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Language Proficiency Test for Graduates Majoring in English
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Part I Reading Comprehension (1.5 * 20)+5=35%
Section A (30%)
Directions：There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）．You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Text A
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as “the best and most just and wisest man.” Yet, the same man was condemned to death for his belief.
The man was the great philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second
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charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him.
Socrates’ method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word.
Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.
Socrates had the right to ask for lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as affirm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So, he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.
1. In the first paragraph, the word “yet” is used to introduce_________. [A] contrast [B] a sequence [C] emphasis [D] an example
2. Socrates was condemned to death because he __________. [A] believed in law [B] was a philosopher [C] published outspoken philosophical articles [D] advocated original opinions
3. The word “unsurpassed” in the third paragraph is close in meaning to
________. [A] untold [B] unequaled [C] unnoticed [D] unexpected
4. By mentioning that Socrates himself never wrote anything, the writer
implies that __________. [A] it was surprising that Socrates was so famous [B] Socrates was not so learned as he is reputed to have been [C] Socrates used the work of his students in teaching [D] the authorities refused to publish Socrates’ works 5. Socrates accepted the death penalty to show ________. [A] his belief in his students
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[B] his contempt for conservatives
[C] his recognition of the legal system [D] that he was not afraid of death
Text B
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Influenza has been with us a long, long time. According to some Greek writers on medical history, the outbreak of 412 BC was of influenza. The same has been suggested of the sickness that swept through the Greek army attacking Syracuse in 395 BC. Flu is a disease that moves more quickly among people living in crowded conditions, so it is likely to attack armies.
During the nineteenth century there were five widespread outbreaks of influenza. The last of the five happened in 1889 and marked the beginning of the story of influenza in our time. Like the present outbreak, it started in Asia.
For more than forty years before that outbreak, influenza had steadily decreased and was believed to be dying out. A new group of outbreaks was introduced by the great outbreak of 1889-1890 and for the next quarter of a century flu remained a constant threat.
In April 1918, flu broke out among American troops stationed（驻扎） in France. It quickly spread through all the armies but caused relatively few deaths. Four months later, however, a second outbreak started which proved to be a killer. It killed not only the old and already sick but also healthy young adults. It went through every country in the world, only a few distant islands in the South Atlantic and the Pacific remaining untouched. It brought the life of whole countries to a stop; food supplies stopped and the work loss was very great. Before the great outbreak ended, it had killed at least 15 million people.
Medical science is still not certain what hit us in 1918. The influenza virus（病毒） was not found until 1933, so all that today can be said about the 1918 outbreak was the kind of antibodies（抗体）it produced.
The 1918 outbreak was never controlled. It simply burned itself after taking a great number of human lives. Before man could have done much to lessen the effect of such an outbreak, he would have had to find the influenza virus so that vaccine （疫苗）could be develop. It would also help to have an international reporting system so that countries threatened with the disease could prepare to defend themselves.
The first big advance was made in 1933, when a team of British doctors found the type A influenza virus. In 1940 a doctor of the United States found type B. Later type C was found, along with many sub-groups of types A and B. Vaccines were prepared and used widely by the armies during the Second World
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War to prevent outbreaks.
The flu virus proved trickier than most. A vaccine good against one type gave no protection against another. Indeed type A virus changes its nature so quickly that a perfectly good vaccine may lose its value because of the change. This increases the need for the speedy discovery of flu outbreaks, so that stocks of the right vaccine can be prepared quickly after an outbreak. Starting such a warning system is one of the first things done by the World Health Organization.
6. For a few decades in the 19th century it was believed that influenza ______. [A] was dying out [B] could be cured easily [C] would kill everybody [D] was a serious threat to mankind
7. An important part of the defense against the 1918 type of outbreak would be
______. [A] doctors who were more concerned with their patients [B] a good international reporting system [C] a more favorable climate [D] keeping people from living near each other
8. Flu vaccines are different from other vaccines in that they ______. [A] are used mostly by armies [B] must be prescribed by doctors [C] are good only against one type of the disease [D] can be used by anybody at any time when needed
9. Influenza is a disease which can be best dealt with by ______ [A] rich but not poor nations [B] national medical organizations [C] health organizations serving a large district [D] worldwide health organizations 10. Which of the following is TRUE? [A] The 1918 outbreak of influenza had never been controlled until 1933. [B] Human beings have suffered from influenza for more than 2,000
years.
[C] Doctors and scientists succeeded in preventing the 1918 outbreak from
killing more people by setting up an international reporting system.
[D] One of the reasons why the 1918 outbreak was so difficult to control
was that it had spread too far and wide.
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Text C
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
A castle was the fortress and home of a king and queen, or nobleman. It offered excellent protection to the person who owned it. A castle helped its owner defend the land on which it stood. It also served as a house for the owner’s family and many servants.
Most of the castles we think of today were built in Europe. They were constructed from about AD 1000 to about 1500, during a period known as the Middle Ages.
Castles played an important role in a system called feudalism(封建主义). That system arose in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. In feudalism, a king gave land to nobles. In return, the nobles promised to serve the king and provide him with soldiers.
Nobles built castles on the lands given to them by the king. But some nobles simply claimed land as their own and built a castle on it. That was asking for trouble. There were many power struggles between nobles and kings, and among the nobles themselves. If one wanted protect himself, he need a good castle.
A typical stone castle had several main parts. At the center of the castle was a tall and very strong building called the keep. This is where people in the castle made their last stand if the outer defenses failed. Many stone castles were surrounded by a wide ditch called a moat(城壕). Some moats were filled with water, but many were not. The only way into the castle was across a wooden drawbridge over the moat.
A well-built castle was a pretty safe place to be. Attackers had a hard time getting in. They had four main options. They could go over the walls using ladders. They could smash through the walls. Or they could dig under the walls and try to get part of one to fall down. If none of those things failed, they could just camp outside until the defenders ran out of food.
11. Which of the following is not true about the castle? [A] It’s a home of a king, queen or a nobleman. [B] It can protect the owner well. [C] It houses the owner, his family and servants. [D] Most castles were built in America. 12. The Middle Ages is _________. [A] A period between 1000 and 1500 AD in Europe. [B] A period between 1000 and 1500 AD in America. [C] A period between 1000 and 1500 BC in Europe.
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