【考研类试卷】同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语真题2008年及答案解析.doc

1、同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语真题 2008年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPaper One/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.A: Bob, would you mind turning down the TV a little? Im talking on the phone, and Im having a hard time hearing. B: _（分数：1.00）A.Please forgive me.B.Oh, sure! Im sorry about that.C.You should have told me earlier.D.Im sor

2、ry to hear about it.2.A: Hi, Im your neighbor in 405, next door. Im Sunny Chan. B: _（分数：1.00）A.I moved here about a week ago.B.Hope we could become good neighbors.C.Hi! Everyone here seems very friendly.D.Jill Kingston. Nice to meet you.3.A: Could you run me over to the office? Im late. My clock mus

3、t be slow. B: _（分数：1.00）A.Yes, never mind. I would rather give you a lift.B.All right. But you should buy a new clock.C.Its my pleasure. May I help you fix your clock, too?D.Yeah, Ill be glad to drop you off on my way to work.4.A: Im sorry. Hes not in his office. B: _（分数：1.00）A.Are you sure he will

4、be back soon?B.Would you like to leave a message?C.Can you take a message for me?D.Shall I call him sometime later?5.A: Do you mind if I take off my jacket? B: _（分数：1.00）A.Of course not, make yourself at home.B.Oh, its very kind of you to do so.C.Ill be happy if I can be of any Help.D.Yes, its prett

5、y warm in here.二、BSection B/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)6.Man: Bob and Sue seem never discipline 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?（分数：1.00）A.She likes to eat nuts.B.She is self-disci

6、plined.C.She behaves badly at school.D.She enjoys leaving her parents in the dark.7.Woman: 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?（分

7、数：1.00）A.He is suspected of cheating.B.He left the answers on his desk.C.He doesnt know how to explain.D.He 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?（分数：1.00）A.Hell write to

8、 the woman.B.Hell tell the woman his new address.C.Hell visit the woman once in a while.D.Hell chat with the woman on 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?（分数：1.00）A.Something about the museum interest

9、ed her.B.Something was wrong with the trip.C.She doesnt know anything about the museum.D.She doesnt want to answer the mans question.10.Man: 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 mea

10、n?（分数：1.00）A.She has no chance to win.B.The man is encouraging her.C.Shell attend the contest.D.The man is trying to fool her.三、BPart Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：5.00)11.The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.（分数：0.50）A.explainB.denyC.considerD.recognize12.British s

11、cientists have found how to diagnose the disease, which causes loss of memory and personality change.（分数：0.50）A.controlB.determineC.preventD.treat13.Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.（分数：0.50）A.fix upB.take upC.pack upD.make up14.So instead

12、we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.（分数：0.50）A.goldenB.beautifulC.warmD.shining15.I couldnt work out why anyone would invent something so boring.（分数：0.50）A.draw upB.bring aboutC.put forwardD.figure out16.You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for

13、both you and your employer.（分数：0.50）A.looseB.effectiveC.elasticD.resourceful17.The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials.（分数：0.50）A.grantsB.rightsC.advantagesD.interests18.Will Americans go for AT hydrogen-powered cars, electric cars and

14、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. Hydrogen-powered cars emit no carbon dioxide, but producing hydrogen requires energy, and if that energy comes

15、 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 hundreds of miles that can be driven on a tank of gas.Gasoline, it turns out, is an almost ideal fuel (except tha

16、t 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,“ said Martin I. Hoffert, a professor of physics at New York University. “It has a couple of pieces to it that

17、 are interesting.“ Other scientists also said the proposal looked promising but could not evaluate it fully because the details had not been published.（分数：5.00）(1).What is most remarkable about the proposal made by the two scientists?（分数：1.00）A.It is given a patriotic name.B.No law of physics is vio

18、lated.C.It is based on existing technology.D.Carbon dioxide can be converted into fuel.(2).What is the biggest problem with hydrogen-powered cars?（分数：1.00）A.There is no cheap source of hydrogen.B.There might be a safety problem in hydrogen production.C.They may still be a cause of global warming.D.T

19、hey are not suitable for long-distance travel.(3).If what is proposed by the two scientists becomes true, _.（分数：1.00）A.air pollution will become a thing of the pastB.there will be no need for gasoline substitutesC.people will be able to use much cheaper energyD.there will be no more bio fuel-powered

20、 vehicles(4).Which of the following can best describe the attitude of Martin I. Hoffert to the proposal?（分数：1.00）A.Indifferent.B.Positive.C.Suspicious.D.Critical.(5).The passage is mainly written to _.（分数：1.00）A.introduce a new conceptB.compare different energy sourcesC.stress the importance of gaso

21、lineD.discuss solutions to global warmingBPassage Three/BIn 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 it really true? We decided to find o

22、ut 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 reporters encountered all types; men and wom

23、en 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 found. Take the pregnant woman who thou

24、ght 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,“ she said.Overall, men were the most wi

25、lling 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, and were more than twice as likely to he

26、lp 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 open despite struggling with her umbrella o

27、n 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 get ahead, theyre able to do it with a smil

28、e. Hey, if they can make nice here, they can make nice anywhere.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following is the best word to describe the experiments?（分数：1.00）A.ScientificB.Biased.C.Revolutionary.D.Realistic.(2).The examples of the pregnant woman and Liz are used to show that some people _.（分数：1.00）A.may

29、 take the trouble to help othersB.wont take the trouble to help othersC.may help others save timeD.Wont help others save time(3).According to the experiments, _.（分数：1.00）A.women are more carefulB.women are more likely to need helpC.men are more ready to helpD.men are more democratic in helping other

30、s(4).Helping others is a behavior that is largely influenced by _.（分数：1.00）A.social normB.family educationC.specific situationD.personal character(5).The results of the experiments have shown that common courtesies _.（分数：1.00）A.are still with usB.are disappearingC.vary with professionsD.needs rigoro

31、us studyBPassage Four/BWithin a 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

32、 is being built to safeguard the 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, direc

33、tor of the Global Crop Diversity 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

34、 Arctic island of Spitsbergen. The 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 longe

35、r widely planted, the varieties 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 t

36、hat the vault was abandoned, the 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

37、 gone for some reason.“The project 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

38、of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome in October 2005. A feasibility study said the facility “would essentially be built to last forever“.（分数：5.00）(1).The Norwegian vault is important in that _.（分数：1.00）A.the seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of worlds cropsB.the seeds in it coul

39、d revive agriculture if the worst thing should happenC.it is built deep in a mountain on a freezing-cold Arctic island.D.it is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature(2).The seed band project was proposed by _.（分数：1.00）A.the Norwegian governmentB.Norwegian farmersC.Spitsbergen r

40、esidentsD.agricultural scientists(3).The seeds in the vault will be stored _.（分数：1.00）A.as samples of world crop varietiesB.as products of world plant breedingC.for their valuable genetic propertiesD.for their resistance to plant diseases(4).For the seed band project to be successful, the most impor

41、tant factor is probably _.（分数：1.00）A.constructing tight airlocksB.maintaining high securityC.keeping freezing temperaturesD.storing large quantities of seeds(5).Which of the following statements is true?（分数：1.00）A.The Norwegian vault models after existing seed banks.B.The Spitsbergen seed bank is ex

42、pected to last 10,000 years.C.The existing seed banks have potential problems.D.The UN financed the Spitsbergen seed bank.BPassage Five/BProbably 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

43、that goals are only for business people. The reality is everyone sets goals mentally throughout the day. There 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 w

44、ith a friend for a leisure activity.The beauty of having goals is the uniqueness of each one to the goal setter. 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 goal

45、s written down gives you incredible power while helping you to focus on this area.Aim for something that will stretch 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

46、 you consistently miss the goals, re-evaluate, and consider setting them a little lower as you will only get discouraged and probably give up. The aim is to keep growing, and moving into a more satisfactory position for your particular circumstances.As you obtain the levels that you have set for you

47、rself, always include a small reward at each point. This might only be a small thing in the early days like a meal out or a weekend vacation.Remember that these changes will not happen overnight and there will be a period of time when nothing seems to be happening. This is why the goals need to be d

48、etailed and as specific as possible with consequence and benefit.Allow some time on a daily basis to educate yourself on how to make the necessary adjustments in your life. This could include listening to a CD, or reading a book on motivation etc.A simple method to start with could be one goal in th

49、e main areas of life to be achieved in one month, six months, twelve months or five years. Break that down further into a daily, weekly and monthly system. Stay focused and disciplined to achieve all that you desire.（分数：5.00）(1).The simple examples in Paragraph I convey the message that _.（分数：1.00）A.goals are set mostly for important thingsB.most people know when it is time to set goalsC.people set goals to get things d