硕士研究生英语学位-3及答案解析.doc

1、硕士研究生英语学位-3 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSection A/B(总题数：2，分数：9.00)BDirections:/BIIn 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 ques

2、tions 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. /I（分数：5.00）(1). A. The womans husband might have been held up by traffic. B. The woman should go and

3、 meet her husband. C. The womans husband is worried about missing the bus. D. Its never safe to drive a car at this time of the day.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. She will post the letter for the man. B. She has no time to go to the post office today. C. She will send the letter to Mary. D. She will go to

4、 the post office to get the letter for Mary.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. He does not like to travel on weekend. B. He has to work this weekend. C. He always works on weekend. D. He has been back from holiday.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. How much the rent is. B. How often the man can take a paid leave. C. Ho

5、w he succeeded in getting the benefit. D. How he gave up the job as a manager.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. It is impossible to lock oneself for a week without anything to eat. B. The man should have a rest as soon as possible. C. Its unthinkable that such work can be accomplished with so great efficienc

6、y. D. His thesis is too short to fulfill the school requirement.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1). A. The man is looking for someone. B. The man hates the tense atmosphere in waiting. C. The woman doesnt want to be neglected. D. The woman is waiting for someone.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. The woman is some

7、what surprised to hear how the man feels about his job. B. The woman is trying to encourage the man to work harder. C. The man is having some trouble keeping up with his fellow employees. D. The man is unhappy because he didnt get the promotion he wanted.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. She would catch a co

8、ld without wearing an overcoat. B. Her report would not be submitted to her boss in time. C. Her boss would refuse to accept her letter. D. She would find it difficult to recognize her own notes when back from lunch.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. Julie went shopping and got lost. B. Julie was happy to be

9、back to work. C. Julie had been away for two weeks. D. Julie will have another two-day holiday in two weeks.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、BSection B/B(总题数：2，分数：6.00)BDirections:/BIIn this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questio

10、ns 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 Jour choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet. /I（分数：3.00）(1).What is th

11、is passage mainly about? A. The difference between classical music and rock music. B. Why classical music is popular with math students. C. The effects of music on the results of math tests. D. How to improve your reasoning ability.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why can classical music play a positive role in

12、 problem solving? A. Because it stimulates your nerve activity. B. Because it keeps you calm. C. Because it strengthens your memory. D. Because it improves your problem solving strategies.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is one of the findings of the research? A. Piano music could interfere with your reaso

13、ning ability. B. The effects of music do not last long. C. The more you listen to music, the higher your test scores will be. D. Music, whether classical or rock, helps improve your memory.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).Why is corn feeding millions of people today? A. It can be cooked in many ways. B

14、. It is delicious but inexpensive. C. It gives higher yields than other grain crops. D. It grows easily in various conditions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What did Columbus bring back on his second trip? A. Fried potatoes. B. Tomato juice. C. Sweet corn. D. Chocolate beans.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What was the

15、result of Columbus two trips to America? A. They led to the discovery of America. B. They made native American foods popular. C. They brought great wealth to Spain. D. They made native American life styles well-known.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BDirections:/BI In this section, you

16、will hear a talk. Answer the questions below. You will hear the recording twice. At the end of the talk there will be a 3-minute pause, during which time you are asked to write down your answers briefly on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions below./I（分数：5.00）(1).What used

17、 to be the only way some people traveled in Bangkok?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The elephant sanctuary in recent weeks has turned into somewhat of a_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).How many elephants have been taken off the streets and brought here to the elephant center?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).How many times each year ar

18、e there for an elephant to round up in Thailand?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).City officials of Bangkok are working on a plan to turn their problem into_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、BPART VOCABULA(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BSection A/B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)1.Obsessed with their research on superconductive material, they were Uobliviou

19、s of/U the goings-on around them. A. afraid of B. amazed at C. familiar with D. unaware of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.We should bear in mind that pupils who dislike school must be given a (an) Uincentive/U to learn. A. objective B. spur C. stimulation D. goal（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.From the health care viewpoint,

20、 the cost of medical care in the United States is Ustaggering/U. A. reasonable B. stunning C. critical D. generous（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.He was known to Uthrash/U his wife occasionally when he was drunk. A. strike with the fist B. beat with a whip C. hit with a hammer D. kick with the feet（分数：0.50）A.B.C

21、.D.5.The utilization of hydroelectric resources should be Ustepped up/U. A. sustained B. increased C. supported D. encouraged（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.She Ubelieved/U that she was born to be a film star. A. meant B. supposed C. intended D. hoped（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.He is Uconfronted with/U the moral dilemma

22、of whether to steal a drug he cant afford so that he can save his wifes life. A. met B. baffled C. faced D. squeezed（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.She Uvalues/U the boy as if he were her own son. A. weighs B. treats C. consider D. cherishes（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.Is the Canadian dollar Uequivalent to/U the U.S. doll

23、ar? A. about the same in value as B. worth a bit more than C. very different in value from D. worth a bit less than（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.These machines have Ubeen idle/U for the past months. A. been working well B. been working badly C. not been in service D. not been running at all（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.七、

24、BSection B/B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)11.Our telephone has been_for three weeks. A. out of line B. out of touch C. out of order D. out of place（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.If a fever_, a doctor should be called since this may mean that a more serious infection is present. A. disappears B. persists C. perishes D. vanis

25、hes（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.The usual reason for exemption from tax does not_in this case. A. apply B. impose C. regard D. demand（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.A research worker might_that the existence of such kind of disease is due to the pollution of the area. A. infer B. refer C. confer D. prefer（分数：0.50）A.B.C.

26、D.15.After the accident she suffered brain_and couldnt speak. A. destruction B. disease C. decay D. damage（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a_. A. scarcity B. minority C. minimum D. shortage（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.Something worth do

27、ing is none_for being done twice, A. the worse B. much worse C. more worse D. worse enough（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.When a number of people_together in conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands. A. pad B. squeeze C. cluster D. pack（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.Math

28、is no longer a prime_for a career in accounting. A. request B. demand C. requisite D. requirement（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.“No Tobacco Day“ is the day when the world health organization_to people to stop using tobacco products. A. asks B. applies C. appeals D. urges（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.八、BPART CLOZE/(总题数：1，分数

29、：10.00)BDirections:/BI There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or 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 squa

30、re brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet./IElectronic communication, due to its speed and broadcasting ability, is fundamentally different from Paper-based communication such as letters and memos.U U 1 /U /Uthe other persons response time capability isU U 2 /U /Ufast, e-mail is more “convers

31、ational“ than traditional methods of communication. In a paper document, it is absolutelyU U 3 /U /Uto make everything completely clear and unambiguous because your audience may not have a chance to ask forU U 4 /U /U. With e-mail， however, your recipient can ask questions immediately. E-mail, there

32、fore like conversational speech, tends to be much informal and more ambiguous. This is not always bad. It might not be aU U 5 /U /Uexpenditure, of energy to slave at a message, making sure that your spelling isU U 6 /U /U, your words eloquent, and that your grammar and punctuation are beyond reproac

33、h, if the point of the message is simply to inform the recipient that your are ready to go to lunch. U U 7 /U /U, you should put some effort into ensuring that your subjects agree with your veils, words are spelled correctly to avoid the mixing of metaphors, and so on. Because of theU U 8 /U /Uof vo

34、cal variation, gestures, and a shared environment, e-mail is not soU U 9 /U /Ua communication method as a face-to-face or even a telephone conversation. Your recipient may have difficultyU U 10 /U /Uif you are being serious or joking, frustrated or euphoric. Thus, your e-mail compositions should be

35、different from both your speech and paper compositions.（分数：10.00）(1). A. Because B. Although C. Whereas D. When（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. much B. too C. so D. enough（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. urgent B. inevitable C. significant D. essential（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. exposition B. elimination C. clarificat

36、ion D. verification（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. worthy B. worth C. worthwhile D. worthless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. inaccurate B. faultless C. sharp D. sophisticated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. Guaranteed B. Provided C. Given D. Granted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. insufficiency B. absence C. inadequacy D. presen

37、ce（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. colorful B. plentiful C. ample D. expressive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. identifying B. recognizing C. differing D. telling（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BPART READING (总题数：5，分数：30.00)BDirections:/BI In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, an

38、d then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet./IBPassage One /BAs a rule, there is more genuine satisfaction, a truer life, and more obtained

39、from life in the humble cottages of the poor than in the palaces of the rich. I always pity the sons and daughters at a later age, but I am glad to remember that they do not know what they have missed. They have kind fathers and mothers, and think that they enjoy the sweetness of the blessings to th

40、e fullest: but this they cannot do; for the poor who has in his father his constant companion, tutor, and model, and in his motherholy namehis nurse, teacher, guardian angel, saint, all in one, has a richer, more precious in life than any rich mans son who is not so favored can possible know, and co

41、mpared with which all other fortunes count for little. It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, show free from perplexing care, from social envies and emulations, how loving and how united its members may be in the common interest of supporting the family, tha

42、t I sympathize with the rich mans boy congratulate the poor mans boy; and it is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor so many strong, eminent, self-reliant men have always sprung and always must spring. If you will read the list of the immortals who “were not born to die,“ you will find

43、that most of them have been born to the precious heritage of poverty. It seems, nowadays, a matter of universal desire that poverty should be abolished. We should be quite willing to abolish luxury, but to abolish honest, industrious, self-denying poverty would be to destroy the soil upon which mank

44、ind produces the virtues which enable our race to reach a still higher civilization than it now possesses.（分数：6.00）(1).The author pities those born in rich families because_. A. they do not know what they have missed B. they are attended by servants C. they do not have kind parents D. they are depri

45、ved of a more real happiness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).To a poor child his father is_. A. the guardian angel B. someone to learn from C. a servant and a governess D. someone in mortal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Many strong and self-dependent men have come from poor families because_. A. they are not born to die

46、B. they are free from social envies C. they are honest people D. the families are poor but supportive and loving（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The author thinks that poverty_. A. is the soil for a better future B. is honest and self-denying C. is virtuous D. is civilization（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The purpose of this passage is to_. A. oppose the abolishing of poverty B. support the establishment of slums C. discuss the ills of society D. argue that poverty is beneficial（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).What is the meaning of the word “perplexing“ in paragraph