【考研类试卷】工程硕士(GCT)英语-282及答案解析.doc

1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-282 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Directions: In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar ac

2、ross the corresponding letter in the brackets.（分数：20.00）(1).In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe_ Europe into a great war.（分数：2.00）A.insertedB.imposedC.pitchedD.plunged(2).The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things,

3、 _is often the case in other countries.（分数：2.00）A.asB.whatC.soD.that(3).A persons calorie requirements vary _ his life.（分数：2.00）A.acrossB.throughoutC.overD.within(4).A survey was carried out on the death rate of new-born babies in that region, _ were surprising.（分数：2.00）A.as resultsB.which resultsC.

4、the results of itD.the results of which(5).If I hadnt stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you _ now.（分数：2.00）A.wouldnt be smilingB.couldnt have smiledC.wont smileD.didnt smile(6).The bank is reported in the local newspaper _ in broad daylight yesterday.（分数：2.00）A.being robbedB.having

5、been robbedC.to have been robbedD.robbed(7).Agriculture was a step in human progress _ which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age.（分数：2.00）A.inB.forC.toD.from(8).All the key words in the article are printed in _ type so as to attract readers attention.（分数：2.00）A.d

6、arkB.denseC.blackD.bold(9).The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question: Who says _ through what channel to whom?（分数：2.00）A.howB.whenC.whatD.such(10).American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised _ from the United States.（

7、分数：2.00）A.transferB.deliveriesC.transportationD.transmissions二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、11-15(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are work

8、ing than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the “ty

9、pical“ Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.Some say that France has been Americanized. This

10、is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly-line life“ will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely old French style. Wha

11、t will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life-to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe?Since the late 1940s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rash, tension, an

12、d the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of the competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted a

13、gainst the trend with considerable violence.In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modem economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a

14、modem, industrial France is preferable to the old.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is not given as a feature of the old French way of life?（分数：2.00）A.Leisure.B.Elegance.C.Efficiency.D.Tast(2).Which of the following is not related to the new French way of life?（分数：2.00）A.Shorter lunch hour.B.Grea

15、ter output.C.Creature comfort.D.Leisurely cafe talk.(3).Nowadays few Frenchmen_.（分数：2.00）A.prefer the modem life styleB.actually enjoy working at the assembly lineC.are more concerned with money than in the pastD.are more competitive than the old generation(4).The passage suggests that_.（分数：2.00）A.i

16、n pursuing material gains the Frenchmen are suffering losses elsewhereB.its now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the riverC.the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked applesD.great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen(5).Which of the following best sta

17、tes the main idea of the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Changes in the French way of life.B.Criticism of the new life style.C.The Americanization of France.D.Features of the new way of lif四、16-20(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow blindness. Yet, dark glasses or not they find the

18、mselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of “snow light“.The United States Army has now determined that the glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a mans eyes frequently find nothing t

19、o focus on in a broad expanse of a snow-covered area. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscle aches. Nature bal

20、ances this annoyance by producing more and more liquid which covers the eyeballs. The liquid covers the eyeballs in increasing quantity until vision blurs. And the result is total, even though temporary, snowblindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahe

21、ad of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they too can focus. The men following can then see something. Their g

22、aze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop searching through the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the man can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a sol

23、id white area is overcome.（分数：10.00）(1).The eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache because_.（分数：2.00）A.tears cover the eyeballsB.the eyes are annoyed by blinding sunlightC.the eyes are annoyed by blinding snowD.there is nothing to focus on(2).When the eyes are sore, tears are produced to_.（分数

24、2.00）A.clear the visionB.remedy snowblindnessC.ease the annoyanceD.loosen the muscles(3).Snowblindness may be avoided by_.（分数：2.00）A.concentration on the solid white areaB.providing the eyes with something to focus onC.searching for something to look at in snow-covered areasD.covering the eyeballs

25、with liquid(4).The first paragraph is mainly concerned with_.（分数：2.00）A.snow glare and snowblindnessB.the whiteness from snowC.headaches, watering eyes and snowblindnessD.the need for dark glasses(5).A suitable title for this passage would be_.（分数：2.00）A.Snowblindness and How to Overcome ItB.Natures

26、 Cure for SnowblindnessC.Soldiers in the SnowD.Snow Vision五、21-25(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Even plants can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet awaystraight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared sca

27、nning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole

28、field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest (害虫) problems.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. Th

29、e data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers“. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 40 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technolo

30、gy and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land i

31、n the United States, “says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks? remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.（分数：10.0

32、0）(1).Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are_.（分数：2.00）A.sprayed with pesticidesB.facing an infrared scannerC.in poor physical conditionD.exposed to excessive sun rays(2).In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to_.（分数：2.00）A.estimate the dama

33、ge to the cropsB.measure the size of the affected areaC.draw a color-coded mapD.locate the problem area(3).Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by_.（分数：2.00）A.resorting to spot-sprayingB.consulting infrared scanning expertsC.transforming poisoned rainD.detecting crop problems at an ea

34、rly stage(4).The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties_.（分数：2.00）A.the lack of official supportB.its high costC.the lack of financialD.its failure to help increase production(5).Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of

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43、en television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as radio commentators were able to be effective on television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when were trying to (31) themselves to the new medium were technical. when working on radio, for example, they ha

44、d become (32) to seeing on behalf of the listener. This (33) of seeing for others means that the commentator has to be very good at talking. Above all, he has to be able to (34) a continuous sequence of visual images which (35) meaning to the sounds which the listener hears. In the (36) of televisio

45、n, however, the commentator sees everything with the viewer.His role, therefore, is completely different. He is there to make (37) that the viewer does not miss some point of interest, to help him focus on particular things, and to. (38) the images on the television screen. Unlike his radio colleagu

46、e, he must know the (39) of silence and how to use it at those moments (40) the pictures speak for themselves.（分数：20.00）A.turmB.adaptC.alterD.modifyA.experiencedB.determinedC.establishedD.accustomedA.efficiencyB.technologyC.artD.performanceA.inspireB.createC.causeD.perceiveA.addB.applyC.affectD.refl

47、ectA.occasionB.eventC.factD.caseA.definiteB.possibleC.sureD.clearA.exhibitB.demonstrateC.exposeD.interpretA.purposeB.goalC.valueD.intentionA.ifB.whenC.whichD.as八、Part Dialogue Comp(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Directions: There are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices

48、 marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.（分数：20.00）(1).Customer: How much are the eggs?Salesw

49、oman: _（分数：2.00）A.They are free-range.B.We have some free-range eggs.C.The free-range eggs cost more than regular ones.D.The free-range ones are $ 3.95 a dozen.(2).Sophie: Why dont you take your friends to the football game?Keith: _（分数：2.00）A.I dont think its a clever idea.B.Can t you think of anything better?C.Well, they are not really football fans.D.Nothing is