揚州大學2014年碩士研究生入學考試初試試題
Part One: Use of English
DIreetloES： There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A],
1. , [C] and [DJ. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 0.5 for each)
In every cultivated language, there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words —1— which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we 2 ，that is to say, from the —3— of our own family and from our familiar
associates, and —4— we should know and use —5— we could not read or write. They concern the —6— things of life, and are the stock of trade of all who —7— the language. Such words may be called “popular”，since they belong to the people —8— and are not the exclusive 9 of a limited class.
On the other hand, our language —10— a multitude of words which are comparatively —11— used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known —12— every educated person，but there is little —13— to use them at home or in the marketplace. Our first acquaintance with them comes not from our mothers3 —14or from the talk of our schoolmates, —15— from books that we read, lectures that we 16—, or the more formal conversation of 17educated speakers who are discussing some particular —18— in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual —19— of everyday life. Such words are called “l(fā)earned”，and the _20between them and “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process。
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l.[A]by |
[B] with |
[C] through |
[D] to | ||||
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2. [A] imitate |
[B] study |
fC] simulate |
[D] learn | ||||
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3. [A] members |
[B] mates |
[C] fellows |
[D] relatives | ||||
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4, [A] those |
[B] ones |
[C] which |
[D] what | ||||
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5. [A] as if |
[B] despite |
[C] even if |
[D] in spite of | ||||
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6. [A] average |
[B)]common |
[C] strange |
[D] normal | ||||
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7. [A] exercise |
[B] practice |
[C] apply |
[D] speak | ||||
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8. [A] at most |
[B] at best |
[C] at large |
[D] in public | ||||
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9, [A] right |
[B] privilege |
[C] share |
[D] possessions | ||||
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10. [A] includes |
[B] evolves |
[C] excludes |
[D] resolves | ||||
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11. [A] widely |
[B] irregularly |
[C] seldom |
[D] frequently | ||||
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12. [A] as |
[B]by |
[C] for |
m to | ||||
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13. [A] reason |
fB] occasion |
[C] prospect |
[D] potential | ||||
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14. [A] lips |
[B] tongues |
[C] mouths |
[D] throats | ||||
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15. [A] or |
[B] and |
[C] but |
[D] yet | ||||
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16. [A] attend |
[B] listen |
[C] care |
[D] view |
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17, [A] deeply |
[B] greatly |
[C] highly |
[D] broadly |
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18. [A] question |
[B] topic |
[C] statement |
[D] theme |
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19. [A] level |
[B] degree |
[C] layer |
[D] border |
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20. [A] comparison |
[B] contradiction |
[C] similarity |
[D] distinction |
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