2014年同等学力人员申请硕士学位模拟试题(英语)老师版

2014年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试（模拟试卷）ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST FOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTSPart 1 Oral Communication (15 minutes 10 points)Section A: Directions: In this section, there are two dialogues between two speakers , each has three blanks and three choices marked A,B, and C taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with the choices to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.Dialogue OneA. It was very exciting, wasnt it?B. Always the same old thing.C. But I thought it was boring.A. What did you think of the movie?B. I thought it was gorgeous! I loved it!A. You did? (1) _c_.B. Why? What didnt you like about it?A. For one thing, there was too much violence in it, always fighting and killing!B. But it was just an action movie!A. And the story was silly too. (2)_b_. B. Well, you see, the stories are always simple in those movies.A. What did you like about it?B. (3)_a_ And I like the movie star. The young guys are crazy about her!Dialogue TwoA. just trade it inB. listen upC. first things firstA. Well, _b_, Jerry, youve got to start thinking to change it now. B. But you know it would cost much to buy a new one. A: You could buy a new car, or _a_ and buy a second hand. B: Which means, were up against a big decision, arent we? Well, I am not sure, but if I trade it in, I will have to check out some used cars right now. A. Treat me a drink and I can help you choose one. B: Will you? Oh, thank you so much! But, _c_, I will go check up my budget and make sure if everything is all right. Section B:Directions: In this section, there is an interview between two speakers , which has four blanks and four choices marked A,B, C and D taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with the choices to complete the interview. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.A.I saw a piece of news about womenB. As a resultC. men have a hard time going out with womenD. That is right.A: _a_ who are earning more money than males. What do you think about that?B: Oh, I think _c_ who earn more than them because theres this stereotype that men should make more money than females. A: _d_. According to the news, between 30% and 40% of women earn more money than their spouses. And by the year 2030, the average woman in this country is expected to outearn the average man.B: What are the possible reasons for this?A: Well, there are educational trends; many more women are receiving higher education now than before. _b_, there are also more women entering the workforce.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points) Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.11Betty was offended because she felt that her friends had ignored her purposefully at the party.Adesperately BdefinitelyCdeliberately Ddecisively12Janet couldnt work out why the rescue team didnt get his message on time. Acarry out Bbreak upCfigure out Dput out13The researchers have come up with numerous explanations to justify their failuresAlead to Bcharge for Ccall for Daccount for 14They sent in a recommendation letter shortly after they applied to Harvard for the postdoctoral program. A. recently B. soon C. lately D. posthumously 15. The chairman made an exhilarating speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.A. vigorousB. tediousC. flatD. harsh16Life is more important than the pressures and stresses that we place on ourselves over work and other commitments.Aappointments BarrangementsCobligations Ddevotions17She said that the medicine the doctor gave her brought relief to his headache.A. eased B. rescued C. promoted D. diagnosed18Todays movie features Tom Cruise as the leading actor, who has attracted millions of fans to watch his Mission Impossible series. Adescribes Bcharacterizes Cmanifests Dprofesses19In this glorious season, Kobe Bryant has harvested great honor and recognition around the world. A. benefited B. flourished C. acquired D. required20Long-term use of the drugs can ultimately alter the patients motor skills and personality.A. divert B. exhaust C. exchange D. affect Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points)Section ADirections: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Text 1When Patricia Weatherss son Michael had problems in his first-grade class, a school psychologist told the mother he had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and needed to be medicated with stimulants. If not, he would be sent to a special education facility near his school. Confused and frightened, Weathers says she consented to put Michael on Ritalin, a commonly used stimulant that doctors prescribe to decrease the symptoms of ADHD - restlessness, disorganization, hyperactivity. But Michael exhibited negative effects from the drug, such as social withdrawal. Instead of spotting the side effects, Weathers says, school officials again pressured her back to the psychiatrists office, where Michaels diagnosis was changed to social anxiety disorder and an antidepressant prescribed. Finally, says Weathers, I saw that the medicines were making Michael psychotic, so I stopped giving them to him. When she stopped the medicine, the school reported her to state child protective services for child abuse.Though charges were dropped, the Weathers case has become a symbol of the boiling controversy surrounding ADHD, treatment for it, and the subjective diagnostic tests that some critics say has led to an overuse of stimulants in schools. According to testimony given before Congress in 2000, ADHD diagnosis in children grew from 150,000 in 1970 to 6 million in 2000, representing 12 to 13 percent of US schoolchildren.On the one hand, a recent study by National Institute of Mental Health, published in April, confirmed long-held assumptions that consistent use of stimulants mildly suppresses childrens growth - at an average rate of about an inch over the course of two years, in addition to weight loss in some children. At the same time, another part of the same study gave the use of medication a boost when it comes to the treatment of ADHD. The study showed that strict behavioral rules, used without drugs, were not as successful as treatments involving stimulants. They suppressed ADHD symptoms in 34 percent of the children tracked over a two-year period, while medication worked in 56 percent of cases.Yet if the study was reassuring to some who work with children, it was alarming to others. The study helps prove that the country is only hearing half the story about ADHD, says William Frankenberger, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, who has been studying ADHD for almost two decades. If these medicines suppress growth, you have to ask what else they are doing that we cant measure.21.It can be inferred from the text that kids with ADHD are oftenA allergic to medicines.B absent-minded in class.C afraid of meeting strangers.D anxious about seeing the doctor.22.Weathers stopped giving the medicine to her son becauseA she sensed the side effects of the medicine.B the doctor prescribed another new treatment.C the school psychologist advised against using it.D she was charged with abusing her son physically.23.The figures in Paragraph 2 indicateA the overuse of anti-ADHD medicines on schoolchildren.B the sharp drop of child-abuse cases in schools and families.C the total loss of confidence in school doctors among parents.D the drastic growth of ADHD symptoms observed among children.24.The study by National Institute of Mental Health suggested thatA the use of medicine was effective in treating ADHD.B kids on medication of stimulants tended to grow a lot.C it was more successful to discipline children with ADHD.D kids would put on weight quickly after receiving medication.25.The Wisconsin professors concern was thatA the government would not take actions to suppress ADHD.B the anti-ADHD medicines might have more serious side effects.C teachers and doctors at school might neglect the kids with ADHD.D parents with ADHD kids could be discouraged by the study results.Text 2Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls lives. It is not that pink intrinsically bad, but it is a tiny slice of the rainbow and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fused girls identity to appearance. Then it presents that connection, even among two-year-olds, between girls as not only innocent but as evidence of innocence. Looking around, despaired at the singular lack of imagination about girls lives and interests.Girls attraction to pink may seem unavoidable, somehow encoded in their DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American Studies, its not. Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them. Whats more, both boys and girls wore what were thought of as gender-neutral dresses. When nursery colours were introduced, pink was actually considered the more masculine colour, a pastel version of red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity. It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant childrens marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem innately attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least for the first few critical years.I had not realised how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception of what is natural to kids, including our core beliefs about their psychological development. Take the toddler. I assumed that phase was something experts developed after years of research into childrens behaviour: wrong. Turns out, according to Daniel Cook, a historian of childhood consumerism, it was popularised as a marketing gimmick by clothing manufacturers in the 1930s.Trade publications counseled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a third stepping stone between infant wear and older kids clothes. It was only after toddler became common shoppers term that it evolved into a broadly accepted developmental stage. Splitting kids, or adults, into ever-tinier categories has proved a sure-fire way to boost profits. And one of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences or invent them where they did not previously exist.26. By saying it is . The rainbow(line 3, Para 1), the author means pink _.A should not be the sole representation of girlhoodB should not be associated with girls innocence C cannot explain girls lack of imagination D cannot influence girls lives and interests 27. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is true of colours?A Colors are encoded in girls DNA B Blue used to be regarded as the color for girls C Pink used to be a neutral color in symbolizing genders D White is preferred by babies 28. The author suggests that our perception of childrens psychological devotement was much influenced by _.A the marketing of products for children B the observation of childrens nature C researches into childrens behavior D studies of childhood consumption 29. We may learn from Paragraph 4 that department stores were advised _.A focuses on infant wear and older kids clothes B attach equal importance to different genders C classify consumers into smaller groups D create some common shoppers terms 30. It can be concluded that girls attraction to pink seems to be _.A clearly explained by their inborn tendency B fully understood by clothing manufacturers C mainly imposed by profit-driven businessmen D well interpreted by psychological expertsText 3Sometimes Sadler breaks into teeny giggles and sometimes she roars with laughter. And sometimes a dozen or so people do the same along with her. But there is nothing funny. Ms. Sadler is a certified laughter leader whose job is to help people laugh. Literally. Sadler is one of about 1,000 adults in the United States, Canada, and Mexico who have become certified laughter leaders since July 2000 through the World Laughter Tour Inc. The group was formed in 1998 by former psychologist and psychotherapist Steve Wilson and nurse Karyn Buxman. Their intent, then and now, is global influence in the practical applications of laughter and humor for health and world peace.If everyone would go back to being a child again by spending 30 minutes laughing, the whole world would be a better place, he adds.In fact, there is a kind of shared universal language that goes something like this: Hee hee ha ha ho ho. Thats just one of the phrases Sadler uses in her workshop.Those who attend one of her classes might find themselves sitting with their mouths open wide, lightly slapping their chests and then their knees with one hand while pointing at people with the other hand and laughing without making noise.Its sort of as if you were in church and you couldnt laugh and had to squelch it a little bit, says Sadler about the silent laugh, one of the interactive laughter exercises she uses.A louder laughter exercise is the cellphone laugh. Sadler asks participants to walk around the room, holding imaginary cellphone against their ear, pretending to call a friend to perhaps tell them about this crazy laughter club workshop they attended. But instead of talking on their phones, participants laugh into it. And theyre encouraged to make eye contact with one another.The favorite class exercise is often the argumentative laughter Class participants walk around and point and wiggle their fingers as though in preparation to scold one another, but instead, they laugh. Hee, hee, hee.Barbara Hee (yes, thats her real name), founder of the Philly Phun Laughter Club in Philadelphia, recently aimed to get the whole city laughing.Ms. Hee and four other certified laughter leaders offered free laughter sessions throughout the city during the week of April 25. Even the mayor joined in by officially proclaiming the week Laughter Week.Hee knows the value of a good laugh. In her previous job in cemetery-plot sales, she faced tough sales goals and many unhappy people. This laughter training has been really good for me, she says. It gave me direction. It got me out of a blah (meaningless) period of my life and helped me to move on. 31. Ms. Sadlers job is “to help people laugh. Literally.” This implies thatA.she helps understand the verbal meaning of “laugh”.B.there is nothing funny about laughing.C.she just teaches participants how to make laughter.D.she quotes literary texts to help people laugh.32. When one is doing “cellphone laugh” training, he is supposed toA.hold a phone against his ear and pretend to call a friendB.tell a friend about the crazy laughter club workshop he attended.C.laugh at his friend on the phone for not attending the course.D.be encouraged to look at other participants when he is laughing.33. Which of the following is not one of the “interactive laughter exercises”?A.Laughing as if you were in church and had to squelch it a little bit. B.Pointing at one another and laughing without noise. C.Pointing and wiggling fingers as though in preparation to scold one another, but instead, they laughD.Laughing into imaginary phones and looking at one another when laughing34. For Ms Hee, the value of a good laugh is thatA.it gives her meaning of life.B.it helps sell more cemetery plots.C.it helps unhappy people.D.it helps her to move from place to place.35. What is supposed to be the title of the passage? A. Laughter and Humor B. Sadler, the Laughter Leader C. Laughter Training Workshop D. Hees New LifeText 4Recently，the American Heart Association surveyed 1,000 people nationwide about their thoughts on sodium and heart health. 61% said that they believed sea salt was a low-sodium alternative to table salt. They can be forgiven for thinking so. Sea salt is marketed as a healthy food，added to soups，potato chips and a wide variety of packaged snacks labeled low sodium，all natural and healthy. But in reality，sea salt and table salt are not terribly different，at least chemically. The real differences are in how the two are used in cooking. Table salt comes from underground salt deposits. Companies that sell it typically add something to keep it from clumping. During processing，table salt is stripped of many of its natural minerals. Sea salt，on the other hand，i