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同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试标准模拟试题二Part I Dialogue communication(10 minutes, l0 points)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer that suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1. A: Isnt the pink shirt pretty? B: _A. No, the blue one is prettier.B. Yeah.but the blue one would look better on you.C. I think otherwise.D. I dont think I agree with you.2. A: _ B: Trim the back, but leave it long at sides, please.A. How do want to do with the Christmas tree?B. Do you want a shampoo?C. How would you like me to cut it?D. The fence is made of wooden posts.3. A: _ B: No. Im trying to find a green sweater in extra large.A. Is anybody taking care of you?B. Whats your size?C. What do you want?D. Is everything OK?4. A: Can I get you something to drink? B: _ A. No, Im not thirsty. B. I dont care for a drink. C. What drink have you got? D. Im fine. Thanks anyway.5. A: Are you going to your family reunion this Christmas holiday? B: _A. As a matter of fact, I dont mind it at all.B. I do. Ive been excited about it for a long time.C. However, my parents and I are going to take a trip to Hawaii.D. You bet. All my uncles and aunts will take their children along, too. Section B Dialogue Comprehension Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoringANSWER SHEET.6. Woman: Henry, your article in the campus news was excellent. Man: I only wish they had published the entire thing. Question: What do we learn from Henrys response?A. The article was actually longer.B. His publishing career has just begun.C. The newspaper has printed his other articles.D. The article is about sports.7. Man: I thought the librarian said we could check out as many books as we need with our library cards. Woman: Thats right, but not those reference books. Question: What does the woman mean?A. Students with a library card can check any book out.B. Reference books are not allowed to be checked out.C. Only students with a library card can check out reference books.D. The number of books a student can check out is unlimited. 8. Man: Shall I call you to let you know about our rehearsal? Woman: By all means. Question: What do we learn from the womans response?A. The man should try his best to tell her about it.B. She doesnt want to give the man too much trouble.C. She would be happy to learn details of the rehearsal.D. She prefers the man to tell her himself.9. Man: It seems the restaurants here have little business these days. Woman: Thats true, But ours is a scenic resort. And this is not the busy season. When summer comes, youll see armies of tourists waiting in line in order to get a seat. Question: What do we learn from the conversation about the restaurants in the town?A. They stay closed until summer comes.B. They cater chiefly to tourists.C. They are busy all the year around.D. They provide quality service to their customers.10. Woman: I dont agree with Mr. Johnson on his views about social welfare. He seems to suggest that the poor are robbing the rich. Man: He might have used better words to express his ideas. But I find what he said makes a lot of sense. Question: What does the man mean?A. Mr. Johnsons ideas are nonsense.B. He quite agrees with Mr. Johnsons views.C. Mr. Johnson is good at expressing his ideas.D. He shares the womans views on social welfare.Part Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points) Section A Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.11. Obviously these are all factors affecting smooth operation, but the underlying problem is still to be identified. A. operational B. fundamental C. operating D. underneath12. If you can convince the interviewer of your special qualifications, your chance of being accepted will be greatly enhanced. A. appreciated B. encouraged C. frustrated D. increased13. Initially his book did not receive much attention, but two weeks after the critics review appeared in the newspapers, it climbed to the best sellers list. A. At first B. First of all C. At first sight D. From the first14. Growing economic problems were highlighted by a slowdown in oil output. A. accounted for B. worked out C. made prominent D. taken for granted15. The committee reported its findings after a thorough investigation. A. things that are found B. decisions C. results of an enquiry D. files16. The critics assessment of the book is that it is beautifully written. A. comprehension B. recommendation C. admiration D. judgment17. The foreign minister would reveal nothing about his recent tour of the Middle East beyond what had already been announced at the press conference. A. as for B. in addition to C. along with D. in relation to18. Mr. Dane went through his daughters essay carefully, to eliminate slang words from it. A. reduce B. exchange C. remove D. exhibit19. A trip to the Antarctic is reasonably safe if you take the necessary precautions. A. within reason B. rather C. beyond doubt D. doubly20. With his brows knitted, the doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. A. succeeded in B. decided against C. went on with D. thought deeply about Section B Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. Her sadness was obvious, but she believed that her feeling of depression was _. A. torrent B. transient C. tensile D. textured22. Nobody knew how he came up with this _idea about the trip. A. weary B. twilight C. unanimous D. weird23. The flower under the sun would _quickly without any protection. A. wink B. withhold C. wither D. widower24. The _of gifted children into accelerated classes will start next week according to their academic performance. A. segregation B. specification C, spectrum D. subscription25. He _himself bitterly for his miserable behavior that evening.A. repealed B. resented C. relayed D. reproached26. Written at least 100 years ago, the handwriting faded and certainly became _. A. infinite B. illegible C. infectious D. immune27. He cut the string and held up the two _to tie the box.A. segments B. sediments C. seizures D. secrets28. All the music instruments in the orchestra will be _before it starts. A. civilized B. chattered C. chambered D. chorded29. When the air in a certain space is squeezed to occupy a smaller space, the air is said to be _. A. commenced B. compressed C. compromised D. compensated30. She made two copies of this poem and posted them _to different publishers. A. sensationally B. simultaneously C. strenuously D. simplyPart Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points) Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. Passage One The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (承担的义务), self-improvement. Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fur, is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.31. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _. A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement32. Raising children, in tile authors opinion, is _. A. a moral duty B. a thankless job C. a rewarding task D. a source of inevitable pain33. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from _. A. hatred B. misunderstanding C. prejudice D. ignorance34. To understand what true happiness is, one must _. A. have as much run as possible during ones lifetime B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain C. put up with pain under all circumstances D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun35. What is the author trying to tell us? A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. B. One must know how to attain happiness. C. It is important to make commitments. D. It is pain that leads to happiness.36. According to the authors opinion, _. A. happiness is different from fun B. fun always leads to happiness C. happiness is always originated from funD. pain is another kind of happiness Passage Two Its very interesting to note where the debate about diversity (多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate (公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the Pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates growing and at where the Population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means Promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesnt occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need. Likewise, I dont hear people in the academy saying Lets go backward. Lets go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才) (which was never truewe never had a meritocracy, although weve come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the medianot in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.37. The word imperative (Line 5, Para. 1) most probably refers to something _. A. superficial B. remarkable C. debatable D. essential38. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity? A. Minorities. B. Politicians. C. Professors. D. Managers.39. High-ranking corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to A. lower the rate of unemployment B. win equal political rights for minorities C. be competitive in the world market D. satisfy the demands of a growing population40. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. meritocracy can never be realized without diversity B. American political circles will not accept diversity C. it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U. S. media D. minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity41. According to the passage, diversity can be achieved in American society by _. A. expanding the pool of potential employees B. promoting policies that provide skills to employees C. training more engineers, scientists, lawyers and business managers D. providing education for all regardless of race or sex42. The authors attitude towards diversity is _. A. positive B. neural C. objective D. critical Passage Three Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to think and concentrate. Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived (被剥夺) of cigarettes through a series of tests. In the first test, each subject (试验对象) sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and nonsmokers performed equally well. The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine (尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers. In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers. The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details. As our tests became more complex, sums up Spilich, non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins. He predicts, smokers might perform adequately at many jobs until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity.43. The purpose of George Spilichs experiments is _. A. to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers B. to show how smoking damages peoples mental capacity C. to prove that smoking affects peoples regular performance D. to find out whether smoking helps peoples short-term memory44. George Spilichs experiment was conducted in such a way as to _. A. compel the subjects to separate major information from minor details B. put the subject