2011年宁波大学考博英语真题及详解
Section I Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually (1)_____ as science fiction. (2)_____ of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. (3)_____, some of the most successful films of recent years have been (4)_____ science fiction stories.
It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new (5)_____ in literature, but its ancestors can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned (6)_____ the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often (7)_____ in modern societies.
Most of the (8)_____ science fiction, (9)_____, have been written within the last one hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Veme and H.G. Wells, to (10)_____ just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages.
Modern science fiction writers don’t (11)_____ about men from Mars or space adventure stories. They are more interested in predicting the results of technological developments (12)_____ society and the human mind; or (13)_____ imagining future worlds which are (14)_____ of the world we live in now. (15)_____ this, their writing has obvious political undertones.
(16)_____ an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction, the writers may find it difficult to keep (17)_____ scientific advances. Those who are (18)_____ clear-sighted to see the way we are going, however, may provide valuable lesson on (19)_____ to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology and come to (20)_____ with a continually changing view of the world.
1.[A] classified
[B] collected
[C] separated
[D] divided
2.[A] Hundred
[B] A hundred
[C] Hundreds
[D] The hundred
3.[A] Otherwise
[B] However
[C] Besides
[D] Except
4.[A] depended on
[B] established on
[C] based on
[D] made on
5.[A] development
[B] improvement
[C] advance
[D] change
6.[A] on
[B] about
[C] at
[D] with
7.[A] appeared
[B] found
[C] placed
[D] put
8.[A] celebrities
[B] copies
[C] classics
[D] articles
9.[A] whereas
[B] therefore
[C] however
[D] moreover
10.[A] suggest
[B] speak
[C] refer
[D] mention
11.[A] say
[B] write
[C] tell
[D] describe
12.[A] in
[B] on
[C] from
[D] of
13.[A] in
[B] about
[C] on
[D] of
14.[A] an impression
[B] a reflection
[C] a description
[D] an imitation
15.[A] Instead of
[B] Because of
[C] In addition to
[D] In spite of