公共课考研英语英语1998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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• 41Which of the following is true according to the passage、

  A.Environmentalists were blamed for anti-science in an essay.

  B.Politicians are not subject to the labeling of anti-science.

  C.The “more enlightened” tend to tag others as anti-science.

  D.Tagging environmentalists as “anti-science” is justifiabl

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• 42The author’s attitude toward the issue of “science vs. anti-science” is ________.

  A.impartial

  B.subjective

  C.biased

  D.puzzling

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• 43Discerned from the perplexing picture of population growth the 1980 census provided, America in 1970s ________.

  A.enjoyed the lowest net growth of population in history

  B.witnessed a southwestern shift of population

  C.underwent an unparalleled period of population growth

  D.brought to a standstill its pattern of migration since World War II

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• 44The census distinguished itself from previous studies on population movement in that ________.

  A.it stresses the climatic influence on population distribution

  B.it highlights the contribution of continuous waves of immigrants

  C.it reveals the Americans’ new pursuit of spacious living

  D.it elaborates the delayed effects of yesterday’s “baby boom”

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• 45We can see from the available statistics that ________.

  A.California was once the most thinly populated area in the whole US

  B.the top 10 states in growth rate of population were all located in the West

  C.cities with better climates benefited unanimously from migration

  D.Arizona ranked second of all states in its growth rate of population

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• 46The word “demographers” (Line 1, Paragraph 8) most probably means ________.

  A.people in favor of the trend of democracy

  B.advocates of migration between states

  C.scientists engaged in the study of population

  D.conservatives clinging to old patterns of life

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• 47The author believes that ________.

  A.the motion of the plates corresponds to that of the earth’s interior

  B.the geological theory about drifting plates has been proved to be true

  C.the hot spots and the plates move slowly in opposite directions

  D.the movement of hot spots proves the continents are moving apart

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• 48That Africa and South America were once joined can be deduced from the fact that ________.

  A.the two continents are still moving in opposite directions

  B.they have been found to share certain geological features

  C.the African plate has been stable for 30 million years

  D.over 100 hot spots are scattered all around the globe

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• 49The hot spot theory may prove useful in explaining ________.

  A.the structure of the African plates

  B.the revival of dead volcanoes

  C.the mobility of the continents

  D.the formation of new oceans

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• 50The passage is mainly about ________.

  A.the features of volcanic activities

  B.the importance of the theory about drifting plates

  C.the significance of hot spots in geophysical studies

  D.the process of the formation of volcanoes

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