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1、.专业.专注.2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections：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)Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either o
2、n the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories 1 on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior 2 they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through 3 with others. Theories focusing on the
3、role of society suggest that children commit crimes in 4 to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, 5 as a rejection of middle-class values. Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, _ 6 the fact that children from wealthy homes also
4、commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes 7 lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are 8 to criticism. Changes in the social structure may indirectly 9 juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that 10 to fewer job opportunities for youth and ri
5、sing unemployment 11 make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in 12 lead more youths into criminal behavior.Families have also 13 changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; 14 ，children are likely to have
6、less supervision at home 15 was common in the traditional family 16 . This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other _17_ causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased _ 18 _ of drugs and alcohol, and the growing 19 o
7、f child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, 20 a direct causal relationship has not yet been established. 1. A acting B relying C centering D commenting2. A before B unless C until D because3. A interaction B assimilati
8、on C cooperation D consultation4. A return B reply C reference D response5. A or B but rather C but D or else6. A considering B ignoring C highlighting D discarding7. A on B in C for D with8. A immune B resistant C sensitive D subject9. A affect B reduce C chock D reflect10. A point B lead C come D
9、amount11. A in general B on average C by contrast D at length12. A case B short C turn D essence13. A survived B noticed C undertaken D experienced14.A contrarily B consequently C similarly D simultaneously15. A than B that C which D as 16. A system B structure C concept D heritage17. A assessable B
10、 identifiable C negligible D incredible18. A expense B restriction C allocation D availability19. A incidence B awareness C exposure D popularity20. A provided B since C although D supposing Section II Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below e
11、ach text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent”. Its an i
12、nteractive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an open
13、ing. “I struck gold,” says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can he time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility,” says one expert. For any job search, you should start with
