青岛大学2017年硕士研究生入学考试试题
科目代码：622科目名称：基础英语（2）（共9页）请考生写明题号，将答案全部答在答题纸上，答在试卷上无效Part I.Cloze(20points) Directions:there are20blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You must choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Music comes in many forms;most countries have a style of their own.1 the turn of the century when jazz was born,America had no prominent2of its own.No one knows exactly when jazz was3,or by whom.But it began to be4in the early1900s.Jazz is Americas contribution to5music.In contrast to classical music,which6formal European traditions,jazz is spontaneous and free form.It bubbles with energy,7the moods,interests, and emotions of the people.In the1920s jazz8like America,and9 it does today.The10of this music are as interesting as the music
11.American Negroes,or blacks,as they are called today,were the jazz
12.They were brought to Southern States13slaves.They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long14.When a Negro died his friend and relatives15a procession to carry the body to the cemete
ry.In New Orleans,a band often accompanied the16.On the way to the cemetery the band played slow,solemn music suited to the occasion.17on the way home the mood changed.Spirits lifted.Death had removed one of their18, but the living were glad to be alive.The band played19music,improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes20at the funeral.This music made everyone want to dance.It was an early form of jazz.
1. A.By B.At C.In D.On
2. A.music B.song C.melody D.style
3. A.discovered B.acted C.invented D.designed
4. A.noticed B.found C.listened D.heard
5. A.classical B.sacred C.popular D.light
6. A.forms B.follows C.approaches D.introduces
7. A.expressing B.explaining C.exposing D.illustrating
8. A.appeared B.felt C.seemed D.sounded
9. A.as B.so C.either D.neither
igins B.originals C.discoveries D.resources
ned B.itself C.available D.oneself
12.A.players B.followers C.fans D.pioneers
13.A.for B.as C.with D.by
hs B.weeks C.hours D.times
15.A.demonstrated Bposed C.hosted D.formed
16.A.demonstration B.procession C.body D.march
17.A.Even B.Therefore C.Furthermore D.But
18. A.number B.members C.body D.relations
19. A.sad B.solemn C.happy D.funeral
20. A.whistled B.sung C.presented D.showed
Part II.Error Correction(10points)
Directions:the passage contains TEN errors.Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error.In each case,only ONE word is involved.You should proofread the passage and correct it in a right way.
For a wrong word,underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.For a missing word,mark the position of the missing word with a“∧”sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessary word,cross out the unnecessary word with a slash“/”and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of
hunting behavior.Viewing biologically,the modern 1.________ footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting
pack.His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football
and his prey into a goal-mouth.If his aim
is inaccurate and he scores a goal, 2.________ enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey. 3.________ To understand how this transformation has
taken place we must briefly look up at 4.________ our ancient ancestors.They spent over a
million year evolving as co-operative hunters. 5.________ Their very survival depended on success
in the hunting-field.Under this pressure
Their whole way of life,even if their bodies 6.________ became radically changed.
They became chasers,runners,jumpers,aimers,
throwers and prey-killers.They co-operate7.________ as skillful male-group attackers.
Then,about ten thousand years ago,
When this immensely long formative period8.________
of hunting for food,they became farmers.
Their improved intelligence,so vital to their
old hunting life,were put to a new use,that9.________ is,penning,controlling and domesticating their prey.
The food was there on the farms,awaiting
their needs.The risks and uncertainties of farming10.________ were no longer essential for survival.
Part III.Reading Comprehension(30points)
Directions:there are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
Passage1
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States.Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power,women were not considered an important force in history.Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century,Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution,and Abigail Adams penn
ed important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband,John,the second President of the United States.But little or no notice was taken of these contributions.During these centuries,women remained invisible in history books.
Throughout the nineteenth century,this lack of visibility continued,despite the efforts of female authors writing about women.These writers,like most of their male counterparts,were amateur historians.Their writings were celebratory in nature,and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century,however,certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged.National, regional,and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence,newspaper clippings,and souvenirs were saved and stored.These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at RadclifféCollege,and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.
Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century,most
of the writing about women conformed to the"great women"theory of history,just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on"great men."To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life,female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies,or else important women produced their autobiographies.Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers,activists working for women's right to vote,or authors,and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman.The lives of ordinary people continued,generally,to be untold in the American histories being published.
1.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A)The role of literature in early American histories
B)The place of American women in written histories
C)The keen sense of history shown by American women
D)The"great women"approach to history used by American historians
2.The word"contemporary"in line6means that the history was
A)informative
B)written at that time
C)thoughtful
D)faultfinding
3.In the first paragraph,Bradstreet,Warren,and Adams are mentioned to show that
A)a woman's status was changed by marriage
B)even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C)only three women were able to get their writing published
D)poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
4.In the second paragraph,what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?
A)They put too much emphasis on daily activities
B)They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C)The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D)They were printed on poor-quality paper.
5.In the last paragraph,the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century"great women"EXCEPT
A)authors
B)reformers
C)activists for women's rights
D)politicians
Passage2
Every fall,like clockwork,Linda Krentz of Beaverton,Oregon,felt her brain go on strike.“I just couldn’t get going in the morning,”she says.“I’d get depressed and gain10pounds every winter and lose them again in the spring.”Then she read about seasonal affective disorder,a form of depression that occurs
in fall and winter, and she saw the light—literally.Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sits in front of it to trick her brain into thinking it’s still enjoying those long summer days.It seems to work.
Krentz is not alone.Scientists estimate that10million Americans suffer from seasonal depression and25million more develop milder versions.But there’s never been definitive proof that treatment with very bright lights makes a difference.After all,it’s hard to do a double-blind test when the subjects can see for themselves whether or not the light is on.That’s why nobody has ever separated the real effects of light therapy from placebo(安慰剂)effects.
Until now,in three separate studies published last month,researchers report not only that light therapy works better than a placebo but that treatment is usually more effective in the early morning than in the evening.In two of the groups,the placebo problem was resolved by telling patients they were comparing light boxes to a new anti-depressant device that emits negatively charged ions.The third used the timing of light therapy as the control.
Why does light therapy work?No one really knows.“Our research suggests it has something to do with shifting the body’s internal clock,”says psychiatrist Dr. Lewey.The body is programmed to start th
e day with sunrise,he explains,and this gets later as the days get shorter.But why such subtle shifts make some people depressed and not others is a mystery.
jumper2
That hasn’t stopped thousands of winter depressives from trying to heal themselves.Light boxes for that purpose are available without a doctor’s prescription.That bothers psychologist Michael Terman of Columbia University.He is worried that the boxes may be tried by patients who suffer from mental illness that can’t be treated with light.Terman has developed a questionnaire to help determine whether expert care is needed.
In any event,you should choose a reputable manufacturer.Whatever product you use should emit only visible light,because ultraviolet light damages the eyes.If you are photosensitive,you may develop a rash.Otherwise,the main drawback is having to sit in front of the light for30to60minutes in the morning.That’s an inconvenience many winter depressives can live with.
1.What is the probable cause of Krentz’s problem?
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