1、同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语-12 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPaper One/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.A: Please deposit twenty more cents. B: _.（分数：1.00）A.Oh, dear, I dont have any more money. I!1 have to hang up now.B.Deposit twenty more cents. Its an astronomical figure for me.C.Sorry, I didnt owe you twenty more cents.D.S
2、orry, I didnt even have a bank account book.2.A: Has the latest Time magazine arrived yet? Todays already Tuesday. B: _.（分数：1.00）A.Todays already Monday. But it hasnt arrived yet.B.Sorry, its late. Probably not till the day after tomorrow.C.It may arrive on Wednesday.D.Time magazine, so far as I kno
3、w is the most popular for us New Yorkers.3.A: I hear you got a big parking ticket. B: _.（分数：1.00）A.Yeah. I never realized Lot 3 was only for faculty.B.Yeah. But how can I do otherwise?C.Big parking ticket? I promise I have got one.D.Sorry, I have no idea what will happen if I get a big parking ticke
4、t.4.A: Ray, arent you going straight home after school today? B: _.（分数：1.00）A.Yes, I wont be going home until Friday.B.No. I have a class until 1 oclock, and after that Im going to spend a couple of hours at the library before going home.C.Yes. But I am afraid I have to stay for a few hours in the c
5、ity library before going home.D.Yes. If I were you, I wouldnt go home directly.5.A: Its too cold. Are you near the door? B: _.（分数：1.00）A.Oh, yes. I see, I will close the door.B.Oh, yes. What do you need?C.Oh, no. What can I do?D.Oh, is it cold? I dont think so.二、BSection B/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)6.Man: Don
6、t forget to go to see the doctor. Woman: Oh, its just a scratch. Q: What does the woman imply?（分数：1.00）A.She will not see a physician.B.She will scratch her wound.C.She forgot the doctors address.D.She forgot about the scratch.7.Man: Im going to give up the violin. The orchestra rejected me again. W
7、oman: Just because you didnt make it, is that any reason to quit? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?（分数：1.00）A.Practice with the orchestra.B.Try out again next year.C.Reconsider his decisidn.D.Stop nagging(唠叨).8.Man: I heard that Parker Electronics is going to be holding interviews on campus
8、 next week. Woman: Yeah? What day? Id like to talk to them and drop off my rsu. Q: What does the woman want to do?（分数：1.00）A.Get a job on campus.B.Take an electronics course.C.Visit the electronics company.D.Apply for a job with the electronics company.9.Woman: Have you seen Kelly around? We were su
9、pposed to have lunch. Man: Well, her bag is here on the chair. Q: What does the man imply about Kelly?（分数：1.00）A.Shes probably nearby.B.She should pick up her things.C.She forgot her bag.D.She might be having lunch right now.10.Man: I knew Laurie played the piano, but I didnt know she played the gui
10、tar. Woman: Neither did I. It seems she just picked it up on her own, over the summer. Q: What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.Laurie doesnt have much musical talent.B.Laurie taught herself to play the guitar.C.Laurie wants to play music with other people.D.Laurie has a summer job playing guitar.三、BP
11、art Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：5.00)11.Scientists are expected to carry out thoroughgoing studies to back up claims made concerning new drugs.（分数：0.50）A.supportB.elevateC.investigateD.challenge12.The relatively theory is basically made up of two parts: the restricted and the general relativity theory.（分数：0.
12、50）A.fundamentallyB.usuallyC.frequentlyD.approximately13.The daring young man rode through the Indian village trying to find his long-lost sister.（分数：0.50）A.boldB.cowardlyC.persistentD.caring14.Lack of confidence in his own abilities is the chief defect in Mikes character.（分数：0.50）A.defeatB.effectC.
13、weaknessD.device15.Embroidery depicting scenic views became popular in the United States toward the end of the eighteenth century.（分数：0.50）A.statingB.relatingC.portrayingD.celebrating16.The firefighter was commended for his bravery in the big fire.（分数：0.50）A.denouncedB.praisedC.welcomedD.exclaimed17
14、.Did you suspect that the entire episode was an elaborate deception?（分数：0.50）A.decisionB.deathC.invitationD.hoax18.We cant rule out the possibility that he was murdered by his wife.（分数：0.50）A.foreseeB.run outC.excludeD.foretell19.John continued to defy his boss.（分数：0.50）A.avoidB.opposeC.admireD.guid
15、e20.One type of detective story features a brilliant amateur who, by perceptively analyzing motives and clues, solves crimes that are baffling to the police.（分数：0.50）A.revealed byB.predicated byC.alarming toD.perplexing to四、BSection B/B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)21.Countries that traditionally never allowed fo
16、reign students to stay and worklike Germany or the United Kingdomare facing their own labor _ in information technology and relaxing their immigration laws.（分数：0.50）A.cutsB.shortageC.weaknessesD.imports22.A series of _ scandals led to the fall of the government.（分数：0.50）A.degradationB.degeneracyC.co
17、rruptionD.subversion23.In October of this year our Party will _ its Thirteenth National Congress.（分数：0.50）A.conveneB.assembleC.gatherD.meet24.We are prepared to overlook the error on this occasion _ your previous good work.（分数：0.50）A.in the light ofB.thanks toC.with a, view toD.with regard to25.Coul
18、d you possibly _ me at the next committee meeting?（分数：0.50）A.stand in forB.make up forC.fall back onD.keep in with26.Since the early 190s,Swiss banks had prided themselves _ their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts.（分数：0.50）A.inB.onC.withD.under27._ of the financial crisis, all they cou
19、ld do was hold on and hope that things would improve.（分数：0.50）A.At the bottomB.At the heightC.On the topD.In the end28.Numerous experiments have demonstrated that mass is _ to energy.（分数：0.50）A.convertibleB.exchangeableC.transplantableD.conceivable29.Bill looked everywhere for his dictionary but _ h
20、ad to return home without it.（分数：0.50）A.in the endB.at the endC.in the finishD.at the last30.The old scientist decided to move to his core, try home _ his advanced age and poor health.（分数：0.50）A.in the interest ofB.as a result ofC.on account ofD.in support of五、BPart Reading (总题数：5，分数：30.00)BPassage
21、One/BAfter flexing its mechanical arm and finding some puzzling chemistry in a patch of Martian soil,the robotic rover Spirit began investigating the composition of a rock named Adirondack yesterday with two science instruments and a microscopic camera.Following programmed instructions from flight c
22、ontrollers, the six-wheel rover made several short turns and moved forward about six feet. It stopped within inches of the pyramid-shaped rock, about the size of a football. It was the vehicles second maneuver on the Martian surface since landing there on Jan. 3.Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Labo
23、ratory in Pasadena, Calif., said they did not expect results of the first rock examination until early today. But they were already both pleased and puzzled over the soil test results.“Were starting to put together a picture of what the soil at Gusev is really like,“ Dr. Steven W. Squyres of Cornell
24、, the principal scientist of the mission, said at a news conference in Pasadena. He was referring to the Spirits landing site in Gusev crater, near the Martian equator. Two of the Spirits main science instruments, the M6ssbauer spectrometer and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, made a close exa
25、mination of soil near the landing base.German scientists in charge of the studies reported that X-rays emitted by the surface soil indicated a chemical composition mainly of silicon and iron, with smaller amounts of sulfur, chlorine and argon. Argon is a noble gas that is part of the Martian atmosph
26、ere. Previous Martian sites visited by landing craft also contained significant amounts of sulfur and chlorine.Other members of the projects science team said the M6ssbauer spectrometer found considerable amounts of the mineral olivine in the soil. Olivine, which contains oxygen, iron and magnesium,
27、 is often found in volcanic rocks. The Martian soil may resemble the volcanic soil of Hawaii.“One possibility is that this soil is simply ground-up lava,“ Dr. Squyres said. “That would surprise me, but its entirely possible that beneath .those grains there is solid rock and we are detecting some of
28、that solid rock, not the s0il.“Another property of the soil perplexed geologists. The fine grains of the Gusev surface seem to stick together in dry clumps. Geologists suspected static electricity as the clinging force. If so, they said, the soil should collapse and flatten out when the M6ssbauer sp
29、ectrometer pressed against the ground. Nothing collapsed, leading Dr. Squyres to ask what force was. responsible for holding them together.（分数：6.00）(1).How many pieces of equipment is the robotic rover Spirit, armed with and what are their names?（分数：1.00）A.Two. They are the mechanical arm and the mi
30、croscopic camera.B.Three. They are the two science instruments and a microscopic camera.C.Four. They are the two science instruments, a microscopic camera and the flight controller.D.Five. They are the two science instruments, the two flight controllers and a microscopic camera and the flight contro
31、ller.(2).“But they were already both ,pleased and puzzled over the soil test results“ in Para. 3 can best be used to mean _.（分数：1.00）A.they felt both happy and satisfactory over the test resultsB.they didnt expect to find the wonderful resultsC.they wanted very much to do more research over the rock
32、sD.they were glad to see the results but they cant explain them(3).From the context, it can be concluded that olivine must be _.（分数：1.00）A.a kind of volcanic soil containing lava and mineral rockB.a kind of volcanic rock with its main content of lava and magnesiumC.a kind of rock mainly consisting o
33、f oxygen, iron and magnesiumD.a kind of oxygen with iron and magnesium(4).German scientists in charge of the studies _.（分数：1.00）A.thought that the surface soil of Mars is mainly composed of silicon and iron, with a bit of sulfur, chlorine and argonB.doubted if there is any content of silicon and iro
34、n, with a bit more of sulfur, chlorine and argonC.confirmed that the Martian surface emitted X-rays, which indicated the main composition of the Martian soilD.indicated that the surface soil of Mars has a main chemical composition of silicon and iron(5).The last paragraph is mainly aimed at _.（分数：1.
35、00）A.explaining the nature of the fine grains of the Gusev surfaceB.discussing what force was responsible for holding them togetherC.presenting the perplexion of the geologists on the existence of the static force on the MarsD.introducing the main points of view on the static force on the Mars(6).Wh
36、ich of the following can be the best title of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.A Brief Introduction to the Research Work of the Science TeamB.The Difference of the Geologists on the Composition of a Rock on MarsC.What Force Stick Together the fine grains of the Gusev SurfaceD.The Spirit Began to Study the Com
37、position of a Rock on MarsBPassage Two/BFor over 30 years, Donald Kroodsma has worked to disclose such mysteries of bird communication. Through field studies and laboratory experiments, hes studied the ecological and social forces that may have contributed to the evolution of vocal learning. Kroodsm
38、a has paid particular attention to local variation in song types, known as dialects. The Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus)on Marthas Vineyard, for example, have an entirely different song than their counterparts on the Massachusetts mainland, he says. Birds that live on the boundary betwe
39、en two dialects or that spend time in different areas can become “bilingual,“ learning the; songs of more than one group of neighbors. Recently, Kroodsma discovered that the Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) is constantly changing its song, creating what he calls a “rapid cultural evo
40、lution within each generation. “This kind of song evolution is found in whales but, up until now, rarely in birds.A professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Kroodsma is also co-editor of the book Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds (Cornell University
41、Press, 1996). Though he plans to continue his field studies, he says that one of his most important goals now is to help people understand how to listen to birdsong. “Many people can identify a Wood Thrush(Hylocichla mustelina)when they hear it. Its one of the most beautiful songs in the world, “he
42、says. “Little do they realize they could hear the things that Wood Thrush is communicating if they just knew how to listen.“ Next is an interview made between an amateur of bird songs(SA)and Donald Kroodsma.SA: Can you make any comparison between how a baby bird learns to sing and how a young human
43、learns to speak?DK: On the surface, its remarkably similar. I often play a tape of my daughter, recorded when she was about a year and a half old. She is taking all the sounds she knows, “bow-wow, kitty, no, down” and randomly piecing them together in a nonsensical babbling sequence. Then I play a t
44、ape of a young bird and dissect what its doing in what we call its “subsong,“ and its exactly the same thing.Its taking all the sounds it has memorized, all the sounds it has been exposed to, and singing them in a random sequence. It looks like what the baby human and the baby bird are doing is iden
45、tical. Some might say thats a crass comparison, but its very intriguing. SA: Why do the song repertoires(全部技能)and dialects of some birds vary from place to place?DK: For the species of birds that do not learn their songs, I like to think of it simplistically as the song being encoded right in their
46、DNA. With these birds, if we find differences in their songs from place to place, it means that the DNA has changed too, that the populations are genetically different.But there are species in which the songs are not encoded in the DNA. Then we have something very similar to humans, in which speech
47、is learned and varies from place to place. If you were raised in Germany, for example, youd be speaking German rather than English with no change in your genes. So with the birds that learn their songs, you get these striking differences from place to place because the birds have learned the local d
48、ialect.SA: How is this affected by whether a bird is nomadic? DK: If you know the rest of your life youre going to be speaking English, you work hard at learning English. But what if you know that youll be repeatedly thrown in with people speaking different languages from all over the world? You sta
49、rt to see the enormous challenge it would be to learn the language or dialect of all these different locations. So I think for nomadic birds like Sedge Wrens Cistothorus platensis, because they are thrown together with different birds every few months from all over the geographic range, they dont bother to imitate the songs of their immediate neighbors. They make up some kind of generalized son
