2010级在职研究生试题D

广西师范大学在职研究生课程考核试卷

课程名称：研究生英语开课学院：研究生处

班级（年级、专业）：2010级考核方式：闭卷试时间：120 分钟试卷序号：D卷 √English Test for Grade 2010 Paper One Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points) Section A Dialogue Comprehension Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. A: Why don't you have dinner with me tonight? B: ____________ A. Because I have an appointment. B. Sorry about that, but I have to go to a party. C. The reason is that I have to work over time tonight. D. I‟d love to, but I have to finish my paper. 2. A: I'm afraid I have spilled some coffee on the table cloth B: ____________ A. Oh, don't worry about that. B. You needn‟t apologize. C. I fee1 sorry for that. D. Oh, you shouldn‟t have done that. 3. A: You seem to have a lot of work to do in your office. You‟ve always been working overtime. B: ____________ A. You are right, but don‟t you know the meaning of work? B. Sorry, I don‟t think so. I get overpaid for overwork, you know. C. That‟s right. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. D. That‟s right, but the work is interesting. I don‟t mind some extra hours at all. 4. A: George, I would like to introduce a friend of mine, if I may: Albert Snow. Albert, this is George Smith. B: ____________ A. How have you been? B. Pleased to meet you, George. C. Mind if call you George？ D. The pleasure‟s mine. 5. A: Excuse me. I don‟ t want to interrupt you… B: ____________ 教研室主任 (签字)：分管教学学院领导

(签字)： B. Well, never mind.

. A. No, no. It‟s quite all right.

B. Well, never mind.

C. It won‟t bother me.

D. Of course not.

Section B Dialogue Comprehension

Directions: In this section, will read 5 short conversations between a man and woman. At the end of each

conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single mar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

6. [Woman]: Karen isn’t happy with her new roommate. Did she say why?

[Man]: She just said nothing.

[Question]: What does the man mean?

A. He hadn’t heard that Karen had a new roommate.

B. Karen wouldn’t give reasons for her feelings.

C. He thinks that Karen shouldn’t be angry.

D. Karen won’t be getting a new roommate after all.

7. [Woman]: Professor, could I look at the essay I gave you last week?

[Man] Well, I have been busy with other things.

[Question] What do we know from the short dialogue?

A. The woman didn’t hand in the essay on time.

B. The professor hasn’t read the essay yet.

C. The professor returned the essay a week ago.

D. The essay is not acceptable.

8. [Woman]: This soup is delicious. I wish I could make it myself.

[Man]: Why not? I’ll tell you what to do.

[Question]: What will the man probably do next?

A. Buy some at the market.

B. Teach the woman to make the soup.

C. Tell the woman how to taste the soup.

D. Check to see if the soup is really good.

9. [Woman]: How was the film last night? Did I miss anything good?

[Man]: Hardly, I kept looking at my watch the whole time.

[Question]: What does the man mean?

A. He arrived at the cinema late.

B. He left this watch in the cinema.

C. The film seemed much shorter than it actually was.

D. He did not enjoy the film.

10. [Woman]: What do you think about the new computer program?

[Man]: You need a degree in computer to understand it.

[Question]: What do we know about the man?

A. He doesn’t know how to use the program.

B. He doesn’t have a computer.

C. He has a degree in computer science.

D. He needs to take his computer to be repaired.

Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes,10 points)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary.

attractive concern despite feasible academic advantage social context concept embarrass improvement unique afterwards energetic individual prestigious import pursue acquire impression

11. I like your idea but I don’t think it’s technically_________

12. The salary they’re offering is very ___________, but Amanda still doesn’t want the job.

13. _________the fact that there are almost no hope of finding the missing boy, the search party still went on looking.

14.The rise in unemployment is of great _________to the government.

15.He was seriously ill for two months. As a result, his______ work suffered and he fell behind.

16. _________ activities might include picnics in the woods and walking tours of the Old Town.

17. He deliberately took my words out of_________ and you know that’s not what I mean!

18. The great __________of home-grown oranges is their magnificent flavor.

19. I was really ________ when I knocked the cup of tea over my teacher.

20. John made a very good__________ in his interview.

21. Jack’s work has shown great _________ in the last two weeks.

22. The _________ of color is almost impossible to explain to a blind person.

23. No one else can tell you what is best for you because every _________ is different.

24. If you come to my office about twelve, we can have lunch together and meet the manager______.

25. This stamp is ___________; all others like it have been lost or destroyed.

26. The new office boy seemed smart and __________ when he reported for work.

27. He has made up his mind to _________ his studies abroad.

28. If you need further qualifications for the job, check out how and where you can _________them.

29. This wine is _________ from France, and it is rather expensive.

30. How can we continue to produce first-class engineers if the most ________ universities are unable to offer decent salaries to attract the best professors?

Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points)

Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each of

them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Nuclear power's danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.

Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector .But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.

At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cell in vital organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does nor hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they arc killed

outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells arc only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in a deformed way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.

This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or liable to serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.

Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.

31. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _________.

A) nuclear mystery B) radiation detection

C) radiation level D) nuclear radiation

32. Radiation can cause serious consequences even at the lowest level _________.

A) when it kills few cells

B) if it damages few cells

C) though the damaged cells can repair themselves

D) unless the damaged cells can reproduce themselves

33. The word “significant” in paragraph 3 most probably means _________.

A) remarkable B) meaningful C) fatal D) harmful

34. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _________.

A) kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately.

B) damage cells which nay grow into cancer years later

C) affect the healthy growth of our offspring

D) All of the above.

35. Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?

A) The importance of protection from radiation cannot be over-emphasized.

B) The mystery about radiation remains unsolved.

C) Cancer is mainly caused by radiation.

D) Radiation can hurt those who are not aware of its danger.

Passage Two

In some ways, the United States has made spectacular progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, or kill half a town of 2,400 people, as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky, in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire.

But even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference of a country that just will not take Fires seriously enough.

American fire departments are some of the world's fastest and best equipped. They have to be. The United States has twice Japan's population, and 40 times as man`' Fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. American Fire-safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in disproportionately large numbers in fires but who, contrary to popular myth, start very few of them.

Experts say the fatal error is an attitude that fires are not really anyone's fault. Thai is not so in other countries, where both public education and the law treat Fires as either a personal failing or a crime. Japan has many wood houses; of the estimated 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Penalties for by negligence can be as high as life imprisonment.

In the United States, most education dollars are spent in elementary schools. But the lessons are aimed at too limited an audience; just 9 percent of all Fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches.

The United States continues to rely more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building codes now require home sprinklers. New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped.

36. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _________.

A) they took no interest in new technology

B) they did not attach great importance to preventing fires

C) they showed indifference to fighting Fires

D) they did not spend enough money on fire facilities

37. Although the Fire death rate has declined, the United States ________.

A) still has the worst fire death rate in the world

B) is still alert to the fire problem

C) is still training a large number of safety experts

D) is still confronted with the serious fire problem

38. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A) fire safety lessons should be aimed at American adults

B) American children have not received enough education of fire safety lesson

C) Japan is better equipped with fire facilities than the Untied States

D) America's large population accounts for high fire frequency

39. In what aspects should the United States learn from Japan?

A) Architecture and building material.

B) Education and technology.

C) Laws and attitude.

D) All of the above

40. To narrow the gap between the fire death rate in the United States and that in other countries, the author suggests ________.

A) developing new technology

B) counting more on laws and social pressure

C) placing a fire extinguisher in every family6554 8814

D) reinforcing the safeness of household appliances021-

Passage Three

There are hidden factors which scientists call “feedback mechanisms”. No one knows quite how they will interact with the changing climate. Here's one example: plants and animals adapt to climate change over centuries. At the current estimate of half a degree centigrade of warming per decade, vegetation(植物) may not keep up. Climatologist James Hansen predicts climate zones will shift toward the poles by 50 to 75kilometres a year-faster than trees can naturally

migrate. Species that find themselves in an unfamiliar environment will die. The

1000kilometre-wide strip of forest running through Canada, the USSR and Scandinavia could be cut by half. Millions of dying trees would soon lead to massive forest fires, releasing ions of CO2 and further boosting global warming.

There arc dozens of other possible. feedback mechanisms'. Higher temperatures will fuel condensation and increase cloudiness, which may actually damp down global warming. Others, like the „albedo‟ effect, will do the opposite. The. „albedo‟ effect is the amount of solar energy reflected by the earth's surface. As northern ice and snow melts and the darker sea and land pokes( 戳) through, more heat will be absorbed, adding to the global temperature increase. Even if we were to magically stop all greenhouse-gas emissions tomorrow the impact on global climate would continue for decades. Delay will simply make the problem worse. The fact is that some of us are doing quite well the way things are. In the developed world prosperity has been built on 150 years of cheap fossil fuels.

Material progress has been linked to energy consumption. Today 75 per cent of all the world's energy is consumed by a quarter of the world's population. The average rich world resident adds about 3.2 tons of CO2 yearly to the atmosphere, more than four times the level added by each Third World citizen. The US, with just seven per cent of the global population, is responsible for 22 per cent of global warming.

41.”Feedback mechanisms” in paragraph 1 most probably refer to ________.

A) how plants and animals adapt to hidden factors

B) how plants and animals interact with the changing climate

C) how climate changes

D) how climate zones shift

42. James Hansen predicts that the shift of climate zones will be accompanied by ________.

A) the cutting of many trees.

B) desirable environmental changes.

C) successful migration of species.

D) unsuccessful migration of trees.

43. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A) some feedback mechanisms may slow down global warming

B) the basic facts of global warming are unknown

C) developing countries benefit from cheap fossil fuels

D) developed countries have decided to reduce their energy consumption

44. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A) the developing world has decided to increase its energy consumption

B) a third-world citizen adds less than a ton of CO2 yearly to the atmosphere

C) the world climate would soon gain its balance if we stopped greenhouse gas emissions

D) future prosperity of the world is dependent on cheap fossil fuels

45. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A) Material progress and energy consumption.

B) Prosperity and cheap fossil fuels.

C) Impact of global warming on climate.

D) Plants and animals in the changing climate.021-

Passage Four

Learning disabilities are very common. They affect perhaps 10 percent of all children. Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.

Since about 1970, new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better. Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things. There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized.

You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning disability. There is no outward sign of the disorder. So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.

In one study, researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person, who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things. One involved cells in the left side of the brain, which control language. These cells normally are white. In the learning disabled person, however,

these cells were gray. The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been. The nerve cells were mixed together.

The study was carried out under the guidance of Norman Geschwind, an early expert on learning disabilities. Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain. He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally. Probably, he said, nerve cells there did not connect as they should. So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.

Other researchers did not examine brain tissue. Instead, they measured the brain's electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals.

Frank Duffy experimented with this technique at Children's Hospital Medical Center in

Boston. Doctor Duffy found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems. The differences appeared throughout the brain. Doctor Duffy said his research is evidence that reading disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain, not just the left side.kaoyangj

46. Scientists found that the brain cells of a learning-disabled person differ from those of a normal person in ________.

A) structure and function

B) color and function

C) size and arrangement

D) color and arrangement .

47. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A) Learning disabilities may result from the unknown area of the brain.

B) Learning disabilities may result from damage to a wide area of the brain.

C) Learning disabilities may result from abnormal organization of brain cells.

D) Learning disabilities may result from problems in the left side of the brain.

48. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________.

A) many factors account for learning disorder

B) a learning disabled person shows no outward signs

C) reading disabilities are a common problem that affects 10 percent of the population

D) the brain activity of learning disabled children is different from that of normal children

49. Doctor Duffy believed that ________.

A) he found the exact cause of learning disabilities

B) the problem of learning disabilities was not limited to the left side of the brain

C) the problem of learning disabilities resulted from the left side of the brain

D) the problem of learning disabilities did not lie in the left side of the brain

50. According to the passage we can conclude that further researches should be made ________.

A) to investigate possible influences on brain development and organization

B) to study, how children learn to read and write, and use numbers

C) to help learning disabled children to develop their intelligence

D) to explore how the left side of the brain functions in language learning

Passage Five

Visual impairment(视觉障碍) carries with it a reduced or restricted ability to travel through one's physical and social environment until adequate orientation and mobility skills have been

established. Because observational skills are more limited, self-control within the immediate surroundings is limited. The visually impaired person is less able to anticipate hazardous situations or obstacles to avoid.

Orientation refers to the mental map one has of one's surroundings and to the relationship between self and that environment. The mental map is best generated by moving through the environment and piecing together relationships, object by object, in an organized approach. With little or no visual feedback to reinforce this mental map, a visually impaired person must rely on memory for key landmarks and other clues. Landmarks and clues enable visually impaired persons to affirm their position in Space.

Mobility, on the other hand, is the ability to travel safely and efficiently from one point to another within one's physical and social environment. Good orientation skills are necessary to good mobility skills. Once visually impaired students learn to travel safely as pedestrians(行人) they also need to learn to use public transportation to become as independent as possible .

To meet the expanding needs and demands of the visually impaired person, there is a sequence of instruction that begins during the preschool years and may continue after high school. Many visually impaired children lack adequate concepts regarding time and space or objects and events in their environment. During the early years much attention is focused on the

development of some fundamental concepts, such as inside or outside, in front of or behind, fast or slow, movement of traffic, the variety or intersections, elevators or escalators, and so forth. These concepts are essential to safe, efficient travel through familiar and unfamiliar settings, first within buildings, then in residential neighborhoods, and finally in business communities.

51. How can we increase the visually impaired person's ability to travel through his physical and social environment?

A) By helping him develop adequate orientation and mobility skills.

B) By teaching him to learn observational skills.

C) By warning him of hazardous situations or obstacles.

D) By improving his visual ability.

52. The visually impaired person's position in space ________.

A) is not determined by memory but by physical landmarks and clues

B) is located in relation to other items in his mental map

C) enables him to construct the mental map

D) reinforces the mental map of his surroundings

53. Mobility skills which the visually impaired person is learning refer to the ability ________.

A) to travel as a dependent tourist

B) to travel as a pedestrian and a passenger

C) to travel as a pedestrian with a company

D) to travel within the safe physical and social environment

54. In the passage, the author insists that ________.

A) visually impaired children go to school for survival

B) the needs and demands of visually impaired children expand

C) visually impaired children acquire the fundamental concepts for safe mobility .

D) preschool children receive the instruction in the concepts of time and space or objects and events

55. What is the author mainly talking about in the passage?

A) Visual impairment and memory.

B) The visually impaired person's physical and social environment.

C) Mental development of the visually impaired person.

D) Orientation and mobility of the visually impaired person.

Part IV Cloze （15 minutes, 10 points）

Directions: In this part, there is a passage with twenty blanks. For each blank there are four choices

marked A, B,C and D. choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet with a single line thought the center.

The horse and carriage is thing of the past. but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 56 young couples. are the result of 57 attraction and affection 58 than practical considerations.

In the United States, parents do not arrange marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 59 in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 60 .Though young people feel 61 to choose their friends from 62 groups, most choose a mate of similar background.

This is 63 in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 64 choices by 65 disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

66 , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater 67 of today‟s youth and the fact that they are restricted by 68 prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, 69 in the armed forces. 70 pursue a career in a bigger city.

Once away from home and family, they are more 71 to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither 72 nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are 73 the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and 74 a family. Marriages between people of different national 75 (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times.

56.A.linking B. involving C. connecting D. correlating

57.A.personal B. emotional C. mutual D. magnetic

58.A.more B. less C. rather D. other

59.A.dating B. appointment C. engagement D. matching

60.A.position B. association C. contacts D. contract

61.A.certain B. embarrassed C. hesitated D. free

62.A.similar B. identical C. differential D. diverse

63.A.for B. likely C. due D. because

64.A.influence B. give C. make D. offer

65.A.sounding B. avoiding C. expecting D. voicing

66.A.Moreover B. However C. Therefore D. Furthermore

67.A.mobility B. motive C. moral D. mission

68.A.less B. rather C. fewer D. many

69.A.work B. serve C. stay D. remain

70.A.but B. otherwise C. likewise D. or

71.A.probable B. likely C. reluctant D. readily

72.A.rare B. scarce C. seared D. relieved

73.A.in B. at C. on D. for

74.A.raise B. obtain C. grow D. unite

75.A.origin B. source C. resource D. base

Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify

the one that is not correct and mark out your choice on the Answer Sheet.

76． A B C ．

77． A B C

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78．

A B C D the needy．

79．， A B

，and difficult task .

C D

80. Since 1820，．Every day the

vocabulary ， B C D

words．

81．，

A B C ．

82．．

A B C D

83．， A B C D

after 11：30 p.m.．

84． A B C D

policy．

85．，

A B ．

C D

Part VI Translation (30minutes, 20 points)

Section A

Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet. Now that you know about the difference in the conversational ballgames, you may think that all your troubles are over. But if you have been trained all your life to play one game, it is no simple matter to switch to another, even if you know the rules. Tennis , after all, is different from bowling.

Section B

Directions: Translation the following passage into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

每个人都希望拥有自己的一片私密空间，朋友之间过于随便，就容易侵入这片禁区，从而引起冲突，造成隔阂。待友不敬，有时或许只是一件小事，却可能已埋下了破坏性的种子。维持朋友亲密关系的最好办法是往来有节，互不干涉.

Part VII Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)

Directions: In this part, you are to write within 30 minutes a composition of no less than 150 words about Attend your class regularly. You may write according to the clues given below. Remember to write the composition on the Composition Sheet.

1. 现在大学校园里，迟到、早退、旷课是常见的现象

2. 保证学生的出勤率对大学教育的重要性

3. 作为一个大学生应该怎么做

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