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