【正文】 ed death so readily.Socrates had the right to ask for lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as affirm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So, he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock in the presence of his griefstricken friends and students.1.In the first paragraph, the word “yet” is used to introduce_________.[A]contrast[B]a sequence[C]emphasis [D]an example2.Socrates was condemned to death because he __________.[A]believed in law[B]was a philosopher [C]published outspoken philosophical articles[D]advocated original opinions 3.The word “unsurpassed” in the third paragraph is close in meaning to ________.[A]untold[B]unequaled[C]unnoticed[D]unexpected4.By mentioning that Socrates himself never wrote anything, the writer implies that __________.[A]it was surprising that Socrates was so famous[B]Socrates was not so learned as he is reputed to have been[C]Socrates used the work of his students in teaching[D]the authorities refused to publish Socrates’ works5.Socrates accepted the death penalty to show ________. [A]his belief in his students[B]his contempt for conservatives[C]his recognition of the legal system [D]that he was not afraid of death Text BQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Influenza has been with us a long, long time. According to some Greek writers on medical history, the outbreak of 412 BC was of influenza. The same has been suggested of the sickness that swept through the Greek army attacking Syracuse in 395 BC. Flu is a disease that moves more quickly among people living in crowded conditions, so it is likely to attack armies. During the nineteenth century there were five widespread outbreaks of influenza. The last of the five happened in 1889 and marked the beginning of the story of influenza in our time. Like the present outbreak, it started in Asia. For more than forty years before that outbreak, influenza had steadily decreased and was believed to be dying out. A new group of outbreaks was introduced by the great outbreak of 18891890 and for the next quarter of a century flu remained a constant threat.In April 1918, flu broke out among American troops stationed（駐扎） in France. It quickly spread through all the armies but caused relatively few deaths. Four months later, however, a second outbreak started which proved to be a killer. It killed not only the old and already sick but also healthy young adults. It went through every country in the world, only a few distant islands in the South Atlantic and the Pacific remaining untouched. It brought the life of whole countries to a stop。2．請(qǐng)各位考生注意考試紀(jì)律，考試作弊全部成績以零分計(jì)算。此試卷僅為真題，學(xué)位英語考試不提供模擬試題。3．本試卷滿分100分，答題時(shí)間為120分鐘。 food supplies stopped and the work loss was very great. Before the great outbreak ended, it had killed at least 15 million people.Medical science is still not certain what hit us in 1918. The influenza virus（病毒） was not found until 1933, so all that today can be said about the 1918 outbreak was the kind of antibodies（抗體）it produced.The 1918 outbreak was never controlled. It simply burned itself after taking a great number of human lives. Before man could have done much to lessen the effect of such an outbreak, he would have had to find the influenza virus so that vaccine （疫苗）could be develop. It would also help to have an international reporting system so that countries threatened with the disease could prepare to defend themselves.The first big advance was made in 1933, when a team of British doctors found the type A influenza virus. In 1940 a doctor of the United States found type B. Later type C was found, along with many subgroups of types A and B. Vaccines were prepared and used widely by the armies during the Second World War to prevent outbreaks.The flu virus proved trickier than most. A vaccine good against one type gave no protection against another. Indeed type A virus changes its nature so quickly that a perfectly good vaccine may lose its value because of the change. This increases the need for the speedy discovery of flu outbreaks, so that stocks of the right vaccine can be prepared quickly after an outbreak. Starting such a warning system is one of the first things done by the World Health Organization. 6.For a few decades in the 19th century it was believed that influenza ______.[A]was dying out [B]could be cured easily[C]would kill everybody[D]was a serious threat to mankind7.An important part of the defense against the 1918 type of outbreak would be ______.[A]doctors who were more concerned with their patients[B]a good international reporting system[C]a more favorable climate[D]keeping people from living near each other8.Flu vaccines are different from other vaccines in that they ______.[A]are used mostly by armies[B]must be prescribed by doctors[C]are good only against one type of the disease[D]can be used by anybody at any time when needed9.Influenza is a disease which can be best dealt with by ______[A]rich but not poor