1、12008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试试题ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTS(Time Limit: 150 minutes)Paper One 试卷一 Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points)Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points)Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15
2、points)Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 5 points)Paper Two 试卷二 Part I Translation (30 minutes, 20 points) Part II Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)Paper One 试卷一 (90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this section, you will read 5
3、 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.1 A: Bob,
4、would you mind turning down the TV a little? Im talking on the phone, and Im having a hard time hearing.B: APlease forgive me. BOh, sure! Im sorry about that.CYou should have told me earlier. DIm sorry to hear about it.2. A: Hi, Im your neighbor in 405, next door. Im Sunny Chan.B: AI moved here abou
5、t a week ago. BHope we could become good neighbors.2CHi! Everyone here seems very friendly. DJill Kingston. Nice to meet you.3. A: Could you run me over to the office? Im late. My clock must be slow.B: AYes, never mind. I would rather give you a lift.BAll right. But you should buy a new clock.CIts m
6、y pleasure. May I help you fix your clock, too?DYeah, Ill be glad to drop you off on my way to work.4. A: Im sorry. Hes not in his office. B: AAre you sure he will be back soon? BWould you like to leave a message?CCan you take a message for me? DShall I call him sometime later?5. A: Do you mind if I
7、 take off my jacket?B: AOf course not, make yourself at home. BOh, its very kind of you to do so. CIll be happy if I can be of any help. DYes, its pretty warm in here. Section B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the e
8、nd of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose 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 SHEET. 6 Man: Bob and Sue seem never disci
9、pline their daughter. Shes real nuts. Woman: They are kept in the dark about their daughters behavior at school. Question: What can we learn about Bob and Sues daughter?AShe likes to eat nuts. BShe is self-disciplined. CShe behaves badly at school. DShe enjoys leaving her parents in the dark. 7 Woma
10、n: Now, Richard, would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?Man: I cant, Professor Harley. Someone must have left them on my desk.Question: What is the mans problem?AHe is suspected of cheating.BHe left the answers on his desk.CHe doesnt know how to explain
11、.DHe didnt know the answers to the questions.8 Woman: Dont forget to drop me a line when you settle down.Man: I wont. Ill keep you posted.Question: What does the man mean?3AHell write to the woman.BHell tell the woman his new address.CHell visit the woman once in a while.DHell chat with the woman on
12、 the phone.9 Man: Betty, how was your trip to the museum with tom this afternoon?Woman: Dont ask me.Question: What does the woman mean?ASomething about the museum interested her.BSomething was wrong with the trip.CShe doesnt know anything about the museum.DShe doesnt want to answer the mans question
13、.10Man: Hey, Mary. I was invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty Contest.Woman: Oh, really? Come on, youre pulling my leg.Question: what does the woman mean?AShe has no chance to win.BThe man is encouraging her.CShell attend the contest.DThe man is trying to fool her.Part II Vocabulary (10
14、 minutes, 10points)Section ADirections: 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
15、 on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.11The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.Aexplain Bdeny Cconsider Drecognize12British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease, which causes loss of memory and personality change.Acontrol Bdetermine Cprevent Dt
16、reat13Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.Afix up Btake up Cpack up Dmake up 14So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun. Agolden Bbeautiful Cwarm Dshining15I couldnt work out why anyone would invent som
17、ething so boring.4Adraw up Bbring about Cput forward Dfigure out 16You 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 officials.
18、Agrants Brights Cadvantages Dinterests18Will Americans go for AT hydrogen-powered cars, electric cars and biofuels. Biofuels are gasoline substitutes produced from plants like corn or sugar cane. Plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, but growing crops for fuel takes up wide strips of land. Hydr
19、ogen-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 hundred
20、s of miles that can be driven on a tank of gas. Gasoline, 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,”
21、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 published. 36What is most remarkable about the prop
22、osal made by the two scientists?AIt is given a patriotic name. BNo law of physics is violated. CIt is based on existing technology. DCarbon dioxide can be converted into fuel. 37What is the biggest problem with hydrogen-powered cars?AThere is no cheap source of hydrogen. BThere might be a safety pro
23、blem in hydrogen production. CThey may still be a cause of global warming. DThey are not suitable for long-distance travel. 38If what is proposed by the two scientists becomes true, .Aair pollution will become a thing of the pastBthere will be no need for gasoline substitutesCpeople will be able to
24、use much cheaper energyDthere will be no more biofuel-powered vehicles39Which of the following can best describe the attitude of Martin I. Hoffert to the proposal?AIndifferent. BPositive. CSuspicious. DCritical. 40The passage is mainly written to . 8Aintroduce a new concept Bcompare different energy
25、 sourcesCstress the importance of gasoline Ddiscuss solutions to global warmingPassage Three In her international bestselling Talk to the Hand, author Lynne Truss argues that common courtesies such as saying “Excuse me” are practically extinct. There are certainly plenty who would agree with her. Is
26、 it really true? We decided to find out by experiments. In dozens of American cities, our reporters performed two experiments: “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 reporte
27、rs 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, the reporters f
28、ound. Take the pregnant woman who thought nothing of bending down to help us with our papers. Or 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 other, her reason for helping? “I was there,”
29、she said. Overall, men were the most willing to help, especially when it came to document drops. In those, men offered aid 63 percent of the time, compared to 47 percent among women. Of course, men werent entirely democratic about whom theyd help. All of them held the door for the female reporter, a
30、nd 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 ope
31、n 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 ge
32、t ahead, theyre able to do it with a smile. Hey, 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. DRealistic. 42The examples of the pregnant woman and Liz are used to show that some peo
33、ple . Amay take the trouble to help others Bwont take the trouble to help others Cmay help others save time DWont help others save time43According to the experiments, .Awomen are more careful9Bwomen are more likely to need helpCmen are more ready to helpDmen are more democratic in helping others 44H
34、elping others is a behavior that is largely influenced by . Asocial norm Bfamily educationCspecific situation Dpersonal character45The results of the experiments have shown that common courtesies . Aare still with us Bare disappearingCvary with professions Dneeds rigorous studyPassage Four Within a
35、large concrete room, cut out of a mountain on a freezing-cold island just 1, 000 kilometers from the North Pole, could lie the future of humanity. The room is a vault（地下库） designed to hold around 2 million seeds, representing all known varieties of the worlds crops. It is being built to safeguard th
36、e worlds food supply against nuclear war, climate change, terrorism, rising sea levels, earthquakes and the collapse of electricity supplies. “If the worst came to the worst, this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet,” says Cary Fowler, director of the Global Crop Diversit
37、y Trust, an independent international organization promoting the project. The Norwegian（挪威的）government is planning to create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists. The $3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen. T
38、he vault will have metre-thick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and high-security doors. The vaults seed collection will represent the products of some 10, 000 years of plant breeding by the worlds farmers. Though most are no longer widely planted, the varieties
39、 contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding. To survive, the seeds need freezing temperatures. Operators plan to replace the air inside the vault each winter, when temperatures in Spitsbergen are around 18. But even if some disaster meant that the vault was abandoned, th
40、e permanently frozen soil would keep the seeds alive. And even accelerated global warming would take many decades to penetrate the mountain vault. “This will be the worlds most secure gene bank,” says Fowler. “But its seeds will only be used when all other samples have gone for some reason.”The proj
41、ect comes at a time when there is growing concern about the safety of existing seed banks around the world. Many have been criticized for their poor security, ageing refrigeration（冷藏）systems and vulnerable electricity supplies. The scheme won UN approval at a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Orga
42、nization in Rome in October 2005. A feasibility study said the facility “would essentially be built to last 10forever”. 46The Norwegian vault is important in that . Athe seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of worlds cropsBthe seeds in it could revive agriculture if the worst thing should happ
43、enCit is built deep in a mountain on a freezing-cold Arctic island. Dit is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature47The seed band project was proposed by .Athe Norwegian government BNorwegian farmersCSpitsbergen residents Dagricultural scientists48The seeds in the vault will be
44、stored .Aas samples of world crop varieties Bas products of world plant breedingCfor their valuable genetic properties Dfor their resistance to plant diseases49For the seed band project to be successful, the most important factor is probably .Aconstructing tight airlocks Bmaintaining high securityCk
45、eeping freezing temperatures Dstoring large quantities of seeds50Which of the following statements is true?AThe Norwegian vault models after existing seed banks.BThe Spitsbergen seed bank is expected to last 10,000 years.CThe existing seed banks have potential problems.DThe UN financed the Spitsberg
46、en seed bank.Passage Five Probably the hardest part of setting goals is the first step of actually deciding to take action! The first barrier facing most people is the incorrect assumption that goals are only for business people. The reality is everyone sets goals mentally throughout the day. There
47、are always occasions where something has to be done at a particular time or in a particular place. Simple examples could be getting up at a certain time in order to be at work, or to meet with a friend for a leisure activity.The beauty of having goals is the uniqueness of each one to the goal setter
48、. Whether it is personal, financial, business or spiritual, they are all specific to that person and their circumstances.The most important part initially is to write them down. Having goals written down gives you incredible power while helping you to focus on this area.Aim for something that will s
49、tretch you while remaining achievable. If you achieve your goal too easily, it is not high enough to make any significant change in your life and needs to be adjusted. On the other hand, if you consistently miss the goals, re-evaluate, and consider 11setting them a little lower as you will only get discouraged and probably give up. The aim is to
