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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模拟试题 一 同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试模拟试题 一 Paper One Part I Dialogue Communication 10 minutes 10 points Section A 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 by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine scoring ANSWER SHEET 1 A Could you think I could use your car B A No you can t B Use it please C Don t worry D Go ahead 2 A I have got Thomson s travelers checks Could you cash them please B A How much will you want B Can you sign your name here please C Of course it s very kind of you D How would you like them 3 A Hello Mr Brown It s nice to see you B A I am happy B No problem C Thanks D Same here 4 A Mr Robert B No I ve seen him but we haven t met A Have you met Mr Zhao B who is Mr Zhao C Where is Mr ZhaoD is Mr Zhao all right 5 A Did you finish the states report for the manager B A Yes I left it on his desk B I haven t finished it yet C No I can t write the report D I m a reporter for the company Section B 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 3 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 bracket on your machine scoring ANSWER SHEET 6 Woman I ran into your friend Tom yesterday on the street And he said he hadn t heard from you for two months Man Yes I know But I ve been too busy to phone him Question What do we learn from the conversation A The man received a phone all from Tom yesterday B The woman injured Tom in a traffic accident yesterday C The woman met a friend of the man by chance D The woman contacted Tom on business 7 Man I was always surprised to see Tom using that type recorder you were going to throw away Woman Yes it s very old That he got it to work amazes me Question What does the woman say about Tom A He fixed the tape recorder B Although old he is still working C His love for music surprised the two speakers D He picked up the tape recorder from the garbage can 8 Man The teacher is always getting at us because we often make the classroom messy Woman You should keep it clean Question What do we known from the talk A The students are always lovely B The teacher is upset about his students C The students always keep the room clean D The teacher is always criticizing his students 9 Man This machine has so many buttons I can t figure out which one makes it run Woman You d better read the instructions first Pressing the buttons randomly may cause the machine to break down Question What does the woman mean A He should read the operation manual B He should ask her for help C He should press the buttons randomly D He should ask the repairman for advice 10 Man Peter was a great guy He was drowned while rescuing a child from icy water of the river yesterday Woman Well as far as I know that was not the first dangerous situation he was in Question What does the woman mean A Peter was robust B Peter was brave C Peter was generous D Peter was dangerous Part II Vocabulary 10 minutes 10 points Section A Directions In this section there are ten sentences each with on 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 Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 11 Consumer groups are protesting against higher price in his city now A clothing with B clinging to C complaining aboutD clutching with 12 Author Leo Buscaglia once talked about his admiration for cooking expert Julia Child A esteemB opinionC regardD wishes 13 They make a lot of money by clever manipulation of the Stock Market A purchaseB optionC controlD analysis 14 Only an artist could perceive the fine shades and real sense of color in the painting A noticeB perfectC consultD convict 15 Pandas were know to feed almost exclusively on bamboo and researches working in Sichuan had found that they favored the leaves and arrow bamboo flowers and dies off over wide areas A strictlyB criticallyC selectivelyD exceptional ly 16 Oliver Wendell Holmes said The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions A toolsB regulationsC modelsD disciplines 17 The worker filled the containers sealed them with a cork and then pasted on labels A closedB fusedC insulatedD locked 18 He still couldn t understand the impulse that had mad him tell the lies A reasonB ideaC complexionD urge 19 A feeling of political indifference prevailed throughout the country A strategyB standpointC promiseD priority 20 The local government has licensed the landowners in that region to fish these waters A transformed B transferredC authorizedD allocated Section B Directions In this section there are ten incomplete sentences For each sentence there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the sentence Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single ling through the center 21 As a actor he can perform sing dance and play several kinds of musical instruments A flexibleB versatileC sophisticatedD productive 22 There are not many teachers who are strong of traditional methods in English teaching A sponsorsB contributorsC advocatesD performance 23 By computation he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars A coarseB rudeC crudeD rough 24 Your story about the frog turning into a prince is nonsense A sheerB shearC shieldD sheet 25 His career was not noticeably by the fact that he had never been to college A preventedB restrainedC hinderedD refrained 26 When trapped in drifting sands do not struggle or you will be in deeper A absorbedB pushedC heaved D sucked 27 The directions were so that it was impossible to complete the assignment A ingenious B ambitiousC notoriousD ambiguous 28 Because a degree from a good university is the means to a better job education is one of the most areas in Japanese life A sophisticatedB competitiveC considerateD superficial 29 The Space Age in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union A initiatedB originatedC embarkedD commenced 30 John said that he didn t quite and asked me to repeat what I had said A snatch upB summon upC catch upD watch out Part III Reading Comprehension 45 minutes 25 points Directions There are five passages in this part Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center Passage One The science of meteorology is concerned with the study of the structure state and behavior of the atmosphere The subject may be approached from several directions but the scene cannot be fully appreciated from any one point Different views must be integrated to give a perspective to the whole picture One may consider the condition of the atmosphere at a given moment and attempt to predict changes from that condition over a period of a few hours to a few days ahead This approach is covered by the branch of the science called synoptic 天气的 meteorology Synoptic meteorology is the scientific basis of the technique of weather forecasting by means of the preparation and analysis of weather maps and meteorological diagrams In serving the needs of shipping aviation agriculture industry and many other interests and fields of human activity with accurate weather warnings and professional forecast advice great benefit are obtained in the form of the saving of human lives and property and in economic advantages of various kinds One important purpose of the science of meteorology is constantly to make great efforts through study and research to increase our knowledge of the atmosphere with the aim of improving the accuracy of weather forecasts The tools needed to advance our knowledge in this way are disciplines of mathematics and physics applied to solve meteorological problems The use of these tools forms that branch of the science called dynamic meteorology 31 Which of the following could be the best title for the passage A Limitation of Meteorological ForecastingB New Advances in Synoptic Meteorology C Approaches to the Science of MeteorologyD The Basic of Dynamic Meteorology 32 The predictions of synoptic meteorologists are directly based on the A application of the physical sciencesB preparation and study of weather maps C anticipated needs of industryD observations of commercial airline pilots 33 Which of the following is not referred to by the author as a field whose needs are served by weather forecasting A TransportationB ManufacturingC FarmingD Sports 34 Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the third paragraph of the passage A A procedure is explained and its importance is emphasized B Two contrasting views of a problem are presented C Recent scientific advancements are outlined in order of importance D A problem is examined and possible solutions are given 35 In the last sentence of the passage the phrase the tools refers to A weather forecasts B meteorological problems C mathematics and physicsD economic advantages Passage Two A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap a division between young people and their elders Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all What had gone wrong Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared Actually the generation gap has been around for a long time Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life style In more traditional societies when children grow up they are expected to live in the same area as their parents to marry people that their parents know and approve of and often to continue the family occupation In our society young people often travel great distances for their educations move out of the family home at an early age marry or live with people whom their parents have never met and choose occupations different from those of their parents In our upwardly mobile society parents often expect their children to do better than they did to find better jobs to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do Often however the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them Often they discover that they have very little in common with each other Finally the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations In a traditional culture elderly people are valued for their wisdom but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete overnight The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds separated by different skills and abilities No doubt the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society and in the rapid pace at which society changes 36 Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage A The Sudden Appearance of the Generation Gap B Argument over the Nature of the Generation Gap C The Causes and Nature of the Generation Gap D The Ways to Eliminate the Generation Gap 37 Which one is NOT the cause of the generation gap A American society is changing very fast B young people like to choose their own life styles C Parents place high hopes on their children D Modern education makes them think differently 38 In American society young people often A rely on their parents to make a life B seek the best advice from their parents C have very little in common with their parents D stay with their parents in order to get an opportunity for higher education 39 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the reading passage A Parents should be more tolerable towards their children B The generation gap is partly created by the elder generation C The generation gap should be avoidable in American society D The younger generation should value the older generation for their wisdom 40 According to the author the generation gap A appeared a long time ago and will cease to exist in the near future B appeared a long time ago and will continue to exist in the near future C only exists in the modern society when everything is changing rapidly D is harder to be reduced because of the rapid development of the modern society Passage Three Privacy can be as dicey an issue within the household as it is our on the Web itself There are thousands of families in which reading the kids e mail monitoring their chats and tracking their Web travels is a solemn parental obligation I have every right to read their e mail Says Bruce Cohen a Reno Nev father of two Legally I m responsible for them until they re 18 Yet many others believe that invading a e mail file is no different from opening a pen and paper diary that your daughter keeps under lock and key in a dresser drawer A lot of parents not to mention kids find that a breach of parent child trust But even if e mail is considered inviolate there are tactics by which the alert parent can control it America Online the Internet service provider used by nearly 17 million households allows parents to limit incoming e mail to a finite list of correspondents In any e mail program a scan of the senders addresses can give you a good idea of the nature of your kid s correspondents The proliferation of mailing lists being such a Web commonplace what s coming in can sometimes tell you what s been going out even unsolicited e mail from say a Ku Klux Klan site can be a clue that someone s been surfing some pretty scary pages In fact this sort of Web transparency can actually be a boon to worried parents If your teenager is going places in the material world and doing things that you wouldn t approve of you may never know it If he s connecting with the world s ugliness on the Web you may have a chance to track it down Some parents make a regular practice of typing their kids names and nicknames into a search engine which gives the parents a shot at discovering what the kids are saying on their own websites or on message boards and what others are saying about them Every parent should also take advantage of the wonderful excuse the Web has given us to keep credit cards from our teenage kids Entry past the first or second level to most porn sites and to other beyond the pale operations of hustling Web entrepreneurs is governed by the ability to key in a valid card number 41 The passage is mainly about A the way to monitor children s on line activities B parent s rights in children s on line activities C children s rights in on line activities D America on line service for parents 42 Parents can control their children s E mail by all of the following EXCEPT A scanning the mailing listsB typing kids names into a search engine C keeping credit cards from childrenD standing regularly beside the computer 43 The word breach means A neglectB respectC protectD strengthening 44 Through checking the no line communication of their children the parents can A know where they often go B find in time that they are connecting with someone dangerous C know what kind of people they like to stay with D find in time that they are going ugly places 45 What is the author s attitude towards the parents right to check their children s E mail A NegativeB PositiveC IndifferentD Not clear Passage Four It seems obvious that trapping more of the sun s heat will make the planet hotter But what seems obvious isn t always true According to some respected scientists there s a chance that global warming could plunge us into of all things an ice age The argument hinges on the Gulf Stream the ocean current that brings warm surface water north and east and heats Europe As it travels some of the water evaporates what s left is saltier and thus denser Eventually the dense surface water sinks to the sea bottom where it flows back southward And then near the equator warm fresh water from tropical rivers and rain dilutes the salt once again allowing the water to rise to the surface warm up ad begin glowing north again But with global warming melting ice from Greenland and the Arctic Ocean could pump fresh water into the North Atlantic so cold the increased rainfall predicted for northern latitudes in a warmer world Result the Gulf Stream s water wouldn t get saltier after all and wouldn t sink so easily Without adequate resupply the southerly underwater current would stop and the Gulf Stream would in turn be shut off If that happens Europe will get very cold Rome is after all at the same latitude as Chicago and Paris is about as far north Dakota More snow will fall and the bright snow cover will reflect more of the sun s energy back into space making life even chillier Beyond that the Gulf Stream is tied into other ocean currents and shutting it down could rearrange things in a way that would cause less overall evaporation Because atmospheric H2O is an important greenhouse gas its loss would mean even more dramatic cooling a total of perhaps as much as 80 C 170 F Worst of all the experts believe such changes could come on with astonishing speed perhaps within a decade or less And while we might have a great deal of trouble adjusting to a climate that gets 20 C 40 F warmer over the next century an ice age by mid century would be unimaginably devastating The lingering uncertainty about whether our relentless production of greenhouse gases will keep heating our planet or u