1、同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语真题 2017年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Paper One(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part Oral Communic(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：2，分数：6.00)A. When is it taking place? B. Is Alan attending? C. That“ll be interesting. Alice: We“re having a meeting tomorrow. Can you make it? Kevin: 1 Alice: We“re planning
2、 at 10 o“clock. Is that OK? Kevin: Yes, that“ll be fine. Alice: We“re going to go over last quarter“s sales figures. Kevin: Good. I have some input I“d like to make. Alice: Frank is also going to make some suggestions on improving the bottom line. Kevin: 2 He“s got keen insights. Alice: Yes, he“s go
3、ing to outline some new sales strategies. Kevin: 3 Alice: No, he“s flying to San Francisco and won“t be able to make it. Kevin: Oh well, maybe he“ll phone in.（分数：3.00）A. I“ll drop by there on my way to class today. B. I thought you liked the apartment. C. I“ve decided to look for a new place. Roger:
4、 Hello. Ann: Hello Roger? This is Ann. Roger: Oh hi, Ann. How have you been? How“s your new apartment working out? Ann: Well, that“s what I“m calling about. You see, 4 Roger: Oh, what“s the problem with your place now? 5 Ann: Oh, I do, but it“s a little far from campus, and the commute is just killi
5、ng me. Do you think you could help? I thought you might know more about the housing situation near the school. Roger: Well, I know there“s an apartment complex around the corner that seems to have a few vacancies. 6 Ann: Hey, thanks a lot. Roger: No problem.（分数：3.00）四、Section B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)A. Than
6、ks, Rachel. B. That“s what we did. C. we were all talking about some TV shows. D. it“s a real honor to have you here. Maddow: Joining us now for the interview is Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, former senator, former first lady. Secretary Clinton, 1 Thank you for being here. Clinton: It“
7、s great to be here with you. 2 Maddow: What does a person do after 11 hours of testimony? You“re the only human being I know of on Earth that has done 11 straight hours. What did you do after that? Clinton: Well, I had my whole team come over to my house and we sat around eating Indian food and drin
8、king wine and beer. 3 It was great. Maddow: And was it like, “Let“s just talk about TV, let“s not talk about what just happened?“ Clinton: Yes. Yes, 4 It was great just to have that chance to thank them because they did a terrific job, you know, kind of being there behind me and getting me ready.（分数
9、：4.00）五、Part Vocabulary(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.The specially developed skin paint will wear off in 2-4 days, but can be removed instantly with alcohol.（分数：1.00）A.remainB.dryC.workD.disappear2.She was tired of his constant complaining and didn“t want to tolerate him anymore.（分数：1.00）A.catch up toB.put up
10、withC.come up withD.live up to3.The supporters of either party have rationalized their own opinion in terms of argument.（分数：1.00）A.with regard toB.in contrast toC.in addition toD.as opposed to4.How is it possible that such widespread deception has come to take place fight under our noses?（分数：1.00）A.
11、delayB.damageC.fraudD.shock5.It is not yet clear whether the deletion of data at the troubled bank was accidental or deliberate .（分数：1.00）A.obviousB.intentionalC.surprisingD.foolish6.When required to eat vegetables, many children only do so reluctantly .（分数：1.00）A.automaticallyB.anxiouslyC.obedientl
12、yD.unwillingly7.Recently, the Internet has given rise to a new type of marketplace.（分数：1.00）A.createdB.conceivedC.increasedD.improved8.Another 1,000 workers were dismissed when the machinery plant was in difficulties.（分数：1.00）A.taken offB.driven offC.put offD.laid off9.Credit creates the false idea
13、that you can own things without paying for them.（分数：1.00）A.imageB.illusionC.imaginationD.impression10.For the audience to better understand the new concept, the professor elaborated it with many examples.（分数：1.00）A.summarizedB.concludedC.classifiedD.explained六、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Sect
14、ion A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Under the right circumstances, choosing to spend time alone can be a huge psychological blessing. In the 1980s, the Italian journalist and author Tiziano Terzani, after many years of reporting across Asia, holed himself up in a cabin in Ibaraki Prefect
15、ure, Japan. “For a month I had no one to talk to except my dog Baoli,“ he wrote in his book A Fortune Teller Told Me . Terzani passed the time with books, observing nature, “listening to the winds in the trees, watching butterflies, enjoying silence.“ For the first time in a long while he felt free
16、from the unending anxieties of daily life: “At last I had time to have time.“ Terzani“s embrace of isolation was relatively unusual: Humans have long considered solitude an inconvenience, something to avoid, a punishment, a realm of loners. Science has often associated it with negative outcomes. Fre
17、ud, who linked solitude with anxiety, noted that, “in children the first fears relating to situations are those of darkness and solitude.“ John Cacioppo, a modern social neuro-scientist who has extensively studied lonelinesswhat he calls “chronic perceived isolation“contends that, beyond damaging ou
18、r thinking powers, isolation can even harm our physical health. But increasingly scientists are approaching solitude as something that, when pursued by choice, can prove a therapy. This is especially true in times of personal disorder, when the instinct is often for people to reach outside of themse
19、lves for support. “When people are experiencing crisis it“s not always just about you. It“s about how you are in society,“ explains Jack Fong, a sociologist at California State Polytechnic University who has studied solitude. In other words, when people remove themselves from the social context of t
20、heir lives, they are better able to see how they“re shaped by that context. Thomas Merton, a monk and writer who spent years alone, held a similar notion. “We cannot see things in perspective until we cease to hug them to our breast,“ he writes in Thoughts in Solitude . “People can go for a walk or
21、listen to music and feel that they are deeply in touch with themselves.“（分数：5.00）(1).Tiziano Terzani spent a month alone to _.（分数：1.00）A.embrace isolationB.study butterfliesC.write a bookD.look after his dog(2).The word “solitude“ (Para. 2) is closest in meaning to _.（分数：1.00）A.growing anxiousB.feel
22、ing emptyC.being helplessD.staying alone(3).The opinions of Freud and Cacioppo are cited to show that _.（分数：1.00）A.children tend to fear darkness and solitudeB.solitude pursued by choice can be a therapyC.chronic isolation can harm interpersonal relationsD.solitude has long been linked with negative
23、 outcomes(4).According to Jack Fong, the sense of personal crisis may be influenced by _.（分数：1.00）A.an isolated lifestyleB.mental disorderC.low self-esteemD.social context(5).The main idea of the passage is that _.（分数：1.00）A.solitude should be avoided at all costsB.anxieties of daily life may cause
24、personal crisisC.choosing to spend time alone can be a blessingD.seeking support is useless for tackling personal crisis九、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Science is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered second-class citizens. As Annie Potts of Canterbury University has
25、 noted, chickens distinguish among one hundred chicken faces and recognize familiar individuals even after months of separation. When given problems to solve, they reason: hens trained to pick colored buttons sometimes choose to give up an immediate (lesser) food reward for a slightly later (and bet
26、ter) one. Healthy hens may aid friends, and mourn when those friends die. Pigs respond meaningfully to human symbols. When a research team led by Candace Croney at Penn State University carried wooden blocks marked with X and O symbols around pigs, only the O carriers offered food to the animals. Th
27、e pigs soon ignored the X carriers in favor of the O“s. Then the team switched from real-life objects to T-shirts printed with X or O symbols. Still, the pigs ventured only toward the O-shirted people: they had transferred their knowledge to a two-dimensional format, a not-inconsiderable feat of rea
28、soning. Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living relatives, cetaceans (鲸目动物) too are masters of cultural learning, and elephants express profound joy and mourning with their social companions. Long-term studies in the wild on these mammals helped to fuel a perspective shift in o
29、ur society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedures in laboratories, elephants forced to perform in circuses, and dolphins kept in small tanks at theme parks. Over time, though, as I began to broaden out even further and explore the inner lives of fish, chic
30、ken, pigs, goats, and cows, I started to wonder: Will the new science of “food animals“ bring an ethical revolution in terms of who we eat? In other words, will the breadth of our ethics start to catch up with the breadth of our science? Animal activists are already there, of course, committed to no
31、t eating these animals. But what about the rest of us? Can paying attention to the thinking and feeling of these animals lead us to make changes in who we eat?（分数：5.00）(1).According to Annie Potts, hens“ choice of a later and better reward indicates their ability of _.（分数：1.00）A.social interactionB.
32、facial recognitionC.logical reasoningD.mutual learning(2).The expression “not-inconsiderable feat“ (Para. 3) shows what pigs can do is _.（分数：1.00）A.extraordinaryB.weirdC.uniqueD.understandable(3).What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.The similarities between mammals and humans.B.The necessity
33、of long-term studies on mammals.C.A change of public attitude to the treatment of mammals.D.A new discovery of how mammals think and feel.(4).What is the author“s view on eating “food animals“?（分数：1.00）A.He regrets eating them before.B.He considers eating them justifiable.C.He is not concerned about
34、 the issue.D.He calls for a change in what we eat.(5).What is the best title for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.In Praise of Food AnimalsB.Food Animals in Science ReportsC.The Inner Lives of Food AnimalsD.Food Animals: Past, Present and Future十、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Almost eight decades ago, the Ameri
35、can educator Abraham Flexner published an article entitled The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge . In it, he argued that the most powerful intellectual and technological breakthroughs usually emerged from research that initially appeared “useless“, without much relevance to real life. As a result, it
36、was vital, Flexner said, that these “useless“ efforts should be supported, even if they did not produce an immediate payback, because otherwise the next wave of innovation simply would not occur. “Curiosity, which may or may not produce something useful, is probably the outstanding characteristic of
37、 modem thinking,“ he declared. In 1929, Flexner persuaded a wealthy American family, the Bambergers, to use some of their donations to fund the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at Princeton to support exactly this kind of “ undirected “ research. And it paid off: brilliant Jewish scientists fleein
38、g from Nazi Germany, such as Albert Einstein, gathered at the IAS to explore undirected ideas. And while some of these, such as Einstein“s own work developing his earlier theory of relativity, did not initially seem valuable, many eventually produced powerful applications (though after many decades)
39、. “Without Einstein“s theory, our GPS tracking devices would be inaccurate by about seven miles,“ writes Robbert Dijkgraaf, the current director of the IAS, in the foreword to a newly released reprint of Flexner“s article. Concepts such as quantum mechanics (量子力学) or superconductivity also seemed fa
40、irly useless at firstbut yielded huge dividends at a later date. The reason why the IAS is re-releasing Flexner“s article now is that scientists such as Dijkgraaf fear this core principle is increasingly under threat. The Trump administration has released a projected budget that threatens to reduce
41、funding for the arts, science and educational groups. Many Republicans believe that research is better financed by business or philanthropists (慈善家) than by government. But one striking fact about the past century is how much American innovation originated in federal projects; Silicon Valley would n
42、ever have boomed were it not for the fact that state funding enabled the development of the World Wide Web, for example.（分数：5.00）(1).What may be the best title for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The Value of Creative IdeasB.The Importance of Basic ResearchC.Innovation in Silicon ValleyD.In Praise of “Useles
43、s“ Endeavors(2).According to Abraham Flexner, what is an important feature of modem thinking?（分数：1.00）A.Curiosity.B.Application.C.Devotion.D.Passion.(3).The “undirected“ research (Para. 3) refers to research _.（分数：1.00）A.not funded by government agenciesB.without any practical purpose in mindC.with
44、indefinite experimental methodsD.supported by non-profit organizations(4).Examples of initially “useless“ research include all of the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.quantum mechanicsB.theory of relativityC.superconductivityD.GPS tracking devices(5).Flexner“s article was reprinted because _.（分数：1.00）A
45、.businesses in Silicon Valley wish to put pressure on the governmentB.Democrats believe that government funding should go to small businessesC.Republicans argue that scientific research should be financed by businessesD.some scientists worry that government will cut its funding for basic research十一、
46、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In 1902, Georges Mlis made and released a movie called A Trip to the Moon . In this movie, the spaceship was a small capsule, shaped like a bullet, that was loaded into a giant cannon and aimed at the moon. This movie was based on a book that came out many years earlier by
47、 an author named Jules Verne. One of the fans of the book was a Russian man, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. The book made him think. Could one really shoot people out of a cannon and have them get safely to the moon? He decided one couldn“t, but it got him thinking of other ways one could get people to the
48、 moon. He spent his life considering this problem and came up with many solutions. Some of Tsiolkovsky“s solutions gave scientists in America and Russia ideas when they began to think about space travel. They also thought about airplanes they and other people had made, and even big bombs that could
49、fly themselves very long distances. Many scientists spent years working together to solve the problem. They drew and discussed different designs until they agreed on the ones that were the best. Then, they built small models of those designs, and tested and tested them until they felt ready to build even bigger models. They made full-scale rockets, which they launched without any people inside, to test for safety. Often the rockets weren“t safe, and they exploded fight there on the launch pad, or shot off in crazy directions like a b
