广东省学位英语试题和答案

1、2013年广东省学位英语考试试卷及答案Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes )Part I Dialogue Completi on (15 poi nts)Directi ons: There are 15 short in complete dialogues in thispart, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your an swer on the ANSWER SHEET with a sin g

2、le line through the cen ter.1. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal?Jackie:.A. Yes, you go B. Yes, go C. Yes, let s D. Yes, please2. Mori: It s a pleasure to meet you here.Kaco:.A. Pleased to meet you, too B. Thank you so muchC. I didn t expect to see you here D. You re too ho

3、spitable3. Williams: Excuse me. I m looking for a present for my son.I have no idea what to get him, Can you help me?Sales girl:.A. Of course I canB. No, I can t actuallyC. You must buy him a T-shirtD. Y es, I think a T-shirt would be a good idea4. Tim: I hear youve been to the book fair. How was it

4、?Susan: .A. Absolutely marvelous B. Very much indeedC. Not necessarily D. Quite disappointed5. Ed: How do you get along with your new music teacher?Maggie: Ms. Davis? , but I like her a lot.A. She s humorous B. She s nice to meC. Shes a bit strange D. Shes good at dancing6. David: Charles, could you

5、 drive me to the railway station?Charles: A. No, thanks. B. I ll be there on time.C. Sure, why not? D. Never mind.7. Max: My son has been admitted by Beijing University.Walt: Congratulations! He is such a smart boy.Max: .A. Yes, he is B. You are rightC. Thank you very much D. Don t mention it8. Stud

6、ent: Do you mind our performing rock n roll in thehall?Teacher: .s allowed hereA. No, you d better not B. Of course, itC. Oh, Id rather you didn t actually D. Id prefer to listen to rock a roll9. Clerk: Excuse me, this a non-smoking place.Customer: A. Oh, I m sorry. B. How can you say that?C. That s

7、 all right. D. Thats impossible.10. Waiter: How would you like your coffee?Customer: .A. It s well done B. Very nice, thanksC. With sugar, please D. Only one cup11. Virginia: What about going to do some shopping this afternoon?Rena: .A. Go ahead, please. B. Good idea!C. Me, too. D. Help yourself.12.

8、 Carlos: Thank you very much, Miss James. That helped me a lot.Miss James: , Carlos.A. Don t thank me B. Don t mention itC. I m fine D. I m sorry13. Susan: I mworried. My son doesnt like to talk with me. Tracy: . We were all like that at his age.A. Take it easy B. Change his mindC. Don t quarrel wit

9、h him D. Dont refuse him14. Nicolas: I d like to donate money to help poor children at school. To whom shall I give my share?Li Ming: I ll ask about that and let you know.A. Very well. B. Who knows?C. Thank you all the same. D. It all depends.15. Kelvin: We re almost finished with the project now.Te

10、resa: Actually, I prefer to keep going.A. Let s hurry up B. We ve too tired nowC. Wellbe on time D. Let s stop for a breakPart II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them

11、 there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneJack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which

12、had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving i

13、n the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “There s a badly burnt manon the farm, ” the girl shouted. “He saved mylife. Please help meto save him. ”The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that wer

14、e still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately.Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jack s horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired

15、that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was night.“Ive never seen a horse like that pony,” Jack said. Cathypraised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say anything abo

16、ut theshe said.pony, “ Joe will write about her in his story,But she did say one thing:“If flame hadn t returned to thefarm that afternoon, Joe and I would have died.”16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because .A. he hadn t found the bull yet B. he smelt a heavy smoke in the forestC. he knew there

17、 was a burnt manthere D. he saw something moving towards him17. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?A. Because Joe was tired out.B. Because the ride started late at night.C. Because they didn t have enough courage.D. Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.18. Cathy refused to talk to

18、reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospitalbecause .A. she didn t know what to say B. Jack asked her not to talk to themC. she was too weak to say anything D. Joe would write about it in his writing19. What does the word “flame ” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Jack. B. The pony. C.

19、 Jack s horse. D. The fire.20. Which of the following is the best title of the story?A. Rescue of Joe Brook. B. Courage of Jack Billabong.C. Love of a Young Girl. D. Heroism of a Lovely Pony.Passage TwoThe faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a nu

20、mber of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos

21、 were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgements were no better than

22、chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples.Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do t

23、he same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces oftheir loved ones. “ Another possible reason, ” he says, “is the commonexperience of the couples. ” There is a tendency for people who have the samelife experience to change their faces in simil

24、ar ways. For example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.21. Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of .A. imitating the couples life B. grouping the couples againC. leaving no trace for the testees D. givi

25、ng the testees more chances22. The underlined sentence “ Their judgements were no better than chance ” implies that the testees .A. did a good job in making their choices.B. had difficulty in picking out the partnersC. had no chance to make the right judgementsD. did better with the first group than

26、 with the second23. The underlined word “ imitate ” (in Para. 2) has a similar meaning to .A. copy B. change C. know D. suffer24. From the passage we can draw the conclusion thatA. couples who look alike can live longerB. most part ners have bee n proved to grow alikeC. the in flue nee betwee n part

27、ners can be quite stro ngD. happily-married couples are often richer than others25. The main purpose of the passage is to.A. expla in why couples grow alike B. tell how couples likeeach otherC. discuss the function of marriage D. describe the life of happily married couplesPassage ThreeThe three big

28、gest lies in America are: (1)“ The check is in the mail ”，(2)“ Of course I l respect you in the morning ”and (3)“ It was a computer error. ”Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third.It s the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank st ateme nt cheats you out of $ 900 that way

29、, you know what the c lerk is sure to say, ” It was a computer error. ” Nonsense. Th e computer is report ing nothing more tha n what the clerk type d in to it.The most annoying case of all is whe n the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more tha n it actually does. I

30、f the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and man ager all come together and off er the familiar expla nati on:“ It was a compute error. ”It wasn t, of course that computerized cashier is really n othi ng more tha n an electric eve nt. The eye reads the Un ivers al Product Co

31、de chat bar of black and white lines in a corne r of the package and the n checks the code aga inst a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, you ll be charged accurately.Grocery stores update the price list each day that is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If t

32、he pri ce they type in is too high, there are only two expla nati ons: careless ness or disho nesty. But somehow“ a computer error ”is supposed to excuse everythi ng.One reas on we let people hide beh ind a computer is the com mon mispercepti on that huge, moder n computers are electric br ain with

33、“artificial intelligenee.” At some point there might be a mach ine with in tellige nee but none exists today. The s martest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent th an your average pen. At this point in the developme nt of comp uters, the only thing any machi ne can do is what a huma n

34、has in structed it to do.26. Of the three lies, the one about computer is the worstbecause the computer itself.A. says nonsense B. cheats customersC. cannot make the error D. does not admit its error27. Accord ing to the author, a computerized cashier is really just.A. a machi ne to count money B. a

35、 mach ine to receive moneyC. an in strume nt to print codes D. an in strume nt to read c odes28. Grocery store price lists are updated by.A. a computer B. a keyboard C. an employee D. an electric brain29. The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers.A. are very clever B. n ever make mist

36、akesC. have a good memory D. are con trolled by men30. Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage?A. Computers are stupid and in efficie nt.B. Computer errors are due to its dish on esty.C. Computers help stores update the price list.第5/9页D. Computer errors are actually huma n err

37、ors.Passage FourI came across an old country guidebook the other day. It l isted all the tradesme n in each village, and it was impressiv e to see the past variety of services which were available on one s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.Nowadays a traveler in rural En gla nd might co

38、n clude that t he only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selli ng frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visito rs. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has bee n a decli ne of village commerce, b ut its power is still remarkable.Our

39、 local grocer s shop, for example, is actually expandin g in spite of the competiti on from supermarkets in the n eares t town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the lo cal n ews while doing their shopp ing, in stead of queu ing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that pers o

40、nal servi ce has a con siderable cash value.His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. His assista nts think n othi ng of bicycli ng dow n the village street in their lunch ho ur to take a piece of cheese to an old retired woma n who senther orde

41、r by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be pass ing. The richer customers teleph one their shopp ing lists and the goods are on their doorsteps with in an hour. They hav e only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usua l stock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, in sta ntly obt

42、a insit for them.31. Nowadays the commercial services in the village are _A. still very active B. quickly decli ningC. un able to flourish D. pers onal to visitors32. The local grocer s shop is expanding becauseA. the competiti on there is weak B. it is a place for wome n to chatC. it provides good

43、pers onal service D. the goods there ar e more valuable33. Which of the followi ng is true about the supermarkets?A. Prices there are much higher B. Customers often have to queue up.C. Customers can order by telepho ne. D. Their pers onal ser vices are satisfactory.34. How do the village grocer s as

44、sistants feel about givi ng extra service?A. They don t think it a trouble. B. They don t think itworthwhile.C. They don t consider it a good deal. D. They don t consider it a pleasa nt experie nee.35. One special feature of the village shop is thatA. there is a very wide range of goods availableB.

45、customers can order goods by word of mouthC. customer have to order goods one hour earlierD. there is a list of goods to be delivered to doorstepsPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 poi nts)Directi ons: There are 40 in complete senten ces in this part.For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A

46、, B, C and D.Choose the one that best completes the senten ce, mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.第6/9页36. During the heavy storm last week, we had to takeun der a flyover.A. shade B. shelter C. shadow D. shield37. The three men were assig ned jobs accord ing

47、to their _abilities.A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respecti ng38. Scie ntists have discovered that many ani mals seem to be highlyto various sig nals associated with earthquakes.A. sen sible B. sen sual C. sen time ntal D. sen sitive39. The lost car of the Johnsons was foundinthe wood

48、s of the expressway.A. vani shed B. scattered C. rejected D. aba ndoned40. Our guests will be guided to safetyfire.A. as a result of B. in case of C. in the sense of D. forthe sake of41. If you want to ring her, you ll have tohernu mber in the telepho ne book.A. look at B. look to C. look through D.

49、 look up42. Under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certa in to.A. raise B. arise C. be raised D. be arise n43. After his retireme nt, he lives partly on hisand partly on the in terest on his post office sav ings acco un t.A. wages B. salary C. earnings D. pension44. During

50、 the, the audie nee strolled and chatted in the lobby.A. in terval B. pause C. in terrupti on D. gap45. Membership in the Un ited Nati ons is ope n to all peace-lov ing states which accept theof the Charter.A. debt B. obligati on C. credit D. relia nee46. Table tennis used to be the most popularinCh

51、i na. But now basketball seems to be more attractive.A. game B. match C. play D. race47. As her husba nd is on a bus in ess trip and her son is atschool, she feels rather.A. l on ely B. alone C. sin gular D. sin gle48. We n eed toour camp ing thi ngs before we goaway.A. choose from B. tell from C. s

52、ort out D. set out49. Hevery quickly from his ill ness.A. recovered B. discovered C. un covered D. covered50. If the police had acted with more, the disaster could have bee n preve nted.A. soluti on B. determ in ati on C. decisi on D. hesitati on51. He does notas a teacher of En glish, for hispronun

53、 ciati on is far from perfect.A. qualify B. equal C. match D. deserve52. Hisreply to the questi on showed that he had un derstood it very well.A. proud B. importa nt C. tense D. quick53. When he tried to make a, he found that thehotel was fully booked.A. reservati on B. dema nd C. claim D. policy54.

54、 I expect that she will be able toour particular n eeds.A. supply B. reach C. provide D. meet55. During July and August there was no rain for weeksA. on end B. in the end C. at last D. at len gth第7/9页56. for their support, he would have gone penniless.A. If it is n ot B. If it is C. Were it D. Were

55、it not57. Therein his room.A. are too many furnitures B. is too much furnitureC. are too much furniture D. is too many furnitures58. I miss the hillsidewe found a lot of wildflowers.A. on which B. by which C. i n which D. for which59. No sooner had we reached the top of the hill_ we all sat dow n to

56、 rest.A. when B. then C. than D. until60. By the time Neil Armstro ng and Edwin Aldri n walked onthe moon in 1969, theremany space explorati ons.A. will have bee n B. had bee n C. have bee n D. must be61.1 regrethard at school, or I would have passed the exam.A. to have not worked B. hav ing not wor

57、kedC. not to have worked D. not hav ing worked62. When the man with glasses came into the hotel, I no ticed alook come over the manager s face.A. surprised B. surprising C. surprise D. surprisingly63. get a better score, he has bee n making great efforts in his less ons.A. So as to B. In order to C. So that D In order that64. As far as I know, the producti on of this factory has doubled this year, and the quality of its products has