学位英语考试试题

PartⅠDialoguecompletion(10points)

Dialogueone

Tom:Doyougotocollege?

Mike:Yes.__1__

Tom:Whatcollegedoyougoto?

Mike:IgotoPasadenaCityCollege.

Tom:Doyoulikeit?

Mike:Oh,yes.__2__

Tom:whydoyoulikeit?

Mike:Becauithasgreatteachers.

Tom:__3__

Mike:Ilikeallmyclassmates,too.

Tom:Anythingel?

Mike:Yes.__4__

’snotexpensive!.

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DialogueTwo

SpeakerA:Ijustrecentlymovedintotheneighborhood.

SpeakerB:__5__Howrecently?

SpeakerA:Justlastweek.

SpeakerB:Whatkindsofthingshaveyoubeendoingoutthere?

SpeakerA:__6__

SpeakerB:whynot?

SpeakerA:Idon'tknowwhattodo.

SpeakerB:There'reallsortofthingstodo.

SpeakerA:__7__

SpeakerB:Shopping,oreingamovie,orevengoingtothebeach.

SpeakerA:Thatsoundsgreat.

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youdoing?at?

DialogueThree

George:Didyouhearabouttherobbery?

Johnny:No,Ididn'thearaboutit.

George:Amantriedtorobthebanknexttoourbuildingthismorning.

Johnny:__8__

George:Yes,hetriedtorobthebankatgunpoint.

Johnny:__9__

George:Oh,everyoneinthebankisOK.

Johnny:That'sgoodtohear.

George:Hedidgetaway,though.

Johnny:Thatishorrible.

George:__10__

Johnny:I'msurethey'llcatchhimeventually.

onegethurt?

heluckystars.

rious?

sdon'tknowwhotheguyis.

PartIIReadingComprehension(40points)

Directions:ssageisfollowed

hofthemthereare4choices

markedA,B,thebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWER

SHEETwithasinglebarthroughthecenteroftheletter.

PassageOne

Here''resittingatthedinnertablewithafurry,

ulookdown,thocute

eyesarealmostimpossibletoresist.

Whatisitaboutadog'sgazethatmakesitsocharming?Anewstudyby

JapanescientistMihoNagasawaemstohavefoundtheanswer,andithas

todowithsomethingcalledthecuddle(爱抚)chemical.

Thecuddlechemicalhasanother,morescientificname:oxytocin.

of

oxytocinincrea,forexample,whenamotherfeedshernewbornbaby.

AccordingtoNagasawa'sstudy,thesameistruewhenwelookdeeplyintothe

eyesofadog.

Theresultsofthisstudycantellusalotaboutthehistoryofthebond

tartedsomewheretensofthousandsofyears

istsbelievethatwolvesudtofollowhumanswhowerehunting

veswouldeatthefoodleftbehindbythehumans.

Humansrealizedthattheycoulduthewolvestohelpwiththehunt,

andeventuallybothspeciesbegantoworktogethertowardsurvival.

Overtime,thewolvesthatinteractedwiththehumansbegantochange.

vesandhumansstarted

hangesarewhatcaud

someofthewolvestoturnintowhatwenowknowasdogs,anewspecie^evolved

tobettersurviveintheirenvironment.

Thisprocessdependedagreatdealonthebondhumansformedwiththem.

AndaccordingtoNagasawa'sstudy,thisbondwasformedwiththehelpof

oxytocin,thecuddlechemical.

weknowaboutoxytocin?

otesbonding.

odforhealth.

lookdeeplyintoadog'yes,thelevelsofouroxytocin

____.

erupordown

unchanged

eginningwolvesfollowedhumansto____.

gainstlargeanimals

rgeanimalstogether

mesomewolvesturnedintodogs____.

hechangingenvironment

tercooperation

esNagasawa9sstudyaimtodo?

etheroleofhuman-wolfpartnership.

echaracteristicsofthecuddlechemical.

nthebondbetweenhumansanddogs.

tandtheevolutionofspecies.

PassageTwo

RedNoDay(RND)oftheday

istoraimoneyforacharitycalledComicReliefwhichhelpspeoplein

needinAfricaandintheUK.

wrotethefamousfilms'FourWeddingsandaFuneral'and'NottingHill'.

Richard'sideatostartComicReliefwasasarespontotheverefamine

inEthiopia*It'scalledRed"NoDayasonthisdaymanypeoplebuyaplastic

rednotowear!Themoneymadefromllingrednosgoestothecharity.

RedNoDaytakesplaceeverytwoyearsinthespringandisnowsowell

mple,

manyschoolshavenon-uniformdays.

ThesloganforthelastRNDwas‘DoSomethingFunnyforMoney'andthe

moneythatwascollectedhelpedtofundprojectsinthefollowingareas,

treatingmalaria(疟疾),education,RedNoDay

programraid￡million!Money-raisingeventstakeplacealloverthe

alsodonatemoneybypost,in

banks,byphoneusingacreditcardandonline.

IntheeveningofRedNoDayatelethontakesplaceontheBBCTV

sonandonalectionoftheeventsoftheday,aswell

aslotsofcomicsketchesandreportsofhowthemoneyraidwillbespent.

PeoplealsouploadvideosoflocalcharityeventsonYouTubeandFacebook.

So,ifyouareeverintheUKonRedNoDay,nowyouknowwhyyoumay

findnormalpeoplewearingrednosanddoingsillythings!It'sallfor

agoodcau.

eDayis____.

tionalholidayintheUK

ventinBritain

pingcenterforpoorpeople

ularnameofacharity

esthepassagesayaboutRichardCurtis?

s,towearaplasticredno.

ell-knownfilmdirector.

tedacharityinthe1980s.

orninapoorfamilyinEthiopia.

fthefollowingistrueaboutRedNoDay?

ecomeanofficialholiday.

splaceeveryyear.

ectsmoneyfromrichpeople.

actsmanyschoolstoparticipate.

csa'telethon'(Para.5)probablyreferto?

isioncompetition.

ongTVprogram.

-raisingparty.

sketchparty.

fthefollowingcanbethetitleforthispassage?

elief

ethon

eDay

dCurtis

PassageThree

sa

youngandenergeticteamwithkeenenthusiasmanddesiretolearnandgrow.

entered

thehail,theyfoundthehalldecoratedbeautifullywithcolourfuldecorative

orelikeakid’splayareathanacorporate

,there

wasahugeboxofballoonsplacedatthecentreofthehall.

Theteamleaderaskedeveryonetopickaballoonfromtheboxanblow

askedthemtowritetheirnamesontheirballooncarefullyso

thattheballoonsdidn’tblowup.

ther25employeeswere

balloonswerecollectedandthenput

intoaroom.

Theteamleaderaskedthe25employeestogototheroomandpickthe

theywereinarushtofindtherespectiveballoons,theytriednottoburst

lmost15minutesandnoonewasabletofindtheballoon

carryinghisownname.

Theteamwastoldthatthecondlevelofthegamewasover.

loyeeswereaskedtopick

acoupleofminutesailballoonsreactedthehandsoftherespectiveemployee.

Theteamleaderannounced:Thisiscalledrealsolutionstotheproblems.

eemployeeswerecalledtoplayagame,they____.

atgametheyweregoingtoplay

dattheideaofadultsplayingagame

deawhattheywereaskedtodo

forwardtoplayingakid’sgame

irstlevelofthegame,eachemployeewasaskedto____.

alloonandwritehisnameonit

nameonaballoonandblowit

aballoonwithhisnameonit

isnameonafloatingballoon

yemployeesfailedthecondlevelofthegame?

A.30.B.25.C.15.D.5.

tosuccessatthethirdlevelofthegameliesin____.

ngpositively

geachother

inginonelf

singefficiency

esthesoftwarecompanyaimtodo?

ageitmployeestolearnfromeachother.

tmployeestofaceallkindsofchallenges.

theemployeesmostsuitablefortheirjobs.

tmployeestheimportanceofteamwork.

PassageFour

ThirdculturekidisaterminEnglishthatisudtodescribechildren

re

ulturekids

canalsofacemanychallenges.

IwasborninEngland,astwoyearsoldmy

henIhavelivedinfourothercountries

ghIhaveaBritishpassport，Isometimesdon'tfeel

veryEnglishatall!

Oneofthebestthingsaboutmovingaroundalotwhen1wasyounger

letotrydifferent

foods,learndifferentlanguages,experiencedifferenttraditionsandmeet

oluckytohavefriendsallover

theworldthat1keepinregularcontactwith.

However,itwasn'nfeltlikeIhadonlyjustttled

intothenewschoolcityandculturebeforemyparentstoldmeweweremoving

osttouch

alsoverydisorientatingtohaveanEnglishpassport,butnotfeelvery

e1hadnoaccesstoEnglishculture,returning4home,

y,nowlfeelmoreathome

inEngland—althoughthequestion,“whereareyoufrom?”stillconfus

me!

culturekidmayhavea____.

lchildhood

ionallifestyle

hordoesn'tfeelveryEnglishbecauhe____.

thaveaBritishpassport

borninEngland

oretimeinothercountries

yforeignfriends

horexperienceddifferenttraditionsbythefollowingEXCEPT

____.

foodsofothercountries

aroundalot

ifferentjobs

internationalfriends

horfounditnotalwayasyto____.

ewschool

onewsituations

word"disorientating"(Para.4)probablymeans____.

ening

PartⅢVocabularyandStructure(10points)

Directions:h

ntencethereare4choicesmarkedA,B,C,theonethatbest

completesthentence,MarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasingle

barthroughthecenteroftheletter.

ocked,____believingwhatwasbeforemyeyes.

ly

arefulinvestigationwefindthatoneofthestatementhas

____tobeuntrue.

down

horhasmadeasignificant____toexplainvariousissues

regardingthewebanditscontents.

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donotagreewitheachotherastowhatisthe____roleof

government.

healthdata____thatthenumberofadultslivingwith

disabilitiescontinuestoincrea.

sityapplicantswhohadworkedatajobwouldreceive____over

thowhohadnot.

ence

ghttheyhadcometorepairthephone,but____,theywere

robbers.

haveoneadvantageoverhumans-theynever____lackofsleep

orfood.

from

orkhard,youwillbe____;butifyoudon't,youwillbe

punished.

ed

,themostbrilliant____evercreatedbyman,boastscountless

fansworldwide.

PartIVCloze(10points)

Directions:h

numberedblank,thereare4choicesmarkedA,B,thebest

oneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglebarthroughthe

centeroftheletter.

Goatsarebeinghiredtodotheworkofmeninaneighborhoodjustoutside

esthatoccurredinHillboroughfouryearsago__51__

thirtyhomes.__52__contractorswererebuildingthehomes,naturewas

aisnowsoovergrownthatitagain

__53__amajorfirerisk.

Thecitycouncil__54__est

bidtheyreceivedwas$50,twasifthecityprovidedbreakfast

andlunchfortheworkcrewsforthesixweeks__55__wouldtaketoclear

ycountered,__56__unlimitedcoffeeanda

atofferwas__57__,thecity

askedforhelponitswebsite.

Agoat-keeperreadaboutthecity'sproblemwhile__58__

offeredtodothejobfor$25,-ldthat

thecitydumpwasoverflowing,thegoat-keepersaid,"s

forthecarengines,ofcour,"

So,foranother$5,000,thecitykilledtwobirds__59__

__60__,theywillinvitethegoat-keeperandhis"family"backeverythree

years.

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PartⅤTranslation(15points)

Direction:TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChineandputyour

translationontheANSWERSHEET.

Themosttraditionaldefinitionofahumancommunitywas"agroupof

peoplelargerthanafamilythatinteract."Acommunitymayincludepeople

ast,communitymembers

livedrelativelyclotooneanotherinonegeographicallocation:inthe

samevillage,town,ys,however,thewordcommunitycanmean

anational,aninternational,orevenanonlinegroupofinteracting

ore,a"new"definitionofcommunitymightbe"agroup

ofpeoplethatrecognizethattheyhavesomethingincommon."

PartⅥWriting(15points)

Directions:Youaretowriteinnolessthan100wordsonthetopic"A

goodbookisalighttothesoul."Youcouldbayourcompositiononthe

Chineoutlinegivenbelow:

你最近读过的一本好书是什么?

它的主要内容是……

你从中有何受益?

答案：

1-4:BCDA

5-7:BAD

8-10:CAD

对话1

汤姆：你上大学了吗?

迈克：恩，当然上了。

汤姆：哪所大学?

迈克：帕萨迪纳市立学院。

汤姆：喜欢吗?

迈克：嗯啊，我觉得应该是喜欢的。

汤姆：为啥喜欢?

迈克：因为老师们很棒啊。

汤姆：还有呢?

迈克：我也很喜欢我所有的同学。

汤姆：还有其他原因吗?

迈克：嗯，学费不贵!

对话3

乔治：你听说抢劫案了么?

约翰尼：没，没听说呢。

乔治：今天早上一个男的试图抢劫我们这栋建筑旁边的银行。

约翰尼：当真吗?

乔治：恩，他试图拿着枪抢银行。

约翰尼：有人受伤了吗?

乔治：呃，银行的人都没事。

约翰尼：那就好。

乔治：然而他设法逃脱了。

约翰尼：太恐怖了。

乔治：警察不知道那个男的是谁。

约翰尼：我相信警察最终会抓到他的。

11-15BCACC

16-20BCDBC

21-25CABBD

26-30BCCDB

31-40DACBDDABDC

31.【解析】boldly：大胆地，冒失地;wily：明智地，聪明地;narrowly：狭

窄地，仔细地;scarcely：几乎不，几乎没有，简直不

题意：我很吃惊，几乎不敢相信眼前的一切。答案选D.

32.【解析】turnout：结果是，证明是;turnoff：关掉，关闭;turnup：出

现，调高，调大;turndown：拒绝，调低，关小

题意：仔细地调查之后，我们发现其中的一个陈述是不真实的。

这里的turnout与prove用法相似，主动形式表示被动意义。答案选A.

33.【解析】review：审查，评论，回顾;contact：接触，联系;attempt：企图，

试图;comment：评论，意见

makeanattempttodosth试图/企图做某事(并没有成功)

attempttodosth与trytodosth类似，都表示试图做某事，却没有成功。

而managetodosth设法(成功地)做某事。

题意：作者对解释有关网络及其内容的各种问题做出重大尝试。答案选C.

34.【解析】quiet：安静的，宁静的;proper：合适的，适当的;grand：宏伟的，

豪华的：quick：快的，迅速的

题意：关于什么是政府合适的角色这一问题，人们产生分歧(意见不一致)。答

案选B.

35.【解析】express：表达，表露;require：需要，要求;inform：通知，告

知;reveal：显示，透露，揭露

题意：公共卫生数据显示残疾的成年人数量在持续增长。答案选D.

36.【解析】inference：推理，推论，推断;reference：参考，参照，涉及，

提及;conference：会议，协商会;preference：偏爱，倾向

题意：题意：有工作经验的大学申请人比没有工作经验的受到更多的偏爱。

或者：相比没有工作经验的大学申请人，有经验的申请人会受到偏爱。答案选

D.

37.【解析】inreality：实际上，事实上;inaddition：另外，此外;inreturn：

作为报答，作为回报;invain：徒劳地，白费力气地

题意：题意：我以为他们是来修电话的，但事实上他们却是贼。答案选A.

38.【解析】benefitfrom：得益于，从……中获益;sufferfrom：忍受，遭受，

受……之苦;stemfrom：起源于，来自;resultfrom：起因于，由……造成

题意：机器人比人类有一个优势——它们从不会受缺乏睡眠或食物的困扰。答

案选B.

39.【解析】relaxed：放松的，松懈的;relieved：释然的，感到宽慰的;reduced：

减少，减小;rewarded：奖励，犒劳

题意：如果你努力工作，将会受到奖励;但是如果不努力工作，将会受到惩罚。

答案选D.

40.【解析】event：事件，大事;court：法庭，球场;sport：运动，体育;match：

比赛，竞赛

题意：足球是人类发明的最精彩的体育运动，在世界范围内有无数的球迷。答

案选C.

41-50：DCABADABCA

51-60:ABDBBDAABD

翻译参考译文：

人类社会最为传统的定义是，“比家庭更大的一群相互影响的人。”一个社会

可能包含的人，有至少一处共同点。在过去，社会成员相互之间在地理位置层面上

居住的相对比较近，住在同一个村庄、镇、或者城市。然而如今，社会这个词意味

着国家、国际甚至是网络上一群相互影响的个人群体。因此，社会的“新”定义可

以是“认同他们有一些共同点的一群人。”

参考范文：

Agoodbookisalighttothesoul

Inthelastveralweeks,Ihavefinishedreadingahumorousbookcalled

Emmawhichinspiredmetorethinkmyideasonrelationship,friendshipas

wellaskindness.

ThemaincharactercalledEmmaWoodhou,acleverandbeautifullady,

okindheartedthatshecaressomuchabout

uccessfulinherso-called

eagertointroduce

Harriettoarichgentleman,butitturnsoutthatthisgentlemanlovesEmma

ess!Shecarestoomuchaboutherfriends,butsheisso

ately,sheeventuallyfindsthather

truelove,ly,lylovesher

withheartandsoul,andHarrietalsofindshertruelove.

Ilearnfromthenovelthatweshouldbekindtoeveryonearoundusand

therhand,weshouldnotneglect

thekindnessandlovefromthepeoplearoundus.