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南京农业大学
2006 年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题
本试题共 10 页,第 1 页
试题编号：221 试题名称：英语二外
注意：答题一律答在答题纸上，答在草稿纸或试卷上一律无效
Part I Cloze Test (20 points)
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best one from the four choices
marked A, B, C and D to fill in each blank. ( 10 points)
Americans today believe that acceptable social behavior follows effortlessly from personal
virtue. The 1)______ between morals and manners has become blurred (模糊). All you need is a
good heart, most people assume, and the rest will take care of itself. You don’t have to write
thank-you notes.
Many Americans believe that natural behavior is beautiful. The “natural” 2)_____ to human
relations presumes that to know any person well enough is to love him, that the only human problem
is a communication problem. This 3)_____ that people might be separated by basic genuinely
irreconcilable （不可调和的） differences --- philosophical, political, or religious --- and assumes
that all such differences are 4)_____ misunderstandings.
Indeed, it has never been easier to insult people inadvertently （非故意地）. Agentleman opens
a door for a lady because his mother taught him that ladies 5)_____ such courtesies, but this one
turns around and spits in his eye because he has insulted her womanhood. Ayoung lady 6)_____ her
seat in a crowded bus to an elderly, frail gentleman, and he gives her a dirty look because she has
insulted his manhood. 7)_____ you, those are just people trying to be nice; the only problem is that
they are operating on different systems of etiquette.
Curiously, it has never been 8)_____ to insult people intentionally. If you say, “You are nasty
and I hate you,” the person is apt to reply, “ Oh, you’re feeling 9)_____; I’ll wait until you feel
better.”
The idea that people can behave “naturally” without resorting to an artificial code tacitly（心照
不宣地） agreed upon by their society is as silly as the idea that they can communicate by using a
language without 10)_____ accepted semantic and grammatical rules.
1） A. instinct B. distinction C. intuition D. similarity
2) A. road B. way C. approach D. means
3) A. approves B. denies C. supports D. disagrees
4) A. no more than B. not more than C. a bit more than D. much more than
5) A. dislike B. approve C. thank D. appreciate
6) A. offering B. offered C. offers D. offer
7) A. Mind B. Warn C. Beware D. Notice
8) A. better B. easier C. worse D. harder
9) A. friendly B. terrible C. disgusting D. hostile
10) A. superficially B. profoundly C. commonly D. individually
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