全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题节选
全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题节选一
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)
What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live 1 competing interests.Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take 2 over pizza.Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade.And the 3 of your romantic interest may have other options。
In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and 4 consideration to our point of view.When we persuade, we want to influence 5 others believe and behave.We may not always prevailother points of view may be more persuasive, 6 on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case.But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to 7 that our position receives the attention it deserves。
Some people, however, 8 to the very idea of persuasion.They may regard it as an unwelcome intrusion 9 their lives or as a manipulation or domination.10 , we believe that persuasion is 11to live is to persuade.Persuasion may be ethical or unethical, selfless or selfish, 12 or degrading.Persuaders may enlighten our minds or 13 on our vulnerability.Ethical persuasion, however, calls 14 sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners.Such persuasion can help us 15 the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make.16, an essential part of education is learning to 17 the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and {范文之家提[http://www.fwJIa.cOM (本文来自，转载请保留此标记。)practise the other。
18 its personal importance to us, persuasion is essential to society.The 19 to persuade and be persuaded is the foundation of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment 20 the Constitution。
1. [A] on [B] among [C] for [D] by
2 [A] priority [B] advantage [C] control [D] place
3. [A] objection [B] projection [C] project [D] object
4. [A] unbiased [B] unprejudiced [C] favorable [D] favorite
5. [A] what [B] which [C] why [D] how
6.[A] living[B] depending[C] resting[D] insisting
7.[A] ensure[B] assure[C] insure[D] reassure
8.[A] agree[B] object[C] confront[D] consent
9.[A] onto[B] of[C] to[D] into
10.[A] In contrast[B] In particular[C] For instance[D] As a result
11.[A] prominent[B] invariable[C] evident[D] inevitable
12.[A] embarrassing[B] inspiring[C] upgrading[D] innovating
13.[A] prey[B] rest[C] put[D] fall
14.[A] for[B] up[C] off[D] on
15.[A] apply[B] contribute[C] transfer[D] connect
16.[A] However[B] Conversely[C] Furthermore[D] Therefore
17.[A] resist[B] perform[C] insist[D] restrain
18.[A] Beyond[B] Except[C] Including[D] Excluding
19.[A] power[B] authority[C] ability[D] right
20.[A] to[B] for[C] on[D] in
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)
Text1
I’ve never met a human worth cloning, says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M University。It’s a stupid endeavor。 That’s an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13yearold dog named Missy.So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon.They just might succeed in cloning Missy later this yearor perhaps not for another five years.It seems the reproductive system of man’s best friend is one of the mysteriesof modern science。
Westhusin’s experience with cloning animals leaves him vexed by all this talk of human cloning.In three years of work on the Missyplicity project, using hundreds upon hundreds of canine eggs, the A&M team has produced only a dozen or so embryos carrying Missy’s DNA.None have survived the transfer to a surrogate mother.The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses may be acceptable when you’re dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans。Cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dangerous, he says。
Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff.Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusin’s phone at A&M College of Veterinary Medicine has been ringing busily.Cost is no obstacle for customers like Missy’s mysterious owner, who wishes to remain unknown to protect his privacy.He’s plopped down $3.7 million so far to fund the research because he wants a twin to carry on Missy’s fine qualities after she dies.But he knows her clone may not have her temperament.In a statement of purpose, Missy’s owners and the A&M team say they are both looking forward to studying the ways that her clone differs from Missy。
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