研究生英语试题2009.01

1、2009年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题AGENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS(GETJAN0309)PAPER ONEPART LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked abou

2、t what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.1. A. She does not really need his help.B. She has not

3、 started thinking about it yet.C. She is very grateful to the man for his advice.D. She has already talked with the man.2. A. Climbing the mountain was terrible and exhausting.B. The mountains scenery was extremely beautiful.C. He could hardly breathe after climbing onto the top.D. The wind atop the

4、 mountain was very strong.3. A. Mixed. B. Fascinated. C. Enthusiastic. D. Disinterested.4. A. The woman looks down upon Margaret.B. The woman feels jealous of Margaret.C. Margaret has the chance to meet stars at the White House.D. Margaret has set a high goal in her career.5. A. He doesnt think the

5、woman can do both things well.B. He doesnt think the woman can do both things at the same time.C. He suggests the woman stay at home to take care of her daughter.D. He encourages the woman to do a part-time job.6. A. Chris and the man are good friends.B. Chris is ill so the man gives him some money.

6、C. Chris told the man he decided to return the money.D. The man treats Chris as Chris has treated him.7. A. The man will get a high score in the exam.B. The man didnt devote himself to his study.C. The woman would have helped him in the exam.D. The teacher is so strict that the students have to do w

7、hat he says.8. A. The man shows his good will to the woman.B. The man suggests her not regretting whats already happened.C. The woman is confident about handling a project well.D. The woman is upset because her milk was spilt.9. A. He was playing a joke.B. He was leaving Boston.C. He was moving to B

8、oston.D. He was selling his house himself.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must c

9、hoose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Mini-talk One10. A. Social Research.B. World Values Survey.C. The Worlds Happiest Country.D. Perspectives on Psychological Science.1

10、1. A. Happiness levels around the world do not really change.B. Many people around the world like to talk about happiness.C. Many people around the world are happier now than in the past.D. Many people around the world are less happy now than in the past.12. A. The health-care system in the country

11、is good.B. People in the country share strong family ties.C. There is no hunger in the country.D. There is no political and social unrest.Mini-talk Two13. A. It can find small changes below ground before the earthquake.B. The devices are placed much deeper below ground.C. The new electrical devices

12、are highly sensitive.D. It can help find the earthquake-prone area.14. A. The flow of the underground water.B. The movement in the Earths center.C. The increase of the temperature below ground.D. The rocks below ground pushing together.15. A. It can help reduce the power of major earthquakes.B. It c

13、an provide a signal a few days before a major earthquake.C. It can provide a signal up to ten hours before a major earthquake.D. It can tell people where the earthquake center is.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about

14、the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you are asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to read the notes below.16. It is estimated that at least one million people die every year because of complications _.17. The program used by the

15、 United Nations agency to reduce mistakes is around a new _.18. In 2004, the death rate that surgical complications led to in developing countries was _.19. The very first step for the checklist is to confirm the _ and the operation to be performed.20. Surgical equipment is counted to make sure _ st

16、ays in the patient.PART VOCABULARYSection ADirections: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase 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 on

17、e. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.21. With the debt approaching a staggering sum, this company had no choice but to declare bankruptcy.A. astonishing B. swaying C. trembling D. amusing22. What you have just said seems t

18、o have nothing to do with the matter in question.A. under attack B. under considerationC. under suspicion D. under way23. In the light of the current news his argument seems to be well grounded and convincing.A. On account of B. By means ofC. With regard to D. In view of24. Overseas athletes and off

19、icials were impressed by the superb performance of Chinese counterparts.A. unique B. splendidC. unbelievable D. imaginative25. You dont have to ask him to render an account of his actions, for he rarely tells the truth.A. deliver B. narrate C. settle D. compress26. Schools are advised to work togeth

20、er with parents to address the issue of addiction to computer games.A. speak to B. deal with C. take down D. go for27. In contrast, the threat posed by the second source of major terrorism is real and large.A. proposed B. presented C. predicted D. prevented28. Around the Spring Festival, a prevailin

21、g practice is to exchange greetings and visits.A. prevalent B. populous C. preceding D. present29. My mom would rather put honesty first in her hierarchy of values, which is important for our growth.A. inventory B. gradingC. accumulation D. assessment30. We have come to realize the need to leave eno

22、ugh environmental space for our offspring.A. contemporaries B. ancestorsC. descendants D. neighborsSection BDirections: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or

23、phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.31. Some stories bring a smile, because they _ some officials who care nothing but their own position.A. make sense of B. poke fun atC. give rise t

24、o D. let go of32. The Environmental Protection Agency has put forward what _ the most serious government warning to date.A. adds to B. objects to C. occurs to D. amounts to33. These papers have helped to _ the causes of depression and ways out of depression.A. catch sight of B. take advantage ofC. s

25、hed light on D. get along with34. A person must satisfy his physiological needs, such as food, clothing and shelter, before _ any other objective.A. chasing B. pursuing C. sustaining D. searching35. Wealth, advanced education and a _ occupation can give a person high status in society.A. tedious B.

26、weary C. prestigious D. notorious36. Studies have shown that workers desire to be accepted by co-workers could _them more strongly than the desire to earn more money.A. hamper B. motivate C. intervene D. streamline37. A network of miniature toxin detectors has been _ in 30 American cities for the sa

27、ke of bio-security.A. deployed B. committed C. indulged D. immersed38. Since 2004, some 60 million visitors to the U.S. have had their two index fingerprints recorded by an _ scanner.A. opposite B. organic C. occasional D. optical39. With this sensitive machine, we can find the _ of a milligram of a

28、spirin in an Olympic-size swimming pool.A. counterpart B. equivalent C. average D. installation40. The construction of _ and theories reflects the scientists interpretation of what has been observed.A. prototypes B. hypotheses C. fantasies D. imaginationsPART CLOZE TESTDirections: There are 10 quest

29、ions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring A

30、nswer Sheet.Blue collar and government jobs are among the most (41) careers for U.S. graduates, according to U.S. News magazines 2008 Best Careers report. U.S. employers are increasingly off shoring professional jobs. This means less jobs (42) college-graduate skills, the magazine says.As in many ot

31、her countries, U.S. high school students are told that college is the (43) . So theres a growing (44) of skilled people in jobs that dont require a college education. But the report also says that some rewarding blue-collar careers, such as technical work in the biomedical equipment and security sys

32、tems sectors, are more (45) to college graduates. These are more knowledge-based than the usual blue-collar jobs.Government is becoming an employer of (46) . Corporations, fueled by pressures to compete globally, continue to get ever (47) . Non-profit organizations are increasingly strapped for cash

33、. Government is able to pay employees well, (48) their practices are economically sound, the magazine says. The report also indicates that social (49) may be the enemy of contentment in career. People are flocking in greater numbers to careers in the law, medicine and architecture. Yet recent survey

34、s of job satisfaction in those professions (50) a less-than-rosy picture.41. A. profitable B. promising C. prompt D. progressive42. A. acquire B. inquire C. require D. request43. A. route B. road C. passage D. way44. A. shortage B. necessity C. decrease D. increase45. A. capable of going B. likely t

35、o goC. prone to going D. able to go46. A. right B. election C. choice D. occasion47. A. fatter B. heavier C. lighter D. leaner48. A. whether or not B. now and thenC. off and on D. so and so49. A. post B. status C. level D. grade50. A. purchase B. demonstrate C. paint D. alterPART READING COMPREHENSI

36、ONDirections: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer

37、Sheet.Passage OneJustin was always prepared. His motto was Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy. His bedroom was so full of fiat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents

38、pleaded with him to clean out his room.What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom? his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack. He li

39、ked to think of it as a smaller version of his bedroom-a place to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore. It was full of the kind of things that seemed unimportant, but when used with a little imagination, might come in hand

40、y.Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin.Do you think you have some

41、thing in your bag that could help me remember my locker combination? he asked. I lost the scrap of paper it was written on. I have science class in two minutes and if Im late on the first day itll make me look bad for the rest of the year. Kenny looked genuinely worried.Relax, Justin said, taking hi

42、s backpack off and unzipping the top. Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote.He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint indentations (印凹痕 ) on a

43、nother page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the indentations. Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the gray pencil rubbings.Thats amazing! Kenny said. I owe you one. And he dashed off to open his locker.5

44、1. Why is Justins room such a mess?A. He always forgets to clean it.B. He never throws anything away.C. He has no time to clean it.D. He shares a room with Kenny.52. The word pleaded in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by _.A. ignored B. asked C. pushed D. begged53. In what way is Justins backpack a

45、 smaller version of his bedroom?A. He uses it as a place to store objects.B. He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment.C. His parents tell him to clean it all the time.D. He has had it for too long a time.54. How does Justin help his friends?A. He offers them advice.B. He loans them his bac

46、kpack.C. He listens to their problems.D. He uses the objects in his backpack.55. How come Justin could help Kenny recover his locker combination?A. Justin remembered Kennys locker combination.B. Kenny had left the scrap of paper in Justins backpack.C. Kenny had left indentations of the combination o

47、n Justins notebook.D. Justin found the scrap of paper the locker combination was written on.56. The authors purpose in writing this story is to _.A. inform B. entertain C. educate D. satirizePassage TwoOnly moments after announcing a policy of zero tolerance on cellphone use in the classroom, Ali Na

48、zemi heard a ring. Nazemi, a business professor at Roanoke College in Virginia, took out a hammer and walked towards a young man. He smashed the offending device. Students faces turned white all over the classroom.This episode reflects a growing challenge for American college teachers in, as the New

49、 York Times puts it, a New Class (room) War: Teacher vs. Technology. Fortunately, the smashed-phone incident had been planned ahead of time to demonstrate teachers anger at inattentive students distracted by high-tech gadgets.At age 55, Nazemi stands on the far shore of a new sort of generational di

50、vide between teacher and student. The divide separates those who want to use technology to grow smarter from those who want to use it to get dumber. Perhaps theres a nicer way to put it. The baby boomers seem to see technology as information and communication, said Michael Bugeja, the author of Inte

51、rpersonal Divide: the Search for Community in a Technological Age. Their children seem to see the same devices as entertainment and socializing.All the advances schools and colleges have made to supposedly enhance learning have instead enabled distraction.Bugejas online survey of several hundred stu

52、dents found that a majority had used their cell phones, sent or read e-mail, and logged onto social-network sites during class time. A quarter of the respondents admitted they were taking the survey while sitting in a different class.The Canadian company Smart Technologies makes and sells a program

53、called SynchronEyes. It allows a classroom teacher to monitor every students computer activity and to freeze it at a click. Last year, the company sold more than 10,000 licenses. The biggest problem, said Nancy Knowlton, the companys chief executive officer, is staying ahead of students trying to cr

54、ack the programs code. Theres an active discussion on the Web, and were monitoring it. Knowlton said. They keep us on our toes.57. Prof. Nazemi smashed the students cellphone with a hammer because _.A. students in his class didnt listen to his announcementB. he hated new gadgets such as cellphonesC.

55、 he no longer tolerated cellphone use in the classroomD. he wanted to show how distractive the cellphone was58. According to the passage high-tech gadgets can make youngsters _.A. more intelligent B. more stupidC. study more easily D. get more information59. The baby boomers in Paragraph 3 probably

56、refers to _.A. the generation of people like All NazemiB. the generation of people like All Nazemis studentsC. the very young babiesD. the people who were born in the 1980s60. All the following statements are true EXCEPT _.A. schools have used advanced devices to enhance students learningB. many stu

57、dents use their cellphones during class timeC. young people see the interpersonal devices as toysD. schools advanced facilities are effectively used by students61. The biggest problem for the Canadian company Smart Technologies is _.A. students may soon decode their program SynchronEyesB. whether th

58、ey have the right to allow teachers to monitor studentsC. they must sell the program without the students knowing of itD. they have to discuss whether the SynchronEyes is useful on the Web62. The best title of this passage is _.A. Different Opinions Between Teachers and StudentsB. Classroom Chaos over Gadget UseC. Th