中国人民大学基础英语·英文写作·英汉互译2005年(含答案)考研真题考研试题

中国人民大学 2005 年硕士生入学考试试题
招生专业：英语语言文学
考试科目：基础英语 英文写作 英汉互译
考试时间：1 月 23 日 上午
考题编号：336
基础英语
I. Sentence Completion (20 points)
Directions: Write in the blank the letter of the item which best completes each sentence.
1. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so _____ that they can disappear at any
moment.
a. tentative b. tenuous c. restrictive
d. consistent e. tenacious
2. I did not anticipate reading such a ____ discussion of the international situation in the morning
newspaper, normally, such a treatment could be found only in scholarly magazines.
a. erudite b. arrogant c. ingenious
d. overt e. analytical
3. We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many ____ among us.
a. boors b. students c. philistines
d. pragmatists e. philosophers
4. The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ____ were often more effective than
military might.
a. treachery b. artifice c. strength
d. wisdom e. beauty
5. His remarks were filled with ___ which sounded lofty but presented nothing new to the
audience.
a. aphorisms b. platitudes c. bombast
d. adages e. symbols
6. Achilles had his ____, Hitler had his elite Corps.
a. myrmidons b. antagonists c. arachnids
d. myriads e. anchorites
7. In order to photograph _____ animals, elaborate flashlight equipment is necessary.
a. predatory b. wild c. nocturnal
d. live e. rare
8. He was deluded by the ____ whoclaimed he could cure all diseases with his miracle machine.
a. salesman b. inventor c. charlatan
d. doctor e. practitioner
9. The attorney protested that the testimony being offered was not ____ to the case and asked that
it be stricken from the record as irrelevant.
a. favorable b. coherent c. harmful
d. beneficial e. germane
10. Automation threatens mankind with an increased number of ____ hours．
a. meager b. useless c. active
d. complex e. idle