1999年同等学力英语真题.docx

1、1999年同等学力英语真题1999年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and

2、D. choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.1. A: Why do you always tell me what to do? To be frank, I dont like it.B: I know, but A. I dont like it n

3、either. B. how do I do for you?C. I just want the best for you.D. Obviously, you are right.2. A: This pair needs new heels and soles.B: A. Lets take them to the cobbler.B. Lets take them to the weaver.C. Lets mend them with needle and thread.D. No, it neednt.3. A: B: And it is. Lets stay near the wa

4、rm fireplace and spend this afternoon reading.A. The weather isnt supposed to be warm.B. The weather is supposed to be sunny.C. The weather isnt supposed to be cold.D. The weather is supposed to be stormy.4. A: Were out of cream and sugar today.B: A. Sorry, I cant pass them.B. Good. We have missed i

5、t.C. Well. Ill drink it black.D. No. I can go without it.5. A: Have you got Michelles latest CD album?B: A. No. I dont care for singers photographs.B. No. It has been sold out.C. Yes. They dont have it anymore.D. Yes. I cant afford one.Section B Dialogue ComprehentionDirections: In this section, you

6、 will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation, there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question, from the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracke

7、ts on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.6. Woman: I hear youre joining that expedition across Alaska. Did you get much funding for it?Man: You must be joking! I have to contribute toward its cost.Question: What does the man say about the expedition?A: He isnt serious about the expedition.B: It will

8、cost him a lot of money.C: Other people paid for his cost.D: It isnt fair for him to go alone.7. Woman: How did the lecture go last night?Man: Oh, I kept my eyes on the clock all the way through it.Question: What did the man do last night?A: He studied all night.B: He learned how to see a clock in t

9、he lecture.C: He ran all the way to the lecture.D: He attended a boring lecture.8. Man: Hows the meeting this morning?Woman: Oh, it wasnt at all boring.Question: What did the woman mean?A: The meeting was rather boring.B: The meeting was rather interesting.C: She didt like the meeting at all.D: She

10、doesnt know about the meeting.9. Man: Whats wrong with the electric dictionary? It doest show anything.Woman: Perhaps you didnt get the battery correctly positioned.Question: What does the woman mean?A: The man should put in the battery in another way.B: The man should polish the battery.C: The man

11、should change the battery.D: The man should get a new battery.10. Woman: Do you have any hobby?Man: Playing chess. But it eats up too much of my time.Question: What does the man mean?A: He doesnt like playing chess.B: Playing chess needs a long time.C: He hast enough time to play chess.D: He spends

12、much time on playing chess.1115 空 Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)Section ADirections: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark th

13、e corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.I6. Courageous people think quickly and act without hesitation. A. complaint B. consideration C. delay D. Anxiety17. Ive only recently explored Shakespeare with profit and pleasure. A. followed B. evaluated C. acted D.

14、studied18. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 yeas ago. A. hard to invent B. hard to understand C. hard to imagine D. hard to believe19. You have to pay a (n) premium for express delivery. A. extra charge B. extra price C. extra tip D. extra

15、 bonus20. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily put up for a month or a year for a single day. A. arrange B. manage C. last D. stay 21. The salesman approached the house cautiously when he saw the vicious dog at the door. A. carefully B. deliberately C. nervously D. brave

16、ly22. A new technological process may be employed to this abundant supply directly. A. produce B. reserve C. exploit D. search 23. An international treaty signed several years ago bans trade in plants and animal of endangered species. A. forbids B. eliminates C. promotes D. protects 24. It is not ea

17、sy to remain tranquil when events suddenly change your life. A. calm B. upset C. steady D. severe 25. When faced with doubts from some advisers on the attempted invasion, Kennedy ignored them. A. failed to understand B. put up with C. stood up for D. refused to considerSection BDirections: In this s

18、ection, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.26. Dont _while Im talking. You can ask what

19、you want later. A. cut out B. cut in C. cut off D. cut down 27. He misled management by giving it the idea that the older and more experienced men were not an _ but a liability. A. assistance B. advantage C. asset D. award 28. In 400 A.D. Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that span upwards

20、 and fell back to earth as _ceased. A. rotation B. suspension C. emission D. motivation 29. As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who _ it. A. innovate B. inhabit C. integrate D. inherit 30. Children in the United States are exposed to many infl

21、uences _those of their families. A. rather than B. better than C. more than D. other than 31. The fact that the earths surface heats _provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions. A. unsteadily B. unevenly C. infrequently D. irregularly 32. You may never experience an earthquake o

22、r a volcanic eruption in your life, but you will _changes in the land. A. adapt B. adopt C. witness D. define33. It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not _ to be delayed. A. easy B. available C. great D. likely34. The first step before making any decision t

23、o A. interact B. integrate C. intervene D. intensify35. The television station is supported by A. donations B. advertisements C. pensions D. accountsPart III Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 30 points)Directions: There are six passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unf

24、inished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage One Lateral thinking (迂回思维), first described by Edward de Bone in 1967, is just a few years old

25、er than Edwards son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but the de Bone was so famous, Caspars parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, Where do you get that idea from? We had to be careful and not overdo it.

26、Edward admits. Now Caspar is at Oxford-which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (诵读困难). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. So then we did several thinking sessions, his father says, using my techniques and, when he wen

27、t up for the exam, he did extremely well. Soon after, Edward de Bone decided to write his latest book, Teach Your Child How to Think, in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share. Thinking is traditio

28、nally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children arent very logical. So isnt it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? You know, Edward de Bone says, if you examine peoples thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of

29、 perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view. Teach Your Child How to Think offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and exploring the alternatives. 36. What is TRUE about Caspar? A. He first des

30、cribed lateral thinking. B. He is often scolded by his teacher. C. He is Edwards son. D. He is an adventurous thinker.37. Caspar succeeded in applying to Oxford because _. A. he used in the exam the techniques provided by his father B. he read the book Teach Your Child How to think before the exam C

31、. he was careful and often overworked D. all of his school teachers thought he had a chance38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward _. A. was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic B. once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children C. was likely to improve childrens logic with his book D. gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born39. According to Paragraph 3,