2013年6月非英语专业硕士研究生英语测试试卷A卷(附完整参考答案).doc

Non-English Major Graduate Student English Qualifying Test (GET) （June 22，2013） A卷 考生注意事项1、 本考试试卷由两部分组成：试卷一（Paper One）包括听力理解、词汇、阅读理解三个部分、共55题；试卷二（Paper Two）包括翻译与写作两部分，共7题。所有题按顺序统一编号。两份试卷合并装订成试题册。2、 试卷一（题号1-55）为客观评分题。答案一律用中性（HB）铅笔做在答题卡上，在对 应题号下所选的字母中间画黑道，如 A B C D。3、 试卷二为主观评分题，答案一律写在主观答题纸Answer Sheet II上。答题前，请仔细 阅读试卷二前的注意事项。4、 请在试题册上写清姓名和准考证号，考试终了时与答题卡和答题纸一并交回。 答题卡 和答题纸上须写清姓名和准考证号，不得作任何记号，否则答案无效。5、 试卷一为65分钟。听力理解部分时间以放完录音为准，大约20分钟。 其余部分所占 时间与得分均标在试卷上，由考生自行掌握。6、 试卷二为55分钟。考试终了时间一到，考生一律停笔，将试题册、答题卡及主观答题 纸放在座位上，待监考老师收点无误后，经主考教师宣布本考试结束方可离开考场。试卷一（Paper One）Part ILISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 minutes, 20 points, 1 question 1 point)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. 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 four choices 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.Example:You will hear:You will read:A. 2 hours. B. 3 hours. C. 4 hours. D. 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1.A. The flight has been canceled. B. The plane is late.C. The plane is on time. D. The tickets for this flight have been sold out.2.A. He is not to blame. B. It was his fault.C. He will accept all responsibility. D. He will be more careful next time.3.A. The man is a forgetful person. B. The typewriter is not new.C. The man can have the typewriter later. D. The man misunderstood her.4.A. There will be heavy fog in all areas. B. There will be heavy rain by midnight.C. There will be heavy fog in the east. D. There will be fog in all areas by midnight.5.A. Shes scornful. B. Shes angry.C. Shes sympathetic. D. Shes worried.6.A. He likes the job of a dish-washer because it pays well.B. He thinks its important to have a good job from the beginning.C. He hates to be a dish-washer because its boring.D. He would work as a dish-washer in summer if he has to.7.A. She must learn to understand Johns humor better.B. She enjoys Johns humor a great deal.C. She doesnt appreciate Johns humor.D. She thinks John is not funny enough.8.A. Joan may have taken a wrong train. B. Joan will miss the next conference.C. Joan wont come to the conference. D. Joan may be late for the opening speech.9.A. She has been dismissed for her poor performance.B. She has been fired by the company.C. She has been granted leave for one month.D. She has been offered a new job.10.A. It will last for two weeks. B. It has come to a halt.C. It will end before long. D. It will probably continue.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 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.Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A. Washing plates. B. Clearing tables. C. Shining shoes. D. sweeping the floor.12. A. He must work six days a week. B. He should never be late for work. C. He must study hard in his spare time. D. He should not bring his friends to the restaurant.13. A. To pay him for his work. B. To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant. C. To give his friends free drinks.D. To allow him to have more free time.14. A. Because the boy was not a full-time worker. B. Because the boy had made some mistakes. C. Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements. D. Because he thought it was his son who should pay him. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A. Watching traditional plays. B. Visiting the magnificent libraries. C. Boating on the river. D. Cycling in narrow streets.16. A. There are many visitors there. B. There are many students there. C. There are many old streets there. D. There are many bicycles there.17. A. He thinks the city is too crowded. B. He likes the place very much. C. He thinks the streets are too narrow.D. He admires the comfortable life of the students there.Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A. He was good at writing about interesting people. B. It was much easier to write stories about people. C. He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people. D. He thought people played an important role in world events. 19. A. Action.B. World News. C. Enterprise. D. Faces and places.20. A. He is a sportsman.B. He is an actor. C. He is a photographer. D. He is a publisher.Part IIVOCABULARY (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point for each question)Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one word or a set of words underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.21. It is doubtful whether anyone can be a truly impartial observer of events. A. related B. impassive C. genius D. unprejudiced22. It is difficult to discern the sample that is on the slide unless the microscope is adjusted properly. A. Overlook B. disclaim C. discard D. detect23. After three months training, these students can explicitly interpret what they have observed. A. inextricably B. roughly C. cleverly D. clearly24. At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in process. A. endure B. make C. overcome D. fight against25. The nurse was dismissed because she was found to be negligent. A. disregardful B. negative C. lethal D. legible 26. Dont meddle in my affairs, and in fact I can handle them properly by myself. A. interfere B. interest C. involve D. attend27. Deceptively simple in design, the sculptural works of George Norton incorporate a broad range of textures, sizes, and contours. A. Misleadingly B. Generally C. Noticeably D. Exceptionally28. This improvement meant that the exposure time was reduced to only a fraction of a second in bright light. A. fracture B. number C. fragment D. minority29. The lawyer made an appeal to the judge, asking him to be gentle with his clients. A. a pledge B. a demand C. a plea D. an excuse30. Yet beyond that tragic picture, there is a revolution at work in world agriculture. A. reflective B. grievous C. intolerable D. illusiveSection BDirections: There are 5 sentences in this section. Each sentence has a blank for you to fill in. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is best to fill in the blank. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.31. We must always _ our employees informed of the changing situations if we want to do well in the new market. A. maintain B. sustain C. keep D. retain32. It never _ to him that the answer to the complicated question was so easy. A. recollected B. occurred C. meant D. happened33. All the workers working here must _ to the security rules and regulations strictly. A. confirm B. confront C. confine D. conform34. Faced with all the difficulties, the girl _ her mother for comfort.A. turned over B. turned from C. turned to D. turned up35. Id rather you _ those important documents with you. A. dont take B. didnt take C. wont take D. not takePart IIIREADING COMPREHENSION (35 minutes, 30 points, 1.5 points for each question)Directions: In this part of the test, there are FOUR short passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D, and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Passage One Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food, which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far. 36. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that _. A. it protects him against the harmful rays from space B. it provides sufficient light for plant growth C. it supplies the heat necessary for human survival D. it screens off the falling meteors 37. We know from the passage that _. A. exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal B. the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming C. radiation is avoidable in space exploration D. astronauts in spacesuits neednt worry about radiation damage 38. The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members _. A. is insignificant B.seems overestimated C. is enormous D. remains unknown 39. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. the Apollo mission was very successful B. protection from space radiation is no easy job C. astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren D. radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers 40. The best title for this passage would be _. A. The Atmosphere and Our Environment B. Research on Radiation C. Effects of Space Radiation D. Importance Protection Against Radiation Passage TwoQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines. The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system. In 1862 Congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska westward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a transcontinental crossing linking the Atlantic seaboard with the Pacific. The Government helped the railroads generously with money and land. Actual work on this project began four years later. The Central Pacific Company, starting from California, used Chinese labor, while the Union Pacific employed crews of Irish laborers. The two groups worked at remarkable speed, each trying to cover a greater distance than the other. In 1869 they met a place called Promontory in what is now the state of Utah. Many visitors came there for the great occasion. There were joyous celebrations all over the country, with parades and the ringing of church bells to honor the great achievement. The railroad was very important in encouraging westward movement. It also helped build up industry and farming by moving raw materials and by distributing products rapidly to distant markets. In linking towns and people to one another it helped unify the United States. 41. The major problems with Americas railroad system in the mid 19th century lay in _. A. poor quality rails and unreliable stopping systems B. lack of financial support for development C. limited railroad lines D. lack of a transcontinental railroad 42. The building of the first transcontinental system _. A. brought about a rapid growth of industry and farming in the west B. attracted many visitors to the construction sites C. attracted laborers from Europe D. encouraged people to travel all over the country 43. The best title for this passage would be _. A. Settlements Spread Westward B. The Coast-to-Coast Railroad: A Vital Link C. American Railroad History D. The Importance of Trains in the American Economy 44. The construction of the transcontinental railroad took _. A. 9 yearsB. 7 yearsC. 4 yearsD. 3 years 45. What most likely made people think about a transcontinental railroad? A. The possibility of government support for such a task. B. The need to explore Utah. C. The need to connect the east coast with the west. D. The need to develop the railroad industry in the west Passage ThreeQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an illness of sleepiness in the nation. I cant think of a single study that hasnt found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to, says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark. By the 1950s and 1960s , the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. People cheat on their sleep, and they dont even realize theyre doing it, says Dr. David. They think theyre okay because they can get by on 6. 5 hours, when they really need 7. 5, eight or even more to feel ideally vigorous. Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. In our society, youre considered dynamic if you say you only need 5. 5 hours sleep. If youre got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition. To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. Weve found that if youre in sleep deficit, performance suffers, says Dr. David. Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.46. People in the 18th and 19th centuries used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night because they had _. A. no drive and ambitionB. no electric lighting C. the best sleep habitsD. nothing to do in the evening47. According to Dr. David, Americans _. A. are ideally vigorous even under the pressure of life B. often neglect the consequences of sleep deficit C. do not know how to relax themselves properly D. can ge