湖南科技大学研究生考试试题纸课程名称：__ 基础英语__开课学院：外国语上课专业：人文、马院、管理、教育、体育、化工等年级：2012 学生人数：命题教师：朱诗花审核人：考试形式：闭卷考试时间：2012 至2013 学年第 1 学期考试时量：120 分钟Ⅰ. Multiple Choices (1*20=20’)Part ADirection: choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the italicized part of each sentence.1.I don’t know anything about art, and I haven’t met an y grand pe ople, and I don’t go to a good tailor, and all th at , I’m not what he calls from top-drawe r society.A. highestB. lowestC. outstandingD. important2. While watching TV to kill time at night, he draped his legs over the arm of the chair and made himself as comfortable and relaxed as he possibly could.A. coveredB. arrangedC. hu ngD. dwelled3. Skills of the George Washington University medical team, plus his amazing determination and the grit and spirit of his wife, Sarah, pulled Jim through.A. loyaltyB. coura geC. ambitionD. patience4. Dona’s having a bridal shower for Julie next week. Now she is busy preparing presents and inviting friends.A. washingB. partyC. rainD. water5. The downside was that I felt pretty intimidated.A. very closeB. very intimateC. rather frightenedD. humiliated6. Don’t cling to your old ideas. Be ready to entertain some new ones, otherwise you will always lag behind othersA. put forward toB. hold on toC. run toD. put up to7. In order to finish the task in time, he was out in the rain all day and this brought on a bad cold.A. resulted fromB. resulted inC. brought upD. gave up8. The play shows that Americans have an embarrassment of riches and a paucity of spirituality and morality, focusing on the disillusionment of the American Dream.A. deficiencyB. scarcityC. inadequacyD. deficit9. Moves to change the way key resources should be allocated have sparkled a rise in turf battle, which could hinder the Internet’s growth as a global information infrastructure.A. controlB. retardC. obstructD. decrease10. Video game markers scoff at the notion that their product can cause a psychiatric disorder.A. shoutB. screamC. aimD. mock11. From the beginning, I hated the way he talked, his whining voice and his vulgar accent.A. refinedB. rudeC. decentD. strange12. To her consternation, she realized that what she had said was true, that a woman couldn’t hide love.A. shockB. fascinationC. estimationD. enjoyment13. The chemistry between Hepburn and Tracy is obvious. One can easily observe their loveA. similarityB. branch of scienceC. differenceD. attraction14. The increase in the national debt stems from the last war, which deconstructed and demoralized the country.A. originatesB. rootsC. boomsD. transmits15. He saw through all the sham of this club life, the meanness of this worship of success.A. facetB. falsityC. factionD. fallacy16. Such products also provide secure application gateways that add value, such as user authentication.A. administrationB. verificationC. stimulationD. contemplation17. In the sentence” Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must; but coop up most men and you undo them...” the underlined part means .A. But for most men, if they are confined in a place, they will be destroyed.B. Keep most men in a hole, and they will get out of it by themselves.C. But for most men, if they are confined in a place, they will be set free.D. Keep most men in a coop, and they will be set free.Part BDirection: Choose the appropriate letter A-D and write it in the brackets.18. Choose the right sentence.A. Someone has left their purse on the bus.B. nowadays cars have bought his owners both great convenience and great trouble.C. Mary and Joe are so exhausted that she thinks she can sleep until bedtime tomorrow.D. I lifted the pot of hot potatoes carefully, but it slipped out of my hand.19. Choose the right sentence.A. James repeatedly failed the math quiz, he decided to drop the course.B. I have no idea that when she will come back.C. I know the school which my nephew is learning English.D. it has been three years since I moved into this apartment.20. Choose the wrong statement.A. “The mystical meanings that the Bible lays upon the word. Word are not embraced by everyone” can be paraphrased as the following: The W ord is the word used in the Bible, so its meaning is related to religion. Therefore, not everyone can understand it.B.I n the sentence “What is surprising is that in the common give and take of daily living, people still rely so little upon the verbal langu age that distinguishes them from the beasts. ”, “give and take of daily living s” means “exchange of everyday food”C. B y quoting “He winketh with his eyes, he speakth with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers”, the author means that in most cases hum an communication is nonverbal.D. T he sentence “Even today those principles hold good for Christian employees” can translated into “时至今天，这些原则对基督徒雇员仍然有效”。