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武汉科技大学

2005年硕士研究生入学考试试题

考试科目及代码：专业综合 336

说明：1．适用招生专业：外国语言学及应用语言学 共 3 页

2．答题内容写在答题纸上，写在试卷或草稿纸上一律无效。

Section One ADVANCED ENGLISH (70%)

I. Explain each of the following cultural figures or terms briefly: (15%)

1. Black Humor

2. Niccolo Machiavelli

3. Ten Commandments

4. Malthusian Population Theory

5. The Great Depression

II. Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences: (10%)

1. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.

2. Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

3. Empire offered a few men a source of profit, many men a sense of mission and, to the anonymous everyman of Europe’s slums, a sense of pride.

4. Gray peace pervaded the wilderness-ringed Argentina Bay in Newfoundland.

5. The young moon lies on her back tonight as is her habit in the tropics, and as, I think, is suitable if not seemly for a virgin.

III. Vocabulary (20%)

1. Explain the meaning of the following prefixes or suffixes as italicized in the following words:

a) Pseudo classics b) ultra violet c) fore cast d) dictator ship e) flesh y

2. Write out the full forms of the following shortenings, acronyms or blends:

a) Radar b) MIT c) flu d) Stagflation e) quake

IV. Reading Comprehension (25%)

Intellectual Advancement and Emotional Degeneration

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