1、GCT工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷 28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 Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _ obtaining water is not the least. （ A） for which （ B） to which （ C） of which （ D） in which 2 Which sport has the most expenses training equipment, players personal equipment and uniforms? （ A） in place of （ B） in terms of （ C） by
3、 means of （ D） by way of 3 They are going to have the serviceman _ an electric fan in the office tomorrow. （ A） install （ B） to install （ C） to be installed （ D） installed 4 She was complaining that the doctor was _ too much for the treatment he was giving her. （ A） expending （ B） offering （ C） cost
4、ing （ D） charging 5 The manager spoke highly of such _ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees. （ A） virtue （ B） features （ C） properties （ D） characteristics 6 One day I _ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college. （ A） came acros
5、s （ B） came about （ C） came after （ D） came at 7 By the end of next year, they _ three modern hotels there. （ A） will build （ B） will be building （ C） will have been built （ D） will have built 8 _, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of la
6、nguage is poor. （ A） Other things being equal （ B） Were other things equal （ C） To be equal to other things （ D） Other things to be equal 9 _ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better. （ A） For （ B） Now （ C） Since （ D） Despite 10 _ in all parts of the state, pines are
7、 the most common trees in Georgia. （ A） Found （ B） Finding them （ C） To find them （ D） Find them 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D
8、. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 11 When I was still an architecture student, a teacher told me, “We learn more from buildings that fall down than from buildings that stand up“. What he meant was that construction is as much the re
9、sult of experience as of theory. Although structural design follows established formulas, the actual performance of a building is complicated by the passage of time, the behavior of users, the natural elements and unnatural events. All are difficult to simulate. Buildings, unlike cars, cant be crash
10、-tasted. The first important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is that tall buildings can withstand the impact of a large jetliner. The twin towers were supported by 59 perimeter columns on each side. Although about 30 of these columns, extending from four to six floors, were destroyed in ea
11、ch building by the impact, initially both towers remained standing. Even so, the death toll(代价 ) was appalling 2,235 people lost their lives. I was once asked how tall buildings should be designed given what wed learned from the World Trade Center collapse. My answer was, “Lower“. The question of wh
12、en a tall building becomes unsafe is easy to answer. Common aerial fire-fighting ladders in use today are 100 feet high and can reach to about the 10th floor, so fires in buildings up to 10 stories high can be fought from the exterior(外部 ). Fighting fires and evacuating occupants above that height d
13、epend on fire stairs. The taller the building, the longer it will take for firefighters to climb to the scene of the fire. So the simple answer to the safety question is “Lower than 10 stories“. Then why dont cities impose lower height limits? A 60-story office building does not have six times as mu
14、ch rentable space as a 10-story building. However, all things being equal, such a building will produce four times more revenue and four times more in property taxes. So cutting building heights would mean cutting city budgets. The most important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is not that
15、 we should stop building tall buildings but that we have misjudged their cost. We did the same thing when we underestimated the cost of hurtling along a highway in a steel box at 70 miles per hour. It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires, and antilock brakes became commonplace.
16、At first, cars simply were too slow to warrant concern. Later, manufacturers resisted these expensive devices, arguing that consumers would not pay for safety. Now we do willingly. 11 The first paragraph tells us that _. （ A） architecture is something more our of experience than our of theory （ B） a
17、rchitecture depends just as much on experience as on theory （ C） it is safer for people to live in old buildings （ D） we learn not so much from our failures as from our success 12 What can we learn from the WTC collapse? （ A） Although the structure of the two buildings was very strong, the death tol
18、l was still very shocking. （ B） The structure of the two buildings was of the first class. （ C） The structure of the two buildings was not so strong as people had expected. （ D） The structure of the two buildings was strong enough to withstand any accidents. 13 Ideally, the policy in city constructi
19、on should be _. （ A） lower than ten stories （ B） the lower, the better （ C） the higher, the better （ D） higher than ten stories 14 Why are there still high buildings, or even skyscrapers in many cities? （ A） Because they are the symbol of modern time. （ B） Because many cities now lack building space
20、. （ C） Because high buildings are an important financial source of a citys budget. （ D） Because high buildings represent the level of a countrys science and technology. 15 What is the most important lesson of the WTC collapse? （ A） We should wear seat belts while driving. （ B） We should build low bu
21、ildings just as we should drive slowly. （ C） We should make building tall buildings illegal. （ D） We should pay for safety while constructing tall buildings. 16 When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to notice a small brown leather wallet lying on the sidewalk. I picked it up a
22、nd opened it to see if I could find out the owners name. There was nothing inside it except some change and an old photograph a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old, who looked like the womans daughter. I put the photograph back and took the wallet to the police station, where
23、I handed it to the desk sergeant. Before I left, the sergeant took down my name and address in case the owner might want to write and thank me. That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also invited a young woman so that there would be four people at the table. Her face was
24、 familiar. I was quite sure that we had not met before, but I couldnt remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation, however, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon. All at once I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the pho
25、tograph, although she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to describe her wallet to her. Then I explained that I had recognized her from the photograph I had found in the wallet. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to claim the wallet. As t
26、he police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was amazing that I had not only found the wallet, but also the person who had lost it. 16 The wallet which the writer found _. （ A） was empty （ B） had some money in it （ C） had a few coins and a photograph in it （ D） had an old photograph in it 17 T
27、he writer opened the wallet because he wanted to _ in it. （ A） find some money （ B） find some gold （ C） find the owners name （ D） find the owners photograph 18 The writer recognized the young woman because _. （ A） he had met her somewhere before （ B） she was the old woman in the photograph （ C） she
28、often had dinner with his aunt and uncle （ D） she looked like the young girl in the photograph 19 The young woman told of her loss of the wallet _. （ A） at the beginning of the dinner （ B） during the conversation （ C） as soon as she saw the writer （ D） after the dinner 20 The story was amazing becau
29、se _. （ A） the writer found both the wallet and its owner （ B） the finder and the loser of the wallet were old friends （ C） the finder and the loser of the wallet met at the police station （ D） the woman knew the writer and his uncle 21 Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things t
30、hat men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and again, because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that
31、 had burn it before. A really fearless soldier and some do exist is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out. In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought t
32、o be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe: an airplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of
33、 the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer! The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and succes
34、sful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well. In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing onto y
35、our house. In this case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course, of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it. 21 Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if _. （ A） the
36、y were given no warning beforehand （ B） they had never burnt themselves （ C） they had no sense of pain （ D） they were fearful of the fire 22 A really fearless soldier _. （ A） is of little use to the army （ B） is without equal （ C） is nothing but a dead soldier （ D） easily gets killed in a battle 23
37、Fear should be used properly because _. （ A） an airplane may crash on your house （ B） you may get cancer （ C） fear can only be used as a servant and guide （ D） men are now letting fear rule them too much 24 People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _. （ A） they have gained experienc
38、e （ B） they jump out of the way in time （ C） they are calm in face of danger （ D） they are warned of the danger and can take quick action 25 Implied but not stated: _. （ A） Fear is always something helpful （ B） Too much fear is harmful （ C） Fear ought to be used as a servant and guide （ D） Fear is s
39、omething unprofitable 26 Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they find the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives. Cream and butter contain pretty m
40、uch the same substances, so why cream should sour much faster has been a mystery. Both are emulsions tiny globules(小球 ) of one liquid evenly distributed throughout another. “The difference lies in whats in the globules and whats in the surrounding liquid“, says Brocklehurst, who led the investigatio
41、n. In cream, fatty globules drift about in a sea of water. In butter, globules of a watery solution are locked away in a sea of fat. The bacteria which make the food go bad prefer to live in the watery regions of the mixture. “This means that in cream, the bacteria are free to grow throughout the mi
42、xture“, he says. When the situation is reversed, the bacteria are locked away in compartments(密封仓 ) buried deep in the sea of fat. Trapped in this way, individual colonies cannot spread and rapidly run out of nutrients. They also slowly poison themselves with their waste products. “In butter, you ge
43、t a self-limiting system which stops the bacteria growing“, says Brocklehurst. The researchers are already working with food companies keen to see if their products can be made resistant to bacterial attack through alterations to the foods structure. Brocklehurst believes it will be possible to make
44、 the emulsions used in salad cream, for instance, more like that in butter. The key will be to do this while keeping the salad cream liquid and not turning it into a solid lump. 26 The significance of Brocklehursts research is that _. （ A） it suggested a way to keep some foods fresh without preserva
45、tives （ B） it discovered tiny globules in both cream and butter （ C） it revealed the secret of how bacteria multiply in cream and butter （ D） it found that cream and butter share the same chemical composition 27 According to the researchers, cream sours faster than butter because bacteria _. （ A） ar
46、e more evenly distributed in cream （ B） multiply more easily in cream than in butter （ C） live on less fat in cream than in butter （ D） produce less waste in cream than in butter 28 According to Brocklehurst, we can keep cream fresh by _. （ A） removing its fat （ B） killing the bacteria （ C） reducing
47、 its water content （ D） altering its structure 29 The word “colonies“(Line 2, Para.3) refers to _. （ A） tiny globules （ B） watery regions （ C） bacteria communities （ D） little compartments 30 Commercial application of the research finding will be possible if salad cream can be made resistant to bact
48、erial attack _. （ A） by varying its chemical composition （ B） by turning it into a solid lump （ C） while keeping its structure unchanged （ D） while retaining its liquid form 三、 Part III Cloze Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices m
49、arked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 31 For most kinds of activities, a large group of people can accomplish more and have more fun than one person alone. For example, politicians, businessmen, workers, and【 B1】 criminals know that they must join organizations in order to be【 B2】 . Since there is usually strength in numbers, labor unions have a more【 B
