2009年工商管理硕士专业学位研究生入学全国联考
英语试题
Section I Vocabulary and Structure (10%)
Direction: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
1. The poor lady was too and distressed to talk about the tragedy. A. engaged B. exhausted C. ignorant D. energetic 2. At first , the famous painting doesn't impress the audience at all. A. glance B. gaze C. stare D. view
3. Delegates agree to the plan in , but there were some details they didn't approve. A. discipline B. theory C. principle D. nature
4. I took the medicine 10minutes ago, but the bitterness is still in my mouth. A. scattering B. felling C. maintaining D. lingering
5. Since the of human history, human beings have been asking questions like \essence of life.\
A. dusk B. dust C. twinkle C. Dawn
6. The eldest son all the family members to discuss how to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents.
A. Clustered B. resembled C. assembled D. rendered 7. I must leave now. , if you want that book I'LL bring it you tomorrow. A. Accidentally B. Incidentally C. Occasionally D. Subsequently 8. My mother is a light sleeper, to any sound even as low as the humming of mosquito. A. alert B. acute C. keen D. immune
9. The newly built factory is in urgent need of a number of skilled and workers. A. consistent B. conscious C. confidential D. conscientious 10. As an outstanding scholar, he has become to the research team.
A. senior B. junior C. indispensable C. independent 11. Sixteen days after the earthquake, 40people, in their village, were rescued. A. trapped B. confined C. enclosed D. captured
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12. Working far away from home, Jerry had to from downtown to his office everyday. A. wanders B. commute C. ramble D. motion 13. The finance minister has not been so since he raised taxes to an unbearable level. A. famous B. favorable C. popular D. preferable
14. It is unimaginable for someone in such a high in the government to behave so badly in public.
A. situation B. position C. profession D. appointment 15. Information given to employees must be , clear and in easy-to-follow language. A．convenient B．continuous C．constant D．concise 16. John was very upset because he was by the police with breaking the law. A. sentenced B. arrested C. accused D. charged 17. David likes country life and has decided farming.
A. go in for B. go back on C. go along with D. go through with 18. Jennifer has never really her son's death. It's very hard to accept the face that she'll never have a child.
A. come to terms with B. come up against C. come out with D. come down to 19. A national debate is now about whether we should replace golden weeks with paid Vacations.
A. in the way B. by the way C. under way D. out of the way 20. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people and asks them questions. A. at ease B. at random C. in essence D. in sum Section Ⅱ Cloze (10 points)
Directions：For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A,
B, C, and D. Choose the best one and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.
In1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had 21 the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge 22 from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread 23 in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria's delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have 24 the economic and political map of the world, 25 some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities, 26 major
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importers—including China and India, home to a third of the world's population -- 27 rising economic and social costs.
Managing this new order is fast becoming a central 28 of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to 29 scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, 30 how unpleasant, to do it.
In many poor nations with oil, the profits are being, lost to corruption, 31 these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments, 32 some in the west see as a new threat.
Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil 33 , a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits, 34 costs, from higher prices. Consider Germany. 35 it imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia 36 128 percent from 2001 to 2006. In the United States, as already high gas prices rose 37 higher in the spring of 2008, the issue cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama 38 for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits began to 39 , as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems 40 the country reported a sharp increase in riders.
21. A. come B. gone C. crossed D. arrived 22. A. covered B. discovered C. arranged D. ranged 23. A. intensity B. infinity C. insecurity D. instability 24. A. drawn 25. A. fighting 26. A. and 27. A. confine
B. redrawn C. retained D. reviewed B. struggling C. challenging D. threatening B. while C. thus D. though B. conflict C. conform D. confront
28. A. problem B. question C. matter D. event 29. A. look for B. lock up C. send out D. keep off 30. A. no matter B. what if C. only if D. in spite of 31. A. abolishing B. depriving C. destroying D. eliminating 32. A. what B. that C. which D. whom 33. A. interests B. taxes C. incomes D. revenues
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