2018年学位英语试题

2018年学位英语真题

PartIDialoguecompletion(15points)

Directions:thereare15shortincompletedialoguesinthispart,each

followedbyfourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,choosetheonethatbestcompletes

thedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSEWRSHEET.

1.Debra:Oh!Whatabeautifulcat!Whatdoyouthink？

Donald:_____Dogsaremoreloyalthancats

A.IthinkI’drathergetadog.

B.Yeah,itisbeautiful!

C.Ihavenoidea.

D.Youhavetocleanafterit.

2.Jane:Mywatchalwaysgainstenminutesaday.

Mary:_____Mywatchalwayslosestenminutesaday.

Jane:Nokidding.Itseemsthatbothofusshouldthrowitawayandbuy

anewone.

A.That’sridiculous.

B.That’sfunny

C.That’scool

D.That’sgreat

3.Jennifer:It’sfreezingoutside!_____Ithoughtthiscoldfrontwas

supposedtopass.

Gabricla:Yeah,Ithoughtsotoo.That’swhatIreadonlinethismorning.

A.Ihaven’treadtheweatherreport.

B.Theweatherreportwasright

C.Whathappenedtotheweatherreport？

D.Ishouldhavereadtheweatherreport.

4.Tony:Welcomeback,Monica.Howareyou？

Monica:I’mOK._____

A.Youarewelcome!

B.Fancymeetingyouthere

C.Aren’tyouhappy？

D.Thankyouforasking

5.Ruby:Hello,thisisInformation.CanIhelpyou？

Dora:_____

A.I’mcallingtomakeacomplaint.

B.Canyoutellmeyourname？

C.OK,thankyouforyourhelp

D.That’sverykindofyou.

6.Steve:WouldyoulikeanythingtodrinkIhaveSpriteandorangejuice.

Bob:_____

A.I’mterriblysorryaboutthat.

B.Howcanitbe？

C.That’squitealright

D.Spritewouldbefine.

7.Jane:Whydon’tweplaytennisthisafternoon？

Bill:_____

A.Soundslikeanexcellentjob.

B.That’sabrilliantidea.

C.I’msureitisn’tsobad.

D.Ofcoursewedo

8.Louis:CanIhavesomeinformationaboutthehealthclub？

A.Yes,youdo

B.Goahead

C.That’sagoodidea

D.Yes,certainly

9.Mori:Thislooksagreatparty.Thanksforinvitingme.

Susan:_____

A.Nevermind.

B.Gladyoucouldmakeit

C.Don’tbotherwiththat.

D.I’dbetteraskyou.

10.Julie:I’mgoingtothesupermarkettopickupfoodanddrinkfor

Saturday’spicnic.Anysuggestions？

Jack:_____

A.I’mallearstoyou

B.Iwouldn’tmindthat

C.I’drathernot

D.It’suptoyou

11.Bruce:I’vebeengoingtothegymforhalfayearnow!

Alice:_____Youlooksofit.Andnomorebeerbelly!

A.Icansayso.

B.It’sthatright？

C.Icantell.

D.Isitpossible？

12.Joan:Whyareyousolate？

Michael:_____Ilefttheminthecar.

A.Icouldn’tfindmycarkeys

B.Youknowwhathappened？

C.Ididn’tcatchthebus

D.Mycarwasoutoforder

13.Terri:Derrick,don’tyouthinkyoushouldtakeavacationEvenone

ortwodayswouldbefine.

Derrick:_____There’stoomuchwork.

A.Noway

B.That’sright

C.Itislikely

D.Ithinkso

14.Donald:Let’seatout,shallwe？

Debra:I’vegonethroughmypaycheckfortheweekalready

Donald:_____Don’tworryaboutit.It’smytreat.

A.Yousaidit!

B.Icouldn’tagreemore

C.I’mbroke

D.Noproblem

15.Timothy:Stanley,there’saMr.Milleronthephonewhowantstotalk

toyou.

Stanley:_____CanyouaskhimtoholdTellhimI’lltalkwithhimina

fewseconds.

A.WhoisMr.Miller？

B.I’mbusyatthemoment

C.Idon’tknowhim

D.What’shappened？

PartIIReadingComprehension(40ponts)

Directions:therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowed

byfivequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefour

choicesmarkedA,B,CandD,choosethebestandmarkyouranswerontheANSEWR

SHEET.

PassageOne

Haveyoueverheardofapawpaw(木瓜)Ifnot,donotfeelbad.ManyAmericans

donotknowofthefruit,althoughitisnativetothe..Once,however,itwas

oneofthemostpopularfruitsinNorthAmerica.Happily,thosewholovethe

pawpawaretryingtoreturnittoitsformerpositioninAmericanfoods.

ApawpawisatropicalfruitthatusedtobegrownalongtheEastCoast

fromNewYorktoFloridaandallovertheeastern..Atonetime,itcouldbe

foundasfarwestasNebraska.

ThepawpawwasanimportantfoodforNativeAmericansandevenearly

Europeansettlers.PawpawsreportedlywereafavoritetreatofGeorge

Washington,thefirst.president,whoespeciallylikedthemcold.Thomas

Jefferson,thethird.president,wasalsosfanofthefruit.Heplantedpapaws

athishomeinVirginia.HealsosentpawpawseedstohisfriendsinFrance,

AmericanexplorersLewisandClarkwroteintheirjournalsaboutthepawpaw.

Thepawpawisdifficulttobesoldcommercially.Thefruitrequiresavery

specialenvironment---low,wetareasthatsometimesflood.Ithasaveryshort

harvestseason,fromtwotothreeweeksinSeptemberandOctober.Inaddition,

thefruitisgoodtoeatforonlytwotothreedaysafterharvesting.Thismakes

ithardtosellanywheredistantfromthepawpawtreeitcomesfrom.

Plantersareagaingrowingpawpawtreesandharvestingthefruit.Inseveral

statesfarmershaveorganized“pawpawfestivals”toreintroducepeopleto

food.AtsuchafestivalinMarylandrecently,farmersdisplayeddifferent

productsmadewithpawpaws,likepawpawjams,pies,ice-creamandbeer.

16.ManyAmericanpeopledonotknowthatthepawpaw_____

A.Wasoncepopularinthe.

B.Isnativetothe.only

C.Hasbecomepopularagain

D.Isahealthyfruit

17.Thepawpawusedtobefoundmainly_____

A.AroundNebraska

B.Intheeastern.

C.AlloverFlorida

D.InNewYorksuburbs

18.GeorgeWashingtonandThomasJeffersonarementionedinparagraph3

as_____

A.Americanexplorers

B.Famouspoliticians

C.Earlypawpawplanters

D.Pawpawlovers

19.Itisdifficulttosellthepawpawonalargescaleforthefollowing

reasonsEXCPEPTthatthefruit_____

A.Requiresaveryspecialenvironment

B.Hasaveryshortharvestseason

C.Doesnottastegood

D.Isdifficulttopreserveafterharvesting

20.Pawpawfestivalsareorganizedinsomestates_____

A.Asawayofcelebratingharvest

B.Aspartofthetraditionalculture

C.Todisplaypawpawgrowingtechniques

D.Toreintroducepeopletothefruit

PassageTwo

Throughouthistory,humanshavesufferedfromaconditionthattheyhave

neverbeenabletoescape—ageing.Someresearchers,however,believewemay

bethinkingaboutitinthewrongway.Theysayweshouldstarttreatingageing

itselfasadisease—onethatcanbepreventedandtreated.

Theirhopesarefoundedonrecentdiscoveriesthatsuggestbiological

ageingmaybeentirelypreventableandtreatable.Fromabiologicalpreventive,

thebodyagesatdifferentratesaccordingtogeneticandenvironmentalfactors.

TinyerrorsbuildupinourDNAandourcellsbegindevelopingfaultsthatcan

growintotissuedamage,whichleadstoageingandageing—relateddiseases.

Oneoftheleadingfiguresinhumanliferesearch,AubreyDeGrey,explains

inaninterviewthattheirgoalistodevelopasetoftherapiesformiddle-aged

andolderpeoplethatwillleavethemphysicallyandmentallyequivalent(相

当的)tosomeoneundertheageof30.“Ofcourse,withoutwipingtheir

memories,”headds.Buthedoesn’tthinkthatiswillbepossibletostop

ageingaltogether.Heseesafuturewhere“rejuvenationtechnologies”can

beappliedtooldpeopleinordertoreverttheircellstowhattheywerelike

whentheywereintheiryouth,buyingthemextratime.Theideaisthatsomeone

whoistreatedattheageof60willbebiologicallyrevertedto30.Butbecause

thetherapiesarenotpermanentfixes.Theircellswillendupbecoming60years

oldagaininanother30yearstime.

21.By“treatingageingitselfasadisease”,someresearchersmean_____

A.Agedpeopleareliabletodiseases

B.Ageingcanbedealtwithlikeadisease

C.Ageingisadiseasehardtocure

D.Ageingshouldbetreatedcarefully

22.Humansageatdifferentratesdueto_____reasons.

A.Physical

B.Biological

C.Geneticandenvironmental

D.DNAandcell-related

23.ThegoalofDeGrey’sresearchisto_____.

A.Freezepeople’sage

B.Makepeopleyounger

C.Stopageingaltogether

D.Adjustpeople’smemories

24.Whatdoes“rejuvenation”possiblymean？

A.Relatingtocells

B.Relatingtogenes.

C.Becominghealthy.

D.Becomingyoung.

25.WhatwillhappenifsomeoneistreatedwithDeGrey’stechnology？

A.Hewillstayyoungforalongertime

B.Hewillnolongergrowold.

C.Hewillliveuptoatleast60yearsold.

D.Hewillnotgetageing-relateddiseases.

PassageThree

WhenjackDavis,9,looksupatthenightsky,hedoesn’tseejustthe

stars.Heseeshisfuture.ThefourthgraderfromNewJerseyhasadeepinterest

inouterspaceandthealien(外星的)beingshethinksmightlivethere.

InJuly,JackheardthatNASAwaslookingforanewplanetaryprotection

officeranddecidedhewastherightpersonforthejob.Theposition,which

focusesonpreventingastronautsfromaccidentallybringingextremelysmall,

potentiallydangerousalienlife-formsbacktoEarthandensuringthat

astronautsdonottakeEarth-basedgermswiththemintospace,paysfrom

$124,406to$187,000peryear.

JackwrotealettertoNASA,notinghisqualificationsforthejob.“My

sistersaysIamanalien,”Jackwrote,pointingoutthatsinceheisyoung,

hecan“learntothinklikeanalien.”Hesignedtheletter“JackDavis,

GuardianoftheGalaxy.”

Withindays,JackreceivedapersonalletterfromNASA’splanetaryscience

director,JamesL.Green.“Wearealwayslookingforbrightfuturescientists

andengineerstohelpus,”Greenwrote.”Ihopeyouwillstudyhardanddo

wellinschool.WehopetoseeyouhereatNASAoneofthesedays!”

Jacksaidhewas“shocked”whenGreen’sresponsearrived.“Ishouted,

IgotaletterfromNASA!”

Greensayshelovestoanswerlettersfromchildren.Hecallshisresponse

a“gravityassist.”Spacecraftusegravityassistancefromobjectslike

planetsandmoonstohelppowerthecrafttowardanothercelestial(天上的)body.

Greenhopesareplycaninfluenceaperson’spathinlifeinasimilarway.

26.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeJackDavis？

A.Mature

B.Curious.

C.Talented.

D.Honest

27.Whatisthejobresponsibilityoftheplanetaryprotectionofficer？

A.Toensurethementalandphysicalhealthoftheastronauts

B.ToprotectEarthfrompossiblealienattacksinthefuture

C.TokeepharmfulsubstancesformspreadingbetweenEarthandouterspace.

D.TostudytheunknownsubstancesastronautsbroughtbacktoEarth

28.Inthisletter,Jackexplainsthathisstrengthliesinhis_____

A.Personality

B.Appearance

C.Hobby

D.Age

29.Inhisresponsetotheboy,JamesGreen_____.

A.EncouragesJacktobeafutureNASAscientist

B.InvitesJacktovisitNASAassoonaspossible

C.TellsJackNASA’srequirementsforscientists

D.OfferstoprovidetrainingforJackatNASA

30.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorintendsto_____.

A.SupportGreenforusinggravityassistinprojects.

B.Introducetheconceptofgravityassist

C.Guideyoungpeoplebygivingthemagravityassist

D.ExplainhowGreen’sletterservesasagravityassist

PassageFour

Onlinedatinghasjustbeenrevealedtobeoneofthemostcommonwaysto

startarelationship.Butnewresearchrevealsthattheconceptisstillhighly

flawed(有缺陷的).

Ananalysisof400studiesintoonlinedatingshowsthatwhileitoffers

accesstoplentyofothersingles,userscanbeoverwhelmedandputoffbythe

volumeofchoice,defeatingthepurpose.

Theresearch,byNorthwesternUniversityandpublishedinthejournal

PsychologicalScienceinthepublicinterest,foundthattheprocessesinvolved

don’tlendthemselvestoformingstrongrelationships.Thefindingsalso

indicatedthattheconceptofanonlineprofile(介绍)isnotentirelyuseful

and“canresultintreatingpotentialpartnersasmereobjects”.

LeadauthorEliJFinkelexplained:“Onlinedatingisaterrificaddition

forsinglestomeet.However,therearetwoproblems.”First,studyingover

seeminglyendlesslistsofprofilesofpeopleonedoesnotknow,ason,does

notrevealmuchaboutthem.Second,it“overloadspeopleandtheyendup

shuttingdown,”hesaid.

Hecomparedittoshoppingat“supermarketsoflove”andsaidpsychological

researchshowspeoplepresentedwithtoomanychoicestendtomakelazyand

oftenpoordecisions.

Thestudy’sauthorsalsoquestionedthealgorithms(算法)employedbysites

suchastomatchpeoplebasedontheirinterestsorpersonality—comparing

ittohavingarealestateagentoflove.Whilethealgorithmmayreducethe

numberofpotentialpartnersfromthousandstoafew,theymaybeasunsuitable

foreachotherastwopeoplemeetingatrandom,DrFinkelexplained,adding

thechancesarenobetterthanfindingarelationshipbywalkingintoanybar.

“There’snobetterwaytofigureoutwhetheryou’reamatchwithsomebody

thantalkingtothemoveracoffeeorbeer,”DrFinkelsaid.

31.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsonlinedating？

A.Negative

B.Positive

C.Indifferent

D.Neutral

32.AccordingtoParagraph2,onlinedating_____

A.Attractsalimitednumberofsingles

B.Hasbeenwidelystudiedrecently

C.Iscriticizedaslackingapurpose

D.Offerstoomanychoice

33.Thephrase“lendthemselvesto”probablymeans_____

A.Beopposedto

B.Beeasilyusedfor

C.Behappywith

D.Beconsistentwith

34.WhyisDr.Finkelmentionedinthepassage？

A.Heistheleadresearcherofthestudyononlinedating

B.Heisawell-knowprofessoratNorthwesternUniversity

C.Heisanexpertinanalyzingpeople’sshoppingpatterns

D.Heisthepresidentofafamousonlinematchingwebsite

35.AccordingtoDrFinkel,whatisthebestwaytofindamatch？

A.Anevaluationonthebasisofinterestsandpersonality.

B.Ananalysisbasedonpropercomputeralgorithms

C.Acomparisonwithotherpotentialpartners

D.Aface-to-facetalkwiththepotentialpartner

PartIIIVocabularyandstructure(20points)

Directions:Thereare40incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreach

sentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,choosetheonethatbest

completesthedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSEWRSHEET.

36.Fredusedto_____latewithhisroommatesandwatchmovies.

A.stayinB.stayawayC.stayupD.stayon

37.Thedevelopmentofnewenergysources_____toberewarding.

A.turnedoutB.turnedupC.turnedbackD.turnedaway

38.Doyoureallyhavetobe_____selfish？

A.suchB.thatC.tooD.this

39.I’msorryto_____yourparty;Iweren’tintown.

A.bemissedB.missC.havemissedD.bemissing

40.Researchershavespentfiveyearscollectingdata_____thestudywas

based.

A.onthatB.inwhichC.inthatD.onwhich

41.Theenvironment-friendlyflan_____agoodexampleforothercompanies.

A.putsB.makesC.laysD.sets

42.Itmakes_____tofigureoutthesituationbeforetakinganyaction.

A.senseB.meaningC.ideaD.reason

43.Staffhavebeenholdinganumberof_____toraisemoneyforcharity.

A.eventsB.incidentsC.affairsD.cases

44.Spencehasfinally_____ittothefirstrankofstudentsafterhard

work.

A.madeB.doneC.gotD.worked

45.Shehasgot_____fromallthreetopUniversitiesshehasappliedfor.

A.promisesB.offersC.acceptanceD.invitations

46.Withallthemagazines_____,Ileftthepostoffice.

A.boughtB.buyingC.tobeboughtD.tobuy

47.ThereportersaidthattheUFO_____easttowestwhenhesawit.

A.traveledB.wastraveling

C.wastotravelD.hadbeentraveling

48.Whichoneofhisbooksdoyouthink_____bestamongthebest-sellers？

A.sellsB.sellC.issoldD.aresold

49.He_____thetest,buthewasn’tcarefulenough.

A.musthavepassedB.shouldpass

C.mightpassD.couldhavepassed

50.Pleaseletmeknow_____youwantyourcoffee,blackorwhite？

A.whereB.whyC.howD.what

51.Visitorscannothelpbut_____thebeautifuldesignofthepalace.

A.noticingB.noticedC.noticeD.tonotice

52.Classsizesare_____toamaximumof10forabetterlearning

experience.

A.forcedB.limitedC.fixedD.bounded

53.Veryfewpeopleunderstoodhislecture,thesubjectof_____washard.

A.whatB.itC.whichD.that

54.Thegovernmentwillconsider_____futureactionsagainstterrorist

bombers.

A.takenB.oftakingC.totakeD.taking

55.Iwasjustabouttoleaveschool_____Iheardthedoorbell.

A.whenB.whileC.afterD.as

56.Idon’tthinkthesnowwill_____ourplansforapicnic.

A.effectB.affectC.differD.infer

57.Mr.Smithwillbe_____theofficenextweekwhenthemanagerisaway.

A.inchargeofB.inresponseC.inrelationtoD.inplaceof

58.Weneed_____informationabouttheclimatebeforewemakeourdecision.

A.afewB.fewC.alittleD.little

59.Hewarnedhisstudents_____latefortheexaminationnextweek.

A.don’tbeB.notbeC.nottobeD.tobenot

60.Theplanewilltakeoffat6:00pm,soIhavetobeattheairport4:00

pmatthelatest.

A.afterB.untilC.sinceD.by

61.Isthereagasstationaround_____Icangetsomepetrol？

A.whatB.whichC.thatD.where

62.Itisalwaysdifficulttoliveinaforeigncountry,_____ifyoudon’

tspeakitslanguage.

A.naturallyB.extremelyC.especiallyD.basically

63.Hegivesusalotoftrouble-butIlikehim_____.

A.bythewayB.allthesameC.byandbyD.overandover

64.Hedidn’tgointodetailsonthesubject,butjustspoke_____

A.inparticularB.ingeneralC.inshortD.incommon

65.Language,mathsandhistory,_____thechildrenarealsotaughtmusic

andart.

A.exceptforB.insteadofC.inadditiontoD.inspiteof

66.Lozanoclaimedthatthemotorcycledriverwastryingtorunhim_____.

A.outB.inC.downD.up

67.We’rehadtoput_____ourweddinguntilSeptember.

A.forwardB.downC.upD.off

68.Youcanbuythesemapsat_____railwaystation.Theyallhavethem.

A.anyB.thatC.thisD.either

69.Detailsofthemurderwere_____bythelocalpaper.

A.discoveredB.revealedC.exposedD.found

70.Don’tplaywiththeburningstick,boys,foritoften_____fire.

A.catchesB.makesC.causesD.gets

71.I’mgoingtohavetofindanewapartment_____soon.

A.tooB.prettyC.muchD.nearly

72.Humble_____itmaybe,thereisnoplacelikehome.

A.asB.althoughC.thatD.how

73.Nosooner_____homethanitstartedtorain.

A.havewearrivedB.didwearrive

C.hadwearrivedD.shallwearrive

74.Onlywhenshefinishedallthework_____beallowedtogohome.

A.shedidB.shewouldC.didsheD.wouldshe

75.Shecame_____someoldphotographsinadrawer.

A.aboutB.acrossC.withD.by

PartIVCloze(10points)

Directions:Thereare10numberedblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreach