浙江财经大学681综合英语2009年考研真题
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2009 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; 50 Points)
In this section there are five reading passages followed by a total of 20
multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and finish the multiple choices.
Write your answer on the answer sheet.
Text A
Volcanic fire and glacial ice are natural enemies. Eruptions at glaciated
volcanoes typically destroy ice fields, as they did in 1980 when 70 of Mount
Saint Helens ice cover was demolished. During long dormant intervals, glaciers
gain the upper hand cutting deeply into volcanic cones and eventually reducing
them to rubble. Only rarely do these competing forces of heat and cold operate
in perfect balance to create a phenomenon such as the steam caves at Mount
Rainier National Park.
Located inside Rainier’s two ice-filled summit craters, these caves form a
labyrinth of tunnels and vaulted chambers about one and one half miles in total
length. Their creation depends on an unusual combination of factors that nature
almost never brings together in one place. The cave-making recipe calls for a
steady emission of volcanic gas and heat, a heavy annual snowfall at an
elevation high enough to keep it from melting during the summer, and a
bowl-shaped crater to hold the snow.
Snow accumulating yearly in Rainier’s summit craters is compacted and
compressed into a dense form of ice called firm, a substance midway between
ordinary ice and the denser crystalline ice that makes up glaciers. Heat rising
from numerous openings (called fumaroles) along the inner crater walls melts
out chambers between the rocky walls and the overlying ice pack. Circulating
currents of warm air then melt additional openings in the firm ice, eventually
connecting the individual chambers and, in the larger of Rainier’s the crater’s,
forming a continuous passageway the extends two-thirds of the Way around the
crater’s interior.
To maintain the cave system, the elements of fire under ice must remain in
equilibrium, enough snow must fill the crater each year to replace that melted
from below. If too much volcanic heat is discharged, the crater’s ice pack will
melt away entirely and the caves will vanish along with the snows of yesteryear.
If too little heat is produced, the ice, replenished annually by winter snowstorms,
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will expand, pushing against the enclosing crater walls and smothering the
present caverns in solid firm ice.
1. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The importance of snowfall for Mount Rainier.
B. The steam caves of Mount Rainier’s.
C. How ice covers are destroyed.
D. The eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980.
2. According to the passage, long periods of volcanic inactivity can lead to a
volcanic cone’s _____________.
A. strong eruption
B. sudden growth
C. destruction
D. unpredictability
3. The second paragraph mentions all of the following as necessary elements in
the creation of steam caves EXCEPT _________.
A. a glacier B. a crater C. heat D. snow
4. According to the passage, heat from Mount Rainier’s summit craters rises
from _________.
A. crystalline ice
B. firms
C. chambers
D. fumaroles
5. In the last line, “smothering” means ____________.
A. eliminate B. enlarged C. prevented D. hollowed
Text B
When it comes to health, the poor are doubly cursed. Not only are they more
prone to deadly infectious diseases than the rich, but they have far less access to
the means of improvement. Twenty years ago, Paul Farmer, an American doctor
and anthropologist, set out to do something about this. Amid the political
turmoil and poverty of rural Haiti, he created a community based health care
system called Zanmi Lasante, or Partners in Health. It not only delivers
appropriate, affordable medical treatment to thousands of poor people, but goes
beyond the clinic to address the social causes making them sick and keeping
them from getting better.
As Dr. Farmer argues, improving the health of the poor is not just a
medical challenge, but a question of human rights. Tackling the inequality,
racism, sexism and other forms of "structural violence" which oppress the poor
is as critical as extending the drugs. Or as his Haiti patients put it, medicine
without food is like washing one's hands and drying them in the dirt.
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Unfortunately, Dr. Farmer's powerful message is often weakened by his
book's academic tone. It does, however, scream out in passages describing the
human face of "structural violence". It is these personal stories that make Dr.
Farmer's anger at such "stupid deaths" so compelling.
The good doctor's motives and methods are better described in Mountains
Beyond Mountains. This biography by Tracy Kidder traces Dr. Farmer from his
unconventional upbringing and unusual education, shuttling between the shacks
of central Haiti and the halls of Harvard Medical School, to his later work
around the world. Though well written, Mr. Kidder's book also makes for
uncomfortable reading. The author is clearly close to his subject, having traveled
with Dr. Farmer from the green poverty of Haiti to the tubercular whiteness of
Russia. Too close, perhaps. The biographer seems to be seeking his subject's
approval, rather than the other way round. Mr. Kidder writes, rather disturbingly,
about his fear of disappointing Dr. Farmer, his own pain at wounding him with a
critical remark and his relief at the doctor's forgiveness.
When Mr. Kidder's health falls, this dependence becomes all the more intense.
But rather than compromise the book's equity, this intimacy serves to highlight
Dr. Farmer's admirable, yet ultimately irritating, character. As Mr. Kidder
observes, "Farmer wasn't put on earth to make anyone feel comfortable, except
those lucky enough to be his patients or those unlucky enough to need him."
6. What makes the "Partners in Health" system unique compared with traditional
hospitals?
A. It makes attempts to help the poor on a social level.
B. It is aimed at treating poor people for free.
C. It is designed to help the poor rise from poverty.
D. It offers community help to those who are poor.
7. What can be inferred from the last sentence of the second paragraph?
A. Hands should not be dried in the dirt after washing.
B. Medicine is also needed for cleaning hands.
C. Medicine is not a long term cure to their poor health.
D. Food can cure their disease better than any medicine.
8. The disadvantage of Dr. Farmer's book seems to be that.
A. the plots in the book are not attractive enough
B. the way he tells the stories is not compelling enough
C. the anger he expresses at "stupid deaths" is too strong
D. the tone is not strong enough to arouse people's attention
9. Mr. Kidder's book also makes for uncomfortable reading because .
A. Mr. Kidder himself has never been involved in Dr. Farmer's life
B. Mr. Kidder is afraid of making true comments on Dr. Farmer
C. Mr. Kidder's emotions prevent him from independent writing
D. Mr. Kidder is always waiting for Dr. Farmer's forgiveness
10. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .
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