1、在职申硕（同等学力）英语模拟试卷 148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. we are all booked up for Flight 802 on that day. B. Id like to make a reservation to Boston next week. C. what about the fare? Agent: Good morning. The United Airlines. What can I do for you? Caller: Yes,【 D1】 _ Agent: When do you want to fly? Caller: Monday, September 12. Agent: We have F
3、light 802 on Monday. Just a moment please. Let me check whether therere seats available. Im sorry【 D2】 _ Caller: Then, any alternatives? Agent: The next available flight leaves at 9:30 Tuesday morning September 13 . Shall I book you a seat? Caller: Er.It is a direct flight, isnt it? Agent: Yes, it i
4、s. You want to go first class or coach? Caller: I prefer first class,【 D3】 _ Agent: One way is $ 176. Caller: OK. I will take the 9:30 flight on Tuesday. Agent: A seat on Flight 807 to Boston 9: 30 Tuesday morning. Is it all right, sir? Caller: Certainly. 1 【 D1】 2 【 D2】 3 【 D3】 3 A. we can make exc
5、eptions for Chinese companies. B. I will introduce you the details. C. Where do I send the registration form and the money? A: Hello. I am calling because I saw an ad in the newspaper about your trade show. B: Yes.【 D4】 _ Its in New York on April the 10th and 11th. It costs $ 2,000 for a 7 by 8 boot
6、h. A: Excuse me, but when is the deadline for registration? B: The deadline is today. However,【 D5】 _ A: Well, I am very interested.【 D6】 _ B: To the address that appears on the bottom of the form. Please send it as soon as possible to reserve a space. 4 【 D4】 5 【 D5】 6 【 D6】 Section B Directions: I
7、n this section there is one incomplete interview which has four 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. the
8、y would have to give me the money to attend the games as well. C. 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 g
9、et there? Alice: That wouldve been nice, but【 D7】 _ Sue: The tickets 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 but【 D8】 _ Sue: All the sports are on TV these days. You need to check the program and record the o
10、nes you cant get to. Alice: Thats one way I could do it, but it probably 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】
11、9 【 D9】 10 【 D10】 Section A Directions: In this section there are 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
12、 on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 11 Youre_your time trying to persuade him: hell never join us. （ A） spending （ B） wasting （ C） losing （ D） missing 12 I dont know you want to keep the letter. Ive_it up. （ A） torn （ B） given （ C） broken （ D） disposed 13 _the rain, the air quality would not be s
13、o good. （ A） Except for （ B） But for （ C） As for （ D） For all 14 Though he was bom and brought up in America, he can speak_Chinese. （ A） smooth （ B） fluent （ C） fluid （ D） flowing 15 As soon as the children were_, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom. （ A） woke （ B） waken （ C） wake
14、 （ D） awake 16 In previous times, when fresh meat was in short_, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food. （ A） store （ B） provision （ C） reserve （ D） supply 17 The generation_makes it difficult for parents to understand their childrens opinions. （ A） division （ B） gap （ C） separatio
15、n （ D） interval 18 Many argue that efforts like this will_the line between the North and the South. （ A） blur （ B） enforce （ C） separate （ D） extend 19 A good way to_a language is to live in the native culture with the native speakers. （ A） require （ B） inquire （ C） acquire （ D） enquire 20 _oil has
16、to be refined before being put to actual use in motors and planes. （ A） Coarse （ B） Cruel （ C） Crystal （ D） Crude 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
17、, 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. 20 Have you ever felt your life go into slow motion as you realize something bad is happening? Now scientists have measured exactly how much these atten
18、tion-grabbing events slow down our perception of the world around us. An example of the world appearing to slow down is when you are hanging on the phone waiting for someone to pick up at the other end. If your attention wanders while youre waiting, then suddenly switches back, you will probably hea
19、r what seems like a longer than usual silence before hearing the dialing tone again. To see how our perception of time changes when something new happens, Vincent Walsh and his colleagues put headphones on volunteers and played eight beeps to their right ears. The gap between each beep was exactly 1
20、 second, except for the gap between the fourth and fifth beeps, which the scientists could make shorter or longer. They altered the length of this gap until the volunteers estimated it was the same length as the other gaps. The researchers found that, on average, people judge a second slightly short
21、, at 955 milliseconds. In the second part of the experiment, the first four beeps were played to the subjects right ear, but the other four were then played to their left. Again, the volunteers were asked to estimate when the gap between the fourth and fifth beeps was the same as the others. This ti
22、me they judged a second to be even shorter at 825 milliseconds long. Perceiving a second to be much shorter than it is makes you feel as though the world has gone into slow motion. Walsh thinks the effect could have evolved to give us a fraction more time to react to potentially threatening events.
23、21 After you noticed a car hurtling towards you, you might feel that_. （ A） the world around you had slowed down （ B） something bad was going to happen （ C） life had suddenly become meaningless （ D） peoples life was so fragile 22 According to the passage, hanging on the phone waiting for someone to
24、pick up at the other end, you might_. （ A） have a high concentration of mind （ B） feel very annoyed at the people on the other end （ C） be unable to hear the dialing tone （ D） feel time is somehow slowed down 23 Vincent Walsh and his colleagues did the experiment in order to_. （ A） observe how peopl
25、es perception of time changes （ B） find out the relationship between time and life （ C） study how time changes at the 4th and 5th beeps （ D） see which ear is more sensitive to beeps 24 What have Vincent and his colleagues found through the experiment? （ A） The left ear of people is more sensitive th
26、an the right one. （ B） People judge a second to be slightly shorter than it really is. （ C） Research subjects are less accurate than researchers in judging a second. （ D） Normally a second is in fact either 955 milliseconds or 825 milliseconds. 25 Which is the best title for the passage? （ A） How Pe
27、ople Find Out the Secret of the Time （ B） Which Ear Is Better （ C） How People Perceive the World Around Us at Some Moment （ D） The Relationship Between Temperature and Perception 25 Do you know that all human beings have a “ comfortable zone“ regulating the distance they stand from someone when they
28、 talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures. Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans
29、find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matt
30、er of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe. This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue, or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for exa
31、mple, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator: in Paris they take it as it comes! Although North Americans have a relatively wide “comfortable zone“ for talking, they communicate, a great deal with their handsnot only with gestures but also with touch. They put a sympathetic
32、 hand on a persons shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy: they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story: they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a childs head in affection, they readily take someones arm to help him across a street or direct him along
33、an unfamiliar route. To many peopleespecially those from Asia or the Muslim countriessuch bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently done with the left-hand.( The left hand carries no special significance in the U. S. Many Americans are simply left-handed and use that hand more. ) 26 I
34、n terms of bodily distance, North Americans_. （ A） are similar to South Americans （ B） stand farthest apart （ C） feel ill at ease when too close （ D） move nearer during conversations 27 For Asians, the comfortable zone_. （ A） implies esteem （ B） measures 21 inches （ C） varies according to status （ D
35、） is deliberately determined 28 It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, a Frenchman would_. （ A） behave in the same way as an American would （ B） be afraid of bodily contact （ C） make no particular effort to distance himself from the crowd （ D） do his best to leave 29 When Am
36、ericans tell a joke, they often_. （ A） pat people on the head （ B） give people a hug （ C） dig people in the ribs （ D） touch people on the arm 30 What does the passage mainly concern? （ A） It concerns hand signals. （ B） It concerns body language. （ C） It concerns cultural differences between the East
37、 and the West. （ D） It concerns distance and bodily contact. 30 Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if its round and 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, w
38、ho made a stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992. Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively large 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
39、simple equations describing a stone bouncing on water in terms of its radius , speed and spin, and taking account of gravity and 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
40、 the stone needs to be travelling at a minimum speed of about 1 kilometre per hour. The equations also backed his hunch(直觉 )that 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
41、sideways into the water. To match the world record of 38 bounces using a 10-centimetre-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it would 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 re
42、ducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag. 31 Which of the following could be the best title for this passage? （ A） Stone-skimming Is a Sacred Thing （ B） International Stone-skimming Competitions （ C） How to Make Stone-skimming More Enjoyable （ D） The Mathematica
43、l Formula for Stone-skimming 32 In order to make a stone bounce best on water, one needs to_. （ A） find a big, round stone （ B） make the stone spin as fast as possible （ C） reduce the spin of the stone （ D） do some complicated mathematical equations 33 According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the foll
44、owing is NOT mentioned as a factor influencing the bounces of a stone on water? （ A） The clearness of the water. （ B） The gravity of the Earth. （ C） The shape of the stone. （ D） The speed and spin. 34 Which of the following is not the reason why Lyderic Bocquet supposed that spin is important? （ A）
45、Because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. （ B） Because the spin can create a gyroscopic effect. （ 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. 35 Lyderic Bocquet drilled lot
46、s of small pits in the stone in order to_. （ A） make it look smarter （ B） reduce the water drag （ C） increase the revolution of the stone （ D） make the game more like golf 35 Its a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Though Ive received fancier
47、, more expensive card over the years, this is the only one Ive saved. One summer, it spoke volumes to me. I received it during the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single parenthood, I was overwhelmed with, of all thing
48、s, the simplest housework: leaky taps, oil changes, even barbeques(烧烤 ). Those had always been my husbands jobs. I was embarrassed every time I hit my thumb with a hammer or couldnt get the lawnmower(割草机 )started. My uncertain attempts only fueled the fear inside me: How could I be both a father and
49、 mother to my girls? Clearly, I lacked the tools and skills. On this particular morning, my girls pushed me into the living room to see something.(I prayed it wasnt another repair job. )The “something“ turned out to be an envelope and several wrapped bundles on the carpet. My puzzlement must have been plain as I gazed from the colorful packages to my daughters bright faces. “ Go ahead! Open them!“ They ur
