1、2017年在职申硕（同等学力）英语真题试卷及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A,B and C,taken from the dialogue.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER S
2、HEET. 0 A. When is it taking place? B. Is Alan attending? C. Thatll be interesting. Alice: Were having a meeting tomorrow. Can you make it? Kevin: 【 D1】 _ Alice: Were planning at 10 oclock. Is that OK? Kevin: Yes, thatll be fine. Alice: Were going to go over last quarters sales figures. Kevin: Good.
3、 I have some input Id like to make. Alice: Frank is also going to make some suggestions on improving the bottom line. Kevin: 【 D2】 _Hes got keen insights. Alice: Yes, hes going to outline some new sales strategies. Kevin: 【 D3】 _ Alice: No, hes flying to San Francisco and wont be able to make it. Ke
4、vin: Oh well, maybe hell phone in. 1 【 D1】 2 【 D2】 3 【 D3】 4 A. Ill drop by there on my way to class today. B. I thought you liked the apartment. C. Ive decided to look for a new place. Roger: Hello. Ann: Hello Roger? This is Ann. Roger: Oh hi, Ann. How have you been? Hows your new apartment working
5、 out? Ann: Well, thats what Im calling about. You see, 【 D4】 _ Roger: Oh, whats the problem with your place now? 【 D5】 _ Ann: Oh, I do, but its a little far from campus, and the commute is just killing me. Do you think you could help? I thought you might know more about the housing situation near th
6、e school. Roger: Well, I know theres an apartment complex around the corner that seems to have a few vacancies. 【 D6】 _ Ann: Hey, thanks a lot. Roger: No problem. 5 【 D4】 6 【 D5】 7 【 D6】 Section B Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A,
7、B,C and D,taken from the interview.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. 8 A. Thanks, Rachel. B. Thats what we did. C. We were all talking about some TV shows. D. its a real honor to have you here. Maddow: Joining us fo
8、r the interview is Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, former senator, former first lady. Secretary Clinton, 【 D7】 _Thank you for being here. Clinton: Its great to be here with you. 【 D8】 _ Maddow: What does a person do after 11 hours of testimony? Youre the only human being I know of on ear
9、th 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 drinking wine and beer. 【 D9】 _It was great. Maddow: And was it like, “Lets just talk about TV. Lets not talk about what just happened?“ C
10、linton: Yes, yes. 【 D10】 _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. 9 【 D7】 10 【 D8】 11 【 D9】 12 【 D10】 Section A Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase
11、underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 13 The specially developed skin paint will wear off in 2 -4 days, but
12、can be removed instantly with alcohol. （ A） remain （ B） dry （ C） work （ D） disappear 14 She was tired of his constant complaining and didnt want to tolerate him anymore. （ A） catch up to （ B） put up with （ C） come up with （ D） live up to 15 The supporters of either party have rationalized their own
13、opinion in terms of argument. （ A） with regard to （ B） in constant to （ C） in addition to （ D） as opposed to 16 How is it possible that such widespread deception has come to take place right under our noses? （ A） delay （ B） damage （ C） fraud （ D） shock. 17 It is not yet clear whether the decision of
14、 data at the troubled bank was accidental or deliberate. （ A） obvious （ B） intentional （ C） surprising （ D） foolish 18 When required to eat vegetables, many children only do so reluctantly. （ A） automatically （ B） anxiously （ C） obediently （ D） unwillingly 19 Recently, the internet has given rise to
15、 a new type of marketplace. （ A） created （ B） conceived （ C） increased （ D） improved 20 Another 1, 000 workers were dismissed when the machinery plant was in difficulties. （ A） taken off （ B） driven off （ C） put off （ D） laid off 21 Credit creates the false idea that you can own things without payin
16、g for them. （ A） image （ B） illusion （ C） imagination （ D） impression 22 For the audience to better understand the new concept, the professor elaborated it with many examples. （ A） summarized （ B） concluded （ C） classified （ D） explained 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in t
17、his part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 22 Under the right circumsta
18、nces, 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 Prefecture, Japan. “ For a month I had no one to talk to except my dog Baoli,“ h
19、e 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 from the unending anxieties of daily life: “At last I had time to have t
20、ime. “ Terzanis 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. Freud, who linked solitude with anxiety, noted that, “In children the first
21、 fears relating to situations are those of darkness and solitude. “ John Cacioppo, a modem social neuro-scientist who has extensively studied loneliness what he calls “ chronic perceived isolation“ contends that, beyond damaging our thinking powers, isolation can even harm our physical health. But i
22、ncreasingly 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 themselves for support. “ When people are experiencing crisis, its not alwa
23、ys just about you: Its 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 their lives, they are better able to see how theyre shaped by that con
24、text. 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 listen to music and feel that they are deeply in touch with themselves.
25、 “ 23 Tiziano Terzani spent a month alone to_. （ A） embrace isolation （ B） study butterflies （ C） write a book （ D） look after his dog 24 The word “solitude“(Para. 2)is closest in meaning to “_“. （ A） growing anxious （ B） feeling empty （ C） being helpless （ D） staying alone 25 The opinions of Freud
26、and Cacioppo are cited to show that_. （ A） children tend to fear darkness and solitude （ B） solitude pursued by choice can be a therapy （ C） chronic isolation can harm interpersonal relations （ D） solitude has long been linked with negative outcomes 26 According to Jack Fong, the sense of personal c
27、risis may be influenced by_. （ A） an isolated lifestyle （ B） mental disorder （ C） low self-esteem （ D） social context 27 The main idea of the passage is that_. （ A） solitude should be avoided at all costs （ B） anxieties of daily life may cause personal crisis （ C） choosing to spend time alone can be
28、 a blessing （ D） seeking support is useless for tackling personal crisis 27 Science is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered second-class citizens. As Annie Potts of Canterbury University has noted, chickens distinguish among one hundred chicken faces and recogni
29、ze familiar individuals even after months of separations. 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 better)one. Healthy hens may aid friends, and mourn when those friends die. P
30、igs 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. The pigs soon ignores the X carriers in favor of the Os. Then the team switch
31、ed from real-life objects to a 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 reasoning. Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living rela
32、tives, 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 our society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo
33、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, chicken, pigs, goats, and cows, I started to wonder: Will the new science of “f
34、ood animals“ bring an ethical revolution in terms of who we eat? In other words, will the breadth of our ethic start to catch up with the breadth of our science? Animals activists are already there, of course, committed to not eating these animals. But what about the rest of us? Can paying attention
35、 to the thinking and feeling of these animals lead us to make change in who we eat? 28 According to Annie Potts, hens choice of a later and better reward indicates their ability of_. （ A） social interaction （ B） facial recognition （ C） logical reasoning （ D） mutual learning 29 The expression “not-in
36、considerable feat“(Para. 3)shows what pig can do is_. （ A） extraordinary （ B） weird （ C） unique （ D） understandable 30 What is Paragraph 4 mainly about? （ A） The similarities between mammals and humans. （ B） The necessity of long-term studies no mammals. （ C） A change of public attitude to the treat
37、ment of mammals. （ D） A new discovery of how mammals think and feel. 31 What is the authors view on eating “food animals“? （ A） He regrets eating them before. （ B） He considers eating them justifiable. （ C） He is not concerned about the issue. （ D） He calls for a change in what we eat. 32 What is th
38、e best title for the passage? （ A） In Praise of Food Animals （ B） Food Animals in Science Reports （ C） The Inner Lives of Food Animals （ D） Food Animals; Past, Present and Future. 32 Almost eight years ago, the American educator Abraham Flexner published an article entitled The Usefulness of Useless
39、 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 was vital, Flexner said, that these “useless“ efforts should be supported, even if t
40、hey 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 modern thinking,“ he declared. In 1929, Flexner persuaded a wealthy American famil
41、y, 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 fleeing from Nazi Germany, such as Albert Einstein, gathered at the IAS to explore undirecte
42、d ideas. And while some of these, such as Einsteins own work developing his early theory of relativity, did not initially seem valuable, many eventually produced powerful applications(though after many decades). “Without Einsteins theory, our GPS tracking devices would be inaccurate by about seven m
43、iles,“ writes Robbert Dijkgraaf, the current director of the IAS, in the foreword to a newly released reprint of Flexners article. Concepts such as quantum mechanics(量子力学 )or superconductivity also seemed fairly useless at first but yielded huge dividends at a later date. The reason why the IAS is r
44、e-releasing Flexners article now is that scientists such as Dijkgraaf fear this core principle is increasing under threat. The Trump administration has released a projected budget that threatens to reduce funding for the arts, science and educational groups. Many Republicans believe that research is
45、 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 never have boomed were it not for the fact that state funding enabled the development of the Worl
46、d Wide Web, for example. 33 What may be the best title for the passage? （ A） The value of Creative Ideas （ B） The Importance of Basic Research （ C） Innovation in Silicon Valley （ D） In Praise of “Useless“ Endeavors 34 According to Abraham Flexner, what is an important feature of modern thinking? （ A
47、） Curiosity. （ B） Application. （ C） Devotion. （ D） Passion. 35 The “ undirected“ research(Para. 3)refers to research_. （ A） not funded by government agencies （ B） without any practical purpose in mind （ C） with indefinite experimental methods （ D） supported by non-profit organizations 36 Examples of
48、 initially “useless“ research include all of the following EXPECT_. （ A） quantum mechanics （ B） theory of relativity （ C） superconductivity （ D） GPS tracking devices 37 Flexners article was reprinted because_. （ A） businesses in Silicon Valley wish to put pressure on the government （ B） Democrats be
49、lieve that government funding should go to small business （ C） Republicans argue that scientific research should be financed by business （ D） some scientists worry that government will cut its funding 37 In 1902, Georges Melies 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 b
