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1、 2007年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independentnations. The roughly 20 millionBorn in the cr
2、isis of the old regime and Iberian colonialism, many of the leaders ofindependence the ideals of representative government, careers to talent,freedom of commerce and trade, the to private property, and a belief in the1of these nations looked2to the future.345individual as the basis of society. 6 the
3、re was a belief that the new nations should besovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable andintegrated by a 7 set of laws.On the issue ofthere was less agreementthe state religion and the only one 11 by the Spanish crown. 128of religion and the position of the Church,10
4、 the leadership. Roman Catholicism had beenmost9,leaders sought to maintain Catholicism 13 the official religion of the new states,some sought to end the 14 of other faiths. The defense of the Church became arallying 15 for the conservative forces.The ideals of the early leaders of independence were
5、 often egalitarian, valuingequality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had 16to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolishedeverywhere except Spain s 17 colonies. Early promises to end Indian tributein returnand taxes on people of mixed origin cam
6、e much 18 because the new nationsstill needed the revenue such policies 19 . Egalitarian sentiments were oftentempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 self-rule and democracy.- 1 - 1.A natives2.A confusedly3.A sharedB inhabitantsB cheerfullyB forgotC peoplesC worriedlyC attainedC ope
7、nD individualsD hopefullyD rejectedD devotedD return4.A relatedB close5.A accessB successionC right6.A PresumablyB Incidentally C ObviouslyD Generally7.A unique8.A freedom9.A therefore10.A withB commonB originB howeverB aboutB preachedB IfC particularC impactC indeedC amongC grantedC UnlessC underD
8、typicalD reformD moreoverD by11.A allowed12.A Since13.A asD fundedD WhileB forD againstD influenceD wish14.A spread15.A support16.A urgedB interference C exclusionB cryC pleaB intendedC expectedC remainingC easierD promisedD originalD tougherD preferred17.A controlling B former18.A slower19.A create
9、dB fasterB producedC contributed20.A puzzled by B hostile toC pessimistic about D unprepared forSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosingA, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)- 2 - Text 1If
10、 you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006sWorld Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccerplayers are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in thelater months. If you then examined the European national
11、youth teams that feed theWorld Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to beeven 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 babies tend tohave higher oxy
12、gen capacity, which increases soccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parentsare more likely to 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 abo
13、ve.” Ericsson grew up in Sweden, andstudied nuclear engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity toconduct his own research if he switched to psychology. His first experiment, nearly30 years ago, involved memory: training a person to hear and then repeat a randomseries of numbers. “W
14、ith the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digitspan had risen from 7 to 20,” Ericsson recalls. “He kept improving, and after about200 hours of training he had risen to over 80 numbers.”This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is notgenetically determine
15、d, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is moreof a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. In other words, whatever inborndifferences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differencesare swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. And the best wayto learn how to encode
