09研究生试卷基础英语09研究生试卷基础英语.doc

天津外国语学院 2009年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 考试科目：基础英语+汉语 (注意：答案必须写在答题纸上) （考试时间180分钟 总分150分） I. Choose the one answer that best explains the underlined word or phrase in the sentence. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET (20points for 20 questions). 1. Outsourcing involves the transfer of the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to an external service provider. outcontracting offshoring homeshoring D. product procuring 2. The Democrats complained that the bailout helps the banks, but doesnt help the man on the street, the average homeowner being foreclosed. facilitated B. forecasted C. blocked D. deprived of … 3. The lucrative construction industry enabled me to fulfill a lifelong dream, to own my own ships. fruitful moneymaking C. laminating D. high-profiled 4. The city’s proactive move in accepting public scrutiny and open governance was hailed by the media as an innovative way of advancing democracy. mocked cruelly appraised excitedly acclaimed enthusiastically assessed positively 5. President Chavez and visiting President Correa met in Caracas in March as South American diplomats struggled to defuse a regional crisis triggered by Columbia’s cross-border attack in Ecuador. A. confront B. solve C. alleviate D. aggregate 6. Ronald Tilson, a leading American tiger specialist who led the survey, concluded that the South China tiger is extinct in the wild, although he conceded that a few individuals may exist, without their being a viable population. admitted B. contended C. concluded D. receded 7. Makro has to face a skewed competition landscape when other chain supermarkets are packing customer’s goods in intricate classifications into multiple free plastic bags to show their hospitality. A. an unfair competition a fierce competition C. a monopolistic competition D. a lessening competition 8. China’s iron and steel industry is highly dependent on resources with high energy consumption and serious emission of dust, also lead