桂林理工大学2012年5月在职研究生英语试题 Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each) Section A: Dialogue Completion
Directions: In this section you’ll read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each
followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suit the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1 A: Your husband is a real outdoors man. He just can’t wait to get out of the city. He likes fishing
and boating and bird watching.
B: _____________.
A Oh, great. How about your husband?
B OH, yes. He thinks sleeping in a tent beside a lake is great.
C But, do you really know your husband?
D But I think he is a coward.
2 A: Could you spare a few hours to help me clean the house?
B: ______________.
A No, the house is clean.
B Nobody could help you.
C No, you should rely on yourself.
D I’m really busy with school these days. How does this Saturday sound?
3 A: What shall I do? I’ve got so many things on my mind now. Will anybody help me? B: ______________.
A How can I get support from others?
B Don’t expect me to help you. Is there anybody who can help me?
C Don’t ask me. It’s your baby, Mary. See, my hands are full.
D Sorry. I didn’t expect you are so busy.
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Direction: In this section, you will read 5 short dialogues 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 form the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
4 Woman: Do you want the windows open or closed?
Man: I almost always prefer fresh air, if possible.
Question: What dose the man imply?
A He’d like to have the windows open.
B He rarely leaves the windows open.
C He thinks the air is polluted.
D He’ll help her close the windows.
5 Woman: The clerk said that we had to wait until after lunch to pick up the papers.
Man: But what are we going to do to kill time before then?
Question: What dose the man mean?
A He doesn’t have anything to do.
B He believes she is wrong about the pickup time.
C Before lunch is a great time to pick up documents.
D Time passes very quickly.
6 Woman: Are you sure you cleaned your car thoroughly? You want to impress the boss.
Man: I’d better double check to be sure.
Question: What will the man probably do next?
A Have the boss drive another car.
B Ask the woman to help him clean the car.
C Check the car to see if it runs well.
D Make sure that his car is clean.
Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes ,10 points, 0.5 for each)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined.
Choose the one form the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D that best keep the meaning of
the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
through the center.
baseball player.
A successive B successful C superlative D demonstrative
8 Recent research into aging suggests that the body defense mechanisms may lose the ability to A insane B infectious C foreign D poisonous A avoided B brought about C aggravation D started with
10 The agency’A enhanced B promoted C impaired D advanced A practice B folklore C culture D doctrine eighteenth century.
A stating B relating C portraying D celebrating
Section B
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences, For each sentence there are 4
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best complete the sentence. Then
mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
13 He was charged with being an ______ to the crime.
A accessory B access C assessor D acquaintance
14 His attempts to ______ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
A alienate B appreciate C align D alarm
15 Children ______ half of their 23 pairs of chromosomes from each parent.
A unite B bring C integrate D inherit
16 A plot to ______ the President was uncovered by government agents.
A assassinate B assign C assess D assist
17 He does a bit of writing, but first and ______ he’s a teacher.
A primary B foremost C principal D dominant
18 He was exhilarated by the thought of his ______ trip.
A forthcoming B imminent C immediate D upspring
Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points,1 for each)
Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Before high school teacher Kimberly Rugh got down to business at the start of a recent school week, she joked with her students about how she’d had to clean cake out of the corners of her house after her 2-year-old son’s birthday party. This friendly combination of chitchat took place not in front of a blackboard but in an E-mail message that Rugh sent to the145 students she’s teaching at the Florida Virtual School, one of the nation’s leading online high schools. The school’s motto is ―any time, any place, any path, any pace.‖
Florida E-school attracts many students who need flexible scheduling, from young tennis stars and young musicians to brothers Tobias and Tyler Heeb, who take turns working on the computer while helping out with their family’s clam-farming business on Pine Island, off Florida’s southwest coast. Home-schoolers also are well represented. Most students live in Florida, but 55 hail from West Virginia, where a severe teacher shortage makes it hard for many students to take advanced classes. Seven kids from Texas and four from Shanghai round out the student body.
The great majority of Florida Virtual Schoolers --–80 percent ---- are enrolled in regular Florida public or private high schools. Some are busy overachievers. Others are retaking classes they barely passed the first time. The school’s biggest challenge is making sure that students aren’t left to sink or swim n their own. After the school experienced a disappointing course completion rate of just 50 percent in its early years. Executive Director Julie Young made apriority out of what she calls ―relationship-building,‖ asking teachers to stay in frequent E-mail and phone contact with their students. That personal touch has helped: The completion rate is now 80 percent.
Critics of online classes say that while they may have a limited place, they are a poor substitute for the face-to-face contact and socialization that take place in brick-and-mortar classrooms. Despite opportunities for online chats, some virtual students say they’d prefer to have more interaction with their peers.
Students and parents are quick to acknowledge that virtual schooling isn’t for everyone. ‖If your child’s not focused and motivated, I can only imagine it would be a nightmare, ‖ says Patricia Haygood of Orlando, whose two daughters are thriving at the Florida school. For those who have what it takes, however, virtual learning fills an important niche.‖ I can work at my own pace, on my own time,‖ says
Hackney. ―It’s the ultimate in student responsibility.‖
19 Kimberly Hugh talked about her son’s birthday party ______.
A with her friends B with her colleagues
C in the classroom D in an E-mail massage sent to her students 20 ―Any time, any place, any path, any pace‖ is ______.
A what taken as the guiding principle of the Florida Virtual School
B words placed at the beginning of a book or a chapter
C a slogan put on the wall
D words used in advertisements
21 From this passage, we can find the following facts except that ______.
A the students the Florida Virtual School hail from places in and out of the U.S.
B the students at the online schools can take classes at any time
C the online schools provide a variety of training from tennis to music
D among the students of Florida Virtual School, there are some very advanced or backward ones 22 The challenge of the school is______.
A How to teach students to swim well
B How to make the students more active in their leaning
C to complete ―the relationship-building ahead of time
D to urge the teachers to go to the office more often
23 The following are the disadvantages actually present un online schooling EXCEPT ______.
A It lacks face-to-face contact and socialization that take place in classroom.
B Some students prefer to have more interaction with their peers.
C If students are not focused and motivated, it would be a nightmare.
D Students can work at their paces and on their own time.
24 What is the passage mainly about?
A Online schooling is more convenient and efficient
B Online schooling lacks in face-to-face contact and socialization
C Online schooling is not for everyone
D An overall estimate on online schooling
Passage Two
When I was a still an architecture student, a teacher told me, ‖We learn more from buildings that fall down than from buildings that stand up,‖ What he meant was that construction is as much the result of experience as of theory. Although structural design follows established formulas, the actual performance of a building is complicated by the passage of time, the behavior of users, the natural elements---and unnatural events. All are difficult to simulate. Buildings, unlike cars, can’t be crash-tested.
The first important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is that tall building can withstand the impact of a large jetliner. The twin towers were supported by 59 perimeter columns on each side. Although about 30 of these columns, extending from four to six floors, were destroyed in each building by the impact, initially both towers remained standing. Even so, the death toll (代价) was appalling --- 2,245 people lost their lives.
I was once asked, how tall buildings should be designed given what we’d learned from
the World Trade Center collapse. My answer was, ‖Lower.‖ The question of when a tall building becomes unsafe is easy to answer. Common aerial fire-fighting ladders in use today are 100 feet high and can reach to about the 10th floor, so fires in buildings up to 10 stories high can be fought
from the exterior (外部). Fighting fires and evacuating occupants above that height depend on fire stairs. The taller the building, the longer it will take for firefighters to climb to the scene of the fire. So the simple answer to the safety question is ―Lower than 10 stories.‖
Then why don’t cities impose lower height limits? A 60-story office building does not have six times as much rentable space as a 1—story building. However, all things being equal, such a building will produce four times more revenue and four times more in property taxes. So cutting building heights would mean cutting city budgets.
The most important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is not that we should stop
building tall buildings abut that we have misjudged their cost. We did the same thing when we underestimated the cost of hurtling along a highway in a steel box at 70 miles per hour.. It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires, and antilock brakes became commonplace. At first, cars simply were too slow to warrant concern. Later, manufacturers resisted these expensive
devices, arguing that consumers would not pay for safety. More we do---willingly.
25 The first paragraph tells us that ______.
A architecture is something more out of experience than out of theory
B architecture depends just as much as on experience as on theory
C it is safer for people to live in old buildings
D we learn not so much form our failures as from our success
26 What can we learn for the WTC collapse?
A Although the structure of the two buildings was very strong, the death toll was still very shocking.
B The structure of the two buildings was of the first class.
C Thee structure of the two buildings was not so strong as people had expected.
D The structure of the two buildings was strong enough to withstand any accidents.
27 Ideally, the policy in city construction should be ______.
A lower than ten stories B the lower, the better
C the higher, the better D higher than ten stories
28 Why are there still high buildings, or even skyscrapers in many cities?
A Because they are the symbol of modern time.
B Because many cities now lack building space.
C Because high buildings are an important financial source of a city’s budget.
D Because high buildings represent the level of a country’s science and technology.
29 What is the most important lesson of the WTC collapse?
A We should wear seat belts while driving.
B We should build low buildings just as we should drive slowly.
C We should make building tall buildings illegal.
D We should pay for safety while constructing tall buildings.
30 What is the author’s attitude towards building tall buildings?
A positive B neutral C indifferent D critical
Passage Three
―Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.‖ said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body.
While here’s no question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.
In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they couldn’t get the job done.
Stress that you can manage may also boots immune function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects believed they had control over the outcome. In the second, they weren’t in control: they had to sit through a gory video on surgical procedures. Those who did go on the memory test hand an increase in levels of immunoglobulin(免疫球蛋白)A, an antibody that’s the body’s first line of defense against germs. The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones. In short burst these hormones have appositive effect, including improved memory function. ‖They can help nerve cells handle information and put into storage,‖ says Dr. Bruce of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
―Sustained stress is not good for you,‖ says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity, ‖It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective. ‖
31 The passage is mainly about ______.
A the benefits of manageable stress
B how to avoid stressful situation
C how to cope with stress effectively
D the effects of stress hormones on memory
32 The word ‖shun‖ (Line 1,Para.1) most probably means______.
A cut down on B stay away from C run out of D put up with
33 We can conclude from the study of the158 nurses in 2001 that ______.
A people under stress tend to have a poor memory
B people who can’t get their job done experience more stress
C doing challenging work may be good for one’s health
D stress will weaken the body’s defense against germs
34 In the experiment described in Para. 3, the video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody because______.
A the video was not enjoyable at all
B the outcome was beyond their control
C they knew little about surgical procedures
D they felt no pressure while watching the video
35 Which of the following is Dr. Bruce McEwen inclined to emphasize by saying ―But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.‖?
A a person’s memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body
B stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain
C short hurts of stress hormones enhance memory function
D a person’s memory improves with continued experience f stress
36 What does the author imply to the readers according to the passage?
A People should avoid stress just as they shun food, love or exercise
B People should keep sustained stress which is good for our health
C People should live without stress at all
D People should not be afraid of occasional stress which can be good for us
Passage Four
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled---that, at least, was the target set by Chris Patten, Secretary of State for the Environment. But he gave no clues as to how Britain should go about achieving it. While recycling enthusiasts debate the relative merits if different collection system, it will largely be new technology, and the opening up of new markets, that makes Patten’s target attainable: a recycling scheme is successful only if manufacturers used the recovered materials in new products that people want to buy.
The first question is how best to separate clean element---glass container, plastics, and some paper and metal containers that is relatively clean when discarded ---from mixed refuse. This clean element is the main target for Britain’s recyclers. The method of collection is important because manufacturers will not reuse collected material unless it is clean and available in sufficient quantities. A bewildering assortment of different collection schemes operates in the rest of Europe, and pilot schemes are now under way in many British cities.
A realistic target for recycling mixed refuse is somewhere between15 an 25 percent by weight, according to researchers at the Department of Trade and Industry’s Laboratory. Statistics complied by researchers at the University of East Anglia show that Britain could almost halve the total weight of domestic waste going to landfill by a combination of ―collect‖ schemes (such as doorstep collections for newspaper) , ―bring‖ schemes (such as bottle banks) and plants for extracting metals.
This estimate makes two important assumptions. One is that the government will bring in legislation to encourage the creation of markets for products made from recycled materials, especially
glass, paper and plastics. The other is that industry will continue to introduce new technology that will improve both the products and techniques used to separate recoverable materials from mixed refuse.
37 Which of the following can serve as a proper title for the passage?
A In Impossible Target B Government Assumptions
C Recycling Britain D Categories of Britain’s Waste
38 In Para. 1, the writer suggest that the Secretary of State for the Environment has ______.
A created an impossible target
B provided a target without a method
C given clear details if how to achieve a target
D given manufacturers a target to aim for
39 Which of the following waste is best suited to recycling?
A empty milk cartoons B textiles C potato peelings D cabbage stalks 40 According to the text, recycling is only possible when ______.
A it is monitored by the government
B different collection schemes operate
C there is enough clean material
D there is a small amount of clean material
41 What does the word ‖assortment‖ (Line 5,Para.2) probably mean?
A different B separation C classification D mixture
42 Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?
A Tentative projects have been carried out in a lot of British cities.
B Britain could decrease the total weight of domestic waste by 50% by a combination of ―collect‖ schemes.
C It is unlikely for the government to make laws that promote the progress of recycling.
D Recycling needs great supports from various industries and manufacturers.
Passage Five
Is nothing sacred? Even the idle weekend pastime of skimming stones on a lake has been taken apart and reduced to a mathematical formula.
Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if it’s round and flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible. Some enthusiasts even travel to international stone-skimming competitions, like world champion Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, who made a stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992.
Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively large part of its surface strikes the water, so there’s more bounce, Inspired by his eight-year-old son, physicist Lyderic Bocquet of Lyon University in France wanted to find out more. So he tinkered with some simple equations describing a stone bouncing in water in terms of its radius (半径)，speed and spin, and taking account of gravity and the water’s drag.
The equations showed that the faster a spinning stone is travelling, the more times it will bounce. So no surprise there. To bounce at least once without sinking, Bocquet found the stone needs to be travelling at a minimum speed of about 1 kilometer per hour.
And the equations also backed his hunch (直觉) that spin is important because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic(陀螺的) effect, preventing the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water.
To match the world record of 38 bounces using a10-centimeter-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it would have to be travelling at about40 kilometers per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second. He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag. ‖Although I suppose that would be cheating, ‖ says Bocquet.
He and his team at Lyon hope to design a motorized ―catapult‖ that can throw stones onto a lake with a precise speed and spin, to test if the predictions stand up.
Bocquet adds that he’s probably just rediscovering a piece of history. British engineer Barnes Wallis must have done the sort of maths and experiments when he was designing his famous bouncing bombs for the Dambusters squadron (中队) during the Second World War.
43 Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A International stone-skimming competition
B How to make stone-skimming more enjoyable
C Stone-skimming is a sacred thing
D The mathematical formula for stone-skimming
44 In order to make a stone bounce best on water , one needs to ______.
A find a big, round stone
B reduce the spin of the stone
C make the stone spin as fast as possible
D do some complicated mathematical equations
45 According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor influencing the bounces of a stone on water?
A The clearness of the water
B The gravity of the earth
C The shape of the stone
D The speed and spin
46 Which of the following is not the reason why Lyderic Bocquet suppose that spin is important?
A Because it keeps the stone fairly flat form one bounce from the next
B Because the spin can create a gyroscopic effect
C Because the gyroscopic can prevent the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water
D Because the spin can reduce the water drag
47 Lyderic Bocquet drilled lots of small pits in the stone in order to ______.
A make it look smarter
B reduce the water drag
C increase the revolutions of the stone
D make the game more like golf
48 Lyderic and his team hope to design a motorized catapult because ______.
A they want to make the experiment to be more sacred
B British engineer Barnes Wallis did his experiment this way
C human beings cannot ensure the speed and spin needed
D they wanted to rediscover a piece of history
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each)
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with 15 blanks. For each blank there are 4 choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer for one or two hours, perhaps the talk with slides, writing up important information in the reading material and giving out
. The new student see the others students continuously writing on notebooks and what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture notes which do not catch the main points and become hard for the students to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which new students to develop the skills they need to be listeners and note-takers. these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to the problem before actually starting your studies.
It is important to that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills
in college study. One way of these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas ad provide support.
1. A extending B illustrating C performing D conducting
2. A attributing B contributing C distributing D explaining
3. A assignments B information C content D definition
4. A suspects B understands C wonders D convinces
5. A without B with C on D except
6. A what B those C as D which
7. A prevent B require C assist D forbid
8. A effective B passive C relative D expressive
9. A Because B Though C Whether D If
10. A enable B stimulate C advocate D prevent
11. A evaluate B acquaint C tackle D formulate
12. A predict B acknowledge C argue D ignore
13. A to require B required C requiring D are required
14. A preventing B withstanding C sustaining D overcoming
15. A average B ordinary C normal D academic
Paper Two
Part I Translation (30 minutes, 20 points, 10 for each section)
Section A
Direction: Translate the following underlined sentences into Chinese. Write down your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.
New Zealand is a nature lover’s paradise. You don’t need contrived amusement parks or fenced off scenic areas. No skyscraper in cities at all. A five-storied building is a high and huge one in South Island. Hence, there is nothing to block the sight.
beaches attracted me most. Sitting on the black shimmering sand, listening to the wind
singing, watching the prairie we were exposed to and pristine picture, really ―heaven
comes true‖! Section B
Direction: Translate the following passage into English. Write down your translation
on the ANSWER SHEET.
作为一个爵士乐迷，我发现很多中国流行歌星开始受到爵士乐的影响，正在
把爵士乐的节奏与和声运用到他们的歌曲当中，这让我觉得很新鲜。然而，把爵
士乐的成分掺进流行音乐，并不能将流行音乐变成爵士乐，这就像把辣椒放进麦
当劳的汉堡里，也不会将其变成四川风味一样。
Part II Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)
Directions: In this part, you are to write within30 minutes a composition of no less
than 150 words about Personal Development in the family. You should write
according to the outline. Please remember to write it clearly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Outline: 1 The advantages of personal development in the family
2 The disadvantages of personal development in the family
3 Your opinion
部分参考答案(标注为无的需要考生自己去思考)
Paper One
Part I Dialogue Communication （10％,1 for each） 6
1B 2D 3C 4A 5A 6D
Part II Vocabulary (20%, 0.5 for each) 6
7 A 8C 9B 10C 11A 12C 13A 14A 15D 16A 17 B 18A
Part III Reading Comprehension (30%,1 for each) 14
19D 20A 21C 22无 23D 24无 25无 26A 27无 28C
29无 30D 31A 32无 33无 34B 35C 36无 37C
38无 39A 40C 41无 42C
43-48：无
Part IV Cloze (15%, 1 for each) 10
1B 2C 3A 4无 5B 6无 7C 8无
9D 10无 11 C 12B 13B 14无 15D
Paper Two
Part I Translation (20%, 10 for each section)6
Section A
(1) 你全部要做的事就是出去遛弯儿，你能够呼吸到、触摸到、亲眼看到这个国家的美丽。
(2) 无
(3) 外出散步，甚至在去商店购物的路上，我都能看到我的周围令人叹为观止的风光，这是我颇为喜欢的事情。
(4) 无
(5) 我们停留期间，情不自禁地用掉了13卷胶卷，这些照片直到如今都能使我们回味新西兰之行留下的记忆。
桂林理工大学2012年5月在职研究生英语试题 Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each) Section A: Dialogue Completion
Directions: In this section you’ll read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each
followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suit the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1 A: Your husband is a real outdoors man. He just can’t wait to get out of the city. He likes fishing
and boating and bird watching.
B: _____________.
A Oh, great. How about your husband?
B OH, yes. He thinks sleeping in a tent beside a lake is great.
C But, do you really know your husband?
D But I think he is a coward.
2 A: Could you spare a few hours to help me clean the house?
B: ______________.
A No, the house is clean.
B Nobody could help you.
C No, you should rely on yourself.
D I’m really busy with school these days. How does this Saturday sound?
3 A: What shall I do? I’ve got so many things on my mind now. Will anybody help me? B: ______________.
A How can I get support from others?
B Don’t expect me to help you. Is there anybody who can help me?
C Don’t ask me. It’s your baby, Mary. See, my hands are full.
D Sorry. I didn’t expect you are so busy.
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Direction: In this section, you will read 5 short dialogues 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 form the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
4 Woman: Do you want the windows open or closed?
Man: I almost always prefer fresh air, if possible.
Question: What dose the man imply?
A He’d like to have the windows open.
B He rarely leaves the windows open.
C He thinks the air is polluted.
D He’ll help her close the windows.
5 Woman: The clerk said that we had to wait until after lunch to pick up the papers.
Man: But what are we going to do to kill time before then?
Question: What dose the man mean?
A He doesn’t have anything to do.
B He believes she is wrong about the pickup time.
C Before lunch is a great time to pick up documents.
D Time passes very quickly.
6 Woman: Are you sure you cleaned your car thoroughly? You want to impress the boss.
Man: I’d better double check to be sure.
Question: What will the man probably do next?
A Have the boss drive another car.
B Ask the woman to help him clean the car.
C Check the car to see if it runs well.
D Make sure that his car is clean.
Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes ,10 points, 0.5 for each)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined.
Choose the one form the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D that best keep the meaning of
the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
through the center.
baseball player.
A successive B successful C superlative D demonstrative
8 Recent research into aging suggests that the body defense mechanisms may lose the ability to A insane B infectious C foreign D poisonous A avoided B brought about C aggravation D started with
10 The agency’A enhanced B promoted C impaired D advanced A practice B folklore C culture D doctrine eighteenth century.
A stating B relating C portraying D celebrating
Section B
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences, For each sentence there are 4
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best complete the sentence. Then
mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
13 He was charged with being an ______ to the crime.
A accessory B access C assessor D acquaintance
14 His attempts to ______ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
A alienate B appreciate C align D alarm
15 Children ______ half of their 23 pairs of chromosomes from each parent.
A unite B bring C integrate D inherit
16 A plot to ______ the President was uncovered by government agents.
A assassinate B assign C assess D assist
17 He does a bit of writing, but first and ______ he’s a teacher.
A primary B foremost C principal D dominant
18 He was exhilarated by the thought of his ______ trip.
A forthcoming B imminent C immediate D upspring
Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points,1 for each)
Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Before high school teacher Kimberly Rugh got down to business at the start of a recent school week, she joked with her students about how she’d had to clean cake out of the corners of her house after her 2-year-old son’s birthday party. This friendly combination of chitchat took place not in front of a blackboard but in an E-mail message that Rugh sent to the145 students she’s teaching at the Florida Virtual School, one of the nation’s leading online high schools. The school’s motto is ―any time, any place, any path, any pace.‖
Florida E-school attracts many students who need flexible scheduling, from young tennis stars and young musicians to brothers Tobias and Tyler Heeb, who take turns working on the computer while helping out with their family’s clam-farming business on Pine Island, off Florida’s southwest coast. Home-schoolers also are well represented. Most students live in Florida, but 55 hail from West Virginia, where a severe teacher shortage makes it hard for many students to take advanced classes. Seven kids from Texas and four from Shanghai round out the student body.
The great majority of Florida Virtual Schoolers --–80 percent ---- are enrolled in regular Florida public or private high schools. Some are busy overachievers. Others are retaking classes they barely passed the first time. The school’s biggest challenge is making sure that students aren’t left to sink or swim n their own. After the school experienced a disappointing course completion rate of just 50 percent in its early years. Executive Director Julie Young made apriority out of what she calls ―relationship-building,‖ asking teachers to stay in frequent E-mail and phone contact with their students. That personal touch has helped: The completion rate is now 80 percent.
Critics of online classes say that while they may have a limited place, they are a poor substitute for the face-to-face contact and socialization that take place in brick-and-mortar classrooms. Despite opportunities for online chats, some virtual students say they’d prefer to have more interaction with their peers.
Students and parents are quick to acknowledge that virtual schooling isn’t for everyone. ‖If your child’s not focused and motivated, I can only imagine it would be a nightmare, ‖ says Patricia Haygood of Orlando, whose two daughters are thriving at the Florida school. For those who have what it takes, however, virtual learning fills an important niche.‖ I can work at my own pace, on my own time,‖ says
Hackney. ―It’s the ultimate in student responsibility.‖
19 Kimberly Hugh talked about her son’s birthday party ______.
A with her friends B with her colleagues
C in the classroom D in an E-mail massage sent to her students 20 ―Any time, any place, any path, any pace‖ is ______.
A what taken as the guiding principle of the Florida Virtual School
B words placed at the beginning of a book or a chapter
C a slogan put on the wall
D words used in advertisements
21 From this passage, we can find the following facts except that ______.
A the students the Florida Virtual School hail from places in and out of the U.S.
B the students at the online schools can take classes at any time
C the online schools provide a variety of training from tennis to music
D among the students of Florida Virtual School, there are some very advanced or backward ones 22 The challenge of the school is______.
A How to teach students to swim well
B How to make the students more active in their leaning
C to complete ―the relationship-building ahead of time
D to urge the teachers to go to the office more often
23 The following are the disadvantages actually present un online schooling EXCEPT ______.
A It lacks face-to-face contact and socialization that take place in classroom.
B Some students prefer to have more interaction with their peers.
C If students are not focused and motivated, it would be a nightmare.
D Students can work at their paces and on their own time.
24 What is the passage mainly about?
A Online schooling is more convenient and efficient
B Online schooling lacks in face-to-face contact and socialization
C Online schooling is not for everyone
D An overall estimate on online schooling
Passage Two
When I was a still an architecture student, a teacher told me, ‖We learn more from buildings that fall down than from buildings that stand up,‖ What he meant was that construction is as much the result of experience as of theory. Although structural design follows established formulas, the actual performance of a building is complicated by the passage of time, the behavior of users, the natural elements---and unnatural events. All are difficult to simulate. Buildings, unlike cars, can’t be crash-tested.
The first important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is that tall building can withstand the impact of a large jetliner. The twin towers were supported by 59 perimeter columns on each side. Although about 30 of these columns, extending from four to six floors, were destroyed in each building by the impact, initially both towers remained standing. Even so, the death toll (代价) was appalling --- 2,245 people lost their lives.
I was once asked, how tall buildings should be designed given what we’d learned from
the World Trade Center collapse. My answer was, ‖Lower.‖ The question of when a tall building becomes unsafe is easy to answer. Common aerial fire-fighting ladders in use today are 100 feet high and can reach to about the 10th floor, so fires in buildings up to 10 stories high can be fought
from the exterior (外部). Fighting fires and evacuating occupants above that height depend on fire stairs. The taller the building, the longer it will take for firefighters to climb to the scene of the fire. So the simple answer to the safety question is ―Lower than 10 stories.‖
Then why don’t cities impose lower height limits? A 60-story office building does not have six times as much rentable space as a 1—story building. However, all things being equal, such a building will produce four times more revenue and four times more in property taxes. So cutting building heights would mean cutting city budgets.
The most important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is not that we should stop
building tall buildings abut that we have misjudged their cost. We did the same thing when we underestimated the cost of hurtling along a highway in a steel box at 70 miles per hour.. It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires, and antilock brakes became commonplace. At first, cars simply were too slow to warrant concern. Later, manufacturers resisted these expensive
devices, arguing that consumers would not pay for safety. More we do---willingly.
25 The first paragraph tells us that ______.
A architecture is something more out of experience than out of theory
B architecture depends just as much as on experience as on theory
C it is safer for people to live in old buildings
D we learn not so much form our failures as from our success
26 What can we learn for the WTC collapse?
A Although the structure of the two buildings was very strong, the death toll was still very shocking.
B The structure of the two buildings was of the first class.
C Thee structure of the two buildings was not so strong as people had expected.
D The structure of the two buildings was strong enough to withstand any accidents.
27 Ideally, the policy in city construction should be ______.
A lower than ten stories B the lower, the better
C the higher, the better D higher than ten stories
28 Why are there still high buildings, or even skyscrapers in many cities?
A Because they are the symbol of modern time.
B Because many cities now lack building space.
C Because high buildings are an important financial source of a city’s budget.
D Because high buildings represent the level of a country’s science and technology.
29 What is the most important lesson of the WTC collapse?
A We should wear seat belts while driving.
B We should build low buildings just as we should drive slowly.
C We should make building tall buildings illegal.
D We should pay for safety while constructing tall buildings.
30 What is the author’s attitude towards building tall buildings?
A positive B neutral C indifferent D critical
Passage Three
―Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.‖ said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body.
While here’s no question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.
In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they couldn’t get the job done.
Stress that you can manage may also boots immune function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects believed they had control over the outcome. In the second, they weren’t in control: they had to sit through a gory video on surgical procedures. Those who did go on the memory test hand an increase in levels of immunoglobulin(免疫球蛋白)A, an antibody that’s the body’s first line of defense against germs. The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones. In short burst these hormones have appositive effect, including improved memory function. ‖They can help nerve cells handle information and put into storage,‖ says Dr. Bruce of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
―Sustained stress is not good for you,‖ says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity, ‖It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective. ‖
31 The passage is mainly about ______.
A the benefits of manageable stress
B how to avoid stressful situation
C how to cope with stress effectively
D the effects of stress hormones on memory
32 The word ‖shun‖ (Line 1,Para.1) most probably means______.
A cut down on B stay away from C run out of D put up with
33 We can conclude from the study of the158 nurses in 2001 that ______.
A people under stress tend to have a poor memory
B people who can’t get their job done experience more stress
C doing challenging work may be good for one’s health
D stress will weaken the body’s defense against germs
34 In the experiment described in Para. 3, the video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody because______.
A the video was not enjoyable at all
B the outcome was beyond their control
C they knew little about surgical procedures
D they felt no pressure while watching the video
35 Which of the following is Dr. Bruce McEwen inclined to emphasize by saying ―But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.‖?
A a person’s memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body
B stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain
C short hurts of stress hormones enhance memory function
D a person’s memory improves with continued experience f stress
36 What does the author imply to the readers according to the passage?
A People should avoid stress just as they shun food, love or exercise
B People should keep sustained stress which is good for our health
C People should live without stress at all
D People should not be afraid of occasional stress which can be good for us
Passage Four
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled---that, at least, was the target set by Chris Patten, Secretary of State for the Environment. But he gave no clues as to how Britain should go about achieving it. While recycling enthusiasts debate the relative merits if different collection system, it will largely be new technology, and the opening up of new markets, that makes Patten’s target attainable: a recycling scheme is successful only if manufacturers used the recovered materials in new products that people want to buy.
The first question is how best to separate clean element---glass container, plastics, and some paper and metal containers that is relatively clean when discarded ---from mixed refuse. This clean element is the main target for Britain’s recyclers. The method of collection is important because manufacturers will not reuse collected material unless it is clean and available in sufficient quantities. A bewildering assortment of different collection schemes operates in the rest of Europe, and pilot schemes are now under way in many British cities.
A realistic target for recycling mixed refuse is somewhere between15 an 25 percent by weight, according to researchers at the Department of Trade and Industry’s Laboratory. Statistics complied by researchers at the University of East Anglia show that Britain could almost halve the total weight of domestic waste going to landfill by a combination of ―collect‖ schemes (such as doorstep collections for newspaper) , ―bring‖ schemes (such as bottle banks) and plants for extracting metals.
This estimate makes two important assumptions. One is that the government will bring in legislation to encourage the creation of markets for products made from recycled materials, especially
glass, paper and plastics. The other is that industry will continue to introduce new technology that will improve both the products and techniques used to separate recoverable materials from mixed refuse.
37 Which of the following can serve as a proper title for the passage?
A In Impossible Target B Government Assumptions
C Recycling Britain D Categories of Britain’s Waste
38 In Para. 1, the writer suggest that the Secretary of State for the Environment has ______.
A created an impossible target
B provided a target without a method
C given clear details if how to achieve a target
D given manufacturers a target to aim for
39 Which of the following waste is best suited to recycling?
A empty milk cartoons B textiles C potato peelings D cabbage stalks 40 According to the text, recycling is only possible when ______.
A it is monitored by the government
B different collection schemes operate
C there is enough clean material
D there is a small amount of clean material
41 What does the word ‖assortment‖ (Line 5,Para.2) probably mean?
A different B separation C classification D mixture
42 Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?
A Tentative projects have been carried out in a lot of British cities.
B Britain could decrease the total weight of domestic waste by 50% by a combination of ―collect‖ schemes.
C It is unlikely for the government to make laws that promote the progress of recycling.
D Recycling needs great supports from various industries and manufacturers.
Passage Five
Is nothing sacred? Even the idle weekend pastime of skimming stones on a lake has been taken apart and reduced to a mathematical formula.
Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if it’s round and flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible. Some enthusiasts even travel to international stone-skimming competitions, like world champion Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, who made a stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992.
Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively large part of its surface strikes the water, so there’s more bounce, Inspired by his eight-year-old son, physicist Lyderic Bocquet of Lyon University in France wanted to find out more. So he tinkered with some simple equations describing a stone bouncing in water in terms of its radius (半径)，speed and spin, and taking account of gravity and the water’s drag.
The equations showed that the faster a spinning stone is travelling, the more times it will bounce. So no surprise there. To bounce at least once without sinking, Bocquet found the stone needs to be travelling at a minimum speed of about 1 kilometer per hour.
And the equations also backed his hunch (直觉) that spin is important because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic(陀螺的) effect, preventing the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water.
To match the world record of 38 bounces using a10-centimeter-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it would have to be travelling at about40 kilometers per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second. He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag. ‖Although I suppose that would be cheating, ‖ says Bocquet.
He and his team at Lyon hope to design a motorized ―catapult‖ that can throw stones onto a lake with a precise speed and spin, to test if the predictions stand up.
Bocquet adds that he’s probably just rediscovering a piece of history. British engineer Barnes Wallis must have done the sort of maths and experiments when he was designing his famous bouncing bombs for the Dambusters squadron (中队) during the Second World War.
43 Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A International stone-skimming competition
B How to make stone-skimming more enjoyable
C Stone-skimming is a sacred thing
D The mathematical formula for stone-skimming
44 In order to make a stone bounce best on water , one needs to ______.
A find a big, round stone
B reduce the spin of the stone
C make the stone spin as fast as possible
D do some complicated mathematical equations
45 According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor influencing the bounces of a stone on water?
A The clearness of the water
B The gravity of the earth
C The shape of the stone
D The speed and spin
46 Which of the following is not the reason why Lyderic Bocquet suppose that spin is important?
A Because it keeps the stone fairly flat form one bounce from the next
B Because the spin can create a gyroscopic effect
C Because the gyroscopic can prevent the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water
D Because the spin can reduce the water drag
47 Lyderic Bocquet drilled lots of small pits in the stone in order to ______.
A make it look smarter
B reduce the water drag
C increase the revolutions of the stone
D make the game more like golf
48 Lyderic and his team hope to design a motorized catapult because ______.
A they want to make the experiment to be more sacred
B British engineer Barnes Wallis did his experiment this way
C human beings cannot ensure the speed and spin needed
D they wanted to rediscover a piece of history
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each)
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with 15 blanks. For each blank there are 4 choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer for one or two hours, perhaps the talk with slides, writing up important information in the reading material and giving out
. The new student see the others students continuously writing on notebooks and what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture notes which do not catch the main points and become hard for the students to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which new students to develop the skills they need to be listeners and note-takers. these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to the problem before actually starting your studies.
It is important to that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills
in college study. One way of these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas ad provide support.
1. A extending B illustrating C performing D conducting
2. A attributing B contributing C distributing D explaining
3. A assignments B information C content D definition
4. A suspects B understands C wonders D convinces
5. A without B with C on D except
6. A what B those C as D which
7. A prevent B require C assist D forbid
8. A effective B passive C relative D expressive
9. A Because B Though C Whether D If
10. A enable B stimulate C advocate D prevent
11. A evaluate B acquaint C tackle D formulate
12. A predict B acknowledge C argue D ignore
13. A to require B required C requiring D are required
14. A preventing B withstanding C sustaining D overcoming
15. A average B ordinary C normal D academic
Paper Two
Part I Translation (30 minutes, 20 points, 10 for each section)
Section A
Direction: Translate the following underlined sentences into Chinese. Write down your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.
New Zealand is a nature lover’s paradise. You don’t need contrived amusement parks or fenced off scenic areas. No skyscraper in cities at all. A five-storied building is a high and huge one in South Island. Hence, there is nothing to block the sight.
beaches attracted me most. Sitting on the black shimmering sand, listening to the wind
singing, watching the prairie we were exposed to and pristine picture, really ―heaven
comes true‖! Section B
Direction: Translate the following passage into English. Write down your translation
on the ANSWER SHEET.
作为一个爵士乐迷，我发现很多中国流行歌星开始受到爵士乐的影响，正在
把爵士乐的节奏与和声运用到他们的歌曲当中，这让我觉得很新鲜。然而，把爵
士乐的成分掺进流行音乐，并不能将流行音乐变成爵士乐，这就像把辣椒放进麦
当劳的汉堡里，也不会将其变成四川风味一样。
Part II Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)
Directions: In this part, you are to write within30 minutes a composition of no less
than 150 words about Personal Development in the family. You should write
according to the outline. Please remember to write it clearly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Outline: 1 The advantages of personal development in the family
2 The disadvantages of personal development in the family
3 Your opinion
部分参考答案(标注为无的需要考生自己去思考)
Paper One
Part I Dialogue Communication （10％,1 for each） 6
1B 2D 3C 4A 5A 6D
Part II Vocabulary (20%, 0.5 for each) 6
7 A 8C 9B 10C 11A 12C 13A 14A 15D 16A 17 B 18A
Part III Reading Comprehension (30%,1 for each) 14
19D 20A 21C 22无 23D 24无 25无 26A 27无 28C
29无 30D 31A 32无 33无 34B 35C 36无 37C
38无 39A 40C 41无 42C
43-48：无
Part IV Cloze (15%, 1 for each) 10
1B 2C 3A 4无 5B 6无 7C 8无
9D 10无 11 C 12B 13B 14无 15D
Paper Two
Part I Translation (20%, 10 for each section)6
Section A
(1) 你全部要做的事就是出去遛弯儿，你能够呼吸到、触摸到、亲眼看到这个国家的美丽。
(2) 无
(3) 外出散步，甚至在去商店购物的路上，我都能看到我的周围令人叹为观止的风光，这是我颇为喜欢的事情。
(4) 无
(5) 我们停留期间，情不自禁地用掉了13卷胶卷，这些照片直到如今都能使我们回味新西兰之行留下的记忆。