1、GCT工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷 11及答案与解析 一、 Part I Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the
2、 center. 1 She was complaining that the doctor was _ too much for the treatment he was giving her. （ A） expending （ B） offering （ C） costing （ D） charging 2 The manager spoke highly of such_ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees. （ A） virtue （ B） features （ C） properties （ D） c
3、haracteristics 3 The relationship between employers and employees has been studied_. （ A） originally （ B） extremely （ C） violently （ D） intensively 4 _their differences, the couple were developing an obvious and genuine affection for each other. （ A） But for （ B） For all （ C） Above all （ D） Except f
4、or 5 As a result of careless washing the jacket_ to a childs size. （ A） compressed （ B） shrank （ C） dropped （ D） decreased 6 All the key words in the article are printed in_ type so as to attract readers attention. （ A） dark （ B） dense （ C） black （ D） bold 7 The basic features of the communication p
5、rocess are identified in one question: Who says _through what channel to whom? （ A） how （ B） when （ C） what （ D） such 8 So many directors_, the board meeting had to be put off. （ A） were absent （ B） been absent （ C） had been absent （ D） being absent 9 On New Years Eve, New York City holds an outdoor
6、_ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people. （ A） incident （ B） event （ C） case （ D） affair 10 That young man still denies_ the fire behind the store. （ A） start （ B） to start （ C） having started （ D） to have started 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: In this part there are four p
7、assages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 11 In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs a
8、cquisition(学会 ) of each new skill the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might hap
9、pen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusia
10、sm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself. Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposed re
11、present the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the childs own happiness. As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality
12、(道德 ). Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept“. If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach(说教 ), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled
13、. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment. 11 Eagerly watching the childs acquisition of new skills_. （ A） should be avoided （ B） is universal among parents （ C） sets up dangerous states of worry in the child （ D）
14、will make him lose interest in learning new things 12 In the process of childrens learning new skills parents_. （ A） should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read （ B） should not expect too much of them （ C） should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard a
15、nd leaving them on their own （ D） should create as many learning opportunities as possible 13 The second paragraph mainly tells us that_. （ A） parents should be strict with their children （ B） parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the community （ C） parental restr
16、ictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone （ D） parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation 14 The word “precept“(Para. 3) probably means“_“ （ A） idea （ B） punishment （ C） behaviour （ D） instruction 15 In moral matters, pare
17、nts should_. （ A） observe the rules themselves （ B） be aware of the marked difference between adults and children （ C） forbid things which have no foundation in morality （ D） consistently ensure the security of their children 16 While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged
18、 a great success in many states, at least in getting people off welfare. Its estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994. In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens County have been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs t
19、hat paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percenttwice the national average. For advocates(代言人 ) for the poor, thats an indication much more needs to be done. “More people are getting jobs, but its not making their lives any better“, says
20、 Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington. A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these hou
21、seholds actually went down. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory. “Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin(毒素 ) that was poisoning the family“, says Robert Rector, a welfare reform po
22、licy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. Its beginning to rebuild the work ethic(道德观 ), which is much more important“. Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked“, then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improv
23、ing living standards. 16 From the passage, it can be seen that the author_. （ A） believes the reform has reduced the governments burden （ B） insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor （ C） is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform （ D） considers welfare reform to be
24、fundamentally successful 17 Why arent people enjoying better lives when they have jobs? （ A） Because many families are divorced. （ B） Because government aid is now rare. （ C） Because their wages are low. （ D） Because the cost of living is rising. 18 What is worth noting from the example of Athens Co
25、unty is that_. （ A） greater efforts should be made to improve peoples living standards （ B） 70 percent of the people there have been employed for two years （ C） 40 percent of the population no longer relies on welfare （ D） the living standards of most people are going down 19 From the passage we kno
26、w that welfare reform aims at_. （ A） saving welfare funds （ B） rebuilding the work ethic （ C） providing more jobs （ D） cutting government expenses 20 According to the passage, before the welfare reform was carried out,_. （ A） the poverty rate was lower （ B） average living standards were higher （ C）
27、the average worker was paid higher wages （ D） the poor used to rely on government aid 21 Attacking an increasingly popular Internet business practice, a consumer watchdog group Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission(FTC), asserting that many online search engines are concealing t
28、he impact special fees have on search results by Internet users. Commercial Alert, a 3-year-old group founded by consumer activist Ralph Nader, asked the FTC to investigate whether eight of the Webs largest search engines are violating federal laws against deceptive advertising. The group said that
29、the search engines are abandoning objective formulas to determine the order of their listed results and selling the top spots to the highest bidders without making adequate disclosures to Web surfers. The complaint touches a hot-button issue affecting tens of millions of people who submit search que
30、ries each day. With more than 2 billion pages and more than 14 billion hyperlinks on the Web, search requests rank as the second most popular online activity after E-mail. The eight search engines named in Commercial Alerts complaint are: MSN, owned by Microsoft; Netscape, owned by AOL Time Warner;
31、Directhit, owned by Ask Jeeves; HotBot and Lycos, both owned by Term Lycos; Altavista, owned by CMGI; LookSmart, owned by LookSmart; and iWon, owned by a privately held company operating under the same name. Portland, Ore.-based Commercial Alert could have named more search engines in its complaint,
32、 but focused on the biggest sites that are auctioning off spots in their results, said Gary Ruskin, the groups executive director. “Search engines have become central in the quest for learning and knowledge in our society. The ability to skew(扭曲 ) the results in favor of hucksters(小贩 ) without telli
33、ng consumers is a serious problem“. Ruskin said. By late Monday afternoon, three of the search engines had responded to The Associated Press inquiries about the complaint. Two, LookSmart and AltaVista, denied the charges. Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla said MSN is delivering “compelling search resul
34、ts that people want“. The FTC had no comment about the complaint Monday. The complaint takes aim at the new business plans embraced by more search engines as they try to cash in on their pivotal(关键的 ) role as Web guides and reverse a steady stream of losses. To boost revenue, search engines in the p
35、ast year have been accepting payments from businesses interested in receiving a higher ranking in certain categories or ensuring that their sites are reviewed more frequently. 21 The consumer group complained about_. （ A） special fees that Internet users were charged （ B） Federal Trade Commission （
36、C） Commercial Alert （ D） online search engines 22 _ is the most popular activity online. （ A） Sending pages of information （ B） Sending E-mail （ C） Surfing the net （ D） Selling the top spot 23 Which of the following is NOT a correct statement? _. （ A） There are too many pages or hyperlinks on the In
37、ternet, so people usually use search engine to find a certain site. （ B） More than 8 search engines are accused of selling their search engine spots by Commercial Alert. （ C） The headquarters of Commercial Alert is in Portland Oregon. （ D） The search engines are Web guides. 24 All the following shar
38、e one similarity EXCEPT_. （ A） LookSmart （ B） CMGI （ C） AltaVista （ D） Microsoft 25 The primary aim of some companies sponsoring the search engines is to_. （ A） cash in on their important role as Web guides （ B） boost their avenue （ C） reverse a series of losses （ D） have their sites visited by the
39、Internet users more 26 The Main Library has five floors open to the public. FOURTH FLOOR: Social Sciences & History. 300 399, 650 659, 900 999. Law books are shelved in a separate area follow signs for the Law Library. THIRD FLOOR: Humanities. 100 199, 200 299, 400 499, 700 709 & 800 899. SECOND FLO
40、OR: Science and Technology. 500 599. 600 649 & 660 699. FIRST FLOOR: Current (unbound) Periodicals. An information point is inside the Periodicals Office. GROUND FLOOR: Reference. General reference books and bibliographies. The Reference Librarians on each floor are available to answer queries durin
41、g office hours. At other times you can ask at the Issue Desk, on the Ground Floor. Books are shelved according to size: normal size large size The shelves are color coded to help you identify them: RED Large books WHITE Normal size books YELLOW Large periodicals BLUE Normal size periodicals Books re
42、turned the previous day may be on the Recent Returns shelves, next to the Reference Librarians desks 26 If you want to look up a word in a dictionary, which floor would you go to? _. （ A） Ground floor （ B） First floor （ C） Third floor （ D） Fourth floor 27 What is the color code of the shelves where
43、normal size novels are placed? （ A） Blue （ B） Red （ C） Yellow （ D） White 28 If you want to borrow books about American history, which floor would you go to? _. （ A） Ground Floor （ B） First Floor （ C） Third Floor （ D） The Fourth Floor 29 Out of office hours, if you have questions you should go to_. （
44、 A） the Ground Floor （ B） The First Floor （ C） The Second Floor （ D） The Fourth Floor 30 If the book you want to borrow is about engineering and it was returned yesterday, you would probably get it_. （ A） on the Ground Floor （ B） on the Recent Returns shelves, on the Second Floor （ C） on the Recent
45、Returns shelves, on the Third Floor （ D） on the Fourth Floor 三、 Part III Cloze Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the
46、center. 31 Each year, hundreds of thousands of people die from heart attack, a leading cause of death. In the Landmark Physicians Health Study at Harvard University in the United States in the late 1980s, a research team led by Dr. Heinekens studied 22 701 healthy male physicians, half of whom were
47、randomly【 B1】 to take all aspirin every other day while the others took placebos(安慰剂 ). After the participants had been【 B2】 for an average of five years, the doctors in the aspirin group were found to have suffered 34 percent fewer first heart attacks.【 B3】 ,a recent international study indicates t
48、hat aspirin can be beneficial for those people with a history of coronary artery(冠状动脉 ) bypass surgery,【 B4】 of their sex, age or whether they have high blood pressure or diabetes. According to a report by the American Heart Association, Doctors should consider prescribing【 B5】 aspirin for middle-ag
49、ed people with a family history of, or【 B6】 for, heart disease.(Risk factors include smoking, being more than 20 percent overweight, high blood pressure and lack of exercise.) Aspirin is also a lifesaver during heart attacks. Paramedics now give it routinely, and experts urge anyone with chest pain,【 B7】 if it spreads to the neck, shoulder or an arm, or is accompanied by sweating, nausea(恶
