1、2007 年医学博士外语真题试卷及答案与解析一、Section A（A）To do some experiments.（B） To attend a class.（C） To review his lessons.（D）To take a test.（A）In a hotel.（B） In the hospital.（C） In the prison.（D）At the airport.（A）He got an ulcer in his stomach.（B） He got hurt in the soccer game.（C） He will be discharged soon.（D）He
2、 got his tumor removed.（A）She told a lie so as not to hurt Jimmy.（B） She left because she had a headache.（C） She hurt Jimmy by telling him a lie.（D）She slept off her headache.（A）His new car is not fast enough.（B） His new car moves very fast.（C） His new car is a real bargain.（D）His new car is somewha
3、t of a financial burden.（A）Get more time to relax.（B） Take some tranquilizers.（C） Seek a second opinion.（D）Avoid her responsibilities.（A）He got a headache while establishing the institute.（B） He had a hard time getting the institute started.（C） Everything was OK at the beginning.（D）Avoid her respons
4、ibilities.（A）Excited.（B） Frustrated.（C） Annoyed.（D）Relieved.（A）Each class lasts an hour.（B） The class is meeting in an hour and a half.（C） The class meets four hours and a half per week.（D）The class meets for half an hour three times a week.（A）The woman was a good skier.（B） The woman couldnt ski.（C）
5、 The woman didnt intend to go skiing.（D）The woman didnt like Swiss.（A）She s an insurance agent.（B） She s an insurance client.（C） She s a bank clerk.（D）She s a driver.（A）He tripped over some crutches.（B） He had rheumatism in his legs.（C） He sprained his foot.（D）He broke his leg.（A）The vacation is alm
6、ost gone.（B） The vacation has just started.（C） They are prepared for the new semester.（D）They cant wait for the new semester.（A）She was knocked down by a feather.（B） She is shamed of Larry.（C） She was really surprised.（D）She was proud of Larry.（A）To visit his son.（B） To perform an operation.（C） To h
7、ave an operation.（D）To send his son for an operation.二、Section B（A）A pharmacist.（B） A visitor.（C） A physician.（D）A dieter.（A）Cough.（B） Diarrhea.（C） Headache.（D）Stomach upset.（A）Pain-killers.（B） Cough syrup.（C） Antidiarrheas.（D）Indigestion tablets.（A）The cold weather.（B） Tiredness caused by traveling
8、.（C） The strange food he had eaten.（D）The greasy food he had eaten.（A）Take the medicine from the woman.（B） Go to see a specialist.（C） Stop eating and drinking for a few days.（D）Stay in bed for a couple of days. （A）Headaches.（B） Insomnia.（C） Respiratory problems.（D）Digestive problems.（A）On Monday in
9、Edinburgh.（B） On Wednesday in Edinburgh.（C） On Monday at Staffordshire University.（D）On Wednesday at Staffordshire University.（A）94.（B） 41.（C） 130（D）135（A）The subjects were asked to write of their free will.（B） The subjects were asked to write in a systematic way.（C） The subjects were asked to say h
10、ow often they made entries.（D）The subjects were asked if they had written down anything traumatic.（A）The diarists who write of their free will.（B） The diarists who were students at Staffordshire University.（C） The diarists who had written about trauma.（D）The non-diarists who were susceptible to head
11、aches. （A）A brief history of British pubs.（B） Beerthe British national drink.（C） Various attempts made to curb drinking in Britain.（D）The frustrating opening and closing hours of British pubs.（A）As early as 659 AD（B） After 659 AD（C） Before the Roman invasion.（D）After the Roman invasion.（A）To restric
12、t drinking hours.（B） To restrict travelers to certain drinks.（C） To encourage the locals to drink in other towns.（D）To encourage inns to lodge various kinds of people.（A）People were better off.（B） The government failed to persuade people from drinking.（C） There appeared a new cheap drink.（D）Drinkers
13、 had found various ways to get around the laws.（A）The licensing hours have been extended.（B） Old people are not allowed to drink in pubs.（C） Children are not allowed yet to drink in pubs.（D）Big changes have taken place in pubs.三、Section A31 The doctor gave him an injection in order to_the pain.（A）al
14、leviate（B） aggregate（C） abolish（D）allocate32 His broken arm healed well, but he died of the pneumonia which followed as a_.（A）complement（B） compliment（C） complexion（D）complication33 Unfortunately, our vacation plans_on account of transport strikes.（A）fell back（B） fell through（C） fell upon（D）fell to3
15、4 The_climate of Hawaii attracts visitors from all over the world every year.（A）genial（B） frigid（C） genuine（D）foul35 This is the_in which the organism lives most effectively.（A）optimum（B） option（C） ordeal（D）orbit36 The doctor suggests that a good holiday in the country should_him_ nicely after his o
16、peration.（A）set. . . out（B） set. . . up（C） set. . . off（D）set. . . aside37 His behavior was so_that even the merciful people could not forgive him.（A）unique（B） unconventional（C） brutal（D）brilliant38 _to your present job until you can get a better one.（A）Hang about（B） Hang back（C） Hang behind（D）Hang
17、on39 Suffering from his leg illness, Tom is very_nowadays.（A）emaciated（B） eligible（C） elastic（D）exceptional40 He saved some money for artistic_such as fine paintings.（A）donations（B） profits（C） luxuries（D）lures四、Section B41 It has been proved that the chemical is lethal to rats but safe for cattle.（A
18、）fatal（B） reactive（C） unique（D）vital42 To their surprise, she has been nominated as candidate for the Presidency.（A）recognized（B） defined（C） appointed（D）promoted43 We cannot look down upon our opponent, who is an experienced swimmer.（A）player（B） competitor（C） referee（D）partner44 She is regarded as a
19、 good nurse in that she attends to patients without any complaint.（A）sees through（B） looks over（C） takes in（D）cares for45 It is well known that the minimum penalty for this crime is 2 years imprisonment.（A）conviction（B） span（C） mercy（D）punishment46 The whole area of the national and local government
20、s tried to wipe out rats to prevent the spread of disease.（A）exterminate（B） dominate（C） determinate（D）contaminate47 All the students are afraid of him since he is always severe with them.（A）vigorous（B） rigorous（C） vigilant（D）rigid48 The biggest engineering project that they undertook was encumbered
21、by lack of funds.（A）cancelled（B） condensed（C） hampered（D）haunted49 In order to be a successful diplomat you must be enthusiastic and magnetic.（A）arrogant（B） industrious（C） zealous（D）attractive50 He is successful as a doctor because of his dynamic personality, he seems to have unlimited energy.（A）met
22、iculous（B） vigorous（C） aggressive（D）arbitrary五、Part Cloze50 Many Canadians enjoy the luxury of a large amount of living space. Canada is vast, and the homes are large according to the standards of many countries. Even【C1 】_inner cities do not reach the extremes found in other parts of world.Canadian
23、s appreciate the space and value their privacy. Since families are generally small, many Canadian children enjoy the luxury of their own bedroom. Having more than one bathroom in a house is also considered a modern【C2】_Many rooms in Canadian homes have specialized functions. “Family rooms“ are popul
24、ar features in modern houses; these are【C3】_, “living rooms“ since many living rooms have become reserved for entertaining. Some homes have formal and informal dining areas, 【C4 】_Recreational homes are also popular【C5】_Canadians. Some Canadians own summer homes, cottages, or camps. These may【C6】_fr
25、om a small one-room cabin to a luxurious building that rivals the comforts of the regular residence. Some cottages are winterized for year-round use. Cottages offer people the chance to “get away from it all. “ They are so popular that summer weekend traffic jams are common, especially in large citi
26、es such as Toronto, where the number of people leaving town on Friday night and returning Sunday night【C7】_the highways for hours.Sometimes, living in Canada means not only having privacy, but also being isolated. Mobility has become a part of modern life; people often do not live in one place long
27、enough to【C8】_to know their neighbors. Tenants live their own lives in their apartments or town houses. Even in private residential areas, where there is some【C9】_, neighborhood life is not as close-knit as it once was. There seems to be【C10】_of a communal spirit. Life today is so hectic that there
28、is often little time.51 【C1 】（A）spacious（B） crowded（C） remote（D）deserted52 【C2 】（A）convenience（B） comfort（C） architecture（D）taste53 【C3 】（A）in common（B） in particular（C） in chief（D）in fact54 【C4 】（A）either（B） as well（C） in turn（D）instead55 【C5 】（A）to（B） in（C） with（D）for56 【C6 】（A）transform（B） conver
29、t（C） range（D）shift57 【C7 】（A）blocks（B） halts（C） cuts off（D）keeps off58 【C8 】（A）become（B） come（C） get（D）grow59 【C9 】（A）stability（B） mobility（C） reality（D）tranquility60 【C10 】（A）bit（B） much（C） more（D）less六、Part Reading Comprehension60 The popular idea that classical music can improve your maths is fal
30、ling from favor. New experiments have failed to support the widely publicized finding that Mozart s music promotes mathematical thinking.Researchers reported six years ago that listening to Mozart brings about short-temporal reasoning , the type of thinking used in maths. Gordon Shaw of the Universi
31、ty of California at Irvine and Frances Rauscher of the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh had asked students to perform spatial tasks such as imagining how a piece of paper would look if it were folded and cut in a certain pattern.Some of the students then listened to a Mozart sonata and took the te
32、st again. The performance of the Mozart group improved, Shaw found. He reasoned that listening to Mozart increases the number of connections between neurons.But Kenneth Steele of Appalachian State University in North Carolina learnt that other studies failed to find this effect. He decided to repeat
33、 one of Shaw s experiments to see for himself.Steele divided 125 students into three groups and tested their abilities to work out how paper would look if cut and folded. One group listened to Mozart, another listened to a piece by Philip Glass and the third did not listen to anything. Then the stud
34、ents took the test again.No group showed any statistically significant improvement in their abilities. Steele concludes that the Mozart effect doesn t exist. “ It s about as unproven and as unsupported as you can get,“ he says.Shaw, however, defends his study. One reason he gives is that people who
35、perform poorly in the initial test get the greatest boost from Mozart, but Steele didn t separate his students into groups based on ability. “Were still at the stage where it needs to be examined,“ Shaw says. “I suspect that the more we understand the neurobiology, the more we 11 be able to design t
36、ests that give a robust effect. “61 It has been recently found out that_.（A）Mozart had an aptitude of music because of his mathematical thinking（B） classical music cannot be expected to improve one s math（C） the effects of music on health are widely recognized（D）music favors ones mathematical thinki
37、ng62 Which of the following pairs, according to the widely publicized finding, is connected?（A）Paper cutting and spatial thinking.（B） The nature of a task and the type of thinking.（C） Classical music and mathematical performance.（D）Mathematical thinking and spatial-temporal reasoning.63 In Shaw s te
38、st, the students would most probably_.（A）draw the image of the cut paper（B） improve their mathematical thinking（C） have the idea about classical music confirmed（D）increase the number of neurons in their brains64 From Steele s experiment we can say that_.（A）his hypothesis did not get proven and suppo
39、rted（B） it was much more complicated than Shaw s（C） the results were statistically significant（D）Shaw s results were not repeatable65 Shaw is critical of_.（A）Steele s results presented at a wrong stage（B） Steele s wrong selection of the testees（C） Steele s ignorance of neurobiology（D）Steele s test d
40、esign 65 Long-suffering couples take heart. There is a good reason for those endless arguments in the front of the car: men and women use different parts of the brain when they try to find their way a-round, suggesting that the strategies they use might also be completely different.Matthias Riepe an
41、d his colleagues at the University of Ulm in Germany asked 24 healthy volunteershalf of them men, half womento find their way out of three virtual-reality mazes displayed on video goggles. Meanwhile, the researchers monitored the volunteers brain activity using a functional magnetic resonance imagin
42、g(fMRI)scanner. This showed that men and women called on strikingly different brain areas to complete the task. “I didn t expect it to be so dramatic,“ says Riepe.Previous studies have been shown that women rely mainly on landmarks to find their way. Men use these cues too, but they also use geometr
43、ic cues, such as the angle and shape of a wall or a corner. Such studies also suggest that men navigate their way out of unfamiliar spaces more quickly, as Riepe found in his study, too.Riepe discovered that both men and women used parts of the parietal cortex towards the top of the brain, the right
44、 side of the hippocampus and a few other well-established areas to find their way out. Neuroscientists think that the parietal regions help translate what the eyes see into information about where the body is in space, while the hippocampal region helps process how objects are arranged.But other reg
45、ions seemed to be exclusively male or female. The men engaged the left side of their hippocampus, which the researchers say could help with assessing geometry or remembering whether they have already visited a location. The women, by contrast, recruited their right frontal cortex. Riepe says this ma
46、y indicate that they were using their “working memory“ , trying to keep in mind the landmarks they had passed.“It fits very well with the animal studies,“ says Riepe. He points out that there seem to be similar differences in rats. For example, damage to the frontal lobe will impair a female s sense
47、 of direction, but not a male s.66 The studies on the driving issue have evolved_.（A）from the car to the driver（B） from the reality to the virtual-reality（C） from the physical cues to the parts of the brain（D）from the cues of navigation to the strategies of driving67 The different parts of the brain
48、 men and women use to find their way around, according to the passage, refer to_.（A）the left side of the hippocampus and the right frontal cortex（B） the right and left side of their hippocampuses respectively（C） the right and left hemisphere of their brains respectively（D）the parietal cortex and the
49、 hippocampus as a whole68 The part of the brain women use may help explain why they_.（A）use geometric cues to navigate（B） have a better memory than men（C） rely mainly on landmarks to find their ways（D）behave less aggressively than men in driving69 The reason for the differences in the sexes, according to Riepe, could be_.（A）the environmental factor（B） the psychological factor（C） the innate factor（D）all of the a
