1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-246 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.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.bold2.A survey was carried out on the death rate of new-born babies in that region, _ were surpri
2、sing.（分数：2.00）A.as resultsB.which resultsC.the results of itD.the results of which3.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.The basic features of the communication process are identi
3、fied in one question: Who says _ through what channel to whom?（分数：2.00）A.howB.whenC.whatD.such5.In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _ Europe into a great war.（分数：2.00）A.insertedB.imposedC.pitchedD.plunged6.American football and baseball are becoming known to
4、 the British public through televised _ from the United States.（分数：2.00）A.transferB.deliveriesC.transportationD.transmissions7.The bank is reported in the local newspaper _ in broad daylight yesterday.（分数：2.00）A.being robbedB.having been robbedC.to have been robbedD.robbed8.A persons calorie require
5、ments vary _ his life.（分数：2.00）A.acrossB.throughoutC.overD.within9.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 smile10.Agriculture was a step in human progress _ which subsequently there was not anythin
6、g comparable until our own machine age.（分数：2.00）A.inB.forC.toD.from二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、11-15(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Concern 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 ar
7、e working 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 t
8、he “typical“ 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.
9、 This 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 styl
10、e. What 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, tensi
11、on, and 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 rea
12、cted 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 t
13、hat a 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.Tast(2).Which of the following is not related to the new French way of life?（分数：2.00）A.Shorter lunch hour
14、.B.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
15、数：2.00）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 followin
16、g best 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 lif四、16-20(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Man have often been praised by being told that they were as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer.
17、 No one knows why 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
18、 wanted to make 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
19、Cosby arrested Mr. 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 ye
20、ars old.The trial 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 tol
21、d the court he was 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. Ot
22、herwise Mr. Zinger 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 fi
23、nal statement to 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 g
24、uilty and cheers 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 th
25、e expression “as 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 tyr
26、antD.they were biased(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 opin
27、ion, Only when the 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
28、 from Germany.(4).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 pur
29、pose of this passage 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 lawyer五、21-25(
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31、ites, physicist Stephen Paley came 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)
32、problems.Even better, Paleys Remote 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 plan
33、ts were running “fevers“. Farmers 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
34、concern about pesticides on produce, 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 Jacks
35、on, who recently retired from the 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
36、_.（分数：2.00）A.sprayed with pesticidesB.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
37、color-coded mapD.locate the problem 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 t
38、o agriculture met with some difficulties _.（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
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46、ovide _.（分数：2.00）A.insuranceB.cheap priceC.free estimatesD.free designing七、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：20.00)When television 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
47、trying to (31) themselves to the new medium were technical. When working on radio, for example, they had become (32) to seeing on behalf of the listener. This (33) of seeing for others means that the commentator has to be very good at talking. Above all, he has to be able to (34) a continuous sequen
48、ce of visual images which (35) meaning to the sounds which the listener hears. In the (36) of television, however, the commentator sees everything with the viewer.His role, therefore, is completely different. He is there to make (37) that the viewer does not miss some point of interest, to help him
49、focus on particular things, and to (38) the images on the television screen. Unlike his radio colleague, he must know the (39) of silence and how to use it at those moments (40) the pictures speak for themselves.（分数：20.00）A.turnB.adaptC.alterD.modifyA.experiencedB.determinedC.establishedD.accustomedA.efficiencyB.technologyC.artD.performanceA.inspireB.createC.causeD.perceiveA.addB.applyC.affectD.reflectA.occasionB.eventC.factD
