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考研真题杭州师范大学综合英语(一)2013

Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (within 5 words)


正确答案:
saying hello to each other / greeting each other / saying hello


__________ speaking, I would say that about100 people attended the exhibit.

A. Roughly

B. Rough

C. About

D. On


参考答案:A


What can we conclude from the recent study?

A. People think highly of science.

B. People hold mixed opinions about science.

C. Science is getting dangerously out of control.

D. Science is used for both good and bad purposes.


正确答案:B


People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house.These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years:“I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,”the woman said,“because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had.”The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and


正确答案:B


Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 8 words)

_________________________________________________________________


正确答案:

No family dinner can benefit./Family dinner may not benefit.


杭 州 师 范 大 学 硕 士 研 究 生 入 学 考 试 命题 纸PAGE 2013 年 考试科目代码 718 考试科目名称 综合英语(一) (本考试科目共 NUMPAGES 12页,第 PAGE 12 页)杭 州 师 范 大 学 2013 年招收攻读硕士研究生入学考试题 考试科目代码: 718 考试科目名称: 综合英语(一) 说明:考生答题时一律写在答题纸上,否则漏批责任自负。I. Cloze(每小题1分,共20分)Fill in the blanks with proper words (The first letter is given).We live in a society where there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say that there are not 5 percent of the people who are e (1) with schooling, college included, to understand s (2) reasoning. We are more ignorant of science t (3) people with comparable education in Western Europe. There are a lot of kids who know e (4) about computershow to build them, how to take them a (5) , and how to w (6) programs for games. But if you ask them to e (7) the principles of physics that have gone into creating the c (8) , they dont have the faintest i (9) . The f (10) to understand science leads to such things as the neglect of human creative p (11) . It also gives r (12) to blurring of the distinction between science and technology. Lots of people dont d (13) between the two. Science is the production of new k (14) which can be applied or not, and t (15) is the a (16) of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the l (17) . The two are really very different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have the faculty for the o (18) . Science in itself is harmless, more or l (19). But as soon as it can provide technology, it is not necessarily h (20) . No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.II. Reading Comprehension. (每小题2分,共40分)Read the following five texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D.Text AParents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends and regard it as a slur on their own cooking, or cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let the teenagers see that they are annoyed. They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some unpleasant remark about the friends parents. Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behavior on the part of the adults deeply shocks the teenagers, and makes them decide that in future they will not talk to their parents about the places or people they visit. Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is so secretive and never tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves.Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable. Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can hardly 、hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility (一贯正确), and how much this faith means to a child. If parents were prepared for this teen-aged reaction, 、and realized that it was a sign that the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent judgment, they would not be so hurt, and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it.The teenager, with his passion for sincerity, always

Passage Three

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.

In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all—whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they consider "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.

But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and secondly, we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work, or to scorn someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.

44. Education is______.

A. a purpose

B. a means

C. fashionable

D. the first system


正确答案:B
44.答案为B  此题为细节题。本文主要探讨教育问题。第一句就是主题句,给出了教育的定义。所以答案在第一段的第一句:Education is not an endbut a means to an end


Honey, would you like to have a talk with me?().

A. Talk with you? What for?

B. I'm not interested in the talk.

C. About the situations we are having these days.


参考答案:C


It's very interesting to study names of different countries.Chinese names are different (1) foreign names.Once an English lady came to visit me.When I was introduced to her she said, “ Glad to meet you, Miss Ping.” Then she gave me her name card with three words on it:"Betty J.Black.So I said, “Thank you, Miss Betty.” We looked at each other and laughed heartily.Later I found that the English people (2)their family names last and the given names first, while their middle names are not used very much.I explained to her that the Chinese family name comes first, the given name last, so she(3) never call me Miss Ping.She asked if we Chinese had a middle name.I told her we didn't.but people may often find three words

on a Chinese name card.In this case the family name still come first, and the other words after it(4)a two-word given name.it is quite usual in China.My sister is Li Xiaofang.She has two words in her given name instead (5) just one like mine.(完型填空)

A.Put

B.From

C.Should

D.of

E.are


答案:B A C E D 

解析:本段意思:研究不同国家的名称是非常有趣的。中国人的名字不同于外国人的名字。有一次,一位英国女士来看我。当我被介绍给她时,她说:“很高兴认识你,萍小姐。然后她给了我她的名片,上面有三个字:“贝蒂·j·布莱克。”所以我说:“谢谢你,贝蒂小姐。我们面面相觑,开怀大笑。后来我发现英国人把姓放在最后,名放在前面,中间的名字用得不多。我向她解释中国姓在前,名在后,所以她永远不要叫我萍小姐。她问我们中国人有没有中间名。我告诉她我们没有。但是人们经常会在一张中文名片上发现三个字。在这种情况下,姓仍然在前面,在它后面的其他单词是两个单词组成的名字。这在中国很常见。我妹妹是李小芳。她有两个字在她的名字,而不像我一样只有一个。



We should not talk about other people’s ______ life.

A、private

B、individual

C、own

D、specific


参考答案:A


One of the few things you ___ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.

A. need B. must C. shouldD. can


正确答案:D

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考题 CYou speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.61. People communicate ________.A.with words only B.in many different waysC.in letters and drawings D.with smiles, tears and hands正确答案:B

考题 共用题干 第一篇If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long, would you take it?The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories. Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.This seems a great idea. Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own."Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking,"says Dr Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan,"The question is what we will get as a society?I suspect it won't be a better society."It would certainly be a very different society. People are already finding it more difficult to stay married. Divorce rates are rising. What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years? And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time?Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer. And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart. We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice. That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer. That would give us the benefits of age一skill,wisdom and good judgment.On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs. It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job. Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult. And how easily would a 25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-old boss?Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.And society would feel very different if more of its members were older. There would be more wisdom,but less energy.Young people like to move about. Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to experience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less enthusiastic about everything.The effect of anti-ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now."If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."An important feature of a society in which people live a long life is that________.A:it places more emphasis on educating the youngB:it is both wise and energeticC:it lacks the curiosity to experiment what is newD:it welcomes changes答案:C解析:文章详细描述了长寿使我们能够做到的事,选项A、C、D都提到了,仅有选项B,即“长寿可以让人更多地接受教育”没有提到,因此选B。文章第五段提到“现在人们已经觉得维持婚姻很困难”,这暗示了人们目前的婚姻关系已经十分脆弱、不稳定。因此选项A是正确的。文章第八段讲到了寿命延长、退休推迟可能带来的种种问题,但并没有提到雇主需要更多的钱来支付员工的工资。因此选择B项。文章第九段和第十段详细描述了人们长寿的话会出现的社会问题。选项中仅有C项的表述是正确的。最后一段中提到Callahan认为在搞清楚长寿社会会给我们带来哪些问题之前,最好不要急着搞杭衰老的技术,由此可见他对此是持保留的观点。

考题 共用题干 Who Want to Live Forever?If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own."Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now."If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out." Which of the following best describes Callahan's attitude to anti一ageing technology?A:Optimistic. B:Pessimistic.C:Reserved. D:Negative.答案:C解析:由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

考题 We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes?are about people."Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?When I got that great job,did Jim really feel good about it,as a friend?Or did he envy my luck?"When we look back,doubts?like these can make us feel bad.But when we look back,it′s too late. Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies?Sometimes what people say hides their?real meaning.And if we don′t really listen closely we miss the feeling behind the words.Suppose?someone tells you,"You′re a lucky dog."That′s being friendly.But"lucky dog"?There′s a bit?of envy in those words.Maybe he doesn′t see it himself.But bringing in the"dog"puts you down a?little.What he may be saying is that he doesn′t think you deserve your luck. "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for"is another noise that says one thing and?means another.It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole.But is be?Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn′t important.It′s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven′t got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone′s words?One way is to take a good look at?the person talking.Do his words fit the way he looks?Does what he says agree with the tone of?voice?His posture?The look in his eyes?Stop and think.The minute you spend thinking about the?real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.According to the author′,the reason why we go wrong about our friends is thatA.we fail to listen carefully when they talk B.people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say C.people usually state one thing but mean another D.we tend to doubt What.our friends say答案:C解析:【考情点拨】推理判断题。【应试指导】由第二段第二句及第三段首句可知,有时人们所说的话掩饰了其真实含义,而且言不由衷。故选C。

考题 共用题干 Who Want to Live Forever?If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own."Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now."If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out." Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?A:Marriages in the US today are quite unstable.B:More and more people in the US today want to get married.C:Living longer would make it easier for people to maintain their marital ties.D:If people live longer,they would stay in marriage longer.答案:A解析:由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

考题 问答题Practice 11  ● Read this part of a letter from John Biggs, who is the president of a business club.  As President of the Clifton Business Club, I would like to invite you to speak at our annual dinner on 5 July. The dinner which starts at 7.30 pm, will be held at the Mayflower Restaurant, Clifton.  I hope that you are able to accept the invitation and would be grateful if you could give me the subject of your talk, so that I can include it on the invitations to our members.  I look forward to receiving your reply as soon as possible.  ● Write a letter to Mr. Biggs:  ● accepting the invitation  ● telling him the subject of your talk  ● asking how long the talk should be  ● enquiring whether accommodation will be arranged for you.  ● Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.  ● Do not include postal addresses.正确答案:【参考范文】Dear Mr. Biggs: Thank you for your letter and I am writing to accept your invitation. The topic I am going to talk about is the new economy. I would like to know how long the talk will last, in order that I can prepare it. In view of accommodation, I would be very grateful if you could help me with booking. Thank you for your invitation again. I look forward to seeing you soon.Yours sincerelyCelia Silva解析:暂无解析

考题 问答题We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would   1.______say that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with schooling,including college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant ofscience than people with comparable education in Western Europe.           ?2.______There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers — how tobuild them, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So    ? ? 3.______if you ask them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into   ? ?4.______creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea.             ? ? 5.______  The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of   ? ?6.______human creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between   ? 7.______science and technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the 8.______production of new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is theapplication of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or thelike. The two are really very different, and people who have the faculty for onevery seldom have a faculty for the others.                      ?9.______Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can providetechnology, it is not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast   10.______the consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.正确答案:1.将which改为where或在which前加in。 此处需要一个状语从句,而不是which引导的定语从句。2.√3.将so改为but/however/nevertheless。 根据上下文可知这里是转折关系,而不是顺承关系。4.去掉about。 explain是及物动词,可以直接加宾语。5.将you改为they。 此处的先行词是the kids。6.将like改为as。such as 是固定搭配,“比如,例如”。7.将takes改为gives。 give rise to是固定搭配,表示“引起,导致”之意。8.将differ改为distinguish。 differ表示“有区别”,这里要用distinguish,表示“区分,找出……的差别”。9.将others改为other。 he other和上文的one构成固定搭配,表示在两者中“一个……;另外一个……”。10.将harmful改为harmless。 这里是双重否定表肯定,若用harmful则意义相反,不能与上文形成对比关系。解析:暂无解析