学位英语考试样卷(新)

江西理工大学硕士研究生学位英语考试样卷（新）PARTI:Writing(25%)SectionA:LetterWriting(10%)Supposeyouwanttostudyinafamousforeignuniversity.Writealetterofapplicationforit（about100words）SectionB:AbstractWriting(15%)Directions:ReadthefollowingChinesetextandwriteanabstractofitin80-100Englishwords.伦敦市长恳请金融城员工把奖金捐赠给艺术领域，否则这座都市最重要的一种魅力可能遭到破坏。新发布的数据显示，商界对文化领域的投资正不断减少。私人部门对艺术的支持——包括个人捐赠——于2008年达到了6.86亿英镑的峰值水平，但昨日发布的数据显示，商界投资额在去年下降了7%。一家推动艺术赞助的咨询机构——艺术与商业（Arts&Business）的一项调查显示，伦敦70%的艺术机构称，来自商界的资助额有所减少。然而，伦敦市长在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆（VictoriaandAlbertMuseum）向艺术界领袖发表演讲时表示，在经济衰退期间，投资于艺术“比任何时候都更为重要”。他表示：“艺术和文化不是奢侈品，而是这座城市DNA的一部分，是人们愿意来此生活和工作的原因。每10名游客中就有7名表示，这是他们来此游览的一个原因。离开伦敦的艺术，伦敦就不能称其为伦敦。”伦敦市长的呼吁得到了老维克剧院（OldVic）艺术总监凯文斯佩西（KevinSpacey）的支持，他表示：“我在这里住了7年，我真诚地相信，英国在艺术和文化领域的卓越成就，是这个国家最强大的天然资源之一，但许多艺术机构正举步维艰。如果没有政治意愿，以及企业和公众的支持，它们将很难生存下去。”伦敦市长敦促艺术界领袖去认识到，英国文化机构的成功运作对经济有一定的影响力。在英国，公共部门对戏剧产业的投资额为1.213亿英镑，但该产业却为英国创造了26亿英镑的收入。大伦敦地区政府（GreaterLondonAuthority）估计，商业创意产业为伦敦提供了50万个就业岗位，创造了200亿英镑的增加值。PARTII:Listening（25%）SectionA:ListeningComprehension:(10%)Inthissectionyouwillhearsomeshortconversationsandlongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkeda),b),c),andd),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.1.[A]Themanisthemanageroftheapartmentbuilding.[B]Thewomanisverygoodatbargaining.[C]Thewomanwillgettheapartmentrefurnished.[D]Themanislookingforanapartment.2.[A]Howthepictureswillturnout.[B]Wherethebotanicalgardenis.[C]Whatthemanthinksoftheshots.[D]Whythepicturesarenotready.3.[A]Thereisnoreplacementforthehandle.[B]Thereisnomatchforthesuitcase.[C]Thesuitcaseisnotworthfixing.[D]Thesuitcasecanbefixedintime.4.[A]Heneedsavehicletobeusedinharshweather.[B]Hehasafairlylargecollectionofqualitytrucks.[C]Hehashadhistruckadaptedforcoldtemperatures.[D]Hedoesroutinetruckmaintenanceforthewoman.5.[A]Shecannotstandherboss’sbadtemper.[B]Shehasoftenbeencriticizedbyherboss.[C]Shehasmadeuphermindtoresign.[D]Sheneverregretsanydecisionsshemakes.6.[A]Lookforashirtofamoresuitablecolorandsize.[B]Replacetheshirtwithoneofsomeothermaterial.[C]Visitadifferentstoreforasilkorcottonshirt.[D]Getadiscountontheshirtsheisgoingtobuy.7.[A]Ata“LostandFound”.[B]Atareceptiondesk.[C]Atatradefair.[D]Atanexhibition.

8.[A]Repairitandmovein.[B]Passitontohisgrandson.[C]Convertitintoahotel.[D]Sellitforagoodprice.Questions9to10arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.9.[A]Uniquedescriptiveskills.[B]Goodknowledgeofreaders’tastes.[C]Colourfulworldexperiences.[D]Carefulplottingandclueing.10.[A]Apeacefulsetting.[B]Aspaciousroom.[C]Tobeintherightmood[D]Tobeentirelyalone.SectionB:Notetaking(15%)Inthispart,youwillhearapassagetwice.Afterthefirsttime,therewillbeapauseof30seconds.Pleasetryyourbesttowritedownthemainideaand4detailsofthepassage.Thenlistenagainandcheckyouranswers._______________________________________________________________________________objectslookblurred,andraisestheprospectofdevelopingdrugstopreventthecondition.Understandingthebiologicalglitches（故障）behindshort-sightednesscouldhelpresearchersdevelopeyedropsortabletsthatcouldbegiventochildrentostoptheirvisionfromfailingastheygetolder.Short-sightednessusuallystartstomanifestearlyoninlife.Theextenttowhichgenesaretoblamevaries,butforthosewiththeworstvision,around80%oftheconditioniscausedbygeneticfactors.Twoseparatestudies,publishedinNatureGeneticsjournal,foundvariationsinDNAweremorecommoninpeoplewithshortsight.ChrisHammond,atKing'sCollege,London,foundonesectionofDNAonchromosome15wasmorecommoninpeoplewithshortsight.CarolineKlaver,atErasmusMedicalCentreinRotterdam,foundanotherstrand,alsoonchromosome15,linkedtoshortsight.ThevariationsinDNAamounttomisspellingsinthegeneticcode.Thesealtertheactivityofthreegenesthatcontrolthegrowthoftheeyeballandensurelightenteringtheeyeisconvertedintoelectricalpulsesintheretina（视网膜）．Thediscoveryhelpsscientistspiecetogetherhowahealthyeyebecomesshort-sightedandpointsthewaytomedicinestopreventitinchildren."Myhopeisthatwecanidentifyapathwaythatwecanblockwitheyedropsortabletsthatwillstoptheeyegrowingtoomuchandwithoutinterferingwithnormalbraindevelopmentorotherprocessesinthebody,"HammondtoldtheGuardian.Treatingshortsightinadultsisamuchtougherjob,astheireyeballshavealreadygrowntoolong.Childrenwhoinheritgenesforshortsightarenotdestinedtohavepoorvision.In2008,KathrynRoseattheUniversityofSydneylookedatratesofshort-sightednessinChineseschoolchildrenlivinginSingaporeandSydney.Some29%livinginSingaporehadshortsight,comparedwithonly3%inSydney.OnepossibleexplanationisthatthoselivinginSydneyspentmoretimeoutdoors,andsogotmorenaturalsunlightandwereusedtofocusingonmoredistantobjects.Someeyeconditionsarealreadybeingtreatedbyreplacingthefaultygenesthatcausethem,butHammondandKlaversaidthattoomanygenescontributetoshortsighttomakeitarealisticoption.6.Whatdoesaround80%oftheconditionwiththeworstvisionresultfrom,accordingtothepassage?7.Whatwillhappenifthegeneticcode'smisspellingsarecaused?8.Whatmakesitaharderjobtotreatshortsightinadults?9.What’sthepossibleexplanationforthechildrenwithgenesforshortsightwon'tnecessarilyhavepoorvision?10.Whyisitanunrealisticoptiontotreatpeoplewithshortsightbyareplacementforthefaultygenes?PARTⅣ：Translation(25%)SectionA:TranslatethefollowingintoChinese.(10%)Goodmannersar