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1、1998年全國碩士研究生入學統(tǒng)一考試英語試題SectionIClozeTestUntilrecent1ymosthistoriansspokeverycriticallyoftheIndustrialRevolution.They1thatinthelongrunindustrializationgreatlyraisedthestandardoflivingforthe2man.Buttheyinsistedthatits_3resultsduringtheperiodfrom1750to1850werewidespreadpovertya
2、ndmiseryforthe4oftheEnglishpopulation.5contrast,theysawintheprecedinghundredyearsfrom1650to1750,whenEnglandwasstilla6agriculturalcountry,aperiodofgreatabundanceandprosperity.Thisview.7.isgenerallythoughttobewrong.Specialists8historyandeconomics,have_9twothings:thattheperiod
3、from1650to1750was10bygreatpoverty,andthatindustrializationcertainlydidnotworsenandmayhaveactuallyimprovedtheconditionsforthemajorityofthepopulace.1.[A]admitted[B]believed[C]claimed[D]predicted2.[A]plain[B]average[C]mean[D]normal3.[A]momentary[B]prompt[C]instant[D]immediate4
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5、tionIIReadingComprehensionText1Fewcreationsofbigtechnologycapturetheimaginationlikegiantdams.Perhapsitishumankind'slongsufferingatthemercyoffloodanddroughtthatmakestheideaofforcingthewaterstodoourbiddingsofascinating.Buttobefascinatedisalso,sometimes,tobeblind.Severalgiantd
6、amprojectsthreatentodomoreharmthangood.Thelessonfromdamsisthatbigisnotalwaysbeautiful.Itdoesn'thelpthatbuildingabig,powerfuldamhasbecomeasymbolofachievementfornationsandpeoplestrivingtoassertthemselves.Egypt，sleadershipintheArabworldwascementedbytheAswanHighDam.Turkey^sbidf
7、orFirstWorldstatusincludesthegiantAtaturkDam.Butbigdamstendnottoworkasintended.TheAswanDam,forexample,stoppedtheNilefloodingbutdeprivedEgyptofthefertilesiltthatfloodsleft—allinreturnforagiantreservoirofdiseasewhichisnowsofullofsiltthatitbarelygenerateselectricity.Andyet,the
8、mythofcontrollingthewaterspersists.Thisweek,intheheartofcivilizedEurope,Slovaksand
