研究生学位英语考试真题部分.docx

1、研究生学位英语考试真题部分目录2007-1 12007-6 92008-1 172008-6 242009-6 322010-6 432011-1 692012-6 832007-1PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 minutes, 20 points)Section A (1 point each)1. A. He fixed the tape recorder. B. Although old, he is still working. C. His love for music surprised the two speakers. D. He pic

2、ked up the tape recorder from the garbage can.2. A. He cant imagine what his friends have got for him. B. He always knows what Mary will say.C.He is anxious to see Marys reaction to the gift. D. He is too busy to wait.3. A. His car broke down. B. He is usually late. C. He never leaves his house befo

3、re 9:00. D. He might be late because of the bad traffic.4. A. No, because the man will have guests. B. No, because the man has seen the movie. C. No, because the man will go out. D. No, because the man wants to see the movie alone.5. A. She will continue with her diet. B. She cant afford expensive f

4、ood. C. She might die any day. D. She is overweight.6. A. He should be thinking about something more important. B. He has enough money for a car. C. He spends money like water.D. He cant afford acar.7. A. People have differenttastes.B. Each of them owns a restaurant. C. The woman should tell him her

5、 own opinion. D. Many customers like the restaurant.8. A. She has already seen it. B. She enjoys the movie. C. She regrets missing the movie. D. She doesnt care for the movie.9. A. Setting the table. B. Polishing silver. C. Sewing napkins. D. Putting the food away.Section B ( 1 point each)Mini-talk

6、One10. A. A residential college. B. A family house, C. A university, D. An office block.11. A. It is the same as the old Smith House. B. It has become smaller. C. It has become larger. D. It is the same as it was in the 1840s.12. A. Wing 2-3rd Floor - Room 4.B. West - 2nd Floor - Room 34. C. West Wi

7、ng 2 - 3rd Floor - Room 4. D. West Wing - 2nd Floor - Room 34.Mini-talk Two13. A. Smoking rooms. B. A gymnasium. C. Assembly rooms D. Dining rooms.14. A. April 10, 1912. B. April 11. 1912.C. April 13, 1912. D. April 14, 1912.15. A. There were not enough lifeboats.B. The water was cold.C. There was t

8、oo much panic. D. People were disorganized.Section C ( 1 point each)The Film-making Process: Six steps16. Step 1: _17. Step 2:_18. Step 3:_19. Step 4:_20. Step 5:_Step 6: Composing the music PART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points) Section A (0.5 point each)21. If innovators are not financially re

9、warded for their innovations, the incentive forpath-breaking innovation will eventually dry up. A. investment B. resource C. inspiration D. stimulus22. These illegal immigrants have to work long hours a day despitethe appalling workingconditions. A. bewildering B. exasperating C. dismaying D. upsett

10、ing23. Many critics agreed that by and large, this movie was a success in terms of acting andphotography. A. all at once B. by and by C. to some extent D. on the whole24. The country carried on nuclear tests without feeling apprehensive about theconsequences. A. optimistic B. anxious C. uncertain D.

11、 scared25. There is the fear that babies might be genetically altered to suit the parents wishes. A. enhanced B. revised C. alternated D. modified26. The American Civil War is believed to have stemmed from differences over slavery.A. arisen from B. contributed to C. patched up D. participated in27.

12、Experts said the amount of compensation for sick smokers would be reduced if cooler jurorsprevailed.A. resigned B. compromised C. persisted D. dominated28. Hamilton hoped for a nation of cities while Jeffersoncontended that the countryshould remain chiefly agricultural. A. inclined B. struggled C. a

13、rgued D. competed 29. There have been some speculations at times as to who will take over the company.A. on occasion B. at present C. by now D. for sure 30. TWA was criticized for trying to cover up the truth rather than promptly notifyingvictims families.A. brieflyB. quickly C. accurately D. earnes

14、tlySection B (0.5 point each)31. New York probably has the largest number of different language _ in the world. A. neighborhoods B. communities C. clusters D. assemblies32. Nuclear wastes are considered to _ a threat to human health and marine life. A.compose B. impose C. expose D. pose33. Some stat

15、es in the US have set _ standards concerning math and science tests. A. energeticB.vigorous C. rigorous D. grave34. This school promised to make classes smaller and offer more individualized _. A. presentation B. instruction C. conviction D.obligation35. Because of _ ways of life, the couple has som

16、e difficulty getting along witheach other. A. incomprehensible B. incomparable C. inconceivable D. incompatible36. As _China and other emerging export powers, efforts to strengthenanti-corruption activities are gaining momentum. A. in the light of B. in the event ofC. in the case of D. in the course

17、 of37. According to an Australian research, moderate drinkers _ better thinkers thanheavy drinkers or those who never drink. A. end up B. take up C. put up D. turn up38. Strangely enough, an old man _ me and introduced himself, who turned out tobe a friend of my fathers. A. stood up to B. walked up

18、to C. lived up to D. added up to39. Many children often _ why airplanes can fly like birds while we humanscannot. A. assume B. anticipate C. assure D. wonder40. The FDA was created to _ the safety of products, review applications and grantapprovals. A. manipulate B. adjust C. regulate D. managePART

19、III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each) Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than their shorterco-workers, with each inch adding about US$789 a year in pay, according to a new study.Height 41 career success, says Timothy Judge, a University of Floridaprofessor

20、 of management, who led the study. These findings are troubling since, with afew 42 , such as professional basketball, no one could argue that height issomething essential required for job 43 , Judge points out. Judge analyzed results of four large-scale studies in the US and Britain that followedth

21、ousands of people from childhood to adulthood, examining details of their work andpersonal lives. If you take this 44 the course of a 30-year career, were talkingabout literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of earnings 45 that a tall personenjoys, Judge said. Greater height boosted both subjecti

22、ve ratings of work performance-a supervisors 46 of how effective someone is- and 47 measures of performance-such assales volume. Being tall may boost self-confidence, improving performance. Otherpeople may also give higher 48 and greater respect to a tall person, giving theman edge in negotiating st

23、ates, he says. The commanding influence of height may be a remainder of our evolutionary49 . Maybe from a time when humans lived among animals and size was 50 power and strength used when making fight or run decisions. 41. A. makes out B. works in C. takes on D. matters for 42.A. cases B. exceptions

24、 C. examples D. problems 43. A. performance B. operation C. condition D. environment 44.A. on B. with C. over D. to 45. A. deficiency B. advantage C. lossD. necessity 46. A. imagination B. decision C. judge D. evaluation 47. A. relative B. absolute C. objective D.initiative 48. A. state B. status C.

25、 situation D. statue 49. A. origins B. sources C. courses D. organizations 50.A. a time in B. a hold on C. a work at D. a sign ofPART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)Passage One At the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a student loaded his classnotes into

26、a handheld e-mail device and tried to read them during an exam: a classmateturned him in. At the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) students photographedtest questions with their cellphone cameras and transmitted them to classmates. Theuniversity put in place a new examination-supervision syst

27、em. If theyd spend as muchtime studying, theyd all be A students, says Ron Yasbin, dean of the College ofSciences of UNLV. With a variety of electronic devices, American students find it easier to cheat. Andcollege officials find themselves in a new game of cat and mouse. They are trying to fightwou

28、ld-be cheats in the exam season by cutting off Internet access from laptops, demanding the surrender of cellphones before tests or simply requiring that exams betaken with pens and paper. It is annoying. My hand-writing is so bad, said Ryan Dapremont, 21 who justfinished his third year at Pepperdine

29、University in California. He had to take his examson paper. Dapremont said technology has made cheating easier, but plagiarism(剽窃) inwriting papers was probably the biggest problem. Students can lift other peoples writingsoff the Internet without attributing them. Still, some students said they thou

30、ght cheating these days was more a product of themindset, not the tools at hand. Some people put too much emphasis on where theyregoing to go in the future, and all theyre thinking about is graduate school and the nextstep, said Lindsay Nicholas, a third-year student at UCLA. She added that pressure

31、 tosucceed sometimes clouds everything and makes people do things that they shouldntdo. Some professors said they tried to write exams for which it was hard to cheat,posing questions that outside resources would not help answer. Many officials said thatthey rely on campus honor codes. They said the most important thing was to teachstudents not to cheat in the first place.51. One student at UCLA was found cheating _. A. when he was lo