浙江财经大学681综合英语2011年考研真题
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2011 年攻读浙江财经学院硕士学位研究生入学考试试题
科目代码：681 科目名称：综合英语
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Part I READING COMPREHENSION (50 MIN, 50points)
In this section there are five reading passages followed by a total of 25
multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and finish the multiple choices.
Text A
Cities develop as a result of functions that they can perform, some functions
result directly from the ingenuity of the citizenry, but most functions result from
the needs of the local area and of the surrounding hinterland (the region that
supplies goods to the city and to which the city furnishes services and other
goods). Geographers often make a distinction between the situation and the site
of a city. Situation refers to the general position in relation to the surrounding
region, whereas site involves physical characteristics of the specific location.
Situation is normally much more important to the continuing prosperity of a city.
If a city is well situated in regard to its hinterland, its development is much more
likely to continue. Chicago, for example, possesses an almost unparalleled
situation: it is located at the southern end of a huge lake that forces east-west
transportation lines to be compressed into its vicinity, and at a meeting of
significant land and water transport routes. It also overlooks what is one of the
world’s finest large farming regions. These factors ensured that Chicago would
become a great city regardless of the disadvantageous characteristics of the
available site, such as being prone to flooding during thunderstorm activity.
Similarly, it can be argued that much of New York City’s importance stems
from its early and continuing advantage of situation. Philadelphia and Boston
both originated at about the same time as New York and shared New York’s
location at the western end of one of the world’s most important oceanic trade
mutes, but only New York possesses an easy-access functional connection (the
Hudson-Mohawk lowland) to the vast Midwestern hinterland. This account does
not alone explain New York’s primacy, but it does include several important
factors. Among the many aspects of situation that help to explain why some
cities grow and others do not, original location on a navigable waterway seems
particularly applicable. Of course, such characteristic as slope, drainage, power
resources, river crossings, coastal shapes, and other physical characteristics help
to determine city location, but such factors are normally more significant in
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early stages of city development than later.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The development of trade mutes through United States cities.
B. Contrasts in settlement patterns in United States.
C. Historical differences among three large United States cities.
D. The importance of geographical situation in the growth of United States
cities.
2. The passage suggests that a geographer would consider a city’s soil type of
its ______.
A. hinterland
B. situation
C. site
D. function
3. According to the passage, a city’s situation is more important than its site in
regard to the city’s ______.
A. long-term growth and prosperity
B. ability to protect its citizenry
C. possession of favorable weather conditions
D. need to import food supplies
4. The author mentions each of the following as an advantage of Chicago’s
location EXCEPT its ______.
A. hinterland
B. nearness to a large lake
C. position in regard to transport routes
D. flat terrain
5. The primary purpose of paragraph I is to ______.
A. summarize past research and introduce a new study
B. describe a historical period
C. emphasize the advantages of one theory over another
D. define a term and illustrate it with an example
Text B
No people doubt the fundamental importance of mothers in child rearing, but
what do fathers do? Much of what they contribute is simply being the second
adult in the home. Bringing up children is demanding, stressful and exhausting.
Two adults can support and make up for each other’s deficiencies and build on
each other’s strength.
As we all know, fathers also bring an array of unique qualities. Some are
familiar: protector and role model. Teenage boys without fathers are notoriously
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prone to trouble. The pathway to adulthood for daughters is somewhat easier,
but they must still learn from their fathers, in ways they cannot from their
mothers, such as how to relate to men. They learn from their fathers about
heterosexual trust, intimacy and difference. They learn to appreciate their own
femininity from the one male who is most special in their lives. Most important,
through loving and being loved by their fathers, they learn that they are
love-worthy.
Current research gives much deeper and more surprising insight into the
father’s role in child rearing. One significantly overlooked dimension of
fathering is play. From their children’s birth through adolescence, fathers tend to
emphasize game more than caretaking. The father’s style of play is likely to be
both physically stimulating and exciting. With older children it involves more
teamwork, requiring competitive testing of physical and mental skills, and
frequently resembles a teaching relationship: come on, let me show you how.
Mothers play more at the child’s level. They seem willing to let the child
directly play.
Kids, at least in the early years, seem to prefer to play with daddy. In one
study of kids who were given a choice, more than two-thirds chose to play with
their fathers.
The way fathers play has effects on everything from the management of
emotions to intelligence and academic achievement. It is of particular
importance in promoting self-control. According to one expert, “children who
roughhouse with their fathers quickly learn that biting, kicking and other forms
of physical violence are not acceptable.” They learn when to “shut it down”.
At play and in other realms, fathers tend to lay stress on competition,
challenge, initiative, risk-taking and independence. Mothers, as caretakers, stress
emotional security and personal safety. On the playground fathers often try to
get the child to swing ever higher, while mothers are cautious, worrying about
an accident.
We know, too, that fathers’ involvement seems to be linked to enhanced
verbal and problem-solving skills and higher academic achievement. Several
studies found that along with paternal strictness, the amount of time fathers
spent reading with them was a strong predictor of their daughters’ verbal ability.
For sons the results have been equally striking. Studies uncovered a strong
relationship between fathers’ involvement and the mathematical abilities of their
sons. Other studies found relationship between paternal nurturing and boys’
verbal intelligence.
6. The first paragraph points out that one of the advantages of a family with
both parents is ______.
A. husband and wife can share housework
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