2011年华南师范大学外文学院硕士研究生入学考试考试科目：基础英语考试时间：180分钟Part A Reading Comprehension (40 points)Passage A（这Passage A实在是没有办法找到啊，估计被出卷子的老师狠狠编辑过了。

）Passage BThe infant death rate for African Americans in Washington DC is higher than that in the cities of the Indian state of Karalla, the United Nations has warned as part of a damning review of poverty and inequality around the world.Published ahead of next week’s summit in New York to review progress in meeting goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015, the UN's human development report says: US health indicators are far below those that might be expected on the basis of national wealth.The report, published by the United Nations Development Programme （UNDP）, says the outcome is due partly to persistent and extreme disparities between people from different social and ethnic groups, as shown by recent images of poor black people stranded in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.The findings reflect a new focus by the UN upon differences within countries as well as between countries, as policymakers try to think of new ways to achieve the millennium development goals （MDGs）, agreed in 2000.India and China, which have both enjoyed sustained economic growth, face worrying challenges. There are worrying indications that social progress is starting to lag behind economic performance, with the slowdown in the rate of reduction in child deaths a special concern.The UN notes that China spends 5 per cent of its GDP on health，but public spending now amounts to less than 2 per cent of GDP.The erosion of public funding, it says, has resulted in a mismatch between need and provision, with per capita spending in urban areas 3.5 times that in rural areas.Between 70 and 80 per cent of the rural population have no health insurance. Children living in the poorest parts of rural China face far greater health risks, and the gap is widening. The mortality rate for under-five-year-olds ranges from 8 per 1, 000 in Beijing （comparable to theUS）, to 60 in the poorest parts of Gui zhou（comparable to Namibia）.（这一篇阅读理解考查的题型就是10道选择题，外加一道问答题。

选择题每道一分，那道问答题是5分。

选择题部分实在没办法弄到，Sorry，只有本篇文章的译文送上，自己对照一下看有没有理解不对的地方。

此外，那道问答题问的是：What does this article belong to? Narration, description or exposition? Give your reason.关于这道问答题的答法请参阅“阅读理解答题技巧”。

）Passage CFor millions of years before die appearance of die electric light, shift work, all-night cable TV and die Internet, earth's creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24-hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply, our bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives. (Contrary to popular belief, humans don’t need less sleep as they age.)But on average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hour per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What's worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that's not nearly enough.Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and by traveling frequently between time zone or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other discomforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. “Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep,”Jones says.Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. My motto is 'Sleep defensively'," says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines -- l/ire going to bed and getting up at the same time every day -- are important. Pre-bedtime activities also make a difference. As with Eisner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few life style changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.1. What is TRUE of human sleep?A. On average, people in the U. S. today sleep less per night than they used to.B. For most people, less than six hoers of sleep on a typical work night is enough,C. Most people need less sleep when they grow older.D. Most people need seven and a half hems of sleep every night2. For our bodies to function properly, we should _______.A. adjust our activities to the new inventionsB. be able to predict the rhythms of our biological clocksC. sleep for at least eight hours per nightD. believe that we need less sleep as we age3. According to the author, many sleeping disorders are caused by_______.A. improper sleep patternsB. chronic fatigue syndromeC. other diseasesD. pre-bedtime exercises4. Which of the following measures can help you sleep better?A. Having late meals.B. Traveling between time zonesC. Staying up late.D. Taking a hot bath.5. "Sleep defensively" means thatA. people should sacrifice other things to getting enough sleep if necessaryB. people should give up going to bed and getting up at the same time every day.C. people should go to a doctor and have their problems diagnosedD. people should exercise immediately before going to bed every nightPart B: Cloze (35 points)（Sorry啊，完形填空这个部分也没找出来，不过听说还是蛮简单的。