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1、2016 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)试题 Section I Use of English Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)In Cambodia,the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male.It may involve not only his parents and his fr
2、iends,1 those of the young woman,but also a matchmaker.A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations,or the young mans parents may make the choice of a spouse,giving the child little to say in the selection.4 ,a girl may veto the spouse her pare
3、nts have chosen.5 a spouse has been selected,each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair.Formerly it lasted three days,7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half.Buddhist priests offer a shor
4、t sermon and 8 prayers of blessing.Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting,9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the brides and grooms wrists,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife s par
5、ents and may 12 with them up to a year,13 they can build a new house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 ,but not common.Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval.Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage,and jointly-acquired property is 18 equally.Divorced persons may re
6、marry,but a gender prejudice 19 up:the divorced male doesn t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait ten months.1.A by way of B on behalf of C as well as D with regard to 2.A adapt to B provide for C compete with D decided on 3.A close B renew C arrange D postpone 4.A Abov
7、e all B In theory C In time D For example 5.A Although B Lest C After D Unless 6.A into B within C from D through 7.A since B but C or D so 8.A copy B test C recite D create 9.A folding B piling C wrapping D tying 10.A passing B lighting C hiding D serving 11.A meeting B collection C association D u
8、nion 12.A grow B part C deal D live 13.A whereas B until C if D for 14.A obtain B follow C challenge D avoid 15.A isolated B persuaded C viewed D exposed 16.A whatever B however C whenever D wherever 17.A changed B brought Cshaped D pushed 18.A withdrawn B invested C donated D divided 19.A breaks B
9、warns C shows D clears 20.A so that B while C once D in that Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions：Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1 France,which prides itself as the global i
10、nnovator of fashion,has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women.Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websites that incite exce
11、ssive thinness by promoting extrem e dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives.They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on hea lth.Thats a start.And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death as s
12、ome have done.It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women,especially teenage girls,about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans,if fully enforced,would suggest to women(and many men)that they should not let
13、others be arbiters of their beauty.And perhaps faintly,they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.The French measures,however,rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that sti
14、ll regards beauty as skin-deep and bone-showing.Under the law,using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a$85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized
15、body types.In Denmark,the United States,and a few other countries,it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.In contrast to France s actions,Denmarks fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age
16、,health,and other characteristics of models.The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter cle arly states:We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals,especially on young people.The charte rs main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week(CFW),which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rat
