1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）-试卷 4 及答案解析(总分：134.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Vocabulary and Struc(总题数：11，分数：22.00)1.Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your
2、answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.（分数：2.00）_2.Experts say the space rock is probably _ more than $30,000.（分数：2.00）A.weightyB.costlyC.valuableD.worth3._ urgent the situation may be, you will need to make one change at a time and then move on（分数：2.00）A.AsB.WheneverC.Howe
3、verD.Whateve4.The ghostly presence was just a(n) _ sensation of some people.（分数：2.00）A.objectiveB.subjunctiveC.subjectiveD.objected5.When you are in your room, leave the door _ so that your visitors do not have to knock.（分数：2.00）A.openB.openedC.openingD.being open6.Chinese farmers are mostly living
4、a simple and _ life as it is today.（分数：2.00）A.miserableB.economicalC.luxuriousD.sensible7.I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _.（分数：2.00）A.artisticB.artificialC.arbitraryD.mechanical8.Technology has _ the sharing, storage and delivery of information, thus making mor
5、e information available to more people.（分数：2.00）A.finishedB.furnishedC.functionedD.facilitated9.Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.（分数：2.00）A.impressionB.reactionC.comprehensionD.sentiment10.The arch
6、itectural differences may _ confusion or discomfort for the foreign travelers.（分数：2.00）A.varyB.describeC.causeD.impress11.The only thing _ really matters m the parents is how soon their children can return home.（分数：2.00）A.whatB.thatC.whichD.this二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：50.00)12.Part II Readin
7、g ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.（分数：10.00）_Why
8、 are mobiles so popular? Because people love to talk to each other. And it is easier with a mobile phone. In countries like Russia and China, people use the mobile phone in places where there is no ordinary telephone. Business people, use mobiles when they“re traveling. In some countries, like Japan
9、, many people use their mobile phones to send email message and access the Internet. They use a new kind of mobile phone called “i mode“. You can even use a mobile phone to listen to music. Mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagers. Parents buy mobile phones for their children. They can call
10、 borne if they are in trouble and need help. So they feel safer. But teenagers mostly use them to keep in touch with their friends or play simple computer games. It“s cool to be the owner of a small expensive mobile. Research shows that teenage owners of mobile phones smoke less. Parents and schools
11、 are happy that teenagers are safer and smoke less. But many people dislike them. They hate it when the businessman opposite them on the train has a loud conversation on his phone. Or when the mobile phone rings in a cafe or restaurant. But there is a much more serious problem. It“s possible that th
12、e mobile phone can heat up the brain because we hold the phone so close to our head. Scientists fear that mobiles can perhaps be bad for your memory and even give you cancer.（分数：10.00）(1).Mobiles are popular among people because_.（分数：2.00）A.they think mobiles are funB.they believe mobiles are safeC.
13、they love to listen to musicD.they feel it easier to talk to each other(2).It is stated in the passage that in Russia and China_.（分数：2.00）A.ordinary telephone service is available everywhereB.people prefer mobile phones to ordinary telephonesC.mobiles are used in places without ordinary telephonesD.
14、people use mobiles to send e-mail and access the Internet(3).Parents buy mobile phones for their children because_.（分数：2.00）A.mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagersB.they can call home if they are in trouble and need helpC.they can use mobiles to play simple computer gamesD.mobile phones
15、enable teenagers to give up smoking(4).Why can mobile phone be a much more serious problem?（分数：2.00）A.Because people hate the businessmen using mobiles in public places.B.Because the use of mobile phones can be physically harmfulC.Because there is strong evidence for the problems of mobiles.D.Becaus
16、e people feel their privacy unprotected in a cafe or restaurant.(5).Which of the following can be the title of this passage?（分数：2.00）A.Why Are Mobiles So Popular?B.MobilesUseful or UselessC.MobileA Danger to health?D.Why Do We Design Mobile?One thing almost everyone is agreed on, including Americans
17、, is that they place a very high valuation up on success. Success does not necessarily mean material rewards, but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable. If a boy turn out to be a preacher(传真者) instead of a businessman, that“s all right. But the bigger his church is, the more successful he i
18、s judged to be. A good many things contributed to this accent on success. There was the Puritan(清教徒) belief in the virtue of work, both for its own sake and because the rewards it brought were regarded as signs of God“s love. There was the richness of opportunity in a land waiting to be settled. The
19、re was the lack of a settled society with fixed ranks and classes, so that a man was certain to rise through achievement. Here was the determination of an immigrant to gain in the new world what bad been denied to him in the old, and on the part of his children an urge to throw off the immigrant(负担)
20、 by still more success and still more rise in a fluid and classless society. Brothers did not compete within the family for the favor of the parents as in Europe, but worked hard for success in the outer world, along paths of their own choosing.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, _.（分数：2
21、.00）A.success is highly valued in American societyB.success surely brings material rewardsC.success equals measurable recognitionD.people agree on what success means(2).In this passage, the author indicates that_.（分数：2.00）A.preachers are not so successful as businessmenB.businessmen are not so succe
22、ssful as preachersC.boys are advised to become preachers instead of businessmenD.measurable success can also be achieved by preachers(3).The word “accent“(Line 1, Paragraph 2) most probably means_.（分数：2.00）A.dialectB.emphasisC.attentionD.recognition(4).Which of the following does NOT account for peo
23、ple“s desire for success?（分数：2.00）A.The Puritan belief in the virtue of work.B.Richness of opportunities in the new world.C.Lack of fixed social ranks and classes.D.Determination to deny the value of the new world.(5).It is suggested in the last paragraph that_in the old world.（分数：2.00）A.children te
24、nded to compete for the favor of their parentsB.children were determined to throw off their immigrant identitiesC.children were urged to achieve success in the fluid and classless societyD.children worked hard for success along paths chosen by their parentsHunting for a job late last year, lawyer Ca
25、nt Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site“s “personal search agent“. It“s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching p
26、osition is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold“, says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.
27、With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for exam
28、ple, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility“. says one expert. For any job search, you should start with a narrow conceptwhat you think you want to dothen broaden it. “None of these programs do that“, says another expert. “There“s no career counseling imp
29、licit in all of this“. Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database tha
30、t might interest me“, says the author of a job-searching guide. Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When Career Site“s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobsthose it considers the best matche
31、s. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic“, says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for Career Site. Even those who aren“t hunting for jobs
32、may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at Career Builder. “You always keep your eyes open“,
33、 he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.（分数：10.00）(1).How did Redmon find his job?（分数：2.00）A.By searching openings in a job databaseB.By posting a matching position in a database.C.By using a special service of a database.D.By E-mailing his
34、 resume to a database.(2).Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?（分数：2.00）A.Lack of counseling.B.Limited number of visits.C.Lower efficiency.D.Fewer successful matches.(3).The expression “tip service“(Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means（分数：2.00）A.advisory.B.compensation.C
35、.interaction.D.reminder.(4).Why does Career Site“s agent offer each job hunter only three job options?（分数：2.00）A.To focus on better job matches.B.To attract more returning visits.C.To reserve space for more messages.D.To increase the rate of success.(5).Which Of the following is true according to th
36、e text?（分数：2.00）A.Personal search agents are indispensable to jobhunters.B.Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.C.Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.D.Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.Andrea had never seen an
37、 old lady hitchhiking(搭车) before. However, the weather and the coming dark ness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andrea, in a voice that wa
38、s almost a whisper. “Thank you dearieI“m just going to Brockbourne“. Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn“t know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, some thing odd, something.
39、, dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd. Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs.Thick black hairs? Hairy arms? Andrea“s blood froze.
40、This wasn“t a woman. It was a man. At first, she didn“t know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid(刹车), and brought it to a halt. “My Cod!“ she shouted, “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!“
41、 The “old lady“ was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, “I didn“t see anything dearie“, she said. “I don“t think you hit anything“. “I“m sure it was a child!“ insisted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if there“s anything on the road?“ She held her breath. Would her plan work?
42、 It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker. It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor i
43、n front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously. It contained only one itema small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the
44、dark red stains of dried blood. Andrea began to scream.（分数：10.00）(1).Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her ear mainly because_.（分数：2.00）A.the hitchhiker was an old womanB.she was curious about the old ladyC.the lady had a heavy bagD.she knew the old lady(2).What made Andrea afraid when
45、 she looked at the old lady?（分数：2.00）A.She had a shapeless body.B.She bad a harsh voice.C.She wore a dirty dress.D.She had hairy arms.(3).Andrea suddenly stopped the car because_.（分数：2.00）A.she thought she had hit a child on the roadB.she skidded on some ice on the roadC.she wanted to trick the pass
46、enger into getting outD.she couldn“t concentrate and nearly had a crash(4).Andrea looked in the passenger“s bag to_.（分数：2.00）A.examine what was in itB.find out where the passenger livedC.use the passenger“s toolsD.find out who the passenger was(5).Andrea screamed because_.（分数：2.00）A.she saw the hitc
47、hhiker come backB.she realized she could have bean killedC.she was scared at seeing bloodD.she cut herself by the blade三、Cloze(总题数：2，分数：40.00)13.Part III ClozeDirections: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the b
48、est one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.（分数：20.00）_Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This is often done in the workplace, or【B1】“continuing education“ courses at secondary schools, or at a college or university. Educating adults differs from educating【B2】in several ways. One of the most important【B3】is that adults have gained knowledge and experience which can【B4】add value to a learning experience or interfere with it. Another important
