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2018 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语

(一) 考前冲刺试卷

5 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Many young people go to university without clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards. If a student goes to a university to

1 a broader perspective, to enlarge h is ideas and to learn to think

2 himself, he will undoubtedly

3 . Schools often have too restricting an atmosphere and

4 to allow a student much time for independent assessment of his work. Students should have longer time to decide the subjects they want to

5 for their degrees, so

6 in later life they do not look back and say I should like to have been an architect. If I had not taken a

7 in M odern Languages, I should not have ended

8 with the job as an interpreter,

9 it'

s so late. Another question is how to make the best

10 of one'

s time at university. This is the case of the student who excels

11 a particular branch of learning. He is i mmediately

12 to the university of his choice, and spends his four years becoming sp ecialized in this field, finally

13 with a first-class Honor Degree, but very little know ledge of what the

14 of the world is all about. It

15 becomes more and more important that if students are not to waste their o pportunities, there will have to be

16 detailed information about courses and more ad vice. Only in this way can we be sure that we are not to have, on the one hand, a

17 of specialists

18 of anything

19 their own subject, or on the other hand ever-i ncreasing number of graduates qualified in subject for which there is little or no

20 i n the working world. 1.[A] acquire [B]require [C]gain [D]demand 2. [A]of [B]on [C]in [D]for 3. [A]profit [B]benefit [C]undermine [D]impair 4. [A]limitations [B]disciplines [C]requirements [D]punishments 5. [A] choose [B]prove [C]assist [D]grant 6. [A]which [B]whereas [C] that [D]what 7. [A]degree [B]class [C]part [D]interest 8. [A]in [B]up [C]with [D]towards 9. [A]so [B] thus [C] but [D] and 10. [A] fun [B] much [C] nothing [D]use 11. [A]in [B]at [C]on [D]off 12. [A]tested [B]admitted [C]enrolled [D]noticed 13. [A]surviving [B]emerging [C]immersing [D]accommodating 14. [A]rest [B]outside [C]part [D]section 15. [A]therefore [B] however [C]while [D]like 16. [A]many [B]less [C] little [D] more 17. [A]couple 18.[A] fond [B]chain [B]ignorant [C]series [C] true [D]band [D]afraid 19. [A]above [B] below [C]beyond [D]over 20. [A]demand [B]request [C]requirement [D]claim 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) Text

1 Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters. Everything changed in

1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun, pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news, thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience. The penny press, followed by radio and television, turned news from a two-way conversation into a one-way broadcast, with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media. Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house. The Internet is making news more participatory, social and diverse, reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass media. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between