模拟练习题八及解析.doc

（八）同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语（英语）水平全国统一考试模拟练习题八Paper One 试卷一（90minutes）Part Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)Section A Dialogue Completion Directions: 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 answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. A: Hello, may I have an appointment with the doctor? B: _A. Certainly, may I know your name?B. You cant call at this time.C. Sorry, he is busy at present.D. Im afraid he doesnt want to see you.2. A: Susan, are you ready to go shopping?B: _ A. Maybe we shouldnt. B. Oh, yes! Cant wait!C. I want some vegetables and fruits. D. I dont need anything.3. A: Whats wrong with you? You look so pale.B: _ A. My daughter is in hospital, and I am taking care of her all these days.B. Well, I finally got a promotion.C. Thank you. Thats all right.D. Oh, I got up late this morning. 4. A: I dont think I will ever, in my life, get ten million dollars. B: Well, _. Anything can happen.A. Youre kidding B. You have made it C. What do you mean? D. You can never tell5. A: How did you find your visit to Hong Kong?B: _.A. A guide showed me the way B. I went there by myselfC. Oh, its wonderful indeed D. I went there by planeSection B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections: 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-scoring ANSWER SHEET.6. Man: It is strange that Tom is wearing a quaint jeans and a long hair. Woman: That is more like him. Question: What does the woman mean?A. Tom is fashion. B. Tom looks handsome.C. Tom is always like that. D. Tom changed his personality.7. Woman: Im really angry at my boy. He never listens to me. Man: Take is easy. Things will be Ok. Question: What does the man mean?A. Theres nothing serious. B. Be calm and patient.C. The woman should listen to her boy carefully.D. Leave her boy alone.8. Man: Friday is a public holiday. Shall we spend the long weekend in Hawaii? We could leave Thursday night. Woman: Id rather go on Friday. My aunt will drop in on Thursday evening. Question: What does the woman mean? A. Shell have a visitor.B. She will meet her friend Thursday night.C. shell go to her aunts. D. She does not want to go with the man.9. Woman: How did Blanca do on her English test? Man: She passed it with flying colors. Question: What does the man mean? A. Blanca failed her English test. B. Blanca had a high mark on her test. C. Blanca drawled on the English paper. D. Blanca passed narrowly. 10. Woman: We can only accomplish the project through this way, dont you agree with me? Man: Oh, yeah, two thumbs up. Question: What can we imply from the conversion?A. The man has only two thumbs. B. The man agrees with the woman completely.C. The man doesnt agree with the woman. D. The project can be finished only through this way.Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each) Section ADirections: 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. Every year they have to subtract from their income several hundred dollars for taxes. A. withdraw B. exact C. contract D. transact 12. The earthquake that occurred in India this year a major calamity in which a great man was lost.A. casualty B. catastrophe C. catalogue D. crusade13. Franklin Roosevelts New Deal policy assisted farmers by buying surplus crops.A. undermined B. aided C. satisfied D. discouraged 14 Many youngsters have heard their parents say “Youll never amount to anything if you keep daydreaming that way!”A. be equal to B. accomplish C. add up to D. pursue 15. He was interested only in the story and skipped all those passage of landscape descriptionA. thought badly B. went over C. went through D. passed over16. The UN was prompt in responding to the changes in the Gulf region.A. cautious B. swift C. decisive D. sensitive 17. Cowries shells were once in widespread use as a token of value.A. a symbol B. an amount C. a thing D. an investment 18. The boy could not reconcile himself to the failure. He did not believe that was his lot.A. submit B. commit C. transmit D. permit19. It is discovered that infants of four weeks old are already able to recognize subtle difference in language sounds.A. diverse B. evident C. minute D. peculiar 20. In the process digestion, useless wastes are rejected.A. hidden B. contained C. discarded D. limited Section BDirections: 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. In a divorce the mother usually is granted _ of her children.A. support B. retention C. perseverance D. custody22. We had a marvelous holiday. Only the last two days were slightly_ by weather.A. damaged B. enhanced C. spoiled D. diminished23. He looked forward with _to the scheduled surgery.A. terror B. horror C. dread D. alarm 24. He quoted some old Chinese saying to _ his points.A. penetrate B. frustrate C. illustrate D. demonstrate25. According to the latest report, consumer confidence _a breathtaking 15 points last month, to its lowest level in 9 years.A. soared B. mutated C. plummeted D. fluctuated26. I can respect someone who is _for their actions, but I cannot respect someone who is always pointing the finger.A. millennium B. dominant C. accountable D. commercial27. Many people think of deserts as _ regions, but numerous species of plants and animals have adapted to life there.A. remote B. virgin C. alien D. barren28. The discrepancy in the company accounts is so _ that no auditor could have failed to notice it.A. spontaneous B. conspicuous C. notorious D. superfluous29. The region of atmospheric pressure that is below _ is not good for peoples health.A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal 30. There are a few small things that I dont like about my job, but_ it is very enjoyable.A. all at once B. once and for all C. so much as D. by and largePart Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 for each)Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 6 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEETPassage OneIn 1900，English archaeologist Arthur Evans discovered the ruins of a royal palace at Knossos on the north coast of CreteHe linked the palace to the ancient Cretan King Minos，from whose name he invented the term “Minoan”We dont know what these people called themselvesWe know of the Minoans only through their ruins. What we know of Minoan history is nothing more than a good guess，and good guesses are，I should warn，likely to be wrongThe archaeological evidence points to only a few reasonable facts about Minoan civilizationAround 3000 BC，Crete was settled by a people who probably came from Asia Minor who，by 2000 BC，were already living in cities，trading with other nations around the Mediterranean can and using pictographsThey built magnificent palace centers at Knossos，Phaistos and Kato ZakrosWe have no idea what language they spoke exactly，but they certainly spoke a non-Hellenic language that is a language not closely related to Greek and probably spoke a non-Indo-European languageThe Minoans were a great commercial people and their trade was widespreadThe Egyptians were highly familiar with the Cretans，who appeared in Egyptian art. Cretan artifacts，the objects that were made in the past and are historically important，turned up all over Asia Minor，and they seemed to have been involved in trade with the tribes living on the Greek mainlandAll of these trade activities produced great wealth for the Cretans，which went into magnificent building projects and technological developmentThe Cretans seemed to be the only people in the ancient world that would make multi-room buildingsThe Cretans were the first to build plumbing in their buildingsAnd Cretan society seems to be the firs “leisure” society in existence，in which a large part of human activities focused on leisure activities，such as sportsThe most popular sports were boxing and bull-jumpingWomen actively took part in both of these sportsThe downfall of the Cretans was a slow and painful process as near as we can tellAfter five centuries of prosperity，the palace centers destroyed by an earthquakeThe cataclysm may have been more seriousAround the next 50 years，the island of Strongphyle，a volcano erupted in an explosion four to five times greater than the explosion of Krakatoa in 1883This explosion made the island into several small islands，and the caldera of the volcano is centered on the island of Thera；therefore，the event is called the Thera eruption31. According to the passage，the Minoans A. came to Crete around 2000 BCB. didnt trade with other tribesC. led a city life about 4,000 years agoD. spoke a language very similar to Greek32We can infer from the passage that A. Minoan culture borrowed much from Egyptian cultureB. the knowledge we have about the Minoans is very limitedC. the Minoans werent good at building pipesD. woman werent allowed to take part in bull jumping33Which of the following ate NOT mentioned in the passage?A. History and language B. Transportation and politicsC. Economy and sports D. Art and buildings34According to the passage，when did the Thera eruption happen?A. 2050 BC B. 1500 BC C. 1550 BC D. 1450 BC35The passage aims to A. introduce the Cretan civilization to usB. tell us the trade activities of the CretansC. show how the Minoans ruins were discoveredD. discuss the importance of Cretan culture36. Which of the following is true?A. The culture of Asia Minor and the culture of Cretan are the same.B. The Cretans were the first to build buildings with plumbing.C. Cretans can speak many languages.D. Cretan was an important country in the world. Passage TwoYouve just toured the Parliament Buildings and watched the Changing of the GuardAre you ready for something more casual now? Walk one block south one block north and you11 be in the Ottawa River)to the Sparks Street MallFor five days，you11 be in the middle of a lot of funThe Sparks Street Mall International Busker Festival is the second-largest busker festival in Canada Comedians，storytellers，fire-eaters，musicians，magicians，and the “Mechanical Man” have come from Canada，the United States，Britain，Europe，Australia，and South America Local talent shines，tooOttawas Junkyard Symphony has been a hit for several yearsThe action starts at 11:00 in the morning，and performances carry on through the day and evening and sometimes well after midnight，as long as theres a crowd to watch，cheer，and show their appreciation . The festivals last day is the “best of the show” finaleSparks Street has been part of Ottawas history since there was an OttawaIn 1821 Nicholas Sparks paid 95 British Pounds for 200 acres of land；Bytown，which grew up to become Ottawa，didnt start to appear until 1826Trees，flowers，fountains，sculptures，benches，outdoor cafes，outdoor mini-markets，indoor restaurants，stores, the mall prides itself on being a people place，an opinion that three million tourists a year seem to shareAnd if you miss the husker festival，dont worry，youll still be able to enjoy music and other special events and that universal recreation people watching!37“The author suggests you go to the Sparks Street Mall mainly because_.A. its onlyblock from the Parliament BuildingsB. 1ts a short distance from the Ottawa RiverC. you can enjoy yourself there for a few daysD. the customs there aye quite special38The underlined words “their appreciation in Paragraph 3 refer to the appreciation of _A. the talents B. the audience C. the buskers D. the actors39We know from the last paragraph that A. people dont think highly of the Sparks Street MallB. the Sparks Street Mall has three million tourists in totalC. people should not miss the busker festivalD. there are exciting recreations in normal times in the mall40The author writes the article mainly to tell us A. customs and scenery in Ottawa B. the Sparks Street MallC. the history of Ottawa D. Ottawas husker festival41The passage is intended for A. visitors B. magicians C. musicians D. storytellers42. Which of the following is true?A. The action starts at 11:00 p.m. to 12:00.a.m.B. Sparks Street is worth to visit for the foreigners. C. Some visitors dont like it because of casual style.D. This place is dangerous after 12:00 a.m.Passage ThreeMore than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year，according to a federal government survey released on TuesdayOn average，8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year，the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration reportedBut there were “striking differences” by sex，with 12.7 percent of girls and 4.6 percent of boys affectedDepression is the leading cause of suicide，which in turn is the third-leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds in the United States“The data combined 2004 and 2006 surveys show that rates of past year major depressive experience among teenagers aged 12 to 17 generally increased with increasing age,” the researchers wroteResearchers at SAMHSA and RTI International in Research Triangle Park，North Carolina，prepared the report using data from the National Survey oil Drug Use and HealthMore than 67,700 teenagers aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depressionThey were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale，which measures impact on family，friends，chores at home，work and schoolResearchers defined a major depressive episode as two weeks or longer of depressed mood or loss of interests or pleasure，and at least four other symptoms such as problems with sleep，energy，concentration or self-imageNearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely damaged their ability to function in at least one of the area on the disability scale“Fortunately，depression responds very well to early intervention and treatment,” SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline said in a statement43. The underlined word “episode” in Paragraph 2 probably mean A. feeling B. expression C. experience D. experiment44.The main symptoms of a serious depressive episode include A. low spirits，lack of sleep and energy and poor concentrationB. poor health，sex discrimination，less energy and loss of interestsC. suicidesadness，lack of confidence and depressionD. no friends or Jobs or interests at all45Which of the following is implied in the passage?A. There were more girl students suffering depression than boysB. There were over 2 million American teens suffering depression in the past two yearsC. The students surveyed were aged between 12 and 1 7D. Depression is the third-leading cause of suicide46Which group children probably suffer depression most?A. Children aged 911 B. Children aged 1113C. Children aged 1315 D. Children aged 121747What will the following paragraph probably talk about according to the passage?A. How to have a happy feeling B. How to live a comfortable lifeC. How to recover from stress D. How to prevent and treat depression48. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. How to treat depression.B. How to communicate with adolescents.C. Depression is the main cause of suicide.D. US adolescen