2002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题和解析 下载本文

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2002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

Section I Listening Comprehension 全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 (二)

Section II Use of English

Directions: (10 points)

Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 大21家. As was discussed before, it was not 大22家 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic 大23家, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 大24家 of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution 大25家 up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading 大26家 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures 大27家 the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in 大28家. It is important to do so.

It is generally recognized, 大29家, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, 大30家 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 大31家 its impact on the media was not immediately 大32家. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as 大33家, with display becoming sharper and storage 大34家 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 大35家 generations, with the distance between generations much 大36家.

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It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the 大37家 within which we now live. The communications revolution has 大38家 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 大39家 views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed 大40家 “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

21. [A] between [B] before [C] since [D] later

22. [A] after [B] by [C] during [D] until

23. [A] means [B] method [C] medium [D] measure

24. [A] process [B] company [C] light [D] form

25. [A] gathered [B] speeded [C] worked [D] picked

26. [A] on [B] out [C] over [D] off

27. [A] of [B] for [C] beyond [D] into

28. [A] concept [B] dimension [C] effect [D] perspective

29. [A] indeed [B] hence [C] however [D] therefore

30. [A] brought [B] followed [C] stimulated [D] characterized

31. [A] unless [B] since [C] lest [D] although

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32. [A] apparent [B] desirable [C] negative [D] plausible

33. [A] institutional [B] universal [C] fundamental [D] instrumental

34. [A] ability [B] capability [C] capacity [D] faculty

35. [A] by means of [B] in terms of [C] with regard to [D] in line with

36. [A] deeper [B] fewer [C] nearer [D] smaller

37. [A] context [B] range [C] scope [D] territory

38. [A] regarded [B] impressed [C] influenced [D] effected

39. [A] competitive [B] controversial [C] distracting [D] irrational

40. [A] above [B] upon [C] against [D] with

Section III 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)

Text 1

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience

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