1997年考研英语真题（不区分英语一二）
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1997 年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
Part ⅠCloze Test
Directions：
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked ［A］, ［B］, ［C］ and ［D］.
Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in
the brackets. (10 points)
Manpower Inc., with 560 000 workers, is the world’s largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its
people 1 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day’s work for a day’s pay.
One day at a time. 2 industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 3 reducing the number
of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.
4 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part- timers and temporary
workers. This “ 5 ” work force is the most important 6 in American business today, and it is 7 changing
the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally
competitive 8 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 9 by employment rules, health care costs
and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 10 that came from
being a loyal employee.
1.［A］ swarm ［B］ stride ［C］ separate ［D］ slip
2.［A］ For ［B］ Because ［C］ As ［D］ Since
3.［A］ from ［B］ in ［C］ on ［D］ by
4.［A］ Even though ［B］ Now that ［C］ If only ［D］ Provided that
5.［A］ durable ［B］ disposable ［C］ available ［D］ transferable
6.［A］ approach ［B］ flow ［C］ fashion ［D］ trend
7.［A］ instantly ［B］ reversely ［C］ fundamentally ［D］ sufficiently
8.［A］ but ［B］ while ［C］ and ［D］ whereas
9.［A］ imposed ［B］ restricted ［C］ illustrated ［D］ confined
10.［A］ excitement ［B］ conviction ［C］ enthusiasm ［D］ importance
Part ⅡReading Comprehension
Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked
［A］, ［B］, ［C］ and ［D］. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.
Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (40
points)
Passage 1
It was 3: 45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of
hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors
to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.
Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive
director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess:
“We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world
history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and
citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others,
including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste
of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending
technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a
similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength,
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observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death—probably by a deadly injection or
pill—to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off”
period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For
Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means
he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition.
“I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched
people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks, ” he says.
11. From the second paragraph we learn that .
［A］ the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
［B］ physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
［C］ changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law
［D］ it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage
12. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means .
［A］ observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
［B］ similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries
［C］ observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
［D］ the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop
13. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will .
［A］ face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia
［B］ experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient
［C］ have an intense fear of terrible suffering
［D］ undergo a cooling off period of seven days
14. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of .
［A］ opposition ［B］ suspicion ［C］ approval ［D］ indifference
Passage 2
A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans
were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be
considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered
taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull
existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one
another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.
The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry,
injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the
traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn’t
take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in
the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old
tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from
the busy tourist trails. “I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me
home for dinner—amazing.” Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always
understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as
artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions
underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone
understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to “translate” cultural meanings properly often draw wrong
conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word “friend”, the cultural implications of the word may be
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