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中国海洋大学外国语学院命题专用纸共 7 页 第 7 页 （答题纸与命题纸的页数分别填写）Part 1. CLOZE (20 points)Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet. A growing amount of research shows a pessimistic (1) _can take a huge toll (2) _ your health. This may be because pessimists are not as (3) _ as optimists at handling stress, which (4) _the immune system and causes other health problems, (5) _ high blood pressure. Optimists (6) _situations with more confidence, (7) _events seem less threatening and stressful. And in situations where stress is (8) _, positive thinkers also have stronger (9) _ methods. Looking at the bright side may also (10) _ a longer life. Researchers have found that those who were pessimists had a 19 percent increased risk of death. Studies of HIV patients have (11) _ found that the health of optimists doesnt (12) _ as rapidly. (13)_ even a (14) _ negativist can change. To start, experts recommend using a trick called creative accounting. Keep a mental checklist of all the good things (15) _happen to you. Simply focusing on the positive can (16) _ your mood. You can also try to avoid (17) _ comparison. There will always be someone prettier or wealthier, but constantly comparing yourself to them will leave you (18) _ sown and envious. Finally, (19) _ how your mod affects your outlook. Optimists know that if they are in good (20) _, their day-to-day experiences and interactions are more positive. So see if you can muster a smile. The result might be a happier and healthier you.1. A. outlook B. prospect C. idea D. thought2. A. in B. at C. to D. of 3. A. eager B. industrious C. good D. sensible4. A. duties B. taxes C. imposes D. influences5. A. and B. as C. such as D. as such6. A. go into B. get out of C. go in for D. go beyond7. A. though B. because C. so D. but8. A. indispensable B. inexhaustible C. unavoidable D. unenviable9. A. applying B. coping C. employing D. deductive 10 A. lead to B. guide to C. direct to D. take to 11.A. however B. on the contrary C. on the other hand D. also12. A. descend B. decline C. decrease D. reduce13. A. Fortunately B. Unfortunately C. In a word D. In other words14. A. confirmable B. confirmative C. confirmatory D. confirmed15. A. which B. what C. that D. as16. A. change B. boost C. spoil D. pluck17. A. upward B. downward C. up D. down18. A. felt B. being felt C. to feel D. feeling19. A. suppose B. acknowledge C. recognize D. ensure20. A. morale B. morales C. spirit D. spiritsPart 2. GRAMMER & VOCABULARY (60 points) There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one words or phrase that best completes the sentence Mark your answers on your answer sheet.21. They _ when it _.A. hardly started, began to rain. B. had hardly started, had begun to rain. C. had hardly started, began to rain D. hardly started, had begun to rain.22. The national flag is _ now. A. being risen B. being raised C. raising D. arisen23. Joes honesty is _ question and we trust him. A. being risen B. being raised C. raising D. arisen24. It was _ day t stay outside. A. too a nice B. too nice a C. a too nice D. too nice the 25. How _ such a thing! A. can be there B. ca there be C. may be D. may there be 26. My grandmas state of health has changed _ recently. A. for the good B. for good C. for better D. for the better27. Everybody appreciates _ a holiday after a year of hard work. A. having B. to have C. had D. have28. This is a _ chair. A. brown new Chinese wooden beautiful B. beautiful new brown Chinese wooden C. Chinese beautiful new brown wooden D. wooden new beautiful Chinese brown29. Time _, well go out climbing the mountain. A. is given B. will be given C. given D. should be given30. In order to succeed in a scientific research _. A. one needs be persistent B. one needs to be persistent C. persistence is needed D. persistence is what one needs31. Peter handles the computer with care for fear that it _ damaged. A. was B. was to be C. might be D. had been32. Language belongs t everyone in the world, to the professor _ to the beggar. A. the same as B. as many as C. as much as D. also33. It is imperative that you _ the term paper next Tuesday. A. can finish B. finish C. shall finish D. will finish34. He is my best friend, my second self, _. A. as it is B. as it was C. as it were D. as it be 35. The technique of recording, classifying, and _ is known as accounting. A. as enterprises transactions summary B. the summarizing of an enterprises transaction C. transactions of an enterprise are summarized D. summarizing the transactions of an enterprise36. Her father tried to _ some pressure on her to marry a person who could carry on the familys business. A. bring B. employ C. bear D .exert37. By now he has reached the _ of his ambitions. A. superiority B. resolution C. summit D. procedure38. These seats are _ for old and sick people. A. conserved B. deserved C. preserved D. reserved39. The phone has rung so often today that it is becoming a/an _. A .interruption B. frustration C. distress D. nuisance40. This new type of plant has a/a _ , bulb-shaped stem, though not very delicious. A. oval B. edible C. reliable D. available41. She was so _ for the knowledge that she had taught herself all the courses before she went to college.A .grave B. greedy C. anxious D. worried42. He is acting as _ while the manager is away on business. A .agency B. policy C. deputy D. college43. Its our _ that the new economic policy will bring great prosperity to this company. A .confidence B. conviction C. recommendation D. insurance44. Over 350 million people speak English as their _ language. A .native B. mother C. female D. national45. The tourist said that the animal belonged to a _ that he hadnt seen before. A .species B. specimen C. spectrum D. sample46. Mother told me that the most important thing of choosing a piece of cloth is its _. A .style B. texture C. textile D. content47. The actress _ the terms of her contract and was sued by the producer. A .isolated B. signed C. implemented D. violated48. Im afraid I _ forgot her birthday. A .pure B. right C. sheer D. clean49. Its not easy to find a solution to the countrys labor _. A .decline B. vacancy C. rarity D. shortage50. Im sure that I can soon _ him into accepting our plan. A .say B. speak C. talk D. tellPart 3. RADING COMPREHENSION (20 points)In this section there are several passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT A How may really suffer as a result of labor market problems? This is one of the most critical ye contentious social policy questions. In man ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship. Unemployment does not have the same consequences today as it did in the 1930s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, went income and earnings were usually much closer the margin of substance, and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing I the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage lever, the overwhelming majority are from multiple earners, relatively affluent families. Most of the counted b the poverty statistics are the elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an accurate indicator of labor market pathologies. Yet there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship. The unemployment counts exclude the millions of fully employed workers whose wages are so low that their families remain in poverty. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently interact to undermine the capacity for self-support. Since the number experiencing joblessness at some time during the year is several times the number unemployed in any month, those who suffer as a result of forced idleness can equal or exceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the jobless in any month really suffer. For every person counted in the monthly unemployment tallies, there is another working part-time because of the inability to find full-time work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a job. Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled, and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so tat the dramatic expansion of cash and in kind transfers does not necessarily mea that those failing in the labor market are adequately protected. As a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether high levels of joblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by job creation and economic stimulus. There is only one area of agreement in his debate _ that the existing poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inadequate for one of their primary applications, measuring the consequences of labor market problems.51. What does the “labor market problems” refer to? A. The overall causes of poverty. B. Deficiencies in the training of the work force. C. Trade relationships among producers of goods. D. Shortage of jobs providing adequate income.52. The author contrasts the 1930s with the resent in order to show that _. A. more people were employed in the 1930s B. social programs are more needed now. C. unemployment mow has less severe effects D. now there is a greater proportion53. The authors purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a ear is most probably to show that _. A. there are several factors that cause the payment o low wages to some members of the labor force B. unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship the poor workers suffer C. recurrent unemployment in the labor market can cause hardships for individual workers D. a majority of those who are jobless at any time does not suffer severe hardship54. According to the passage, one factor that causes our society to overestimate the degree of economic hardship is the _. A. recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low-wage workers B. fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages. C. establishment of a system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics. D. prevalence of secondary earners among low-wage workers and the unemployed TEXT B With or magnificent new colleges of further education, the super-polytechnics spring up like mushrooms, and our much vaunted increase of students in full- time education, one vital point is being left out of educational thinking. What will it earn? Because_ sad as it may seem to those who believe in its mind-broadening, horizon-widening and stamina-testing qualities_ you cant eat education. There are 39 universities and colleges offering degree courses in Geography, but I have never seen any good jobs for Geography graduates advertised. Or am I alone in suspecting that they will all return to teach Geography to another set of students, who in turn will teach more Geography undergraduate? Only ten universities currently offer degree courses in Aeronautical Engineering, which perhaps is just as well, in view of the speed with which the aircraft industry has been dispensing with excess personnel. On the other hand, hospital casualty departments throughout the country are having close down because of the lack of doctors. The reason? University medical schools can only fond places for half of those who apply. It seems to me that the time is ripe for the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department o Education and Science to get together with the universities and produce a revised educational system that will make a more economic use of the wealth of talent, application and industry currently being fitted away on certificates, diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know about. They might make a start by reintroducing a genuine “General” Certificate of Education. In the days when it meant something, this was called the School certificate. Employers liked it, because it indicated proficiency I English, Arithmetic, science and Humanities_ in other words, that you had an all-round education. You could use it as a spring board to higher education, but it actually meant something in itself, in itself, in ever industry from chemical to clothing.55. The usefulness of Geography courses is restricted mainly because _. A. there are no good jobs for Geography graduates advertised B. Geography graduates can only be teachers C. Geography graduates are not allowed to do the jobs related to Geography D. Geography graduates are not qualified for many jobs due to the poor training they received in school56. In contrast with the aircraft industry, hospitals_. A. are full of qualified personnel B. have more qualified personnel than schools. C. need more qualified personnel than they can get D. need fewer personnel than other organizations57. “Industry” (line 4, Para. 3) means_.A. business B. hard workC. trade D. educational system58. What does the author mean by “no one wants to know about” ( Line 5 , Para. 3)? A. No one knows about them. B. No one has the idea of the use of them. C. There is no interest in or demand for them. D. There is no use in knowing about them.TEXT C Prior to the event of September 11, the Bush administration had started to chart a clear-cut course in South Asia. In this new foreign policy calculus, India, the largest, most powerful economically dynamic, politically stable, ad strategically significant state in the region was destined to emerge as a linchpin. Such a shift was possible because unlike a range of other American administrations, both during and after the Cold war, the George W. Bush regime had finally decided that Pakistan could no longer exercise a veto on American relations with India. Such a decision was also made possible because of Pakistans steady downward economic spiral, the presence of a Pakistani military dictatorship in a democratizing Asia and also because of Pakistans extensive strategic links with the loathsome Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Few American interests, it appeared, were implicated in that country. Simultaneously, India, which had almost reflexively opposed virtually any major American foreign policy, initiatively appeared to be changing its orientation. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led regime in India was demonstrating a degree of intellectual flexibility that few regimes in India had ever displayed. Specifically, the BJP-led regime had expressed cautious support for the Bush administrations decision to amend the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty ad move toward dramatic cuts in the American nuclear arsenal. Admittedly, the India endorsement of the American position was any thing but fulsome. Nevertheless, even this limited embrace of an otherwise controversial American strategic shift was quite significant. At another level, unlike many previous regimes, the BJP-led government appeared much more inclined to broaden and deepen military to-military contacts with the United States, even areas of disagreement in Indo-U.S relations such as those dealing with trade and investment regimes no longer appeared as acrimoniousness. 59. The word “linchpin” in the first paragraph means _A. a kind of animal in South Asia B. something vitally importantC. the dominating power D. an ally60. From the first paragraph, we can infer that _. A. India and Pakistan had been closely cooperating with each other in the past few years B. India had enjoyed a more preferable position than Pakistan with American politicians since the 197-sC. George Bush followed the same foreign policy as other American administrations in South Asia D. American had been reluctant to develop constructive relations with India out of consideration for Pakistan.61. The BJP-led government_ A. Is inclined to broaden and deepen military contest with the US B. caused embarrassment or the Americans when they made controversial strategic shift C. supported the bush administrations decision to amend the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. D. is against the Bush administrati