北京航空航天大学2005年硕士研究生入学考试基础英语试题考生注意：所有答题务必写在考场提供的答题纸上，写在本试题单上的答题一律无效（本题单不参与阅卷）。

I. Vocabulary and Structure(40points,1*40)Part 1Directions: Choose one of the four alternatives which is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase and mark the corresponding letter.1. “The giant was bit” is a tautological statement, to say the least.A. tightB. redundantC. illogicalD. relative2. There is an embargo on any more video games coming into the house.A. landing placeB. prohibitionC. violationD. permission3. Youngsters are usually more impetuous than old people.A. impatientB. immatureC. impulsiveD. imperial4. U nfortunately, I’ll spend the weekend doing a bunch of prosaic chores.A .dull B. practical C. trivial D. rhyming5. The crowd at the town meeting found the mayor’s assurance too glib.A. sarcasticB. flashyC. maliciousD. readily fluent6. Gazing at the crystalline lake, I decided it was too beautiful to swim in.A. breakableB. futuristicC. delicateD. sparkling7. We cannot vacillate on the question of the party’s leadership.A. leadB. doubtC. checkD. repeat8. It is more difficult for a chronic smoker to give up the habit than for a novice, but it can be done.A. affluentB. confirmedC. disciplinedD. indecisive9. They were furious when one of their best managers was poached by another companyA. headhuntedB. punchedC. plunderedD. probed10. The ink had faded with time and so parts of the letter were unreadable.A. indelibleB. inscrutableC. illegibleD. illegitimate11. She bristled at the suggestion that she had been dishonest.A. bridledB. bridgedC. breathedD. boasted12. Investors should study a prospectus before putting money into a big company.A. positive outlookB. banking agreementC. profit-and-loss statementD. formal business document13 .The real hero is never ostentatious.A. frivolousB. pretentiousC. presumptuousD. ponderous14. If you have never held a driving license before, you should apply for a provisional license.A. providentialB. temporaryC. provincialD. improvised15. John Smith is a voracious book collector.A. viciousB. luxuriousC. insatiableD. valuable16. I don’t think we should make precipitate decisions.A .precipitous B. precocious C. precarious D. precautious17. You need an excursion to break the monotony.A. gauntB. jauntC. vauntD. taunt18. The government appears in a quandary about what to do with so many people.A. borderB. marshy groundC. dilemmaD. situation19. It was an auspicious beginning to her career as an author.A. unexpectedB. interestingC. favorableD. doubtful20. The governor was usually circumspect when dealing with the media.A. skilledB. cautiousC. impatientD. obedientPart 2Directions: Choose one from the four alternatives that best completes the sentence and mark the corresponding letter.21. The children were having a wonderful time _____ on the frozen lake.A. slippingB. slitheringC. skiddingD. sliding22. The campers ______ their tent in a sheltered valley.A. establishedB. installedC. pitchedD. fixed23. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning. Whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on _____.A. responseB. impulseC. instinctD. consciousness24. The cultural traditions of the invaders slowly ______ the practices of the island dwellers.A .spread B. perpetuated C. permeated D. reinforced25. He had always had a good opinion of himself, but after the publication of his bestselling novel he became unbearable _____.A. bigotedB. proudC. conceitedD. exaggerated26. This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.A. actualB. realC. originalD. genuine27. Although ____, new deposits of o il will be found, sooner or later, the world’s supply will be exhausted.A. in all likelihoodB. in all possibilityC. in all circumstancesD. in all conditions28. I should like to rent a house, comfortable and ___ in a quiet position.A. before allB. above allC. first of allD. over all29. He came to inspect the house ___ buying it.A. in the event ofB. with a view toC. in case ofD. with regard to30. Let’s not ____ over such a trifle!A. fall throughB. fall offC. fall outD. fall back31. He is a clever mimic who can take ____ most of the lectures in this college.A. overB. downC. offD. for32. He tried for forgery in a law court but was lucky enough to _____ .A. get onB. get offC. get throughD. get out33. The captain turned ____ early that night, not realizing that the icebergs were so closeA. inB. downC. intoD. off34. You promised you would do it. Why did you go ____ on your word?A. backB. awayC. overD. by35. The numerals have become, _____, his friends, and he knows all their relations and acquaintances.A. as it isB. as it wasC. as it wereD. as they are36. A safety analysis _____ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.A. would identifyB. will identifyC. would have identifiedD. will have identified37. Jennifer took this opportunity to repay her friends for their kindness ____, she would have had to entertain them in her small apartment in Charlotte town.A. OtherwiseB. HoweverC. ButD. Nevertheless38. The window is never opened ____ in summer.A. butB. exceptC. whenD. while39. Generally, prompt cooling and proper refrigeration of foods can hold ____ bacteria in foods to a safe level.A. a number ofB. the number ofC. an amount ofD. a quantity of40. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that is ____ in religious, aswell as worldly, frame of reference.A. is to be analyzedB. has been analyzedC. be analyzedD. should have been analyzedII. Error spotting (20points, 1*20)Directions: Decide which underlined part is incorrect and mark the corresponding letter.41. The process depends, however, upon the drawer, cupboard and storage space being provided,A Bfor the lack of which some thing may literally have no place to go .C D42. Immediately after I put my head on it, I got to understand that translation wasn’t as mechanical a job asA B CI had held it to be.D43. Living in a remote country village, many forms of entertainment are in accessible to us.A B C D44. Thousands of people died even though there was a worldwide effort to send food and medicine to the starvedA B C Dpeople.45. The government deems it essential that people are psychologically able to resist the impact brought aboutA B Cby the transition from planned economy to market-oriented economy.D46. At seeing him, I couldn’t resist laughing because his suit hung loosely, as if tailored for someone twice hisA B C Dsize.47. What is often stressed in most of the literature, an objective of Women Lib is to do away with unfairA B Cdiscrimination against women.D48. If ambition is to be well regarded, the reward of ambition----wealth, distinction, controlover A Bone’s destiny ----- must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition’s behalf.C D49. Mr. Smith regretted to blame his secretary for the mistake, for he later discovered it was his own fault.A B C D50. Nowhere but in Europe we have seen the results so clearly, which really have surprised us all.A B C D51. The parent as teacher-counselor acts in accord with the developmental model of child rearing, by whichA Bthe child is viewed as an extremely plastic organism with virtually unlimited potential for growth andC Ddevelopment.52. For every patient with AIDS, it is estimated that there are 10 times as many as ARC, or AIDS-RelatedAComplex, a precursor to the fullblown disease, and 50 times as many who alreadyB Chave been infected with the agent human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.D53. If only the nature of the aging process is better understood the possibility of discovering a medicine that canA B Cblock the fundamental process of aging seems very remote.D54.As far as the great demand for means of transport is concerned, we can develop mass transit toA B Ctake place of private cars.D55. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files,A Band program computers to locate specific in formation.C D56. Once an occupation came to be received to be “female”, employers showed little interest in changingA Bthat perception, even when higher profits were expected to be gained.C D57. It is inevitable that the natural resources throughout the world are diminished as the demand for them isA B Con the increase.D58. The men who wrote the United States Constitution did the best they could on the face of circumstancesA B Cwhich confronted them at the time.D59.I am sure one of the main reasons why boys and girls are such good companions today is that they are noA Blonger afraid of showing their feeling towards each other.C D60.The data received from the two spacecrafts whirling around Mars indicate that there is much evidence thatA B Chuge thunderstorms are occurring about the equator of the planet.DIII. Cloze (10 points, 1*10)Directions: Fill in each underlined space with one word that best suits the context of the following passage.Today it is out of fashion to speak in ___61______ of characters. But there is no more essential aspect of any person.Character is made up of those principles and values that give your __62___ direction, meaning and depth. These constitute your inner sense of ___63_____ is right and wrong based not on laws or rules of conduct ___64____ on who you are. They include ___65____ traits as integrity, honesty, courage, fairness and generosity ------ which arise ___66______ the hard choice we have to _67___ in life. So wrong is simply in doing wrong, not in getting caught.___68____ some people wonder if our inner values __69_____ anymore. After all, hasn’t our noted bank executive succeeded in every visible way ___70____ his transgressions( 错误，过失)。