2007全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试卷

2007全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试卷

National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)

SectionⅠUse of English

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)

At least once a year, Bill and Melinda Gates like to take what they call a "learning tour" .As they tour hospitals and huts, they seem to 1 in these escapades, not just because they are intellectually 2 by the scientific challenge of treating the diseases of the poor but also because they are convinced that they are living 3 a historic inflection point 4 medical breakthroughs could save the lives of millions. They see the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation not as a solution but as a catalyst for this 5 : pumping resources and 6 into the fight just when scientists are inventing new tools that could change everything.

The Gates Foundation has accomplished a 7 of what it aims to do. But already it has helped save at least 700,000 lives in poor countries through its investments in 8 . In the U.S., its library project has brought computers and Internet 9 to 11,000 libraries. And it has 10 the biggest privately funded scholarship program in history. It is the largest foundation in the world, with an 11 of $29 billion.

Each day, the Gates foundation 12 about 140 requests for money or help. Until now, the foundation has focused on education, global health and Seattle-area initiatives. But it may soon 13 water, sanitation and hygiene for the poor. Bill 14 he will continue to increase the 15 of time he devotes to the foundation.

There is a real risk that billions of dollars from the Gateses will not be nearly enough to 16 the decline in health in poor countries. There is an equally great risk that they will 17 billions of dollars trying. They invest not in one malaria treatment, for example, 18 in many. After they were criticized for investing too 19 in new inventions, they put more money into 20 fixes that already exist.

1.[A] interest [B]delight [C]indulge [D]highlight

2.[A] captivated [B]captured [C]carried [D]calculated

3.[A] in [B]at [C]by [D]through

4.[A] when [B]where [C]how [D]that

5.[A] purpose [B]practice [C]progress [D]prospect

6.[A] rigor [B]virtue [C]risk [D]view

7.[A] fragment [B]friction [C]fraction [D]fracture

8.[A] vaccinations [B]variations [C]varieties [D]verifications

9.[A] addition [B]addiction [C]assistance [D]access

10.[A] speeded [B]surpassed [C]sponsored [D]stimulated

11.[A]endowment [B]employment [C]engagement [D]entertainment

12.[A] requires [B]acquires [C]receives [D]attracts

13.[A] apply [B]add [C]afford [D]affiliate

14.[A] concludes [B]reclaims [C]claims [D]contends

15.[A] quality [B]quantity [C]number [D]amount

16.[A] reserve [B]reverse [C]restrain [D]resist

17.[A]waste [B]withdraw [C]withhold [D]warrant

18.[A] and [B]or [C]but [D]as

19.[A]highly [B]hastily [C]heavily [D]helpfully

20.[A]distributing [B]contributing [C]attributing [D]assimilating

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D. mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points)

Text 1

Will America's economic future look more like Dell or Kmart? Both built their businesses on price cutting. Dell cut prices by outsourcing the design and production of personal computers and captured enough global demand to become the world's largest PC seller. Kmart cut prices, but at the cost of less choice for consumers and declining service, and found itself losing customers and piling up debt. The macroeconomic version of price cutting is deflation, and some economists are now suggesting the U.S. economy is on the verge of a deflationary cycle. If so, are we headed on the path of Dell or Kmart?

Disinflation—a falling but still positive inflation rate—is often good for an economy, and even mild deflation—in which that rate drops below zero—may be no worse than mild inflation, if it reflects rising productivity. For example, technological advances and strong demand have enabled the semiconductor industry to steadily improve the power of chips so, in effect, the price of a given chip steadily falls. Imagine a version of the same thing on an economy-wide scale, and you have benign deflation.

But deflation also can be malignant, as Japan demonstrates. There, a collapse in stock and real-estate prices triggered falling demand and rising unemployment. Consumers cut back, and so did firms; and as the economy slipped into recession, normal inflation receded. Bankruptcies spread, demand and employment fell further, and prices and wages began to actually fall. And the Japanese government found itself virtually powerless.

The numbers in America are getting worrisome. The consumer price index, which rose 3.4 percent in 2000, inched up just 1.6 percent in 2001. Over the four quarters up to June of this year, it increased barely 1 percent. This is strong disinflation, heading toward deflation. Economists were not surprised, because inflation or deflation can often be foreseen by looking at the gap between an economy's potential and what it actually produces. The economy's potential to produce more goods and services depends on how fast workers' productivity increases and how fast the work force expands. For example, when productivity grows 2.5 percent