1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷 133 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 She wasnt feeling very well; otherwise, she _ the meeting so early.（A）wouldnt leave（B） wouldnt have left（C） didnt leave（D）hadnt left2 Mr. Smith said that he did not want to _ any further responsibilities.（A）get on（B） look up（C） put up（D）take on3 John seems a nice person. _, I dont trust hi
3、m.（A）Even though（B） Even so（C） Therefore（D）Though4 _ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.（A）Had it not been（B） Werent it（C） It were not（D）Had not it been5 In a sudden _ of anger, the man tore up everything within reach.（A）attack（B） burst（C） split（D）blast6 Steel is an all
4、oy composed_of iron and carbon.（A）primarily（B） traditionally（C） carefully（D）partially7 Beijing is well _ its beautiful scenery and the Great Wall.（A）known as（B） known to（C） known about（D）known for8 The first _ in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and t
5、he discovery of fire.（A）intervals（B） breaks（C） stages（D）periods9 Earthworms occur _ adequate moisture and food and the necessary soil conditions are found.（A）and（B） whenever（C） however（D）wherever10 American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised _ from the U
6、nited States.（A）transfer（B） deliveries（C） transportation（D）transmissions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 m
7、ark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.11 The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness, If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unha
8、ppiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional ach
9、ievement, religious commitment(承担的义务), self improvement. Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is fill
10、ed with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couple w
11、ho decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can
12、 genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.11
13、According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because_.（A）he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities（B） he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single（C） he finds more fun in dating than in marriage（D）he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and e
14、xcitement12 Raising children, in the authors opinion, is_.（A）a moral duty（B） a thankless job（C） a rewarding task（D）a source of inevitable pain13 From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from _.（A）hatred（B） misunderstanding（C） prejudice（D）ignorance14 To understand what true happine
15、ss is one must_.（A）have as much fun as possible during ones lifetime（B） make every effort to liberate oneself from pain（C） put up with pain under all circumstances（D）be able to distinguish happiness from fun15 What is the author trying to tell us?（A）Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.（B） On
16、e must know how to attain happiness.（C） It is important to make commitments.（D）It is pain that leads to happiness.16 A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. Ones physical assets and liabilities dont count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best
17、.Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not-so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that physically attractive individuals are mor
18、e likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted.Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable? Once again, the scienti
19、sts have caught us mouthing pieties(虔诚) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individuals accomplishments. Attached to th
20、e paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anyt
21、hing from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted.Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good.
22、In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tre
23、mendous, making its easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire to managerial positions do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive
24、.16 According to the passage, people often wrongly believe that in pursuing a career as manager _.（A）a persons property or debts do not matter much（B） a persons outward appearance is not a critical qualification（C） women should always dress fashionably（D）women should not only be attractive but also
25、high-minded17 The result of research carried out by social scientists show that _.（A）people do not realize the importance of looking ones best（B） women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid well（C） good-looking women aspire to managerial positions（D）attractive people generally have
26、 an advantage over those who are not18 Experments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certain attributes _.（A）they observe the principle that beauty is only skin-deep（B） they do not usually act according to the views they support（C） they give ordinary-looking persons th
27、e lowest ratings（D）they tend to base their judgment on the individuals accomplishments19 Good looks cut both ways for women(Line 1, Para. 5) means that _.（A）attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public jobs（B） good-looking women always get the best of everything（C） being attractive is
28、 not always an advantage for women（D）attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions20 It can inferred from the passage that in the business world _.（A）handsome men are not affected as much by their looks as attractive women are（B） physically attractive women who are
29、 in the public eye usually do quite well（C） physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite well（D）good looks are important for women as they are for men21 In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events
30、. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like “serious illness of a family member“ were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not ref
31、lect how you deal with stressit only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and li
32、ve under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Womens magazines ran headlines like “Stress causes illness“. If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.But such simplistic advice is impossible
33、 to follow. Even ff stressful events are dangerous, manyhke the death of a loved one- are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription(处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to b
34、e completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes were all vulnerable(脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity(逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity?
35、 Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain.21 The result of Holmes-Rahes medical research tells us _.（A）the way you handle major events ma
36、y cause stress（B） what should be done to avoid stress（C） what kind of event would cause stress（D）how to cope with sudden changes in life22 The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to _.（A）widespread concern over its harmful effects（B） great panic over the mental disorder it could cause（C） an int
37、ensive research into stress-related illnesses（D）popular avoidance of stressful jobs23 The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows _.（A）how much pressure you are under（B） how positive events can change you life（C） how stressful a major event can be（D）how you can deal with life-changing events24 Why is “s
38、uch simplistic advice“(Line 1,Para.3) impossible to follow?（A）No one can stay on the same job for long.（B） No prescription is effective in relieving stress.（C） People have to get married someday.（D）You could be missing opportunities as well.25 According to the passage people who have experienced ups
39、 and downs may become _.（A）nervous when faced with difficulties（B） physically and mentally strained（C） more capable of coping with adversity（D）indifferent toward what happens to them25 I doubt that any historically valid treatment of that presidential administration can emerge for at least another d
40、ecade, if then. I confess that when I came out of the White House I signed up to do an “insider volume“, but sober, professional second thoughts have led me to put that project on ice until at least 1980. The problem is that I simultaneously know too much, and not enough. I know what I thought was h
41、appening. But I cannot fully document what happened. And I have seen enough highly classified documents to know that most of what the observers thought was happening was at best half right, at worst dead wrong. This has steered me in a different direction as far as writing is concerned. I am now pre
42、paring what is frankly and unashamedly an ex parte memoir, “My Experiences in Washington.“ It is based on what I believed to be true, on the picture as I conceptualized it, of the presidential administration under which I worked. 26 According to the speaker, the problem with “insider volumes“ is tha
43、t they _.（A）tell things that should not be told（B） lack historical perspective（C） are too sensational（D）often intentionally distort the truth27 When the speaker says that he “put that project on ice“, he means that he _.（A）put it in the refrigerator（B） gave up on it completely（C） took a rather cold
44、attitude towards it（D）put it aside until later28 When the speaker says that he simultaneously knew “too much, and not enough“, he means that he was _.（A）more perceptive than others who were involved at this time（B） too close to the events to see them objectively（C） unable to see any significance in
45、current events（D）confused by the number of important events that were taking place29 The speakers experience in reading classified documents made him realize that _.（A）others had been mistaken in interpreting events that they had observed（B） others knew more about current events than he did（C） he wa
46、s the only responsible person who knew the truth about government affairs（D）he was a more impartial observer than anyone else in the government30 According to the speaker, “My Experiences in Washington“ will deal with _.（A）secret documents never before released to the public（B） an “insiders“ concept
47、ualization of the governments failures（C） his personal view of that presidential era（D）the administrative problems of the president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
48、mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.30 A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supplyall these were important factors, in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.【31】they were not enough. Something else
49、 was needed to start the industrial process. That “something special“ was men【32】individuals who could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who【33】the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were【34】inventors than scientists. A man who is a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing
