测一测你的英语水平距离考研及格有多远？

河工人

　第一部分 词汇测试 (写出中文意思即可 每词1分共40分)10MIN

　　1. adjacent 2. yacht 3. tentative 4. simultaneous 5. jeopardize

　　6. boycott 7. gauge 8. hypothesis 9. miniature 10. symphony

　　11. aesthetic 12. sacred 13. evaporate 14. intrigue 15. unanimous

　　16. grin 17. furious 18. homogenous 19. liability 20. stereotype

　　21. tease 22. na?ve 23. skeptical 24. deteriorate 25. versatile

　　26. coupon 27. weird 28. vulnerable 29. rigorous 30. instantaneous

　　31. remnant 32. simulate 33. questionnaire 34. propaganda 35. subordinate

　　36. trifle 37. uphold 38. orthodox 39. escort 40. prosecute

　　第二部分 完型填空(每题2分共40分)15MIN

　　Directions:

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

　　Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But __1___some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, ___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to __4__, a good laugh is unlikely to have __5___ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

　　__6__, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the __7__, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.

　　Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ___10___ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional state. __11____one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow.

　　Although sadness also ____14___ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles ___18___ more exuberantly to funny cartons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, ____19___ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around __20__ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

　　1.[A]among [B]except [C]despite [D]like

　　2.[A]reflect [B]demand [C]indicate [D]produce

　　3.[A]stabilizing [B]boosting [C]impairing [D]determining

　　4.[A]transmit [B]sustain [C]evaluate [D]observe

　　5.[A]measurable [B]manageable [C]affordable [D]renewable

　　6.[A]In turn [B]In fact [C]In addition [D]In brief

　　7.[A]opposite [B]impossible [C]average [D]expected

　　8.[A]hardens [B]weakens [C]tightens [D]relaxes

　　9.[A]aggravate [B]generate [C]moderate [D]enhance

　　10.[A]physical [B]mental [C]subconscious [D]internal

　　11.[A]Except for [B]According to [C]Due to [D]As for

　　12.[A]with [B]on [C]in [D]at

　　13.[A]unless [B]until [C]if [D]because

　　14.[A]exhausts [B]follows [C]precedes [D]suppresses

　　15.[A]into [B]from [C]towards [D]beyond

　　16.[A]fetch [B]bite [C]pick [D]hold

　　17.[A]disappointed [B]excited [C]joyful [D]indifferent

　　18.[A]adapted [B]catered [C]turned [D]reacted

　　19.[A]suggesting [B]requiring [C]mentioning [D]supposing

　　20.[A]Eventually [B]Consequently [C]Similarly [D]Conversely

　　考研，你准备好了么?

　　第三部分 阅读理解?(每题4分共20分)15MIN

　　It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter – nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience. Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.”

　　The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week. There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news. Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom, or mom-to-be, smiling on the newsstands.

　　In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing ? It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the children. Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

　　Of course, the image of parenthood that celebrity magazines like Us Weekly and People present is hugely unrealistic, especially when the parents are single mothers like Bullock. According to several studies concluding that parents are less happy than childless couples, single parents are the least happy of all. No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear Sandra and Britney tell it, raising a kid on their “own” (read: with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake.

　　It’s hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous: most adults understand that a baby is not a haircut. But it’s interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren’t in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting “ the Rachel” might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

　　1.Jennifer Senior suggests in her article that raising a child can bring

　　[A]temporary delight

　　[B]enjoyment in progress

　　[C]happiness in retrospect

　　[D]lasting reward

　　2.We learn from Paragraph 2 that

　　[A]celebrity moms are a permanent source for gossip.

　　[B]single mothers with babies deserve greater attention.

　　[C]news about pregnant celebrities is entertaining.

　　[D]having children is highly valued by the public.

　　3.It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks

　　[A]are constantly exposed to criticism.

　　[B]are largely ignored by the media.

　　[C]fail to fulfill their social responsibilities.

　　[D]are less likely to be satisfied with their life.

　　4.According to Paragraph 4, the message conveyed by celebrity magazines is

　　[A]soothing.[B]ambiguous.

　　[C]compensatory.[D]misleading.

　　5.Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?

　　[A]Having children contributes little to the glamour of celebrity moms.

　　[B]Celebrity moms have influenced our attitude towards child rearing.

　　[C]Having children intensifies our dissatisfaction with life.

　　[D]We sometimes neglect the happiness from child rearing.