陕西省2005年研究生英语省考真题.doc

Non-English Major Graduate Student EnglishQualifying Test (GET)(June 19,2005)考生姓名:_准考证号:_考生注意事项一、 本考试由两份试卷组成：试卷一（Paper One）包括听力理解、语汇、完形填空与阅读理解四部分组成，共80题，按顺序统一编号；试卷二（Paper Two）包括翻译与定作两部分，共3题。两份试卷合并装订成试题册。二、 试卷一（题号1-80）为客观评分题，答案一律用中性（HB）铅笔做在机读答题卡上，在对应题号下所选的字母中间划黑道，如ABCD。三、 试卷二为主观评分题，答案一律写在主观答题纸上ANSWER SHEET上。答题前，请仔细阅读试卷二前的注意事项。四、 请在试题册上写清姓名和准考证号，考试终了时与答题卡和答题纸一并交回。答题卡和答题纸上须写清姓名和准考证号，不得做任何记号，否则答案无效。五、 试卷一为80分钟。听力理解部分时间以放完录音带为准，大约15分钟；其余部分所占时间与得分均标在试卷上，由考生自行掌握。六、 试卷二为70分钟。考试终了时间一到，考生生律停笔，将试题册、机读卡及主观答题纸留在座位上，待监考教师收点无误后，经主考老师宣布本考试结束方可离开考场。试卷一（Paper One） Part IListening Comprehension (20%)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 9 short 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 question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested choices marked A, B, C or D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1. A Changed her professor. B Seen the professor. C Changed her mind D Left school2. A He just had his new car come in B Hes taking his time getting the car ready. C He hasnt got his drivers license. D He wants to ride in the car himself.3. A Writing a paper for her history class. B Writing up her laboratory assignment for her chemistry class. C Studying for her English examination. D Studying for her Franch examination.4. A $19,500 B $20,000 C $25,000 D $40,0005. A Singapore is hotter than texas. B Singapores temperature is variable. C Texas can be very hot and humid D Singapore is more humid than texas6. A He enjoys playing table tennis. B He hates playing table tennis. C He cannot play table tennis. D He was not good student.7. A In a hospital. B At a party. C In a parking lot. D In a elevator.8. A Seeing the movies. B Studying in the library. C Talking on another line. D Walking in the park.9. A He has a bad temper. B He is he youngest student in school. C He is a track star. D He is very immature.Section B (1 point each)Directions: In this section you will hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, there will be some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet.Passage One10. A A small restaurant B A revolutionary army.C A famous commander. D A historic tree.11. A It was the oldest one in the park.B It was less than a hundred years old.C It was much younger than people had thought.D It was impossible to determine.Passage Two12. A It is hard to understand.B It helps children in schoolwork.C It is harmful.D The government should have nothing to do with it.13. A Parents should limit that children watch television.B Every home should have a television set .C Children should watch television at least one hour a day.D School should advise parents about programs children should watch.Passage Three14. A They have a supermatural causer.B They are created naturally.C The entire direct proof shows that they appeared naturally.D Direct proof shows that the universe was created supermaturally.15. A He is a physicist, so he doesnt believe in god.B He is a Christian, so he has never seen a neutrinoC He believes that neutrino exists because of certain well-established facts.D He believes in god so he can see the fundamental particles.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes，10 points)Section A （0.5 point each）Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one word or a set of words underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A,B,C,and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on your Answer Sheet.16. When a civilization loses simplicity and the sophisticated do not return to unsophistication, civilization becomes increasingly full of troubles and degenerates.A manipulates B regulatesC degrades D appreciates17. Snobs who pay too much respect for social position and wealth tend to disparage the academic achievement of intellectuals.A despise B encompassC falsify D implicate18. The celebrities of higher social class treated the grassroots with haughty contempt in the aggregate.A rascals B influencesC dictators D agents19. The sense of guilt sets us down at the typewriter , hustles us to the job on a morning when everything has gone wrong.A urges B shovesC jostles D dissolves20. Thus , surveillance of citizens in the name of national security undermines the very society it was intended to protect.A conveyance B surveyC brilliance D convenience21. We should make a clear distinction between the two scientific terms for the purpose of our discussion.A conviction B deviationC difference D discrimination22. But except for a few minor concessions ,the US held tight on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions.A successions B disappointmentsC compromises D suspicions23. The wind-chill factor ,the combination of low temperature and wind speed .Strikingly increases the degree of cold felt by a person who is outdoors.A mixture B expectationC enormity D inclination24. The managing director promised that he would notify me as soon as he had any further information.A communicate B noticeC inform D verify25. Without telephone it would be impossible to carry on the functions lf practically every business operation in the whole country.A presumably B preciselyC presently D virtuallySection B (0.5 point each）Drection: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence ha somesting omitted. Choose the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each sentence.26. Lucinda stood in front of the window ._what the future would be like without those children that she loved so much.a contaminating b consenting c conspiring d contemplating27. The _ of the solution to the political problem taken by the two opposing sides is not accidental. It is based on peoples strong craving for peace. a conversion b emergence c convergence d vigilance28. For all the decent words about “senior cetezens” and their “golden age”, the fact is that retirement often _ little more than a swift shift from a meaningful role to a meaningless one. a glorifies b magnifies c simplifes d signifies29. Due to cultural difference, Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes_ _to American audiences. a around b over c across d down30 A man has to make _ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old. a supply b assurance c provision d adjustment31 Losing the confidence to the party in power to improve the economic situation. he_ from voting at the last election. a abstained b restrained c contained dretained32. Plans for reformation that he has long been _ in their minds will be implemented this year, if the procedures work as planned. a incubating b evacuating c inculcating d incriminating33. Hoping to accumulate enough money to pay for he tuition, Ella tried every means to _ her spending in addition to a part-time job. a splash b curtail c curdle d lavish34 When traveling ,you are advised to take travelers checks, which provide a secure _ to carrying your money in cash. a superstition b duplication c preference d altermative35 More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California._in San Francisco. a previously b predominantly c paradoxically d permanently PART THREE:CLOZE TESTDirection: Read the passage through then go back and choose one item sf suitable word marked a,b,c,d for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word you have chosen with a single bar across the across the square brackets on your machine scoring answer sheet. The gorilla is something of paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him well. For a hundred years or more he has been killed, _36_and imprisoned in zoos. His bones have been _37_in natural history museums everywhere, and he has always _38_ a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike .He is the stereotyped _39_ of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific)_40_ with our ancestral past. Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a weld state: no zoologist,_41_ intrepid ,has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in dark _42_ in which it lives. CarlAkeley, the American naturalist ,led tow _43_ to Uganda in the 1920 s and now lies buried there among the animals he loved so well ,but even he was unable to discover how or why it dies .nor was he able to _44_ the exact social pattern of the family groups, or indicate the final 45 of their intelligence. All this and many other things remain almost as much a46as they were when the French explorer DU Chaillu first described the animal to the civilized world a century ago. The Abominable Snowman is hardlymore elusive.The 47 that is known about gorillas certainly makes you want to know more. Sir Julian Huxley has recorded that thrice inthe London Zoo he saw an eighteen- month-old specimen trace the outline of its own shadow with itsfinger.“No 48 artistic initiative,” he writes, “has been recorded for any other anthropoid(类人猿) though we all know now that young chimpanzees will paint “pictures” if 49with the necessary materials.” Huxley speaks too of a traveler seeing a male gorilla help a female up a steep rock-step, and this kind of manners is certainly not 50among animals. It is this “humanness” of the gorilla that arouses mans curiosity.36 a liberated b supervised c captured d reproduced37 a mounted b smashed c prohibited d multiplied38 a exerted b imposed c impressed d applied39 a compiler b monster c conqueror d director40 a conformity b link c clash d conflict41 a whatever b however c moreover d whoever42 a cottage b pasture c terrain d jungles43 a expeditions b hunters c voyagers d organizations44 a define b abide c forge d modify45、Areach Bextent Crange D amount46、Amystery Btaboo Cconfusion Dstimulus47、Amuch Bmore Clittle D pattern48、AsimilarB identical Cfamiliar D spectacular49、Aassigned B contended Cprovided D offered50、Asufficient B normal Cabnormal D efficientPart IV READING COMPREHENSION (45minutes,30 points) Directions: In this part of the test, there are six short passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A,B,CorD,and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Passage One Aristotle wrote that men come together in cities to live. but stay in them to live the good life. It was the Greeks who invented the idea of the city, and urbanitycontinues as a thriving tradition. But in the first decade of the 21st century, urban life is changing. “Cities are now junctions in the flows of people, information, fiance and freight,” says Nigel Harris, a professor of development planning.“Theyre less and less places where people live and work.”The enlargement of the European Union in December in 2002 has given residents of up to 13 new member nations freedom of movement within its borders. At the same time,an additional 13.5 million immigrants a year will be needed in the EU just to keep a stable ratio between workers and pensioners over the next half-century. ALL this mobility will make Europes cities nodes of nomadism, linked to each other by high-speed trains and cheap airline flights. The bustle around airports and trainstations will make the crowds in Europes great piazza look thin by comparison. Urban designers, with a freshly pricked interest in transience rather than stasis(静止)，are even now dreaming up cityscapes that focus on flows of people and fungible uses for buildings. Public spaces are due for a revamp. ers are thinking of them as transit zonesthat link to the city around them, pouring travelers into bus stations and surroundingshops. In Amsterdam, urban planner Ben van Berkel, codirector of the design firm UN Studio, has developed what he calls Deep Planning Strategy, which inverts the traditional “top down” approach : The creation of a space comes before the flow of people through it. With 3-D modeling and animation, hes able to look at differentpopulation groups use public spaces at different times of the day. He uses the data to design spaces that accommodate mobs at rush hour and sparser crowds at other times. The growing mobility of Europe has inspired a debate about the look and feelof urban sprawl “Up until now. all our cultural heritage has been concerntrated in the city center,” notes Prof. Heinrich Moding of the German Institute of Urban Affairs. “But weve got to imagine how its possible to have joyful vibrancy in these outlying parts, so that theyre not just about garages, highways and gasoline tanks. ”The designs of new buildings are also changing to anticipate the emerging city as a way station. Buildings have been as disconnecting, isolating , defining. But increasingly, the quality of space thats in demand is movement.51、what is the main idea of the passage?A the modern cities wont be places to live the good life so much as way stations .B aristotles idea about urban life is no longer applicable in the 21st century.C locational factors will not be so important in the 21st century as in aristotles time.D There will be no fixed buildings in the future and the culture of architecture will change.52、From the second paragraph, we can infer that_.A people belonging to the EU member states can travel freely within borders.B immigration to European Union will benefit the nations welfare.C the flow of people among the European nations will cause troubles to transportation.D the mobility of cities in Europe will put urban designer in a dilemma.53、The word “revamp”(Line 1,Para.3)probably means_.A revival B revelationC renewal D recovery 54、which one of the following correctly describes Ben Van Berkels Deep Planning Strategy?A The creation of public spaces should base on information about the flow of people.B The creation of public spaces should come before the people move into the city.C The creation of public spaces should make full use of 3_D animation technology.D The creation of public spaces should take into account the working hours of the inhabitants.55、Prof. Heinrich Moding indicates that_.A the lifestyle and culture of a city should change because of peoples mobility.B the suburbs will no longer be the places for garages and highways in the future.C the cultural environment will be more attractive than the locational factors.D the suburbs will be more prosperous in the future than the city center.Passage Two The word science is heard so often in the modern times that almost everybody has some notion of its meaning 。On the other hand ， its definition is difficult for many people 。The meaning of the term is confusing ，but everyone should understand its meaning and objectives 。Just to make the explanation as simple as possible，suppose science is defined as classified knowledge 。Even in the true sciences distinguishing fact from fiction is not always easy 。 For this reason great care should be taken to distinguish between beliefs and truths. There is no danger as long as a clear difference is made between temporary and proved explanations 。 For example，hypotheses and theories are attempts to explain natural phenomena 。From these positions the scientist continues to experiment and observe until they are proved or discredited。 The exact status of any explanation should be clearly labeled to avoid confusion。The objectives of science are primarily the discovery and the subsequent understanding of the unknown。 Man cannot be satisfied with recognizing that secrets exist in nature or that questions are unanswerable；he must solve them。 Toward that end specialists in the field of biology and related fields of inte