2007-6研究生学位英语考题及答案

2007年6月 PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 minutes, 20 points) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about 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. He doesn't like classic music. B. He feels sorry to decline the offer. C. He is eager to go to the concert. D. He hasn?t got a ticket yet. 2. A. At the garage. B. At the restaurant, C. At the supermarket. D. At the office. 3. A. Tony doesn?t always listen. B. Tony has hearing problems. C. It?s unusual that Tony missed the interview. D. Tony often forgets himself. 4. A. The weather is generally cooler and drier. B. The weather is generally warmer and wetter. C. The weather is moderately hot. D. The weather is usually changeable. 5. A. A doctor. B. An operator. C. A nurse. D. A dentist. 6. A. $0.35 B. $3.50 C. $3.05 D.$30.5 7. A. He had something wrong with his watch. B. He thought the meeting was for a different day. C. His oral presentation was not well-prepared. D. He was not paying attention to the time. 8. A. He didn?t attend Professor Smith?s class last time. B. He thinks the class will meet as scheduled. C. The woman should pose a more serious question. D. Professor Smith often cancels classes for the long weekend. 9. The woman does not drink beer. B. It was not the woman?s coat. C. The woman just had her coat cleaned. D. The woman is not angry with the man. Directions: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 choose the best answer from the tour choices given by marking I the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sh eet.… Mini-Talk One 10. A. 850,000 children, around two percent, are currently learning at home. B. School system provides teachers for homeschooling. C. All the states in the U.S. permit homeschooling. D. Homeschooled children are never expected to go to college. 11. A. Because their children do not like attending schools. B. Because they love their children too much to send them away from home. C. Because homeschooling provides more time for the family to be together. D. Because they are able to help their kids to learn more social skills. 12. A. A variety of honeybee. B. A geographic magazine. C. A National Home School Honor Society. D. A national top competition. Mini-Talk Two 13. A. Importance of biodiversity B. Protection of wild species. C. Farm pollution. D. Agricultural methods. 14. A. Rice, maize, potato and wheat. B. Corn, bean, rice and wheat. C. Potato, maize, bean and rice. D. Rice, corn, wheat and sweet potato.. 15.A. They can. harm wetlands, rivers and other environments needed to support life. B. They can destroy crops, native species and property. C. They spread in areas they are not native to with natural controls, D. They hardly survive different conditions. Section C (1 point each) Lecture Topic: Getting a good night?s sleep 16) There are several _____________ drugs available to help people sleep. If you don’t want to use drugs, there are some things you can do on your own to help get a good night’s sleep: 17) 1:_____________________________________________ 18) 2:_____________________________________________ 19) 3:_____________________________________________ 20) 4:_____________________________________________ PART II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points) Section A (0.5 point each) Directions: 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 one: Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. 21. Nothing can be more absurd than to say that human beings are doomed. A. compelling B. rational C. ridiculous D. ambiguous 22. The Chinese government continues to uphold the principle of peaceful. co-existence. A. support B. restrict C. raise D. modify 23. Patients are expected to comply with doctors? instructions for quick recovery. A. improve on B. abide by C. draw upon D. reflect on 24. Scientists have achieved findings substantial enough to remove our fear of GM foods. A. abundant B. controversial C. conducive D. convincing 25. Those students who have made adequate preparations for the test will be better off. A. more wealthy B. less successful C. dis missed earlier D. favorably positioned 26. If you hold on to a winning attitude,you?ll make a greater effort and also create positive momentum. A. influence B. strength C. outlook D. consequence 27. Academic integrity is deemed essential to those devoted to scientific researches. A. believed B. discarded C. advocated D. confirmed 28. Customers in these markets of antiques are good at slashing prices. A. assessing B. cutting C. elevating D. altering 29. The public attached great importance to the news that prices of housing would be brought under control. A. joined B. ascribed C. fastened D. diverted 30. Thousands of people left their rural homes and flocked into the cities to live beside the new factories. A. dashed B. filed C. strolled D. swarmed Section B (0.5 point each) Directions: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。,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. __________ this dull life,the full-time mom decided to find a part-time job. A. Tied up with B. Fed up with C. Wrapped up in D. Piled up with 32. In the letter, my friend said that he would love to have me as a guest in his ________home. A. humble B. obscure C. inferior D. lower 33. Tom is sick of city life, so he buys some land in Alaska, as far from _________ as possible. A. humidity B. humanity C. harmony D. honesty 34. As an important _________ for our emotions and ideas,music can play a huge role in our life. A. vessel B. vest C. venture D. vehicle 35. The day is past when the country can afford to give high school diploma to all who __________six years of instruction. A. set about B. run for C. sit through D. make for 36. The wages of manual laborers stay painfully low, meaning digitalization could drive an even deeper _________ between the rich and poor. A. boundary B. difference C. wedge D. variation 37. A farmer must learn the kinds of crops best _________ the soils on his farm. A. accustomed to B. committed to C. applied to D. suited to 38. The sun is so large that if it were _________, it would hold a million earths. A. elegant B. immense C. hollow D. clumsy 39. This patient?s life could be, saved only by a major operation. That would _________ her to a high risk. A. expose B. lead C. contribute D. send 40. It takes a year for the earth to make each __________, or revolution, around the sun. A. tour B. travel C. visit D. trip PART III CLOZE TES T (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)… 1 Directions:There are ten questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word。;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 Answer Sheet. Harvard University's under-graduate education is: being reformed so that it includes some time spent outside the US and more science courses the US Cable Nears Network (CNN) has reported. For the first time in 30 years; Harvard is __41__ its under-graduate curriculum. William Kirby; dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, said this __42__ what many people had said that Harvard's curriculum did not provide enough choice and encourage premature specialization. “Harvard needs to __43__ its education for a world where global connections, cross disciplinary research, and science in general are ever more important;” said Kirby Particularly __44__ is the idea that students need to spend time overseas, either in a traditional. study-abroad program or over a summer, perhaps doing an internship or research. Students can either find the program themselves or __45__ some exchange programs offered by the university. “__ 46__ studying Chinese history without leaving the university; students interested in the subject should be spending a: semester at .a university in China.” It was also recommended that Harvard __47__ its required “core curriculum”: The core curriculum was an effort created in 1978 to broaden education by requiring students to choose from a list of courses in several areas of study. Classes often focused on a highly __48__ topic and emphasized “ways of knowing”. Under a new plan, the curriculum would be replaced with a set of __49__ “Harvard College Courses”, emphasizing knowledge over methodology and __50__ wider territory. A life sciences course, for example, might combine molecular and evolutionary biology and psychology, rather than focusing on one of those, said Benedict Gross, Harvard College dean. 41. A. inspecting B. reviewing C. searching D. underlying 42. A. in accordance with B. in line with C. in charge of D. in response to 43. A. update B. uphold C. upset D. upward 44. A. trust-worthy B. note-worthyC. praise-worthy D. reward worthy 45. A. turn out B. turn in C. turn to D. turn over 46. A. In spite of B. As if C. Let alone D. Rather than 47. A. perish B. destroy C. abolish D. denounce 48. A. appropriate B. imaginative C. special D. specific 49. A. optical B. optional C. opposite D. optimistic 50. A. sparing B. spiraling C. spanning D. sparkling PART V TRA NSLATION (30 minutes,20 points) Section A (15 minutes, 10 points) Directions:Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II. In this book, we offer advice that we hope will seem reasonable and worth serious consideration.But as any experienced writer knows, there are occasions when even the best advice may not apply. The demands of writing for different audiences,with different purposes,on different subjects,at different levels of formality are so varied that they cannot begin to be anticipated in a book like this, and we recognize that what is appropriate for ore piece of writing may not be appropriate for another. In most cases,you will have to avoid ambiguity at all costs so as not to leave your words open to misinterpretation. Section B (15 minutes, 10 points) Directions:Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II. 中国克持续发展所依赖的有限的自然资源正在锐减。一方面是生产规模在不断扩大,消耗更多的能源;另一方面是缺少能高效利用能源的生产设备。这迫使我们思考如何为后人留下足够的环境空间以使他们实现他们的愿望。 PART VI WRITING (30 minutes,10 points) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "Publish or Perish?" Your composition should be based on the information given below: 继续阅读