1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷 123 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 the
2、 center.1 These excursions will give you an even deeper_into our language and culture.（A）inquiry（B） investigation（C） input（D）insight2 The stock_in value should be sold.（A）which has not increased（B） has not increased（C） not been increasing（D）who has not increased3 The manager needs an assistant who h
3、e can_to take care of problems in his absence.（A）count on（B） count in（C） count up（D）count out4 The number of the employees_in this company.（A）have doubled（B） has doubled（C） are doubled（D）were doubled5 He is_of a musician.（A）anybody（B） anyone（C） something（D）somebody6 Problems common to most countries
4、 include the social, economic_problems.（A）and politics（B） and with government（C） of government（D）and political7 You cant be_careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.（A）very（B） quite（C） too（D）so8 He came all the way to China for promoting friendship_for making money.（A）other than
5、（B） more than（C） better than（D）rather than9 _, I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened.（A）Desperate（B） Despite（C） Inspiring（D）Exciting10 He was a person who would stand up for what he thought right, _.（A）whatever the cost to himself（B） what the cost to himself might be（C） no mat
6、ter whatever the cost is to himself（D）however the cost to himself is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 best one and mark
7、your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.10 Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that ones muscles also participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen t
8、o music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar without moving their body or more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one list
9、ens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra even though he knows there is a competent conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak,
10、in its performance. The listener “feels“ himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.11 Some psychologists
11、maintain that thinking is_.（A）not a mental process（B） more of a physical process than a mental action（C） a process that involves our entire bodies（D）a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain12 Few people are able to listen to familiar music without_.（A）moving some part of their body（B
12、） stopping what they are doing to listen（C） directing the orchestra playing it（D）wishing that they could conduct music properly13 Body movements are necessary in order for the listener to_.（A）hear the music（B） appreciate the music（C） enjoy the music fully（D）completely understand the music14 Accordin
13、g to the selection, muscle participation in the process of thinking is_.（A）deliberate（B） obvious（C） not readily apparent（D）very pronounced15 The best title for this selection is_.（A）An Ear for Music（B） Music Appreciation（C） How Muscles Participate in Mental Acts（D）A Psychological Definition of the T
14、hinking Process15 During the summer session there will be a revised schedule of services for the university community. Specific changes for intercampus bus services, summer hours for the cafeteria, the infirmary (校医院) and recreational and athletic facilities will be posted on the bulletin board outs
15、ide of the cafeteria. Weekly movie and concert schedules which are in the process of being arranged will be posted each Wednesday outside of the cafeteria.Intercampus buses will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour and make all of the regular stops on their route around campus. The cafete
16、ria will serve breakfast, lunch, and early dinner from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. during the week and from noon to 7 p. m. on weekends. The library will maintain regular hours during the week, but shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 7 p. m.All students who want to use
17、the library borrowing services and recreational athletic, and entertainment facilities must have a valid summer identification card. This announcement will also appear in the next issue of the student newspaper.16 Which of the following is the main purpose of this announcement?（A）To tell campus pers
18、onnel of the new library services.（B） To announce the new movies on campus this summer.（C） To notify university people of important schedule changes.（D）To remind the students to validate their identification cards.17 Specific schedule revisions for which of the following facilities are listed in thi
19、s announcement?（A）Athletic and recreational.（B） Food and transportation.（C） Bookstore and post office.（D）Medical and audio-visual.18 Times for movies and concerts are not listed in this announcement because_.（A）film or concert occurs every Wednesday at 7 p. m.（B） the full list would be too long（C） f
20、ilms and concerts cannot be announced publicly（D）the full list is not ready yet19 According to me announcement which of the following is true of special summer hours for the library?（A）It has them only on the weekends.（B） It has them both weekdays and weekends.（C） It has no special summer hours.（D）T
21、he information is not available.20 According to the announcement, a validated identification card is required to_.（A）ride on intercampus buses（B） read announcements in the cafeteria（C） make use of the infirmary（D）check books out of the library20 The economy in the United States is heavily dependent
22、on aluminum, a material widely used in the construction of buildings and in making such diverse things as cars, airplanes, and food containers. In 1979 Americans used over five million tons of new aluminum, and one and a half million tons of recycled aluminum. Some ninety percent of the bauxite (矾土)
23、 ore from which new aluminum is normally derived had to be imported to meet the demand. Poorer ores are abundant in the United States, however, researchers at Purdue University may recently have found a way to obtain aluminum magnetically from these.Although aluminum is not attracted by ordinary mag
24、nets, under special conditions it becomes temporarily “paramagnetic“, or very weakly responsive to a magnetic field. This is achieved by immersing ore particles in water to which certain salts have been added and then filtering the ore through steel wool in the presence of a strong magnetic field. I
25、t is hoped that this technique will reduce the amount of high-grade aluminum the United States must import.21 The passage focuses on_.（A）construction and manufacturing industry in the United States（B） new technique of obtaining aluminum from poor ores（C） consumption and production of aluminum in the
26、 United States（D）the annual import of high-grade aluminum into the United States22 It is believed that a new technique to_will probably be found.（A）recycle old aluminum products（B） discover more bauxite ores（C） make aluminum by putting ore particles under water（D）take out aluminum magnetically from
27、poorer ores23 In the second paragraph the word “paramagnetic“ means_.（A）slightly magnetic（B） a weak magnetic field（C） a strong magnetic substance（D）the under-water magnetic power24 By immersing ore particles in water, _.（A）we can get ore particles of equal size（B） we can purify aluminum particles（C）
28、 we can filter out aluminum（D）we can improve the working conditions around25 We understand from the passage that the United States_.（A）is rich in low-grade aluminum-bearing ores（B） is short of aluminum-making techniques（C） has to import ninety percent of its annual need of aluminum（D）has to produce
29、fifty percent of the worlds supply to meet its annual aluminum demand25 Service AdProfessional Typing Service announces a new location in Westside Mall, 1400 University Avenue across from State University Student Union.We specialize in term papers, theses, and dissertations typed to the specificatio
30、ns of the Graduate School of State University.Twenty-four-hour service for fifty pages or less. Forty-eight-hour service for more than fifty pages.Rates: $ 1 per page on regular paper$1.25 per page on cotton bond paper $0.25 extra for each carbon copy or a graph Hours: 8:00 a. m. 10 ;00 p. m. Monday
31、Friday8:00 a. m. 4:00 p. m. SaturdayClosed all day SundayCall: 717-541526 What kind of person needs this service?（A）A doctor.（B） A policeman.（C） The sick.（D）A student.27 How much will it cost you if you want five regular papers and two graphs to be typed?（A）$5（B） $1（C） $5.5（D）$628 If you have 20 pag
32、es to be typed, how long does it take to get them finished?（A）More than 48 hours（B） More than 24 hours.（C） Within 24 hours.（D）In 24 minutes.29 When does the typing service close on Wednesday?（A）10:00 p.m.（B） 8:00 p.m.（C） 4:00 p. m.（D）Its closed all day.30 The main purpose of this passage is_.（A）to c
33、riticize（B） to describe（C） to advertise（D）to celebrate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 ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.30
34、 Besides active foreign enterprises and a【C1】_number of private employers, a consequential new development was the development of employment in state-owned enterprises (guanying or guanshang). Started by some【C2 】_Qing officials, the yangwupai, in the late nineteenth century, sizable state-owned ent
35、erprises developed primarily【C3】_enhancing Chinas national defense. Famous industrial giants of todays China such as the shipyards in Shanghai and heavy industries in cities like Wuhan, Nanjing, and Chongqing were built by the Qing or the Republic governments. Some of them later began to【C4】_conside
36、rable private investment. After World War II, this type of state-owned employment became very important. Labor in those enterprises consisted basically【C5】_two tiers; a largely market-oriented allocation of blue-collar and some white-collar workers, and a mostly state allocation of most of the white
37、-collar workers including managerial and technical personnel. The latter was a distorted labor market that featured strong【C6 】_considerations in allocating and managing labor. Personal and kinship connections, the so-called “petticoat influence,“ and political【C7】_were the norm for this type of lab
38、or allocation pattern. In a way, it was midway between a rather crude market-oriented labor allocation pattern and the centuries-old, warm, family-based traditional labor allocation pattern. It covered a very small but important portion of the Chinese labor force, and thus【C8】_our attention. Later,
39、it apparently provided the historical precedent【C9】_state-owned enterprises to allocate their administrative and technical cadres, even its entire industrial labor force, 【C10 】_state employees.31 【C1 】（A）growing（B） grow（C） grown（D）grew32 【C2 】（A）reform-mind（B） reform-minded（C） reformed-mind（D）refor
40、ming-mind33 【C3 】（A）in the purpose of（B） for the purpose of（C） by the purpose of（D）with the purpose of34 【C4 】（A）absorb（B） melt（C） receive（D）attain35 【C5 】（A）on（B） in（C） of（D）as36 【C6 】（A）noneconomical（B） ineconomic（C） noneconomic（D）ineconomical37 【C7 】（A）flavor（B） flavoring（C） favored（D）favoritism3
41、8 【C8 】（A）pays（B） puts（C） deserves（D）devotes39 【C9 】（A）for（B） to（C） in（D）on40 【C10 】（A）like（B） same（C） being（D）as四、Part IV Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one t
42、hat 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 Jane: Carol, you look very well. Carol: Thank you, Jane. You look wonderful too. Your weekend tennis must have done you good. Jane: _
43、.（A）Thats very kind of you（B） Are you kidding? Thank you anyway（C） You think so? Thats encouraging（D）I dont believe it. You are flattering me42 Caller: Hello. Im ringing about the flat advertised in todays STAR. _? Mrs. Green: Yes, it is. Two or three people have rung up about it, but nobodys been t
44、o see it yet.（A）Is it still available（B） Is it still empty（C） Is it still free（D）Is it still blank43 Customer: Excuse me! Clerk: Yes, ma-am? What can I do for you? Customer: I have a problem with this coffee maker, and I want my money back. Clerk: _? Customer: The problem is that it doesnt work! Ive
45、 only used it three times.（A）Why（B） Well, are you sure（C） Whats the matter with it on earth（D）Well, what seems to be the problem44 (At a party) Adam: This is a great apartment. Tammy: I think so, too. _? Adam: No, Im Adam. I came with Carl. I dont really know anyone here. Carls told me about most of
46、 his friends, but I cant match the names with the faces.（A）Excuse me, but do I know you（B） Excuse me, could I know you（C） Excuse me, do you mind telling me your name（D）Excuse me, but do you know me45 Salesgirl: Good morning, miss. Can I help you? Mary: Yes, Id like half a kilo oranges, please. Sales
47、girl:_. Anything else? Mary: No, thank you.（A）These oranges are for you（B） Give you the oranges（C） There you are（D）Here are you46 Wang: Ive got an appointment. Im going to meet a friend in London at 3 p. m. Its already a quarter past _. David: Im going to London. I can give you a lift if you like. W
48、ang: Could you really? That would be great.（A）Ill never make it（B） Ill never do it（C） Ill never reach it（D）Ill never attain it47 Clerk: Good morning. Can I help you? Mr. Smith: Yes, Id like a ticket to New York 9: 15 tomorrow morning. Clerk:_? Mr. Smith: Single, please.（A）Single or two（B） Single or
49、return（C） Single or double（D）Single or back48 Ted: Hi, Christine. _? Christine: Hi, Ted. I just bought a new camping tent. I cant wait to use it.（A）Whats on（B） Whats up（C） Whats wrong（D）Whats right49 Jane: Hello Sally. Fancy meeting you here! Sally: Hello, Jane. Havent seen you for a long time. Youve got married, havent yo
