1、在职申硕（同等学力）英语模拟试卷 104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 SH
2、EET. 0 A. By the door, on the wall B. Im shaking all over C. Why do you need a shovel Liz: Geez ！ Your room is like an ice-box! Terri: No, its not! Its just comfortable. Liz: Yeah, if youre a polar bear. Just look at me!【 D1】 _ ! Terri: But you dont have to stay here. I think youre exaggerating! Liz
3、: No, Im not! Wheres the temperature control? Terri:【 D2】 _ Liz: No wonder Im cold! This thing is set at 171! Terri: Like I saidperfect! Liz: If you live in Alaska. By the way, wheres the shovel? Terri:【 D3】 _? Liz: So I can dig us out when it starts snowing here. 1 【 D1】 2 【 D2】 3 【 D3】 3 A. that I
4、 didnt think of it B. I wonder whats wrong with the phone service C. it slipped my mind Student： Excuse me. My phone hasnt worked since yesterday.【 D4】 _ Employee: Whats your room number? Student： Room 456. Employee： Ah. Ellen McCully? Student： Yes, thats me. Employee： You didnt pay your phone bill
5、for the past three months. Your service has been disconnected. Student: Really? I guess【 D5】 _ Why didnt I get any prior notice about the bill? I would have paid it if Id known. Employee： We sent four or five notices to your email. Student: Oh! I havent been checking my email. Ive been so busy with
6、mid-terms【 D6】_ Okay, what do I need to do to get my phone back on? Employee: You have to pay all of the bills. And theres a late penalty of forty dollars. Student： Forty dollars? Okay then. 4 【 D4】 5 【 D5】 6 【 D6】 Section B Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has fou
7、r blanks and four choices A,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. 6 A. theres just not enough time to see them all B. they would have to give me the money to attend the games as well C
8、. From all accounts D. Youre a hard person to please Sue： Have you ever been to any of the Olympic games? Alice: No. Ive never been in a country at the time they were held. Sue： Would you have gone if someone had paid your ticket to get there? Alice： That wouldve been nice, but【 D7】 _ Sue： The ticke
9、ts are getting a bit expensive these days. Thats true. Alice： My problem with the Olympics is： there are too many sports I want to see and【 D8】 _ Sue： All the sports are on TV these days. You need to check the program and record the ones you cant get to. Alice： Thats one way I could do it, but it pr
10、obably means I would have to stay awake half the night to see the things Id missed. Sue：【 D9】 _ ! Alice： Are you going to go to the next Olympics in Beijing? Sue： Id love to.【 D10】 _ , its going to be a spectacular show! 7 【 D7】 8 【 D8】 9 【 D9】 10 【 D10】 Section A Directions: In this section there a
11、re 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase 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. 11 Before the constructi
12、on of the road, it was prohibitively expensive to transport any furs or fruits across the mountains. （ A） determinedly （ B） incredibly （ C） amazingly （ D） forbiddingly 12 At dusk, Mr. Hightower would sit in his old armchair in the backyard and wistfully lose in reminiscence of his youth romances. （
13、A） hopefully （ B） reflectively （ C） sympathetically （ D） irresistibly 13 The prodigal son spent his money extravagantly and soon after he left home, he was reduced to a beggar. （ A） lavishly （ B） economically （ C） thriftily （ D） extrovertly 14 The chimney vomited a cloud of smoke. （ A） ignited （ B）
14、immersed （ C） emitted （ D） hugged 15 The rear section of the brain does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties. （ A） advanced （ B） growing （ C） front （ D） back 16 Born in 1863, Annie Fellows Johnston wrote stories for juveniles that became very
15、 popular and are still widely read. （ A） young people （ B） women （ C） foreigners （ D） sports fans 17 At the last moment, the basketball player made a clever maneuver that allowed him to score. （ A） match （ B） duty （ C） march （ D） move 18 Andre Watts gave a dazzling interpretation of Beethovens “Empe
16、ror“ concerto. （ A） daring （ B） faithful （ C） (an) ornate （ D） brilliant 19 Susan （ A） Anthony, the American champion of womans suffrage, was also a participant in the movement to end slavery. （ B） partaker （ C） (an) observer （ D） leader 20 The goose quill pen has a great sentimental appeal in this
17、centurys highly mechanized culture. （ A） fashioned （ B） emotional （ C） monetary （ D） historic 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this 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 th
18、e best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 20 Last week 29 earnest American high school students were invited to an evening of receiving good words, small talk, warm toasts and fancy silverware. “ Find out something
19、 about the person sitting next to you,“ advised by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. “Eventually, youll discover they always have something interesting to say. And you should always use the proper silverware in the proper order. “ Albright was the guest of honor at the imitated Offici
20、al Dinner, which was a lot like a real official dinner in Washington minus the soft money. The evening was sponsored by the St. Albans School of Public Services to introduce its first class to the fine art of social survival. More than 84 guests, including students, teachers, school donors and speak
21、ers, gathered to imitate the lifestyle of the rich and politicians. The idea was to teach the social graces that will help students survive any social situation. Anyway, the whole proper fork thing is overrated. Former White House official C. Boyden Gray shared his top tips for surviving dinner part
22、ies:“ Drink as little as possible until you get to dinner. “ “Dont be the first person there or the last person to leave. “ “Try to get more out of your dinner partners than they get out of you. “ Every Official Dinner has a great reason for being. State dinners, for example, are either an opportuni
23、ty to reward emerging democracies or strengthen old friendships. The Official Dinner was intended to show the students an elegant evening in Washingtonpart of the four-week intensive summer program to encourage public service. The students are from 13 states and two foreign countries. The program in
24、cludes classes on the presidency, the courts, the media and international affairs. The students also debated on public policy issues. “Theyre still at it at 10 oclock at night,“ said director Mary Waikart. “Thats a good practice for Washington, isnt it?“ Since there was no band, Albright offered her
25、self up as the nights entertainer. No singing, but stories about her life in diplomacy. “Being secretary of state is the best job in the world,“ she said. “Better than being president, because you dont have to deal with the elections. “ 21 Last week a group of high school students were invited to th
26、e dinner party_. （ A） to see the lifestyle of the rich and political （ B） to discuss international and public policy issues （ C） to learn to survive in different social situations （ D） to learn to become the future leaders of the White House 22 According to Madeleine Albright, at an official dinner
27、（ A） we should get more information about the host （ B） we should be sociable by talking with others （ C） table manners are not as important as conversing （ D） we should learn to entertain others by telling a story 23 The imitated Official Dinner is different from the real ones in that the former_.
28、（ A） was held without the participation of important persons （ B） could not get the financial support as easily as the real ones （ C） didnt have as many guests as the real ones （ D） had nothing to do with political and international issues 24 According to Boyden Gray, at dinner parties you should_.
29、（ A） listen to others instead of talking too much （ B） drink no alcohol before you go （ C） arrive as early as possible （ D） leave after the parties are over 25 We can conclude from the passage that_. （ A） there are significant differences between the Official Dinner and other dinner parties （ B） Ame
30、rican students like to participate in public services very much （ C） being a secretary of state is the best, even better than being a president （ D） the students who were invited to the dinner party were enthusiastic about the program 25 Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if its round and
31、flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible. Some enthusiasts even travel to international stone-skimming competitions, like world champion Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, who made a stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992. Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively lar
32、ge part of its surface strikes the water, so theres more bounce. Inspired by his eight-year-old son, physicist Lyderic Bocquet wanted to find out more. He tinkered with some simple equations describing a stone bouncing on water in terms of its radius, speed and spin, and taking account of gravity an
33、d the waters drag. The equations showed that the faster a spinning stone is travelling, the more times it will bounce. To bounce at least once without sinking, Bocquet found the stone needs to be travelling at a minimum speed of about 1 kilometre per hour. The equations also backed his hunch (直觉 ) t
34、hat spin is important because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic (陀螺的 ) effect, preventing the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water. To match the world record of 38 bounces using a 10-centimetre-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it woul
35、d have to be travelling at about 40 kilometres per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second. He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag. 26 Which of the following could be the best
36、 title for this passage? （ A） International Stone-skimming Competitions （ B） How to Make Stone-skimming More Enjoyable （ C） Stone-skimming Is a Sacred Thing （ D） The Mathematical Formula for Stone-skimming 27 In order to make a stone bounce best on water, one needs to_. （ A） find a big, round stone
37、（ B） reduce the spin of the stone （ C） make the stone spin as fast as possible （ D） do some complicated mathematical equations 28 According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor influencing the bounces of a stone on water? （ A） The clearness of the water. （ B） The g
38、ravity of the Earth. （ C） The shape of the stone. （ D） The speed and spin. 29 Which of the following is not the reason why Lyderic Bocquet supposed that spin is important? （ A） Because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. （ B） Because the spin can create a gyroscopic effect. （
39、 C） Because the gyroscope can prevent the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water. （ D） Because the spin can reduce the water drag. 30 Lyderic Bocquet drilled lots of small pits in the stone in order to_. （ A） make it look smarter （ B） reduce the water drag （ C） increase the revolutio
40、n of the stone （ D） make the game more like golf 30 The idea of humanoid robots is not new. They have been part of the imaginative landscape ever since Karl Capek, a Czech writer, first dreamed them up for his 1921 play “Possums Universal Robots“. (The word “robot“ comes from the Czech word for drud
41、gery, robota.) Since then, Hollywood has produced countless variations on the theme, from the sultry False Maria in Fritz Langs silent masterpiece “Metropolis“ to the withering C-3PO in “Star Wars“ and the ruthless assassin of “Terminator“. Humanoid robots have walked into our collective subconsciou
42、s, coloring our views of the future. But now Japans industrial giants are spending billions of yen to make such robots a reality. Their new humanoids represent impressive feats of engineering： when Honda introduced Asimo, a four-foot robot that had been in development for some 15 years, it walked so
43、 fluidly that its white, articulated exterior seemed to conceal a human. Honda continues to make the machine faster, friendlier and more agile. Last October, when Asimo was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, it walked on to the stage and accepted its own plaque. At two and a half fe
44、et tall, Sonys QRIO is smaller and more toy-like than Asimo. It walks, understands a small number of voice commands, and can navigate on its own. If it falls over, it gets up and resumes where it left off. It can even connect wirelessly to the Internet and broadcast what its camera eyes can see. In
45、2003, Sony demonstrated an upgraded QRIO that could run. Honda responded last December with a version of Asimo that runs at twice the speed. In 2004, Toyota joined the fray with its own family of robots, called Partner, one of which is a four-foot humanoid that plays the trumpet. Its fingers work th
46、e instruments valves, and it has mechanical lungs and artificial lips. Toyota hopes to offer a commercial version of the robot by 2010. This month, 50 Partner robots will act as guides at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Despite their sudden proliferation, however, humanoids are still a mechanical minorit
47、y. Most of the worlds robots are faceless, footless and mute. They are bolted to the floors of factories, stamping out car parts or welding pieces of metal, making more machines. According to the United Nations, business orders for industrial robots jumped 18% in the first half of 2004. They may soo
48、n be outnumbered by domestic robots, such as self-navigating vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers and window washers, which are selling fast. But neither industrial nor domestic robots are humanoid. 31 In Paragraph 1 the author introduces his topic by relating_. （ A） the idea of humanoid robots （ B） Karl Ca
49、peks creation of robots （ C） Hollywoods production of robot films （ D） the origin of and popular movies about robots 32 According to the authors description, Asimo_. （ A） is a four-legged robot （ B） seems more like a human being than a machine in action （ C） seems more like a machine than a human being in action （ D） is in a sort of animal form 33 Sonys QRIO could perform all the following tasks EXCEPT_. （ A） walki
