[外语类试卷]2007年湖北大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析.doc
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1、2007年湖北大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension 0 The domestic economy in the United States expanded in a remarkably vigorous and steady fashion. The revival in consumer confidence was reflected in the higher proportion of incomes spent for goods and services and the marked increase in consumer wil
2、lingness to take on installment debt. A parallel strengthening in business psychology was manifested in a stepped-up rate of plant and equipment spending and a gradual pickup in expenses for inventory. Confidence in the economy was also reflected in the strength of the stock market and in the stabil
3、ity of the bond market. For the years as a whole, consumer and business sentiment benefited from the ease in East-West tensions. The bases of the business expansion were to be found mainly in the stimulative monetary and fiscal policies that had been pursued. Moreover, the restoration of sounder liq
4、uidity positions and tighter management control of production efficiency had also helped lay the groundwork for a strong expansion. In addition, the economic policy moves made by the President had served to renew optimism on the business outlook while boosting hopes that inflation would be brought u
5、nder more effective control. Finaly, of course, the economy was able to grow as vigorously as it did because sufficient leeway existed in terms of idle men and machines. The United States balance of payments deficit declined sharply. Nevertheless, by any other test, the deficit remained very large,
6、and there was actually a substantial deterioration in our trade account to a sizable deficit, almost two-thirds of which was with Japan. While the overall trade performance proved disappointing, there are still good reasons for expecting the delayed impact of devaluation to produce in time a signifi
7、cant strengthening in our trade picture. Given the size of the Japanese component of our trade deficit, however, the outcome will depend importantly on the extent of the corrective measures undertaken by Japan. Also important will be our own efforts in the United States to fashion internal policies
8、consistent with an improvement in our external balance. The underlying task of public policy for the year ahead-and indeed for the longer run-remained a familiar one: to strike the right balance between encouraging healthy economic growth and avoiding inflationary pressures. With the economy showing
9、 sustained and vigorous growth, and with the currency crisis highlighting the need to improve our competitive posture internationally, the emphasis seemed to be shifting to the problem of inflation. The Phase Three Program of wage and price restraint can contribute to reducing inflation. Unless prod
10、uctivity growth is unexpectedly large; however, the expansion of real output must eventually begin to slow down to the economys larger run growth potential if generalized demand pressures on prices are to be avoided. 1 The author mentions increased installment debt in the first paragraph in order to
11、 show _. ( A) the continuing expansion of the economy ( B) the growth of consumer purchasing power ( C) the consumers confidence in the economy ( D) the soaring consumer incomes for spending 2 Paragraph 2 mainly deals with _. ( A) economic policy measures suggested by the President ( B) the causes o
12、f business development for the period ( C) the stimulative monetary and fiscal polices ( D) the revival of stronger liquidity positions 3 It can be inferred from the third paragraph that the authors attitude toward the reduction of the international payments deficit seems _. ( A) bitter-sweet ( B) p
13、essimistic ( C) sympathetic ( D) doubtful 4 Part of the public policy task, as outlined in the text, is to _. ( A) prevent payments deficit ( B) devalue the American dollar ( C) avoid inflationary pressures ( D) increase the balance of trade 5 It can be learned from the last paragraph that the Phase
14、 Three Program contained _. ( A) devaluation of the dollar ( B) productivity measures ( C) reduced government spending ( D) wage and price controls 5 Education is one of the key words of our time. A man, without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances depr
15、ived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “invest“ in institutions of learning to get back “interest“ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of in
16、struction so carefully worked out, is punctuated by textbooks-those purchasable wells of wisdom-what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births; but our spiritual outlook would be differe
17、nt. We would lay less stress on “facts and figures“ and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of “college“ imaginable. A
18、mong the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the “equal start“ which only our most progressive forms of modem
19、education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no “illiterates“-if the term can be applied to people without a script-while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in
20、1806, and in England 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of “civilized“ nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the “happy few“ during the past centuries. Education in the wilderness is n
21、ot a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents, therefore the jungles and the grasslands know of
22、no “juvenile delinquency“. No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children and no father is confronted with his inability to “buy“ an education for his child. 6 The word “interest“ in the first paragraph most probably means _. ( A) pleasure ( B) returns ( C) share ( D)
23、knowledge 7 According to the passage, the author seems to be _. ( A) against the education in the very early historic times ( B) in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures ( C) quite happy to see an equal start for everyone ( D) positive about our present educational instruction 8 It
24、 can be inferred from the passage that _. ( A) the aim of “equal start“ has already been reached among savages ( B) savages in ancient times are more civilized than modern people ( C) the modem education system is more democratic than before ( D) there are no illiterates in civilized nations in toda
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