GCT工程硕士(英语)模拟试卷193(题后含答案及解析)

GCT工程硕士（英语）模拟试卷193(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. V ocabulary and Structure 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Cloze 4. Dialogue Completion
Part I V ocabulary and StructureDirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1．Scarcely ______ such an exciting football match.
A．have I ever seen
B．I have ever seen
C．saw I
D．I saw
正确答案：A
解析：本题属于语法中否定词位于句首，需要将句子的助动词和主语位置颠倒的倒装句型考点。

“Scarcely”属于否定词，所以应该选倒装句型结构A。

这类句型的意义在于在句子的语气上起强调否定作用。

B和D选项不是倒装句型；C 选项的正确倒装句型应该是did I see。

2．They are going to have the serviceman ______ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
A．install
B．to install
C．to be installed
D．installed
正确答案：A
解析：have sb.do sth为一固定结构。

因此A项为正确答案。

3．He is a very honest official and never__________any gifts from the people who sought his help.
A．accepted
B．received
C．took up
D．obtain
正确答案：A
解析：翻译：他是一位非常正直的官员，从不接受那些想求他办事的人的礼物。

accept接受，领受；receive收到，接到；take up拿起，占去，接受(提议等)；obtain获得，得到。

通过分析可知，accept和receive都有接受的意思，
而二者的不同之处在于accept表示打心底里接受，而receive只是行为上接收，并不一定接受。

故答案为A。

4．What the doctors really doubt is__________the patient will recover from the serious disease soon.
A．when
B．how
C．whether
D．why
正确答案：C
解析：翻译：医生真正怀疑的是病人能不能很快地从重症中康复。

when，how，whether和why都可以引导表语从句，when表示时间，how表示方式，whether 表示是否，why表示原因。

根据题意可知，从句应由whether引导。

故答案为C。

5．The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ______ chemist’s.
A．each
B．some
C．certain
D．any
正确答案：D
解析：根据前一句中的everywhere，可知在任何一家药店都能买到。

6．My parents want me to be the best at anything, but I don’t have such high______.
A．instructions
B．restrictions
C．suspicions
D．ambitions
正确答案：D
解析：ambitions意为“做某事的雄心”；instructions意为“命令，指示”；restrictions意为“限制”；suspicions意为“怀疑”。

这道题考的是容易混淆的形近词的用法。

7．The British constitution is ______ a large extent a product of the historical events described above.
A．within
B．to
C．by
D．at
正确答案：B
解析：to a large extent为固定搭配。

8．Undoubtedly,______ wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet
A．anyone
B．who
C．whoever
D．everyone
正确答案：C
解析：whoever相当于no matter who，在此作本句的主语，同时又要引导其定语从句wins the election。

其他正确说法还包括anyone who，everyone who，one who等。

请注意这些说法与其他选择项的区别。

9．Thinking that you know ______ in fact you don’t is not a good idea.
A．what
B．that
C．when
D．which
正确答案：A
解析：注意what和that/which的区别：what=the thing that/which。

本句话空格前面没有名词或代词，所以不能使用引导词that/which。

全句意思为”把自己不知道的事情想成知道的事情不是一件好事”。

10．______, I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened.
A．Desperate
B．Despite
C．Inspiring
D．Exciting
正确答案：A
解析：此处应该为一个形容词，而C和D应该为一个-ed结尾的形容词才对，B项词性有误。

全句意思为：在绝望中，我给福特二世写了一封信，告诉了他所发生的一切。

Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four 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.
The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched(草盖的) roof around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm
buildings—these are still common sights in parts of England. Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside. Thatching is in fact the oldest of all the building crafts practiced in the British Isles(英伦诸岛). Although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles and churches, too. Thatching is a solitary(独自的) craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practiced today has changed very little since the Middle Ages. Over 800 full-time thatchers are employed in England and Wales today, maintaining and renewing the old rods as well as thatching newer houses. Many property owners choose thatch not only for its beauty but because they know it will keep them cool in summer and warm in winter. In fact, if we look at developing countries, over half the world lives under thatch, but they all do it in different ways. People in developing countries are often reluctant to go back to traditional materials and would prefer modern buildings. However, they may lack the money to allow them to import the necessary materials.Their temporary mud huts with thatched roofs of wild grasses often only last six months. Thatch which has been done the British way lasts from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defence against the heat.
11．Which of the following remains a unique feature of the English countryside? ______.
A．Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses
B．Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings
C．Cottages with thatched roofs
D．Churches with cottages around them
正确答案：C
解析：根据第一段一至四行，该三行中最主要的中心词应该是thatched cottages，在第4行作者进一步明确提出。

12．What do we know about thatching as a craft? ______.
A．It is a collective activity
B．It is practiced on farms all over England
C．It is quite different from what it used to be
D．It is in most cases handed down among family members
正确答案：D
解析：依据第三段第一行可以确定D项与之意思吻合。

13．Thatched houses are still preferred because of______.
A．their style and comfort
B．their durability
C．their easy maintenance
D．their cheap and ready-made materials
正确答案：A
解析：参见文章第三段第五行。

14．People in developing countries also live under thatch because______.
A．thatched cottages are a big tourist attraction
B．thatched roof houses are the cheapest
C．thatch is on effective defense against the heat
D．they like thatched houses better than other buildings
正确答案：B
解析：依据文章第四段第四行始可以看出：发展中国家也有人居住在thatched huts 里，是因为他们没钱建更好的房子，而他们使用的是wild grasses 极为便宜。

15．We can learn from the passage that______.
A．thatched cottages in England have been passed down from ancient times
B．thatching is a building craft first created by the English people
C．the English people have a special liking for thatched houses
D．most thatched cottages in England are located on hillsides
正确答案：C
解析：本题最大干扰项为A项，依据文章第三段第一至二行该句的意思是说thatching的工艺自从中世纪以来变化甚小，即是说thatching 工艺是从很久以前传下来的，而A项的主语”thatched cottage”，并不是一回事，故应排除。

Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the “typical” Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products: The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly-line life” will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life—to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe? Since the late 1940’s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of the competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence. In spite of the critics,
however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.
16．Which of the following is not given as a feature of the old French way of life?
A．Leisure.
B．Elegance.
C．Efficiency.
D．Taste.
正确答案：C
解析：法国人原来以浪漫著称，例如第一段提到的”传统的悠闲(leisurely)的午餐”第二段最后一句提到的情趣(taste)以及优雅(elegance)等，所以唯有效率不是他们生活的特点。

这道题不是机械地查读就能解决的，首先对法国人要有一点背景知识，而且，第二段的那句话是以”What will happen to...?”这样的问句形式提出来的，所以做这道题能反映出考生的综合能力。

17．Which of the following is not related to the new French way of life?
A．Shorter lunch hour.
B．Greater output.
C．Creature comfort.
D．Leisurely cafe talk.
正确答案：D
解析：现在法国人生活节奏加快，悠闲地喝咖啡谈话不算其特点。

18．Nowadays few Frenchmen ______.
A．prefer the modern life style
B．actually enjoy working at the assembly line
C．are more concerned with money than in the past
D．are more competitive than the old generation
正确答案：B
解析：现在的法国人崇尚美国生活方式—竞争、赚钱和现代生活，但却很少有人愿意在流水线上工作。

值得注意的是，主语前加了few这个词，表示否定的意义。

19．The passage suggests that ______.
A．in pursuing material gains the Frenchmen are suffering losses elsewhere
B．it’s now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river
C．the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples
D．great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen
正确答案：A
解析：综上所述，法国人在追求物质享受的同时，失去了一些其他方面(传统)的东西。

20．Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?
A．Changes in the French way of life.
B．Criticism of the new life style.
C．The Americanization of France.
D．Features of the new way of life.
正确答案：A
解析：综观全文可看出法国生活方式的变化是中心思想。

I have an infatuation(迷恋) with autumn. The colors of the season, and the smells, have always thrilled me. I have always found joy in this time of year. The last few autumns of my life, however, I recollect in shades of gray rather than cheerful oranges and yellows. When I became a single mother, every aspect of life took on new meaning. Since I was used to carrying out most of the parental duties without much help during my marriage, I truly did not foresee how different parenting would become after the marriage was over. But suddenly I realized I was a statistic. The daily routine was not changed so much; it was the angle at which I had begun to look at life. I believed my ex-husband’s lawyer was tracking every grade the children made, and I was under a microscope in this new town where the Children and I moved our “broken home”. I feared having to eventually establish my family with each new teacher and each new term as a single-parent family. I just wanted to be us again, without the stigma(特征) of the label that put on us. During those few gray years, I would reassure myself that soon things would be better, and that I would someday be able to feel whole again. There is no mathematical equation of adults proportioned to children to equal a stable, loving family. Every family has its strengths. In fact, studies show that in families who read together, eat together and communicate openly, children are likely to succeed academically, as well as socially and emotionally. I am sure these habits are just as effective when practiced in single-parent families. I realize now that I am not a statistic. We are an active, vital family in this charming community, where we are not marked by any stigma of any statistics of any focus groups. We are given opportunity, all of us. We are surrounded by beauty and immersed in possibility. There is joy to be found here, in what we see around us and in creating our own rendition of how we want to be seen. There is strength and grace in our own willingness to break free from conformity without falling behind the barriers of self-imposed limitations or preconceived notions of where we should fit in this world according to research.
21．What does the last sentence of paragraph one imply?
A．The author moved to a new place.
B．The climate changed greatly in the last few years.
C．In the last few years, the author’s mood changed.
D．There were some natural disasters.
正确答案：C
解析：作者开头就说，她本来很迷恋秋天，喜欢那代表丰收和喜悦的金黄色，但前几年她看到的却是满眼的灰色。

注意，作者在这里用颜色的变化来比喻自己心情的变化。

22．After the divorce, ______.
A．there wasn’t any change, since she used to play a main part in taking care of the children
B．she became interested in statistics
C．everything in her life was changed
D．it was the way by which she looked at life that changed
正确答案：D
解析：第二段说变成单身母亲以后，生活的各个方面似乎都有了新的意义。

日常活动没有太大变化，因为本来她就照顾孩子。

但她突然觉得自己变成了统计数据。

生活没有变，而看待生活的角度不同了。

23．According to the passage, ______ brought the unpleasant change in her life.
A．a kind of discrimination against single-parent families
B．her ex-husband
C．social scientists
D．the feeling about autumn
正确答案：A
解析：文章第三段捉到她前夫的律师一直盯着她，她好像被放到了显微镜下，她害怕以单身母亲的身份出现在社区和学校里。

他们想变成原来的样子，去掉身上单亲家庭的特殊标记。

作者并没有用歧视这个词，考生要能从字里行间总结出来。

24．In the few gray years, the author ______.
A．felt helpless and sad
B．had the help from her friends
C．never lost hope, and believed that everything would change someday
D．became very nervous and silent
正确答案：C
解析：第四段说，在那些灰暗的日子里，她不断地让自己恢复信心，相信一切都会好起来的。

25．What is the author’s main point?
A．Every family has its happiness and unhappiness.
B．Her family has suffered a lot.
C．Her ex-husband is not a good man.
D．Every family has its strength and can create its happiness.
正确答案：D
解析：作者最后一段说，每个人都有机会，力量存在于想冲破自身局限的愿望之中，单亲家庭也不一定就要成为社会学家的研究统计的对象。

We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as well as “regular”coffee and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, Instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a slight decline(衰退)when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline). The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military? Market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections. Another product extension Strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. Note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.
26．According to the passage, when people grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will______.
A．decrease gradually
B．remain at the same level
C．become unstable
D．improve enormously
正确答案：B
解析：该题问题出现在第一段第六行中，”people became attached to one brand”后面的”sales leveled off”即是答案。

也可以从括号内的产品发展顺序判断出该词义(成熟定期)。

27．The first paragraph tells us that a new product is______.
A．not easily accepted by the public
B．often inferior to old ones at first
C．often more expensive than old ones
D．usually introduced to satisfy different tastes
正确答案：A
解析：依据为文章第一段第3行起相关内容，文章并未提及新老产品的质量比较，B错。

C，D项也未涉及。

28．Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to______.
A．promote its production
B．work out marketing policies
C．speed up its life cycle
D．increase its popularity
正确答案：B
解析：依据为文章第二段第一句。

29．The author mentions the example of “backpacks”(Line 4, Para. 2) to show the importance of______.
A．pleasing the young as well as the old
B．increasing usage among students
C．exploring new market sections
D．serving both military and civil needs
正确答案：C
解析：依据为文章第二段第四行起相关内容。

30．In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are______.
A．improving product quality
B．modernizing product style
C．increasing product features
D．re-positioning their product in the market
正确答案：A
解析：依据为文章第四段第三句。

Part III ClozeDirections: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four 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.
The United States has historically higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage【B1】in the United States —about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is substantially higher than it is in
other industrialized countries. However, marriage is【B2】as widespread as it was several decades ago. The proportion of American adults who are married【B3】from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried【B4】their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some point in their lives. Experts【B5】that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry. The timing of marriage has varied【B6】over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s.【B7】, young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous【B8】in U.S. history. Today’s later age of marriage is in line with the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover, a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before【B9】. Experts do not agree on why the “marriage rush” of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a【B10】to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic depression and war.
31．【B1】
A．rate
B．ratio
C．percentage
D．poll
正确答案：A
解析：marriage rate意为”结婚率”。

其他选项都不符合题意。

32．【B2】
A．not any longer
B．no more
C．no longer
D．not any more
正确答案：C
解析：no longer意为”不再”，本句意为”结婚不再象从前一样普遍”。

33．【B3】
A．declined
B．deteriorated
C．deduced
D．demolished
正确答案：A
解析：表示数字的下降应该用decline。

34．【B4】
A．past
B．passing
C．throughout
D．through
正确答案：C
解析：throughout their lives意为”贯穿一生，终其一生”。

35．【B5】
A．project
B．plan
C．promise
D．propose
正确答案：A
解析：project意为”计划，设计”。

本句意为”专家们在规划…”，
36．【B6】
A．unexpectedly
B．irregularly
C．flexibly
D．consistently
正确答案：C
解析：flexibly意为”灵活”，本句意为”在过去的一个世纪里，结婚的时间是变化很灵活的”。

37．【B7】
A．Besides
B．However
C．Whereas
D．Nevertheless
正确答案：B
解析：此处应该填入转折连词。

38．【B8】
A．descendants
B．ascendants
C．population
D．generation
正确答案：D
解析：previous generation意为”前一代人”。

39．【B9】
A．and after
B．or after
C．or since
D．ever since
正确答案：C
解析：指空前绝后，是最高比例，所以是before or since。

40．【B10】
A．refusal
B．realization
C．response
D．reality
正确答案：C
解析：指对和平与繁荣的”反应”。

Part IV Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that most appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
41．Waiter: ______ Customer: Yes, I’ll have a cheeseburger, medium rare, with French fries.
A．What do you want to eat?
B．Have you decided what to have yet?
C．Excuse me, are you ready to order now?
D．Excuse me, but who’d like to order?
正确答案：C
解析：A、B、D三项都是很明显的中文表达的英文直译，是首先要排除的选项。

正确答案是C项。

42．Guest: Oh,it’s ten o’clock. I’d better go now. Host:______.
A．OK. Please walk slowly.
B．Why do you want to go now? Don’t you want to stay?
C．Won’t you stay for another cup of coffee?
D．Yeah,it Ds really late. Why not immediately?
正确答案：C
解析：客人说再见，而主人尽力挽留他多待一会。

C是最佳选择。

应注意，A选项是汉语习惯说法的直译，不合英文习惯，一定要避免。

综上所述，对完成对话部分来说，关键是要掌握和熟悉英语常用功能表达法，以及常见的对话表达方式。

43．Wang: I’ve got an appointment. I’m going to meet a friend in London at 3 p.m. It’s already a quarter past 2. ______ David: I’m going to London. I can give you a lift if you like. Wang: Could you really? That would be great.
A．I’ll never make it
B．I’ll never do it
C．I’ll never reach it
D．I’ll never attain it
正确答案：A
解析：从对话已知内容及选项看，题意是：时间太紧，去见朋友根本来不及。

A项I’ll never make it。

表示”根本做不到”，符合语意。

其他选项不适合这里的语境。

44．Phone caller: Hello. Could I please speak to Helen? Helen: ______.
A．Speaking
B．I am Helen
C．It’s me
D．This is me
正确答案：A
解析：接电话的Helen发现对方找的就是自己时，可以用This is Helen speaking，或者Helen is speaking，或者Speaking。

45．Cab driver: Here you are, sir. Queens Hotel. Passenger: How much is it?Cab driver: Three dollars and seventy-five cents.Passenger: Here is four dollars. ______.
A．Don’t give me the rest
B．It’s not necessary to give me the coins
C．Keep the change
D．I give up the pocket money
正确答案：C
解析：顾客付款时说“不用找零了”，英语习惯说Keep the change，注意，这里的“零钱”用change。

46．Paul: Peter, why don’t you come to Mary ‘s birthday party with us? Peter: ______
A．Sony? Let’s go right away.
B．Thank you. I’d love to.
C．Yeah, thanks anyway.
D．Whether I’ll go or not is not your business, OK?
正确答案：B
解析：本对话的语言功能是邀请和接受邀请。

B选项是接受邀请的正确表达法，意思为“谢谢，十分乐意”。

而其他3个选项的同答都有前后自相矛盾之处或与所提问题不相关联。

47．Speaker A: I missed Prof. Wang’s linguistics class again yesterday.Speaker B: ______
A．Congratulations!
B．How nice you are!
C．What a pity!
D．Have a nice weekend.
正确答案：C
解析：注意本对话的语言功能是应对不好的消息。

A和B是应对好消息的说法；D项不符合功能要求。

全句意思为“昨天我又没去上王教授的语言学课程。

”，“真可惜!”
48．Jane: Do you think he will come to my birthday party? Tom: ______
A．You can count on it
B．You can depend on it
C．You may think of it
D．You may be sure of it
正确答案：A
解析：针对Jane的话，Tom的回答意思应该是“你可以指望他会来。

”A选项与此相符。

49．Cathleen: Let’s take a coffee break, shall we? Yolanda: ______, but I can’t.
A．We shall
B．Yes, let’s
C．You will
D．I wish I could
正确答案：D
解析：本对话的语言功能为提建议和拒绝建议。

D项为常用拒绝建议的表达法。

其他选择项都不符合语境。

50．David: if things go on like this, I’ll start preparing my resume again. Colleague: ______.
A．Come on. It’s not that bad.
B．Yes, you are good at it.
C．Really? Congratulations!
D．It’s none of my business.
正确答案：A
解析：David的意思是：“如果事情像这样发展下去，我将又要开始准备我的简历了。

”言下之意为要换工作了。

他的同事则表示：事情没那么糟糕。

故选A。