硕士研究生英语学位真题2010年1月及答案解析.doc

1、硕士研究生英语学位真题 2010 年 1 月及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：2，分数：9.00)(1).What does the man mean?A. Nancy shouldnt be too busy.B. Nancy should take a break from her work.C. Nancy must be under great pressure.D. Nancy must feel depressed.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Wh

2、en will the two speakers meet?A. After class.B. The next day.C. Tonight.D. When the woman gets to the bus stop.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why didnt Karol go to the party last night?A. Because her grandmother was ill.B. Because it was too late for her to go to the party.C. Because she went to her grandmoth

3、ers party.D. Because she went to visit her doctor.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the woman mean?A. She expected to have a better time with Sammy.B. She didnt get along well with Sammy.C. She was very happy together with Sammy.D. She wouldnt go out with Sammy again.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does the

4、man mean?A. His wife is waiting for him at home.B. His wife is angry today.C. His wife is not home today.D. His wife is sick today.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What does the woman mean?A. The man can make a random decision.B. The man should decide later.C. The man should forget about it.D. The man doesnt ha

5、ve to be so serious.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What do we learn about Mike?A. He has won a big lottery.B. He has passed an oral examination.C. He is going to get his driving license.D. He has been relieved from a big burden.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How much does each tennis lesson cost?A. 10 dollars. B. 15 do

6、llars. C. 20 dollars. D. 25 dollars.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the man mean?A. The woman can only take some useful courses which are still open.B. The woman will have to wait till the next week to take useful courses.C. The woman will have to go to the registration building herself.D. Its nothin

7、g because many students forget to register on time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、Section B(总题数：2，分数：6.00)(1).Why was the woman watching a re-run program on TV?A. Because she likes old programs on TV.B. Because she was very bored.C. Because she had missed the program earlier.D. Because she doesnt like outdoor a

8、ctivities.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why cant the woman go out with the man today?A. Because she doesnt feel like going out today.B. Because she is very busy today.C. Because she has to meet her parents for dinner today.D. Because she doesnt like the man.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What have they decided to do t

9、omorrow?A. To go to a live outdoor concert.B. To have a picnic for lunch.C. To check out activities by the river.D. To go fishing in the river.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Why is the museum going to show the Hope diamond without its usual setting?A. Because the small diamonds in the old setting are of diffe

10、rent color.B. Because the setting has been damaged.C. Because they want people to see it in its natural beauty.D. Because the style of the setting is too old.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Where was the Hope diamond originally discovered?A. In India. B. In France. C. In England. D. In the U.S（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.

11、(3).How big is the Hope diamond now?A. Over 100 carats. B. 67 carats.C. 60 carats. D. 45 carats.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Section C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).According to a survey conducted by Prof. Graham, about 9

12、0% of teachers teach handwriting in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).In todays thinking _ are better for the practice of handwriting.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Handwriting involves two skills:One is legibility, which means forming the letters so _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).According to Prof. Graham, most of the writing don

13、e in school is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、PART VOCABULARY(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Section A(总题数：10，分数：5.00)1.Those prisoners at concentration camps were exhausted from a chronic lack of food.A. recent B. acute C. constant D. severe（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.A winner achieves his goal without hurting others or compromising

14、 his beliefs and convictions.A. changing B. endangering C. submitting D. composing（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.Failure is the direct result of poor self-esteem and the anticipation of failure.A. elimination B. designation C. elevation D. expectation（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.The governments full public disclosure of

15、the decision only swelled the chorus of protests.A. checked B. diminished C. intensified D. retrieved（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.Their house was in close proximity to ours, so we became intimate friends in time.A. vicinity B. contact C. relation D. community（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.Residents in big cities in China

16、 tend to dispose of some old furniture when moving.A. get possession of B. get rid ofC. hold on to D. keep track of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.This is a love that sprang up from friendship and blossomed into marriage.A. diverged B. separatedC. distinguished D. originated（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.This hard-working c

17、ouple was able to put their two sons through college on their own.A. by their own efforts B. in their own wayC. in their own interests D. in their own light（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.Obamas high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives nipping at his heels.A. attitudes

18、B. accounts C. impacts D. responses（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.Individual goals have to fit in with the family or business goals as a whole.A. be converted into B. be superior toC. be in accord with D. be different from（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.七、Section B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)11.I often wonder why some people wont do wha

19、t it _ to be successful.A. involves B. means C. takes D. likes（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.The short story about the missing personnel during the civil war was adapted into a(n) _ movie.A. winning-award B. award-winningC. won-award D. award-won（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.A person can explain his professional goals _

20、 position, prestige or income.A. in terms of B. in case of C. in view of D. in honor of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.Fear is the most destructive force in the world, for it _ motivation and creativity.A. clutches B. cripples C. compels D. conceives（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.There is some reason for not giving up my

21、career and _ a different one.A. taking in B. bringing about C. arising from D. embarking on（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.Finally she decided to do something _ the thing she disliked _ herself.A. with.in B. about.for C. about.about D. for.by（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.The self-image controls a persons attitudes or _ o

22、f what happens to her.A. interpretations B. approachesC. commitments D. simulations（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.By the year 2040, Yale University will need over eight acres of land to _ its library.A. manipulate B. accommodate C. illuminate D. obligate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.If you dont know where youre going in

23、 life, you are _ to wind up somewhere else.A. possible B. inevitable C. optional D. liable（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.As far as marriage is concerned, it is mutual care and love that _.A. mounts B. discounts C. counts D. calculates（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.八、PART CLOZE(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Researchers produced evidence to

24、 support what most of us already knew-that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis.Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety levels of a group of people following a (41) situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a (42) calming effect. His team ga

25、ve 42 volunteers a mental arithmetic exam and (43) offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water. The water groups anxiety levels soared (44) 25 percent compared to before the task, (45) the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety-despite the difficult

26、 test, they were more relaxed than when they started.According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons (46) tea in a dilemma, making it the nations most common response to trouble of (47) kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort and warmth was the main reason for pu

27、tting the kettle on. “The (48) of making and drinking tea-particularly during times of stress-is at the very (49) of British culture,“ Cross said.This study shows that the social psychological (50) of tea enhance the effects of its chemical make-up on our bodies and brains.（分数：10.00）(1).A. light-hea

28、rted B. serious C. comfortable D. stressful（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. significant B. rigorous C. severe D. selective（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. previously B. afterwards C. besides D. lately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. on B. in C. by D. at（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. while B. however C. meanwhile D. nevertheless（分数：1

29、.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. give up B. owe to C. look on D. turn to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. whichever B. whatever C. however D. whoever（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. ceremony B. function C. ritual D. observance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. beginning B. moment C. end D. core（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. aspects B. faces C. site

30、s D. ways（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、PART READING COMPR(总题数：5，分数：30.00)Passage OneFrom the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesops fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might reall

31、y have happened.Its the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes across a jar with the water level too low for him to reach. The crow raises the water level by dropping stones into the jar. The moral tells: Little by little does the trick, or in other retellings, necessity is the mother of inventi

32、on.Now, scientists report that some relatives of crows called rooks used the same stone-dropping strategy to get at a floating worm. Results of experiments with three birds were published online by the journal Current Biology.Rooks, like crows, had already been shown to use tools in previous experim

33、ents. Christopher Bird of Cambridge University and a colleague exposed the rooks to a 6-inch-tall clear plastic tube containing water, with a worm on its surface. The birds used the stone-dropping trick spontaneously and appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. They learned quickly that

34、 larger stones work better.In an accompanying commentary, Alex Taylor and Russell Gray of the University of Auckland in New Zealand noted that in an earlier experiment, the same birds had dropped a single stone into a tube to get food released at the bottom. So maybe they were just following that st

35、rategy again when they saw the tube in the new experiment, the scientists suggested. But Birds paper argued theres more to it: The rooks dropped multiple stones rather than just one before reaching for the worm, and they reached for it at the top of the tube rather than trying to reach the food at t

36、he bottom.The researchers also said Aesops crow might have actually been a rook, since both kinds of birds were called crows in the past.（分数：6.00）(1).What is the main idea of this passage?A. Animals are smarter than we have expected.B. Aesops fables tell real morals.C. Necessity is the mother of inv

37、ention.D. Some of Aesops fables may be true.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Aesops fables have been popular for such a long time because they _.A. tell us the truth of natureB. tell us interesting stories of animalsC. are teachings of lifeD. are scientific literature（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the experiments, in

38、order to eat the worm floating on the water surface, the rooks _.A. found a way to raise the water levelB. broke the tube with larger stonesC. counted how many stones they would needD. cooperated peacefully（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to Alex Taylor and Russell Gray, it seems that rooks _.A. tend

39、to follow the others strategyB. can remember their former strategyC. can change strategy in different situationsD. seldom use the same strategy in experiments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to the passage, crows and rooks _.A. are the same kind of birds with different namesB. are very different in be

40、haviorC. had the same name in the pastD. were both used in the experiments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).The word “spontaneously“ (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to “_“.A. surely B. naturally C. voluntarily D. quickly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Passage TwoToo much eating. Too many unhealthy foods. Too many advertise

41、ments for food. Too little activity.Different explanations are offered for Americas weight problem-a problem increasingly shared by other countries. Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.Schools have been urged to increase physical education, an important tool for public

42、 health. And many have. Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in physical education class. Injuries increased 150% between 1997 and 2007.he study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Only 2% were serious. The researchers did not try to identify t

43、he causes of the increase, but they have some theories.Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University was the lead researcher. She says one possibility is a decrease in the number of school nurses during the period they studied. For example, a 2004 study showed that the number of school nurses nationally

44、failed to meet federal guidelines. Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital.Another possible reason for more injuries is a change in the traditional idea of physical education. This “New PE.“ expands the kinds of sports that are taught. But activities

45、 that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, says Cheryl Richardson. She is with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. Also, she says not all states require P.E. teachers to be specially trained. Untrained teachers could be

46、 less likely to recognize unsafe conditions.Cheryl Richardson also points to one of the studys findings-that injuries are often the result of contact with a person or a structure. This tells her that the teachers were not giving each student enough space to move around safely.Six activities produced

47、 70% of all injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and gymnastics.The researchers say larger class sizes are another possible reason for the increase in injuries. Larger classes can mean less supervision. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says 20 to 30 st

48、udents in a PE. class should be the limit.（分数：6.00）(1).Overweight problem is _.A. not common outside the United States of AmericaB. also a headache in other countriesC. caused by too many advertisements for foodD. neglected in many countries（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The increase of physical education _.A

49、. has reduced the number of overweight childrenB. is the major cause of injuries of children in the U.S.C. has more disadvantages than advantagesD. has caused more injuries in school（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It is implied in Lara McKenzies study that _.A. in the past some injuries were treated in schoolB. school nurses are now more irresponsibleC. st