北京科技大学研究生英语考试真题

2005/12 Listening Comprehension
1. A. 5 minutes.
B. 15 minutes.
C. 20 minutes.
D. 25 minutes
2. A. $200.
B. $400.
C. $300.
D. $500.
3. A. Because he has been hiding lately.
B. Because he has been busy preparing his trip.
C. Because he has been back home.
D. Because he has to work hard for traveling
expense.
4. A. On a three-week trip.
B. To their neighbors.
C. On the way back home.
D. To work.
5. A. She gladly accepted it.
B. She declined it politely.
C. She firmly turned it down.
D. She didn’t know what to do.
6. A. The girl’s father had an accident yesterday.
B. The girl’s father was still in serious condition.
C. The girl’s father has been told about his
daughter’s real condition.
D. The girl’s father doesn’t know anything about his
daughter’s real condition.
7. A. 144 pounds.
B. 164 pounds.
C. 140 pounds.
D. 154 pounds.
8. A. A new flat.
B. A trip to the island.
C. A disease.
D. A recent fire.
9. A. Because of the bad weather.
B. Because the food has spoiled.
C. Because some people are sick.
D. Because they had to prepare for an exam.
10. A. Science and Technology
B. Arts and Social Sciences
C. Architecture
D. Humanities
11. A. Psychology, sociology, history and economics
B. Psychology, sociology, history and linguistics
C. Biology, sociology, history and linguistics
D. Biology, sociology, history and economics
12. A. They have difficulties seeing their lectures
B. They fail meeting deadlines for an essay
C. They have difficulty going to classes
D. Their lecturers are unavailable
13. A. At the beginning of the work day.
B. In the middle of the work day.
C. At the end of the work day.
D. In the evening.
14. A. In the basement.
B. On the top floor.
C. In a cafeteria.
D. In the middle of the building.
15. A. They took emergency elevators.
B. They were rescued by the firemen.
C. They waited until things returned to normal.
D. They walked down the stairs.
Notes about the lecture: What is Happiness? Common myths about money and happiness:
16. For very poor people—
17. For very wealthy people—
For middle-class people—
They are not less happy than wealthy people./
Happiness does not depend on money.
The three qualities happy people have:
18. _________________________________
19. _________________________________
20. _________________________________
Transcript (Dec 25, 2005)
1. W: How far do you live from the school?
M: It takes about 20 minutes to drive from my house to the school. But during rush hour, it will take 5
minutes more.
Q: How much time does it take, if the man drives from the school to home during the rush hour?
2. W: How much money will I have to spend to rent an
apartment in America? I’ll on ly have $500 a
month.
M: Your rent should be about 3/5 of that.
Q: How much should the man’s rent be?
3. W: Tom, I’m glad I ran into you. I’ve been trying to
call you but you’re never home. Where have you
been hiding lately?
M: Actually I’ve been very busy recently. I’m getting ready to go to the States for Christmas,
and I have a million things to do.
Q: Why couldn’t the woman get the man on the phone?
4. W: Did you turn off the light and check the locks on
all the doors and windows?
M: Yes, an d I told the neighbors we’d be gone for three weeks. They’ll keep an eye on the house
for us. And the Smiths said they would go to
China the next year, too.
Q: Where are the man and woman going?
5. M: Hi, Mary, would you like to go to the concert
with me?
W: I’d like to, but I’m afraid I have to study tonight, because I have an exam tomorrow afternoon. Q: How does Mary respond to the man’s invitation?
6. M: Is the girl who had an accident yesterday still in
serious condition?
W: I’m afraid she is,but we’ve kept the news from her father.
Q: What can be concluded from the conversation?
7. W: Bob told me you were on a diet. How much
weight have you lost?
M: Well, to start with, I weighed 150 pounds. The first three weeks I took off ten pounds, but then I
gained back four over the holidays.
Q: How much does the man weigh now?
8. M: Have you had that new flu that’s going around?
W: No, but I hear it’s spreading like wildfire.
Q: What are the two speakers talking about?
9. M: The monitor sai d that we’d have to postpone the
outing until Sunday because of the strong wind. W: It’s a shame because all the food has already been ordered and will probably spoil.
Q: Why was the outing postponed?
Mini-Talk One
Good morning and welcome to the University of Westlands. My name is Marcia Mayhew and I’m the coordinator of the Bachelor of Science degree. This morning I’d like to tell you about the structure of the university and about some of the requirements of the degree that you’re about to enter.The Bachelor of Social Science is in one faculty within the university; that is the faculty where I work, known as Arts and Social Sciences. Here on this campus we also have the faculties of Architecture, Law and Science and Technology among others.
It’s important to know something about the structure of the faculty because, as you go through your course, you may need to call on members of the staff to help you.
At the top of the faculty we have a dean and below the dean we have three divisions; each division has a divisional head and your degree is located in the Division of Social Sciences. Within each of the divisions, there are the departments and each of these offers the different degrees. For instance, two of the departments which offer the major subjects for your award are Sociology and Psychology. Each has a departmental head but for practical purposes, the people you are going to see the most are myself as coordinator of the social sciences degree and the actual lecturers who are teaching the subjects that you are taking. For instance, in the first semester you’ll be doing four subjects: psychology, sociology, history and economics.
If you have any problems or difficulties, not that I’m anticipating you will, but you never know, then you should go and see your lecturers. For instance, you may find that you can’t meet a deadline for an essay or perhaps you’re having problems with attendance. These seem to be the two most common problems that students face.
10. Within which faculty does the speaker work?
11. What are the subjects offered in the first semester
in this course?
12. What is one of the problems the students may
have?
Mini-Talk Two
On February 26, 1993, a giant explosion shook the World Trade Center. One minute later, smoke began to fill the stairways, halls, and offices. All power and emergency systems were knocked out. There were no lights, no elevators, and no electricity. Over fifty thousand people were working in the building at the time.
It was 12:18 on a typical work day. People were making business calls, writing reports, or attending business meetings. Many were on their lunch break and were eating in one of the building’s cafeterias. Also, thousands of people were visiting the building. Some were standing on the observation floor; others were eating lunch at Windows of the World, an expensive restaurant on the top floor.
The bomb exploded in the basement area. One woman was getting out of her car in the parking garage; it blew off her shoes. A man was waiting for the train; it blew off his hat. A secretary was typing at her desk. She fell through the floor sitting in her chair.
In the building, people were not sure what to do. Smoke was coming up the stairs and into the offices. Was the building on fire? Should they stay in their offices? Should they start to walk down the stairs?
Most people decided to walk. There were no lights on the stairs and people were falling and tripping. Everyone was coughing because of the heavy smoke. But most people were calm. Some people counted steps, some people sang. Over sixty thousand workers and visitors walked down the stairs that day, some from the 80th, 90th, and 100th floors. For people on the top floors, the walk down took two and more hours. As people left the building, emergency workers were waiting with oxygen, warm drinks, and blankets.
Some people said they would never go back into the building. They said, “I just can’t go back up there. Not now, not ever.” But others were ready to go back to work again soon. They s aid, “It happened. It’s over.”
13. When did the explosion occur?
14. When did the bomb explode?
15. How did most people inside the building get out? Section C
All of us have had the feeling of happiness, but what is happiness exactly? Why are some people happier than others? How can you be happy? Well,
recently psychologists have been studying these questions. Today I will try to answer some of these questions about happiness. First I’ll talk about a common myth about happiness and money. Then I’ll tell you some important qualities in the personality of happy people.
First, let’s talk about a common myth about money and happiness. How many of you believe that if you have a lot of money, you’ll be happy? Well, there is common myth that if people have a lot of money, they will be happy. But actually, this isn’t true. One psychologist, Dr. David Myers, talked to hundreds of people. He asked these people questions about happiness.
First, he found that if people are very poor, it is difficult for them to be happy. When people are very poor, they often don’t have enough food to eat or a house to live in. They have to work hard, and they worry a lot about the future. So, when people are very poor, it is difficult for them to be happy.
So, in some way, in some sense, money and happiness do go together.
However, Dr. Myers also found that when he talked to middle-class and wealthy people, the wealthy people were no happier than the middle-class people. Look at picture one. In other words, people who have big houses, expensive cars, and fancy clothing are not really happier than people with small houses, simple cars, and regular clothing. Dr. Myers found that some wealthy people were happy, and some wealthy people were not happy, just like middle-class people. So this tells us that happy people don’t need a lot of money—happiness doesn’t depend on money. There are other, more important things that make people happy.
We can see from Dr. Myers’s study that happiness doesn’t depend on how much money you h ave. But what does make people happy? Well, Dr. Myers found that happiness depend a lot on a person’s personality—how a person thinks and feels. Whether you have a lot of money or not, if you have the right kind of personality, you can be happy. Dr. Myers found three qualities in the personality of happy people.
The first quality is that happy people like themselves.Look at Picture two. Happy people like being the kind of person they are: They don’t want to be taller, or thinner, or smarter. On the other hand, unhappy people often want to change. For example, some movie stars are very wealthy, beautiful, and popular, but they are still unhappy. They are unhappy because they always want to change: they want to be
younger, or more beautiful, or more popular. However, happy people are different—they like themselves just the way they are now.
The second quality is that happy people are positive thinkers—they think about the good things in life, not the bad things. We all have problems in our lives. However, happy people think more about the good things, not about the problems. When bad things happen, a happy person feels that life will get better. On the other hand, unhappy people think a lot of their problems, and they become sadder and more unhappy. For them, life is often one big problem. Happy people have the same problems, but they are positive thinkers.
The third quality is that happy people are outgoing and friendly. Look at Picture three. Happy people like to be around other people, and they like to make new friends. Because happy people are friendly and outgoing, everyone wants to be their friend! This means that happy people have many friends to help them enjoy the good times in their lives, and they also have many friends to help them solve their problems during difficult times. Happy people also get better jobs because companies want to have friendly, outgoing people working for them. So being outgoing and friendly helps happy people in many ways.
In conclusion, I think that Dr. Myers has a lot of important information for us about happiness. If you want to be happier, remember that a lot of money will not always make you happier. Instead, try to like yourself as you are, be a positive thinker, and be outgoing and friendly.。