研究生学位英语答案

(09年7月学位考试A卷)

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Test 2

Part I Situational Conversations (10%)

Directions: In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each

followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that most

appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue.

Remenber to write the answer on the Answer Sheet.

1. Mark: Good afternoon. I’ve just joined the library. How many books can I take out? Jenny: You can take two books, and keep them for ten days. If you haven’t finished, you

can renew them.

Mark: How do I do that? ________________

Jenny: No, you can telephone. Tell us the titles of the books, and the date they are due for return. Mark: Splendid. I would like to borrow A Tale of Two Cities, or David Copperfield. Jenny: Those two books have already been borrowed.

A. Why can’t I keep them for a longer time? B. Can I lend them to my friends?

D. How much could I be fined?

2. Operator: Reservations．May I help you?

Customer: _______.

A．Ok, my name is David Johnson, my telephone number is 4210187．

．

C．I'm afraid you can't help me．Thank you any way．

D．Thank you．Could you put me through to 5210888?

3. Rose: Alan was really angry with Tom.

Bill: Was he? How could you tell?

Rose: ___________________________

Bill: Oh, really? I should have noticed that.

A. Well, could I try to tell him? B. He said I should say so.

C. I told him to stay calm. 4. Mary: So we’ll have a week off. Have a nice trip.

Ted: __________

A. Oh, I’ll stay home. B. Are you going anywhere? D. Yes. I’ll. How about you?

5. Guest: Have you a single room for tomorrow night and the night after tomorrow with a shower? Clerk: We haven’t any rooms with a shower free just now, but there’s a bathroom available on

each floor.

Guest: __________. B. All right. It does

C. How regretful! I give it up D. Oh, sorry. Forget it

6. Guest: Oh, I hadn’t realized how late it was. I’m afraid I’ll have to be going.

Hostess: Oh, not yet. I’m just going to make some coffee.

Guest: __________, though I’d really love to stay. I’ve got to be up by six tomorrow morning,

unfortunately. Thank you for a wonderful party.

A. It’s a pity, but no way out B. Pardon me, but I should go

C. Excuse me, but I have to go 7. Larry: Hi, mom. I’d like you to meet my girlfriend, Loral Lee. Loral, this is my mother.

Loral: How do you do, Mrs. Miller.

Mother: How do you do, Loral. I’m glad you can join us. __________.

A. Feel all right here C. Please feel natural D. Take it easy

8. Speaker A: Are you Ms. Kelsey, the office manager?

Speaker B: _______________________

B. Oh, yes．What’s your name, please?

C. Yes．It’s nice to have you here with us.

D. Oh, yes．But I’m very busy now.

9. Richard: You don’t have to play that record so loud, do you?

Wilson: ________________________

A. Yes．I didn’t mean to disturb you.

B. Sorry, I don’t have to．I can turn it down a little.

C. Yes, sorry．Am I keeping you awake?

10. Roger: Wow! It's like an oven in here!

Judy: __________________________

Roger: Thanks... That's a bit better.

A. Don't worry. Dinner will be ready soon.

B. Would you like me to clean the room?

D. I'll move the furniture into the hall.

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)

Section A

Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)

and D). You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on

the Answer Sheet.(30%)

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Opinion poll surveys show that the public see scientists in a rather unflattering light.

Commonly, the scientist is also seen as being male. It is true that most scientists are male, but the picture of science as a male activity may be a major reason why fewer girls than boys opt for science, except when it comes to biology, which is seen as “female”.

The image most people have of science and scientists comes from their own experience of school science, and from the mass media. Science teachers themselves see it as a problem that so many school pupils find school science an unsatisfying experience, though over the last few years more and more pupils, including girls, have opted for science subjects.

In spite of excellent documentaries, and some good popular science magazines, scientific stories in the media still usually alternate between miracle and scientific threat. The popular stereotype of science is like the magic of fairy tales: it has potential for enormous good or awful harm. Popular fiction is full of “good” scientists saving the world, and “mad” scientists trying to destroy it.

From all the many scientific stories which might be given media treatment, those which are chosen are usually those which can be framed in terms of the usual news angles: novelty, threat, conflict or the bizarre. The routine and often tedious work of the scientist slips from view, to be replaced with a picture of scientists forever offending public moral sensibilities (as in embryo research), threatening public health (as in weapons research), or fighting it out with each other (in giving evidence at public enquiries such as those held on the issues connected with nuclear power).

The mass media also tends to over-personalize scientific work, depicting it as the product of

individual genius, while neglecting the social organization which makes scientific work possible.

A further effect of this is that science comes to be seen as a thing in itself: a kind of unpredictable force; a tide of scientific progress.

It is no such thing, of course. Science is what scientists do; what they do is what a particular kind of society facilitates, and what is done with their work depends very much on who has the power to turn their discoveries into technology, and what their interests are.

11. According to the passage, ordinary people have a poor opinion of science and scientists partly because ____________.

B). opinion polls are unflattering

C). scientists are shown negatively in the media

D). science is considered to be dangerous

12. Fewer girls than boys study science because ______________.

A). they think that science is too difficult

B). they are often unsuccessful in science at school

D). science is considered to be tedious

13. Media treatment of science tends to concentrate on ____________.

A). the routine, everyday work of scientists

B). discoveries that the public will understand D). the satisfactions of scientific work

14. According to the author, over-personalization of scientific work will lead science __________ B). improvements on school system

C). association with "femaleness"

D). trouble in recruiting young talent

15. According to the author, what a scientist does ____________.

A). should be attributed to his individual genius C). shows his independent power

D). is unpredictable

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage：

The magnitude 7.9 quake struck Sichuan province on May 12 at around noontime, which may have increased the human death toll because many people were at school, and the school buildings turned out to be especially vulnerable to collapse because of poor construction. More than 69,000 people have been confirmed dead so far, and more than 374,000 injured, with fears of further casualties because several lakes were created by rockfall dams may give way and cause sudden flooding.

Clark Burchfiel, Schlumberger Professor of Geology, and Leigh Royden, professor of geology and geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, have been doing extensive research in that region of China and the Tibetan plateau for more than two decades, but had found no hints that suggested such a large earthquake might strike the area. The team operated an array of 25 broadband seismograph stations in this region of western Sichuan for more than a year. “Nobody was thinking there would be a major earthquake in that area,” Royden says. “This earthquake was quite unusual, and may have involved a simultaneously severe break of two separate but neighboring faults (断层),” she continued.

The region is extremely unusual geologically, Royden says, because of the very steep slopes at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin to the east and the Tibetan plateau to the west. The elevation rises sharply by about 3,500 meters (more than two miles) over a span of only about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles).

The area where the quake occurred is part of the boundary between two of the Earth’s structural plates, where the Indian and Asian plates meet in an ongoing collision that has created the Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan plateau. But in central and eastern Tibet, unlike most other areas of continental collision, much of the movement of crust is hidden from view. Instead of thickening the entire crust by folding and faulting, the surface of the eastern Tibetan plateau is not deformed and is being lifted upward by thickening of a weak crustal layer more than 15 km below the surface.

16. Why did the school buildings collapse in the earthquake, according to the passage?

A). They were crowded with students and teachers.

B). They were poorly built.

C). They had too long a history.

D). They were damaged by the earthquake.

17. Based on Para. 1, why does the writer think that more people will be killed or injured after the earthquake?

A). Because there will be more aftershocks after the major quake.

B). Because more school buildings will collapse after the quake.

C). Because destructive flooding caused by rockfall dams is likely to occur.

D). Because there was not enough medical care for the injured in the area.

18. What can we infer from this passage?

A). There was no prediction that such a large-scale quake might occur there.

B). Researchers had done little research in that area before the earthquake struck it.

C). The 5.12 earthquake was the most destructive in the world.

D). If more research had been done, the destruction could have been avoided.

19. Which of the following can be inferred from this passage?

A). Earthquakes can never be predicted.

B). Earthquakes occur frequently.

C). Earthquakes are difficult to predict.

D). Earthquakes can be avoided.

20. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A) The 5.12 earthquake caused great causalities.

B) The 5.12 earthquake was very frightening.

C) The causes of the earthquake are still unclear.

D) The 5.12 earthquake was extremely unusual.

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

Four months before Crown Prince Felipe says “si” (“yes” in Spanish) to television journalist Shops are offering the biggest variety of wedding souvenirs, from plates and bottle-openers to copies of the couple’s engagement ring.

The couple has made only a few carefully staged public appearances to reduce the scrutiny. Spanish people waited for more than a decade for the 36-year-old son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia to find a suitable bride. And more important, the May 22 wedding will be a landmark event in other ways.

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, 31, is the daughter of a nurse and a journalist. So, she will be the

first commoner on a throne once occupied by Queen Isabella, who sent Christopher Columbus to the Americas.

The pretty, elegant former news anchor will also become Spain’s first home-grown queen in more than a century. The lively and professionally accomplished Letizia has been welcomed by Spanish people as a new type of queen for a modern monarchy.

Spanish people were accustomed to seeing her in television news broadcasts and she arouses tremendous curiosity. Journalists are investigating even the most ordinary aspects of her past which resembles that of so many other young Spanish professional women. Spanish people have also taken note that she tried to interrupt the prince when they talked to the press after getting engaged in November. “Let me talk,” she told the heir to the Bourbon throne.

Such behavior is regarded as understandable in a woman who went to Mexico by herself at age 23 and later reported on the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Iraq war for state television TVE.

Her strong character, frankness and critical mind could also be disadvantages for a royal who is rarely expected to speak her mind, reporters have said.

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21. By saying “

A). a lot of royal weddings follow

B). the Spanish people are surprised at the royal wedding

C). the royal wedding makes a stir in the whole country

D). the royal wedding becomes a fashion

22. The most important reason why royal wedding causes such a great interest is that_________.

A). a commoner is married into a royal family

B). the prince finally finds his bride

C). a famous TV journalist gets married

D). the wedding is expensive

23. Letizia used to be a news anchor who was _________.

A). world-famous B). frank

C). serious D). capable

24. Letizia’s interruption of the prince when they talked to the press was most probably prompted by her_________ .

A). curiosity B). innocence

C). outspokenness D). rudeness

25. The difficulty for Letizia to fit in the royal life may lie in _________.

A). how to meet the requirements of the Queen

B). how to change her character to fit in the royal family

C). how to continue her career after marriage

D). how to face her former audience as a princess

Section B

Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements.Read the passage carefully, then write your answers on the Answer Sheet.(10%)

The story you are about to read is almost unbelieve, but it is true. It happened one winter’s night in 1944, during World War II. The airplannes of the Royal Air Force, after dropping their bombs on Germany, were on their way home.

In each plane, men looked anxiously over their guns into the darkness. This was the time when enemy fighter planes might attack. One of the air-gunners was Nick Alkemade. He was a gunner in the back of the plane and he sat in the rear-gun position, at the very tail of the plane. It was so small that before climbing in , Nick had taken off his parachute and left it in another part of the plane. He felt more comfortable without it . Soon, however, he began to feel very uncomfortable indeed. Suddenly there was a terrible exploision and the whole aircraft shook. The whole of the middle part of the plane burst into flames and Nick heard the captain shook. “We’re on fire! Jump!”

At first Nick could not get out of his seat. The tiny door was stuck. After struggling with all his strength for several moments, he forced it open. He looked for his parachute but it was already burning. He had to make a terrible decision: he could stay in the plane and be burnt to death or he could jump without a parachute and be smashed to death, after falling 6,000 metre. He jumped!

The cold air hit him and he could not breath. At this height the air is too thin to breathe properly. As Nick began to lose consciousness, he thought, “So this is what it’s like to die.” Then he remembered no more.

When he woke up some time later, he could not believe that he was alive. Slowly he moved his arms, then his legs. They seemed all right. He was lying in a huge pile of snow. When he looked up, he saw a large fir tree. Its branches had broken his fall and the pile of snow had completed his soft landing.

When he got to his feet, he found that his back and one leg hurt but he was able to walk. He made his way to a German farm, and soon he was a prisoner, in a hospital bed. At first the German did not believe his story. Later, however, they found the crashed plane and his partly burnt parachute, with his name and number on it. This was the first time a man had jumped five and half kilometres without a parachute and still lived.

26. Why did Nick take off his parachute?bcaca

Because the rear –gun position was very small

27. What happened in the plane when the plane burst into flames?

28. What did Nick have to decide to do when the plane burst into flames?

Whether to jump without a parachute and maybe die

29. Nick was saved by __a large fir tree__________

30. Why didn’t the Germans believe his story at first?

Because he was still alive after jumping from a great height without a parachute

Part III Cloze （10%）

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices

marked A). B). C) and D) . You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly forward. At that moment, the air-hostess

looked very pale, but was quite .Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she everyone that the pilot had and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin. Moving the pilot his seat and listened carefully to the airport plane was now dangerously close the ground, but to everyone’s The terrible came when he had to land. Following the man guided the plane toward the airfield. It shook violently

31.A.although B. while C. therefore D. then

32.A.shifted B. thrown C. put D. moved

33.A.showed B. presented C. exposed D. appeared

34.A.well B. still C. calm D. quiet

35.A.inquired B. insured C. informed D. instructed

36.A.fallen B. failed C. faded D. fainted

37.A.best B. least C. length D. first

38.A.hesitation B. surprise C. doubt D. delay

39.A.back B. aside C. about D. off

40.A.patient B. anxious C. urgent D. nervous

41.A.beneath B. under C. down D. below

42.A.to B. by C. near D. on

43.A.horror B. trust C. pleasure D. relief

44.A.surround B. circle C. observe D. view

45.A.intimate B. familiar C. understood D. close

46.A.Then B. Therefore C. But D. Moreover

47.A.moment B. movement C. idea D. affair

48.A.impression B. information C. inspections D. instructions

49.A.as B. unless C. while D. so

50.A.around B. over C. along D. above

Part IV Translation (25%)

Section A

Directions: In this part there are ten incomplete sentences. Complete the sentences on the Answer

Sheet by translating into English the Chinese given in the brackets. Remenber to write

the answers on the Answer Sheet.．(15%)

66. What Ganville Island’s management calls an urban park 是一个独一无二的地方).

67. Over the past few weeks , his every waking moment has been spent(钻研医学书籍).

68.Cyberspace communication (正在高速扩大)with

millions of people browsing websites daily.

69. I commended the girl on the excellent job she had done, 后来我又写信给她的老板表扬).

70. Men have wanted to live longer without growing old for thousands of yeas, 然而他们总是失望).

71. We wish to convey to you (我们衷心的祝贺).

72. We decided to climb the mountain, 经再三考虑)we realized that it was too dangerous.

73. He tried to save it, 可是白费力气).

74. I like cooking, 但我通常只吃方便面)，when I get home.

75.I have also heard of what he sail, 不要觉得这是针对你的).

Section B

Directions:Translate the following passage into Chinese. Remenber to write the answer on the Answer Sheet.(10%)

In order to hold the 2008 Olympic Games successfully, Beijing plans to invest 23 billion US dollars in the construction of basic facilities. It is reported that some foreign companies have noticed these business opportunities. Some American companies plan to provide products and service in the areas of telecommunication ang information technology. Some British companies are also seeking business opportunities from Beijing Olympic Games. They are trying to find the areas where UK has advantages, such as the green architectural technology which will not poolute

theenvironment.

Part V Writing (15%)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Turn

off Your Cell Phone or Not. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in English. Write your composition on the ANSWER SHEET．

Outline:

1. People enjoy the benefits brought by cell phones day by day.

2. However, they sometimes get annoyed of the noise when the bells ring.

3. What’s your opinion?

Turn off Your Cell Phone or Not.

Turn off your cell phone

With the development of information technology and reduced price of communication products, the mobile phone has become a necessity for most people. Obviously, it shortens the distance between people and makes our life more convenient.

However, have you noticed sometimes the cell phone also bring embarrassment to us? It is not rare to see someone pressing the cell phone to his ear and shouting loudly in public as if there were no one else present. And I am sure each one has had such an experience that the cell phone ring continuously on a formal occasion.

So if you are one of them, please shut off your cell phone, especially on a quiet and serious occasion. It is a respect for both others and yourself.