1、上海交通大学硕士生入学英语水平考试上海交通大学2001年硕士生入学考试试题试题序号： 533 试题名称： 英语水平考试 （答案必须写在答题纸上，否则答题无效）Time allowed: 3 HoursWarning: Answers to all questions should be given to on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not write or mark your answers in the test book.Section 1 (10%)Give the phonetic transcription for each of the following wo
2、rds.1. bazaar2. redeem3. elegy4. nostalgia5. primordial6. falsetto7. cyberspace8. chaotic9. exhilarate10. vantage11. alchemy12. endeavor13. titanic14. intact15. naive16. elite17. odyssey18. labyrinthine19. meritorious20. amazonSection 2 (15%)Beneath each of the following sentences, there are 4 choic
3、es marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that best completes sentence.21. The troops advanced because the area had been mined by the enemy.A. carefullyB. cautiouslyC. conscientiouslyD. meticulously22. Trains , doors , and windows A. toot bang rattleB. bang toot rattleC. rattle bang tootD. toot rattle
4、 bang23. The book embodies the of his ten years of original research.A. resultsB. consequenceC. outcomeD. achievements24. This is a (n) answer, and Im sure it wont solve the problem.A. simpleB. easyC. simplisticD. simplified25. Serious trouble when Martin thought the problem of his college education
5、 was solved.A. cropped upB. brought upC. crept up D. broke up26. In that country, the stern police tactics and their failure to any terrorists prompted some criticism.A. turn upB. turn downC. turn outD. turn to 27. He caught his bus in nick of A. momentB. hourC. second D. time28. The little baby sev
6、eral steps on the floor without losing his balance.A. ploddedB. strolledC. hobbledD. tottered29. They did their best to the significance of their enemys victory.A. belittleB. minimizeC. dwindleD. reduce30. When the bell rang, the students into the lecture hall.A. musteredB. swarmedC. clusteredD. rou
7、nded up31. Besides washing that cut, put some on it in case you have got some dirt in it.A. medicineB. disinfectantC. antisepticD. antidote32. The forecast predicted weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is just what we have had.A. variousB. differingC. unsteadyD. variable33. I shou
8、ld like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and in a quiet position.A. above allB. over allC. first of allD. after all34. He went to Somerset House looking up the terms of his grandfathers will.A. in the event of B. with the purpose ofC. on account of D. in case of 35. The tenant must be prepared t
9、o decorate the property the terms of the agreement.A. with regard to B. in relation toC. in accordance withD. by way of 36. His speech was careful and but his words seemed to make no sense.A. distinguished B. distinctiveC. distinctD. distinguishable37. Income tax rates are to ones annual income.A. d
10、ependentB. associatedC. adaptedD. related38. He had always had a good opinion of himself, but after the publication of his best-selling novel he became unbearably A. conceitedB. bigotedC. proudD. cocksure39. An arctic blizzard swept through the now city streets.A. lonelyB. desertedC. neglectedD. iso
11、lated40. I know him but I have never actually spoken to him.A. from sightB. by sightC. at sightD. on sight41. In an autocracy, all power is vested in the A. rulerB. noblemenC. wealthyD. people42. A study of the rulers genealogy will acquaint you with his A. lifeB. descentC. beliefsD. education43. An
12、 error is considered if it appears in the printed text but not in the authors manuscript.A. graphicB. authenticC. typographicalD. anonymous44. An imminent event belongs to the A. recent pastB. presentC. near futureD. distant future45. Quarrelsome neighbors rarely one anothers views.A. invokeB. censu
13、reC. contradictD. advocate46. Only a person with a voice could have made himself heard above the din of the angry crowd.A. stentorianB. HerculeanC. titanicD. jovial47. It is more difficult for a (n) smoker to give up the habit than for a novice, but it can be done.A. affluentB. confirmedC. beginning
14、D. disciplined48. Millies mother is driving us to school, the need for our waiting for the bus in the rain.A. necessitatingB. entailingC. obviatingD. protracting49. On a Detroit assembly line, you can see the whole gamut of automobile production from to stages.A. early incipientB. temporary permanen
15、tC. transitive finalD. initial final50. The principal the student for his behavior.A. rebuked defiantB. reprimanded vigilantC. commended willfulD. censured vigilant Section 3 (10%)Read each of the following sentences carefully. Then circle the appropriate letter in the answer column. Select A. If th
16、e sentence contains an error in punctuation.B. If the sentence contains an error in comparison.C. If the sentence contains a faulty parallelism.D. If the sentence contains an error in agreement.E. If the sentence contains a wrong shift in person, number, voice and tense.Example: We hurried to the do
17、or, but nobody is there. A B C D (E)51. When it was fifteen, the pet dog died not of old age, but because it injured his head when it fell down a flight of stairs.52. Charles is one of those experienced accountants who never fails to spot an error.53. The books were infinitely dull and Gulliver had
18、only a small capacity for boredom, consequently he wanted to have read them reading them was too painful a task.54. Most students believe that their writing is better than their fellow students.55. Hesitantly, I approached the darkened stairwell where you could not help feeling the gloom enclose eve
19、ryone.56. He abhorred prejudice, and all people were considered equal by him.57. Limbo tells about the horrors of a cybernetic world. The novel described how a brain surgeon who was lost on a tropical island during World War returned to what was left of America and tried to find meaning in the new o
20、rder.58. The Indian Summer of life should be sunny and sad, like the season, and an infinity of wealth and deepness of tone.59. Courtship in animals is the outcome of four major steps in evolution: first, the development of sexuality, secondly, the separation of sexes, thirdly, internal fertilizatio
21、n, or at least the approximation of males and females, and finally, the development of efficient sense-organs and brains.60. Absolutely, his is a very unique example of a Persian ceramic cat.SECTION 4 (10%)In each of the following sentences, some part of the sentence (or the sentence itself) is unde
22、rlined. Beneath each sentence you will find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choose the one that best replaces the original.61. If you borrow material from another writers work, it should be acknowledged.A. acknowledged the source.B. and acknowledge it.C. and acknowledged the source.D. ack
23、nowledge it.62. Keeping tropical fish is almost as time-consuming, if not more so than, than growing cacti.A. as time-consuming than growing cacti, if not more so.B. as time-consuming as growing cacti, if not more so.C. as time-consuming, if not more than growing cacti. D. much time-consuming as gro
24、wing cacti, if not more so.63. When we visited foreign lands, we tried to learn their folk-lore when we spoke with the natives.A. and, for the purpose of trying to learn their folk-lore, we spoke with the natives.B. and, to speak with the natives we tried to learn their folk-lore.C. we spoke with th
25、e natives and tried to learn their folk-lore.D. we tried to learn their folk-lore in our speeches with their natives.64. We had to advise Edwards that to accept his offer was out of the question, to leave our farm was impossible, and to move our ailing father was dangerous.A. to accept his offer was
26、 out of the question, and to leave our farm was impossible, and to move our ailing father was dangerous.B. accepting his offer was out of the question, and leaving our farm was impossible, and moving our ailing father was dangerous.C. that to accept his offer was out of the question, leaving our far
27、m impossible, moving our ailing father dangerous.D. that to accept his offer was out of the question, that to leave our farm impossible, and that to move our ailing father was dangerous.65. As far as his lectures goes, often it was difficult to follow him.A. I must admit that he was often difficult
28、to follow.B. he described himself as difficult to follow.C. all the students feeling it difficult to follow him.D. there was a difficulty in following him. 66. Entering the room and being good-natured. Tom genially welcomed his guests.A. Being good-natured, Tom genially welcomed his guests, entering
29、 the room.B. Being genial and good-natured, Tom welcomed his guests as soon as he entered the room.C. Entering the room, Tom genially welcomed his guests, being good-natured.D. Tom being genial and good-natured, welcomed his guests as he entering the room.67. I come to bury Caesar: praising him form
30、s no part of my intention.A. I come to bury Caesar, praising him does not form a part of my intention.B. I come to bury Caesar, praising him is not my intention.C. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.D. Not praising him, I come to bury Caesar.68. Then the two players let him fall to the track,
31、his chest landing first, his head followed, bounced, and finally lay still.A. his chest landing first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lay still.B. his chest landed first, then his head, which bounced, and finally lay still.C. And his chest landed first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lying still.D. his ch
