1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-107 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.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 smile2.Agriculture was a step in human progress _ which subsequently there was n
2、ot anything comparable until our own machine age.（分数：2.00）A.inB.forC.toD.from3.The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, _ is often the case in other countries.（分数：2.00）A.asB.whatC.soD.that4.A survey was carried out on the death rate of new-born babies i
3、n that region, _ were surprising.（分数：2.00）A.as resultsB.which resultsC.the results of itD.the results of which5.American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised _ from the United States.（分数：2.00）A.transferB.deliveriesC.transportationD.transmissions6.A persons
4、 calorie requirements vary _ his life.（分数：2.00）A.acrossB.throughoutC.overD.within7.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.such8.The bank is reported in the local newspaper _ in broad daylight
5、 yesterday.（分数：2.00）A.being robbedB.having been robbedC.to have been robbedD.robbed9.All the key words in the article are printed in _ type so as to attract readers attention.（分数：2.00）A.darkB.denseC.blackD.bold10.In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _ Europe
6、into a great war.（分数：2.00）A.insertedB.imposedC.pitchedD.plunged二、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：40.00)Directions:In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answ
7、er. Mark your ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.B11-15/BConcern 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 wor
8、king 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 “t
9、ypical“ 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. Wh
11、at 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 rush, tension, a
12、nd 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
13、against 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、 modern, 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.Taste.(2).Which of the following is not related to the new French way of life?（分数：2.00）A.Shorter lunch hour.B.
15、Greater output.C.Creature comfort.D.Leisurely cafe talk.(3).Nowadays few Frenchmen _.（分数：2.00）A.prefer the modern 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
16、.00）A.in 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 b
17、est states 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 life.B16-20/BMan have often been praised by being told that they were as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer. No one knows wh
18、y there is something special about Philadelphia lawyers, but the expression “smart as a Philadelphia lawyer“ seems to have come from a famous trial early in the 18th century.An Englishman, William S. Cosby arrived in New York as the royal governor of the province. He was a tyrant. He wanted to make
19、money quickly and he ruled the province with no thought for the law or the rights of the people. Among those who opposed his rule was John Peter Zinger who came to America from Germany Mr. Zinger started a newspaper which praised liberty and sharply criticized the governor. Governor Cosby arrested M
20、r. Zinger, charged him with slander and kept him in prison for 9 months. Mr. Zinger could not find a New York lawyer to defend him because of the governors power. But a leading lawyer from Philadelphia agreed to defend Mr. Zinger. He was Andrew Hamilton, white-haired and almost 80 years old.The tria
21、l opened, the jury chosen and charges read. At that time, the law on slander said that jury could decide only if the person accused published in the newspaper named in the charges. The question of whether words published were true or not was to be decided by the judge. Mr. Zinger told the court he w
22、as innocent. Then the lawyer from Philadelphia rose, admitted that Mr. Zinger did publish the newspaper as charged. But Mr. Hamilton continued. The publishing of a newspaper does not make a person guilty of slander. He said that words themselves must be proved false or slanderous. Otherwise Mr. Zing
23、er is innocent. The judge warned Mr. Hamilton that he, the judge, would decide if the words were slanderous or not. Mr. Hamilton quickly turned to the jury and asked them to decide. He said that it was their right to decide whether the alleged slander was in fact the truth. In his final statement to
24、 the jury, Mr. Hamilton said the question was much bigger than the charges against Mr. Zinger. He said the question was liberty and right of people to oppose dishonesty and tyranny by speaking and writing the truth. After a brief discussion the jury declared that Mr. Zinger was not guilty and cheers
25、 broke out in the courtroom. The decision established the principle of freedom of the press in the American Colonies. Mr. Hamilton was praised as a hero. Through the fame of Mr. Zinger trial, the praise for Mr. Hamilton has spread throughout the country. And so it is believed that the expression “as
26、 smart as a Philadelphia lawyer“ honors the man from Philadelphia who successfully defended the freedom of the press to print the truth.（分数：10.00）(1).Many people opposed Governor Cosbys rule because _.（分数：2.00）A.he wanted to make money quicklyB.he was the royal governorC.he was a tyrantD.they were b
27、iased(2).John Zinger was arrested _.（分数：2.00）A.because he was smart as a Philadelphia lawyerB.because he criticized the Governor in the newspaperC.because of his stupidityD.because the Governor was powerful(3).Which of the following statements is true?（分数：2.00）A.In Mr. Hamiltons opinion, Only when t
28、he words are proved slanderous can the writer of the words proved guilty of slander.B.Mr. Zinger was proved innocent because he criticized the tyrannical governor.C.Mr. Zinger made up stories about the governor in the newspaper.D.Nobody wanted to defend Mr. Zinger because he had come from Germany.(4
29、).Mr. Hamilton was considered as a hero because _.（分数：2.00）A.he taught the cruel Governor Cosby a lessonB.his successful defence in the trialC.he defended the freedom of the press to print the truthD.his courage to defend for John Zinger in spite of the tyrannical Governor(5).The purpose of this pas
30、sage is _.（分数：2.00）A.to tell people how the principle of freedom of press was establishedB.to show the significance of the trialC.to tell people where the expression “as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer“ comes fromD.to tell people something special about the Philadelphia lawyerB21-25/BEven plants can
31、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 away-straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley c
32、ame 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 field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest (害虫) problems.Even better, Paleys Re
33、mote 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. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers“. Farme
34、rs 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 technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on pro
35、duce, 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 in the United States, “says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from t
36、he 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：10.00）(1).Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _.（分数：2.00）A.sprayed with pesti
37、cidesB.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 damage to the cropsB.measure the size of the affected areaC.draw a color-coded mapD.locate the pro
38、blem 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 early stage(4).The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some dif
39、ficulties _.（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 _.（分数：2.00）A.the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produceB.growing concern
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45、nsB.real estate companiesC.individual personsD.special construction companies(2).The services provided in the first advertisement do not include _.（分数：2.00）A.demolishing housesB.cleaning up construction sitesC.transporting machinesD.headache curing(3).Golden Touch Construction is _.（分数：2.00）A.a priv
46、ate companyB.a national agencyC.an international cooperationD.charge-free organization(4).Services provided by Golden Touch Construction include _.（分数：2.00）A.kitchen decorationB.bathroom buildingC.bar demolitionD.house purchase(5).Both ads promised to provide _.（分数：2.00）A.insuranceB.cheap priceC.fre
47、e estimatesD.free designing三、BPart Cloze/(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.When television
48、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 U(31) /U themselves to the new medium were technical. When working on radio, for example, they had become U
49、(32) /U to seeing on behalf of the listener. This U(33) /U of seeing for others means that the commentator has to be very good at talking. Above all, he has to be able to U(34) /U a continuous sequence of visual images which U(35) /U meaning to the sounds which the listener hears. In the U(36) /U of television, however, the commentat
