2011 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语模拟试题Section Use of EnglishDirections: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)During the 1980s, unemployment and underemployment in some countries was as high as 90 per cent. Some countries did not 1 enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not 2 . Many of these countries looked to the industrial processes of the developed nations 3 solutions.4 , problems cannot always be solved by copying the industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is highly automated and very 5 .It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial processes, and highly 6 workers are needed to 7 and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained, 8 many nations do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the 9 of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to 10 vocational and professional training. 11 . just to begin training, the students must 12 learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and 13 do not return home.All nations agree that science and technology 14 be shared. The point is: countries 15 the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look care-fully 16 the costs, because many of these costs are 17 . Students from these nations should 18 the problems of the industrialized countries closely. 19 care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, 20 the benefits.A1.A generate B raise C product D manufactureB2.A answered B met C calculated D rememberedC3.A for B without C as D aboutD4.A Moreover B Therefore C Anyway D HoweverB5.A expensive B mechanical C flourishing D complicatedB6.A gifted B skilled C trained D versatileC7.A keep B maintain C retain D protectC8.A since B so C and D yetC9.A charge B price C cost D valueA10.A accept B gain C receive D absorbC11.A Frequently B Incidentally C Deliberately D EventuallyB12.A soon B quickly C immediately D firstA13.A some B others C several D fewB14.A might B should C would D willD15.A adopting B conducting C receiving D adjustingC16.A to B at C on D aboutD17.A opaque B secret C sealed D hiddenA18.A tackle B learn C study D manipulateD19.A In B Through C With D UnderD20.A except B nor C or D butSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: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. (40 points)Text 1Every year around this time the middle kingdom undergoes a profound transformation as millions migrate back to their family homes to reunite with loved ones for the start of the Chinese New Year in what is surely the worlds greatest non-disaster exodus. Chinas railways ministry forecast they would carry 178.6 million passengers during the travel rush from January 23 to March 2.Like ants to honey the population feeds and thrives on this devotion to the family, which is at the core of Chinese New Year celebrations. It underpins and feeds Chinas charge into the 21st century. Undeniably it is a source of sustenance and fiber that many western nations lack and are grappling to come to grips with. Behind the glitz and glory of the upcoming Olympics China still has millions of workers slaving away, saving their salaries to send back to loved ones who are struggling in the village or less prosperous rural areas. For these workers who have been building the physical infrastructure for the nation they have been looking forward to the upcoming weeks with a pained longing.University students around the country have also been obsessing on the Chinese New Year after slogging away for months and they too are converging on train stations en masse to travel, often several thousands of kilometers, back to their hometowns. For these two groups, students and migrant worker, who are less wealthy, it usually means first lining up, often for hours before ticketing booths open. Most will be content just to be able to stand, even a day and a half, as long as they get home to be with their family. You will see them sleeping under train seats, among pumpkin seeds and empty noodle bowls, while others even snore standing or lock themselves away inside fetid lavatories just trying to steal a few moments peace away from the crowded carriage conditions.Though amid all this hardship and bother the desire to sit around the circular table and share dinner with family on Chinese New