2016年電子科技大學621 英語水平測試考研真題

1、第1頁共13頁電子科技大學電子科技大學2012016年攻讀碩士學位研究生入學考試試題年攻讀碩士學位研究生入學考試試題考試科目考試科目:621621英語水平測試英語水平測試注：無機讀卡，所有答案必須寫在答題紙上，寫在試卷或草稿紙上無效。PartIReadingComprehension(40points)Directions:Inthispartthereare5passageseachwithsomequestionsincomplet

2、estatements.ReadthemcarefullythenchoosefromthefoursuggestedanswersmarkedABCDtoanswerthequestionscompletethestatements.PleasewriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.Passage1HistiansoftheAmericancivilwarfindthemselvesinthesameune

3、nviablepositionasShakespearescholars:sothoughlyhavetheirfieldsofstudybeenexpledthatfindinganearlyvirgincomerisallbutimpossible.ButDonDoylehasbrokennewgroundinenlighteningcompellinglywrittenbookTheCauseofAllNations.Methan

4、anypreviousstudyittellsthestyofhowAmerica’scivilwarwasperceiveddebatedreactedtoabroadhowthatreactionshapedthecourseofthewarathome.Atthewar’soutsethoweverthingswerenotsosimple.Southerndiplomatsframedtheirstruggleinaccdanc

5、ewithliberalprinciplesofselfdetermination.TheyjudgedtheconflictMr.Doylenotestobe“onearisingnaturallybetweenindustrialagriculturalsocietiesnotfreedomslaveryastheNthbelieved.”TheNth’sresponsemeanwhilewasuncompromisinglegal

6、isticviolent.America’ssecretaryofstatethreatenedto“wrapthewholewldinflames”promisingtotalwaronanystatethatdaredaidtheSouth.Mosthistiesofthecivilwarturninwardattheendexaminethewar’sconsequenceslegacyfAmerica.Mr.Doyleturns

7、outwardtoshowhowimptantAmerica’scivilwarwastotherestofthew1d:libertydemocracydefeatedslaverytheledgentry.TheUnion’svictyhadwiderimpacts.InSpainQueenIsabellafearingAmericannavalpowerendedtheattemptedrecolonizationofSantoD

8、omingo.UlyssesGrantacivilwargeneralturnedhismilitaryattentiontoMexicowhereNapoleonIIIhadinstalledanAustrianMaximilianasemper.WhenthethreatofanalliancebetweenFrancetheSouthwassmashedNapoleonwithdrewhissupptin1867Maximilia

9、nwasexecutedbyMexicantroops.AcrosstheoceanBritain’srepublicansmarchedtovictythatsameyear.Democracyhadnotjustsurvivedbutflourished.AfterLincoln’sdeathaFrenchnewspaperwrotethathe“representedthecauseofdemocracyinthelargestt

10、hemostuniversalunderstingofthewd.ThatcauseisourcauseasmuchasitisthatoftheUnitedStates.”InhonoftheUnion’svictyaFrenchartistcraftedastatueoutof第3頁共13頁aglobalrecd:thereisremarkablylittlevariationinisotoperatiosinsedimentary

11、specimenstakenfromdifferentcontinentallocations.Seconditisamecontinuousrecdthanthattakenfromrocksonl.Becauseoftheseadvantagessedimentaryevidencecanbedatedwithsufficientaccuracybyradiometricmethodstoestablishaprecisechron

12、ologyoftheiceages.Thedatedisotoperecdshowsthatthefluctuationsinglobalicevolumeoverthepastseveralhundredthousyearshaveapattern:aniceageoccursroughlyonceevery100000years.Thesedatahaveestablishedastrongconnectionbetweenvari

13、ationsintheEarth’sbittheperiodicityoftheiceages.HoweveritisimptanttonotethatotherfactssuchasvolcanicparticulatesvariationsintheamountofsunlightreceivedbytheEarthcouldpotentiallyhaveaffectedtheclimate.TheadvantageoftheMil

14、ankovitchtheyisthatitistestablechangesintheEarth’sbitcanbecalculateddatedbyapplyingNewton’slawsofgravitytoprogressivelyearlierconfigurationsofthebodiesinthesolarsystem.Yetthelackofinfmationaboutotherpossiblefactsaffectin

15、gglobalclimatedoesnotmakethemunimptant.5.Inthepassagetheauthisprimarilyinterestedin__________.A.suggestinganalternativetoanoutdatedresearchmethodB.presentingatheydescribinganewmethodtotestthattheyC.introducinganewresearc

16、hmethodthatcallsanacceptedtheyintoquestionD.emphasizingtheinstabilityofdatagatheredfromtheapplicationofanewscientificmethod6.TheauthofthepassagewouldbemostlikelytoagreewithwhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheMilankovitc

17、htheyA.Itisnotaplausibleexplanationftheiceagesalthoughithasopeneduppromisingpossibilitiesffutureresearch.B.Itistoolimitedtoprovideaplausibleexplanationftheiceagesdespiterecentresearchfindings.C.Itisoneplausibleexplanatio

18、nthoughnottheonlyoneftheiceages.D.Itcannotbetestedconfirmeduntilfurtherresearchonvolcanicactivityisdone.7.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheisotoperecdtakenfromoceansedimentswouldbelessusefultoresearchersifwhichofthefo

19、llowingweretrueA.Itindicatedthatclimateshiftsdidnotoccurevery100000years.B.Itstretchedbackfonlyamillionyears.C.Itindicatedthatlighterisotopesofoxygenpredominatedatcertaintimes.D.Ithadfarmegapsinitssequencethantherecdtake

20、nfromrocksonl.8.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatprecipitationfmedfromevapatedoceanwaterhas__________.A.lessoxygen18thandoesoceanwaterB.thesameisotopicratioasoceanwaterC.lessoxygen18thanhastheicecontainedincontinentalice