学位英语考试真题及答案解析(二 )
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学位英语考试真题及答案解析（二）
Part I
Dialogue Completion (10 points)
Directions: In this part, there are 3
dialogues with 3 or 4 blanks, each followed by 4
choices marked A, B, C and D. Fill in
each blank with the choice that best suits the
situation until the dialogue is
complete. With Dialogue One, all the choices will
have
to be used. With Dialogue Two and
Dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused.
Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET
with a single bar through the Centre of
the letter that indicates your choice.
Dialogue One
Woman: I heard you’re moving to New
York.
Man: Yes. 1
Woman: Oh, that's great! 2
Man: Me, too. Let's keep in
touch.
Woman: Yeah, 3
Man: Trust me. I won't. I'll keep you
posted.
Woman: 4
Man: Well, I have your e-mail address.
Woman: All right! I look forward to
hearing from you soon. Good luck!
A. You have my address?
B.
Don't forget to drop me a line when you settle
down.
C. But I' m going to miss you.
D. I’ve
got an offer in
upstate New York.
Dialogue Two
M: Mrs. Tyler,
there is something I've been wondering about.
W: What is it?
M: Some
people say that women's work is in the house.
W:
5
Maybe it’s different in your
country.
M:
Well, of course, you hear all kinds of
ideas. But I think it's true. Women's work
is at home.
W:
6
But I think it
should be shared. What I' m saying is that women
should work
outside the house because
they can do a lot to help the family.
M: There is plenty to do at home. 7
W: Excuse me, but I don't
agree.
A. But I don't think
so.
B. Work at home is important, of
course.
C. Women do most work at home.
D. Besides, women are better at
housework and men are better at business.
Dialogue Three
Man: Let’s take a walk.
Woman: 8
Man:
Let me step outside and see. 9
Woman: So I have to put on my cap and
wear a jacket.
Man: Do you think we
should bring our gloves?
Woman: I think
we should, just in case it gets colder. 10
Man: Yes, but it may get
colder as the sun goes down.
A. So we'll get warmer as we walk.
B. I hear that it may snow in the
evening.
C. What’s the weather
like?
D. Oh, it’s a little
chilly.
Part II
Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions:
There are 4 passages in this part.
Each passage is followed by
5
questions or
unfinished
statements. For each of them there are 4 choices
marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the best one and mark your
answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar
through the Centre of the letter that
indicates your choice.
Passage 1
The top of the
world is a wonderland. In winter, the temperature
often falls to -30
degrees Fahrenheit
and the sun never rises. The ocean is surrounded
by frozen ground.
There are few people
or trees, but to polar bears, the Arctic is home.
Polar
bears
have
thick
fur,
big
paws
and
other
features
that
make
them
well
prepared for life in their tough
environment. In fact, they need the Arctic sea ice
for
survival. But climate change is
causing larger and larger areas of summer sea ice
to
melt.
Experts
say
that
if
warming
patterns
continue,
the
Arctic
could
be
free
of
summer
sea ice by 2050. That may cause two-thirds of the
word's 20,000 polar bears
to be gone by
then too.
Polar bears can’t
survive for long on land. Seals are their main
source of food. The
only place where
polar
bears can hunt
seals
is
on the ice. Although
these bears
are
strong
swimmers, they are no match for lightning swift
seals in the water. A polar bear
has
brilliantly clever strategies to overcome this
disadvantage. In winter the bear waits
motionl
ess beside a seal’s
breathing hole, which is a narrow tunnel through
the ice.
Often many hours pass before
the seal comes up for air and the bear kills it
with a
powerful blow of its paw. In
summer, the polar bears that live on land eat very
little
and wait for the sea ice to
return
With the sea ice forming later
in the year and melting earlier, polar bears do
not
have enough opportunity to hunt and
eat. Less sea ice makes it harder for the bears to
catch
the
seals.
The
bears
must
swim
longer
distances
between
ice
packs,
and
they
can’t
always
make
it.
The
ice
is
also
getting
thinner.
These
conditions
can
cause
polar-
bear cubs to become separated from their mothers,
who provide them with food.
Steven
Amstrup is the chief scientist of Polar Bear
International
北极熊国际
. The
group aims to save the bears and their
home.
and understand their difficult
situations, the better the chance we’ll alter our
warming
path in time to save
them,
11. Which is the best
title for the passage?
A. Climate
Change in the Arctic
B. How to
Protect the Environment
C. The Arctic
Is Home to Polar Bears
D. Polar Bears
in Danger
12. Where do polar bears
usually hunt seals?
A. On land.
B. In open water.
C. In openings in the sea ice
D. At the bottom of the sea.
13. The word
A.
adults
B. babies
C. hunters
D. enemies
14. According to
the passage, which of the following statements is
TRUE?
A. Starving polar bears are
increasingly coming into villages, where they may
be
killed either
for food or safety.
B. Polar
bears can spend their entire lives on land if the
sea ice melts completely.
C. Two-thirds
of the world's polar bears may disappear by 2050
as global warming
continues.
D.
The
growing
distance
between
ice
packs
is
not
a
problem
for
polar
bears,
because they are excellent swimmers.
15. What’s the mission of Polar Bears
International?
A. Saving
energy.
B.
Conducting scientific research.
C.
Seeking international cooperation.
D.
Saving polar bears and their home.
Passage 2
The
exact number of English words is not known. The
large dictionaries have over
half
a
million
entries,
but
many
of
these
are
compound
words
(
schoolroom,
sugar
bowl)
or
different
derivatives
of
the
same
word
(
rare-
rarely,
rarefy)
,
and
a
good
many are
obsolete
words to help us read older literature.
Dictionaries do not attempt
to cover
completely words that we can draw on: the informal
vocabulary, especially
slang,
localism,
the
terms
of
various
occupations
and
professions;
words
used
only
occasionally by scientists and
specialists in many fields; foreign words borrowed
for
use in English; or many new words
or new senses of words that come into use every
year and that may or may not be used
long enough to warrant being included. It would
be conservative to say that there are
over a million English words that any of us might
meet
in
our
listening
and
reading
and
that
we
may
draw
on
in
our
speaking
and
writing.
Professor Seashore concluded that
first-graders enter school with at least 24, 000
words
and add 5,000 each
year so that they leave high school
with
at
least
80,000.
These figures are
for recognition vocabulary, the words we
understand when we read
or
hear
them.
Our
active
vocabulary,
the
words
we
use
in
speaking
and
writing
is
considerably smaller.
You
cannot
always produce a word exactly
when you want it. But consciously
using
the
words
you
recognize
in
reading
will
help
get
them
into
your
active
vocabulary.
Occasionally
in
your
reading
pay
particular
attention
to
these
words,
especially when the subject is one that
you might well write or talk about. Underline
or make a list of words that you feel a
need for and look up the less familiar ones in a
dictionary. And then before very long
find a way
to
use
some of them.
Once
you
know how they are
pronounced and what they stand for, you can safely
use them.
16. According to
the author’s estimation, there
are ____
words in English.
A. more than half a
million
B.
at least 24,000
C. at least 80,000
D. more than a million
17.
The
italicized
word
in
the
first
paragraph
is
closest
in
meaning
to
_____
A. no longer in use
B.
profound
C. colorful
D.
common
18. One's
recognition vocabulary is ______.
A.
less often used than his active vocabulary
B. smaller than
his active vocabulary
C. as large as
his active vocabulary
D. much larger than his active
vocabulary
19. The author does not
suggest getting recognition vocabulary into active
vocabulary
by _____.
A.
making a list of words you need and looking up the
new ones in a dictionary
B. spending
half an hour studying the dictionary
C.
consciously using the words you recognize in
reading
D. trying to use the words you
recognize
20. From the passage we learn
that _____.
A. dictionaries completely
cover the words we can make use of
B.
C.
once
you
know
how
a
word
is
pronounced
and
what
it
represents,
you
have
turned it into your
active word
D. active vocabulary refers
to words we understand when we read and hear them
Passage 3
In 1991, when announced to be HIV
positive,
of a disease that the public
still had a lot to learn about. The basketball
star established
the
Magic
Johnson
Foundation
that
year
and
took
a
leading
role
on
the
public
relations and fund-
raising fronts in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Fifteen years later,
there is still
more work to do.