1、研究生英语学位课统考（ GET）模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 Section A Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. M
2、ark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. 1 The initial appearance of the silver three-cent piece coincided with the first issue of three-cent stamps in 1851. （ A） occurred at the same time as （ B） collided with （ C） was necessita
3、ted by （ D） was similar to 2 When he was in Congress, Joseph Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts was noted for keeping in touch with his constituents. （ A） cooperating （ B） conniving （ C） celebrating （ D） communicating 3 How long an animal or plant can live is governed by heredity, environment, and chance
4、. （ A） history （ B） genetics （ C） climate （ D） altitude 4 The doctor maneuvered the instrument skillfully to examine the patient. （ A） manipulated （ B） manufactured （ C） performed （ D） moved 5 The small shuttle can funnel ten thousand fibers in it in one hour. （ A） move through （ B） move ahead （ C）
5、hide （ D） contain 6 You are not supposed to take advantage of such a little girl by making her work for 50 cents an hour. （ A） exploit （ B） export （ C） expose （ D） exchange 7 Some observers thought the war would be calamitous. （ A） marvelous （ B） tremendous （ C） hazardous （ D） disastrous 8 We know t
6、he couple were reluctant to have their daughter marry him. （ A） eager （ B） unwilling （ C） pleased （ D） disappointed 9 You had better level with me about the reason for your sudden resignation from the post. （ A） be truthful with （ B） consult （ C） agree with （ D） cooperate with 10 My classmates went
7、all out for me in the final campaign for the position of chairman of the student senate. （ A） made an appointment （ B） made a reservation （ C） made a scene （ D） made a great effort Section B Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Belo
8、w each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. 11 A loan refers to anything given on condition of its return o
9、r repayment of its _. （ A） excess （ B） debt （ C） currency （ D） equivalent 12 Malaria is an infectious parasitic disease that can be either acute or chronic and is frequently _. （ A） repeating （ B） terminal （ C） debilitating （ D） recurrent 13 Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun and its period of
10、 _ is 88 days. （ A） movement （ B） evolution （ C） return （ D） revolution 14 He was easily hurt because his feelings were very _. （ A） sensible （ B） sensational （ C） sensitive （ D） senseless 15 What is it that the author wants to _ to his readers through the story? （ A） convey （ B） convince （ C） conve
11、rt （ D） conform 16 He couldnt _ his curiosity to see what was in the box. （ A） retain （ B） restrain （ C） restrict （ D） represent 17 After some time the second stage of the space shuttle, having used up its fuel, just like the booster, separates and _. （ A） runs away （ B） charges for （ C） falls off （
12、 D） merges into 18 Stressful environment leads to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _ increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. （ A） in turn （ B） by chance （ C） by fortune （ D） in case 19 Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we
13、contact with. Once you _ your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation. （ A） keep up with （ B） give away from （ C） go back on （ D） lose sight of 20 The man went to prison, but the two boys _ with a warning. （ A） took off （ B） got off （ C） kept off （ D） set off 一、 CLOZE 20 Assu
14、ming that a constant travel-time budget, geographic constraints and short-term infrastructure constraints persist as fundamental features of global mobility, what long-term results can one expect? In high-income regions, (41) North America, our picture suggests that the share of traffic (42) Supplie
15、d by buses and automobiles will decline as high-speed transport rises sharply. In developing countries, we (43) the strongest increase to be in the shares first for buses and later for automobiles. Globally, these (44) in bus and automobile transport are partially offsetting. In all regions, the sha
16、re of low-speed rail transport will probably continue its strongly (45) decline. We expect that throughout the period 1990-2050, the average North American will continue to devote most of his or her 1.1-hour travel-time (46) to automobile travel. The very large demand for air travel (or high-speed r
17、ail travel) that will be manifest in 2050 (47) to only 12 minutes per person a day; a little time goes a long way in the air. In several developing regions, most travel (48) in 2050 will still be devoted to nonmotorized modes. Buses will persist whatever it is the primary form of motorized transport
18、ation in developing countries for decades. (49) important air travel becomes, buses, automobiles and even low-speed trains will surely go on serving vital functions. (50) of the super-rich already commute and shop in aircraft, but average people will continue to spend most of their travel time on th
19、e ground. 21 (41) （ A） frankly （ B） exceptionally （ C） unfortunately （ D） notably 22 (42) （ A） volume （ B） body （ C） measure （ D） funds 23 (43) （ A） admire （ B） assure （ C） assert （ D） anticipate 24 (44) （ A） outcomes （ B） trends （ C） declines （ D） impacts 25 (45) （ A） inherent （ B） evident （ C） lar
20、ge-scale （ D） hidden 26 (46) （ A） profit （ B） cost （ C） budget （ D） facility 27 (47) （ A） works out （ B） leaves out （ C） runs out （ D） puts out 28 (48) （ A） time （ B） desire （ C） agency （ D） means 29 (49) （ A） Despite the fact （ B） Whatever it is （ C） No matter how （ D） Whether or not 30 (50) （ A） F
21、ew （ B） All （ C） None （ D） Some 二、 READING COMPREHENSION 30 The best things in life are free, and that includes air and water. Swimming and breathing usually dont cost anything, but neither does throwing away garbage. Since dumping pollution into the environment costs nothing, everybody does it, eve
22、n though he may wish that he and everyone else would stop doing it. Clean air and water have not been recognized by the market as limited resources that can only absorb so much junk before they start spitting it backexactly what had started happening by the early 1960s. The solution is to put a pric
23、e on the use of these limited resources and stop classifying them as “free“. Protection of air and water have to be brought into the market system. Very early on, then, the problem was properly diagnosed. But that was exactly the problem. The dilemma we faced was just that: how do you put a price on
24、 clean airor at least on the act of fouling it while disposing of societys wastes? Yet in there reluctance to perceive their concern as one of mere economics, environmentalists rejected this approach. It failed to match the religiosity of their cause. Instead, they supported a highly centralized, bu
25、reaucratic system based on difficult goals, detailed regulatory prescriptions, and awe-inspiring penalties for noncompliance. The way the Clean Air Act of 1970 affected industry has more or less passed into legend. It is not that it did not produce results. Air pollution has declined in many areas,
26、and has increased in only a few. The real question is the costs that were incurred in the process. The major problem with the Clear Air Act is that it lays the burden of costs only on the people who make the effort to clean up. (The large fines were intended mainly as a threat, and are rarely impose
27、d.) No one has yet put a price on using clean air as a dumping ground. The only standards for deciding who cleans up and who doesnt are the necessarily arbitrary decisions arrived at by the state environmental agencies. Each industry, therefore, has every incentive to spend years in litigation tryin
28、g to prove that it is someone elses pollution that is at fault. 31 In the first paragraph, the problem was properly diagnosed. What was the diagnosis then? （ A） The best things in life are free. （ B） Dumping pollution into the environment costs nothing, so everybody does it. （ C） Clean air and water
29、 have not been recognized by the market as limited resources. （ D） A price should be put on the use of limited resources like clean air and water. 32 The word “dilemma“ is closest in meaning to _. （ A） difficult problem （ B） bottle-neck situation （ C） paradoxical （ D） specious answer 33 The word “re
30、luctance“ could best be replaced by _. （ A） unwillingness （ B） ignorance （ C） imagination （ D） effort 34 According to the passage, why was Clean Air Act of 1970 impotent against industries? （ A） Because the procedure for filling a litigation was too complex. （ B） Because the fines of large amount ar
31、e rarely imposed. （ C） Because most people still perceived clean air as being free. （ D） Because the act only charged those who made efforts to clean up. 35 What would be a good title for this passage? （ A） Our Polluted Country （ B） How We Can Stop the Spread of Pollution （ C） Road to Clean Air Act
32、and Its Problems （ D） Protections Made on Clean Air and Water 35 Adolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Guided by concepts of elitism and racism, he established a brutal totalitarian regime under the ideological banner of National Socialism, or Nazism. His drive for empire Line res
33、ulted in the devastation of World War II, culminating in Germanys defeat and the reordering of world power relationships. Hitler failed as a student in the classical secondary schools, a situation that contributed to his desire to become an artist. He went to Vienna in 1907 but was unable to gain ad
34、mission to the Academy of Fine Arts. He lived a shadowy, alienated existence in multiracial Vienna until 1913. His years were characterized by melancholy, aimlessness, and racial hatredin Vienna he developed his lifelong obsession with the danger that world Jewry posed to the Aryan race. Hitlers ris
35、e to power paralleled the unstable course of the Weimar Republic, which replaced the fallen Hohenzollern monarchy(霍亨索伦王朝 ). The abortive Communist revolution in Germany and the dictated Peace of Versailles determined Hitlers decision to enter politics. In 1919 he joined a small political faction in
36、Munich and within the next year formed the National Socialist German Workers Party. He directed the organizations with an iron hand and used its meetings to deliver forceful rhetorical assaults on Germanys enemies. In 1923 he led the party into the ill-fated Munich Putsch. This action resulted in hi
37、s imprisonment. While in prison at Landsberg, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf(我的奋斗 )(德语 ), which became the standard work of Nazi political philosophy. He defined the enemy as world Jewry, international communism, effete liberalism, and decadent capitalism. Hitler offered instead pure Aryan blood and the re
38、newal of German nationalism under a fighting elite. Germany would once more become the leading power on the Continent and gain its living space in central Europe and Russia. 36 The best title for the passage would be _. （ A） Hitler-the man and the myth （ B） Hitler-a paragon of the ages （ C） Hitler-t
39、he early years （ D） Hitler-the war years 37 In paragraph 1, the word “culminating“ is closest in meaning to _. （ A） resorting （ B） collaborating （ C） resulting （ D） deliberating 38 According to the passage, _. （ A） Hitler replaced the failed Hohenzollern monarchy with the Weimar Republic （ B） the We
40、imar Republic installed Hitler to replace the failed Hohenzollern monarchy （ C） Hitlers ascendance coincides with the decline of the Weimar Republic （ D） Hitlers decline coincided with the ascendance of the Weimar Republic 39 What was the basis of the Nazi political philosophy? （ A） The Munich Putsc
41、h （ B） The Weimar Republic （ C） The National Socialist party （ D） Mein Kampf 40 The word “effete“ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _. （ A） weakened （ B） severe （ C） dormant （ D） rampant 40 The immediate response to the birth of dolly, the sheep, was a revulsion against the idea of using the s
42、ame technique to clone human beings. But the news had just the opposite effect on an eccentric scientist named Richard Seed, who declared with an eerie bravado that he was going to produce “half-a-dozen bouncing-baby, happy, smiling clones“ before the end of the decade. Most scientists dismissed his
43、 plan as kooky; several U.S. states and 19 European countries outlawed it. But a year later, Seed insists that he is undeterred. He claims to have a partner, an obstetrician-gynecologist, but he wont name him or the three other scientists who he says make up his team. When pressed, he concedes that
44、his colleagues are currently spending no more than 10 hours a week on the project. After all, they have day jobs. Not so Seed. The unemployed physicist, who has spent a lifetime dabbing in ill-fated ventures, is tying to build support and raise money; he claims to have commitments for $800 000. An i
45、mpressive start, if true, but still far from the $2.5 million he says is necessary to clone the first human before 2000. While virtually no mainstream scientist believes Seed will succeed, there has been a subtle shift in attitudes since the bearded, big-boned maverick limed into view. Seed put into
46、 words what many scientists were thinking, and few were surprised to learn last month that a team in South Korea had begun work on human cloning and even claimed to have produced a four-cell human embryo. Seed is unconvinced. “The Korean results are highly suspect,“ he says. But he recognizes that t
47、he world is not waiting for him. “Ill be devastated if someone else does it first,“ he says. “But Ill get over it. Id rather see somebody do it than nobody.“ That way, at least, Seed could pursue his next project-reprogramming DNA to achieve immortalitywhich he sees as the all-important successor to
48、 cloning. So heres a conundrum: which would be stranger, a world full of Richard Seeds, or a world in which Seed never goes away? 41 The birth of Dolly aroused the idea of _. （ A） cloning more sheep （ B） cloning human beings （ C） killing the sheep （ D） cloning cattle 42 Seed declared that he was goi
49、ng to produce baby clones _. （ A） in ten years （ B） before the year of 2000 （ C） after ten years （ D） in a dozen of years 43 According to seed, he has _ scientists working with him. （ A） one （ B） two （ C） three （ D） four 44 Seed is a physicist, which means that he studies _. （ A） human body （ B） medicine （ C） surgery （ D） physics 45 To finish his plan of cloning the human, Seed still needs _ more money. （ A） $800000 （ B） $2.5 million （ C） $1.7 million
