Non-English Major Graduate Student English Qualifying Test (GET)
（June 22，2013）
A卷
考生注意事项
一、本考试试卷由两部分组成：试卷一（Paper One）包括听力理解、词汇、阅读理解三个
部分、共55题；试卷二（Paper Two）包括翻译与写作两部分，共7题。所有题按顺 序统一编号。两份试卷合并装订成试题册。
二、试卷一（题号1-55）为客观评分题。答案一律用中性（HB）铅笔做在答题卡上，在对 应题号下所选的字母中间画黑道，如 [A] [B] [C] [D]。
三、试卷二为主观评分题，答案一律写在主观答题纸Answer Sheet II上。答题前，请仔细 阅读试卷二前的注意事项。
四、请在试题册上写清姓名和准考证号，考试终了时与答题卡和答题纸一并交回。 答题卡 和答题纸上须写清姓名和准考证号，不得作任何记号，否则答案无效。
五、试卷一为65分钟。听力理解部分时间以放完录音为准，大约20分钟。 其余部分所占 时间与得分均标在试卷上，由考生自行掌握。
六、试卷二为55分钟。考试终了时间一到，考生一律停笔，将试题册、答题卡及主观答题 纸放在座位上，待监考老师收点无误后，经主考教师宣布本考试结束方可离开考场。
试卷一（Paper One）
Part I
LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 minutes, 20 points, 1 question 1 point)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read:
A. 2 hours. B. 3 hours. C. 4 hours. D. 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
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1. A. The flight has been canceled. B. The plane is late.
C. The plane is on time. D. The tickets for this flight have been sold out. 2. A. He is not to blame. B. It was his fault.
C. He will accept all responsibility. D. He will be more careful next time. 3. A. The man is a forgetful person. B. The typewriter is not new. C. The man can have the typewriter later. D. The man misunderstood her.
4. A. There will be heavy fog in all areas. B. There will be heavy rain by midnight. C. There will be heavy fog in the east. D. There will be fog in all areas by midnight. 5. A. She’s scornful. B. She’s angry. C. She’s sympathetic. D. She’s worried. 6. A. He likes the job of a dish-washer because it pays well.
B. He thinks it’s important to have a good job from the beginning. C. He hates to be a dish-washer because it’s boring.
D. He would work as a dish-washer in summer if he has to. 7. A. She must learn to understand John’s humor better. B. She enjoys John’s humor a great deal. C. She doesn’t appreciate John’s humor. D. She thinks John is not funny enough.
8. A. Joan may have taken a wrong train. B. Joan will miss the next conference.
C. Joan won’t come to the conference. D. Joan may be late for the opening speech. 9. A. She has been dismissed for her poor performance. B. She has been fired by the company.
C. She has been granted leave for one month. D. She has been offered a new job.
10. A. It will last for two weeks. B. It has come to a halt. C. It will end before long. D. It will probably continue.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. Washing plates. B. Clearing tables.
C. Shining shoes. D. sweeping the floor. 12. A. He must work six days a week.
B. He should never be late for work. C. He must study hard in his spare time.
D. He should not bring his friends to the restaurant. 13. A. To pay him for his work. B. To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.
C. To give his friends free drinks.
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D. To allow him to have more free time.
14. A. Because the boy was not a full-time worker. B. Because the boy had made some mistakes.
C. Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements. D. Because he thought it was his son who should pay him.
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. A. Watching traditional plays. B. Visiting the magnificent libraries.
C. Boating on the river. D. Cycling in narrow streets. 16. A. There are many visitors there. B. There are many students there.
C. There are many old streets there. D. There are many bicycles there. 17. A. He thinks the city is too crowded. B. He likes the place very much.
C. He thinks the streets are too narrow.
D. He admires the comfortable life of the students there.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A. He was good at writing about interesting people. B. It was much easier to write stories about people.
C. He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people. D. He thought people played an important role in world events. 19. A. Action. B. World News.
C. Enterprise. D. Faces and places. 20. A. He is a sportsman. B. He is an actor.
C. He is a photographer. D. He is a publisher.
Part II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point for each question)
Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one word or a set of words 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. It is doubtful whether anyone can be a truly impartial observer of events. A. related B. impassive C. genius D. unprejudiced
22. It is difficult to discern the sample that is on the slide unless the microscope is adjusted properly.
A. Overlook B. disclaim C. discard D. detect
23. After three months training, these students can explicitly interpret what they have observed. A. inextricably B. roughly C. cleverly D. clearly 24. At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in process. A. endure B. make C. overcome D. fight against 25. The nurse was dismissed because she was found to be negligent. A. disregardful B. negative C. lethal D. legible
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26. Don't meddle in my affairs, and in fact I can handle them properly by myself. A. interfere B. interest C. involve D. attend
27. Deceptively simple in design, the sculptural works of George Norton incorporate a broad range of textures, sizes, and contours.
A. Misleadingly B. Generally C. Noticeably D. Exceptionally
28. This improvement meant that the exposure time was reduced to only a fraction of a second in bright light.
A. fracture B. number C. fragment D. minority
29. The lawyer made an appeal to the judge, asking him to be gentle with his clients. A. a pledge B. a demand C. a plea D. an excuse
30. Yet beyond that tragic picture, there is a revolution at work in world agriculture. A. reflective B. grievous C. intolerable D. illusive
Section B
Directions: There are 5 sentences in this section. Each sentence has a blank for you to fill in. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is best to fill in the blank. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
31. We must always ____ our employees informed of the changing situations if we want to do well in the new market.
A. maintain B. sustain C. keep D. retain
32. It never ____ to him that the answer to the complicated question was so easy. A. recollected B. occurred C. meant D. happened
33. All the workers working here must ____ to the security rules and regulations strictly. A. confirm B. confront C. confine D. conform 34. Faced with all the difficulties, the girl ____ her mother for comfort.
A. turned over B. turned from C. turned to D. turned up 35. I'd rather you _____ those important documents with you.
A. don't take B. didn't take C. won't take D. not take
Part III READING COMPREHENSION (35 minutes, 30 points, 1.5 points for each question)
Directions: In this part of the test, there are FOUR short passages for you to read. 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 bracket on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Passage One
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food, which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a
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lot of radiation damage.
Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
36. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ______. A. it protects him against the harmful rays from space B. it provides sufficient light for plant growth
C. it supplies the heat necessary for human survival D. it screens off the falling meteors
37. We know from the passage that ________.
A. exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal B. the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming C. radiation is avoidable in space exploration
D. astronauts in spacesuits needn’t worry about radiation damage 38. The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members _______.
A. is insignificant B.seems overestimated C. is enormous D. remains unknown 39. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. the Apollo mission was very successful
B. protection from space radiation is no easy job
C. astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren D. radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers 40. The best title for this passage would be _______.
A. The Atmosphere and Our Environment B. Research on Radiation C. Effects of Space Radiation D. Importance Protection Against Radiation
Passage Two
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western
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2013年6月非英语专业硕士研究生英语测试试卷A卷（附完整参考答案）
