1、2007年中国人民大学英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷及答案与解析 一、选择题 1 Ten years ago, Dr. Peter Molan and his colleagues at the University of Waikato in New Zealand were intrigued by several reports that confirmed the traditional Maori remedy of honey for dyspepsia and similar_of the stomach. （ A） disorders （ B） ulcers （ C） cance
2、r （ D） disease 2 To celebrate The Royal Ballets 75th anniversary, telegraph readers were offered an_invitation to a years membership of the Friends of Covent Garden for 60. （ A） extended （ B） exclusive （ C） extortionate （ D） extraneous 3 As a result of a diet which is heavy on fresh vegetables, brow
3、n rice, soy and delicately cooked fish, Japan has the lowest rate of_in the developed worldjust three per cent for men and women, compared with 23 per cent for women in Britain and 34 per cent for American women. （ A） fatness （ B） overweight （ C） obesity （ D） roundness 4 Chinese people are so used t
4、o having delicious food. It is not just for_its for everybody. （ A） tycoons （ B） elders （ C） gluttons （ D） gourmets 5 Parents_sending their children to Sinfin, Derby, would have read that standards had “risen significantly“ over the previous three years and that, thanks to improvements in teaching,
5、most pupils were now “at or just below the level expected of their age“. （ A） contemning （ B） contesting （ C） contemplating （ D） consulting 6 Two thirds of the top performing primary schools in England this year are Church of England or Roman Catholic_, which account for only a third of primary scho
6、ols overall. （ A） associations （ B） organizations （ C） foundations （ D） institutions 7 The Sony Play Station Portable looks and feels gorgeous. With its_and sophisticated lines, its the iPod of games machines, aimed as much at adults as teenagers. （ A） sleek （ B） sleazy （ C） sleety （ D） slick 8 From
7、 that year on, there was a_race between tabloid newspapers as to who could get their hands on the Christmas cards of the royal family first. （ A） crazy （ B） frenzied （ C） desperate （ D） terrible 9 Supermarkets promise to provide all we need in a low-price, one-stop shop, but they sell mediocre food,
8、 kill town centers and_our souls. （ A） undergird （ B） affect （ C） darken （ D） sap 10 The book started out as an attempt to_in human terms the consequences of our 30-year love affair with supermarkets, a desire to form picture of supermarkets from the bottom up and from many angles. （ A） catalogue （
9、B） catalyze （ C） catapult （ D） catenate 11 The EU welcomed 10 new members yesterday, among them small nations such as Latvia and Estonia. But what will their_do to the independence debate in Scotland? （ A） acceptance （ B） accessory （ C） accomplishment （ D） accession 12 Sheer energy and determination
10、 have propelled some of the smallest and most fragile economies on the European continent into accelerated growth and the_of democratic rights in order that they might participate as equals in the largest free grouping of nations in the world. （ A） insurance （ B） entrenchment （ C） protection （ D） pr
11、omise 13 Even more of a public relations own goal were the photographs of the unusual activities in which American military police indulged to while away the_of the late shift in the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. （ A） languors （ B） dragging （ C） longueurs （ D） loneliness 14 Tiffin, a British Raj w
12、ord for a snack or a light meal, was also a tasty chocolate bar with bits of biscuit and fruit which Frys used to make before it was_out of existence. （ A） thrown （ B） driven （ C） criticized （ D） rationalized 15 When I arrived in Aberdeen, I fell in love with the Doricthis linguistically_, witty and
13、 gritty dialect. （ A） gorgeous （ B） standard （ C） mature （ D） rational 16 As soon as you enter The Haars domain, past the_of the ships horns, the sound of waves crashing and seagulls screeching, and an image of a sailing ship being devoured by giant sea creature, you are given a compass and a choice
14、 of four directions: north, south, east or west. （ A） blow （ B） blast （ C） noise （ D） blare 17 His poor health_him to reign from his job. （ A） compelled （ B） treasured （ C） transplanted （ D） trimmed 18 The city is_of three sections, which are separated by rivers. （ A） upset （ B） valued （ C） composed
15、 （ D） ventured 19 The economy in this city was_ by the new investment from abroad. （ A） cancelled （ B） boomed （ C） buried （ D） crowded 20 There used to be an old city here, which was_under the river about 2,000 years ago. （ A） insulted （ B） insulated （ C） buried （ D） interrupted 二、完形填空 20 Read the f
16、ollowing passage. For each numbered blank choose one best answer from the four suggested choices. Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him. In a broader【 C1】 _,
17、Expressionism is one of the main【 C2】 _of art in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Its【 C3】 _subjective, personal self-expression is typical【 C4】 _a wide range of modern artists and art movements. More【 C5】_, Expressionism as a【 C6】 _style or movement refers to a number of German artists, as wel
18、l as Austrian, French ,and Russian ones, who became active in the years before World War I and remained so throughout【 C7】 _of the War period. The roots of the German Expressionist school【 C8】 _the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Edward Munch, and James Ensor, each of【 C9】 _in the period 1885-1900【 C10】
19、_a highly personal painting style. These artists used the expressive possibilities of color and line to【 C11】 _dramatic and emotional themes, to convey the qualities of fear, horror, etc. They broke【 C12】 _from the literal representation of nature in order to express more subjective outlooks or【 C13
20、】_of mind. The【 C14】 _of Expressionism was brought about by the vagueness of its longing【 C15】 _a better world, by its use of highly poetic language, and【 C16】 _the intensely personal and【 C17】 _nature of its mode of presentation. The partial re-establishment of stability in Germany after 1924 and t
21、he growth of more【 C18】 _political styles of social realism【 C19】 _the movements decline in the late 1920s. Expressionism was【 C20】 _killed by the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. 21 【 C1】 （ A） meaning （ B） range （ C） sense （ D） expression 22 【 C2】 （ A） tendencies （ B） inclinations （ C） currents
22、（ D） disciplines 23 【 C3】 （ A） highly （ B） vastly （ C） mostly （ D） much 24 【 C4】 （ A） about （ B） of （ C） within （ D） beyond 25 【 C5】 （ A） particularly （ B） specially （ C） importantly （ D） specifically 26 【 C6】 （ A） distinct （ B） universal （ C） coherent （ D） biased 27 【 C7】 （ A） length （ B） stretch （
23、 C） whole （ D） much 28 【 C8】 （ A） consisted of （ B） lay in （ C） referred to （ D） counted on 29 【 C9】 （ A） whom （ B） these （ C） them （ D） which 30 【 C10】 （ A） innovated （ B） developed （ C） adapted （ D） derived 31 【 C11】 （ A） draw （ B） display （ C） explore （ D） exploit. 32 【 C12】 （ A） out （ B） down （
24、C） off （ D） away 33 【 C13】 （ A） motives （ B） statuses （ C） states （ D） pains 34 【 C14】 （ A） climax （ B） decline （ C） rise （ D） demise 35 【 C15】 （ A） for （ B） to （ C） about （ D） into 36 【 C16】 （ A） in other words （ B） in general （ C） as a whole （ D） as usual 37 【 C17】 （ A） definite （ B） technical （ C
25、） artistic （ D） inaccessible 38 【 C18】 （ A） overly （ B） implicitly （ C） overtly （ D） largely 39 【 C19】 （ A） provoked （ B） quickened （ C） led to （ D） slowed down 40 【 C20】 （ A） definitively （ B） critically （ C） adequately （ D） invariably 三、阅读理解 40 I expect this course to open my eyes to story materia
26、l, to unleash my too dormant imagination, to develop that quality utterly lacking in my naturea sense of form. I do not expect to acquire much technique. I expect to be able to seize upon the significant, reject the trivial. I hope to acquire a greater love for humanity in all its forms. I have long
27、 wondered just what my strength was as a writer. I am often filled with tremendous enthusiasm for a subject, yet my writing about it will seem a sorry attempt. Above all, I possess a driving sinceritythat prime virtue of any creative worker. I write only what I believe to be the absolute trutheven i
28、f I must ruin the theme in so doing. In this respect I feel far superior to those glib people in my classes who often garner better grades than I do. They are so often pitiful frauds artificialinsincere. They have a line that works. They do not write from the depths of their hearts. Nothing of their
29、s was ever born of pain. Many an incoherent yet sincere piece of writing has outlived the polished product. I write only about people and things that I know thoroughly. Perhaps I have become a mere reporter, not a writer. Yet I feel that this is all my present abilities permit. I will open my eyes i
30、n my youth and store this raw living material. Age may bring the fire that molds experience into artistry. I have a genuine love of nature. It is not the least bit affected, but an integral and powerful part of my life. I know that Cooper is a fraudthat he doesnt give a true sense of the sublimity o
31、f American scenery. I know that Muir and Thoreau and Burroughs speak the truth. I can sense the moods of nature almost instinctively. Ever since I could walk, I have spent as much time as I could in the open. A perception of natureno matter how delicate, how subtle, how evanescentremains with me for
32、ever. I am influenced too much, perhaps, by natural objects. I seem bound by the very room Im in. Ive associated so long with prosaic people that Ive dwarfed myself spiritually. When I get alone under an open sky where man isnt too evidentthen Im tremendously exalted and a thousand vivid ideas and s
33、weet visions flood my consciousness. I think that I possess story material in abundance. I have had an unusual upbringing. I was let alone, thank God! My mother insisted upon two thingsthat I strive for perfection in whatever I did and that I always try to be a gentleman. I played with Italians, wit
34、h Russians, Poles, and the “sissies“ on Michigan Avenue. I was carefully watched, yet allowed to follow my own inclinations. I have seen a good deal of life that would never have been revealed to an older person. Up to the time I came to college then I had seen humanity in diverse forms. Now Im cram
35、ped and unhappy. I dont feel that these idiotic adolescents are worth writing about. In the summer, I turn animal and work for a few weeks in a factory. Then Im happy. My literary achievements have been insignificant. At fourteen, I made a speech which was translated into twenty-six languages and us
36、ed as Red Cross propaganda. When I was younger, it seemed that everything I wrote was eminently successful, I always won a prize when I entered an essay contest. In college, Ive been able to get only one “A“ in four rhetoric courses. I feel this keenly. If I cant write, what can I do? I wonder. When
37、 I was a freshman, I told Carlton Wells that I knew I could write whether he thought so or not. On my next theme he wrote “You can Write!“ How I have cherished that praise! It is bad form to talk about grades. I know. If I dont get an “A“ in this course, it wouldnt be because I havent tried. Ive mad
38、e a slow start. Im going to spend Christmas vacation writing. A “B“ symbolizes defeat to me. Ive been beaten too often. I do wish that we were allowed to keep our stories until we felt that we had worked them into the best possible form. I do not have the diving urge to write. There seems to be some
39、thing surging within a profound undercurrent of emotion. Yet there is none of that fertility of creation which distinguishes the real writer. Nevertheless, I have faith in myself. Im either going to be a good writer or a poor fool. 41 There are a number of paradoxical statements in the authors self-
40、analysis. Identify two of them and explain. 42 The author says “Many an incoherent yet sincere piece of writing has outlived the polished products.“(Paragraph 2)Explain and comment on the idea. 43 What things and people are regarded by the author to be the proper material for his writing? Explain. 4
41、4 Does the author think of himself as a talented writer? Why or why not? 44 The other day an acquaintance of mine, a gregarious and charming man, told me he had found himself unexpectedly alone in New York for an hour or two between appointments. He went to the Whitney and spent the “empty“ time loo
42、king at things in solitary bliss. For him it proved to be a shock nearly as great as falling in love to discover that he could enjoy himself so much alone. What had he been afraid of, I asked myself? That, suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no s
43、elf there to meet. But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure; he is about to be launched into his own inner space, space as immense, unexplored, and sometimes frightening as outer space to the astronaut. His every perception will come to him with a new freshness and, for a tim
44、e, seem startlingly original. For anyone who can see things for himself with a naked eye becomes, for a moment or two, something of a genius. With another human being present vision becomes double vision, inevitably. We are busy wondering, what does my companion see or think of this, and what do I t
45、hink of it? The original impact gets lost, or diffused. “Music I heard with you was more than music.“ Exactly and therefore music itself can only be heard alone. Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience. “Alone one is never lonely: the spirit adventu
46、res, walking in a quiet garden, in a cool house abiding single there.“ Loneliness is most acutely felt with other people, for with others, even with a lover sometimes, we suffer from our differences of taste, temperament and mood. Human intercourse often demands that we soften the edge of perception
47、, or withdraw at the very instant of personal truth for fear of hurting, or of being inappropriately present, which is to say naked, in a social situation. Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we are, and to feel whatever we feel absolutely. That is a great luxury! For me the most interesting t
48、hing about a solitary life, and mine has been that for the last twenty years, is that it becomes increasingly rewarding. When I can wake up and watch the sun rise over the ocean, as I do most days, and know that I have an entire day ahead, uninterrupted, in which to write a few pages, take a walk wi
49、th my dog, lie down in the afternoon for long think(why does one think better in horizontal position?), read and listen to music, I am flooded with happiness. I am lonely only when I am overtired, when I have worked too long without a break, when for the time being I feel empty and need filling up. And I am lonely sometimes when I come back home after
