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1、 全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题节选 Section Use of English Directions: 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) What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live 1 competing interests.Your roommate
2、s need to study for an exam may take 2 over pizza.Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade.And the 3 of your romantic interest may have other options。 In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and 4 consideration to our point of view.When we persuade
3、, we want to influence 5 others believe and behave.We may not always prevailother points of view may be more persuasive, 6 on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case.But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to 7 that our position receives the attention it deserves。 Some peo
4、ple, however, 8 to the very idea of persuasion.They may regard it as an unwelcome intrusion 9 their lives or as a manipulation or domination.10 , we believe that persuasion is 11to live is to persuade.Persuasion may be ethical or unethical, selfless or selfish, 12 or degrading.Persuaders may enlight
5、en our minds or 13 on our vulnerability.Ethical persuasion, however, calls 14 sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners.Such persuasion can help us 15 the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make.16, an essential part of education is learning to 17 the one k
6、ind of persuasion and to encourage and 范文之家提http:/.fwJIa.cOM (本文来自，转载请保存此标记。)practise the other。 18 its personal importance to us, persuasion is essential to society.The 19 to persuade and be persuaded is the foundation of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment 20 the Const
7、itution。 1. A on B among C for D by 2 A priority B advantage C control D place 3. A objection B projection C project D object 4. A unbiased B unprejudiced C favorable D favorite 5. A what B which C why D how 6.A livingB dependingC restingD insisting 7.A ensureB assureC insureD reassure 8.A agreeB ob
8、jectC confrontD consent 9.A ontoB ofC toD into 10.A In contrastB In particularC For instanceD As a result 11.A prominentB invariableC evidentD inevitable 12.A embarrassingB inspiringC upgradingD innovating 13.A preyB restC putD fall 14.A forB upC offD on 15.A applyB contributeC transferD connect 16.
9、A HoweverB ConverselyC FurthermoreD Therefore 17.A resistB performC insistD restrain 18.A BeyondB ExceptC IncludingD Excluding 19.A powerB authorityC abilityD right 20.A toB forC onD in Section Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each tex
10、t by choosing A, B, C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text1 Ive never met a human worth cloning, says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas AM University。Its a stupid endeavor。 Thats an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who
11、has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13yearold dog named Missy.So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon.They just might succeed in cloning Missy later this yearor perhaps not for another five years.It seems the reproduct
12、ive system of mans best friend is one of the mysteriesof modern science。 Westhusins experience with cloning animals leaves him vexed by all this talk of human cloning.In three years of work on the Missyplicity project, using hundreds upon hundreds of canine eggs, the AM team has produced only a doze
13、n or so embryos carrying Missys DNA.None have survived the transfer to a surrogate mother.The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses may be acceptable when youre dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans。Cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dangerous, he s
14、ays。 Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff.Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusins phone at AM College of Veterinary Medicine has been ringing busily.Cost is no obstacle for customers like Missys mysterious owner, who wishes to remain unknown
15、 to protect his privacy.Hes plopped down $3.7 million so far to fund the research because he wants a twin to carry on Missys fine qualities after she dies.But he knows her clone may not have her temperament.In a statement of purpose, Missys owners and the AM team say they are both looking forward to studying the ways that her clone differs from Missy。 【全国硕士讨论生入学考试英语模拟试题节选】