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1、好学好职网校：第 1 页 共 47 页2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWERANSWER SHEETSHEET 1 1. (10 points)The homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas pop
2、ulation. homelessness has reached such proportions that 大1家 local governments cant possibly . To help homeless people 大2家independence, the federal government must support job training 大3家 programs, the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.大4家everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are
3、 homeless. 大5家 Estimates anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. the figure 大6家大7家 may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is . One of the federal governments studies 大8家大9家 that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Find
4、ing ways to this growing homeless population has 大10家 become increasingly difficult. when homeless individuals 大11家 manage to find a that will give them three meals a day and a 大12家 place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day the street. Part of the problem is that many h
5、omeless 大13家 adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others, not 大14家 addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday skills 大15家 needed to turn their lives . Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy 大16家 notes that the situat
6、ion will improve only when there are 大17家 programs that address the many needs of the homeless. Edward 大18家 Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, it, “There has to be of programs. 大19家大20家 Whats needed is a package deal.”1.A IndeedB LikewiseC ThereforeD Furth
7、ermore2.A standB cope好学好职网校：第 2 页 共 47 页C approveD retain3.A inB forC withD toward4.A raiseB addC takeD keep5.A generallyB almostC hardlyD not6.A coverB changeC rangeD differ7.A Now thatB AlthoughC ProvidedD Except that8.A inflatingB expandingC increasingD extending9.A predictsB displaysC provesD di
8、scovers10. A assist好学好职网校：第 3 页 共 47 页B trackC sustainD dismiss11. A HenceB ButC EvenD Only12. A lodgingB shelterC dwellingD house13. A searchingB strollingC crowdingD wandering14. A whenB onceC whileD whereas15. A lifeB existenceC survivalD maintenance16. A aroundB overC onD up17. A complexB compre
9、hensiveC complementaryD compensating好学好职网校：第 4 页 共 47 页18. A SoB SinceC AsD Thus19. A putsB interpretsC assumesD makes20. A supervisionB manipulationC regulationD coordinationSectionSection IIII ReadingReading ComprehensionComprehensionPartPart A ADirections:Directions:Read the following four texts.
10、 Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWERANSWER SHEETSHEET 1 1. (40 points)TextText 1 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and disc
11、ourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th- century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeabl
12、e elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether
13、elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; 好学好职网校：第 5 页 共 47 页in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 ye
14、ars prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation - language, home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most comm
15、on countries of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate
