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2014年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试英语试卷一
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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, takenfrom the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue andmark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue One
A. They had been in there for about 5 minutes
B. It's theother man I'm talking about
C. I thought you said there were three men
Burney: There were two men, I think. No, three. They ran into the bank and the one
with thegun，the tall one, he runs up to the window, and starts shouting
something, I don't know, "Give me all your money" and the other one -
Police officer:_____1______?
Burney: No, there were two men and a girl. _____2_____the one carrying the suitcase,well, he goes up to the other guy -
Police officer: The one with the gun?
Burney: Yes, and he opens the suitcase and the cashier, well, she - well, all the other
people behind the window - they hand over piles of money and two men put it into the suitcase and they run out. It was l:35.________3______
Dialogue Two
A. Ilike a goodstory
B. They still make movies like that
C. People today don't like that
Speaker A: I like watching old l movies and I think they are the best.
Speaker B: I agree with you, eventhough they're in black and white. I think a good
story is more important than color.
Speaker A: And there was no violence in old movies.
Speaker B: No, there wasn't._______4_______
Speaker A: They like lots of action.
Speaker B:_____5______
Speaker A:I like to see actors who are like real people.
Speaker B:Like real people with real problems.
Speaker A:___6____
Speaker B: Yes, but they never make much money.
Section B
Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which hasfour 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. I do a lot of research on the Internet too
B. I document everything
C. Of course they mail their friends endlessly
D. I do a lot of my shopping on the net now
Interviewer:Ms. Chen, can you tell us which pieces of technology are important to
you?
Interviewee: Three things: my Sharp laptop; myiphone5; and my Olympus digital
camera.____7____: the kids, art, buildings, clothes, scenes that catch myeye as I walk past.
Interviewer:What do you use your computer for?
Interviewee: Well, I send emails all the time. But I do a lot of my design work on screennow and I can send my ideas straight to directors and producers.
_____8______- there are some fantastic sites around now.
Interviewer: Who uses the computer at home?
Interviewee: The kids use the computer all the time at home._____9_____ - and on topof that they're always texting on their mobile phones! They play computergames when they think I or their father aren't looking! They don't likedoing homework, of course, but there are some really good revision siteson the Internet. _____10_____- 15 minutes for a whole supermarket"visit"! That feels really good.
Part ⅡVocabulary (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,Cand D
that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the
Answer Sheet.
11. Now and in the future, we will live as free people, not in fear and never at the mercy of any foreign powers.
A. in the interest of B. under the control of
C .for the sake of D. at the cost of
12.Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends how aggressivelyproducers market it .
A. vigorously B. effectively C. efficiently D. rigorously
13. Many New England communities do not permit the construction of a “modernist”
building, lest it alter their overall architectural integrity.
A. in case that B. in spite that C. for fear that D. in order that
14. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality .
A. imagination B. impression C. presentation D. expression
15. Television commercial have been under constant scrutiny for the last few years.
A. pressure B. reflection C. examination D. attack
16. The mayor has spent ahandsome amount of time in his last tern working to bring down the tax rate .
A. sufficient B. plenty C. considerable D. moderate
17. His poor performance maybe attributed to the lack of motivation.
A. caused by B. focused on C. taken for D. viewed as
18. The new cut in interest rate is meant to promote domestic investment.
A. encourage B. obtain C. publicize D. advertise
19. Conditions for the growth of this plant areoptimum in early summer.
A. most acceptable B. most expressive
C. most favorite D. most desirable
20. She often says her greatest happinessconsists in helping the disadvantaged
children.
A. is proportionate to B. is composed of
C. lies in D. relies on
Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there arefourpassages followed by questions or unfinishedstatements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose thebest answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Of all the lessons taught by the financial crisis, the most personal has been that
Americans aren’t so good at money-management. We take out home loans we can't
afford.We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We don't save nearly enough forretirement.
In response, supporters of financial-literacy education are moving with renewed
enthusiasm. School districts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are adding
money-management courses to their curriculums . The Treasury and Education
departments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students to
compete in the National Financial Capability Challenge that begins in March.
Students with top scores on that exam will receive certificates –but chances for
long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional effortsto boost financial know-how help students make better decisions outside the classroom.Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such asbudgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments. A recent survey of college studentsconducted for the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found thatstudents who'd had a personal-finance or money-management course in high schoolscored no better than those who hadn't.
"We need to figure out how to do this the right way,"says Lewis Mandell, a
professor at the University of Washington who after 15 years of studyingfinancial-literacy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods don't work.A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach isneeded. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, puttingreal money and spending decisions into kids' hands and talking openly about theemotions and social influences tied to how we spend .
Other initiatives are tacking such real-world issues as the commercial andsocial
pressures that affect purchasing decisions.Why exactly do you want those expensive
brand-name shoes so badly? "It takes confidence to take a stand and to thinkdifferently," saysJerooBillimoria ,founder of Aflatoun,a nonprofit whose curriculum,
used in more than 30 countries ,aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives .”
“This goes beyond money and savings .”
21. The financial-literacy education is intended to________.
A. help Americans to overcome the financial crisis
B. enable Americans to manage money wisely
C. increase Americans' awareness of the financial crisis
D. renew Americans' enthusiasm about money-management
22. According to the author, the National Financial Capability Challenge will be_______.
A. well-receivedB. costly
C. rewardingD. ineffective
23.Bysaying that "the financial-literacy movement has gained steam"(Para .3) ,theauthor means that the movement______.
A.has gone through financial difficulties
B. has received much criticism
C. has been regarded as imaginative
D. has been more and more popular
24. Lewis Mandell suggests that we should figure out how to ________.
A.help students scorebetter in money-management courses
B. improve the social awareness of financial education
C. carry out financial-literacy education properly
D. manage money in a more efficient way
25. Jeroo Billimoria is most likely to agree thatcommercial and social pressures makeone's purchasing decisions________.
A. difficultB.feasible
C. unwiseD. acceptable
Passage Two
Cheating is nothing new,But today,educators and administrators are finding that
instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent –and are less likely to be punished – than in the past . Cheating appears to have gainedacceptance among good and poor students alike .
Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows .Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today's youth. Others have attributedincreased cheating to the fact that today's youth are far more pragmatic（实用主义的）than their more idealistic predecessors.Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies，students were filled with visions about changing the world，today’s students feel greatpressure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools andcolleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had becomeeasy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty."People are competitive," said a second-yearcollege student named Anna, fromChicago. There's an underlying fear. If you don't do well, your life is going to be ruined.The pressure is not only form parents and friends but from oneself .To achieve .To succeed .It’s almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals,
Edward Wynne , a magazine editor ,blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action .Dwight Huber ,chairman of the English department at Amarillo .sees the matterdifferently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. "I wouldcheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers gives short-answer testsrather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together,students will try to beat the system. "The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong withthe individual who are doing it," he said. "That's too easy an answer. We've got to start looking at the system."
26. Educators are finding that students who cheat_______.
A. are not only those academically weak
B. tend to be dishonest in later years
C.are more likely to be punished than before
D. have poor academic records
27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Reform in the testing system will eliminate cheating.
B. Punishment is an effective method to stop cheating . .
C. Students' cheating has deep social roots.
D. Students do not cheat on essay tests.
28. Which of the following points of view would Mr. Huberagree with ?
A. Cheating would be reduced through an educational reform.
B. Students who cheat should be expelled from school.
C. Punishment for cheaters should be severe in this country.
D. Parents must take responsibility for the rise in cheating.
29. The expression "the individuals" (the last paragraph) refers to ________
A. school administrators
B. students who cheat
C. parents
D. teachers
30. The passage mainly discusses_______
A: ways to eliminate academic dishonesty
B: factors leading to academic dishonesty
C: the decline of moral standards of today's youth
D: people's tolerance of students' cheating
Passage Three
Last week, I read a story about a 34-year-old British woman who is extremely
afraid of metal forks. She's been using plastic ones for 17 years because the sound of a
fork rubbing against a plate g:ives her a panic attack.
Strange, right? But she's not alone. While popular phobias(恐惧症) about snakes
and spiders might get all of the attention, there are a wide variety of not-so-obvious
horrors that make people nervous.
While some phobias might seem a bit silly, they can cause serious emotional
distress. My co-worker Magda is terrified of pigeons, a phobia that is taking over her
life. She won't walk in certain parts of the city and runs screaming from the subway
when one of these "rats with wings" finds its way onto the platform. Another friend isdisgusted with cheese. Once I saw her run away from a slice of it. So where does anirrational fear of cheese come from?
Are phobias something we inherit from our genes or do we acquire these unusualanxieties over time?
Ever since I can remember I have been unreasonably frightened of elevators. Therewas no terrible childhood experience and I am fine with confined spaces, but something about elevators makes me nervous. And so, when my boyfriend and I found ourselvestrapped in an elevator last year - because these sorts of things always happen eventually- I was anticipating the worst.
While he gave me a suggestive eyebrow raise and proposed we "take advantage ofthe situation," I began screaming uncontrollably. I was far from turned on by the wholefacing my worst nightmare thing.
However, after the fear subsided(消退)I realized that, yes, this was my greatest fear come true, and yet - it wasn't all that bad. Nervous and inconvenient maybe, butterrifying? Not so much.
Liberating yourself from a deep-seated phobia can be a long and difficult process,but sometimes it can be as simple as confronting it head on.
31. The 34-year-old British woman is extremelyafraid of metal forks because
A.she has never used them before
B.she has been injured by them before
C.she couldn't bear their sound on plate
D.she is afraid that they may hurt her
32. The phrase "rats with wings" (Para. 3) refers to______
A. strange birdsB. pigeons
C.devilsD. exotic rats
33. The author's fear of elevators is the result of_______
A. her phobia for no reason
B. her nervousness of being alone
C. her dislike of being in closed spaces
D. her terrible experience
34. After the fear subsided, the author realized that______
A. her boyfriend's help was important
B. she could have had a good time with her boyfriend
C. an elevator ride could be exciting
D. it was not as horrible as she had thought
