2010-6-6学术性硕士学位考1.doc

AGENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS(GET June-06-2010) 考试注意事项一、 本考试分A, B两种试卷，请考生拿到试卷后在答题卡的试卷类型一栏标明。如：拿到A卷就在试卷类型一栏的字母A上划横线，拿到B卷在B上划横线。不标明A、B卷的试卷将以作废处理。请考生在机读卡的“学号”一栏填涂学号。二、 A、B卷都分别由两份试卷组成：试卷一 (Paper One) 包括听力理解、词汇、完形填空与阅读理解四部分，共80题，按序号统一编号；试卷二 (Paper Two) 包括翻译与写作两部分，共3题。三、 试卷一(题号1-80 )为客观评分题，答案一律用中性2B铅笔做在机读卡上, 在对应题号下所选字母中间划黑道。四、 卷二为主观评分题，答案做在 ANSWER SHEET II上，答题前，请仔细阅读试卷二的注意事项。五、 答案一律写在答题纸上，否则无效。六、 本考试全部时间为180分钟。其中，试卷一为100分钟，听力理解部分的时间以放完录音为准，大约20分钟；其余部分所占时间与得分标准标在试卷上，由考生自行掌握。试卷二为80分钟。每部分所占时间均标在试卷上，考生可自行掌握。考试终了时间一到， 考生一律停笔，将试卷和答案留在座位上，待监考老师收点无误后，经主考老师宣布本考试结束后方可离开考场。 PAPERONEPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 points)Section A (1 point each)Directions: In this section you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause, during the pause, you must read the suggested answer marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1.A. The faculty members are very busy and have no time for the regular meal.B.The faculty members are making time to do some physical exercises.C. The faculty members are having a party.D.The faculty members have no time to study economics and management.2. A. Experimental devices. B. School facilities. C. Devices used in classroom.D. Music instruments.3. A. Buying a car.B. Car insurance. C. Buying car parts.D. Car repair.4. A.Giving a lecture on the symptoms of common cold.B.Complaining about his illness.C. Buying some medicine in a drugstore.D.Discussing the scientific discoveries in medicine.5. A. Taking a test.B. Ways to save time. C. Seasonal sports.D. A plan for a vacation. 6. A. Allen has a lot of money. B. Allens money is in adequate. C. Allen will have a lot of money soon. D. Allen is not a qualified applicant.7. A. He did go to the concert. B. He had an English class. C. He prepared for the English test. D. He took an English examination.8. A. He is in the United States. B. He is in Japan. C. He is in France. D. He is in Europe.9. A. The man is so tired that he cannot drive. B. The man is tired of driving. C. The mans car is in the garage so he cant drive. D. There is no need for the man to drive since his wife is not home.Section B (1 point each)Directions: In this section, you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Questions 1012 are based on the following passage:10. A. The owner of the apartment. B. The apartment manager. C. The tenant who occupies the apartment now. D. The door keeper of the apartment.11. A. In a house. B. In a hotel. C. In a two-bedroom apartment. D. In a three bedroom apartment.12. A. Because she thought the apartment was too small. B. Because she had more than two children. C. Because the rent was too high. D. Because her husband has not seen it.Questions 1315 are based on the following passage:13. A. Salt and chili. B. Oregano and ketchup. C. Pepper and ketchup D. garlic and salt.14. A. Americans eat too many vegetables. B. Americans should eat more beef. C. Fatty beef is good for us. D. Americans eat too much beef.15. A. American food is dull and tasteless. B. American food has fewer spices besides salt, pepper and ketchup. C. Americans have different kinds of food served at meals. D. Americans prefer well-seasoned beef.PART II VOCABULARY (10 points)Section A ( 0.5 point each)Directions: In this section 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.16.President Roosevelts words turned the sinking of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor into a national rallying cry instead of a humiliating national scandal.A. discouragingB. disastrousC. disgraceful D. destructive17. If the population keeps on growing, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the earth.A. maintainB. pertainC. retainD. continue18. Although I tried to concentrate on the lecture, I was distracted by the noise made by the rushing-in girls.A. confusedB. divertedC. attractedD. distressed19. The findings of the two archaeologists threw light on the burial customs of the ancient Egyptians.A. paid attention toB. gave faith toC. helped to make clear ofD. gained insight into20.Chinese enterprise managers and business educators are now exploring the potential of the Global Management Challenge, a simulated business management competition in its third year since it was introduced to China.A. extractingB. extendingC. studyingD. expanding21.Immigrants who adapt most quickly usually have a background similar to the new cultural environment and they also plan to remain permanently in the new country.A. everlastinglyB. probablyC. definitely D. comfortably22Though Americas frontiers have vanished, the frontier mentality of individualism remains the emotional and philosophical cornerstone of American culture.A. disposedB. destroyedC. disappearedD. discarded23. In spite of having received unprecedented acclaim from audiences and critics in Europe and South America, the Irish River Dance has not performed in the East until now. A. unguidedB. unexpectedC. unexampledD. unrelieved24. The next three years will be spent sorting out the more intricate aspects of the Beijing Olympics, such as competition timetables and a system to tabulate results.A. ambitiousB. involvedC. challengingD. delicate25.Drinking water contaminated with hazardous substances in some rural areas has aroused major concerns among the government.A. pollutedB. dangerousC. accidentalD. prohibitedSection B (0.5 point each)Directions: In this section there are ten sentences. Each sentence has something omitted. Choose the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each sentence.26.Time urgency is aof behavior in which a person continually tries to accomplish more than can be humanly accomplished.A. symbolB. SymptomC. SyndromeD. token27.The UN Secretary General called for the international community to work out afor the distribution of war refugees.A. schemeB. programC. projectD. plot28.It was a speech tothe heart of every true patriot.A. warmB. fuelC. fireD. spark29.We naturallythe name of Charles Darwin with the doctrine of evolution.A. connectB. associateC. conjoinD. affiliate30.This remarkable girl was sent to me into my request for a suitable secretary.A. replyB. respectC. regardD. response31.Horace Greeley did not follow his own famous Go west, young man.A. maximumB. ideaC. maximD. principle32.The difference between a counterfeit bill and a genuine one are not immediately _.A. analyzableB. hospitableC. discernableD. optional33. When Christopher Columbus first presented his_ that the earth is round, few believed it.A. hypothesisB. frameworkC. theme D. thesis34.The public work projects have not significantlythe unemployment situation.A. facilitatedB. modifiedC. softenedD. alleviated35.The cultural traditions of the invaders slowly the practices of the island dwellers.A. spreadB. perpetuatedC. permeated D. penetratedPART III CLOZE TEST (15 points)Directions: Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one item of suitable word(s) marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.During the first two hundred years of their nations existence (17761976) Americans were never forced to change their great optimism about wealth and abundance. They _36_it as an ever-expanding pie. In other countries people believe that the rich take a _37_ piece of the pie and the poor get a smaller piece. Americans, 38 , have believed that their economic pie would just continue to grow 39 all people could get a bigger piece of a bigger pie. This 40 was based on the early experience that as the new nation grew, the pie of wealth and abundance grew at an even faster 41 In the 1800s the nation grew in size as new western lands were 42 and became states. In the 1900s, when the continent had been settled, Americans invented new products and techniques of production 43 continued to make the pie larger and larger. 44 these circumstances, Americans came to believe that their heritage of 45 would last as far as they could see into the future.The belief in an everlasting heritage of abundance had many good effects. It made Americans a (n) 46 people with confidence that human problems could be solved. It greatly reduced the conflict 47 the rich and poor which has torn many older nations 48 . Perhaps most important, the belief in an always growing abundance gave strong support to such basic national 49 as freedom, self-reliance, equality of opportunity, competition, and hard work. It seemed to Americans 50 their high standard of living was a reward for practicing these values.36. A. viewedB. believedC. lookedD. thought37. A. finerB. largerC. better D.sweeter38.A.likewiseB.moreoverC.whereasD.however39Aso thatBin caseCthatDsuch that 40A.expansionB.expectationC.extensionD.expedition 41A.speedB.scaleCratioD.rate42.A.populatedB.settledCinhabitedD.developed43.A.whichB.in whichC.by whichD.in that44AIn BUnderCAtDFor45AcultureBhistoryCabundanceDtradition46.A.outgoingB.pessimisticCfriendlyD.optimistic47AbetweenBbothCamongDwith48.A.asideB.acrossCawayD.apart49A. .valuesB.featuresCmoralsD.lives50AthatBwhichCwhereDhowPART IV READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully, and hen do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OnePeng Gonglin wasnt an important man. He lived in a bare concrete house in a small village of Deng Zhuang where women stoop beside ponds to scrub clothes in buckets and the men often harvest crops by hand.When his rice fields came up empty last October, Peng had no influence and little cash. The 43-year-old farmer had spent almost all of his familys savings and borrowed more to lease the land and buy seeds.County experts in the central province of Henan tested the seeds hed planted and determined that hed been sold inferior goods. Peng begged for financial or legal help from the local agricultural bureau and its county seed station.He took what remained of his familys money and tried to bribe two local officials to intervene. They accepted the meals, massages and prostitutes, but they did nothing in return, according to a letter he later wrote.Finally, on March 29 he returned to the county seed station to plead once more. Men there beat Peng about the head until he went home, humiliated.Facing financial ruin, he carried out one last act of protest. Early the next morning, Peng Gonglins body was found hanging at the seed station.The story of Pengs lonely suicide reveals the pitfalls beneath the glossy surface of Chinas booming economy. Ordinary Chinese whove been cheated or defrauded, especially in rural areas, find themselves trapped in neo-feudal conditions with no protection beyond the mercy of corrupt officials.Outsiders are sometimes baffled by the emphasis Chinese leaders put on order and harmony, and their crushing response to any signs of unrest. From the turmoil in a village such as Deng Zhuang, though, its clear that the nation sits uneasily on deep social fault lines.51.People like Peng Gonglin _.A. live simple and humble lifeB. try to bribe officialsC. have no land and have to lease from othersD. hate the officials52What happened to the seeds Peng Gonglin had bought?A. They were tested inferior.B. They were illegal.C. They were cheated.D. They were too expensive.53He bribed local officials hoping that _.A. they may help him get financial compensation or legal aidB. they may accept the meals, massages and prostitutesC. they may interfere the affairD. they may offer plea for him54. Which of the following statements is NOT the reason of Peng Gonglins suicide? A. He was beaten by the men at the seed station and felt humiliated.B. It was his final cry for protest in the face of financial ruin.C. The desperation was beyond his psychological endurance.D. He feared that his bribe may be discovered.55. Pengs lonely suicide reveals that _.A. the ordinary people seize neo-feudal conditionsB. the ordinary people can get protection if the corrupt officials ignore themC. there are social problems under the fast developing economyD. people baffle the emphasis on order and harmony,Passage TwoIt has often been my fateperhaps the expatriates fate in general, perhaps merely the self-hatersto be against things. As an American, I have frequently seemed anti-American; as an educated person, Im often anti-intellectual. When I taught at Harvard, I was anti-Harvard. All of those make me, I suppose, a rather good European, since Europeans are, at heart, suspicious of every form of belonging, and great believers in the non-conformist life.These days more than ever, Europeans seem to harbor immense suspicious, if not disdain, toward the US as former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev put it recently in the Washington Post, The world doesnt want to be American. Indeed, here in Europe, many citizens tremble at the very thought. Why? Aside, of course, from the facile and one-dimensional explanation of jealousy, isnt the rest of the free and not-so-free world bursting at the seams to be like the citizens of the country that brought us life, liberty andthat anthem of the modern agethe pursuit of happiness?One reason, it occurs to me, is simple and yet profound: America lacks charm. My sister-in-law, a single French welfare mother who lives in a beautiful provincial village with four boys between 4 and 18, all at home, seems to me, despite her difficulties, to have more charm in her lifethe weekly trips to the market, the occasional glass of red wine, the tilted roofs and stone walls of the village itselfthan many a millionaire in my great home state of Texas. (How horrible! the Puritan mind claims, a welfare mother with a glass of wine! In France, however, even welfare mothers are entitled to the occasional red wine. ) And my impoverished sister-in-law, unlike so many of those millionaires, knows, in the words of Guy de Maupassant, how to be charming with nothing at all.56.The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is.A.The Charming and Suspicious EuropeansB.A Charming French Welfare MotherC.The Charming Life in a French VillageD.America Loses the Charm War57.From the passage, what kind of person can we assume the author is?A. Jealous.B. Profound.C. Non-conformist.D. Traditional.58.According to the author, how are the attitudes changing towards America?A.Europeans have always seemed anti-American.B.Europeans no longer treat America as a role model.C.Europeans increasingly try to emulate American ideas.D.Europeans have their own style, so nothing has changed.59.Which of the following opinions can be inferred from the passage?A.The author thinks welfare mothers should never drink red wine.B.The author thinks welfare mothers should occasionally drink red wine.C.The author thinks welfare mothers have the right to drink red wine.D.The author thinks only rich mothers have the right to drink red wine.60.What does the author find most charming in the French village?A.Simple things but not extravagant.B.The pursuit of happiness.C.The beautiful village scenery.D.The villagers, sense of belonging.Passage ThreeBusiness institutions have more prestige in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Most Americans believe, for example, that businesses are more efficient and better-run than the federal government. Why do business institutions possess this great prestige?One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are respected. Competition is not only good in itself; it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.Competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly power. In