2007年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試階段測試題 2007年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試階段測試題

2007年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試階段測試題

英  語

（科目代碼：201）

北京文登學(xué)校隆重推出

編制：文登英語主講夏徛榮

考生注意事項(xiàng)

1. 考生必須嚴(yán)格遵守各項(xiàng)考場規(guī)則。

2. 答題前，考生應(yīng)按準(zhǔn)考證上的有關(guān)內(nèi)容填寫答題卡上的“考生姓名”、“報(bào)考單位”、“考生編號(hào)”等信息。

3. 答案必須按要求涂寫或填寫在指定的答題卡上。

(1)英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用和閱讀理解A節(jié)、B節(jié)用2B鉛筆涂寫在答題卡1上，如要改動(dòng)，必須用橡皮擦干凈。

(2)閱讀理解C節(jié)（英譯漢）的答案和作文必須用藍(lán)（黑）色字跡鋼筆、圓珠筆或簽字筆寫在答題卡2上，要清楚。

4.考試結(jié)束，將答題卡1；答題卡2及試題一并裝入試題袋中交回。

Section I    Use of English

Directions:  Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than that is possible to learn in general history classes. Most (1) ____ history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. (2) ____, art history (3) ____ on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious belief, (4) ____, and psychology. (5) ____, information about the daily activities of our own can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a (6) ____ understanding than (7) ____ can be found in most history books.

In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is (8) ____; that is, facts about political are given, but (9) ____ are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is (10) ____: it reflects emotions and impressions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya severely criticized the Spanish government for its (11) ____ of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic (12) ____ were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guemica to express the (13) ____ of war. (14) ____, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera depicted the Mexican artists’ concealed (15) ____ and sadness about social problems.

In the same way, art can (16) ____ a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. (17) ____ most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. (18) ____ contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its (19) ____ of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are (20) ____.

01. [A] prevalent

[B] comprehensive

[C] superior

[D] typical

02. [A] Indeed

[B] Hence

[C] However

[D] Therefore

03. [A] comments

[B] focuses

[C] depends

[D] imposes

04. [A] emotions

[B] moods

[C] cognitions

[D] insights

05. [A] In addition

[B] In summary

[C] In any case

[D] In effect