2013年广东省学位英语考试试题及答案

2013 年广东省学位英语考试试题及答案 Paper One 试卷一 90 minutes 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 si ngle line through the center 1 Jenny Shall I go and tell Mr Fairbanks about our proposal Jackie A Yes you go B Yes go C Yes let s D Yes please 2 Mori It s a pleasure to meet you here Kaco A Pleased to meet you too B Thank you so much C I didn t expect to see you here D You re too hospitable 3 Williams Excuse me I m looking for a present for my son I have no idea what to get him Can you help me Sales girl A Of course I can B No I can t actually C You must buy him a T shirt D Yes I think a T shirt would be a good idea 4 Tim I hear you ve been to the book fair How was it Susan A Absolutely marvelous B Very much indeed C Not necessarily D Quite disappointed 5 Ed How do you get along with your new music teacher Maggie Ms Davis but I like he r a lot A She s humorous B She s nice to me C She s a bit strange D She s good at dancing 6 David Charles could you drive me to the railway station Charles A No thanks B I ll be there on time C Sure why not D Never mind 7 Max My son has been admitted by Beijing University Walt Congratulations He is such a smart boy Max A Yes he is B You are right C Thank you very much D Don t mention it 8 Student Do you mind our performing rock n roll in the hall Teacher A No you d better not B Of course it s allowed here C Oh I d rather you didn t actually D I d prefer to listen to rock a roll 9 Clerk Excuse me this a non smoking place Customer A Oh I m sorry B How can you say that C That s all right D That s impossible 10 Waiter How would you like your coffee Customer A It s well done B Very nice thanks C With sugar please D Only one cup 11 Virginia What about going to do some shopping this afternoon Rena A Go ahead please B Good idea C Me too D Help yourself 12 Carlos Thank you very much Miss James That helped me a lot Miss James Carlos A Don t thank me B Don t mention it C I m fine D I m sorry 13 Susan I m worried My son doesn t like to talk with me Tracy We were all like that a t his age A Take it easy B Change his mind C Don t quarrel with him D Don t refuse him14 Nicolas I d like to donate money to help poor children at school To whom shall I give my share Li Ming I ll ask about that and let you know A Very well B Who knows C Thank you all the same D It all depends 15 Kelvin We re almost finished with the project now Teresa Actually I prefer to ke ep going A Let s hurry up B We ve too tired now C Wellbe on time D Let s stop for a break Part II Reading Comprehension 40 points Directions There are 4 passages in this part Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinishe d 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 Jack Billabong is a stockman One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson f arm He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock He reached the hills and s aw at once that he could not go further There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke He wait ed It was a girl on a horse and she was riding towards him There s a badly burnt man on the farm the girl shouted He saved my life Please help me to save him The girl was Cathy Henderson She had been on horseback for two hours She had to jump over fallen tre es that were still burning Her pony had fallen with her twice She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sl eep But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him They lifted him onto Jack s horse The ride back to B orrogee was terrible Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony The pony was tired too but its co urage was astonishing It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital Nobody saw them arrive because it was nig ht I ve never seen a horse like that pony Jack said Cathy praised Jack Billabong but she refused to say an ything about the pony Joe will write about her in his story she said But she did say one thing If flame hadn t returned to the farm that afternoon Joe and I would have die d 16 Jack Billabong did not turn back because A he hadn t found the bull yet B he smelt a heavy smoke in the forest C he knew there was a burnt man there D he saw something moving towards him 17 Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible A Because Joe was tired out B Because the ride started late at night C Because they didn t have enough courage D Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted 18 Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because A she didn t know what to say B Jack asked her not to talk to them C she was too weak to say anything D Joe would write about it in his writing 19 What does the word flame in the last paragraph refer to A Jack B The pony C Jack s horse D The fire 20 Which of the following is the best title of the story A Rescue of Joe Brook B Courage of Jack Billabong C Love of a Young Girl D Heroism of a Lovely Pony Passage Two The faces of elderly happily married people sometimes resemble each other Dr Aiken studied a number of couples who had been marrie d for at least twenty five years Each couple provided four photographs one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty five or more years later All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues The photos were then d isplayed in groups a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random group ing of the same persons who took photographs later Some testees were asked to pick out the partners They f ailed totally with the first group Their judgements were no better than chance But with the photos taken twe nty five or more years after the marriage the testees were quite successful with the most happily married couples Dr Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike One reason has something to do wit h imitation One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it He says human be gins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones Another possible reason he says is the co mmon experience of the couples There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to chan ge their faces in similar ways For example if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences their faces are likely to change in a similar way 21 Dr Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of A imitating the couples life B grouping the couples again C leaving no trace for the testees D giving the testees more chances 22 The underlined sentence Their judgements were no better than chance implies that the testees A did a good job in making their choices B had difficulty in picking out the partners C had no chance to make the right judgements D did better with the first group than with the second 23 The underlined word imitate in Para 2 has a similar meaning to A copy B change C know D suffer 24 From the passage we can draw the conclusion that A couples who look alike can live longer B most partners have been proved to grow alike C the influence between partners can be quite strong D happily married couples are often richer than others 25 The main purpose of the passage is to A explain why couples grow alike B tell how couples like each other C discuss the function of marriage D describe the life of happily married couples Passage Three The three biggest lies in America are 1 The check is in the mail 2 Of course I ll respect you in the m orning and 3 It was a computer error Of these three little white lies the worst is the third It s the only one that can never be true Today if a b ank statement cheats you out of 900 that way you know what the clerk is sure to say It was a computer er ror Nonsense The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item c osts more than it actually does If the innocent buyer points out the mistake the checker bagger and manage r all come together and offer the familiar explanation It was a compute error It wasn t of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event The eye read s the Universal Product Code chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the package and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory If the price list is right you ll be charged accur ately Grocery stores update the price list each day that is somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices If the price they type in is too high there are only two explanations carelessness or dishonesty But somehow a computer error is supposed to excuse everyth ing One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge modern com puters are electric brain with artificial intelligence At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pe n At this point in the development of computers the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instr ucted it to do 26 Of the three lies the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself A says nonsense B cheats customers C cannot make the error D does not admit its error 27 According to the author a computerized cashier is really just A a machine to count money B a machine to receive money C an instrument to print codes D an instrument to read codes 28 Grocery store price lists are updated by A a computer B a keyboard C an employee D an electric brain 29 The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers A are very clever B never make mistakes C have a good memory D are controlled by men 30 Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage A Computers are stupid and inefficient B Computer errors are due to its dishonesty C Computers help stores update the price list D Computer errors are actually human errors Passage Four I came across an old country guidebook the other day It listed all the tradesmen in each village and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one s own doorstep in the late Victoria n countryside Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors Nevertheless this would really be a fals e impression On the surface there has been a decline of village commerce but its power is still remarkable Our local grocer s shop for example is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets i n the nearest town Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shoppin g instead of queuing up at a supermarket And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town but he will deliver anything at any time His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of chees e to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing T he richer customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer a red faced figure instantly obtains it for them 31 Nowadays the commercial services in the village are A still very active B quickly declining C unable to flourish D personal to visitors 32 The local grocer s shop is expanding because A the competition there is weak B it is a place for women to chat C it provides good personal service D the goods there are more valuable 33 Which of the following is true about the supermarkets A Prices there are much higher B Customers often have to queue up C Customers can order by telephone D Their personal services are satisfactory 34 How do the village grocer s assistants feel about giving extra service A They don t think it a trouble B They don t think it worthwhile C They don t consider it a good deal D They don t consider it a pleasant experience 35 One special feature of the village shop is that A there is a very wide range of goods available B customers can order goods by word of mouth C customer have to order goods one hour earlier D there is a list of goods to be delivered to doorsteps 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 wit h a single line through the center 36 During the heavy storm last week we had to take under a flyover A shade B shelter C shadow D shield 37 The three men were assigned jobs according to their abilities A respectful B respectable C respective D respecting 38 Scientists have discovered that many animals seem to be highly to various signals associate d with earthquakes A sensible B sensual C sentimental D sensitive 39 The lost car of the Johnsons was found in the woods of the expressway A vanished B scattered C rejected D abandoned 40 Our guests will be guided to safety fire A as a result of B in case of C in the sense of D for the sake of 41 If you want to ring her you ll have to her number in the telephone book A look at B look to C look through D look up 42 Under the financial crisis more social problems in the world are certain to A raise B arise C be raised D be arisen 43 After his retirement he lives partly on his and partly on the interest on his post office savin gs account A wages B salary C earnings D pension 44 During the the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby A interval B pause C interruption D gap 45 Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace loving states which accept the of the Charter A debt B obligation C credit D reliance 46 Table tennis used to be the most popular in China But now basketball seems to be more attractive A game B match C play D race 47 As her husband is on a business trip and her son is at school she feels rather A lonely B alone C singular D single 48 We need to our camping things before we go away A choose from B tell from C sort out D set out 49 He very quickly from his illness A recovered B discovered C uncovered D covered 50 If the police had acted with more the disaster could have been prevented A solution B determination C decision D hesitation 51 He does not as a teacher of English for his pronunciation is far from perfect A qualify B equal C match D deserve 52 His reply to the question showed that he had understood it very well A proud B important C tense D quick 53 When he tried to make a he found that the hotel was fully booked A reservation B demand C claim D policy 54 I expect that she will be able to our particular needs A supply B reach C provide D meet 55 During July and August there was no rain for weeks A on end B in the end C at last D at length 56 for their support he would have gone penniless A If it is not B If it is C Were it D Were it not 57 There in his room A are too many furnitures B is too much furniture C are too much furniture D is too many furnitures 58 I miss the hillside we found a lot of wild flowers A on which B by which C in which D for which 59 No sooner had we reached the top of the hill we all sat down to rest A when B then C than D until 60 By the time Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969 there many spac e explorations A will have been B had been C have been D must be 61 I regret hard at school or I would have passed the exam A to have not worked B having not worked C not to have worked D not having worked 62 When the man with glasses came into the hotel I noticed a look come over the manager s face A surprised B surprising C surprise D surprisingly 63 get a better score he has been making great efforts in his lessons A So as to B In order to C So that D In order that 64 As far as I know the production of this factory has doubled this year and the quality of its products h as been improved A since then B by then C until now D as well 65 All is an English Chinese dictionary A that you need B what you need C which you need D things you need 66 its good performance the machine is too expensive A Besides B Except for C In spite of D Apart from 67 He looks sleepy He must to bed very late last night A be gone B be going C go D have gone 68 Mrs White became a teacher in 1990 She for twenty years by next summer A will teach B would have taught C has been teaching D will have taught 69 She is a driver as any one else A as good as B as a good C so good a D so a good 70 You may write an e mail to me or just phone me will do A Each B Either C Neither D None 71 Few people knew his reason for quitting his job was he wanted to go abroad A whether B where C why D that 72 The teacher asked me us to finish writing the composition A how long would it take B how long it would take C how soon would it take D how soon it would take 73 It was the third time the villagers interviewed by the radio station A have been B had been C were D are 74 She came into the room quietly wake her friends A so as not to B so as to not C not so as to D so she does not 75 I arrived late I the traffic to be so heavy this morning A wasn t expecting B wouldn t expect C haven t