2007年考研《英语模拟考场》模拟试题(1)及答案

SectionⅠ Use of English

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）  

A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic   Community was declared adopted Tuesday despite opposition by ministers.  The president of the Parliament， Simone Veil， signed the ＄24.2 billion 1982 budget， 1  the EEC into its third  2  budget conflict. 

Minutes after receiving a  3  from ministers to  4     the signing to give time to work out a  5     ， Veil told Britain's Financial Secretary to the Treasury， Nicholas Ridley，she had adopted the budget. 

Ridley told reporters  6  speaking to Veil by telephone， “She has adopted it，and she is absolutely  7  that the ministers should write to her in this way without  8   consultation.” 

EEC sources  9  most member states would probably  10  to make full payments to the budget as adopted， and the conflict was likely to  11  well into next year. 

The ministers' letter to Veil，  12    after a meeting in Brussels Tuesday，  13  of serious consequences  14  the budget were adopted.

“The council of ministers appeals to you to put off the adoption of the 1982 budget   15  a consensus can be found ...” it said.

The adoption  16  six months of tortuous negotiations between the 434-member   Assembly and EEC budget ministers over 1982  17 .  

 18  was blocked in the  19  by parliament's addition earlier this month of some ＄250 million much of it for jobs programs. 

The number of people out of  20  in the EEC in November reached a record of almost 10 million， or nine percent of the working population， according to the EEC statistics office.  

1. ［A］ undergoing    B］ confronting   C］ plunging    ［D］ converting  

2. ［A］ consecutive   B］ consequent   ［C］ sequential ［D］ preceding 

3. ［A］ bulk        ［B］ plea         ［C］ honor      ［D］ grant 

4. ［A］ delay       ［B］ detain       ［C］ prolong    ［D］ extend 

5. ［A］ cooperation ［B］ combination  ［C］ compromise ［D］ coincidence 

6. ［A］ since       ［B］ before       ［C］ after      ［D］ as  

7. ［A］ furious     ［B］ cautious     ［C］ apprehensive   ［D］ nervous 

8. ［A］ urgent      ［B］ crucial      ［C］ prior          ［D］ durable 

9. ［A］ said        ［B］ questioned   ［C］ told           ［D］ addressed 

10. ［A］ contradict ［B］ deny         ［C］ refuse         ［D］ concede 

11. ［A］ stretch    ［B］ last         ［C］ gear           ［D］ proceed 

12. ［A］ outlined   ［B］ drafted      ［C］ polished       ［D］ compiled 

13. ［A］ warned     ［B］ disposed     ［C］ dreamt         ［D］ conceived 

14. ［A］ even if    ［B］ if           ［C］ so that        ［D］ for 

15. ［A］ until      ［B］ while        ［C］ although       ［D］ since 

16. ［A］ characterized   ［B］ followed    ［C］ stimulated    ［D］ brought 

17. ［A］ spending   ［B］ provisions   ［C］ survey         ［D］ slogan 

18. ［A］ Clash      ［B］ Agreement    ［C］ Option         ［D］ Abundance 

19. ［A］ end        ［B］ dawn         ［C］ event          ［D］ dark 

20. ［A］ reach      ［B］ shape        ［C］ impulse        ［D］ work   

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