武汉大学硕士研究生英语期末考试试题.docx

1、武汉大学硕士研究生英语期末考试试题English for Graduates (Paper A)20111229I. Listening Comprehension (20%)Directions: In this part, you are going to listen to four passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read only once. After you hear a question,

2、 you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.1. A. He read a lot of books on management.B. He made every step safe enough.C. He prepared himself well beforehand.D. He had kn

3、owledge for the next phase.2. A. news reporter B. American dreamC. lucky boy D. poor child 3. A. generals B. committees C. armies D. schools 4. A. reading different books B. attending seminarsC. listening to audiotapes D. learning on ones own 5. A. face-to-face contact B. eyeball-to-eyeball contactC

4、. person-to-person contact D. call-to-call contactQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.6. A. More and more people take up the habit of smoking.B. There are more smoking women than smoking men in the USA.C. It is good news that more people have given up smoking. D. The U.S. has more s

5、moking people than any other country. 7. A. age, income and educationB. age, sex and incomeC. occupation, income and sexD. occupation, income and education8. A. City people are less likely to smoke.B. People in rural areas are more likely to smoke.C. Men with higher incomes tend to smoke.D. Well edu

6、cated men with high incomes are generally less likely to smoke.9. A. The situation is quite the same for women as for men. B. Better-educated women are likely to smoke heavily.C. There are more women smokers with low incomes. D. Women with higher incomes and higher education do not tend to smoke.10.

7、 A. The picture about the teenage smokers is similar to that of women smokers.B. The situation among teenagers is quite the same with men.C. High school students are more likely to smoke than college students. D. Farmers children tend to smoke more.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passa

8、ge.11. A. crying ones goods in the street B. signs with picturesC. wall paintings D. wall signs12. A. signs with pictures B. tools over doorsC. wall paintings D. symbols 13. A. Because they are most recently developed.B. Because they can be understood by those who can neither read nor write.C. Becau

9、se they are cheap and fast.D. Because they can be heard everywhere in a country.14.A. Only some large companies can afford radio commercials.B. Outdoor advertisements make up a small proportion of modern advertising.C. Ads printed in newspapers are one of the most popular forms of advertising.D. The

10、 ads called car trucks are almost part of our life.15. A. modern advertising B. development of advertisingC. origin of advertising D. significance of advertisingQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.16. A. An educational institution that is open to anyone who wants to receive higher

11、education.B. An educational institution that conducts courses by means of television, radio and correspondence courses.C. An educational institution that is free of charge to all the students.D. An educational institution that conducts its courses through open discussions.17. A. They laughed at it.

12、B. They doubted whether it would work. C. They supported it. D. They rejected it. 18. A. Because of its serious financial problems. B. Because of the lack of support from the government and the public. C. Because of the lack of qualified teachers. D. Because of the limited number of courses it could

13、 conduct.19. A. Seminars and lectures open to less advanced students are held from time to time. B. Short-term training courses are organized in different cities across the country. C. Over a dozen study centers have been set up all over the country. D. Special revision programs are broadcast on rad

14、io and TV.20. A. The Open University is the best form of higher education. B. When it was first on the air only a few people thought the Open University would succeed. C. British people prefer the Open University to other universities. D. The Open University is very good for those who want to strike

15、 a balance between further education, career and family. Vocabulary (25%)Directions: There are 25 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. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sh

16、eet with a single line through the center.21. Cash flows should be managed to _ the return from cash received and to minimize the cost of finance on conditions for its own uses.A. choose B. spend C. expand D. optimize22. Teachers unions attacked the plans as _ the skills and work of early year teach

17、ers, and creating a two-tier profession.A. praising B. promoting C. undervaluing D. developing23. The government could then instruct all banks not to push companies into default and not to dispose of any _.A. collateral B. corporation C. debt D. exchange24. Fourthly, a successful terminal at Stratfo

18、rd would inevitably and inexorably _ on the Lea Valley regional park and reduce leisure facilities.A. increase B. encroach C. step D. ride25. The evening air had its accustomed November nip, but the groups making their way from Celtic Crescent were _ to it.A. ignorant B. impervious C. resented D. re

19、sponsive26. As far as I am concerned, it is the only body that represents the prison officers, who work under great _.A. press B. backfire C. duress D. screen27. Margate is sure that the scientific and technological _ that has been developed is real and extremely valuable.A. synergy B. formation C.

20、energy D. match28. They suggest therefore that greater emphasis be given to housing _ in evaluating relative deprivation.A. termination B. removal C. provision D. tenure29. Are you sure that my staying here wont be an/a _ into your domestic affairs?A. intention B. trouble C. threat D. intrusion30. S

21、he remained there until last night when an ambulance took her to _ with a family in nearby Newton.A. discover B. revitalize C. recuperate D. reformulate31. Sunlight streamed into the church and through the stained glass windows, and a smell of grass and flowers _ the air.A. flowed B. permeated C. pe

22、netrated D. indulged32. Loss of license contact is a real _ to potential traders in smuggled cigarettes.A. deterrent B. detail C. detain D. determine33. As these problems multiply and _ resources, the range of options available to the organization increasingly narrows.A. deplete B. decrease C. lesse

23、n D. formulate34. For years, frequent flooding eventually _ all traces of the community that used to live there.A. killed B. released C. obliterated D. measured35. Even the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds _ for Social Security.A. remarked

24、 B. earmarked C. rebound D. reduced36. Members of extreme right wing parties are completely opposed to the _ of blacks into white South African society.A. combination B. formulation C. integration D. segregation37. Nevertheless, to conceive of parents as utterly static in the childs psychological li

25、fe is likely to become the _ of the picture grossly.A. distortion B. reflection C. representation D. confusion38. Clinton also asked Glickman to report back within 30 days with recommendations to help the _ of debt problems afflicting cattle producers.A. involvement B. release C. alleviation D. refl

26、ection39. The Piscataway school district in New Jersey had to dismiss one high school business teacher because of budgetary _ both by the government and local authorities.A. inflation B. provision C. concentration D. constraints40. By setting up such a system yourself, you are potentially _ any secu

27、rity systems your company has in place.A. providing B. alleviating C. promoting D. circumventing41. The policy by EU that imposes serious constraints on textile imports from China will definitely the bilateral trade in other areas.A. widen B. thwart C. recover D. complete42. Friction between the gen

28、erations is _ when younger staff grasp the new idea and their creativity is suddenly released.A. widened B. exacerbated C. recovered D. competitive43. Many Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term “Lao Wai” is somehow an insult, and in fact the term “Lao Wai” doesnt have a negative _ i

29、n Chinese. A. position B. intention C. extension D. connotation44. Henry Kissinger was also _ and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them.A. fooled B. overjoyed C. confronted D. confounded45. Because of their past crimes, everything they do now will be subject to _.A. u

30、tility B. quality C. scrutiny D. honestyIII. Reading Comprehension (20%) Directions: Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each question.Passage 1The heart is made up almost entirely of muscle. It is a large, tough organ, about the size of a clenched fist. It is positioned on the

31、 centre line of the body, about halfway down the chest, just beneath the breastbone. It is tilted so that the lower end points toward the left.The heart is basically a pump, which forces blood through a network of tubes, or blood vessels, throughout the whole body. Each of the billions of living cells that make up the body needs oxygen and food in order to live, and these are supplied by the blood. The circulation of the blood consists of two parts. First the blood is pumped fro