2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语试题

2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位 外国语水平全国统一考试A英语试卷一ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TESTFOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTSPaper One(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Communication(10 minutes，10 points)PartVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)PartReading Comprehension (45 minutes，25 points)PartC10ze(15 minutes，15 points)Part V Error Detection 00 minutes，5 points)考生须知1本考试分试卷一和试卷二两部分。试卷一满分65分，考试时间为90分钟，9:00开始， 10:30结束；试卷二满分35分，考试时间为60分钟，10:30开始，11:30结束。本考试及格标准为总分60分，其中试卷二不低于18分。2请考生务必将本人准考证号最后两位数字填写在本页右上角方框内。3本试卷一为A型试卷，请将答案用2B铅笔填涂在A型答题卡上，答在其它类型答题卡或试卷上的无效。答题前，请核对答题卡是否为A型卡，若不是，请要求监考员予以更换。4在答题卡上正确的填涂方法为：在答案所代表的字母上划线，如【A】【B】【C】【D】。5监考员宣布试卷一考试结束后，请停止答试卷一，将试卷一和试卷一答题卡反扣在自己 的桌面上，继续做试卷二。监考员将到座位上收取试卷一和试卷一答题卡。6监考员收卷过程中，考生须配合监考员验收，并请监考员在准考证上签字(作为考生交卷的凭据)。否则，若发生答卷遗失，责任由考生自负。Paper One试卷一Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes,10 points)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections：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.1A：Bob，would you mind turning down the TV a little? Im talking on the phone，and Im having a hard time hearing B：_APlease forgive meBOh，sure! Im sorry about thatCYou should have told me earlierDIm sorry to hear about it.2A：Hi，Im your neighbor in 405，next door Im Sunny Chan B：_AI moved here about a week agoBHope we could become good neighborsCHi! Everyone here seems very friendlyDJill KingstonNice to meet you3A：Could you run me over to the office? Im late. My clock must be slowB：_AYes，never mindI would rather give you a liftBAll rightBut you should buy a new clockCItS my pleasureMay I help you fix your clock，too?DYeah，Ill be glad to you off on my way to work4A：Im sorryHeS not in his officeB：_AAre you sure he will be back soon?BWould you like to leave a message?CCan you take a message for me?DShall I Can him sometime later?5A：Do you mind if I take off my jacket?B：_AOf course not，make yourself at homeBOh，its very kind of you to do soCIll be happy if I can be of any helpDYes，its pretty warm in hereSection B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections：In this section，you will read 5 Short conversations between a man and a womanAt the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and DChoose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET6Man：Bob and Sue seem never discipline their daughter. Shes real nuts. Woman：They are kept in the dark about their daughterS behavior at schoolQuestion：What can we learn about Bob and SueS daughter?AShe likes to eat nutsBShe is self-disciplinedCShe behaves badly at schoolDShe enjoys leaving her parents in the dark7Woman：Now，Richard，would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk? Man：I callt，Professor HarleySomeone must have left them on my deskQuestion：What is the mans problem?AHe is suspected of cheatingBHe left the answers on his deskCHe doesnt know how to explainDHe didnt know the answers to the questions8. Woman：Dont forget tome a line when you settle downMan：I wontIll keep you postedQuestion：What does the man mean?AHell write to the womanBHell tell the woman his new addressCHell visit the woman once in a whileDHell chat with the woman on the phone9Man：Betty, how was your trip to the museum with Tom this afternoon?Woman：Dont ask meQuestion：What does the woman mean?ASomething about the museum interested herBSomething was wrong With the tripCShe doesnt know anything about the museumDShe doesnt want to answer the mans question10Man：Hey, MaryI was invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty ContestWoman：Oh，really? Come on，youre pulling my legQuestion：What does the woman mean?AShe has no chance to winBThe man is encouraging herCShell attend the contestDThe man is trying to fool her.PartVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)Section ADirections：In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlinedChoose he one from the 4 choices marked A,B,C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET11The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-timeAexplain Bdeny Cconsider Drecognize12British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease，which causes loss of memory and personality changeAcontrol Bdetermine Cprevent Dtreat13Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.Afix up Btake up Cpack up Dmake up14So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.Agolden Bbeautiful Cwarm Dshining15I couldnt work out why anyone would invent something so boring Adraw up Bbring about Cput forward Dfigure out16You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for both you and your employer Aloose Beffective Celastic Dresourceful17The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officialsAgrants Brights Cadvantages Dinterests18Will Americans go for AT&TS plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S.?Asupport Badopt Chinder Dattack19What lies in pieces around them represents，in effect，a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few Ain short Bin particular Cin fact Din turn20The weekend event will be centered around Wye College in Ashford,Kent，but the outing to the docks should be the highlightAclimax Bpleasure Cexpectation DsurpriseSection BDirections：In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentencesFor each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and DChoose the one that best completes the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET2 1Then in June 1967 the country _diplomatic relations with Israel after the outbreak of the Six Day WarAbroke away Bbroke off Ccut out Dcut down22Everyone has faced the embarrassing _of deciding how much extra to give a waiter or taxidriver Aincident Bevent C. dilemma Dmenace23The school arranged road trip appears to_ the spring breakAconform to Bcoincide with Cconsist in Dcollide with24The new airport terminal is sure to_ the development of tourismAimitate Bfascinate Cimpose Dfacilitate25The Huntington Library has an_ collection of rare books and manuscripts of British and American history and literatureAintensive Bintentional Cextensive Dextensional26Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this year, threatening to_ recent productivity gainsAreverse Breserve Cretrieve Drevise27Those governments will provide big food and fuel_ according to the Asian Development BankAsubstitutes Bsubstances Csubsequences Dsubsidies28In mild winters apple buds began to break soon after Christmas，leaving them_ to frost damageAreluctant Btough Chostile D. vulnerable29What is happening is a survival-of-the-fittest straggle affecting_ smaller factories in relatively low-tech，labor-intense industriesAprimarily Brationally Cprimitively Drespectively30A traditional critic has the advantage of being able to_ standards and values inherited from the pastAturn up Bturn over Cturn to Dturn inPan Reading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)Directions：There are 5 passages in this partEach passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and DChoose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEETPassage OneThe job was done，and it was time for a last cigaretteEddie began tapping the pockets of his overalls, looking for the new packet of Marlboro he had bought that morningIt was not thereIt Was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lumpRight in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet，there Was a lumpA lump the size of a packet of cigarettes“Ive done it again!”said Eddie angrily“Ive left the cigarettes under the carpet!” He had done this once before，and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hoursEddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours in this houseHe decided to get rid of the lump another wayIt would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes，nearly full, but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it againHe turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.Eddie didnt want to damage the carpet itself, so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could. He kept beating，hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldnt hear the noise and come to see what he was doingIt would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpetThe lump was beginning to flatten out After three or four minutes，the job Was finally finishedEddie picked up his tools，and began to walk out to his carMrs. Vanbrugh accompanied himShe seemed a little worried about something “Young man，while you were working today，you didnt by any chance see any sign of Armand，did you? Armand is my birdI let him out of his cage，you see，this morning，and heS disappearedHe likes to walk around the house，and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right inOnly today he didnt come backHeS never done such a thing before，itS most peculiar” “No，madam，I havent seen him anywhere，”said Eddie，as he reached to start the CarAnd he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel, where he had left it at lunchtime And he remembered the lump in the carpet31What did Eddie Want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?A. To have a cigarette.BTo hammer the carpet flatC. To put back his toolsD. To start work in the dining room32Why didnt Eddie take out the thing under the carpet?AIt was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted.BHe didnt need the cigarettes because he had some more in the CarC. It would take too long to take up the carpet and refit itDHe intended to come back and remove the lump the next day33What did Eddie do with the hammer?A. He drove nails into the lumpBHe fixed his toolboxCHe retired the carpetD. He flattened the lump34Mrs. Vanbrugh worried that_.A. her pet was nowhere to be foundBfitting the carpet would be expensiveCEddie would smoke in the houseDEddie hadnt done a proper job35What was really under the carpet?AThe packet of cigarettesBEddieS hammer.C. A lump of woodDThe missing pet.Passage Two If two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct, people will still be driving gasoline-powered cars 50 years from now, giving out heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere-and yet that carbon dioxide will not contribute to global warming. The scientists，F Jeffrey Martin and William LKubic Jr，are proposing a concept，which they have patriotically named Green Freedom, for removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it back into gasoline The idea is simpleAir would be blown over a liquid solution which would absorb the carbon dioxideThe carbon dioxide would then be extracted and subjected to chemical reactions that would turn it into fuelAlthough they have not yet built a fuel factory, or even a smallprototype，the scientists say it is all based on existing technology“Everything in the concept has been built，is operating or has a close cousin that is operating，”DrMartin saidThe proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas，In the efforts to reduce humanityS emissions of carbon dioxide, three solutions have been offered：hydrogen-powered cars，electric cars and biofuels. Biofuels are gasoline substitutes produced from plants like corn or sugar canePlants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, but growing crops for fuel takes up wide strips of landHydrogen-powered Cars emit no carbon dioxide, but producing hydrogen requires energy, and if that energy comes from coal-fired power plants，then the problem has not been solved. The problem with electric cars is that they have typically been limited to a range of tens of miles as opposed to the hundreds of miles that can be driven on a tank of gasGasoline，it turns out，is an almost ideal fuel(except that it produces carbon dioxide)If it Can be made out of carbon dioxide in the air, the Los Alamos concept may mean there is little reason to switch, after all“Its definitely worth pursuing，”said Martin I. Hoffert，a professor of physics at New York University“It has a couple of pieces to it that are interesting”Other scientists also said the proposal looked promising but could not evaluate it fully because the details had not been published36. What is most remarkable about the proposal, made by the two scientists?。A. It is given a patriotic name.B. No law of physics is violated.C. It is based on existing technologyD. Carbon dioxide Can be converted into fuel37. What is the biggest problem with hydrogen-powered cars？AThere is no cheap source of hydrogenB. There might be a safety problem in hydrogen productionCThey may still be a cause of global warming DThey are not suitable for long-distance travel38If what is proposed by the two scientists becomes true,_.Aair pollution will，become a thing of the pastB. there will be no need for gasoline substitutesC. people will be able to use much cheaper energyDthere will be no more biofuel-powered vehicles39. Which of the following Call best describe the attitude of Martin I Hoffert to the proposal?AIndifferent B. Positive. CSuspiciousDCritical40. The passage is mainly written to_.A. introduce a new conceptBcompare different energy sourcesCstress the importance of gasolineDdiscuss solutions to global warmingPassage Three In her international bestselling Talk to the Hand, author Lynne Trussargues that common courtesies such as saying“Excuse me”are practically extinctThere are certainly plenty who would agree with her Is it really true? We decided to find out by experimentsIn dozens of American cities, our reporters performed two experim6rits：“door tests”(would anyone hold one open for them?)；and“document drops”(who-would help them retrieve a pile of“accidentally”dropped papers?)Along the way, the reporters encountered all types：men and women of different races, ages，professions, and income levels. While 90 percent of the people passed the door test，only 55 percent passed the document drop. Are people less likely to help others when doing so takes extra effort or time? Not always，he reporters foundTake the pregnant woman who thought nothing of bending down to help us with our papersOr the woman named Liz who balanced two coffees，her keys and her wallet on a takeout tray with one hand，while picking up papers off the wet pavement with the otherHer reason for helping? “I was there,”she said Overall，men were the most willing to help，especially when it came to document dropsIn those，men offered aid 63 percent of the time，compared to 47 percent among womenOf course，men werent entirely democratic about whom theyd helpAll of them held the door for the female reporter, and were more than twice as likely to help her pick up fallen papers than they were to help our male reporter By far, the most common reason people cited for being willing to go out of their way to help others was their upbringing“ItS the way I was raised，”said one young woman who held a door open despite struggling with her umbrella on a rainy day in Brooklyn We realize this isnt a rigorous scientific study, but we believe it is a reasonable real-world test of good manners around the globe. And its comforting to know that in a place where millions of people push one another each day to get ahead，theyre able to do it with a smileHey, if they Can make nice here，they can make nice anywhere.41Which of the following is the best word to describe the experiments?AScientific BBiased CRevolutionary DRealistic42The examples of the pregnant woman and Liz are used to show that some people_Amay take the trouble to help othersB. wont take the trouble to help othersCmay help others save timeDwont help others save time43According to the experiments，_.Awomen are more carefulBwomen are more likely to need helpCmen are more ready tohelpD. men are more democratic in helping others44. Helping others is a behavior that is largely influenced by_.Asocial normBfamily educationC. pecific situationDpersonal character45The results of the experiments have shown that common courtesies_.Aare still with usBare disappearingC. vary with professionsD. need