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1、2007 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 本资料由考研加油站收集整理。更多考研资料，请访问 。 1 2007200720072007 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 考研加油站收集整理 http:/ Section I Use of EnglishSection I Use of EnglishSection I Use of EnglishSection I Use of English Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best
2、word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C， and D on ANSWER SHEET 1 （10 points） By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million 1 of these nations looked 2 to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism， man
3、y of the leaders of independence 3 the ideas of representative government， careers 4 to talent， freedom of commerce and trade， the 5 to private property， and a belief in the individual as the basis of society， 6 there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states， larg
4、e enough to be economically viable and integrated by a 7 set of laws. On the issue of 8 of religion and the position of the church， 9 ， there was less agreement 10 the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one 11 by the Spanish crown， 12 most leaders sought to mainta
5、in Catholicism 13 the official religion of the new states， some sought to end the 14 of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying 15 for the conservative forces. The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian， valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had receiv
6、ed aid from Haiti and had 16 in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spains 17 colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much 18 because the new nations still needed the revenue such po
7、licies 19 Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 self-rule and democracy. 1. A natives B inhabitants C peoples D individuals 2. A confusedly B cheerfully C worriedly D hopefully 3. A shared B forgot C attained D rejected 4. A related B close C open
8、 D devoted 5. A access B succession C right D return 6. A Presumably B Incidentally C Obviously D Generally 7. A unique B common C particular D typical 8. A freedom B origin C impact D reform 9. A therefore B however C indeed D moreover 10. A with B about C among D by 11. A allowed B preached C gran
9、ted D funded 12. A Since B If C Unless D While 13. A as B for C under D against 2007 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 本资料由考研加油站收集整理。更多考研资料，请访问 。 2 14. A spread B interference C exclusion D influence 15. A support B cry C plea D wish 16. A urged B intended C expected D promised 17. A controlling B former C remaining
10、 D original 18. A slower B faster C easier D tougher 19. A created B produced C contributed D preferred 20. A puzzled by B hostile to C pessimistic about D unprepared for Section II Reading ComprehensionSection II Reading ComprehensionSection II Reading ComprehensionSection II Reading Comprehension
11、Part APart APart APart 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 1Text 1Text 1Text 1 If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006s World Cup tournam
12、ent， you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk： elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earler months of the year than in the later months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks， you would find this strange phe
13、nomenon to be even more pronounced. What might account for this strange phenomenon？ Here are a few guesses： a） certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills. b） winter-born bathes tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina. c） soccer mad parents are more likely to
14、 conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania；d） none of the above. Anders Ericsson， a 58-year-old psychology professor at Florida State University， says he believes strongly in none of the above. Ericsson grew up in Sweden， and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he
15、 realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own research if he switched to psychology. His first experiment， nearly 30 years ago， involved memory： training a person to hear and then repeat a random series of numbers. With the first subject. after about 20 hours of training， his digit span had risen f
