同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试模拟试题2

Paper One 试卷一 (90 minutes)

Part I: Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each) Section A 　Dialogue Completion

Direction: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. A: What do you plan to do for the next weekend? So far I have no plans at all. B: __________

A. Sorry, It is not my business. B. So I do. C. I have nothing to say. D. You could go swimming. 2. A: You are a college student. Tell me what you would like to do? B: __________

A. I like to take a taxi.

B. I don’t know, but I like to develop computer software. C. I will go and have fun with my classmates. D. I don’t know, but I like to have a choice.

3. A: Let me introduce myself. I am Henry.

B: __________Henry. I am Peter Brow. Call me Peter or Mr.Brown. A. How do you do? B. It’s nice. C. It’s very kink of you. D. How is it?

4. A: Where is Mike this morning? Have you seen him?

B: No. I think he’s got a cold. Yesterday, he was not feeling well. A: __________

A. Just tell him to take it easy. B. He is absent. C. What’s the matter with him? D. What? Where is he?

5. A: I’m so glad that you’ve come to our wedding. B: Congratulations, and __________ A. all my good wishes! B. all wishes! C. happy forever! D. all my best wishes! Section B

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 6. W: Did you have much trouble with the exam?

M: Not really.

Q: How was the man doing with the exam? 　A. He didn’t have much trouble. B. He is sure that he did perfectly in the exam. C. He did very badly in the exam. D. He didn’t take the exam. 7. W: Where are these tablets located?

M: You need a prescription for those. If you have one, I can get it for you right away. Q: What does the man do?

　A. He is a librarian. B. He is a pharmacist. 　C. He is a salesman. D. He is a doctor.

8. M: Can’t we slow down? Don’t you feel tired?

W: slow down? Don’t you realize that it is already half past eight? Q: What does the woman’s response mean? 　A. She doesn’t like walking with the man. B. She doesn’t feel tired. 　C. She is going very fast. 　D. She is anxious about not going to be on time.

9. W: Hello, how can I help you?

M: I’d like to book table for six for today’s lunch. Q: What is probably the woman? A. A nurse. B. A librarian. C. An operator in a restaurant. D. A lawyer.

10. W: Don’t you know Jim works as a dish washer at a restaurant around the corner?

M: It isn’t a bad job to start with. I wouldn’t mind that job for the summer if no others are available.

Q: What does the man mean?

A. He likes the job of a dish washer because it pays well.

B. He thinks it’s important to have a good job form the beginning. C. He hates to be a dish washer because it’s boring.

D. He would work as dish washer in summer if he has to. Part II: Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each) Section A

Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 11. If observations confirmed the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported. A. finished B. adjusted C. investigated D. upheld

12. In the nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of hest was rudimentary. A. growing B. undeveloped C. necessary D. uninteresting

13. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome. A. assures B. finances C. schedules D. publishes

14. Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues . A. solutions B. details C. damage D. information

15. The newspaper had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially in Western Communities. A. significant B. discussible C. remote D. uneven

16. It’s a sheer waste of time to argue with such a fool. A. a complete B. a only C. a surely D. absolutely

17. To shatter a mirror accidentally is considered bad luck. A. drop B. cover C. smash D. knock

18. Dr. Bamard felt that his efforts were not in vain even when his first attempts at transplanting human hearts failed. A. substantiated B. frustrated C. fruitless D. variable

19. The story of Santa Claus is a myth cherished by Children A. excuse B. legend C. rally D. beard

20. The weather has completely wrecked our plans.

A. changed B. postponed C. spoiled D. revised Section B

Directions: In this section there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 21. The student couldn’t _________ what the teacher was trying to explain A. make B. figure C. grasp D. gain

22.The lorry driver was badly ________ when his lorry crashed into a wall. A. hit B. damaged C. pained D. hurt

23. I shouldn’t imagine there is _______ in earth who can answer that question A. no one B. somebody C. some person D. anyone

24. ________ ten minutes of the start of the game two players had been sent off.

A. Before B. Inside C. Around D. Within

25. It is great _______ that the exhibition was cancelled at the last minute after all your work. A. pity B. sorrow C. complain D. sadness

26. I think he is ______ his time looking for a job there; they are not talking any staff on at

present A. wasting B. losing C. spending 　D. missing

27. History was his ________ in the college. He teaches history now. A. mayor B. minor C. miner D. major

28. Children under the age of 16 are not _______ to enter for the competition. A. compulsory B. capable C. compatible D. eligible

29. The discovery of oil in the 1980s has _______ that nation. A. enhanced B. enlarged C. enriched D. elevated 30. The car burst into ________ but the driver managed to escape A. fire B. burning C. heart D. flames Part III: Reading Comprehension　　 (45 minutes, 25 points, 1 for each)

Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery. It reduces the human factors, mental and physical, in production, and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers. The development of automation in American industry has been called the Second Industrial Revolution.

Labor’s concern over automation arises form uncertainty about the effects on employment, and fears of major changes in jobs. In the main, labor has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful. Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase to in employment, since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labor lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards.

To protect the interests of their members of in era of automation, unions have adopted a number of new policies. One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest I preventing

unemployment, he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause the least possible problems in jobs and job assignments. Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements, requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on service. Another approach is the idea of the “improvement factor”, which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity. It is possibly, however, that labor will rely mainly on reduction in working hours in order to get the full benefits of automation.

31. In order to get the full benefits of automation, labor will depend mostly on______.

A. additional payment to the permanently dismissed workers.

B. the increase of wages in proportion to the increase ion productivity C. shorter working hours and more leisure time D. strong drive for planning new installations

32. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of the “Second Industrial Revolution”? A. The automatic operation of productive machinery.

B. A decrease in the necessity for human effort in production. C. The manufacturing of large amount of goods. D. A reduction in leisure time 33. Why is labor concerned over automation?

A. Because the workers are afraid that they are not skilled in operating the machine. B. Because the workers are afraid that they are not qualified for the job C. Because the workers are afraid that they may lose their jobs D. Because the workers are afraid that they will be paid less 34. Labor’s attitude toward automation is that ______.

A. workers have to accept it since technological change cannot be stopped B. it should be welcomed since it will bring about a fall in cost C. all efforts must be made to prevent automation D. its main interest lies in increasing its wages

35. Which of the following will probably NOT be a long run result of automation?

A. Industrial expansion

B. An increase in employment C. An increase in unemployment

D. Displacement of labor from one industry to another. Passage Two

Botany, the study of plants occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but form what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all