研究生课程考试试题试卷一.doc

研究生课程考试试题（试卷一）2009 2010 学年第 1 学期课程编号： 50820891 课程名称： 综合英语 年 级： 09 开课单位：外语 命题教师： 考核方式： 考试时间： 150 分钟 共 页 GENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 考试注意事项：感谢同学们在新年假期中参加考试，也感谢老师们在新年假期中参加监考，大家辛苦了。1） 考试时间：8：30-11：00 2） 学生请不要在课桌内及身上携带任何书、本、纸片、电子文具、字典、手机，一经发现，即视为作弊。书包，大衣请放到教室统一位置。3） 学生按英语小班坐位，收卷按英语小班收卷。答题卡左上角请注明英语班级。4） 调频台频率为FM 86.55） 收卷时分别按试卷一，试卷二，答题卡，收齐后，送交主楼C 7036） 考生在答题卡的学生代号栏中填上完整的学生证号，且左对齐，剩余空格不填。PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (14 points)Section A (0.5 point each) Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.1. A. Nancy shouldnt be too busy. B. Nancy should take a break from her work. C. Nancy must be under great pressure. D. Nancy must feel depressed.2. A. After class.B. The next day.C. Tonight.D. When the woman gets to the bus stop.3. A. Because her grandmother was ill. B. Because it was too late for her to go to the party. C. Because she went to her grandmothers party. D. Because she went to visit her doctor.4. A. She expected to have a better time with Sammy. B. She didnt get along well with Sammy. C. She was very happy together with Sammy. D. She wouldnt go out with Sammy again.5. A. His wife is waiting for him at home. B. His wife is angry today. C. His wife is not home today. D. His wife is sick today.6. A. The man can make a random decision. B. The man should decide later. C. The man should forget about it. D. The man doesnt have to be so serious.7. A. He has won a big lottery. B. He has passed an oral examination. C. He is going to get his driving license. D. He has been relieved from a big burden.8. A. 10 dollars. B. 15 dollars. C. 20 dollars. D. 25 dollars Section B (1 point each)Directions: In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Mini-talk one9. A. Because she likes old programs on TV. B. Because she was very bored. C. Because she had missed the program earlier. D. Because she doesnt like outdoor activities.10. A. Because she doesnt feel like going out today. B. Because she is very busy today. C. Because she has to meet her parents for dinner today. D. Because she doesnt like the man.11. A. To go to a live outdoor concert. B. To have a picnic for lunch.C. To check out activities by the river.D. To go fishing in the river.Mini-talk Two12. A. Because the small diamonds in the old setting are of different color. B. Because the setting has been damaged. C. Because they want people to see it in its natural beauty. D. Because the style of the setting is too old.13. A. In India. B In FranceC. In England. D. In the U.S.14. A. Over 100 carats. B. 67 carats. C. 60 carats. D. 45 carats. Section C (0.5 point each) (此题抄在试卷二上)Directions: Now you will hear an introduction about a new trend in American primary education. The passage will be read twice. Fill in the missing words to complete the following passage. All the children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. Children who are educated at home are _(1)_. There are 300,000 home-schoolers in the United States today. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they do not believe that public schools teach the correct _(2)_ values; others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. _(3)_, results show that home-schooled children quite often do better than _(4)_ tests in reading and math.David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home. Guterson says that his children learn very _(5)_ from children in school. Learning starts with the childrens interests and questions. For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow_ (6)_, Alaska, polar bears, and winter tourism. Or a spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about _(7)_ and the space program.Home schooling is often more interesting than _(8)_ schools, but critics say that home-schoolers are _(9)_ who might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not _(10)_ to teach their children. However, most parents dont have the time or the desire to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education.PART II VOCABULARY ( 10 points )Section A (0.5 point each)Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.15. Those prisoners at concentration camps were exhausted from a chronic lack of food.A. recent B. acute C. constant D. severe16. A winner achieves his goal without hurting others or compromising his beliefs and convictions. A. changing B. endangering C. submitting D. composing17. Failure is the direct result of poor self-esteem and the anticipation of failure. A. elimination B. designation C. elevation D. expectation18. The governments full public disclosure of the decision only swelled the chorus of protests.A. checked B. diminished C. intensified D. retrieved19. Their house was in close proximity to ours, so we became intimate friends in time. A. vicinity B, contact C. relation D. community20. Residents in big cities in China tend to dispose of some old furniture when moving. A. get possession of B. get rid of C. hold on to D. keep track of21. This is a love that sprang up from friendship and blossomed into marriage. A. diverged B. separated C. distinguished D. originated22. Because they are so good, so smart, they stand out like beacons in the sea of mediocrity. A. watch tower B. guidance C. flare D. elite23. One of the major flaws in the existing system is that the prosecutor has immunity from law suits claiming malicious prosecution. A. useful B. spiteful C. harmless D. cheerful24. Although Chicago has fared better than some cities, unemployment remains a problem. A. got on B. charged C. offered jobs D. provided welfare Section B (0.5 point each)Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the correspondingletter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.25. I often wonder why some people wont do what it_ to be successful.A. involves B. means C. takes D. likes26. The short story about the missing personnel during the civil war was adapted into a(n) _ movie. A. winning-award B. award-winning C. won-award D. award-won27. A person can explain his professional goals_ position, prestige or income. A. in terms of B. in case of C. in view of D. in honor of28. Fear is the most destructive force in the world, for it _ motivation and creativity.A. clutches B. cripples C. compels D. conceives29. There is some reason for not giving up my career and _ a different one. A. taking in B. bringing about C. arising from D. embarking on30. By the year 2040, Yale University will need over eight acres of land to _ its library.A. manipulate B. accommodate C. illuminate D. obligate31. _ is a meal typically eaten late in the morning as a combination of a late breakfast and an early lunch. A. Dinner B. Brunch C. Banquet D. Feast32. The military government declared its intention of _ all political activity. A. splitting suddenly B. blowing up C. breaking up D. cracking down on33. The depression that started in mid-1929 was a catastrophe of _dimensions for the United States. A. unprecedented B. notable C. remarkable D. unduplicated34. Because of the economic slowdown, the government changed its policy to _ revenue by limiting commerce. A. disregard B. challenge C. diminish D. rejectPART III READING COMPREHENSION （Section A ） (10 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Passage One From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesops fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened. Its the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes across a jar with the water level too lowfor him to reach. The crow raises the water level by dropping stones into the jar. The moral tells:Little by little does the trick, or in other retellings, necessity is the mother of invention. Now, scientists report that some relatives of crows called rooks used the samestone-dropping strategy to get at a floating worm. Results of experiments with three birds were published online by the journal Current Biology. Rooks, like crows, had already been shown to use tools in previous experiments. Christopher Bird of Cambridge University and a colleague exposed the rooks to a 6-inch-tall clear plastic tube containing water, with a worm on its surface. The birds used the stone-dropping trickspontaneously and appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. They learned quickly that larger stones work better. In an accompanying commentary, Alex Taylor and Russell Gray of the University of Auckland in New Zealand noted that in an earlier experiment, the same birds had dropped a single stone into a tube to get food released at the bottom. So maybe they were just following that strategy again when they saw the tube in the new experiment, the scientists suggested. But Birdspaper argued theres more to it: The rooks dropped multiple stones rather than just one beforereaching for the worm, and they reached for it at the top of the tube rather than trying to reach thefood at the bottom. The researchers also said Aesops crow might have actually been a rook, since both kinds ofbirds were called crows in the past.35. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Animals are smarter than we have expected. B. Aesops fables tell real morals. C. Necessity is the mother of invention. D. Some of Aesops fables may be true.36. Aesops fables have been popular for such a long time because they A. tell us the truth of nature B. tell us interesting stories of animals C. are teachings of life D. are scientific literature37. In the experiments, in order to eat the worm floating on the water surface, the rooks _ A. found a way to raise the water level B. broke the tube with larger stones C. counted how many stones- they would need D. cooperated peacefully38. According to Alex Taylor and Russell Gray, it seems that rooks _ A. tend to follow the others strategy B. can remember their former strategy C. can change strategy in different situations D. seldom use the same strategy in experiments39. The word spontaneously (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to_ . A. surely B. naturally C. voluntarily D. quicklyPassage Two Too much eating. Too many unhealthy foods. Too many advertisements for food, Too littleactivity. Different explanations are offered for Americas weight problem- a problem increasinglyshared by other countries. Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight. Schools have been Urged to increase physical education, an important tool for public health. And many have. Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in physical education class. Injuries increased 150% between 1997 and 2007. The study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Only 2% wereserious. The researchers did not try to identify the causes of the increase, but they have sometheories. Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University was the lead researcher. She says one possibility is a decrease in the number of school nurses during the period they studied. For example, a 2004 study showed that the number of school nurses nationally failed to meet federal guidelines. Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital. Another possible reason for more injuries is a change in the traditional idea of physicaleducation. This New P.E. expands the kinds of sports that are taught. But activities that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, says Cheryl Richardson. She is with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. Also, she says not all states require P.E. teachers to be specially trained. Untrained teachers could be less likely to recognize unsafe conditions. Cheryl Richardson also points to one of the studys findings - that injuries are often the result of contact with a person or a structure. This tells her that the teachers were not giving each student enough space to move around safely. Six activities produced 70% of all injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and gymnastics. The researchers say larger class sizes are another possible reason for the increase in injuries. Larger classes can mean less supervision. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says 20 to 30 students in a P.E. class should be the limit.40. Overweight problem is _ . A. not common outside the United States of America B. also a headache in other countries C. caused by too many advertisements for food D. neglected in many countries41. The increase of physical education _ . A. has reduced the number of overweight children B. is the major cause of injuries of children in the U.S. C. has more disadvantages than advantages D. has caused more injuries in school .42. It is implied in Lara McKenzies study that _ . A. in the past some injuries were treated in school B. school nurses are now more irresponsible C. students dont have enough space to move around in school D. schools lack funds in hiring school nurses43. Which of the following is NOT included in the reasons for more injuries? A. More dangerous activities. B. Fewer specially trained teachers. C. Less supervision. D. More unhealthy food.44. Which of the following activities has caused more injuries? A. Rock climbing. B. Skateboarding. C. Soccer. D. Swimming.(45, 46 两题空出) PART IV BLANK FILLING (0.5 point each)Directions : Fill in each blank by choosing a proper word or phrase from the box given below. Each word or phrase must be used only ONCE. Change the forms where necessary.A, overwhelm B, pensive C, ventilate D, derivative E, stand F, vulnerability G, hysteria H, streamline I, odds-on J, be suspicious of K, incongruous L, cutting M, edge N, culminate O, thumb through 47. The cover art accurately reflects the content, which is often _, delicate and private.48. His victims are _ women whom he can control.49. Their many years of research have finally _ in a cure for the disease.50. Cant we _ this agreement so that it doesnt take so long to get the work back from the p