1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷 185 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 Most people have come to realize that it is about time the government_further measures to control the population.（A）must take（B） is taking（C） takes（D）took2 Any student who_his homework is unlikely to pass the examination.（A）reduces（B） offends（C） practices（D）neglects3 After a whole days hea
3、vy work, the old worker returned home, _.（A）hungry and felt exhausting（B） hunger and exhausted（C） hungry and exhausted（D）hungry and having been exhausted4 It is necessary that an efficient worker_his work on time.（A）accomplishes（B） can accomplish（C） accomplish（D）has accomplished5 Every year, thousan
4、ds of college students apply for the CCTV Cup English Speech_.（A）Argument（B） Quarrel（C） Debate（D）Contest6 The machines in this workshop are not regulated_ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.（A）inevitably（B） individually（C） irrespectively（D）irregularly7 The parents were much kind
5、er to their youngest child than they were to the other, _, of course, made the others jealous.（A）which（B） that（C） what（D）who8 Chinese farmers are mostly living a simple and _ life as it is today.（A）miserable（B） economical（C） luxurious（D）sensible9 All the firemen in the city were _to fight against th
6、e big fire.（A）called in（B） called off（C） called up（D）called on10 The manager spoke highly of such _ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.（A）virtue（B） features（C） properties（D）characteristics二、Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages, each f
7、ollowed 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.10 Bra，where there is a church clock that is a half hour slow，is not only the home of
8、 an international movement that promotes“slow food”but also one of 31 Italian municipalities that have joined the“slow cities”These cities have declared themselves paradises from the accelerating pace of life in the global economyIn Bin，the town fathers have declared that all small food shops be clo
9、sed every Thursday and SundayThey forbid Cars in the town squareAll fruits and vegetables served in local schools must be organicThe city offers cut-rate mortgages to homeowners who do up their houses using a local buRer-colored material and reserves commercial choice real estate for family shops se
10、lling handmade chocolates or specialty cheesesAnd if the movement leaders get their way，the slow conception will gradually spread across EuropeThe argument for a“Slow Europe”is not only that slow is good，but also that it can work The Slow City movement，which started in 1999，has turned around local e
11、conomies by promoting local goods and tourismYoung Italians are moving from larger cities to Bra，where unemployment is only 5 percent，about half the nationwide rateSlow food and wine festivals draw thousands of tourists every yearShops are thriving，many with sales rising at a rate of 15 percent per
12、year“This is our answer to globalization”says Paolo Satumini，the founder of Slow CitiesFrance is the favored proving ground for supporters of what might be called slow economicsMost outsiders have long been doubtful of the French model：short hours and long vacationsYet the French are more productive
13、 on an hourly basis than counterparts in the United States and Britain，and have been for yearsThe mystery of French productivity has fueled a Europe-wide debate about the merits of working more slowly11 The church clock that is a half hour slow serves as a symbol of_.（A）fast movement（B） slow movemen
14、t（C） global economy（D）city growth12 In Bra，local specialty businesses_.（A）are not open on Thursdays and Sundays（B） are not allowed in the town square（C） enjoy low-rate loans from the bank（D）enjoy priority in business sites13 The low unemployment in Bra is mentioned to prove that_.（A）unemployment is
15、in proportion to population（B） a good concept works well in its birthplace（C） the Slow City movement is successful in Bra（D）tourism brings greatjob opportunities14 It can be inferred from the passage that_.（A）British workers work longer hours than the French（B） French workers work longer hours than
16、the Italians（C） Italian workers arc less productive than the Americans（D）American workers are more productive than the British15 The increased French productivity tends to_.（A）throw doubt on slow economics（B） confirm merits of slow economics（C） favor an accelerating pace of life（D）encourage a slow e
17、conomic growth16 The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950s, resulting in a smaller College age population starting in the middle 1970s. Something else happened in the 1970s: the price of oil increased tremendously, driving up the price of almost everything and making Americans aware th
18、at their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline. At the same time, foreign car manufacturers had begun to produce small fuel efficient cars in large quantities for the export market. Suddenly, the large, gas guzzling American cars were no longer attractive to American buyers, who began buying fore
19、ign cars by the thousands. The American automobile industry went into a recession. Thousands of automotive workers were laid off, as were thousands of people in industries indirectly connected with the auto industry. People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for necessities, like foo
20、d and housing. They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college. Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs. High unemployment means that more state funds must be used for social serviceunemployment benefits and to aid
21、 dependent children, for examplethan during more prosperous times. It also means that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes. Institutions of higher education depend on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from t
22、he states. At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education. The colleges and universities are in trouble.16 What is the main idea of this passage?（A）The rising of oil price drove up the price of everything.（B） There were many reason
23、s why higher education was in trouble in the 1970s.（C） Birthrate began to decline in the U.S.A. in 1950s.（D）High unemployment caused a lot of social problems.17 The phrase “laid off can best be replaced by which of the following?（A）Poor.（B） Got rid of.（C） Removed.（D）Unemployed.18 American cars were
24、not popular in their domestic markets because they were _.（A）small（B） gas consuming（C） fuel efficient（D）not attractive19 The colleges and universities were in trouble because of the following masons EXCEPT that _.（A）they couldnt get enough income to keep them running（B） young people couldnt afford t
25、he tuition fees（C） keeping them running at the same level would cost much more（D）social services need more state funds because of the recession20 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT _.（A）young people couldnt afford their own tuition in the 1970s（B） its difficult for graduates from colleg
26、es to find a job in the 1970s（C） fewer parents could afford to send their children to college because of the recession in 1970s（D）birthrate dropped in the 1970s because of the recession20 The economy in the United States is heavily dependent on aluminum, a material widely used in the construction of
27、 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) ore from which new aluminum is normally derived had to be
28、 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 magnets, under special conditions it becomes temporarily “par
29、amagnetic“, 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. It is hoped that this technique will reduce the amount of h
30、igh-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 United States（D）the annual import of high-grade aluminum
31、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 poorer ores23 In the second paragraph the word “paramagnet
32、ic“ 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） we can filter out aluminum（D）we can improve the working c
33、onditions 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 fifty percent of the worlds supply to meet its annual alum
34、inum demand25 When you are near a lake or a river, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cant make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water moves in and tak
35、es the place of the hot air. Then you feel the cool air and the wind, which makes you cool.Of course, scientists cant answer all of your questions. If we ask, “Why is the ocean full of salt?“ scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain
36、falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean doesnt get more slat every year.“ Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.We know a
37、 lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious. 26 The main idea of this passage is_.（A）people feel cool when they are near a lake or river（B） scientists can explain everything we want to know（C） scientists can explain many things but not everything（D）
38、the salt in the ocean comes from rocks27 You feel cool when you are near a lake or river because_.（A）the water is cold（B） the earth is hot（C） the water is colder than the earth（D）cool air from the water moves towards the land28 Now scientists know_.（A）what makes people feel cool near a lake or a riv
39、er in summer（B） everything about the ocean（C） why the ocean does not get more and more salty（D）what happens to the salt in the ocean29 A rock cracks when_.（A）rain falls（B） it gets very hot（C） it gets very cold（D）either B or C30 People are always curious because_.（A）they know nothing about the world（
40、B） they know little about the world（C） there are answers they do not have（D）they like it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
41、 single line through the center.30 Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They【31】that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the【32】man. But they insisted that its【33】results during the period from 1740 to 1840 were wi
42、despread poverty and misery for the【34】of the English population.【35】contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1640 to 1740, when England was still a【36】agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.This view,【37】is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists【38】histor
43、y and economics, have【39】two things: that the period from 1640 to 1740 was【40】by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.（A）admitted（B） believed（C） claimed（D）predicted（A）plain（B） average（C） mean
44、（D）normal（A）momentary（B） prompt（C） instant（D）immediate（A）bulk（B） host（C） gross（D）magnitude（A）On（B） With（C） For（D）By（A）broadly（B） thoroughly（C） generally（D）completely（A）however（B） meanwhile（C） therefore（D）moreover（A）at（B） in（C） about（D）for（A）manifested（B） approved（C） shown（D）speculated（A）noted（B） imp
45、ressed（C） labeled（D）marked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 that most appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue
46、. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.41 Guest: Its a bit cold here.Host: Oh, Im sorry. _.（A）Let me turn on the heater.（B） Please take a seat.（C） Let me take the temperature.（D）I feel all right myself.42 A: George, I would like to introduce a friend of mine, if
47、 I may, Albert Snow. Albert, this is George Smith. B:_（A）How have you been?（B） Pleased to meet you,George.（C） Mind if I call you George?（D）The pleasure is mine.43 Speaker A: Are you Ms. Kelsey, the office manager? Speaker B: _.（A）Yes, I am. What can I do for you?（B） Oh, yes. Whats your name, please?
48、（C） Yes. Its nice to have you here with us.（D）Oh, yes. But Im very busy now.44 Doctor: Have you lost weight recently, Mr. Bush?Bush: No, doctor. Actually,（A）Ive become three pounds fatter（B） Ive got three pounds weight（C） Ive added to three pounds（D）Ive put on three pounds45 Paul: Peter, why dont yo
49、u come to Mary s birthday party with us? Peter: _（A）Sorry? Lets go right away.（B） Thank you. Id love to.（C） Yeah, thanks anyway.（D）Whether Ill go or not is not your business, OK?46 Speaker A: Well, we want to thank you for coming to the studio today, Kiki. Its nice to meet you. Speaker B: Oh, thank you. _（A）Youre welcome.（B） Im really pleased.（C） Ho
