1、在职申硕（同等学力）英语模拟试卷 24及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a sing
2、le bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1 A: Women are still not fairly treated for all the equality demands. B: _. I think you women have got everything important already. （ A） I dont agree. （ B） I couldnt agree more. （ C） Yes, I agree. （ D） I see what you mean. 2 A:
3、 Can I see your driving licence? B: _. （ A） All right. I didnt do anything wrong. （ B） All right. But I really dont know whats wrong, officer. （ C） Okay. Dont forget to give it back to me. （ D） Why do you want to see it? 3 A: What flowers do you grow in your garden? B: _. （ A） Guess what? （ B） We ha
4、ve as many flowers as you can count. （ C） Roses, sunflowers, tulips.You name it! （ D） Sorry, I dont know the names of some flowers. 4 A: Operator, Id like you to put me through to room 30B: _. （ A） Of course. Whats the callee s name? （ B） Sorry, the line is engaged. （ C） Yes, who is calling? （ D） So
5、rry, whats the extension number? 5 A: Id like to see Dr. Smith, please. B: _. （ A） Whats the problem? （ B） How can I help you? （ C） Do you have an appointment? （ D） Maybe Dr. Smith don t want to see you right now. Section B Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a m
6、an and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 6 Woman: I
7、havent seen such a fantastic movie for ages. Dont you enjoy k?Man: I have to admit that I slept through it.Question: How did the man like the movie? （ A） He didnt think much of it. （ B） He didnt see much of it. （ C） He thought the movie was very impressive. （ D） He thought the movie was very inspiri
8、ng. 7 Woman: Why not go shopping with me this afternoon?Man: Oh, you know, shopping is the last thing Ill ever do.Question: What does the man mean? （ A） He will go shopping after he has finished all the other chores. （ B） He has just done his shopping. （ C） He dislikes shopping. （ D） He believes sho
9、pping is great fun. 8 Man: How can I find some information on World War II?Woman: Well, Im not sure. Lets check the catalogue.Question: What did the woman suggest? （ A） They can look up the catalogue for a clue. （ B） They should find the catalogue first. （ C） She is not familiar with such a subject.
10、 （ D） She doesnt know anything about World War II. 9 Man: I really dont know what the best way is to hang this poster without damaging the wall.Woman: Perhaps you should try sellotape. It wont leave a mark.Question: What does the woman mean? （ A） Sellotape peels off easily. （ B） Sellotape is good fo
11、r the poster. （ C） Sellotape is easily available. （ D） Sellotape wont show a stain on the poster. 10 Woman: What present should we get for Bettys birthday?Man: Shes poor at math, dont you remember?Question: What does the man imply? （ A） They should get her a pocket caculator. （ B） They should get he
12、r a pocket watch. （ C） They should get her a desk-top computer. （ D） They should get her a lap-top computer. 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 th
13、e sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 11 The president is often awakened by a noisy crowd which assembles on the White House. （ A） concentrates （ B） packs （ C） squeezes （ D） gathers 12 Their business flourish
14、ed when they moved to downtown area. （ A） prevailed （ B） failed （ C） boomed （ D） injured 13 Meanwhile, I always kept in touch with my former professor at college. （ A） kept in contact with （ B） kept pace with （ C） had an idea of （ D） exchanged letters with 14 Author Leo once talked about his admirat
15、ion for cooking expert Julia. （ A） esteem （ B） opinion （ C） regard （ D） wishes 15 The landscape can change abruptly after a rainstorm in the desert in Xinjiang. （ A） sharply （ B） suddenly （ C） favorably （ D） slightly 16 Most lecturers find it expedient to use notes when addressing to graduate studen
16、ts. （ A） troublesome （ B） expensive （ C） useful （ D） improper 17 In most high schools, boys and girls attend the same classes, except in health education, where they are segregated. （ A） classified （ B） organized （ C） decomposed （ D） separated 18 Some people prefer to remain anonymous when they call
17、 the police to report a crime. （ A） undisturbed （ B） unnoticed （ C） unrecorded （ D） unnamed 19 Prior to his appointment as foreign minister, Mr. Li was the vice minister of foreign affairs. （ A） After （ B） Before （ C） During （ D） Previous 20 The government has a policy of fostering the public awaren
18、ess of the dangers in smoking. （ A） encouraging （ B） discovering （ C） hindering （ D） emphasizing Section B Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corres
19、ponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your rnachine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 21 Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no _but to report him to the local police. （ A） time （ B） chance （ C） authority （ D） alternative 22 Bill ha
20、s been looking for his gloves for quite a while, which _eventually under a cushion. （ A） turned on （ B） turned down （ C） turned up （ D） turned over 23 This distinguished director _the plot for the prizewinning (已获奖 ) film while he was still a college student. （ A） constituted （ B） conceived （ C） ref
21、lected （ D） calculated 24 On behalf of my company, I am _to you and your colleagues for your generous help. （ A） subjected （ B） obliged （ C） inclined （ D） available 25 “You try to get some sleep. Ill _the patients breakfast,“ said the nurse. （ A） see to （ B） stick to （ C） get to （ D） lead to 26 Noth
22、ing Helen says is ever_. She always thinks carefully before she speaks. （ A） simultaneous （ B） spontaneous （ C） homogenous （ D） rigorous 27 Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the _of the quality of their products. （ A） expense （ B） expansion （ C）
23、 exposure （ D） expectation 28 International _should be reduced between the two countries when this agreement is signed. （ A） pressure （ B） nervousness （ C） tension （ D） strain 29 They did considerable work to _the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America. （ A） instru
24、ct （ B） acquaint （ C） impose （ D） dictate 30 One witness _that hed seen the suspect run out of the bank after it had been robbed. （ A） convicted （ B） retorted （ C） conformed （ D） testified 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions
25、 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. 30 Many things make people think artists are weird the odd hours, the nonconf
26、ormity, the clove cigarettes. However, the weirdest may be this: artists only jobs are to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel lousy. This wasnt always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in t
27、he 19th(上标 ) century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring. In the 20th(上标 ) century, classical music became more atonal, visual art more unsettling. Sure, there have been exceptions, but it would not be a stretch to say that for the past century or so, seri
28、ous art has been at war with happiness. In 1824, Beethoven completed his “Ode to Joy“. In 1962, novelist Anthoy Burgess used it in A Clockwork Orange as the favorite music of his ultra-violent antihero. You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such m
29、isery. But the reason may actually be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be me
30、at for worms. Today the messages that the average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but commercial, and relentlessly happy. Since these messages have an agenda to prey our wallets from our pockets they make the very idea of happiness seem bogus(假的 ). “Celebrate!“ commanded the ads for th
31、e arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attack. What we forget what our economy depends on us forgetting is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. T
32、oday, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need someone to tell us that it is OK not to be happy, that sadness makes happiness deeper. As the wine-connoisseur movie Sideways tells us, it is the kiss of decay and mortality that makes grape juice into Pinot Norway need art to tell us, as relig
33、ion once did, that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. Its a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, is a breath of fresh air. 31 What is most strange about artists? （ A） They wear special clothes. （ B） They r
34、arely work in the daytime. （ C） They mainly depict distressing things. （ D） They are liable to take illegal drugs. 32 What does the author mean by “a stretch“? （ A） A terrible thing. （ B） An exaggeration. （ C） A continuous period of time. （ D） An exception. 33 The example that “Ode to Joy“ was used
35、in Burgesss novel is meant to illustrate that_. （ A） musicians and novelists share similar artistic taste （ B） violent people have a strong desire to be happy （ C） serious art is often contradictory with happiness （ D） music is enjoyed by good and bad people alike 34 The word “Celebrex“ in the adver
36、tisement_. （ A） misleads people into buying dangerous drugs （ B） reminds people of a cheerful feeling （ C） boasts of the effectiveness of a drug （ D） comes from a religious term 35 How could the economy depend on our forgetting things? （ A） The economy would not be boosted if everybody were satisfie
37、d. （ B） There are many new products designed for the forgetful. （ C） People will spend more money if we believe in easy happiness. （ D） We pay heavily for forgetting things easily. 36 What does the author imply with the movie Sideways? （ A） Happiness can be found through pains and efforts. （ B） Happ
38、iness comes when everything dies. （ C） Happiness makes sadness deeper. （ D） Happiness is not a good thing. 36 We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist ( 免
39、疫学家 ) Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could not. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protec
40、ted both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response was depressed below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, not the experience
41、itself, is what wakens the immune system. Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss, a psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, has shown that animals who are allowed to control unpleasant stimuli dont develop sleep disturbances or changes in brain chemistry typical of stressed rats. But if the
42、animals are conditioned to confront with situations they have no control over, they later behave passively even when faced with experiences they can control. Such findings reinforce psychologists suspicions that the experience or perception of helplessness is one of the most harmful factors in depre
43、ssion. One of the most startling examples of how the mind can alter the immune response was discovered by chance. In 1975 psychologist Robert Ader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine conditioned (使形成条件反射 ) mice to avoid saccharin (糖精 ) by simultaneously feeding them the sweetener and i
44、njecting them with a drug that while suppressing their immune systems caused stomach upsets. Associating the saccharin with the stomach pains, the mice quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to extinguish this dislike for the sweetener, Ader reexposed the animals to saccharin, this time wi
45、thout the drug, and was astonished to find that those mice that had received the highest amounts of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. He could only speculate that he had so successfully conditioned the rats that saccharin alone now served to weaken their immune systems enough to kill
46、 them. 37 The word “vulnerable“(in Para. 1) means_. （ A） fragile （ B） ambiguous （ C） sober （ D） dedicated 38 Laudenslagers experiment showed that the immune system of those rats who could turn off the electricity_. （ A） was altered （ B） was strengthened （ C） was weakened （ D） was not affected 39 Acc
47、ording to the passage, the experience of helplessness causes rats to_. （ A） turn off the electricity （ B） try to control unpleasant stimuli （ C） become abnormally suspicious （ D） behave passively in controllable situations 40 The reason why the mice in Aders experiment avoided saccharin was that_. （
48、 A） they associated it with stomachach （ B） it affected their immune systems （ C） it led to stomach pains （ D） they disliked its taste 41 The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Aders experiment was that_. （ A） the sweetener was poisonous to them （ B） their im
49、mune systems had been altered by the mind （ C） they had been weakened physically by the saccharin （ D） they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning 42 It can be concluded from the passage that the immune systems of animals_. （ A） can be altered by electric shocks （ B） can be weakened by conditioning （ C） can be suppressed by drug injections （ D） can be affected by frequent does of saccharin 42 Most people would be
