1、同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语-20 (1)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: I heard 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
2、happen if I get a big parking ticket.2.A: You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars.B: _. I was reading that there are about millions of cars in our country now.（分数：1.00）A.Yes. We are mad with cars and we are called the country on wheels.B.Yeah, I guess thats true. The co
3、untry is becoming one big parking lot.C.Thats ridiculous for you to say so!D.You are exaggerating!3.A: Reservations. How may I help you?B: _（分数：1.00）A.OK, my name is David Johnson. My telephone number is 4210888.B.Thank you. Could you connect me to 4210888?C.Im afraid you cant help me. Thank you any
4、way.D.Id like to confirm a room for next Saturday.4.A: Can I borrow your geography notes from Professor Johnsons class?.B: _（分数：1.00）A.I beg your pardon. But why dont you ask Betty for it?B.What do you need it for? You can have it anytime you like.C.Sure. I need it too. Here you are.D.Sorry, I am us
5、ing it myself. You can have it later.5.A: _B: Well, its 250 dollars a month, including heating.（分数：1.00）A.How much does the heating cost?B.Will it be cheaper to have a heater?C.How do you pay the rent for your apartment?D.How about the apartment you are renting?二、BSection B/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)6.Man: Wh
6、oops! Did any of my coffee just spill on you?Woman: Ouch! Its hot! Is that all you have to say?Question: What does the woman imply?（分数：1.00）A.She doesnt like to drink coffee.B.Shes not upset by the accident.C.The man should apologize.D.The man has spilled coffee on her before.7.Man: The coat you tri
7、ed on was really nice and reasonably priced.Woman: Id have bought it right away if they had had it in my size.Question: What can be inferred about the woman?（分数：1.00）A.She didnt buy the coat.B.She was glad the coat fitted her so well.C.She thought the coat was overpriced. It cost a leg and an arm.D.
8、She bought the coat on sale.8.Woman: Did you watch our Professor Stiller on TV last night?Man: I almost missed it! But my mother just happened to be watching at home and gave me a call.Question: What does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.He watched the television program with his mother.B.His mother told him
9、 his professor was on television.C.Answering the phone caused him to miss the television program.D.His mother missed the television program.9.Man: I have to call an ambulance immediately.Woman: Whats up?Question: What does the woman want to know?（分数：1.00）A.Why does the man want to be hospitalized?B.
10、Why does the man need an ambulance?C.Which ambulance does the man need to get?D.What makes the man feel so nervous?10.Woman: How did Ellen do on her math test?Man: She passed it with flying colors.Question: What is the man saying about Ellen?（分数：1.00）A.Now Ellen can fly a plane.B.Ellen had a wonderf
11、ul score on her test.C.Ellen had a narrow pass.D.Ellen hates math.三、BPart Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：5.00)11.Meanwhile, I always kept in touch with my former professor at college.（分数：0.50）A.kept in contact withB.kept pace withC.had an idea ofD.exchanged letters with12.Author Leo once talked about his admira
12、tion for cooking expert Julia.（分数：0.50）A.esteemB.opinionC.regardD.wishes13.In most high schools, boys and girls attend the same classes, except in health education,- where they are segregated.（分数：0.50）A.classifiedB.organizedC.decomposedD.separated14.The president is often awakened by a noisy crowd w
13、hich assembles on the White House.（分数：0.50）A.concentratesB.packsC.squeezesD.gathers15.Prior to his appointment as foreign minister, Mr. Li was the vice minister of foreign affairs.（分数：0.50）A.AfterB.BeforeC.DuringD.Previous16.Most lecturers find it expedient to use notes when addressing to graduate s
14、tudents.（分数：0.50）A.troublesomeB.expensiveC.usefulD.improper17.The government has a policy of fostering the public awareness of the dangers in smoking.（分数：0.50）A.encouragingB.discoveringC.hinderingD.emphasizing18.Their business Uflourished/U when they moved to downtown area.（分数：0.50）A.prevailedB.fail
15、edC.boomedD.injured19.Some people prefer to remain anonymous when they call the police to report a crime.（分数：0.50）A.undisturbedB.unnoticedC.unrecordedD.unnamed20.The landscape can change abruptly after a rainstorm in the desert in Xinjiang.（分数：0.50）A.sharplyB.suddenlyC.favorablyD.slightly四、BSection
16、B/B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)21.For these reasons, the newspaper is having _ problems in the north of the country.（分数：0.50）A.distributionB.regulationC.recognitionD.destruction22.During the past years the _ of automobile accidents in New York City has decreased.（分数：0.50）A.degreeB.quantityC.numberD.amount23.The
17、 contract is _ unless it is officially stamped.（分数：0.50）A.invalidB.invaluableC.preciousD.deliberate24.Like some foreigners, I ask a lot of questions, some of which are insultingly silly. But everyone I _ has answered those questions with patience and honesty.（分数：0.50）A.come acrossB.come byC.come ove
18、rD.come into25.“Since we are exchanging _, I too have a secret to reveal,“ said Mary.（分数：0.50）A.transferencesB.transactionsC.confidencesD.promises26.The brave firemen had fought for days before they managed to _ the forest fire.（分数：0.50）A.put onB.put up withC.put offD.put out27.The local people were
19、 joyfully surprised to find the prices of vegetables no longer _ according to the weather.（分数：0.50）A.evaluatedB.convertedC.fluctuatedD.modified28.It was very difficult to build a power station in the deep valley, but it _ as we had hoped.（分数：0.50）A.came offB.went offC.brought outD.made out29._ being
20、 fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill.（分数：0.50）A.Rather thanB.Apart fromC.Instead ofD.Owing to30.The idea of being evaluated by _ makes some managers uneasy.（分数：0.50）A.substanceB.subsidyC.subordinatesD.subsequence五、BPart Reading (总题数：5，分数：25.00)BPassage One/BIt may look like just a
21、nother playgroup, but a unique educational center in Manhattan is really giving babies something to talk about. “Its a school to teach languages to babies and young children with games, songs-some of the classes also have arts and crafts,“ said Francois Thibaut, the founder of the Language Workshop
22、for Children, a place where babies become bilingual.Children as young as few months are exposed to French and Spanish before many of them can even speak English. Educators use special songs and visual (视觉的) aids to ensure that when a child is ready to talk, the languages will not be so foreign. “Chi
23、ldren have a unique capacity to learn many languages at the same time,“ said Thibaut. “Already at nine months, a child can tell the differences between the sounds he or she has heard since birth and the sounds he or she has never heard yet.“ Thibaut says the best time to expose children to language
24、is from birth to 3 years old. For the last 30 years, the school has been using what it calls the Thibarut Technique, a system that combines language lessons with childs play.“I always wanted to learn Spanish, but by the time I got to high school it was too late to pick it up and speak fluently,“ sai
25、d Marc Lazare, who enrolled his son at the school. “I figured at this age, two, its a perfect time for him to learn.“Aside from learning a language, the kids also gain a tremendous sense of confidence. One young student boasted that aside from French, she can speak five languages (though that includ
26、ed “monkey“ and “lion“). The school gives children the tools to communicate, and sometimes that gives them an advantage over their parents. “I think they sometimes speak French when they think I wont understand them,“ said parent Foster Gibbons.Depending on the age group, classes run from 45 minute
27、up to 2 hours. Even when students are not in class, the program is designed to make sure the learning continues at home. Tapes and books are included so kids can practice on their own.（分数：5.00）(1).The word “bilingual“ in the first paragraph probably means _（分数：1.00）A.capable of using two languagesB.
28、both clever and confidentC.aware of their own limitations and strengthsD.independent of their parents(2).The passage tells us that the best time for a child to learn languages is _（分数：1.00）A.before seven years oldB.from birth to three years oldC.in his childhoodD.in his teens(3).According to Thibaut
29、, it is possible _（分数：1.00）A.for children to take advantage of their parents by using a foreign languageB.to expose children to a foreign language after they can speak EnglishC.to combine language lessons with sports gamesD.for children to learn several languages at the same time(4).The school teach
30、es language by _（分数：1.00）A.exposing children to the new environmentB.using modern facilities and equipmentC.combining language lessons with gamesD.giving children confidence(5).The best title for this text is _（分数：1.00）A.A Unique Language School for ChildrenB.The Foreign Language for Children to Lea
31、rnC.Special Songs and Visual Aids in LearningD.The Best Way to Learn a Foreign LanguageBPassage Two/BWhen I was home in Britain on holiday last summer, I spent an evening looking at photos my father had taken when he stayed with us in Beijing in the spring of 1966. Of all these interesting scenes of
32、 the past, the one I exclaimed at was a photo of Chang An Jie at Tiananmen. The photo showed one car and two bicycles!This made me reflect on the changes that have transformed Beijing since I came to the city 37 years ago. In those days, the bicycle was king. What sheer joy it was to cycle along wit
33、h the hundreds (not thousands) of fellow pedallers (骑车人), never in fear of life and limb as one is now. I bought my first bike in 1963. It cost me 150 yuan-in those days three or four months salary for the average city dweller.Such changes! Good or bad? Today, cycling is hazardous but bikes are easi
34、ly affordable. Gone are the old wooden houses I remember in south Beijing and fast disappearing are the small, overcrowded courtyard houses lacking running water, central heating and bathroom. Very many Beijingers now live in more convenient, better-equipped flats in high-rises. But these very high-
35、rises are swallowing up the unique character of the old city of narrow hutongs, age-old siheyuan and close-knit communities.I loved years ago to cycle to Beihai to visit my friends (I then taught at China Foreign Affairs University). In spring I rode through the blue-green wheat fields, in summer th
36、rough fields of tall maize (玉米). Further west; beyond Beijing Foreign Studies University there were the vegetable fields of the Evergreen Commune (四季青公社) and the rice paddies glistening in the summer sun. But now, as Beijing stretches out further and further, west, east, north, south, theres decent
37、housing for families, busy offices for employment and large department stores and supermarkets where, if you have the money, theres little you cannot buy.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the principal purpose for the author to write this article?（分数：1.00）A.To make a comparison between the past and the present.B
38、.To honor her father.C.To criticize the past.D.To criticize the present.(2).What is the authors attitude towards the change?（分数：1.00）A.She was indifferent to the changes.B.She preferred the past to the present.C.She was amazed at the changes.D.She believed that the changes were good.(3).What did the
39、 author mainly do in China?（分数：1.00）A.She was a teacher.B.She was a visiting farmer.C.She was a journalist writing articles about China.D.She was a business woman helping her father with his business.(4).What can be inferred about the 1960s according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The bikes were more exp
40、ensive than it is today.B.Peoples salary was very low.C.Most people could afford a bike.D.People lived in courtyard houses with very good equipment.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true according the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The author has worked in China for 37 years.B.Cycling is not as safe
41、as it was in the 1960s.C.The unique character of the old Beijing is disappearing.D.You cannot buy anything you like though you have money.BPassage Three/BThe wandering ship was a dramatic symbol for a problem plaguing our age. In 1987, the ship, loaded with thousands of tons of New York garbage, spe
42、nt weeks wandering from one port to another in search of a dump before finally returning home, mission unaccomplished.New York, like other communities throughout the world is running out of space to put its trash. As throwaway societies, the US and other industrialized countries expect their garbage
43、 to be picked up by trucks that magically transported the refuse to some out-of-sight incinerator(焚化炉) or dump. But in the developing counties of Asia, Africa and Latin America, thousands of tons of trash collected daily are thrown into open dumps, where it feeds huge populations of rats that swarm
44、through poor neighborhoods.“The world is literally swimming in garbage,“ says a scientist, “Communities worldwide are being forced to confront the problem.“ Green Peace spokesman Bryan Bence adds, “The crisis in garbage stems in part from the fact that weve ignored long-term disposal problem in favo
45、r of cheap quick fixes.“The garbage glut (过选剩) has inspired many communities in the U.S., Japan and Western Europe to start recycling programs. Once considered a curious counter culture activity recycling has moved firmly into the mainstream.Recycling involves separating usable products from trash,
46、processing them so they can be substituted for more expensive raw materials and returning them to the marketplace as parts of new products. Many countries now have mandatory recycling programs, and others plan to follow the trend soon. Most notably, Japan has stood out as a model and leader of the w
47、aste management trend, recycling an estimated 65 percent of its waste. “Thats what we should do, to the garbage crisis“, says David Antonioli, a staff member with the New York Public Interest Research Corp. “The earth is not a dump!“（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following state
48、ments is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.The American ship eventually found a port and dumped its garbage before it returned home.B.Throwaway societies dont need to transport their refuse and garbage to incinerator because they have a lot of space to put them.C.The wandering ship with garbage reflected the fact tha
49、t garbage problem became very serious.D.The huge populations of rats swarm through poor neighborhood in many Western European countries because the garbage is thrown into the open dumps.(2).According to Green Peace spokesman Bryan Bence, the crisis in garbage stem in part from _（分数：1.00）A.the fact that we produce too much garbageB.the fact that weve ignored long-term effect of disposal problemsC
