1、绝密启用前2002年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）(科目代码：201)年e保果表车e多8果8非88男8888用888市8书8中888书88考生注意事项1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名：在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效：在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写
2、部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚：涂写部分必须使用2B铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。(以下信息考生必须认真填写)考生编号考生姓名Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,Cor Don ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in
3、the 20thcentury and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries.Yet much hadhappened 1.As was discussed before,it was not 2 the 19th century thatthe newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic3,following in the wake ofthe pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical.It was duri
4、ng the sametime that the communications revolution5up,beginning with transport,therailway,and leading 6through the telegraph,the telephone,radio,and motionpictures7 the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane.Noteveryone sees that process in8.It is important to do so.It is generally rec
5、ognized,9,that the introduction of the computer in theearly 20th century,10 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the1960s,radically changed the process,11 its impact on the media was notimmediately 12.As time went by,computers became smaller and morepowerful,and they became personaltoo,
6、as well as 13,with displaybecoming sharper and storage 14 increasing.They were thought of,likepeople,15 generations,with the distance between generations much 16.It was within the computer age that the terminformation societybegan to bewidely used to describe the 17 within which we now live.The comm
7、unicationsrevolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both aboutplace and time,but there have been19 views about its economic,political,social and cultural implications.“Benefits”have been weighed20“harmful”outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult.英语试题1.(共12页)1.Abetwe
8、enBbeforeCsinceDlater2.AafterBbyCduringDuntil3.AmeansBmethodCmediumDmeasure4.AprocessBcompanyClightDform5.AgatheredBspeededCworkedDpicked6.AonBoutCoverDoff7.AofBforCbeyondDinto8.AconceptBdimensionCeffectDperspective9.AindeedBhenceChoweverDtherefore10.AbroughtBfollowedCstimulatedDcharacterized11.Aunl
9、essBsinceClestDalthough12.AapparentBdesirableCnegativeDplausible13.AinstitutionalBuniversalCfundamentalDinstrumental14.AabilityBcapabilityCcapacityDfaculty15.Aby means ofBin terms ofCwith regard toDin line with16.AdeeperBfewerCnearerDsmaller17.AcontextBrangeCscopeDterritory18.AregardedBimpressedCinf
10、luencedDeffected19.AcompetitiveBcontroversialCdistractingDirrational20.AaboveBuponCagainstDwithSection II Reading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,Cor D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)英语试题.2.(共12页)Text 1If
11、 you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile,you must knowhow to identify shared experiences and problems.Your humor must be relevant to theaudience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that youunderstand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.D
12、epending onwhom you are addressing,the problems will be different.If you are talking to a groupof managers,you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries;alternatively if you are addressing secretaries,you may want to comment on theirdisorganized bosses.Here is an example,which I hea
13、rd at a nursesconvention,of a story which workswell because the audience all shared the same view of doctors.A man arrives in heavenand is being shown around by St.Peter.He sees wonderful accommodations,beautifulgardens,sunny weather,and so on.Everyone is very peaceful,polite and friendly until,wait
14、ing in a line for lunch,the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a whitecoat,who rushes to the head of the line,grabs his food and stomps over to a table byhimself.“Who is that?”the new arrival asked St.Peter.“Oh,thatsGod,”came thereply,but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.If you are par
15、t of the group which you are addressing,you will be in a position toknow the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll beappropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or thechairmans notorious bad taste in ties.With other audiences you mustnt att
16、empt tocut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks abouttheir canteen or their chairman.You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoatslike the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward being humorous,you must practice so that it becomes morenatu
17、ral.Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you candeliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.Often its the delivery which causes theaudience to smile,so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or anunbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted re
18、mark.Look for the humor.It often comes from the unexpected.A twist on a familiarquote If at first you dont succeed,give upor a play on words or on a situation.Search for exaggeration and understatements.Look at your talk and pick out a fewwords or sentences which you can turn about and inject with h
19、umor.英语试题3.(共12页)21.To make your humor work,you shouldAtake advantage of different kinds of audience.Bmake fun of the disorganized people.Caddress different problems to different people.Dshow sympathy for your listeners.22.The joke about doctors implies that,in the eyes of nurses,they areAimpolite t
20、o new arrivals.Bvery conscious of their godlike role.Centitled to some privileges.Dvery busy even during lunch hours.23.It can be inferred from the text that public servicesAhave benefited many people.Bare the focus of public attention.Care an inappropriate subject for humor.Dhave often been the lau
21、ghing stock.24.To achieve the desired result,humorous stories should be deliveredAin well-worded language.Bas awkwardly as possible.Cin exaggerated statementsDas casually as possible.25.The best title for the text may beAUse Humor EffectivelyBVarious Kinds of HumorCAdd Humor to SpeechDDifferent Humor Strategies英语试题4.（共12页）