外国语学院2012级笔译班
2002年6月研究生英语学位课统考真题及答案
PAPER ONE
Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A ( 1 point each )
Directions: In this part, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The questions will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on your Answer Sheet. 1. A.A taxi driver and a passenger. B. A policeman and a driver. C. A judge and a criminal. D. A coach and an athlete.
2. A. He doesn't want to be busy. B. He likes staying up late
C. He is not interested in his job.
D. He doesn't have enough time to sleep. 3. A. They are a waste of time.
B. They don't deal with social problems. C. They can reflect people's real life. D. They attract honest listeners. 4. A. It has been completed. B. It has been delayed. C. It has just started. D. It is well under way. 5. A. Going to a theater. B. Going to a game.
C. Listening to radio programs. D. Watching TV programs. 6. A. 2:30. B. 3:30. C. 4:30. D. 5:30. 7. A. Dave is talkative to strangers. B. Dave likes having pizza parties. C. I>we is sociable and friendly.
D. Dave is too absorbed in his project. 8. A. Because she doesn't like the taste of it.
B. Because she can't sleep well after drinking it. C. Because she has some heart trouble.
D. Because she doesn't believe what the article says. 9. A. It is fun with exciting activities. B. It is miserable with pressures. C. It is interesting but challenging. D. It is full of anxiety. Section B (1 point each)
Directions: In this part you will hear two 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
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letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet. 10. A. They know where snow will fall.
B. They can estimate how much snow will fall.
C. They sometimes can not forecast snow accurately. D. They think snow is a difficult subject to study. 11. A. The water particles in cold clouds.
B. The tiny ice particles in the flakes. C .The dust in the center of the flakes.
D. The temperature and water levels in the air. 12. A. It has as much water as 2. 5 centimeters of rain B. It has as much water as 1. 5 centimeters of rain C. It has as much water as 2 centimeters of rain. D. It has as much water as 5 centimeters of rain. 13. A. A new study on lying.
B. The physical signals when people lie. C. How to detect a person who is lying. D. A new device to detect a liar.
14. A. People change their behaviors when they lie.
B. People have some special gestures when they lie. C. People's pupils have some changes when they lie.
D. People have more blood around their eyes when they lie. 15. A. 12 out of 20. B. 11 out of 12. C. 7 out of 10.D. 6 out of 8.
Part II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points)
Section A (0. 5 point each )
Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase 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 brackets on your Answer Sheet.
16. Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger. A. reveal B. underline C. improve D. integrate
17. What players and coaches fear most is the partiality on the part of referees in a game.
A. justice B. bias C participation D. regionalism
18. The sale has been on for a long time because the price is reckoned to be too high. A. consideredB. stipulated C raisedD. stimulated
19. Smugglers try every means to lay hands on unearthed relics for their personal gains. A. set foot on B. lose their heart to C. set their mind on D. get hold of 20. There must have been round about a thousand people participating in the forum.
A. approximately B. exactlyC. less thanD. more than
21. These old and shabby houses will be demolished for the construction of residential buildings. A. pulled out B. pulled in C. pulled down D. pulled up
22. Readers are required to comply with the rules of the library and mind their manners. A. observe B. memorize C. comment D. request
23. Artificial intelligence deals partly with the analogy between the computer and the human brain.
A. likeness B. relationC. contradiction D. difference
24. It is often the case that some superficially unrelated events turn out to be linked in 2
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some aspects.
A. practically B. wonderfully C. beneficiallyD. seemingly
25. The alleged all-powerful master of chi kong was arrested on a charge of fraud. A. so-called B. well-known C. esteemed D. undoubted Section B (0. 5 point each)
Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding Letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet. 26. It is hoped that pork can be made leaner by introducing a cow gene into the pig's genetic _. A. reservoir B. warehouse C. pool D. storehouse
27. The chairman said that he was prepared to the younger people in the decision making.
A. put up with B. make way for C. shed light on D. lake charge of
28. Tom is angry at Linda because she him all the time. A. sets... up B. puts…down C. runs…out D. drops...in
29. The ability to focus attention on important things is a._ characteristic of intelligence. A. defining B .declining C. defeating D. deceiving
30. Our picnic having been by the thunderstorm, we had to wait in the pavilion until it cleared up.
A. destroyed B. undermined C. spoilt D. contaminated
31. 1 was disappointed to see that those people I had sort of were pretty ordinary. A. despised B. resented C worshipped D. ridiculed
a group. 32. One of the main purposes of using slang is to consolidate one’s with A. specificationB. unificationC notification D. identification
33. The . from underdeveloped countries may well increase in response to the
soaring demand for high-tech professionals in developed nations. A. brain damageB. brain trust C. brain fever D. brain drain
34. This matter settled, we decided to to the next item on the agenda.
A. succeed B. exceed C. proceed D. precede
you for being a good 35. Listening is as important as talking. If you are a good listener, people often_ conversationalist.
A. complementB. compliment C. compelD. complain
Part III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point each)
Directions: There are 15 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding Letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.
Most American magazines and newspapers reserve 60 percent of their pages for
ads. The New York Times Sunday edition 36 may contain 350 pages of advertisements. Some radio stations devote 40 minutes of every hour to 37. Then there is television. According to one estimate, American youngsters sit 38 three hours of television commercials each week. By the time they graduate from high school, they will have been 39 360.000 TV ads. Televisions advertise in airports, hospital waiting rooms, and schools.
Major sporting 40 are now major advertising events. Racing cars serve as high speed 41 . Some athletes receive most of their money from advertisers. One 42 basketball player earned $ 3. 9 million by playing ball. Advertisers paid him nine times that much to 43 their products.
There is no escape. Commercial ads are displayed on walls, buses, and trucks. They decorate the inside of
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taxis and subways—even the doors of public toilets. 44 messages call to us in supermarkets, stores, elevators— and 45 we are on hold on the telephone. In some countries so much advertising comes through the mail that many recipients proceed directly from the mailbox to the nearest wastebasket to 46 the junk mail.
47 Insider's Report, published by McCann-Erickson, a global advertising agency, the estimated 48 _of money spent on advertising worldwide in 1990 was $ 275.5 billion. Since then, the figures have 49 to $411.6 billion for 1997 and a projected $434.4 billion for 1998. Big money! What is the effect of all of this? One analyst 50 it this way: \socializing forces in the culture. Ads sell more than products. They sell images, values, goals, concepts of who we are and who we should be. They shape our attitudes and our attitudes shape our behavior. \36. A. lonely B. alone C. singly D. individually 37. A. commerce Bconsumers CcommercialsD.commodities 38. A. through B. up C. in D. about
39. A. taken to B. spent in C .expected of D. exposed to 40. A. incidents B .affairs C. events D. programs 41. A. flashes B. billboards C. attractions D. messages 42. A. top-heavy B. lop-talented C. top-secret D. top-ranking 43. A. improve B. promote C. urge D. update 44. A. Audio B. Studio C. Oral D. Video 45. A. since B. while C. even D. if 16. A. toss out B. lay down C. blow out D. break down 47. A. It is said that B. Apart from C. According to D. Including in 48. A. digit B. amount C. account D. budget 49. A. raised B. elevated C. roared D. soared 50. A. said B. recorded C. told D. put
Part IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)
Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet. Passage On
For decades, arms-control talks centered on nuclear weapons. This is hardly surprising, since a single nuclear bomb can destroy an entire city. Yet, unlike smaller arms, these immensely powerful weapons have not been used in war in over 50 years.
Historian John Keegan writes. ''Nuclear weapons have, since August 9, 1945. killed no one. The
50,000.000 who have died in war since that date have for the most part, been killed by cheap, mass-produced weapons and small ammunition, costing little more than the transistor radios which have flooded the world in the same period. Because small weapons have disrupted life very little in the advanced world, outside the restricted localities where drug-dealing and political terrorism flourish, the populations of the rich states have been slow to recognize the horror that this pollution has brought in its train. \
Why have small arms become the weapons of choice in recent wars? Part of the reason lies in the
relationship between conflict and poverty. Most of the wars fought during the 1990s took place in countries that are poor too poor to buy sophisticated weapon systems. Small arms and light weapons are a bargain. For example, 50 million dollars, which is approximately the cost of a single modern jet fighter, can equip an army with 200,000 assault rifles.
Another reason why small weapons are so popular is that they are lethal. A single rapid-fire assault rifle can fire hundreds of rounds a minute. They are also easy to use and maintain. A child of ten can be taught to
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strip and reassemble a typical assault rifle. A child can also quickly learn to aim and fire that rifle into a crowd of people.
The global traffic in guns is complex. The illegal trade of small arms is big. In some African wars,
paramilitary groups have bought billions of dollars' worth of small arms and light weapons- not with money, hut with diamonds seized from diamond-mining areas.
Weapons are also linked to the illegal trade in drugs. It is not unusual for criminal organizations lo use the same routes to smuggle drugs in one direction and to smuggle guns in the other. 51. It is implied in the passage that________.
A. small arms-control is more important than nuclear arms-control B. the nuclear arms-control talks can never reach an agreement C. the power of nuclear weapons to kill people has been diminished D. nuclear weapons were the topic of arms-control talks 50 years ago
52. The advanced world neglect the problems of small arms because.._______.
A. They have to deal with drug-dealing and political terrorism B. They have no such problems as are caused by small weapons C .They have not recognized the seriousness of the problems in time D. They face other more important problems such as pollution?
53. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason for the prevalence of small arms?
A. Small arms are cheap. B. Small arms arc powerful. C. Small arms are easier to use, D. Small arms are easier to get. 54. We can conclude from the passage that ___. A. small arms are not expensive in the black-market B. it is unfair to exchange small arms for diamond
C .criminals use the same passage to smuggle drugs and small arms D. where there are drugs, there are small arms 55. The best title for this passage is________,
A. Small Arms Talks. Not Nuclear Arms Talks B. Neglect of Small Arms Control C. Global Traffic in Small Arms D. Small Arms. Big Problems
Passage Two
In order to combat sickness, many doctors rely heavily on prescribing medicines that are developed and aggressively advertised by pharmaceutical companies. Significantly, the world market for such drugs has
skyrocketed in recent decades, from just a few billion dollars a year to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. What has been a consequence?
Medically prescribed drugs have helped many people. Yet, the health of some who
take drugs has either remained unchanged or become worse. So, recently some have turned to using other methods of medical treatment.
In places where modern, conventional medicine has been the standard of care, many are now turning to what have been called alternative, or complementary, therapies. \therapies from mainstream medicine appears to be crumbling.\
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) observed. \the use of herbs, functionally defined as interventions neither taught widely in medical schools nor generally available in U. S. hospitals, have attracted increased national attention from the media, the medical community,
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