1、 华侨大学 2016 年硕士研究生入学考试专业课试卷（答案必须写在答题纸上）招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 Part I Error Correction(10 points)Directions:In the following passage there are 10 mistakes,one in each numbered line.Read the passage and correct the mistakes.If you change a word,cross it out and write the substitute in the corre
2、sponding blank.If you add a word,put the insertion mark()in the right place and write the word you want to add in the blank.If you delete a word,cross it out and put a slash(/)in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.1._time_ Many of the arguments having use
3、d for the study of literature as a 2._/_ school subject are valid for study of television.3._the_ A.There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time.These places are usually in mountain 1._ areas,far away from modern cities.Even though,doctors,scientists,2._
4、 and public health experts often travel to these regions to solve the mystery of long,healthy life.In this way,the experts hope to 3._ bring to the modern world the secrets of longevity.B.In the course of the last four months it has been made probable though the work of Joliot in France as well as F
5、ermi and Szilard 4._ in America-that it may become possible to set a nuclear chain 5._ reaction in a large mass of uranium,by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated.Now it appear almost certain that this could be 6._ 共 18 页 第 1 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科
6、目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 achieved in the immediate future.This new phenomena would also lead to the construction of 7._ bombs,and it is concievable-though much less certain that 8._ extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed.A singular bomb of this type,carried by boat and exploded in a
7、 9._ port,might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory.However,such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by the air.10._ Part II Grammar(30 points)(I)There are ten sentences in this section.Beneath each sentence there are four words
8、 or phrases marked A,B,C,and D.Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.(10 points)1.Our vicar is always raising money _,but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.A.for one cause or other B.for one cause or another C.for one reason or cause D.fo
9、r one motivation or causation 2.The temple which the archaeologists _ was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C.until Roman times.A.explored B.deplored C.expended D.excoriated 3.If a satellite _ into orbit round Mars,scientists will be able to find out a great deal.A.one day can
10、be put B.cannot one day be put C.can one day be put D.can one day put 4.Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move _ are quite familiar to everybody.A.in reply to a wind gust B.in response to gust of wind C.in response to a gust of wind D.in a response to a gust of wind 5.In his
11、 day,Mendoza enjoyed _.He was adored _.A.tremendous popularity by rich and poor alike 共 18 页 第 2 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 B.tremendous popular by the rich and poor alike C.tremendously popular by both rich and poor D.tremendous popularity by rich and poor 6._ in a train for more than a few h
12、ours.A.Anyone can hardly positively enjoy sitting B.Hardly anyone can enjoy positively sitting C.Hardly anyone can positively enjoy to sit D.Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting 7.So great is our passion _ that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.A.about things do
13、ne for ourselves B.for done things for ourselves C.for doing things for ourselves D.in doing our own things 8.These attracted many visitors for they were not only of great architectural interest,but contained _ as well.A.a large amount of beautifully preserved frescoes B.a large number of beautifull
14、y preserved frescoes C.a large quantity of beautiful preserved frescos D.a lot of beautifully preserved frescos 9._,whose farm was low lying and who were newcomers to the district.A.We were,however,worried about our nearest neighbours B.However we were worried for our nearest neighbours C.We,however
15、,were worried about our nearest neighbours D.We,however,worried about our most near neighbors 10.Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society._;everything would be in a state of chaos.A.Otherwise,nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion B.Without it,nothing coul
16、d ever be brought to a conclusion C.With unpunctuality,nothing ever could reach a conclusion D.Unpunctually,simply nothing could ever be concluded 共 18 页 第 3 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 （II）There are ten sentences in this section.Each sentence has four parts underlined.The four underlined parts
17、 are marked A,B,C,and D.Identify the one underlined part that is wrong.(10 points)1.People tend to mass possessions,at times without being aware of doing so.A B C D 2.As she is not rich,the chance that she will ever be able to afford such purchases are remote;A B C D but she is never sufficiently st
18、rong-minded to be able to stop the practice.3.I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps,which I found A B most helpful on the cross country journey,but that I did not think I should need on the last C D stage.4.We welcome the seasons by the river-side,crowning the y
19、oungest girl with flowers in the A B spring,holding a summer festival on Midsummer Eve,giving thanks to the harvest in the C D autumn,and throwing a holly wreath into the current in the winter.5.The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil servants,collectors can A B make
20、mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving for the public.C D 6.He investigates complaints large and small that come to him from all levels of society.As A B complaints must be made in writing,the Ombudsman receives average of 1200 letters a year.C D 7.Aunt Hariet could find
21、words to praise Bessies industry and efficiency.In addition to all her A other qualifications,Bessie was an expert cook.She acted the role of the perfect servant for B C 共 18 页 第 4 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 three years before aunt Harriet discovered her little weakness.D 8.They had a little d
22、ifficulty in finding it,but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious A B C problem.The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.D 9.They have abandoned the idea of signing Elano after concluding that the Braz
23、il playmaker is A B out of their price range.From an economical point of view,it doesnt seem a feasible C operation,said the interpreter Massimo Moratti.D 10.The two moves were designed to deflect widespread accusations that Pakistani authorities A B were covering up evidence relating to the assassi
24、nation and were trying to push aside the C D elections even further.(III)Rewrite the sentences as required without altering their meanings.（10 points）1.It is no use crying over the spilt milk,you have got to start all over again.Use because.2.As we bumped over the dusty track,we swerved to avoid lar
25、ge boulders.Use ing adverbial in the beginning.共 18 页 第 5 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 3.The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight,dramatically illustrates the power of the press.Use the the power of the press in the beginning.4.The local authorities discussed the possi
26、bility of erecting a quint museum to satisfy the curiosity of the public and to protect the family from inquisitive tourists.Use direct speech.5.After her departure,aunt Harriet discovered that there were piles of empty wine bottles of all shapes and sizes neatly stacked in what had once been Bessie
27、s wardrobe.Use a simple sentence to replace it without changing its meaning.6.At the same time,the study found that an inability to pardon can raise a persons risk of heart disease and mental illness.Paraphrase it,making it understandable to middle school students.7.In their 2002 quantitative study,
28、The influence of crowd noise and experience upon refereeing decisions in football,for the Psychology of Sport and Exercise,an official journal of the European Federation of Sports Psychology,Alan M.Nevill,Nigel J.Balmer and A.Mark Williams established that the noise of the crowd influenced referees
29、to favour the home team.Use no more than ten words to say the same idea.8.I cannot open the door.Begin by the door,making your sentence genuine/natural English.Or in other words,you can use the middle voice.9.Tony Leung has played many inscrutable parts in his time,but the deep menace he generates s
30、imply by being well-dressed and polite is precisely why this film is such a gripping watch.Begin with the second clause,without the word but.10.The key difference in the second phase is a reduction of between 5 per cent and 10 per cent in the emissions permits granted.Begin by we see as.共 18 页 第 6 页
31、 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 Part III Reading Comprehension（50 points）Directions:There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by four questions or incomplete statements.For each question or statement,there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D.Choose only ONE that best answers the que
32、stion or finishes the incomplete statement.Passage 1 van Goghs painting today little resembles the way it looked more than a hundred years ago when it was first completed.The“chrome yellow”(铬黄)pigment that figures(突出)heavily in his famous Sunflowers was,at the time,a vibrant,brilliant color in keepi
33、ng with van Goghs more typically lurid(绚丽的)color schemes.But over time it faded to the lusterless(无光泽的)brown-yellow that it is today,transforming the overall feeling of the work.As for the thickness of the paint,that can be explained at least in part as symptomatic(表明的)not of impulsiveness but of th
34、e artists foresightful(有远见的)awareness that some of the pigments he was using might not stand the test of time because they had only recently been developed by the fledgling(新兴的)chemical industry.One might as well“lay them on crudely”,he wrote in a letter to his brother,because“time will tone them do
35、wn only too much”.(tone down:降低)As the science writer Philip Ball makes clear in his new book Bright Earth:Art and the Invention of Color;without a knowledge of the history,composition,and cultural conventions of painterly color,much can elude even the most observant and otherwise well-informed art
36、critic.Inseparable from the story of art,he argues,is the story of the development of artistic color.Ball traces this development from the surprisingly sophisticated scientific capabilities of the ancient Egyptians who created such pigments as Egyptian blue(from limestone,copper,and sand)and pale ye
37、llow(from lead oxide and chemically transformed minerals)to the 共 18 页 第 7 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 secret alchemical(炼金术的)color recipes of the Middle Ages,the advent of oil painting in the Renaissance,the rise of the chemical industry,the birth of photography,and the dawn of the digital age
38、.The range of available artistic color,he emphasizes,plays a far greater role in the choices an artist makes than is often recognized.In some cases,the sheer difficulty of creating a particular dye or pigment has given a color an aura(氛围)of mystique or sacredness.The Virgin Mary,for example,was ofte
39、n depicted wearing a deep blue robe in medieval paintings,not because she was believed to have actually worn such a garment,but because the extremely complex and time-consuming process of deriving ultramarine blue(深蓝色)from the rare stone lapis lazuli rendered the color off limits from all but the mo
40、st precious of subjects.Indeed,the use of ultramarine or gold,Ball explains,“does not simply imply a wish to show piety by lavishing(慷慨地施与)expense but reveals the hope that the supernatural potency(效力)of the work will thereby be enhanced.”As a scientist with a background in chemistry and physics,Bal
41、l has an in-depth comprehension of the dynamics of the substances he describes and of the scientific processes that affect how we perceive them.His explanations are thorough enough that one comes away from the book not only with a broad sense of how science and art intersect(相交、融合),but also with spe
42、cific knowledge about light wavelengths,color chemistry,film and printing technology,and the mathematical rules governing digital color.1.All of the following are true of van Goghs Sunflowers EXCEPT _.A.it was painted with a brilliant color B.its paint has lost much of the gloss C.its paint has thin
43、ned dramatically D.it was painted with newly-developed paint 2.Philip Ball would like art critics to _.A.be observant 共 18 页 第 8 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 B.be well-informed C.be familiar with artistic color D.have knowledge in chemistry and physics 3.The author mentions the Virgin Mary in or
44、der to illustrate that _.A.the process of deriving color is complex B.different artists have different tastes for color C.ultramarine blue is often used to show piety D.a color can be invested with a particular quality 4.Philip Balls book is filled with _.A.easy-to-understand language B.scientific k
45、nowledge C.humor D.philosophical theories 5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.Styles of van Goghs paintings B.Art and Invention of Color C.Painting and Film Industry D.Painting and Chemistry Passage 2 “History is written by the victors.”The famous phrase reverberates through
46、out the halls of history,constantly reminding us to take all that we learn with a grain of salt,knowing that the information provided for our dissemination was provided,shaped and influenced by those left to hold the pen that recorded it.In that respect,one of the worst crimes against history is the
47、 revision of it,the altering of the record of the past so as to reflect the viewpoint of a biased group who stand to benefit from the altered version.By revising the lens by which history is judged,valuable information is lost,to the.共 18 页 第 9 页 招生专业 英语语言文学 科目名称 英语综合 科目代码 762 detriment of both stud
48、ents of the field as well as the awareness that comes from experience.Without an accurately recorded account to serve as a guiding light,nations and societies are left to stumble their way about their affairs,ignorant of what has and hasnt worked before,and unaware of what past events shaped and det
49、ermined their present situation.Such dismal situations emerge from simple pride,as well as the desire of the revisionists to depict themselves in a better light to posterity or to cover up an embarrassing legacy,no matter the cost to the future.Recent attempts by nations involved in the second World
50、 War to minimize or erase altogether certain shameful incidents from their history textbooks has been met with international outrage and protest,and rightly so.By allowing future generations to forget or never ever learn about how their ancestors stumbled on the path to progress,the experiences of t
