2016年電子科技大學(xué)621 英語水平測(cè)試考研真題

1、第1頁共13頁電子科技大學(xué)電子科技大學(xué)2012016年攻讀碩士學(xué)位研究生入學(xué)考試試題年攻讀碩士學(xué)位研究生入學(xué)考試試題考試科目考試科目:621621英語水平測(cè)試英語水平測(cè)試注：無機(jī)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