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新疆大学2015年研究生英语过关考试模拟卷

研究生英语水平过关考试模拟卷

I.Listening Comprehension(25points)

Part one:Spot Dictation(10points)

Directions:In this part you'll hear a passage TWICE.When it is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.Then listen to the passage for the second time and fill in the blanks.

The Romans built great"aqueducts"to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities.Many of these aqueducts are still standing today.The Roman(1)even set up a (2)health service.They built the first great public hospitals in Europe,and they paid doctors to look after poor people.

When the Roman Empire fell to pieces,these(3)methods of treatment(4)from most of Europe,for more than a thousand years.People went back to the old ways.They lived in dirty conditions,which helped to cause diseases;and they asked God to(5)the diseases.They shut up(6)sick people in prisons.Or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have(7)powers.But the work of the Greek and Roman doctors was not lost.

Over a thousand years ago,the Arabs moved into many of the Mediterranean countries.They took big parts of the old(8)lands.They translated the Greek and Roman(9)books into Arabic.Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries. When civilization at last came back to Europe,men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin.Slowly,European doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known so long ago.Slowly,they began to make new discoveries and(10)more about the way the body works.

Part Two:Listening Comprehension Section A(5points)

Directions:In this section,you will hear5short conversations.At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only ONCE.After each conversation there will be a pause. During the pause,you should read the four possible answers marked A,B,C and D and choose the best answer.

1.

A.She'll probably be too tired to walk to the session.

B.She doesn't think it will snow.

C.The session might be canceled.

D.The location of the session has been changed.

2.

A.She's looking forward to meeting her new colleagues.

B.The job is turning into an excellent opportunity for her.

C.She refused the position because of the low salary.

D.The job's short hours make it impossible for her to refuse.

3.

A.He hadn't heard the news about his brother.

B.He doesn't think his brother should transfer.

C.He hasn't talked to his brother since he transferred.

D.His brother doesn't want to transfer.

4.

A.She thinks the man is too sensitive.

B.She wants to know what the man thinks.

C.She doesn't know how to react.

D.She thinks Mary is too critical.

5.

A.If the woman keeps money at the bank.

B.Which seminar the woman wants to sign up for.

C.If the woman has taken other classes on personal finances.

D.Where the woman learned about the seminar.

Part Two:Listening Comprehension Section B(10points)

Directions:In this section,you will hear3short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only ONCE.After you hear a question,you should choose the best answer from the four choices marked A,B,C and D.

6.

A.Husband and wife share housework.

B.Both the man and woman are well-educated.

C.Both the man and woman are financially secure.

D.Decisions are made by the man and woman together.

7.

A.The man is responsible for the welfare of his children.

B.The children become homeless.

C.The man,rather than the woman,remarries soon.

D.Life becomes difficult for the woman and her children.

8.

A.The mother cannot get along with her stepchildren.

B.Remarriages often end up in failure.

C.Children are unhappy in the new family.

D.Remarriage cause new troubles in the household.

9.

A.What Dr.Mayer's instructions exactly were.

B.Whether they should take the child home.

C.When the child would completely recover.

D.Who should take care of the child at home.

10.

A.She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.

B.She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do.

C.She makes them write down all her instructions.

D.She has them act out what they are to do at home.

11.

A.It is heavily dependent on the context.

B.It facilitates interpersonal communication.

C.It lacks the stability of the printed word.

D.It contains many grammatical errors.

12.

A.The real inventor of the zipper.

B.The invention of the zipper and how it works.

C.The inventors of the zipper and their friendship and cooperation.

D.The difficult job of inventing and marketing the zipper.

13.

A.That it was excellent in quality.

B.That it was not practical.

C.That it was blue in color.

D.That it was totally unexpected.

14.

A.The slide-fastener was the first thing to burst open.

B.It remained intact after the tests.

C.The army was very thorough in testing its quality.

D.Its quality was good enough for the army.

15.

A.The invention of the zipper was no plain sailing but its marketing was.

B.The slide-fastener acquired its present name only after it was used in the manufacturing of army suits.

C.It was only by a stroke of luck that the zipper found its way into a wider market.

D.At least three inventors worked for the perfection of the zipper.

II.Vocabulary and Structure(15points)

Choose A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in each sentence.

1.The plane_____so smoothly that the passengers could hardly feel it.

A.took after

B.took to

C.took off

2.I know this has been a shock to you but you must_____yourself_____and face it.

A.pull in

B.pull out

C.pull up

D.pull together

3.It was not until after midnight that the party_____.

A.broke up

B.broke though

C.broke down

D.broke into

4.To my disappointment,no one_____him when he was unfairly criticized.

A.stood out

B.stood by

C.stood up for

D.stood for

5.He was long thought to have killed himself,but one day he__at a hotel in London.

A.turned into

B.turned back

C.turned up

D.turned away

6.After destroying the village the enemy_____all the cattle.

A.carried through

B.carried off

C.carried down

D.carried forward

7.While telling the story he_____a few jokes to make his listeners laugh.

A.worked off

B.worked on

C.worked out

D.worked in

8.The coach_____the possibilities,and kept our minds off our weaknesses.

A.played down

B.played back

C.played up

D.played on

9.We are not going to France for the film festival after all.The whole thing_____.

A.has fallen through

B.has fallen for

C.has fallen off

D.has fallen out

10.The local public security bureau will tell you what the____is for getting a passport.

B.project

C.process

D.Program

11.The secretary_____the foreign minister____an interview he was to give that afternoon.

A.reminded...of

B.consulted...about

C.reassured...about

D.passed...for

12.His testimony is of no_______to the case.

A.connection

B.relation

C.relevance

D.substance

13.It was a shrewd move______to buy the house just before property prices started to rise.

A.at her

B.at hand

C.on her part

D.on record

14.Whenever any new invention is put forward,those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve or______it.

A.consult

B.condemn

C.consent

D.confirm

15.The food was divided______according to the age and size of children.

A.equally

B.sufficiently

C.adequately

D.proportionally

16.A sound of hammering came from the workshop,and of______from the knife sharpener's shop.

A.groaning

B.squeezing

C.splashing

D.grinding

17.It is usually the case that people seldom behave in a_____way when in a furious state.

A.legal

B.credible

C.stable

D.rational

18.In case of poisoning,immediately give large quantities of soapy or salty water in order to____vomiting.

A.control

B.induce

C.clean

D.stop

19.At one time the Democratic Party was considered to be a party_____state rights,and the Republican Party,a party representing the Interests of business and industry.

A.standing up for

B.stand up to

C.stand out

D.standing by

20.To survive in the intense trade competition between countries,we must____the quality and variety of our products to the demands of the world market.

A.gear

B.enhance

C.improve

D.guarantee

21.She is one of the few people here I can understand properly,she pronounces all her words so______.

A.distinctly

B.distinctively

C.distinguishably

D.exactly

22.Some bankers want the legislation to be passed to______the growth of foreign banks in California.

A.restrain

B.suppress

C.inhibit

D.limit

23.The newspapers_____the firm is almost bankrupt.

A.has it that

B.have it that

C.that it have

D.that it has

24.The most important environmental influence on fish is;water temperature,for fish tend to____the temperature of their surroundings.

A.take up

B.take on

C.take down

D.take to

25.The information about what is needed is provided to the producers by the rate of _____.

A.advertisement

B.consumption

C.production

D.transportation

26.When a space shuttle has accomplished its____,it will be ready for another trip in about two weeks.

A.mission

B.responsibility

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D.angel

27.Relative humidity is the amount of water vapour the air contains at a certain temperature___with the amount it could hold at that temperature.

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https://www.wendangku.net/doc/1a5864726.html,pared

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/1a5864726.html,pares

D.to compare

28.It is easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes_____place in our ever-changing world.

A.taken

B.take

C.taking

D.to take

29.This is so difficult a problem that the scientist is known to____it for about ten years.

A.have been working on

B.work on

C.have worked on

D.be working on

30.Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way you can avoid it,____ you can avoid being hungry.

A.no less than

B.much more than

C.any more than

D.no more than

III.Reading Comprehension(25points)

Part One:Error Correction(10points)

Directions:In the following passage there are10mistakes,one in each numbered line. please correct the mistakes.

Away from their profession,scientists are

inherently no more honest or ethical to other people. 1._______

But in their profession they work in an arena that puts

a high premium in honesty.The cardinal rule in science2._______

is that all claims must be testable--they must be

capable,at least in principle,of being proving wrong.3._______

For example,if someone claims that a certain procedure

has a certain result,it must in principle is possible to4._______

perform a procedure that will either confirm or

contradict the claim.If confirmed,then the claim is

regarded as useful and a stepping-stone to further

knowledge.None of us has the time nor energy or 5._______

resources to test every claim,so most of the time we

must take somebody's word.Thus,we must have 6._______

some criterion for deciding whether one person's word

is as good for another's and whether one claim is as good7._______

as another.The criterion,again,is that the claim must

be testable.To reduce the likelihood of error,scientists

accept the word only of those whose ideas,theories,

and findings are testable---when not in practice then at8._______

least in principle.Speculations that cannot be tested are

regarded as"unscientific."This has the long-run effect

of compelling honesty--findings widely publicized

among fellow scientists are generally subject to9._______

further testing.Sooner or later,mistake(and lies)are

bound to be found out;wishful thinking is bound be10.______

exposed.The honesty so important to the progress of

science thus becomes a matter of self-interest to scientists.

III.Reading Comprehension(25points)

Part Two:Reading(15points)

Directions:There are three passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D. You should choose the ONE best answer.

Part Two:Reading(15points)

Passage1

Today we will discuss further that period when reason was lost to romance,so to speak:the Romantic Age in English literature.

We have already seen that elsewhere on the continent---France and Germany in particular---there was a definite Romantic movement,complete with periodicals and publishers,philosophers,and courses of university lectures.Unlike the French and Germans,the English romantics of this period were strong individualists who did not see themselves as cooperating in a definite movement.So,what we had in England at the time could be called a mere drift towards romantic writing.

This period in English literature,which occurred from approximately the1770's ending to about1830,is often called the Romantic Revival.This is actually a misnomer since,in fact,noting was received.On the contrary,during this period the typical18th-century judgments of the value of medieval and Elizabethan literature were sharply reversed,as was that century's opinion of itself.Although much from the more distant past was rediscovered by romantic poets and critics,this did not constitute a return in spirit to these earlier ages.Rather,the Romantics were consciously expressing a new age,and a new spirit and outlook.

While some of the great literature of the English language was produced in this age, it was by no means the greatest.Nor was this age great at all in some forms of literature---namely drama,the novel and biography.Its greatness lay in poetry,in miscellaneous prose,in the essay,and in very personal occasional criticism.

Now,let's take a look at some of the most influential English romantic writers of this period.

1.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.English Romantic literature.

B.French and German literature.

C.Famous Romantic writers.

D.The history of English literature.

2.When did the Romantic age in English literature occur?

A.From the late18th century to about1830.

B.In the18th century.

C.From about1830to the end of the19th century.

D.In medieval times.

3.The Romantic period was known in England as_________.

A.the Age of Reason

B.the New Age

C.the Elizabethan Period

D.the Romantic Revival

4.What were the English Romantic writers like according to the passage?

A.They were individualists expressing a new spirit and outlook.

B.They adhered to the typical18th-century literary judgments.

C.They were highly politically conscious.

D.They were reviving literary values of earlier ages.

5.Which type of literature was not great in England during the Romantic period?

A.Poetry.

B.The novel.

C.Criticism.

D.The essay.

Passage2

Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste.The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps(垃圾堆)would be made into something useful.Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide

energy if noting else.

The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out.The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city.This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper,but also paper and rubber as well.Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish.When this project is complete,the rubbish will be processed like this:first it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids;after that grounders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken.Finally,the rubbish will pass under magnets,which will remove the bits of iron and steel;the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.

The first full-scale giant recycling plants are,perhaps,fifteen years away.Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps,some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.

6.The phrase"be well on with...''(Line1,Para.1)most probably means_________.

A.get ready to start

B.have achieved a great deal in

C.put an end to

D.have completed what was started

7.What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in Paragraph 3?

A.Breaking up whatever is breakable.

B.Sorting out small pieces of metal.

C.Sharpening metal bars.

D.Separating light elements from the heavy ones.

8.What's the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?

A.To get big profits from those plants.

B.To get raw materials locally.

C.To protect the environment from pollution.

D.To deal with wastes in a better way.

9.The first full-scale huge recycling plants___________.

A.will probably be in operation in fifteen years

B.began to operate fifteen years ago

C.will be built fifteen years later

D.will probably take less than fifteen years to build

10.The passage is mainly about_______.

A.the location of recycling plants

B.the protection of city environment

C.new ways of recycling wastes

D.a cheap way to get energy

Passage3

We recently sailed with our research ship through the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean where we did research work for about a year.Our main objectives(目标)were the little-known Maldives Islands.The Maldives consist of several thousand little islands,some so small that they are hardly a mile in diameter,some as large as twenty or thirty miles across.All the islands in the Maldives have developed on coral reefs (珊瑚礁).

A coral reef is a flower garden of stone,growing like a wall or like a tower from the depths,and filled with the most confusing and most colorful varieties of life.The colors are very beautiful,especially in the shallow region down to sixty feet,where some of the red and yellow light of the sun's rays still penetrates.But most corals are greenish,brown,bluish or yellow.Coral reefs offer shelter and food to thousands of creatures.The warmer the climate,the greater the variety of species there is.In the tropics,it is easier to find,in one place,ten different species than ten specimens of the same species,and a coral reef provides ample proof of that rule.Living conditions are most favorable so that many forms are able to develop and survive in their struggle for existence.Here is a wide field for the diving biologist.

The value of aqualung(水中呼吸器)diving for the biologist is that he can watch and collect on the spot.If men have not until recently ventured diving in the tropical seas,this has been mainly because of sharks.In the last twenty years I have encountered most of the really dangerous varieties of sharks.There is always a certain risk,but,in general sharks are much less dangerous than people think.You must not show fear or swim quickly away when they come into view.This attracts them,just as a cat is attracted by something on a string.Keep quiet,and,if the shark really heads towards you,then you can scare him off by swimming towards him yourself.

11.The colors of a coral reef are most beautiful__________.

A.below twenty meters from the water level

B.within twenty meters under the water level

C.near the bottom of the sea

D.above the water level

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/1a5864726.html,rge varieties of creatures can be found around a coral reef because_______.

A.the coral reef provides favorable living conditions for them

B.the coral reef exists in regions with warm climate

C.there the creatures are away from the danger of being eaten by sharks

D.most sea creatures feed on the colorful coral

13.From the author's point of view,_____________.

A.a diving man should swim toward the shark and scare it off as soon as he sees it

B.when a diving man sees a shark the best way for him to do is to swim away quickly

C.the shark looks fierce but is rarely dangerous

D.the shark is a fierce animal and dangerous to a certain extent

14.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.It is more difficult to find ten different kinds of animals than to find ten animals

of the same kind around a tropical coral reef.

B.The climate has nothing to do with the varieties of sea creatures around the coral reef.

C.It was not until recently that people began to dive in the tropical seas

D.The author already knew a lot about the Maldives Islands before he did research work there.

15.The author of this passage is most likely to be_____________.

A.an athlete

B.a sailor

C.a reporter

D.a biologist

IV.Translate the following into either English or Chinese(20points)

Part One(10points)

1.With so much at stake,the chairman had a great many hard questions.Despite thorough knowledge of the subject,the vice-present became just a little unsure under questioning.A few months later,when the president's job became vacant,someone else was chosen to fill it.

有如此多的危机,主席有许多棘手的问题。尽管全面的知识主体,副主席成为质疑下一点不确定。几个月后,当总统的职位出现空缺时,别人被选来填补它。

2.I never fully realized the appalling disadvantages of a cinder environment till one day the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks.As usual we laid down our cinder barrage,thinking that this would wipe the white boys out.But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles.

我从来没有完全意识到骇人听闻的煤渣环境的缺点,直到有一天我发现自己从事的帮派战争与白人男孩住在铁轨。像往常一样我们放下煤渣接二连三,认为这将消灭白色的男孩。但他们回答与稳定的轰炸破碎的瓶子。

Part Two(10points)

1.如果你没有得到当地规划部门的同意扩建(build an extension)你的房屋,你将被责令拆除(demolish)扩建的部分。

If you don't get the consent of the local planning department expansion(build an extension)your house,you will be ordered to demolish,demolish the expansion of the part.

2.那个国家日趋繁荣在很大程度上可归功于政府实行的经济改革政策。

That country are booming in the very great degree can be attributed to the government's economic reform policies.

3.每六个月,市场销售调研组花一整天时间来评估其方针和策略。

Every six months,spend the day time to evaluate the marketing research group of policy and strategy

4.鉴于她对生活的消极态度,她不可能在改革管理部门的事情上给予支持Given her negative attitude towards life,she can't be supported in the reform of the management department of things

5.有趣的是,现在不少大学都在开设科幻小说课程,因为科幻小说是沟通科学和艺术的桥梁。

Interestingly,many universities are now taking courses in science fiction,because fiction is the bridge of communication science and art

V.Writing(15points)-

composition

Write on the following topic in no less than250words.

Your score is based on the idiomatic use of English---coherence,cohesion,

rhetorical organization---and the logical structure of your writing.

Do you think it is advisable for people of different ethnic background in present China to try every means to maintain their cultures?Give your reasons.

你认为是明智的为不同种族背景的人在中国现在想尽一切办法来保持他们的文化?给你的原因。

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