1、2007年对外经济贸易大学英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：222.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、选择题(总题数：15，分数：30.00)1.Correction of the students aberrant pronunciation is a continual, on-going process, not something reserved for lessons or exercises in pronunciation.（分数：2.00）A.habitualB.familiarC.conventionalD.nonstandard2.Since examples
2、can be adduced to support almost any argument, and a set of cases can be plundered to provide examples for whatever argument one happens to be pressing, testing a theory requires more than the marshaling of striking examples or the stringing together of case studies.（分数：2.00）A.cited, appropriatedB.m
3、ade up, introducedC.set, stolenD.presented, displayed3.The way we use our bodies when communicating indicates how we perceive our power, authority, and position in relation to the person we are communicating with.（分数：2.00）A.make use ofB.judgeC.manipulateD.realize4.Even more to the point, many studie
4、s have shown that poor readers are just as likely as good ones to rely on prior knowledge in deciphering texts, and that the use of this top-down strategy is not the hallmark of good reading in every situation.（分数：2.00）A.understanding, causeB.reading, wayC.processing, purposeD.comprehending, charact
5、eristic5.AMD has capitalized on Intels difficulties in recent years to emerge as its first really credible rival.（分数：2.00）A.taken advantage ofB.run intoC.avoidedD.got out of6.Look out for long, rambling sentences, pompous words and phrases, and roundabout constructions which can be made terser .（分数：
6、2.00）A.better organizedB.ore simplisticC.brieferD.easier7.As receivers of information, we all frequently have to wade through pages of historical introduction or other irrelevant material in search of information that is new and interesting.（分数：2.00）A.fly throughB.labor away overC.turn overD.handle8
7、.By comparing the vocabulary scores with their observations of each childs home life, they were able to conclude that the size of each childs vocabulary correlated most closely to one simple factor: the number of words the parents spoke to the child.（分数：2.00）A.was responsiveB.was sensitiveC.was esse
8、ntialD.was connected9.The market for processor chips is now a two-horse race, and Intel and AMD will probably alternate in technical leadership, suggests Nathan Brookwood of Insight 64 a research firm.（分数：2.00）A.take turnsB.get overC.concedeD.stumble10.The pope upset two large sections of Turkish so
9、ciety with a lecture on September 12th which he quoted a Byzantine emperor who suggested that Islam had engendered nothing but violence.（分数：2.00）A.resistedB.withheldC.causedD.endured11._Americans groan about high taxes, most accept that it would be unethical not to pay the taxes owed.（分数：2.00）A.Whil
10、eB.IfC.WhereverD.Provided12.Technically, negotiation occurs between people who are interdependent,_that the actions of one party affect those of the other party and vice versa.（分数：2.00）A.as meansB.to meanC.that meansD.meaning13.False conflict, also known as illusory conflict, occurs when people beli
11、eve that their interests are incompatible with the other partys interests_, in fact, they are not.（分数：2.00）A.whetherB.butC.whenD.for14.The hindsight bias refers to a pervasive human tendency for people to be remarkable adept at inferring a process_the outcome is known but be unable to predict outcom
12、es_only the processes and precipitating events are known.（分数：2.00）A.although, ifB.once, whenC.when, in caseD.where, for15.In the next few weeks consumer spending will increase by 7% in America,_with last year, according to a consumer survey by Deloitte, a consultancy.（分数：2.00）A.comparingB.comparedC.
13、to compareD.having compared二、完形填空(总题数：1，分数：50.00)Complete the text by choosing one word from the box below for each blank marked 1 to 25. Change the form of the word where necessary. （分数：50.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）_(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）_(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）_(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）_(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）_(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）
14、_(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）_(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）_(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）_(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）_(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）_(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）_(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）_(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）_(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）_(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）_(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）_(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）_(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）_(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）_(21).【C21】（分数：2.00）_(22).
15、【C22】（分数：2.00）_(23).【C23】（分数：2.00）_(24).【C24】（分数：2.00）_(25).【C25】（分数：2.00）_三、选词填空(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Complete the text by choosing one sentence from the box below for each blank marked 1 to 6.（分数：12.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、填空题(总题数：1，分数：20.00)In this section, there are 10 sentences
16、 with idiomatic usage. Fill in the gap of each sentence with an appropriate word. The first letter of the word is given as a hint.(10 points)（分数：20.00）(1).There is no(1_)lost between Tom and Marythey still dislike each other.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Lots of companies got(h 1)on the idea of contracting ou
17、t. They feel enthusiastic about letting outside personnel and organizations do part of their routine work.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Im not(h_)some secret grudge against my boss.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).The fact that people find change difficult is taken as(g_).（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).The future of the company(h 1)
18、in the balance, no one can predict with certainty what will happen.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).The show has been playing to(p_)audiences since it opened.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).After the boats motor failed, they were at the(m)of the weather.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).Its only a trifle, but hes trying to make a mountai
19、n out of a(m_)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).The old man has no children of his own, so his property will be left to his, next of(k_)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).The team needs some encouragement to win the game, so the captain gave the players a(p 1) talk.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_翻译In this section, you will read 10 sentences
20、with idiomatic expressions underlined. Explain in your own words what these expressions mean.(10 points)（分数：20.00）(1).The father of the house is killing the fatted calf in anticipation of his son.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).This old man is wearing sackcloth and ashes after the sad event.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).
21、There has been a sea change in peoples attitude towards sex over the last decade.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).His hat has seen better days but he wont buy a new one.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).The fragile man seems to be a ghost of his former self .（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).Further economic decline set in during the 1930s
22、.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).I dont think the plan is as cut and dried as people think.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).The dilapidated factory is an eyesore amid the hew villas for the wealthy.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).This young man is too puffed up with his clout.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).Chriss success is all down to his wife,
23、 at least she thinks so.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_六、阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：90.00)In each numbered line of the following passage, there is an extra word. Identify the word and write it down on your Answer Sheet. You need not look for any error in the unnumbered line.(10 points) We are offered a key to the character of
24、Socrates by the wonderful【R1】phenomenon about which he calls his daemon. In exceptional circumstances,【R2】when his gigantic intellect begins to fail in him, he receives a secure support【R3】in the utterances of a divine voice which manifests itself up at such moments.【R4】This voice, whenever so it co
25、mes, always dissuades. In this utterly abnormal【R5】nature instinctive wisdom not only appears in order to hinder here and there the【R6】progress of conscious perception. Whereas in all productive men who it is【R7】instinct that is the creatively affirmative force, and consciousness in that acts【R8】cri
26、tically and dissuasivery; with Socrates it is instinct that which becomes critic,【R9】and consciousness of that becomes creatora perfect monstrosity per defectum!【R10】And we do indeed observe here upon a monstrous defectus of all mystical aptitude so that Socrates might be called.（分数：20.00）(1).【R1】（分
27、数：2.00）_(2).【R2】（分数：2.00）_(3).【R3】（分数：2.00）_(4).【R4】（分数：2.00）_(5).【R5】（分数：2.00）_(6).【R6】（分数：2.00）_(7).【R7】（分数：2.00）_(8).【R8】（分数：2.00）_(9).【R9】（分数：2.00）_(10).【R10】（分数：2.00）_In each numbered line of the following passage, there is an extra word. Identify the word and write it down on your Answer Sheet
28、. You need not look for any error in the unnumbered line.(10 points) One of the technical means which the modern employer uses in order to【R11】secure to the greatest possible amount of work from his men is the device of【R12】piece-rates. In agriculture, for instance, the gathering up of the harvest i
29、s a case,【R13】where to the greatest possible intensity of labour is called for, since, the weather【R14】being uncertain, the difference between high profit and the heavy loss may【R15】depend on the speed with which on the harvesting can be done. Hence a system【R16】of piece-rates is being almost univer
30、sal in this case. And since the interest of the【R17】employer in that a speeding-up of harvesting increases with the increase of the【R18】results and the intensity of the work, the attempt which has again and again been【R19】made, by increasing the piece-rates of the workmen, thereby giving them up【R20
31、】an opportunity to earn more what is for them a very high wage, to interest them in increasing their own efficiency.（分数：20.00）(1).【R11】（分数：2.00）_(2).【R12】（分数：2.00）_(3).【R13】（分数：2.00）_(4).【R14】（分数：2.00）_(5).【R15】（分数：2.00）_(6).【R16】（分数：2.00）_(7).【R17】（分数：2.00）_(8).【R18】（分数：2.00）_(9).【R19】（分数：2.00）_(10
32、).【R20】（分数：2.00）_Read the following passage and then compeleted the sentences that follow by filling in the blanks with appropriate information from the text. You may have to use words that summarize the meaning of some portions of the text or spell the word with the initial letter given.(15 points)
33、 However, plays change their meaning over time. The elements that modern audiences find most disturbing in The Merchant of Venice would probably not have bothered the average Elizabethan theatergoer, while conversely, Elizabethans would have been aware of social and religious nuances that may be los
34、t on us. Particularly troubling to modern critics is Shylocks enforced conversion: to the modern sensibility its difficult to reconcile Portias fine words about charity with the courts subsequent denial of the Jews right to the religion that is the very core of his ethnic identity. This is unlikely to have bothered Elizabethan theatergoers. Compared with the fate that was meted out to Catholic heretics like Edmund Campion, Shylocks sentence is lenient. Moreover, conversion of the Jews to Christianity was such a central, and proverbial, part of sixteenth-century apocalyptic that its unlike
