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1、2004 上海交大考博英语真题上海交大考博英语真题 客观题部分 II. Vocabulary (10 points) Part A (5 points) 1. International sport should create goodwill between the nations, but in the present organization of the Olympics somehow encourages_ patriotism. A. obsolete B. aggressive C. harmonious D. amiable 2. One call understand ot
2、hers much better by noting the immediate and fleeting reactions of their eyes and _ to expressed thoughts. A. dilemmas B. countenances C. concessions D. junctions 3. People innately _ for superiority over their peers although it sometimes takes the form of an exaggerated lust for power. A. strive B.
3、 ascertain C. justify D. adhere 4.Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of, zoo or wild life for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them. A. conservation B. maintenance C. storage D. reserve
4、 5. According to the latest report, consumer confidence_ a breathtaking 15 points .last month, to its lowest level in 9 years. A. soared B. mutated C. plummeted D. fluctuated 6. Melissa is a computer_ that destroyed files in computers and frustrated thousands of users around the world. A. genius B.
5、virus C. disease D. bacteria 7. The emphasis on examinations is by far the worst form of competition in schools. A. negligent B. edible C. fabulous D. disproportionate 8. The boy seemed more _ to their poverty, after seeing how his grandparents lived. A. reconciled B. consolidated C. deteriorated D.
6、 attributed 9. During his two-month stay, in China, Tom never_ a chance to practice his Chinese. A. passed on B. passed up C. passed by D. passed out 10. When a person dies, his debts must be paid before his _ can be distributed. A. paradoxes B. legacies C. platitudes D. analog in Part B (5 points)
7、11. He claims that advertising today tends to portray women in traditional roles such as cooking or taking care of the baby. A. depict B. advocate D; criticize D. analyze 12,. They achieved more than they had eye dreamed, lending a magic to their family story that no tale or ordinary life could poss
8、ibly rival. A. confirm B. achieve C.match D exaggerate 13. The most urgent thing is to find a dump. for those toxic_ industrial wastes. A. imminent B. recyclable C. smelly D. poisonous 14. British Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the electorate that guns would nor be fired without an attempt to wi
9、n a further U.N. sanction. A. allies B. delegates C. voters D. juries 15. The analysis suggests that the tradeoff between our :childrens college and our own retirement security is ,chilling. A. frightening B. promising C. freezing D. revealing 16. Their signing of the treaty was regarded as a conspi
10、racy against the British Crown. A. secret plan B. bold attack C. clever design D. joint effort 17. Evidence, reference, and foments by the thousand testify to a scrupulous researcher who does considerable justice to a full range of different beneficial and political positions. A. trustworthy B. inte
11、lligent C. diligent D. meticulous 18. Despite their Spartan, isolated lifestyle, them are no stories of women being raped or wanton violence against civilians in the region. A. intriguing B. exasperating: C. demonstrative D. unprovoked 19. The gang derived their nickname from their dark clothing and
12、 blacked up faces for .nocturnal raids in the forest. A. illegal B. night-time C, brutal D. abusive 20. Though sometimes too lazy to work as hard as her sisters, Linda has a more avid fondness for the limelight, A. mercurial B, gallant C. ardent D. frugal III. Cloze (10 points). Like many other aspe
13、cts of the computer age, Yahoo began as an idea, _ 21 _ into a hobby and Lately has _22 _ into a full- time passion. The two developers of Yahoo, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph. D candidates _ 23 _ Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started theirguide in April 1994 as a way to keep 24 of
14、their personal interest on the Internet. Before long they _25 _ that their home, brewed lists were becoming too long and _26_ Gradually they began to spend more and more time on Yahoo. During 1994, they _ 27_ yahoo into a customized database de signed to_28_ the needs of the thousands of users_29_ b
15、egan to use the service through the closely _ 30_ Internet community. They developed customized software to help them_ 31 _ locate, identify and edit material _32_ on the Internet. The name Yahoo is _ 33_ to stand for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle“. but Filo and Yang insist they selected the _34 _ because they considered themselves yahoos. Yahoo? itself first _ 35 _ on Yangs workstation, “akebono“, while the search engine was _ 36 _
