上海交通大学英语水平考试样题及答案

PAGEPAGE7上海交通大学英语水平考试样题PartIIIntegratedReading(30%)Section1BankedCloze(10%)Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.Attention:Youneedtochangetheformsofthewordsinthewordbankwherenecessary.(注意：请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Anamemighttellyousomethingaboutaperson'sbackground.Namescanbe1)__________ofclassandrace.DatashowAfricanAmericansarefarmorelikelythanother2)__________groupstogivetheirchildrenuncommonnames.Whitepeopletendto3)________morefamiliarnamesthatwereformerlypopularwithmoreaffluentwhitepeople.Thenewstudypurportstoshowalinkbetweennameandoutcomeoflife:Themore4)_________yourname,themorelikelyyouaretolandinjuvenilehall.That'sbecauseweknowthatboyswithuncommonnamesaremorelikelytocomefromasocio-economically5)_________background,whichmeansthattheyalsoaremorelikelytogetinvolvedwithcrime.Eventheresearchersreadilyadmitthatit'snotanamealonethat6）_______achild'soutcome,butratherthecircumstanceunderlyingthename.

Theresearchersfirstassignedapopularityscoretoboys'names,basedonhowoftentheyshowedupinbirthrecordsinanundisclosedstatefrom1987to1991.Michael,theNo.1boy'sname,hadaPopularNameIndexscoreof100;namessuchasMalcolmandPrestonhadindexscoresof1.Theresearchersthenassessednamesofyoungmenbornduringthattimewholandedinthejuvenilejusticesystem.Theyfoundthatonlyhalfhadaratinghigherthan11.By7)__________,inthegeneralpopulation,halfofthenamesscoredhigherthan20."A10%increaseinthepopularityofanameisassociatedwitha3.7%8)_________inthenumberofjuveniledelinquentswhohavethatname."

Still,thestudytheorizesthatteenagersnamedMalcolmmightalso9)___________becausetheirpeerstreatthemdifferentlyortheyjustdon'tliketheirnames.Andsincethestudy'sreleaselastweek,thename-crime10)___________hasbeenwrittenortalkedaboutinmajormediaoutlets.popularconnectfavoriteraceaffectcomparedecreasedeprivationactoutsignifyeffectderiveincreasemajorconcludeSection2TrueorFalseJudgement&SentenceCompletion(10%)Directions:Inthispart,youwillfind7statementsand3incompletesentencesfollowedbythereadingpassage.Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Attention:Forquestions1-7,onemorepointwillbedeductedifyoudon’tanswereachonecorrectly.(注意:1-7题中每答错一题倒扣1分,不答不得分,答对得1分;请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Whoaresmarter,menorwomen?It'satopicofcommon––andoftencomic––contemplation,butithasalsobecomeaseriouspolicyissueforcollegesandstudentsintheUnitedStates.

Afteryearsofconcentratedefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofgirls,whoinpreviousdecadeshadoftenreceivedlessattentionintheclassroomandbeensteeredawayfromcollege-prepcourses,thenationcanbragthatfemalestudentshaveprogressedtremendously.Thoughstillunderrepresentedincalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcoursesinhighschool,womennowoutnumbermenapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege––Considersomeofthenumbersatleadingschools:AtVassarCollegeinNewYorkState,aformerlyall-women'scollegethatisstill60%female,morethantwo-thirdsoftheapplicantslastyearwerewomen.Thecollegeaccepted35%ofthemenwhoapplied,comparedwith20%ofthewomen.Locally,elitePomonaCollegeaccepted21%ofmaleapplicantsforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,butonly13%offemaleapplicants.AtVirginia'sCollegeofWilliam&Mary,7,652womenappliedforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,comparedwith4,457maleapplicants.Yetthenumbersofeachwhogainedadmittancewerenearlythesame.That'sbecausethecollegeaccepted45%ofthemenandonly27%ofthewomen.A2007analysisbyU.S.News&WorldReport,basedonthedatasentbycollegesforthemagazine'sannualrankings,foundthattheadmissionsrateforwomenaveraged13percentagepointslowerthanthatformen.Butpercentagesdon'ttellthewholestory.Itcouldbethatthemenwerestrongercandidates,ortheymighthaveappliedinareasofengineeringandsciencewherewomen'snumbersarestilllower.Butsuchjustifications,eveniftrue,areunlikelytofullyexplainthesenumbers.AtschoolssuchastheUniversityofCalifornia,whereadmissionsrelyoverwhelminglyonstatisticalmeasuresofacademicachievementsuchasgradesandtestscores,thedisparitiesdon'tappear.FarmorewomenthanmenappliedtoUCLA––theUC'smostselectivecampusInrecentyears,severalcollegeleadershaveadmittedthattheirinstitutionsgiveaboosttomaleapplicantstomaintaingenderbalanceoncampus.Moststudentsofeithersex,theypointout,prefersuchbalance.IfVassaracceptedequalpercentagesofeachsex,womenwouldoutnumbermenbymorethan2to1.

JenniferDelahuntyBritz,thedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeinOhio,aformerlyall-maleschool,broughtthemattertobroadpublicattentionin2006withanOp-EdarticlefortheNewYorkTimesdescribingthedilemmaofheradmissionsoffice."Whatmessagesarewesendingyoungwomenthattheymust...beevenmoreaccomplishedthanmentogainadmissiontothenation'stopcolleges?"NewYorkTimeshaslongfavoredallowingcollegestouseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.Shealsowrotethatexposuretopeopleofdifferentbackgroundsandviewpointsbettereducatesallstudents––notjustthosegivenalegup.Wearenotinfavorofacceptingunderqualifiedorclearlyinferiorstudentsforthesakeofdiversity.Butmostcollegesareinundatedwithapplicationsfromstudentswhomorethanmeettheirstandards;thedifferencesamongmanyofthemareslight.Itmakessenseforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromwithinthisgroup.Atthesametime,admissionsofficersshouldavoidrigidnotionsofwhatconstitutesenoughmenoncampus.It'snotharmingUCLA,ordestroyingcollegesociallife,toadmitsomewhatmorewomenthanmen.

EveniftheCivilRightsCommissionfindspervasivegenderdiscriminationinadmissions,there'slittleitcoulddoaboutthesituation.Suchdiscrimination––thoughnotracialdiscrimination––islegalforundergraduateadmissionsatprivate,nonprofitcolleges,eventhosethatreceivefederalfunding.Commissiondocumentsontheinquirysuggestthatcollegescouldfindmore"gender-neutral"waysofbalancingtheirstudentnumbers,perhapsbyofferingprogramsandextracurricularactivitiesthatattractmen.Thosemightworkforsomeschoolsbutwon'tchangetheoverallscenario.Notwithcollegepopulationscomposedof57%womennationwide.Theissuewe'dliketheCommissiononCivilRightstoinvestigateis:What'shappeningwiththeeducationofU.S.boys?Whyaresofewofthemapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege?

Theoriesandargumentsabound.Somesaythatboysaremoreactiveandthuslessabletositstillforlongperiods––andasaresult,morelikelytobecategorizedashavingattentiondeficit/hyperactivitydisorderorneedingspecialeducation.A2008studybyresearchersatNorthwesternUniversityfoundthatwhengirlsareinvolvedinalanguage-relatedtask––suchasreading––theyshowmoreactivityinareasofthebraininvolvedinencodinglanguage.Boysusemoresensoryinformationtodolinguistictasks.Thestudysuggestsboysmightdobetteriftheyweretaughtlanguageandartsindifferentways.Raceisafactoraswell.ThegendergapisstarkeramongAfricanAmericanandLatinostudents.Theremaybenoonereason––orsolution.Butfiguringoutwaystohelpboysachieveinschoolisabetterresponsetothegendergapthanmakingiteasierforthemtogetintocollegelater.1.Asaresultoftheefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofthegirlsforyears,thegirlshaveexceededboystremendouslyinallcoursesincollegesexceptcalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcourses.2.Femalestudentsarefacingthelowadmissionratebecausesomecollegesareengagingindiscriminationagainstwomentoachievethebalanceoftheirmaleandfemalepopulations.3.Althoughthemenweretraditionallyconsideredstrongercandidatesinareasofengineeringandscience,theadmissionrateformenintheseareasisstilllowerthanthatforwomen.4.WomenhaveoutnumberedmeningainingadmittanceinUCLA’sfreshmanclassthisyearbecausetheiradmissionsgreatlyrelyongradesandtestscoresoftheirapplicants.5.Somecollegeleadersholdthatmostcollegestudentsprefertheirpolicyofmaintaininggenderbalancebyadmittingequalpercentagesofeachsex.6.ThedilemmaofthedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeiswhethertousegenderasanadmissionsfactorinordertoachievegenderbalanceoruseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.7.AccordingtoJenniferDelahuntyBritz,itisreasonableforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromthecandidateswhomorethanmeettheirstandards.8.ActuallytheCivilRightsCommissioncandolittletochangethesituationofdiscriminationincollegeadmissionbecausesuchdiscriminationis_____________.9.Thestudyshowsthatindoinglinguistictaskstheboysusemoresensoryinformation,thegirlsshowmore_____________.10.Despitevarioustheoriesandargumentsaboutwhysofewboysapplytoandgraduatefromcollege,thebettersolutiontotheproblemisto__________________________________.Section3Cloze(10%)Directions:Inthissectionthereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothepassage.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.(注意：请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Weformmanyofouropinions1_____ourfavoritebooks.Theauthorwhomwepreferisourmostpotentteacher;welookattheworld2______hiseyes.Ifwehabituallyreadbooksthatareelevatingintone,pureinstyle,3______inreasoning,andkeenininsight,ourminds4______thesamecharacteristics.If,5_________,wereadweakorviciousbooks,ourmindscontractthefaultsandvicesofthebooks.Wecannotescapetheinfluenceofwhatwereadanymore6_______wecanescapetheinfluenceoftheairthatwebreathe.Thebestbooksare7______whichstirusupmostandmakeusthemost8______todosomethingandbesomethingourselves.Thebestbooksliftustoahigherplane9_____webreatheapureratmosphere.Asweshouldassociatewithpeoplewhocaninspireustonoblerdeeds,10______weshouldonlyreadthosebookswhichhaveanupliftingpower,and11______stirustomakethemostofourselvesandouropportunities.…Goodbookselevatethecharacter,12_______thetaste,taketheattractivenessoutoflowpleasures,andliftusuponahigherplaneofthinkingandliving.Itisnoteasytobe13______directlyafterreadinganobleandinspiringbook.Theconversationofamanwhoreadsforimprovementorpleasurewillbeflavored14______hisreading;butitwillnotbeabouthisreading.15_______youread,readwithenthusiasm,withenergy,readwiththewholemind,ifyouwouldincreaseyourmentalstature.Learntoabsorbthementalandthemorallifeofabook,andassimilate16______intoyourlife.17_____isthebestreaderwhoconsumesthemostknowledgeandconvertsit18______character.Mechanicalreadersrememberwords,thehusksofthings,butdigest19_______.Theycramtheirbrainsbutstarvetheir20______.Ifyouaregettingthemostoutofabook,youwillfeelacapacityfordoingthingswhichyouneverfeltbefore.A)byB)withC)fromD)inA)withB)throughC)inD)insideA)soundB)goodC)beautifulD)hardA)haveB)withC)beingD)developA)onthecontraryB)howeverC)ontheotherhandD)anywayA)howeverB)thanC)asD)butA)themB)theyC)theirsD)thoseA)determiningB)determineC)determinedD)beingdeterminedA)whichB)whereC)whileD)whenA)asB)andC)soD)alsoA)theyB)booksC)thoseD)whichA)pureB)purifyC)poreD)pearA)meanB)meaningfulC)meanwhileD)meaningA)withB)ofC)byD)afterA)WhatB)ThatC)BooksD)WhateverA)themB)itC)whichD)lifeA)ItB)HeC)NoneD)EveryoneA)byB)withC)inD)intoA)thingsB)somethingC)nothingD)anythingA)heartsB)stomachsC)mindsD)tastesPartIIIWriting(30%)SectionA(10%)InthisSection,,youhave15minutestowriteanessayonthefollowingtopic.Youshouldwriteatleast100words.（请务必写在答题卷上，否则以零分处理）Yourcousin,MingZhang,isgoingtotakethenationalentranceexaminationtocollegeinJune.However,heisundergreatpressureandsimplycan’tconcentrateonhisstudy.Pleasedrophimanoteofabout100words,givinghimsometipsastohowtodealwiththissituation.SectionB(20%)InthisSection,youhave30minutestowriteanessayonthefollowingtopic.Youshouldwriteatleast200words.（请务必写在答题卷上，否则以零分处理）Manycollegestudentscomplainoftheirheavycourseload.Theythinksomecoursesofferedaretime-consumingandnotveryuseful.Whatdoyouthinkofthecomplaints?Shouldcollegestudents’opinionsbeconsideredincurriculumdevelopmentandpolicy-making?Pleasewriteanessayofabout200wordstoexpressyouropinionandexplainwhywithspecificreasons.上海交通大学英语水平考试答题卷得分PartIIIntegratedReading(30%)Section1BankedCloze（10％）1)_________2)___________3)___________4)_______5)__________6)__________7)____________8)___________9)_________10)_________得分Section2TrueorFalseJudgement&SentenceCompletion（10％）1)_____2)_______3)_______4)________5)_____6)_____7)_____8)_____________________________________________________________9)_____________________________________________________________10)____________________________________________________________得分Section3Cloze（10％）得分PartIIIWriting(30%)（请将作文写在答题卷背面)SectionA（10%）Yourcousin,MingZhang,isgoingtotakethenationalentranceexaminationtocollegeinJune.However,heisundergreatpressureandsimplycan’tconcentrateonhisstudy.Pleasedrophimanoteofabout100words,givinghimsometipsastohowtodealwiththissituation.得分SectionB（10%）Manycollegestudentscomplainoftheirheavycourseload.Theythinksomecoursesofferedaretime-consumingandnotveryuseful.Whatdoyouthinkofthecomplaints?Shouldcollegestudents’opinionsbeconsideredincurriculumdevelopmentandpolicy-making?Pleasewriteanessayofabout200wordstoexpressyouropinionandexplainwhywithspecificreasons.Key答案：Section1:1-5CBBDC6-10ADACA Section2:Bandaged2）triggered3）probes4）succession5）principal6）overlap7）articulate8)postdoctoral9）scientistshaveknownforsometimethatconventionalexplanationsforhowpartsofthebrainworkneedtoberevisedthereisaseparationoftasksandadivisionof