2016年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)In Cambodia Cambodia英 kmbd 美 kmbodr n.柬埔寨（亚洲国名）;, the choice of a spouse spouse英 spas 美 spas, spaz n.配偶，夫或妻;vt.和结婚; is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends, 1 those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker matchmaker英 mtmek(r) 美 mtmek n.媒人，介绍人;. A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations, or the young mans parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. 4 , a girl may veto veto英 vi:t 美 vi:to n. the spouse her parents have chosen. 5 a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days, 7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8 prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, 9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the brides and grooms wrists, and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wifes parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a new house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 , but not common. Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly-acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up: The divorced male doesnt have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait ten months.1.Aby way of Bon behalf of Cas well as Dwith regard to2. Aadapt to Bprovide for Ccompete with Ddecide on3. Aclose Brenew Carrange Dpostpone4. AAbove all BIn theory CIn time DFor example5. AAlthough BLest CAfter DUnless6. Ainto Bwithin Cfrom Dthrough7. Asince Bbut Cor Dso8. Acopy Btest Crecite Dcreate9. Afolding Bpiling Cwrapping Dtying10. Apassing Blighting Chiding Dserving11. Ameeting Bcollection Cassociation Dunion12. Agrow Bpart Cdeal Dlive13. Awhereas Buntil Cif Dfor14. Aobtain Bfollow Cchallenge Davoid15. Aisolated Bpersuaded Cviewed Dexposed16. Awhatever Bhowever Cwhenever Dwherever17. Achanged Bbrought Cshaped Dpushed18. Awithdrawn Binvested Cdonated Ddivided19. Abreaks Bwarms Cshows Dclears20. Aso that Bwhile Conce Din thatSection 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 the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1France,which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament parliament英 p:lmnt n.议会，国会 also agreed to ban websites that “incite vt.刺激;激励;煽动;促使; excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting dieting英 dat 美 dat vt.& vi.使）节制饮食（diet的现在分词形式）;.Such measures have a couple of uplifting uplifting英 plft 美 plft adj.令人振奋的; 使人开心的;v.举起(uplift的现在分词); motives ( motive 美 motv n.动机，主旨;题材;adj.运动的; 动机的; 发动的;). They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging impinging英 mpnd 美 mpnd n.碰撞;v.冲击( impinge的现在分词 ); 撞击; 对起作用; 侵犯 on health. Thats a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to deathas some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal signal英 sgnl 美 snln.信号，暗号; 预兆，征象; 动机; 导火线vt.向发信号; 用动作（手势）示意; 以信号告知; it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure 卷尺，尺度 they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiter arbiter英 :bt(r) 美 :rbt(r) n.法仲裁人，裁决者; 权威人士，主宰者s of their beauty. And perhaps faintly 英 fentl 美 fentl adv.微弱地; 隐约地; 虚弱地; 有点;, they hint that people should look to intangible intangible英 ntndbl 美 ntndb l adj.触不到的; 难以理解的; 无法确定的（指企业资产）无形的 qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist wasp英 wsp 美 w:sp n.黄蜂; 昆胡