2007-6研究生学位英语考题及答案

2007年6月
PART I
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
(25 minutes, 20 points)
Section A
Directions：In this section, 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 conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. A. He doesn't like classic music．
B. He feels sorry to decline the offer.
C. He is eager to go to the concert.
D. He hasn’t got a ticket yet.
2. A. At the garage．
B. At the restaurant，
C. At the supermarket.
D. At the office．
3. A. Tony doesn’t always listen．
B. Tony has hearing problems．
C. It’s unusual that Tony missed the interview.
D. Tony often forgets himself.
4. A. The weather is generally cooler and drier.
B. The weather is generally warmer and wetter.
C. The weather is moderately hot.
D. The weather is usually changeable．
5. A. A doctor.
B. An operator.
C. A nurse.
D. A dentist.
6. A. $0.35
B. $3.50
C. $3.05
D.＄30.5
7. A. He had something wrong with his watch．
B. He thought the meeting was for a different day.
C. His oral presentation was not well-prepared．
D. He was not paying attention to the time．
8. A. He didn’t attend Professor Smith’s class last time．
B. He thinks the class will meet as scheduled．
C. The woman should pose a more serious question．
D. Professor Smith often cancels classes for the long weekend．
9. The woman does not drink beer.
B. It was not the woman’s coat．
C. The woman just had her coat cleaned．
D. The woman is not angry with the man．
Directions：In this section you will hear two mini- talks. At the end of each talk: there will be some questions. Both the talks 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 tour choices given by marking I the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your
machine-scoring Answer Sh eet.‘
Mini-Talk One
10. A. 850,000 children, around two percent, are currently learning at home．
B. School system provides teachers for homeschooling.
C. All the states in the U.S. permit homeschooling.
D. Homeschooled children are never expected to go to college．
11. A. Because their children do not like attending schools．
B. Because they love their children too much to send them away from home.
C. Because homeschooling provides more time for the family to be together.
D. Because they are able to help their kids to learn more social skills．
12. A. A variety of honeybee.
B. A geographic magazine.
C. A National Home School Honor Society.
D. A national top competition．
Mini-Talk Two
13. A. Importance of biodiversity
B. Protection of wild species．
C. Farm pollution.
D. Agricultural methods.
14. A. Rice, maize, potato and wheat.
B. Corn, bean, rice and wheat.
C. Potato, maize, bean and rice.
D. Rice, corn, wheat and sweet potato..
15．A. They can. harm wetlands, rivers and other environments needed to support life.
B. They can destroy crops, native species and property.
C. They spread in areas they are not native to with natural controls，
D. They hardly survive different conditions．
Section C (1 point each)
Lecture Topic: Getting a good night’s sleep
16) There are several _____________ drugs available to help people sleep.
If you don’t want to use drugs, there are some things you can do on your own to help get a good
night’s sleep:
17) 1:_____________________________________________
18) 2:_____________________________________________
19) 3:_____________________________________________
20) 4:_____________________________________________
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 machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
21. Nothing can be more absurd than to say that human beings are doomed．
A. compelling
B. rational
C. ridiculous
D. ambiguous
22. The Chinese government continues to uphold the principle of peaceful. co-existence．
A. support
B. restrict
C. raise
D. modify
23. Patients are expected to comply with doctors’ instructions for quick recovery.
A. improve on
B. abide by
C. draw upon
D. reflect on
24. Scientists have achieved findings substantial enough to remove our fear of GM foods．
A. abundant
B. controversial
C. conducive
D. convincing
25. Those students who have made adequate preparations for the test will be better off.
A. more wealthy
B. less successful
C. dismissed earlier
D. favorably positioned
26. If you hold on to a winning attitude，you’ll make a greater effort and also create positive
momentum.
A. influence
B. strength
C. outlook
D. consequence
27. Academic integrity is deemed essential to those devoted to scientific researches．
A. believed
B. discarded
C. advocated
D. confirmed
28. Customers in these markets of antiques are good at slashing prices.
A. assessing
B. cutting
C. elevating
D. altering
29. The public attached great importance to the news that prices of housing would be brought under
control．
A. joined
B. ascribed
C. fastened
D. diverted
30. Thousands of people left their rural homes and flocked into the cities to live beside the
new factories.
A. dashed
B. filed
C. strolled
D. swarmed
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。

，phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
31. __________ this dull life，the full-time mom decided to find a part-time job.
A. Tied up with
B. Fed up with
C. Wrapped up in
D. Piled up with
32. In the letter, my friend said that he would love to have me as a guest in his ________home．
A. humble
B. obscure
C. inferior
D. lower
33. Tom is sick of city life, so he buys some land in Alaska, as far from _________ as possible．
A. humidity
B. humanity
C. harmony
D. honesty
34. As an important _________ for our emotions and ideas，music can play a huge role in our life．
A. vessel
B. vest
C. venture
D. vehicle
35. The day is past when the country can afford to give high school diploma to all who __________six
years of instruction．
A. set about
B. run for
C. sit through
D. make for
36. The wages of manual laborers stay painfully low, meaning digitalization could drive an even deeper
_________ between the rich and poor.
A. boundary
B. difference
C. wedge
D. variation
37. A farmer must learn the kinds of crops best _________ the soils on his farm．
A. accustomed to
B. committed to
C. applied to
D. suited to
38. The sun is so large that if it were _________, it would hold a million earths.
A. elegant
B. immense
C. hollow
D. clumsy
39. This patient’s life could be, saved only by a major operation. That would _________ her to a high
risk.
A. expose
B. lead
C. contribute
D. send
40. It takes a year for the earth to make each __________, or revolution, around the sun.
A. tour
B. travel
C. visit
D. trip
PART III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)…
1 Directions：There are ten questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word。

；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 machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Harvard University's under-graduate education is: being reformed so that it includes some time spent outside the US and more science courses the US Cable Nears Network (CNN) has reported. For the first time in 30 years; Harvard is __41__ its under-graduate curriculum. William Kirby; dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, said this __42__ what many people had said that Harvard's curriculum did not provide enough choice and encourage premature specialization.
“Harvard needs to __43__ its education for a world where global connections, cross disciplinary research, and science in general are ever more important;” said Kirby
Particularly __44__ is the idea that students need to spend time overseas, either in a traditional. study-abroad program or over a summer, perhaps doing an internship or research.
Students can either find the program themselves or __45__ some exchange programs offered by the university.
“__ 46__ studying Chinese history without leaving the university; students interested in the subject should be spending a: semester at .a university in China.”
It was also recommended that Harvard __47__ its required “core curriculum”: The core curriculum was an effort created in 1978 to broaden education by requiring students to choose from a list of courses in several areas of study. Classes often focused on a highly __48__ topic and emphasized “ways of knowing”.
Under a new plan, the curriculum would be replaced with a set of __49__ “Harvard College Courses”, emphasizing knowledge over methodology and __50__ wider territory. A life sciences course, for example, might combine molecular and evolutionary biology and psychology, rather than focusing on one of those, said Benedict Gross, Harvard College dean.
41. A. inspecting B. reviewing C. searching D. underlying
42. A. in accordance with B. in line with C. in charge of D. in response to
43. A. update B. uphold C. upset D. upward
44. A. trust-worthy B. note-worthyC. praise-worthy D. reward worthy
45. A. turn out B. turn in C. turn to D. turn over
46. A. In spite of B. As if C. Let alone D. Rather than
47. A. perish B. destroy C. abolish D. denounce
48. A. appropriate B. imaginative C. special D. specific
49. A. optical B. optional C. opposite D. optimistic
50. A. sparing B. spiraling C. spanning D. sparkling
PART V TRANSLATION (30 minutes，20 points)
Section A (15 minutes, 10 points)
Directions：Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.
In this book, we offer advice that we hope will seem reasonable and worth serious consideration．But as any experienced writer knows, there are occasions when even the best advice may not apply. The demands of writing for different audiences，with different purposes，on different subjects，at different levels of formality are so varied that they cannot begin to be anticipated in a book like this, and we recognize that what is appropriate for ore piece of writing may not be appropriate for another. In most cases，you will have to avoid ambiguity at all costs so as not to leave your words open to misinterpretation.
Section B (15 minutes, 10 points)
Directions：Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.
中国克持续发展所依赖的有限的自然资源正在锐减。

一方面是生产规模在不断扩大，消耗更多的能源；另一方面是缺少能高效利用能源的生产设备。

这迫使我们思考如何为后人留下足够的环境空间以使他们实现他们的愿望。

PART VI WRITING (30 minutes，10 points)
Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "Publish or Perish?" Your composition should be based on the information given below:
Many universities require each graduate student to have at least one paper published before getting the master’s degree. They say this is a good way to evaluate the graduate students．What do you think about this?
Keys to the Test
Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
S A
1. C
2. B 3．A 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.D S. B 9.D
S B
10.C 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.A 15．B
S C
16．over-the-counter
17．Keep the room dark.
18．Control the room sounds．
19．Limit bedroom activity.
20．Create a sleep and wake schedule．
PART II VOCABULARY（10 minutes, 10 points)
S A
21.. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D
26. B 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. D
S B
31.B 32.A 33.B 34.D 35.C
36. C 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. D
PART III CLOZE TEST（10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)
41.B 42.D 43.A 44.B 45.C
46.D 47:C 48.D 49.B 50.C
PART IV SING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes，30 points, 1 point each)
51. C 52. D 53. A 54.,B 55. C
56. B 57. A 58. B 59. B 60. A
61. A 62. A 63．D 64.A 65.B
66. C 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. C
71．B 72.D 73.C 74.B 75.C
76. A 77. B 78. D 79. A 80. D
TRANSLATION (30 minutes, 20 points)
在本书中，我们提出一些建议，、我们希望这些建议看起来合理并值得认真考虑。

但有经验的作者都知道，有时即使是最好的建议也可能不适用。

写书要针对不同的读者，具有不同的目的，有关不同的题材，语言的正式程度也不同，所有这一切所提出的种种要求，本书是无法预见到的。

我们也意识到对某一作品是合适的内容而对另一作品来说可能不合适。

在多数情况下，你只好不惜代价把含义表达清楚避免含义不清），目的是防止人们随意曲解你使用的文字。

The limited natural resources on which China’s sustainable development depends are
declining sharply. On one hand, the expanding scale of production leads to (results in) increased consumption of energy／the scale of production keeps expanding, consuming more energy. On the other hand，production facilities (equipment) that can utilize energy efficiently are lacking. That (This) forces us to think about how to leave enough environmental space to future generations (our offspring) so that they can fulfill their aspirations．
PART I
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
(25 minutes，20 points)
Directions: In this section, 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 conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. W: Say, Michael, if you like classic music，we've got an extra ticket for the concert on
Sunday. Care to join us？
M：Gee, how could I turn down an offer like this？
Q：What does the man mean?
2. M：We thought we'd all go out for lunch today. Can you be ready to leave at twelve
o'clock?
W: I have to pick up my car and do a couple of other errands, so I'll just come straight to the restaurant．
Q：Where will the woman meet her friends?
3. W: I must have told Tony five times not to forget the interview, and he still missed it.
M：Well, you know Tony--everything's in one ear and out the other.
Q：What does the man mean?
4. M：The weather is certainly unusual for this time of the year.
W: Yeah. So warm and humid．
Q：What is the weather generally like？
5. W: Which department do you want to register with?
M：I'd like to see a physician．I don't know which clinic．I have a rash all over my body. It itches badly.
Q：What is the woman's occupation probably?
6. M：I’d like to exchange this red sweater that I bought yesterday for the blue one．
W: The blue one is only＄11.95，and the red one is＄15.
Q：Approximately how much does the clerk owe the man?
7. W: What happened？We were supposed to meet here at 6．I've been waiting for you almost 30
minutes.
M: Sorry. I was working all day for my oral presentation and I got so wrapped up in it that I completely lost track of the time.
Q：What does the man mean?
8．W: Is chemistry class cancelled next Friday for the long weekend?
M: Professor Smith cancelled the class? You've got to be kidding?
Q: What does the man imply?．
9. M: I'm sorry. Is that your coat over there? I just spilt beer on it.
W. It's no big deal. I was taking it to the cleaner's anyway.
Q：What can be inferred from the conversation?
Directions: In this section you will bear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks 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 letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Mini-Talk One
Questions 10-12 are based on the talk you have just heard.
The new school year has begun in America. But some children do not go to school．Instead, they learn at home，usually with their parents as teachers．Educational companies，libraries，school systems and the Internet provide families with teaching material．
Homeschooling is increasingly popular. Homeschooling groups estimate that two-million children, around two percent, learn at home．The last government estimate was 850,000 in 1999．Current numbers are not expected until next year.
Some parents choose home schooling because of their religious beliefs．Others say it provides more time for the family to be together. Many parents also believe homeschooling avoids problems of a lot of traditional schools．One problem is classes with too many students．Critics though; say children need to attend school with other children to help them learn things like social skills. They also say that some homeschooled children do not get a very good education. All fifty states and the District of Columbia permit homeschooling. Some，however, require more preparation by parents or testing of children than others do．
There is even a National Home School Honor Society. Membership is based in part on.. the same tests that students take in school. Homeschooled children go to college and have also won top competitions. These include this year's National Geographic Bee．Fourteen-year-old James Williams. knew that the Indian state of Goa is a former colony of Portugal.
10. Which of the following is true about homeschooling in America?
11. Why do some parents choose homeschooling?
12. What is the National Geographic Bee?
Mini-talk Two
Questions 13-15 are based on the talk you have just beard.
An environment that is biologically diverse has lots of different plants and animals. This is needed for people to have enough high-quality food to lead active and healthy lives．The idea of biodiversity recognizes that natural systems are complex and depend on one another.
In agriculture, depending on only a few crops can be dangerous．One example is the Great Potato Famine in the eighteen forties．Ireland depended on potatoes as a food resource．But a disease ruined the crop for several years．More than one million people died from hunger.
Yet experts say the world depends on only four crops to provide half its food energy from plants．These are wheat, maize; rice and .potato．The experts say it is important to support a large
number of different food crops and farm animals that can survive different conditions．Such diversity helps to reduce the risk from losing one main crop．
Farmers also have a responsibility to protect wild specie．The Food and Agriculture Organization says more than forty percent of all land is used for agriculture．Farm fields are an important place for wild animals to live and reproduce．Also，farmers must consider the effects that agriculture has on the environment. Farm pollution or poor agricultural methods can harm wetlands, rivers and other environments needed to support life，
Invasive species are a severe threat to biodiversity Plants and animals often spread without natural controls when they enter areas they are not native to．They can destroy crops，native species and property. Invasive species cost the world economy thousands of millions of dollars each year.
13. What does this report mainly talk about?
14. According to experts, what are the four crops the world chiefly depends on?
15. Why are .invasive species a severe threat to biodiversity?
Directions: In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will bear the recording twice. After the recording you are asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet.
You now have 25 seconds to read the notes below.
An estimated 50 million to 70 million Americans suffer from insomnia, an umbrella term for trouble falling or staying asleep and other sleep problems·
A good night's sleep is more important to our sense of well-being in the short term than it is to our health．It feels terrible when you miss a night's sleep, but it won't kill you．Long-term, it can lead to health issues if you keep missing sleep. You feel drowsy and not clear-headed；driving and operating machinery can be dangerous．Long-term effects include depression and anxiety, heart failure，hypertension and even obesity. It is a health hazard．
What causes insomnia? There are a lot of causes，from worrying about not sleeping, to stress, to eating too much or too little before bed, drinking too much alcohol, caffeine; side effects from common medications，and more．
There are several over-the-counter drugs available to＿help people sleep; but if you don't want to use drugs，、there are some things you can do on your own to help get a good night's sleep：Keep the room dark: The thing that tells your body it's nighttime is when it's dark. Even a little bit of light can send the message to your brain to wakeup. Control the room sounds：If you’re a light sleeper, the slightest noise will wake you up．If your mate snores，change rooms；if there’s street noise, close windows.‘
Limit bedroom activity：Don't do anything in bed but go to sleep．Get rid of television, computers，books．Don't eat in bed．
Create a sleep and wake schedule：Pick the time you want to go to bed every night and wake up every morning, including weekends，and stick to it，If you mess up that strict schedule, don't try to catch up．。