2013年同等学力申硕考试英语模拟试卷(三).pdf

2013 年年同等学力同等学力申硕考试英语模拟试卷 三 申硕考试英语模拟试卷 三 Part I Oral Communication 15 minutes 10 points Part I Oral Communication 15 minutes 10 points Section A Directions In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A B and C taken from the dialogue Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet Dialogue One A Um about 1978 I think when I was eighteen B What about you C Yeah I really like that Steve Francesca what s your favourite piece of music would you say Francesca I think it s Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber Steve Really Fancesca 1 Steve When did you first hear it Francesca Oh about five years ago my sister was in a choir concert and that was the first time I heard it and I thought it was really beautiful 2 what s your favourite Fancesca Well it s a big piece It s Mahler s second symphony Steve Oh yeah yeah Fancesca When when did you first hear that Steve 3 Fancesca A long time ago Steve Yeah But it stays with me and I ve seen it performed several times since then Dialogue Two A I didn t realize you were such a good cook B I ll do them myself later C Well you know if you want to John Oh Anne that was a wonderful dinner That the best meal I ve had in a long time Anne Oh thank you Thank you very much John Can I give you a hand with the dishes Anne Uh uh don t bother 4 Hey would you like me to fix some coffee John Uh thanks a lot I d love some Uh would you mind if I smoke Anne Why not at all Here let me get you an ashtray John Aw thanks very much Oh Anne 5 Anne Actually I ve only just learned how you know It s because I ve been taking these courses John Why I can t cook at all can t even boil an egg Anne No kidding 6 you could take a couple of classes over at Sheridan College and learn how to do it too John Aw thanks a lot Section B Directions In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A B Cand D taken from the interview Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet A That s right John B Why should we believe you this time C But Mrs Faulkes you said that five years ago when you were campaigning for the last general election D How s the campaign going Interviewer In our radio car we have Geraldine Faulkes who is on the campaign trail in the constituency of Liverpool north east Good morning Mrs Faulkes Mrs Faulkes Good morning John Interviewer Now Mrs Faulkes It s only three weeks till the general election 7 Mrs Faulkes I am fully confident that the Conservative Party will win this general election and that the people of this country will welcome five more years of good Conservative Government Interviewer I see Now I believe that your party is promising tax cuts if it wins the election Mrs Faulkes 8 We are the party of low taxation and we believe that our economic policies over the past five years have been the right policies Our economy is growing stronger and now is the right time for income tax cuts Interviewer 9 You said you would lower taxes five years ago but you didn t did you Mrs Fauikes Our economic policies over the last five years have given us one of the strongest economies in Europe with some of the lowest interest rate We said that we were going to lower interest rates at the last election and we have delivered our promise And what s more we believe that interest rates will remain low if we are elected for another term Interviewer But I don t think low interest rates are the same as lower taxes You said you would lower taxes and you didn t 10 Mrs Fauikes The economy of the country is now very healthy thanks to good government and I believe that now is the time for tax cuts Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Directions In this part there each with one blank sentences each with one blank Choose the one from the four choices marked A B C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet 11 China s trade surplus with the US accounted for 73 percent of its total surplus last year but China had a trade with other countries including 58 less developed countries A increase B deficit C decrease D surplus 12 To succeed in today s global market place it is to learn as much as possible about the conditions in overseas markets A essential B interesting C suitable D negligent 13 The source informed the reporter that though the fire in the TV show house spread rapidly a team of four specifically trained staff it immediately and put it out in ten minutes A paid attention to B looked up to C attended to D attached importance to 14 According to Global Times Hainan Province has an ambitious plan to attract more international tourists by upgrading the island s entire transportation network A took on B improved on C put on D embarked on 15 Cyber technology is among the few core technologies whose edges must be sharpened domestically to maintain social stability and the national interests A safeguard B prevent C protest D save 16 Cultural exchanges will mark a milestone in the history of China Australia cultural relations and will lead to ongoing cultural for years to come A collaboration B elaboration C distribution D expansion 17 Members of a Britain s biggest trade union walked out Friday after talks with British Airways on a over working conditions broke down A conversation B negotiation C dispute D 1ecture 18 In 2010 GM Daewoo the South Korean subsidiary of US car giant General Motors more than 58 000 vehicles because of defects in the blow to Asia s crisis hit auto industry A recognized B recorded C reconciled D recalled 19 Doctors gave the serious anemia patient a series of injections and started her on an course of vitamins A urgent B ardent C evident D emergent 20 Gold prices soared to the highest level on January 25 2012 in the US And the metal surged to 1 720 35 an ounce on the London BuIlion Market the highest level since December 9 2011 A previous B distinctive C precious D innovative Part Ill Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Part Ill Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Section A Directions In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements each with four suggested answers A B C and D Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet Passage One Childhood exposure to a group of chemicals which are used widely in a variety of products including water resistant clothing and microwave popcorn could reduce the effectiveness of common vaccines a new study has found Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at over 580 children and found that those who had higher concentrations of these perfluorinated 全氟化的 compounds PFCs in their blood had lower immune responses to diphtheria 白喉 and tetanus 破伤风 vaccinations An insufficient immune response to a vaccine can mean a child is actually vulnerable to catching a disease even though they have been vaccinated against it the researchers said When we take our kids to the doctor s office to get their shots we expect that the vaccines are going to work What we found was that there was an increasing risk that they didn t work if the kids had been exposed to the PFCs study author Philippe Grand jean was quoted as saying by LiveScience 21 What makes the children s common vaccines less effective according to the new study A The exposure of chemicals they used in childhood B The reduction of a series of chemicals in childhood C Childhood consumption of chemical products D Childhood contact with chemical products 22 The Harvard School of Public Health experts found that there was relation between concentrations of chemical deposits in blood and immunity A no direct B an unilateral C a direct D an unpredictable 23 The word vulnerable Para 3 is closest in meaning to A difficult to be affected B impossible to be affected C possible to be affected D easy to be affected 24 The increasing risk of low immunity which children face is caused by A their exposure to chemicals B their refusal of getting shots of vaccines C the doctors irresponsibility D the poor quality of vaccines Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Directions In this part there each with one blank sentences each with one blank Choose the one from the four choices marked A B C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet 11 China s trade surplus with the US accounted for 73 percent of its total surplus last year but China had a trade with other countries including 58 less developed countries A increase B deficit C decrease D surplus 12 To succeed in today s global market place it is to learn as much as possible about the conditions in overseas markets A essential B interesting C suitable D negligent 13 The source informed the reporter that though the fire in the TV show house spread rapidly a team of four specifically trained staff it immediately and put it out in ten minutes A paid attention to B looked up to C attended to D attached importance to 14 According to Global Times Hainan Province has an ambitious plan to attract more international tourists by upgrading the island s entire transportation network A took on B improved on C put on D embarked on 15 Cyber technology is among the few core technologies whose edges must be sharpened domestically to maintain social stability and the national interests A safeguard B prevent C protest D save 16 Cultural exchanges will mark a milestone in the history of China Australia cultural relations and will lead to ongoing cultural for years to come A collaboration B elaboration C distribution D expansion 17 Members of a Britain s biggest trade union walked out Friday after talks with British Airways on a over working conditions broke down A conversation B negotiation C dispute D 1ecture 18 In 2010 GM Daewoo the South Korean subsidiary of US car giant General Motors more than 58 000 vehicles because of defects in the blow to Asia s crisis hit auto industry A recognized B recorded C reconciled D recalled 19 Doctors gave the serious anemia patient a series of injections and started her on an course of vitamins A urgent B ardent C evident D emergent 20 Gold prices soared to the highest level on January 25 2012 in the US And the metal surged to 1 720 35 an ounce on the London BuIlion Market the highest level since December 9 2011 A previous B distinctive C precious D innovative Part Ill Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Part Ill Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Section A Directions In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements each with four suggested answers A B C and D Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet Passage One Childhood exposure to a group of chemicals which are used widely in a variety of products including water resistant clothing and microwave popcorn could reduce the effectiveness of common vaccines a new study has found Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at over 580 children and found that those who had higher concentrations of these perfluorinated 全氟化的 compounds PFCs in their blood had lower immune responses to diphtheria 白喉 and tetanus 破伤风 vaccinations An insufficient immune response to a vaccine can mean a child is actually vulnerable to catching a disease even though they have been vaccinated against it the researchers said When we take our kids to the doctor s office to get their shots we expect that the vaccines are going to work What we found was that there was an increasing risk that they didn t work if the kids had been exposed to the PFCs study author Philippe Grand jean was quoted as saying by LiveScience 21 What makes the children s common vaccines less effective according to the new study A The exposure of chemicals they used in childhood B The reduction of a series of chemicals in childhood C Childhood consumption of chemical products D Childhood contact with chemical products 22 The Harvard School of Public Health experts found that there was relation between concentrations of chemical deposits in blood and immunity A no direct B an unilateral C a direct D an unpredictable 23 The word vulnerable Para 3 is closest in meaning to A difficult to be affected B impossible to be affected C possible to be affected D easy to be affected 24 The increasing risk of low immunity which children face is caused by A their exposure to chemicals B their refusal of getting shots of vaccines C the doctors irresponsibility D the poor quality of vaccines Section B Directions In this section you are required to read four pieces of news and decide which of the four titles marked A B C and D is best suited to each of them Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet A Nokia posts 1 38bn loss in fourth qtr B Gold surges to 7 week high of 1720 C R Power ropes in German utility for mining D We are creating not stealing jobs in US Europe 42 LONDON Gold prices soared Thursday to the highest level in almost seven weeks as the dollar weakened after the US Federal Reserve vowed to keep interest rates near zero for more than two years The precious metal rose up to 1 720 35 an ounce on the London Bullion Market the highest level since December 9 but still far below the record peak of 1 921 15 struck on September 6 With the US Federal pledging to keep interest rates in check until late 2014 gold soared said Rose Norman boss of British based bullion broker Sharp Pixley Although there was heavy speculative buying anxious investors joined the fray who are concerned by currency depreciation as global central banks use easy monetary policies to flood markets with cash 43 Davos With HCL Tech announcing 10 000 jobs for locals in the US and Europe India Inc on Thursday chose the WEF meet to send a strong message that India IT firms are creating and not stealing jobs in troubled western economies A message emerged from British PM David Cameron s advice to EU that instead of being a threat emerging economies like India can be of great help to Europe Concluding FTA with India by the year end would be in Europe s interest he said There has to be FTAs bilateral trade agreements with countries like India and Singapore along with other countries he said 44 Helsinki Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp posted a fourth quarter net loss of 1 70 billion euro 1 38bn as sales slumped 21 even as the company s first Window smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia The loss compares with a profit of 745 million euro in the same period a year earlier Nokia said net revenue including both its mobile phones and its network divisions fell from 12 6 billion euro in the Q4 of 2010 to 10 billion with smartphones plunging 23 Nokia has lost its once dominance in the global cell phone market with Android phones and iPhones overtaking it in the growing smartphone segment Nokia is attempting a comeback with phones using Microsoft s Window software a struggle that CEO Stephen Elop characterized as war of eco systems 45 New Delhi Anil Ambani s R Power has roped in RWE Power International of Germany to help the company with extracting coal from its captive mines of the Tilaiya ultra mega power project the third such plant the government has mandated the company to set up RWE Power is one of Europe s leading energy utilities and German s biggest coal miner The company would help R Power design and plan the engineering aspects of captive mine and procurement of equipment and ensure quality control Government has allocated Kerendari Band C coal blocks of North Karanpura coal fields in Jhark hand to meet the fuel requirements of the Tilaiya project These mines have reserve of over 1 billion ton The company plans to produce 40 million tons of coal per year IV Cloze 10 minutes 10 points Directions In this part there is a passage with ten blanks For each blank there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet Hollywood propaganda films of the late thirties and early forties can be divided 46 three general categories films that praised America films that introduced World War II allies and films that 47 the enemy Beginning in the late thirties Hollywood began producing a 48 of biography films all 49 which glorified the American democratic tradition John Ford s Young Mr Lincoln 1939 and John Cromwell s Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 were examples of Hollywood s attempt 50 that American democracy gave everyone a 51 at success In the early forties many Hollywood movies 52 an introduction to the American allies Films 53 Mrs Miniver 1942 and Journey for Margaret 1942 presented a sympathetic picture of the British people During the latter part of the forties Hollywood was determined to introduce American audiences to the enemy and movies like Hitler s Children 1943 and Behind the Rising Sun 1944 portrayed German and Japanese brutality Many of the latter anti German and anti Japanese films have since been criticized 54 their distorted and simplistic themes that presented the German and Japanese people 55 half mad beasts 46 A into B as C among D upon 47 A praised B described C criticized D resembled 48 A 1ist B series C collection D glimpse 49 A in B of C on D for 50 A proving B proved C prove D to prove 51 A chance B hope C job D wish 52 A employed B took C offered D showed 53 A 1ike B as C such D that 54 A in case of B on behalf of C for the sake of D because of 55 A against B for C as D in Part V Text Completion 20 minutes 20 points Part V Text Completion 20 minutes 20 points Directions In this part there are three short texts For each text you should first fill in the blank in the choices A B C and D with the best answer provided in the rectangle Then complete the text itself by filling in each of the 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