第 1 页 共 7 页 广广 西西 民民 族族 大大 学学 20152015 年硕士研究生入学考试初试自命题科目试题年硕士研究生入学考试初试自命题科目试题 （试卷代号：A 卷）科目代码：622 科目名称：基础英语 适用学科专业：英语语言文学，外国语言学及应用语言学 研究方向：所有方向 命题教师签名：考生须知考生须知 1答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题上无效2 答题时一律使用蓝、黑色墨水笔作答，用其它笔答题不给分3 交卷时，请配合监考人员验收，并请监考人员在准考证相应位置签字（作为考生交卷的凭证）否则，产生的一切后果由考生自负第 2 页 共 7 页 I.Vocabulary(20 points，1 point each)Directions:There are 20 sentences in this part.Each sentence contains a word or phrase which is underlined.Below each sentence are four other expressions.Choose the one which would best keep the meaning of the original,and write down the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.1.Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.A.relevant B.conforming C.satisfactory D.direct 2.He was deeply committed to political doctrines of social equality.A.issues B.beliefs C.interests D.basics 3.His plots are always very ingenious.A.stupid B.smart C.absurd D.consistent 4.In this example X denotes the time taken and Y the distance covered.A.represents B.points to C.equals to D.emphasizes 5.He didnt give an adequate answer to the question.A.enough B.wise C.prompt D.satisfactory 6.A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.A.committed B.witnessed C.perceived D.restricted 7.Baldwin enlightened her as to the nature of the experiment.A.showed B.explained to C.warned D.frightened 8.Most scientists believe it is legitimate to use animals in medical research.A.desirable B.reasonable C.legal D.effective 9.He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.A.explain B.provide C.state D.tell 10.Success in the talks will reinforce his reputation as an international statesman.A.establish B.form C.consolidate D.threaten 11.We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.A.essence B.importance C.content D.consequences 第 3 页 共 7 页 12.Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous death.A.similar B.close C.identical D.related 13.How much to tell terminally ill patients is left to the discretion of the doctor.A.decision B.secrets C.contemplation D.words 14.The director tried to wave aside these issues as trivial details that could be settled later.A.simple B.unimportant C.useless D.inferior 15.Some astronomers contend that the universe may be younger than previously thought.A.explain B.agree C.think D.argue 16.It takes time to really understand all these facts.A.ruminate B.realize C.assimilate D.accept 17.Computers can be used to make language learning easier.A.facilitate B.accelerate B.relieve D.alleviate 18.The selection process is based on rigorous tests of competence and experience.A.serious B.thorough C.difficult D.demanding 19.He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language.A.added B.used C.included D.compiled 20.Mr Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response.A.cause B.obtain C.produce D.call forth II.Reading Comprehension(80 points)Directions:The following two passages are followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You should decide on the best choice and write down the letter on your answer sheet.Passage 1(15 points,3 points each)One of the great mysteries of the brain is that we still cannot pin down exactly what a memory isthat is,how neural circuitry stores a given recollection.Yet in the last decade we have learned a lot about memorys limitations.Memories are not necessarily written into our brains like ink on paper.Think of them instead as inscribed in clay,suggests Andr Fenton,a neuroscientist at New York Universitys Center for Neural Science.Every time you access a memory,the message can get smudged,just as a clay tablet might if you were to pick it up and run your fingers over its surface.Ongoing biochemical processes 第 4 页 共 7 页 cause memories to shift over time.Further,our mind sets and emotions can influence what we pay attention to and thus remember.Scientists are tinkering with experimental chemicals that,when injected,can interfere with memory-forming proteins and erase certain types of maladaptive feelings,such as an addicts desire for drugs.Researchers have even managed to trick mice into forming entirely false memories.Memory formation and recollection is an evolving,active and plastic process that involves many different working parts of the brain,and scientists are just beginning to piece together how they coalesce into such a complex machine.1.The first sentences of this passage suggests that _.A.scientists have little idea about the mechanism of memory B.recollections are stored in memory C.memory is the last big problem to solve about our brain D.if we know how our brain stores the recollections we know the nature of memory 2.Fenton suggests that _.A.ink on paper is different from inscriptions in clay B.using memory is harmful for our brain C.messages in our memory always change a little when we use them D.none of the above 3.According to the second paragraph,_.A.chemicals that ca。
