1、2011 年 GCT 工程硕士（英语）真题试卷及答案与解析一、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: 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 t
2、he center.1 If the car you have rented is clearly unsatisfactory, you can always_it for another.（A）shift（B） exchange（C） switch（D）replace2 Every manager needs a secretary that he can_to take care of something that may occur in his absence.（A）bring on（B） hold on（C） count on（D）focus on3 The shirt is a
3、real bargain because it is good in quality and_in price.（A）valuable（B） remarkable（C） available（D）reasonable4 Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man_it is for a woman.（A）when（B） that（C） as（D）than5 Nina_back home if she had known that her husband would go to the bus stop to meet her
4、.（A）couldnt have walked（B） shouldnt have walked（C） mustnt have walked（D）wouldnt have walked6 A news report is usually very short,_when it is about something very important.（A）besides（B） except（C） apart from（D）except for7 In this advanced course, students are required to take performance tests at mon
5、thly_.（A）gaps（B） lengths（C） distances（D）intervals8 American women were_the right to vote until 1920.（A）ignored（B） refused（C） derived（D）denied9 Seldom_any mistakes during my past few years of working there.（A）would I make（B） have I made（C） I made（D）shall I make10 The proposal seems_to oppose the gove
6、rnment economic policy.（A）designed（B） to design（C） have designed（D）to have designed二、Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: 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. Choose the bes
7、t one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.10 Happiness is becoming a huge area in psychological research and even in government policy, with the UK government exploring a “happiness index“. Its tough, though, to define exactly what happiness is, and what ma
8、kes us happy.There are two broad ways of looking at happiness: short-term happiness ( a great cookie, a bottle of wine) and long-term happiness (financial security, achieving your goals). Both types of happiness are valid, and important. The problem is, theyre often in competition.Lets say youve got
9、 a goal of losing 50 pounds this year. You know youd be happier and healthier if you werent carrying that extra weight. To achieve long-term happiness, you need to go on a diet. In the short-term, though, its not that easy. A chocolate cake, or a large glass of wine, might seem like just the thing t
10、o cheer you up at the end of a long dayor to celebrate with friends. Its the same with lots of other goals.If youve got a tendency to prioritize long-term happiness at the expense of day-to-day pleasures, you should start looking for some small ways to bring a little joy back into your life. Im not
11、suggesting that you go out and get drunk every night, or that you stuff with cake. There are plenty of other ways to enjoy yourself. Dont pin all your hopes of happiness on some far-off future, though. Theres no point working a 60-hour week and making yourself thoroughly miserable in the belief that
12、 things will be prefect as soon as youre making a six-figure salary.11 A proper title for the passage is“_“.（A）Happy Thereafter（B） Beyond Happiness（C） Happiness In, Happiness Out（D）Happy Now or in the Future?12 Paragraph 2 is mainly about_.（A）what makes us happy（B） how to understand happiness（C） how
13、 we can be happier（D）what happiness can bring us13 The example in Paragraph 3 is meant to emphasize that_.（A）both short-term happiness and long-term happiness are important（B） we tend to seek short-term happiness instead of long-term happiness（C） people prefer long-term happiness to short-term happi
14、ness（D）short-term happiness may contradict long-term happiness14 The word “prioritize“ (last paragraph) probably means“_“.（A）treat something as more important than others（B） improve somethings value or quality（C） put extra emphasis on something（D）look for something that is difficult to find15 The au
15、thor suggests in the last paragraph that sacrificing short-term happiness for long-term happiness_.（A）works well（B） can be justified（C） is not worthwhile（D）makes no difference15 Thanks to the introduction of new drugs, many of the early problems in organ transplants, such as tissue rejection, have,
16、to a great extent, now been solved. However, there remains a major problem. The people in need of transplant surgery far outnumber the available organs.Many countries, such as Britain, have huge waiting lists of people whose lives could be saved by being given a kidney, lung, heart, or liver transpl
17、ant. Sadly, many of them die before they reach the top of those lists.Under the present British policy, people are asked to carry donor (捐赠人) cards, and/or put their names on the national donor register. Thus, if they lose their lives suddenly, for example, in a traffic accident, they have given per
18、mission in advance of their deaths for their organs to be used. If they have not done so, surgeons are faced with the task of asking the grieved relatives for permission to use the organs of the dead. Of course, often the relatives are too upset even to think of such a thing until it is too late. Or
19、gan transplants have to take place quite soon after the death of the donor.Dying and donating organs is not something most of us like to think about, and only about 14% of people have registered. Now it has been suggested that, instead of the present register, there should be a register of potential
20、 donors who havent made up their minds.16 Nowadays a major problem in transplant surgery is_.（A）the shortage of qualified doctors（B） the lack of transplant organs（C） tissue rejection（D）immature techniques17 It can be inferred from the passage that transplant organs most likely come from_.（A）people w
21、ho die in fatal accidents（B） criminals who are sentenced to death（C） patients who die from serious diseases（D）people who are mentally healthy18 What is the advantage of registering in advance to donate organs?（A）The transplant may take place soon after the death of the donor.（B） The donors relatives
22、 would agree with the surgery.（C） More people would choose donation of their organs after death.（D）Surgeons will not be liable to any legal consequences.19 The low percentage of people who have registered to donate organs indicates that_.（A）the present register system doesnt work（B） dying and donati
23、ng organs is an unpleasant issue（C） very few people know how to donate their organs（D）permission from relatives is hard to obtain20 What has been proposed to get more donor organs?（A）Asking more people to register to donate organs after death.（B） Having more people carry donor cards when they get ar
24、ound.（C） Encouraging more people to consider organ donation through registering.（D）Getting more people to donate organs by offering huge monetary rewards.20 Recently, the American Heart Association surveyed 1,000 people nationwide about their thoughts on sodium and heart health. 61% said that they b
25、elieved sea salt Was a low-sodium alternative to table salt. They can be forgiven for thinking so. Sea salt is marketed as a healthy food, added to soups, potato chips and a wide variety of packaged snacks labeled “low sodium“, “all natural“ and “healthy“. But in reality, sea salt and table salt are
26、 not terribly different, at least chemically. The real differences are in how the two are used in cooking.Table salt comes from underground salt deposits. Companies that sell it typically add something to keep it from clumping (结块). During processing, table salt is stripped of many of its natural mi
27、nerals. Sea salt, on the other hand, is made from evaporated seawater, with little processing, it retains most of its minerals, which some cooks say give it a better flavor.But both contain the same amount of sodium chloride (氯化氢) by weight, which means they contribute equally to total sodium consum
28、ption and have the same effect on blood pressure. Officials recommend that adults consume no more than 2, 300 milligrams of sodium a day, equivalent to a teaspoon of salt. You should eat less if you are black, hypertensive (患高血压 的) or older than 40. Yet most Americans consume more than double the am
29、ount they need, mostly from processed foods, so it is best to limit saltof any kind.21 According to the survey, more than half the people believe that_.（A）table salt should be used in cooking（B） it is necessary to eat sea salt（C） sea salt is a high-sodium product（D）sea slat is a healthier choice tha
30、n table salt22 The difference between table salt and sea slat lies in that table salt_.（A）contains less natural minerals than sea salt（B） forms clumps more easily than sea salt（C） tastes better than sea salt（D）goes through less processing than sea salt23 The word “strip“ in Para. 2 is closest in mea
31、ning to“_“.（A）break（B） add（C） remove（D）change24 According to the passage, the proper amount of salt consumption is related to ones_.（A）appetite（B） age（C） sex（D）weight25 According to the passage, Americans_.（A）consume much more salt than they actually need（B） consume about 2,300 milligrams of salt a
32、day（C） prefer fresh food to salted processed food（D）try to limit their salt consumption of any kind25 26 A proper title for the chart is“_“.（A）Schedule Chart for Job Hunting（B） Flow Chart for Recruitment Process（C） Descriptive Chart for an Open Position（D）Organization Chart for a Hiring Company27 Th
33、e chart is probably designed for_.（A）job applicants（B） school graduates（C） the company general manager（D）the human resources department28 What happens right after the interview?（A）The company will review other interviewees.（B） The company will notify those who get an offer.（C） The applicants will co
34、nfirm job offers with the company（D）The applicants will call in to check whether they get the offer.29 A work contract is signed when_.（A）all options have been considered（B） there is no more interviewee to review（C） the applicant accepts the companys offer（D）the company finishes training for its new
35、 staff30 What does “Com. “ in “Com. Offer“ possibly mean?（A）Confirm（B） Company（C） Compensate（D）Communicate三、Part III ClozeDirections: 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 A
36、NSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.30 Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may (31) you. Did you know curry (咖喱) isnt Indian? Did you know Americans werent the (32) to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasnt created in Italy?First, lets talk about curry. Many people th
37、ink the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. But (33) , wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices hundreds of years (34) British ships traveled to India. In fact, the word “curry“ can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. Cooks of wealthy Engli
38、sh families created curry dishes, and later these (35) caught on in other parts of England.(36) pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia ( what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500snearly one thousand years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy!
39、Finally, lets look at the truth behind (37) Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, (38) some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors (39) . hamburgers to Americans.Where foods co
40、me from isnt nearly as (40) as how they tastedelicious! So, go get some of your favorite food and dig in.（A）upset（B） surprise（C） annoy（D）inspire（A）ones（B） last（C） first（D）nation（A）in detail（B） in short（C） in turn（D）in reality（A）before（B） after（C） when（D）while（A）cooks（B） families（C） dishes（D）places（A
41、）Compare to（B） As for（C） But for（D）In addition to（A）chips（B） pizza（C） curry（D）hamburgers（A）according to（B） owing to（C） in case of（D）in spite of（A）carried（B） introduced（C） transported（D）moved（A）good（B） far（C） important（D）long四、Part IV Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this part, there are ten short i
42、ncomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that most appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.41 A: I went on a date wi
43、th Sammy last weekend B: Really?_? A: I couldnt ask for a better night.（A）Is she nice（B） How was it（C） Is it a beautiful night（D）Did you like her42 Student: How long can I keep the book? Librarian: _.（A）Any period longer than four weeks, you will be fined（B） You can check it on the computer over the
44、re（C） Four weeks, but you can renew it if you need it longer（D）At most four weeks if you dont mind43 A: Hello, Ann, do you still remember you said youd like to see the actor of the movie Titanic? B: _. A: He is here at our university now.（A）No, I dont.（B） Yes, why?（C） Yes, so what?（D）No, I dont like
45、 him.44 A: Please remember me to your parent. B: _.（A）They remember seeing you once（B） Thanks a lot. I will（C） I am afraid they have poor memories（D）You can contact them directly45 Teacher: Are you following me? Student: _.（A）Im afraid not.（B） Can you walk slowly, please?（C） Let me think of it.（D）Wh
46、o knows?46 Receiver: Would you like to leave a message? Ill tell Mr. Cohen know as soon as he comes back. Caller: _.（A）I hope he will call me back（B） No. Ill call somebody else（C） I dont think its appropriate（D）Dont bother. Ill try his cell47 David: if things go on like this, Ill start preparing my
47、resume again. Colleague: _.（A）Come on. Its not that bad.（B） Yes, you are good at it.（C） Really? Congratulations!（D）Its none of my business.48 Wife: Honey, we have only one egg and half a bottle of milk in the fridge. Oh, and we are running out of toilet paper. Husband: _.（A）OK, OK. Ill go to the sto
48、re fight now.（B） Yes, honey. Let me know what I can do.（C） Whats missing, dear?（D）Sure, Ill get more next tim49 Man: Its a long journey. You look tired._? Woman: Yes. Could you take that suitcase, please? Man: Sure.（A）Wheres your luggage（B） How can I help you（C） May I help you with anything（D）Do you
49、 mind my help50 A: Can you keep an eye on my bag? B: _ A: No. Im going to the bathroom.（A）Sure. What is it?（B） Oh. Do you want a favor?（C） Go ahead. No problem.（D）Sure. Will you be long?2011 年 GCT 工程硕士（英语）真题试卷答案与解析一、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C a
