【正文】 n court that he had seen the prisoner run out of the bank after it had been robbed. 3 A) justified B) witnessed C) testified D) identified 31. If you are a member of a club, you must_________ to the rules of that club. A) conform B) appeal C) refer D) access 32. With the constant change of the conditions, the oute is not always_________. A) favorable B) predictable C) dependable D) reasonable 33. Instead of answering the question, the manager_________ his shoulders as if it were not important. A) shrugged B) touched C) raised D) patted 34. I am sorry for the_________ tone of your letter, but feel sure that things are not so bad with you as you say. A) apologetic B) threatening C) pessimistic D) grateful 35. A patient who is dying of incurable cancer of the throat is in terrible pain, which can no longer be satisfactorily _________. A) diminished B) alleviated C) relaxed D) abolished Part II Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 30 Points) Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A , B, C and D . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Passage One Nuclear power39。1 在職研究生同等學(xué)歷英語(yǔ)考試的有關(guān)語(yǔ)法、詞匯的復(fù)習(xí)題 1998 年 在職研究生同等學(xué)歷英語(yǔ)考試 申請(qǐng)碩士學(xué)位 Paper One 試卷一 (90 minutes) Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) （略） Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points, for each ) Section A Directions: In each item, choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out pour choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 16. People of diverse backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure, business or education. A) different B) distinctive C) similar D) separate 17. The fun of playing the game was a greater incentive than the prize. A) motive B) initiative C) excitement D) entertainment 18. Sometimes the messages are conveyed through deliberate, conscious gestures。s danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation. Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can39。s population, and 40 times as man`39。 just 9 percent of all Fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches. The United States continues to rely more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building codes now require home sprinklers. New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped. 41. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _________. A) they took no interest in new technology B) they did not attach great importance to preventing fires C) they showed indifference to fighting Fires D) they did not spend enough money on fire facilities 6 42. Although the Fire death rate has declined, the United States ________. A) still has the worst fire death rate in the world B) is still alert to the fire problem C) is still training a large number of safety experts D) is still confronted with the serious fire problem 43. It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A) fire safety lessons should be aimed at American adults B) American children have not received enough education of fire safety lesson C) Japan is better equipped with fire facilities than the Untied States D) America39。s surface. As northern ice and snow melts and the darker sea and land pokes( 戳 ) through, more heat will be absorbed, adding to the global temperature increase. Even if we were to magically stop all greenhousegas emissions tomorrow the impact on global climate would continue for decades. Delay will simply make the problem worse. The fact is that some of us are doing quite well the way things are. In the developed world prosperity has been built on 150 years of cheap fossil fuels. Material progress has been linked to energy consumption. Today 75 per cent of all the world39。s Hospital Medical Center in Boston. Doctor Duffy found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems. The differences appeared throughout the brain. Doctor Duffy said his research is evidence that reading disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain, not just the left side. 51. Scientists found that the brain cells of a learningdisabled person differ from those of a normal person in ________. A) structure and function B) color and function C) size and arrangement D) color and arrangement . 52. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A) Learning disabilities may result from the unknown area of the brain. B) Learning disabilities may result from damage to a wide area of the brain. C) Learning disabilities may result from abnormal anization of brain cells. D) Learning disabilities may result from problems in the left side of the brain. 53. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________. A) many factors account for learning disorder B) a learning disabled person shows no outward signs C) reading disabilities are a mon problem that affects 10 percent of the population D) the brain activity of learning disabled children is different from that of normal children 54. Doctor Duffy believed that ________. A) he found the exact cause of learning disabilities B) the problem of learning disabilities was not limited to the left side of the brain C) the problem of learning disabilities resulted from the left side of the brain D) the problem of learning disabilities did not lie in the left side of the brain 55. According to the passage we can conclude that further researches