawing. In your
essay,you should
1) describethedrawingbriefly,
2) explainitsintendedmeaning, andthen
3) supportyour viewwithanexample/examples.
YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWER SHEET2.(20points)
英语试题 . 14 . (共 14 页）
