2013年同等学力英语模考串讲班模拟试题(一).pdf

绝密 启用前 环球卓越环球卓越 2013 年同等学力人员申请硕士学位年同等学力人员申请硕士学位 外国语水平全国统一考试外国语水平全国统一考试 英语模拟试卷一英语模拟试卷一 ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR MASTER DEGREE APPLICANTS Part I Oral Communication 15minutes 10 points Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Part III Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Part IV Cloze 10minutes 10 points Part V Text Completion 20 minutes 20 points Part VI Translation 20 minutes 10 points Part VII Writing 30 minutes 15 points 考生须知考生须知 1 本考试分七部分 考试时间为 150 分钟 9 00 开始 11 30 结束 本试卷及格标准为总分 60 分 2 请考生务必将本人的准考证号最后两位数字填写在本页右上角方框内 3 本试卷为 A 型试卷 请将答案用 2B 铅笔填涂在 A 型答题卡上 答在其它类型答题卡或试卷 上的无效 答题前 请核对答题卡是否为 A 若不是 请要求监考员予以更换 4 在答题卡上正确的填涂方法是 在答案所代表的字母上划线 5 监考员宣布试卷一考试结束后 请停止答试卷 将试卷以及试卷答题卡反扣在自己的桌面上 监考员将到座位上收取试卷及试卷答题卡 6 监考员在收卷过程中 考生须配合监考员验收 并请监考员在准考证上签字 作为考生交卷 的凭据 否则 若发生答题卷遗失 责任由考生自负 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第2页 共16页 姓名 手机号码 听课证号 2013 年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平模拟试题年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平模拟试题 一一 Part I Oral Communication 15minutes 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 I feel like a new man B You look really fit C Have you been working out Alice 1 Bruce Yeah as a matter of fact I ve been going to the gym for half a year now Alice I can tell 2 And no more beer belly Have you been lifting weights Bruce That and I do an hour of aerobics every other day I tell you it s addicting 3 Alice Well you look like a million bucks Bruce Thanks Dialogue Two A great minds think alike B We could do it first thing tomorrow morning C We still have to do about ten more Neal How many orders do we still need to pack Gail We ve been packing all day Gail 4 Neal Well I m really tired from packing all of the stuff all day And it s about time to clock out Gail I know Maybe we can finish it tomorrow Neal Why not These orders are not urgent 5 Gail All right Let s call it quits and go home 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第3页 共16页 Neal See 6 Section B Directions In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A B C and 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 She was so proud of me B I m sure my mom didn t like it C When I played on the stage D My coach drilled the word composure into our heads Interviewer When did acting click for you Dana In my first year of high school when I played a part in God s Spell That year they brought in a director from outside who was really hard core He made us work and got us into not being anywhere else but right there in the play 7 I was totally involved and I was moved to tears I remember my aunt coming up to me after the show and saying Dana you were great 8 I think I realized that you could connect to people through being a character And I thought that was kind of cool Interviewer Did you pick up any life lessons when you were a power forward on your high school basketball team Dana Defense first I guess It helped me to learn to work with lots of different kinds of people and be a team player to be able to move your ego out of the way and block out whatever else is going on in your life and focus on the task at hand 9 I ve used that throughout my entire career Interviewer In 1992 your older brother Lance was killed in a motorcycle accident How did you explain to your mother that you were going to continue riding Dana Honestly I think that my brother and I had a very close relationship Riding motorcycle was the last thing my brother and I did together every day we rode bikes It s my way of connecting with him 10 But I think she just put me in God s hands Interviewer You ve always talked about how heavily you rely on your mother s counsel Sum up her best advice Dana Believe in yourself Stay in your own lane There s only one you Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第4页 共16页 Directions In this part there are ten sentences each with one word or phrase underlined 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 By and by he discovered that the black night had changed to gray bringing new hope to him A So long B Before long C In advance D By chance 12 Human mind can respond quickly to what is before it and by the same token can call up from within a host of appropriate ideas A as a similar symbol B for the same reason C at the same time D by the same means 13 Despite the influence of western culture orthodox ideas about love and marriage are still dominant A religious B stereotyped C conventional D updated 14 The chairman was impressed by the consensus of their opinion based on reports from various media A controversy B resemblance C diversification D agreement 15 These explorers received liberal rewards for the risks they had taken and felt proud A ample B free C literate D expensive 16 Important newspapers are supposed to carry authentic news reports and try to be informative A influential B reliable C frank D formal 17 Occasionally students are given a passage that seems unintelligible to teachers of English A incredible B incomprehensible C inevitable D inconsiderate 18 These countries sent food packages to designated recipients in Europe soon after the disaster A appointed B nominated C specified D distinguished 19 It is generally believed that no prisoner would readily give a fellow prisoner away A reveal B betray C release D trust 20 Guests at this house are amazed by the flowers and a well kept lawn traversed by concrete walks A crossed B consolidated C hovered D enclosed Part III 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 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第5页 共16页 Answer Sheet Passage One Among the company was a lawyer a young man of about twenty five On being asked his opinion he said Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral If I were to make a choice between them I would rather choose the latter Anyway it s better to live than not to live at all A lively discussion followed A banker who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer suddenly lost his temper and cried out it s a lie I bet you two millions You wouldn t stick in a cell even for five years If you mean it replied the young lawyer I bet I ll stay there longer make it fifteen instead of five Fifteen Done cried the banker Gentleman I bet you two millions Agreed Two millions for my freedom said the lawyer So this wild ridiculous bet came to pass The banker could not hide his excitement During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly Come to your senses young man before it s too late Two millions are nothing to me but you stand to lose three or four of the best years of your life I say three or four because you ll never stick it out any longer Don t forget that voluntary imprisonment is much harder to put up with than an enforced one The idea that you have the right to free yourself any moment will poison your life in the cell I pity you And now the banker pacing from corner to corner recalled all this and asked himself Why did I make this bet What s the good The lawyer lost fifteen years of his life and I threw away two millions Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life No no Rubbish On my part it was the caprice of a well fed millionaire on the lawyer s part it s the pure greed of gold 21 The lawyer would choose life imprisonment because A he was younger than the banker B capital punishment was immoral C it was better than capital punishment D the banker would give him 200 000 22 The author considers the best between the lawyer and the banker A interesting B ridiculous C capricious D instructive 23 The word company in the first paragraph refers to 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第6页 共16页 A companions B bankers C lawyers D prisoners 24 In the end the banker considers his bet with the lawyer A rational B reasonable C beneficial D unreasonable Passage Two It was a terrible tragedy six times more deadly than the Titanic When the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes 鱼雷 fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II more than 10 000 people mostly women children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Germany were packed aboard An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into sea as the ship listed and began to go down Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to get aboard Most people froze immediately I ll never forget the screams says Christa Nutzmann 87 one of the 1 200 survivors She recalls watching the ship brightly lit slipping into its dark grave and rarely mentioned for more than half a century The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable and necessary By unreservedly confessing their country s horrible crimes Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad and make peace with their neighbors Today s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long troubled history For that a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they ve now earned the right to discuss the full historical record Not to identify German suffering with that of its victims but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy 25 Most passengers on board the Wilhelm Gustloff took the voyage to A taste the luxury of the ship B seek protection in another place C escape the cold winter back home D enjoy their holidays abroad 26 As the ship began to sink some passengers A set the decks on fire as a signal for help B fought fiercely on the decks for lifeboats C jumped into sea and swam to a nearby ship D prevented others from getting on their lifeboats 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第7页 共16页 27 The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy remains a near secret for more than half a century because Germans A preferred to say nothing about it B were requested to keep silent about it C spared not effort to cover up the story D were denied access to the whole story 28 It can be inferred from the passage that Germans no longer think that A it is too early to claim responsibility for the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy B the German tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation s past C they will be misunderstood if they talk about the German tragedy D Germany is responsible for the horrors it caused during World War II Passage Three As The Swordsman started showing on Hunan Satellite TV last month criticism soon followed The use of visual effects was excessive and the story line was weak and lacked originality critics said In fact the new adaptation of Louis Cha s Jin Yong classic novel The Smiling Proud Wanderer may be too original Without the unmistakable characters you would think it s just another historical series combining KongFu with romance Who wouldn t find it ridiculous to see Dongfang Bubai a woman in this version fall for the hero Linghu Chong and try to steal him from Ren Yingying With the plot so strangely twisted the essence and spirit of the original story have been goes So what is it that we look for in Chinese Wuxia fictions 武侠小说 like The Smiling Proud Wanderer What s in these stories that attracts the interest of tens of thousands of fans and makes them instant classics Typically the heroes in the fictions don t serve a lord or rely on the aristocracy They often belong to a lower social class and are loners who have mastered the martial arts often to a superhuman degree This combination of loners and superhuman powers is enough to appeal to many teenagers looking for their place in the world But more importantly their righteousness loyalty courage and disregard for wealth put a spotlight on Wuxia heroes making them superhero like icons for many fans These heros are bound by a code of chivalry that requires them to correct any wrongs the philosophy of Xia To understand the concept of Xia from a Western perspective consider the Robin Hood mythology an honorable and generous individual who disobeys authority puts his excellent archery skills to use for the general good rather 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第8页 共16页 than personal ends Some say the traditional concept of Xia is less relevant in today s society and Xuxia stories need to change in order to attract new fans However most of the characteristics of Xia are similar to Confucian values which have influenced China for thousands of years and form the foundation of Chinese culture they will always be relevant Furthermore from the 1970s writers such as Cha and Liang Yusheng founded the new school of the modern Wuxia genre Besides the theme of Xia they introduced elements of mystery and romance to their stories Romance which frequently appears in Cha s works is a big reason we love the master s stories But an emphasis on romance doesn t mean converting a classic Wuxia fiction into a rotten and sour melodrama like The Swordsman nor is it an excuse to produce another adaptation to attract new audiences 29 The Swordsman A is financed by Hunan Satellite TV B fails to content the most audience C is accordance with the Smiling Proud Wanderer D goes in deep with the essence and spirit of Wuxia 30 The word original in Paragraph 2 refers to A creative B different C exaggerated D primary 31 Which of following is NOT the reason why Wuxia fictions are attractive A The fictions are classic and interesting B Heroes don t cater with authorities C Someone in lower class could be a superhero D The stories express the positive outlooks and values 32 Robin Hood is mentioned in Para 5 A to describe how to disobey authorities B to criticize TV series the Swordsman C to contrast the difference between the West and the East D to explain the meaning of the term Xia 33 In the new style of modern Wuxia A Xia is still the subject B Mystery and love make fictions readable C Mystery frequently appears in Cha s works 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第9页 共16页 D Romance is superior to the essence and spirit 34 What s the last paragraph mainly talking about A Wuxia fictions need changing B Wuxia fictions influence our culture C Wuxia fictions are rotten and sour D Wuxia fictions keep pace with social development Passage Four A new Harvard study shows that immigrant boys and girls fare very differently in the outside world When it comes to schooling the Herrera boys are no match for the Herrera girls Last week four years after she arrived from Honduras Martha 20 graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles She managed decent grades while working 36 hours a week at a Kentucky Fried Chicken Her sister Marlin 22 attends a local community college and will soon be a certified nurse assistant The brothers are a different story Oscar 17 was asked to leave the school two years ago for carrying a knife and later dropped out of a different school The youngest Jonathan 15 is now in a juvenile boot camp 少 管所 after running into trouble with the law The boys get sidetracked 走向旁道 more says the kids mother Suyapa Landaverde The girls are more confident It is normal Immigrant girls consistently outperform boys according to the preliminary findings of a just completed five year study of immigrant children the largest of its kind including Latino 拉 丁裔 Chinese and Haitian kids by Marcelo and Carola Suarez Orozco of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Though that trend holds for U S born kids as well the reasons for the immigrants are different The study found that immigrant girls are better at straddling 跨越 cultures than boys The girls are able to retain some of the protective features of their native culture because they re kept closer to the hearth says Marcelo Suarez Orozco while they maximize their acquisition of skills in the new culture by helping their parents navigate it Consider the kids experiences in school The study found that boys face more peer pressure to adopt American youth culture the dress the slang the disdain for education They re disciplined more often and as a result develop more adversarial relationships with teachers and the wider society They may also face more prejudices One teacher interviewed for the study said that the cultural awareness training she received as part of her continuing education included depictions of Latino boys as aggressive and really macho and of the girls as pure sweetness Gender shapes immigrant kids experiences outside school as well Often hailing from traditional 精致服务 卓越品质精致服务 卓越品质 模拟试题一 第10页 共16页 cultures the girls face greater domestic obligations They also frequently act as cultural ambassadors translating for parents and mediating between them and the outside world says Carola Suarez Orozco An unintended consequence The girls get forced into a responsible role more than the boys do Take Christina Im 18 a junior at Fairfax who arrived from South Korea four years ago She ranks ninth in a class of 400 students and still finds time to fix dinner for the family and work on Saturdays at her mother s clothing shop Her brother He plays computer games says Im The Harvard study bears a cautionary note If large numbers of immigrant boys continue to be alienated academically and to be clear plenty perform phenomenally they risk sinking irretrievably into an economic underclass Oscar Herrera Martha s dropout brother may be realizing that I m thinking of returning to school he recently told his mother He ought to look to his sisters for guidance 35 In the opening paragraph the author introduces his topic b