2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
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)
Teachers need to be aware of the emotional, intellectual, and physical changes that young adults experience. And they also need to give serious 1 to how they can best 2 such changes. Growing bodies need movement and 3 , but not just in ways that emphasize competition. 4 they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges, teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the 5 that comes from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are 6 by others. However, the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much competition that it would be 7 to plan activities in which there are more winners than losers, 8 ，publishing newsletters with many student-written book reviews, 9 student artwork, and sponsoring book discussion clubs. A variety of small clubs can provide 10 opportunities for leadership, as well as for practice in successful 11 dynamics. Making friends is extremely important to teenagers, and many shy students need the 12 of some kind of organization with a supportive adult 13 visible in the background.
In these activities, it is important to remember that the young teens have 14 attention spans. A variety of activities should be organized 15 participants can remain active as long as they want and then go on to 16 else without feeling guilty and without letting the other participants 17 . This does not mean that adults must accept irresponsibility. 18 they can help students acquire a sense of commitment by 19 for roles that are within their 20 and their attention spans and by having clearly stated rules.
1. [A] thought [B] idea [C] opinion [D] advice 2. [A] strengthen [B] accommodate [C] stimulate [D] enhance 3. [A] care [B] nutrition [C] exercise [D] leisure 4. [A] If [B] Although [C] Whereas [D] Because 5. [A] assistance [B] guidance [C] confidence [D] tolerance 6. [A] claimed [B] admired [C] ignored [D] surpassed 7. [A] improper [B] risky [C] fair [D] wise
8. [A] in effect [B] as a result [C] for example [D] in a sense 9. [A] displaying [B] describing [C] creating [D] exchanging 10. [A] durable [B] excessive [C] surplus [D] multiple 11. [A] group [B] individual [C] personnel [D]
corporation
12. [A] consent [B] insurance [C] admission [D] security 13. [A] particularly [B] barely [C] definitely [D] rarely 14. [A] similar [B] long [C] different [D] short 15. [A] if only [B] now that [C] so that [D] even if 16. [A] everything [B] anything [C] nothing [D] something 17. [A] off [B] down [C] out [D] alone 18. [A] On the contrary [B] On the average [C] On the whole [D] On the other hand 19. [A] making [B] standing [C] planning [D] taking 20. [A] capability [B] responsibility [C] proficiency [D] efficiency
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)
Text 1
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Inter net. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War Ⅱ and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage—spying as a “profession.” These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well.
The latest revolution isn’t simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen’s e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it “open source intelligence,” and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions，whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
Among the firms making the biggest splash in the new world is Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International. Many of its predictions are available online at president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection
and distribution, a spymaster’s dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. “As soon as that report runs, we’ll suddenly get 500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, a former political science professor. “And we’ll hear back from some of them.” Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That’s where Straitford earns its keep.
Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm’s outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice.
21. The emergence of the Net has .
[A] received support from fans like Donovan [B] remolded the intelligence services [C] restored many common pastimes [D] revived spying as a profession
22. Donovan’s story is mentioned in the text to .
[A] introduce the topic of online spying [B] show how he fought for the US
[C] give an episode of the information war [D] honor his unique services to the CIA
23. The phrase “making the biggest splash” (line 1,paragraph 3) most probably
means .
[A] causing the biggest trouble [B] exerting the greatest effort [C] achieving the greatest success [D] enjoying the widest popularity
24. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that .
[A] straitford’s prediction about Ukraine has proved true [B] straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its information [C] straitford’s business is characterized by unpredictability [D] straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information 25. Straitford is most proud of its .
[A] official status [B] nonconformist image [C] efficient staff [D] military background
Text 2
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To paraphrase 18-century statesman Edmund Burke, “all that is needed for the