2013同等学力英语考试真题B卷.doc

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英语试卷一
ENGLISH  QUALIFICATION  TEST
FOR  MASTER-DEGREE  APPLICANTS
Paper One(100minutes)
Part I Oral Communication              (10 points)
PartⅡVocabulary                      (10 points)
Part III Reading Comprehension           (25points)
Part IV Cloze                          (10 points)
Part V Text Completion                  (20 points)
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Part I  Oral Communication (10 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue One
A. You have lots of money.
B. How much do I owe you?
C. So, what are you going to do with the money?
Joshua: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?
Father: Oh. I forgot about that.
Joshua: You ALWAYS forget.
Father: I guess I do.     1
Joshua: Just $13.
Father: Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.
Joshua: Go to the bank.     2
Father: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed.
Joshua: Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed?
Father: Oh, I guess I could do that.    3
Joshua: I'm going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the           rest to buy books.
Father: Well, that sounds great, Joshua.
Dialogue Two
A.I also advise resting for a couple of days.
B. Boy, when it rains, it pours.
C. It sounds like a flu.
Doctor: What has been bothering you?
Patient: I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus, I've been coughing a lot.    4
Doctor: Any stomach pains?
Patient: Actually, yes. My stomach's been upset for a few days.
Doctor:     5     It's been going around lately.
Patient: Anything I can do for it?
Doctor: I'll prescribe some medicines for you to take.    6
Patient: Does that mean I shouldn't go to work?
Doctor: Only when you feel up to it. You should stay home for at least a day or two.
Section B
Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. People don't queue like they do here in England.
B.  Nationalities stay in their own areas,
C. Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a day.
D. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal life.
Interviewer: How long did you live in the States?
Interviewee: I was there for two years, in New York, and I enjoyed it tremendously.7      I mean, the shops are open till 10:00 p.m.
Interviewer: All shops?
Interviewee: Yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and department stores.
8 And on public holidays, only the banks are shut.
Interviewer: I see, erm... Do you think New York is as multinational as London?
Interviewee: Oh, that's for sure. But it's not as mixed.   9like there's Russian section, the German section and. China Town. But I think the major difference between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything was up in the Big Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. And of course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder.
Interviewer: Oh! In what way?
Interviewee: Well, pushing in the street, fights about getting on the bus.    10   And of course the taxi drivers! New York taxi drivers must be the rudest in the world!
Part II Vocabulary (10 points)
Directions: In this part there are ten 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. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
11. Most college students in the United States live away from home.
A.down                        B.apart
C. elsewhere                    D. along
12. The pursuit of maximum profit often drives manufacturers to turn out things that can do harm to people's health.
A. preserve                    B. promote
C.produce                     D.process
13. Many different parts make up an airplane: the engine(s), the wings, the tail, and so on.
A. decorate                    B.compose
C. construct                     D. derive
14. You make it sound as if I did it on purpose.
A. carefully                     B. unwillingly
C. deliberately                  D. incredibly
15. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.
A. understood                   B. explained
C. believed                     D. expected
16. I read the newspaper every day so that I can stay informed about current events.
A. important                   B. international
C. cultural                     D. latest
17. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when he eventually found water.
A.finally                      B. predictably
C .luckily                      D. accidentally
18. When we gave the children ice cream, they immediately ceased crying.
A. started                      B. continued
C. stopped                      D. resumed
19 .The science teacher demonstrated the process of turning solid gold into liquid.
A.elaborated                    B. showed
C.devised                      D. simplified
20. John's application for admission to graduate studies in the School of Education has been approved.
A.acceptance                   B. entrance
C. experience                   D. allowance
Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
There are few sadder sights than a pile of fan letters, lovingly decorated with hand drawings，suffering in a bin. The sparkly envelopes were addressed to Taylor Swift, a pop star much beloved by teenage and pre-teen girls.
“Dear Taylor,” read one discarded message, “I love you so much!! You’re the best!! And you're really beautiful and cute!! I’m really enjoying your songs,”
This, along with hundreds of other similar letters sent from around the world, was discovered in a Nashville recycling disposal unit by a local woman. Swifts management was quick to reassure her admirer that they had been thrown out accidentally. The response may come as a disappointment to any devotee who imagines, as they compose their letters, that Swift makes time lo view each one personally.
Dealing with piles of fan mail is, however, an administrative burden for most celebrities. While some celebrities do like to go through their mail personally, the majority simply do not have time. But the fate of their correspondence is something most committed fans will not wish, to dwell on, says Lynn Zubernis，an expert in the psychology of fandom at West Chester University.
“There’s this little bit of every fan that thinks theirs will be the one that stands out—it's not an expectation, but a hope that theirs will be seen by the celebrity.”
While the relationship between the fan and the celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former, it stems from a deeply-rooted human need for community and belonging, Zubernis believes. As a result, even receiving a mass-produced letter of acknowledgement and a photo stamped with a reproduced signature can be a powerful experience.
“People have a tremendous need to connect with the person they are idolizing (偶像化),” she says. “They can’t ring them up and say, ’Can we have coffee?’ It’s not about the autograph (签名) ,It’s about the moment of connection.”
21. Which of the following statements is true?
A.Some letters to Swift were thrown away unread.
B.The letters in the bin were exaggerating.
C. A woman discovered the letters and discarded them.
D. Poorly decorated letters were left unread.
22. Swift's management claimed that           .
A. Swift had read each one of the letters
B. fans could trust them with their letters
C. they didn't intend to throw away the letters
D. they were quick in response to the incident
23. Most celebrities          .
A. are afraid of receiving fan mail
B. are too busy to read fan mail
C. try their best to read fan mail themselves
D. care about the fate of fan mail
24. According to Zubernis, fans want their letters to be read because they           .
A. hope to show their hand drawings
B. want the celebrities to see their talent
C.dream of getting a photo of the stars
D. desire to get connected with the stars
25. Which of the following will fans cherish the most?
A. The sense of being similar to their stars.
B. The feeling of being related to their stars.
C. The time spent with their stars.
D. The autograph of their stars.
Passage Two
Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher who conducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we can’t see what we can’t see, our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.
Everyone except me, I’m dyslexic (有阅读障碍的），and the moment I saw that grainy tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldn’t be able to keep track of their movements, so I let my mind wander. My curiosity was aroused, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩)came in among the players. She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, thumped her chest, and then strode away while they continued passing the balls.
When the tape stopped, the philosopher asked how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, and congratulated those who’d scored the perfect 15, Then he asked, “And who saw the gorilla?”
I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one of only three or four in the large room to do so. He'd set us up，trapping us in our own attention blindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasn’t the one who had played it on us. By concentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.
26.This passage describes            .
A. an experiment                B. a basketball match
C. a philosopher                 D. a gorilla
27. "Attention blindness" refers to            .
A. seeing one thing while missing all else
B. the fact that one can't see what one can't see
C. keeping track of just about everything
D. the condition of being blind to details
28. "Catch us in the act" (Para. 1) is closest in meaning to "find us            ”
A. doing something improper
B. sleeping during the lecture
C. failing to notice something within sight
D. counting the basketball tosses
29. How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the video?
A. 1.                          B. 3 or 4.
C. 13 or 14.                    D. 15.
30. Whom does "he" (last paragraph) refer to?
A. The author.                  B. The gorilla.
C. The student.                  D. The lecturer.
Passage Three
For many of us，asking for help is a difficult concept. We may feel as if we are admitting a weakness that the world would not have known about，had we not asked for help.
Ironically, it’s been my experience that people who are able to deliver well-positioned requests for help are seen as very strong individuals. When they demonstrate the humility (谦卑）to ask for help, they earn the respect of others. People who receive a heartfelt request for help are usually honored by the request. In turn, we are strengthened by the very help that is provided.
One of my clients (we’11 call her Kira) recently made a shift in how she was interacting with her boss. When asked to prepare presentations, she assumed that she was expected to go away, develop the content, deliver it at the required meeting and then wait for feedback from her boss. Her boss was highly regarded for the impact of his presentations, while Kira often felt that her presentations were lacking. When she took a hard look at how this approach was working for her, Kira recognized that she had not yet made use of her boss’s support. She could learn far more about creating attractive presentations by walking through a draft with her boss-focusing on the content plus her delivery----and obtaining feedback earlier in the process rather than at the back end. So she made the request for his support.
The outcome? Her boss was delighted to coach Kira and was enthusiastic about the opportunity to put into use his own strength by teaching presentation skills more effectively to her. By taking the time to work together on preparation for a number of Kira’s key presentations, she benefited from her boss's thought process and was able to distinguish the critical components to enhance her own presentations. Kira’s presentations now have punch!
Some of us are uncomfortable asking for help because we believe that our request places burdens on the other person. Ironically, we may be missing an opportunity to show others how we value and respect them. People who know you and think well of you are often highly motivated to help. Furthermore, the more specific you can be about what you need from them, the easier it is for them, to assist you.

31. Many people are unwilling to ask for help because they            .
A.do not trust other people            B. are confident of themselves
C. do not think it necessary            D. are ashamed of doing so
32. Which of the following may the author agree with?
A. Asking for help means admitting weaknesses.
B. Helping others is helping oneself.
C. Weak people often need more help.
D. Well-positioned requests for help are welcomed.
33. Kira's request for help            .
A. was turned down                B. turned out rewarding
C.led to her promotion              D. benefited her boss in return
34. "Kira's presentations now have punch" means her presentations are
A. controversial                    B. forceful
C. well received                    D. highly motivating
35. The purpose of the passage is to
A. illustrate how