学位英语考试试题A卷答案精析.docx

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学位英语考试试题A卷答案精析

学位英语考试试题A卷（答案精析）

2005年11月

PartI ReadingComprehension（30%）  

Directions：

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.  

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Languagesareremarkablycomplexandwonderfullycomplicatedorgansofculture.（76）（Theycontainthequickestandthemostefficientmeansofcommunicatingwithintheirrespectiveculture.）Tolearnaforeignlanguageistolearnanotherculture.Inthewordsofapoetandphilosopher,“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylivesonelives.”Acultureanditslanguageareasnecessaryasbrainandbody;whileoneisapartoftheother,neithercanfunctionwithouttheother.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,thebestbeginningwouldbestartingwiththenon-languageelementsofthelanguage:

itsgestures,itsbodylanguage,etc.EyecontactisextremelyimportantinEnglish.Directeyecontactleadstounderstanding,or,astheEnglishsayinggoes,seeingeye-to-eye.Wecanneverseeeye-to-eyewithanativespeakerofEnglishuntilwehavelearnedtolookdirectlyintohiseyes.

（本题和本中心串讲班资料11页Passage6题一模一样）

1.Thebesttitleforthispassageis__________

A.OrgansofCulture        B.BrainandBody

C.Lookingintohiseyes     D.LanguageandCulture

2.Accordingtothispassage,thebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguageis__________

A.toreadtheworksofpoetsandphilcsophers

B.tofindanativespeakerandlookdirectlyintohiseyes

C.tobeginbylearningitsbodylanguage

D.tovisitacountrywhereyoucanstudy

3.Accordingtothispassage,gesturesare__________

A.spokenwords            B.anon-languageelement

C.picturesinalanguage     D.writtenlanguage

4."Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylives..."means__________

A.ifonelearnsmanyforeignlanguages,onewillhaveabetter

understandingofhisownlanguage

B.lifeisricherandmoreinterestingifoneknowsseverallanguages

C.nomatterhowmanylanguagesoneknows,onecannever

knowmorethanone'sownculture

D.ifapersonspeaksonlyonelanguage,hewillliveaveryhappylife

5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn'tsharethesamemeaningwiththeothers?

A.signs                  B.gestures

C.efficient               D.bodylanguage

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Treesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways:

theyprovidehimwithwoodandotherproducts;theygivehimshade;andtheyhelptopreventdroughts（干旱）andfloods.

Unfortunately,manhasnotrealizedthatthethirdoftheseservicesisthemostimportant.Twothousandyearsagoarichandpowerfulcountrycutdownitstreestobuildwarships,withwhichtogainitselfanempire（帝国）.Itgainedtheempire,but,withoutitstrees,itssoilbecamehardandpoor.Whentheempirefelltopieces,thehomecountryfounditselffacedbyfloodandstarvation.

（77）（Eventhoughagovernmentrealizestheimportanceofaplentifulsupplyoftrees,itisdifficultforittopersuadevillagerstoseethis.）Thevillagerswantwoodtocooktheirfoodwith;andtheycanearnmoneybysellingwood.Theyareusuallytoolazytoplantandlookafterthetrees.（78）（So,unlessthegovemmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol,orcaneducatethepeople,theforestswillslowlydisappear.）

Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatthevillagers'childrenandgrandchildrenwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsareevenmoreserious,forwheretherearetreestheirrootsbreakthesoilup allowingtheraintosinkin-andalsobindthesoil,thuspreventingitsbeingwashedawayeasilybutwheretherearenotrees,therainfallsonhardgroundandflowsawayfromthesurface,causingflood.

6.Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoftrees?

A.Providingfuel.              B.Offeringshade.

C.Preventingnaturaldisaster.    D.Providingwood.

7.Whateventuallyhappenedtotheempireintheparagraph?

A.Itspeoplediedofhunger.

B.Itfelltopieces.

C.Itbecameagiantempire.

D.Itbuiltmanyshipswithwood.

8.Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthevillagers__________

A.wantaplentifulsupplyoftrees.

B.wantfirewoodbadly.

C.justwanttogetmoney.

D.don'trealizetheimportanceoftrees.

9.Theroleoftreesisto__________

A.loosensoil                B.keepsoilinposition

C.hardensoil               D.bothAandB

10.Whatisthepassagemainlyconcernedwith?

A.Thebenefitsoftrees.

B.Treesandsoilprotection

C.Thevarioususesoftrees.

D.Differentattitudestowardtrees.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

AdamSmithwasthefirstpersontoseetheimportanceofthedivisionofthelabor.HegaveusanexampleoftheprocessbywhichpinsweremadeinEngland.

"Onemandrawsoutthewire,anotherstrengthensit,athirdcutsit,afourthpointsit,andafifthgivesitahead.Justtomaketheheadrequirestwoorthreedifferentoperations.Theworkofmakingpinsisdividedintoabouteighteendifferentoperations,whichinsomefactoriesareallperformedbydifferentpeople,thoughinothersthesamemanwillsometimesperformtwoorthreeofthem.

Tenmen,Smithsaid,inthisway,turnedouttwelvepoundsofpinsadayorabout4800pinsaworker.（79）（Butifallofthemhadworkedseparatelyandindependentlywithoutdivisionoflabor,theycertainlycouldnothavemadetwentypinsinadayandnotevenone.）

Therecanbenodoubtthatdivisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.Fewerpeoplecanmakemorepins.AdamSmithsawthis,（80）（buthealsotookitforgrantedthatdivisionoflaborisitselfresponsibleforeconomicgrowthanddevelopmentanditaccountsforthedifferencebetweenexpandingeconomiesandthosethatstandstill.）Butdivisionoflaboraddsnothingnew,itonlyenablespeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.北京太嘉外语培训中心

11.Accordingtothepassage,AdamSmithwasthefirstpersonto__________

A.takeadvantageofthephysicallabor

B.introducethedivisionoflaborintoEngland

C.understandtheeffectsofthedivisionoflabor

D.explainthebadcausesofthedivisionoflabor

12.AdamSmithsawthatthedivisionoflabor__________

A.enabledeachworkertodesignpinsmorequickly

B.increasedthepossibleoutputperworker

C.increasedthenumberofpeopleemployedinfactories

D.improvedthequalityofpinsproduced

13.AdamSmithmentionedthenumber4800inorderto__________

A.showtheadvantagesoftheoldlaborsystem

B.stresshowpowerfultheindividualworkerwas

C.showtheadvantagesofthedivisionoflabor

D.stresstheimportanceofincreasedproduction

14.Accordingtothewriter,AdamSmith'smistakewasinbelieving

thatthedivisionoflabor__________

A.wasanefficientwayoforganizingwork

B.wasanimportantdevelopmentinmethodsofproduction

C.finallyledtoeconomicdevelopment

D.increasedtheproductionofexistinggoods

15.Accordingtothewriter,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTtree?

A.Divisionoflaborcanenablefewerpeopletomakemorepins.

B.Divisionoflaborhelpspeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.

C.Divisionoflaborisbynomeansresponsibleforeconomicgrowth.

D.Divisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.

PartII VocabularyandStructure（30%）

Directions:

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

16.Hespent__________collectingmaterialsforhisarticle.

A.ahalfyear             B.halfyear

C.halfayear            D.halfofayear

17.Tosucceedinascientificexperiment,__________

A.oneneedsbeingpatientperson

B.patienceistoneed

C.oneneedstobepatient

D.patienceiswhatneeded

18.Englishisusedbymorepeoplethanis__________languageexceptChinese.

A.any                 B.anyOther

C.other                 D.allother

19.Thedish__________terrible!

Idon'tlikeitatall.

A.tastes                B.tasted

C.willtaste             D.istasted

20.She____beillbecauseIsawherplayingtennisjustnow.

A.can't                 B.couldn't

C.mustn't               D.maynot

21.Sorry,officer.I__________at80milesbutIdidn'tseeanysigninthe

areatellingpeoplehowfasttheycandrive.

A.shouldnotdrive        B.shouldn'thavedriven

C.mustn'tdrive          D.can'tdrive

22.Whynot__________ProfessorLiforhelp?

Heiskind-heartedandwillingtohelp.

A.ask                  B.youask

C.toask                 Dyourasking

23.Itisnoteasy__________theanswertothedifficultmathproblem.

A.tofigureout           B.figuringout

C.figureout              D.beingfiguredout

24.Thetsunami（海啸）__________over160,000peoplewerekilledwas

aterribledisasterforhumanbeings.

A.ofthat                B.amongwhich

C.duringthat            D.inwhich

25.Takethemedicinenow.Ibelieveitwill__________yourpain.

A.release                B.relive

C.reject                 D.relieve

26.Howcanyou____heroffer?

I'mafraidshewillfeelhurt.

A.turnout               B.turnup

C.turndown              D.turnaway

27.Sheapologizedfor__________toattendthemeeting.

A.herbeingnotable       B.hertobenotable

C.hernottobeable       D.hernotbeingableto

28.Thisnewcoatcostme__________thelastoneIboughttwoyearsago.

A.threetimes