2007年广东省学位英语真题

20072007 年广东省学位英语真题年广东省学位英语真题 Part I Dialogue Completion 15 points Directions There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part each followed by 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 1 Clerk Please fill out the form Guest All right please Clerk It s August the thirteenth A What day is it today B What s the number C What s the date today D What s the time now 2 Speaker A Can you tell me the way to the library Speaker B Sure Turn left at the next crossing Speaker A Is it on King Street Speaker B A That s alright B Yes You can t miss it C It s obvious D OK Just do it 3 Patient Could you arrange for me to see Doctor Smith tomorrow morning Nurse He won t be free until 12 00 A You can call later B You re unlucky C I can t do that D I m afraid not 4 Lisa You look great Any good news Alex I just came back from my vacation Lisa Wow Maybe I should take a vacation too A I didn t see it B good for you C I didn t find it D hard to believe 5 Waiter Hello sir Customer Could you give us a second please Waiter Sure A Are you ready to order B How can I help you C Ready to take my order D Can I do you a favor 6 Heather Look I ve got a problem here Will you help me Rebecca but I ll try A No I won t B I m really willing to C Yes I m glad D I m not sure if I can 7 Conductor Good morning please Passenger Here you are A can I have your ticket B anything to declare C can I help you D anything special 8 Waitress Yes sir anything the matter Customer but this soup is too salty Waitress I m very sorry sir I ll change it for you A I can t stand it B Sorry to do it C I hate to complain D Sorry to bother you 9 Student Professor Lance your lecture on cloning is very interesting Professor Are you a student of biology Student No I major in chemistry A I think so B I m glad to hear that C It must be D It s not so interesting 10 Clerk Central Ballet Customer Yes what s on tonight Clerk Sleeping Beauty A May I help you B What do you want C Can you speak out D What s the matter 11 Mary I m sorry but I can t seem to find that tape you lent me I must have lost it Susan Oh no Mary But don t worry I ll buy you a new one A Don t do that B What a shame C Don t say that D How pity it is 12 Richard My name is Richard Stewart May I take a picture of you Mrs Vann By all means I m Mrs Vann Glad to meet you A I m sorry B Excuse me C Pardon me D Attention please 13 Susan Let s go to the restaurant and have dinner right now Marilyn OK Let s get in Susan Thanks A After you B You go first C I ll follow you D Have fun 14 Alexandra Excuse me officer Can you tell me how to get to Linden Street Policeman Sure You should take No l Train to Van Cortland Park Alexandra Thank you Policeman Anytime A Congratulations B Pleasant journey C God bless you D Good luck 15 Richard Oh I ve got to go Robbie It was a pleasure meeting you too Bye bye A It was nice of you to meet me B It was nice to have met you C It was nice meeting you here D It was nice for you to meet me Part II Reading Comprehension 40 points Directions There are 4 passages in this part Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center Passage One In your car you may have a cell phone a telephone also known as a mobile phone that you can carry around and use anywhere On your way you may feel coordinated and enjoy your hands free phone talking while driving But recent studies suggest that it isn t the dialing or the arm waving that makes driving while talking on a cell phone dangerous It is the yakking itself or more precisely the continuous conversation with someone who isn t present that makes David Strayer a Utah psychologist says Your driving performance while talking on a cell phone is weakened at levels comparable to or worse than driving with a blood alcohol level of 0 08 which is the legal limit in most states of America Using a driving training simulator Strayer and his colleagues compared the attention levels and response time of 110 drivers in various situations In dense traffic cell phone users were about 20 percent slower to respond to sudden hazards than other drivers and they were about twice as likely to drive into the back of a braking car in front of them Cell phone drivers are obtaining less than 50 percent of the visual information that non cell drivers are getting says Strayer Looking and seeing are not one and the same By contrast the researchers found that listening to the radio or conversing with passengers is not as hazardous When a dangerous situation arises the driver and passengers put their conversation on pause Strayer says Whether talking with a passenger or someone on a cell phone however people are less able to recall the details of a conversation carried on while driving So it might not be good for your economic health to discuss investment strategies with your agent while either of you is driving Strayer adds lastly 16 According to the recent studies which of the following makes driving dangerous A A cell phone dialing by the driver B The driver s endless arm waving C The driver s continuous cell phone talking D The absence of another phone speaker 17 Which of the following does Strayer want to stress most A The driving performance may be weakened by a cell phone talking B The driving performance may be affected by a high blood alcohol level C Drivers are not to drive over the cell phone or after drinking D A cell phone talking is no less hazardous than alcohol in driving 18 The experiment shows all the following EXCEPT that A the cell phone drivers get less than half of the visual information B the cell phone drivers are twice as likely to hit the front cars C the cell phone drivers response to sudden dangers is slower D the 110 drivers were reluctant to take part in the experiments 19 Strayer discourages drivers from talking about business on cell phones while driving because A they tend to forget the details of a conversation B both the driver and his agent happen to be driving C it might not be good for the driver s memory D the other passengers would overhear the conversation 20 It can be inferred that the author s attitude toward cell phone yakking is A approving B disapproving C encouraging D indifferent Passage Two It s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day to day involvement with Microsoft and use his full attention to oversee how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its 16 billion on philanthropy or charity But Gates is not the first one to follow the path Ever since the industrial revolution wealthy self made businessmen and businesswomen have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet The saying He who dies rich dies disgraced runs deeply through the business community But out of all the great philanthropists Mr Gate s career path appears to be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller Both were self made men and both became the richest men on the planet Rockefeller was in his late fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy creating vast charitable foundations to promote health and education Now Gates says he will do the same in his early fifties With great wealth comes great responsibility he adds Like Gates many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth to their children They want them to be comfortable with a nice house and some money in trust for their grandchildren But they don t want to leave them millions and millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own way In Britain for instance the newspaper rich lists are increasingly dominated by self made millionaires rather than inherited wealth New money is less likely to be tied up in assets making it ripe for philanthropy The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes to philanthropy The state was saying it would take over much of the role of what was once regarded as the responsibility of private philanthropists 21 Bill Gates has done all the following EXCEPT A abandoning his career with Microsoft s daily business B devoting the rest of his life to philanthropic causes C leaving his children enough money for a comfortable life D defying John Rockefeller in creating charitable foundations 22 The saying He who dies rich dies disgraced properly means that A the wealthy people should give away their fortunes after death B the wealthy people should feel ashamed for their assets C the wealthy people should abandon their careers for charities D it is shameful for the wealthy people to keep their wealth till death 23 Gates and Rockefeller are similar in that A both of them inherited their wealth B their career paths are exactly the same C both decided to devote to charity in their fifties D both made their fortunes in the same way 24 Many wealthy people don t want to leave too much behind mainly because A it is not easy for them to make their fortunes B they want their children to make their own way C they just wish their children to have a comfortable life D they hope to gain reputation by donating their wealth 25 The chief reason why philanthropy has come into a good stage is that A the new money is less likely to be regarded as one s private wealth B Gates will devote his full attention to philanthropy C the welfare state would take over all the charity responsibilities D many new millionaires are self made rather than inherited Passage Three In 1991 when announced to be HIV positive Magic Johnson became the face of a disease that the public still had a lot to learn about The basketball star established the Magic Johnson Foundation that year and took a leading role on the public relations and fund raising fronts in the fight against HIV and AIDS Fifteen years later there is still more work to do A lot of times what happens is that the poster s not enough Johnson says motioning to his likeness on the blackboard behind him So I have to get out and tell them myself like I m doing here today Johnson is now talking to an assembly at Boys and Girls High School in his neighborhood of Brooklyn N Y The crowd is a few hundred students in a mostly black working class neighborhood Thus event is the fourth of a 10 city speaking tour that is organized for minority communities According to drug maker Abbot half of the more than I million Americans living with HIV are black African American men are being diagnosed with the disease at a rate 10 times as high as that of white men For women the situation is even worse The rate of diagnosis for African American women is 23 times as high as that for their white counterparts Right now we don t have a solution on how to combat it so we re trying to do some different things than what has happened before Johnson says Getting the word out is what draws Johnson to black neighborhood high schools such as this one and the message he brings with him is a practical one The safest sex is no sex he says But in reality we know only a certain number of people are going to hear that Then I hit them with Hey if you re going to do it you ve got to protect yourself and your partner Hopefully by talking realistically instead of avoiding the issues Johnson can help make the next generation of African Americans less likely to have HIV and AIDS just try to be real with them he says They appreciate that 26 The phrase disease that the public still had a lot to learn about here means a disease that A was already well known then B was too complicated for people C was still too new to be understood D killed too many victims then 27 According to the passage the group with the Highest ASS rate is A the white Americans B African American men C the American women D the black American women 28 The speaker is named Magic Johnson because A he was once a famous basketball coach B he was a happy survivor of the unhappy disease C he was given chance to talk of his own experience D he was a very practical and realistic person in life 29 The word combat Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to A comeback B combine C fight against D avoid 30 What is the purpose of Johnson s speech tour A To take himself as an example in fighting the disease B To raise the awareness of young Americans against the disease C To provide a better cure for the black American HIV sufferers D To try some new medical solutions on the HIV and AIDS sufferers Passage Four Once upon a time all you needed for a camping trip was a sleeping bag a compass and some common sense Now according to my local sporting goods retailer a lot more should be added However outdoor travel has become such a trend that urban people find themselves with some upscale retailers to address their every desire Eco and adventure are the latest fashionable words in destination travel those n the industry know they can make serious cash off all the consumers These are consumers who get outdoors not for nature s sake but to work out simply for a splendid cocktail party As a result of high end demand the great outdoors is becoming less affordable and accessible for ordinary people Our national parks used to be vast acres of wilderness where people could go and enjoy nature for free But over the past 100 years the government has been slowly selling or leasing off public lands for profit and our current president is continuing the trend Large ski resorts have swallowed up plenty of wilderness and small towns in the West by attracting more high end businesses Nature is now a commodity that can be repackaged and sold to the wealthy developers As for the small amount of public land Left well try to remember the last time you camped at a state park for free The Joneses and everyone trying to keep up with them want a piece of the outdoors but only with creature comforts included The rest of us are being slowly priced out of nature Pretty soon my tent and sleeping pack will be out of date since camping will mean a luxury yurt with skylights for star gazing If this is what signifies experiencing nature in the new millennium then Thoreau must be rolling in his grave 31 According to the author outdoor travel has now become A less needed for the urban residents B an uncontrolled trend for city dwellers C an ever more attractive interest for urban people D so economical that most urban people can afford it 32 The phrase make serious cash off all the consumers Paragraph 2 means A make consumers deposit all their money into bank B cause the consumers to use up all their money C make all the consumers cash their money in the bank D make a careful plan to attract as many consumers as possible 33 Paragraph 2 is written to A introduce the nature s change of the outdoor travel today B criticize the outdoor campers for their waste of money D describe the difference of outdoor camping today and what it was before D imply the strong influence of the consuming society on the outdoor travel 34 The author believes that A the government is right to sell or lease public lands to wealthy developers B public lands shouldn t have been sold or leased to individuals for profits C nature should be left for wide public to enjoy rather than to rent D the outdoor campers should be more clear minded in spending money 35 What can ordinary city dwellers do if the current outdoor travel trend continues A They can do nothing but give up their outdoor travel B They would feel angry and protest against the ill trend C The government and the industry may change their attitude D Fewer and fewer urban people will make their seasonal outdoor travel Part III Vocabulary and Structure 20 points Directions There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the sentence Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 36 Taxes provide most of the government s A revenues B expenses C profits D rewards 37 Finding an excuse for herself she claimed that it was outside her of responsibility A field B range C limit D extent 38 Gratitude is defined as the art of showing for every kindness great and small A affection B appreciation C motivation D opposition 39 My father seemed to be in no to look at my school report that day A feeling B attitude C emotion D mood 40 It is not possible to exactly how our actions will affect the future A expect B forbid C foresee D inspect 41 People who can t between colors are said to be color blind A separate B split C distinguish D divide 42 The twins are so much that it is difficult to tell one from the other A Same B likely C alike D identical 43 A pop star usually leads quite a hard life with a lot of traveling heavy schedules A with regard to B as to C in relation to D owing to 44 There are many inconveniences that have to be when you are camping A put up with B put down to C put off D put away 45 This newspaper will not knowingly accept for real estate which is in violation of the law A publishing B advertising C claiming D discussing 46 The film was picked up by a branch of 20th Century Fox and will be in a few cities this fall A freed B opened C started D released 47 My experience me that a background in pure science is an ideal preparation for doing business A invited B persuaded C advised D convinced 48 E commerce has increased the on customer satisfaction and delivery fulfillment A center B focus C workforce D target 49 I don t have much money he d say I need to my school loans A pay out B nay back C pay down D pay for 50 One hundred online courses make a Harvard education worldwide A valuable B allowable C accessible D knowledgeable 51 Video games hated by parents and teachers as the enemy of learning may be good for kids A in all B after all C for all D by all 52 Schools were created to prepare chi