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同等学力申硕英语真题及答案解析
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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. Will you take care of
that for me?
B. Does it have anything
valuable inside?
C. How do
you want to send it?
Clerk:
May I help you? Customer: Ye
s, I’d like
to send this letter to my family
in
England.
Clerk:
Did
you
write
your
return
address
on
the
envelope?
Customer: Yes, I
did. Clerk: ____1____ Customer: I guess I’ll send
it airmail.
Clerk: ____2____ Customer:
Yes. I enclosed a check and some photographs.
Clerk: Then you’d better send it by
registered mail. Customer: That’s a good
idea.___3____ Clerk: I’m sorry, sir.
You’ll have to take your letter to the next
window.
Dialogue
Two
A.
You can’t
even stay in the sun for five minutes.
B.I guess so.
C. You want my advice?
Winne:
Oh,
man!
Nobody
can
stand
this
kind
of
scorching
heat.
Marc:
Absolutely! _____4_____ Winne: Anyway,
I guess this afternoon there’s nothing
we can do but stay home. Marc:
____5_____ I don’t want to be taken to the
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hospital
for
heat
exhaustion
or
something.
Winne:
___6_____
Drink
a
lot
of
liquids
and spare yourself the worst of the heat! Marc:
Yean, you’re right. Got
to drink a lot
of fluids.
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.I literally can’t
stop.
B.
But now
I don’t need to worry any mo
re.
C.
You’re known
as the first billionaire author here.
D.
But that’s not just about
money.
Interviewer:
You
have
published
six
popular
books.
7Interviewee:
Yeah.
Interviewer:
So
how
has
being
the
first
billionaire
author
affected
your
perception
of
yourself?
Interviewee:
I
dress
better.
Well,
you
can
definitely
afford better
clothes.8I think the single biggest thing that
money gave me--and
obviously I came
from a place where I was a single mother and it
really was
hand to mouth at one point.
It was literally as poor as you can get without
being
homeless at one point. 9 Never.
Interviewer: Are you in a place now where you
can accept that you will always be
rich? Interviewee: No. Interviewer: And will
you be writing more? Interviewee: Oh,
definitely. I c
an’t, yeah,10Well, I
mean,
you could tie my hands to my
sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own
mental health, I need to write.
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
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best
keeps
the
meaning
of
the
sentence.
Mark
your
answer
on
the
Answer
Sheet.
11.
Such
experience helps promote one’s alertness to other
cultures, as well
as a better
appreciation of one
’s own
culture.
A.
preference B. adjustment C. sensitivity D.
response
12. If you always
try to find fault with others, it means that you
have gained
another shortcoming.
A. ignore B. criticize C.
impress D. follow
13.
The
election
will
be
brought
forward
to
June
as
so
many
people
are
on
holiday in July.
A. prolonged B. adapted
C. postponed D. Advanced
14. As to the question of refreshments,
I should think orange juice and potato
chips will be sufficient.
A. enough B. abundant C. satisfying D.
proper
15. Watching these
kids grow brings me satisfaction that is difficult
to surpass.
A. obtain B. exceed C.
describe D. forget
16. The
journal published a series of articles that
reviewed the prospects for a
new era of
“genetic 16. medicine”.
A. background B. exploration C. survey
D. outlook
you don’t slow
down and take a break, you’ll be burned out very
quickly.
A. distressed B.
anxious C. exhausted D. upset
18.
Following
our
merging
with
Smith
Brothers,
the
new
company
will,
from
now on
be known as Smith and Murphy Inc.
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A. cooperation B. meeting C. agreement
D. combination
19. Only
native-born citizens are eligible for the U.S.
Presidency.
A. required B.
qualified C. selected D. elected
20. It was 38 degrees and the air
conditioning barely cooled the room.
A. simply B. quickly C. hardly D.
strongly
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
What
did you study at university? If it was something
along the lines of law or
business, you
might want to look away now. That's because
according to new
research,
which
has
found
a
link
between
our
university
subjects
and
our
personalities, you have selfish,
uncooperative tendencies and are not very in
touch with your feelings. On the plus
side, you're probably the life and soul of a
party, the findings suggest.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 13,000
university students who were involved
in 12 separate studies. From this, they
discovered a correlation between the
“Big Five” major personality traits and the
subjects they were enrolled on. For
example, those studying law, economics,
political science and medicine tended
to be much more outgoing than those
taking other subjects, the study found.
But when it came to “agreeableness”
--
the tendency towards being helpful,
generous and considerate -- the lawyers
scored
particularly
low,
as
did
business
and
economics
students.
Arts
and
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humanities
students, as well as those studying psychology and
politics scored
highly for openness,
meaning they were curious, imaginative and in
touch with
their inner feelings, while
economists, engineers, lawyers and scientists
scored
comparatively low. However, the
arts and humanities students also tended to
be less conscientious and more nervous,
typically exhibiting signs of anxiety
and moodiness. Psychology students were
not far behind arts and humanities
students
for
these
traits.
Study
author
Anna
Vedel,
from
the
University
of
Aarhus in Denmark, said she was
surprised by the magnitude of the results.
“The effect sizes show that the
differences found are not trivial, far from,” she
said
. “On the more humorous
side they do confirm our more or less prejudicial
stereotypes of the disturbed
psychologist, the withdrawn natural scientist, the
cynical
economist.”
And
she
said
that
the
findings
could
help
those
school
pupils
who
currently
have
no
idea
what
to
study
at
university,
as
well
as
helping
academics
to
plan
their
lectures.
“I’m
not
arguing
that
these
results
should play a major
role in either guidance or selection, but it might
provide
some inspiration for students
that are in doubt about study choices and want to
make a choice based on more than
abilities, for example,” said Dr Vedel. “Or
teachers might better understand their
student population.”
first
paragraph
implies
that
law
or
business
students
may
_______.
amused
by
the
research
interested
in
the
research
e
the
research the research
ing to the research, law
students scored particularly low in the trait of
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_______. A. generosityB. opennessC.
anxiety D. selfishness
23.
The word “conscientious” (Para. 4) probably means
“________”.
A. moody B.
sensitive C. curious D. careful
24. Anna Vedel stated that the research
_______.
A. confirmed the
link between personality and profession
B. showed that the
differences were far from significant
C. was not reliable because of its
prejudicial observation
D.
did not have enough samples to support its
findings
25. According to
Anna Vedel, the research may help ______.
A. students make wise
choices in finding jobs
B.
teachers understand their students better
C. students make
presentations more academically
D. school pupils go to better
universities
Passage Two
AlphaGo’s
victory
over
Go(
围棋
)champion
Lee
Se-dol
reportedly
shocked
artificial intelligence experts, who
thought such an event was 10 to 15 years
away. But if the timing was a surprise,
the outcome was not. On the contrary, it
was
inevitable
and
entirely foreseeable.
Playing
complex
games
is
precisely
what computers do
supremely well. Just as they beat the world
champions at
checkers(
跳棋
)and
then chess, they were destined to beat the
champion at Go.
Yet I don’t believe, as
some do, that human defeats like this one presage
an
era of mass unemployment in which
awesomely able computers leave most of
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us with nothing to do. Advancing
technology will profoundly change the nature
of high-
value human skills
and that is threatening, but we aren’t doomed. The
skills of
deep human
interaction, the
abilities
to
manage
the
exchanges that
occur only between
people, will only become more valuable. Three of
these
skills stand out: The
first, the foundation of the rest, is empathy,
which is more
than just feeling someone
else’s pain. It’s the ability to perceive what
another
person
is
thinking
or
feeling,
and
to
respond
in
an
appropriate
way.
The
second
is
creative
problem-solving
in
groups.
Research
on
group
effectiveness shows that the key isn’t
team cohesion or motivation or even the
smartest member’s IQ; rather, it’s the
social sensitivity of the members, their
ability to read one another and keep
anyone from dominating. The third critical
ability, somewhat surprisingly, is
storytelling, which has not traditionally been
valued by organizations. Charts, graphs
and data analysis will continue to be
important, but that’s exactly what
technology does so well. To
change people’s
minds or
inspire them to act, tell them a story. These
skills, though basic to our
humanity,
are fundamentally different from the skills that
have been the basis
of economic
progress for most of human history, logic,
knowledge and analysis,
which we
learned from textbooks and in classrooms. By
contrast, the skills of
deep
human
interaction
address
the
often
irrational
reality
of
how
human
beings
behave,
and
we
find
them
not
in
textbooks
but
inside
ourselves.
As
computers master ever
more co
mplexity, that’s where we’ll
find the source of
our continued value.
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26. According to the
author, AlphaGo’s victory_____.
A. could have happened earlier
B. came as a pleasant
surprise
C. was an expected result
D. was more a matter of
luck
27. The word
“presage”(Para. 2) is closest in
meaning to“ _____”.
A.
survive B. suffer C. invent D. predict
28.
What
is
the
author’s
attitude
towards
the
human
future
in
the
face
of
technology?
A. Unclear B. Confused C. Worried D.
Optimistic
29. Which of the
following is the most fundamental to human
interaction?
A. Social
sensitivity of group members to understand each
other.
B.
Strong ability to share people’s
feelings and respond.
C. Team spirit to make sure that
everyone is involved.
D. Inspirational storytelling to
motivate people to act.
30.
According to the author, the skills of deep human
interaction .
A. are the
source of true human values in the future
B. can work
with knowledge to make the world better
C. are similar to the
skills of human logic and analysis
D. can be learned from textbooks and in
classrooms
Passage Three
Last
year,
I
went
WWOOFing
(Willing
Workers
on
Organic
Farms)
at
a
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beautiful
organic farm in La Réunion. With WWOOFing,
volunteers exchange
their
time
and
work
for
food
and
accommodation.
I
slept
in
a
cabin
in
the
woods
with
hedgeh
ogs(
刺
猬
)
digging
about
in
the
bushes,
all
different
coloured birds
singing in the morning and endless rows of palm
trees offering
shade from the sun. For
me, one of the best ways to get to know a new
place
is to work with the land, live
with the locals and share meals together. This is
why
I
absolutely
love
WWOOFing.
It
has
got
to
be
one
of
the
best
ways
to
travel. It is a mutually
beneficial exchange where everyone involved
prioritises
people and environment
above profit. You get the time and space to deepen
a
connection with local communities and
nature. There is a lot to learn and each
farm has its own unique way of doing
things, depending on the environment,
climate and soil. At the farm in La
Réu
nion we planted palm trees to
harvest
the core of the trunk which can
be eaten in salads. Before staying with the farm
I had only eaten heart of palm from
cans which were nothing in comparison to
the real thing, fresh from the ground.
When potting up the very beginnings of
the palm trees, I felt grateful to be a
part of the start of the trees' cycle. I was
filled with awe that something so small
could grow into something so big and
strong. We also did lots of weeding,
which helped me to get to know all kinds
of
different
plants,
to
be
able
to
identify
which
ones
we
could
use
as
herbs/medicine/in
salads
and
which
were
seen
as
uneatable.
I
also
got
to
harvest
pineapples and guava
fruit(
番石榴
) to make jams
which will be sold at
the local market.
Of course, not everyone is able to travel far away
into the field.
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The great thing about the
skill-
share philosophy behind WWOOFing
is that it’s
something we can all do
from our own backyard. The focus shifts from money
to how we can best support each other
in our communities. A fair exchange
can
make a big difference in the world.
31. WWOOFing enables volunteers to
________.
A. get food and
shelter for their work
around La Réunion for free
C. tell the differences between various
birds
D. have close contact
with wild animals
32.
The author found his farm life in La
Réunion quite ______
A.
awful B. rewarding C. comfortable D. difficult
33. The author did all of
the following on the organic farm EXCEPT _______.
A.
removing
weeds B.
planting
palm
trees
C.
harvesting fruits
D.
collecting
vegetables
34. The philosophy of
WWOOFing is to _______
A.
improve
local
environment
B.
make
locals
live
better
C.
unite
different
communities D.
advocate a fair exchange
35. This passage is mainly about _____
A. the development of WWOOFing
B. a local WWOOFing
community
C. a charming
WWOOFing experience
D. the
system of WWOOFing
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Passage Four
Experts
say
distracted
walking
is
a
growing
problem,
as
people
of
all
ages
become more dependent
on electronic devices for personal and
professional
matters. They also note
pedestrian deaths have been rising in recent
years. In
2005, 11% of all US deaths
involved pedestrians, but that number rose to 15%
in
2014.
The
rise
in deaths
coincides
with
states
introducing
bills that
target
pedestrians. Some states, such as
Hawaii, Arkansas, Illinois, Nevada and New
York,
continue
to
introduce
legislation
every
year.
The
measure
recently
introduced
by
New
Jersey
assembly
woman
Pamela
Lampitt
would
ban
walking
while
texting
and
prohibit
pedestrians
on
public
roads
from
using
electronic communication devices unless
they are hands-free. Violators would
face
fines
of
up
to
$$50,
15-day
imprisonment
or
both,
which
is
the
same
penalty as
jaywalking(
乱穿马路
). Half of
the fine would be allocated to safety
education about the dangers of walking
while texting, said Lampit. Some see
the proposal as an unnecessary
government overreach, while others say they
understand Lampitt's reasoning. But
most agree that people need to be made
aware of the issue.
potential
danger
to
themselves
and
drivers
on
the
road,
Lampitt
said.
individual
crossing
the
road
distracted
by
their
smartphone
presents
just
as
much
danger
to
motorists
as
someone
jaywalking
and
should
be
held,
at
minimum,
to the same penalty.
though,
is
whether
it
can
be
enforced
consistently
by
police
officers
who
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usually have more
pressing matters to deal with. Some feel that
rather than
imposing a new law, the
state should focus on distracted-walking
education.
Lampitt said the measure is
needed to stop and penalize
cited a
National Safety Council report that showed
distracted-walking incidents
involving
cellphones
accounted
for
an
estimated
11,101
injuries
from
2000
through
2011.
The
study
found
a
majority
of
those
injured
were
female
and
most were 40 or younger. Talking on the
phone was the most prevalent activity
at
the
time
of
injury,
while
texting
accounted
for
12%.
Nearly
80%
of
the
injuries occurred as the result of a
fall, while 9% occurred from the pedestrian
striking a motionless object.
passage is mainly
concerned with _____
A. the
difficulty in enforcing road regulations
B. rising deaths caused by distracted
walking
C. the dangers of
jaywalking on busy streets
D. distracted walking involving smart
phones
37. The states
introducing bills that target pedestrians
________.
A. have benefited
from the bills
B. find it hard to carry
them out
C. have been promoting the
legislation
D. will have
fewer deaths of pedestrians
38.
According
to
the
measure
proposed
by
Lampitt,
walking
while
texting
would ______.
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A. become
illegal B. involve safety education C. be blamed
publicly D. incur a
fine of over $$50
39. Lampitt reasons that
distracted pedestrians are as dangerous as
________.
A. motorists B. speeding
drivers C. jaywalkers D. drunk drivers
40.
Which
of
the
following
would
the
author
of
the
passage
most
probably
agree with?
A.
Males are more vulnerable to distracted-walking
injures.
B. Police officers
are unhappy with the proposed law.
C. Safety education is more important
than penalty.
D. Rising
distracted-walking incidents call for real
attention.
Section B
Directions:
In this section, you are
required to read one quoted blog
and
the comments on it. The blog and comments are
followed by questions or
unfinished
statements,
each
with
four
suggested
answer
A,
B,
C
and
D.
Choose the
best answer and mark your answer on the Answer
Sheet.
The saying “Clothes
Make the Man” dates back some 400 years and it
refers
to
the
fact
that
when
people
see
a
well-dressed
person,
they
assume
that
person
is
a
professional,
capable,
and
(especially
in
the
old
days)
rich.
Therefore, you had to dress like how
you wanted to be perceived,
what you
wanted to eventually achieve. Fast
forward 400 years, lots of folks still think the
same way. But does it really make a
difference? I happen to be one of those
who do not put faith in the old saying.
I suppose I might be in the minority but I
am a member of an elite club with the
likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in my
camp.
Perception
is
not
reality;
perception
is
halfway
to
discovering
reality.
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Perception is drawn from our own
impressions, our own belief systems. Is it
powerful and influential? Absolutely!
Is it all that it seems? Less often than you
think.
How
many
times
have
you
cast
an
initial
judgment
only
to
surprise
yourself later and
learn how you missed out on a great opportunity,
person or
idea?
Comment
1
In
the
present
era,
many
associate
the
well-dressed
with
being the most successful. It took
folks in the business world a long time to
overlook the way Steve Jobs wore jeans
on the public stage. I did not know Mr.
Jobs, though I wish I had. I have heard
it said that he invented the concept of
“business casual.” In my mind that is
as much a matter of self
-confidence as
it
is a matter of taste in clothing.
Comment 2 You are wrong about Steve Jobs.
He
certainly did
care about
how he
was
perceived
and
his appearance
was
very
much
calculated
to
achieve
his
desired
effect.
From
his
early
formal
business
clothing
down
to
the
aggressive
casualness
of
his
eventual
black
turtle
neck
and
jeans
uniform,
his
clothes
and
the
impact
they
made
were
clearly
foremost in his mind. Comment 3 It reminds me of
the story about the
philosopher who
goes to a formal dinner party in jeans. When asked
if he felt
out
of
place
because
of
his
clothes,
he
looked
around
and
said
he
hadn’t
noticed.
of the
following might the writer of the passage agree
with?
A. Steve Jobs and
Bill Gates dress formally.
B. We should not judge a person by his
clothing.
C. It is clothes that make
the man.
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D. The well-dressed are
most likely to succeed.
42.
According to the writer of the passage, perception
______.
A. might prove
wrong B. is powerful and reliable
C. is
half reality D. might be worthless to us
43. The writer of Comment 1
seems to ______.
A. dislike
the way Steve Jobs dressed for business occasions
B. suggest that business
people have no taste in clothing
C. believe that the well-dressed are
the most successful
D.
think that Steve Jobs’
casualness reflected his
self
-confidence
44. Speaking of Steve Jobs, the writer
of Comment 2 ________.
A.
points out that Steve Jobs was a very aggressive
person
B. suggests that he
and Steve Jobs used to be in the same club
C. holds the same view as
the writer of the passage
D.
thinks Steve Jobs’
casualness was carefully thought out
he went to the dinner
party in jeans (Comment 3), the philosopher
_______
A.
thought that people liked his clothes
B. was not aware of how his clothes
looked
C. felt quite
embarrassed
D. considered
himself out of place
Part
IV Cloze (10 points) Directions:
In this part, there is a passage with
ten blanks. For each blank there are four
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choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose
the best answer for each blank and
mark
your answer on the Answer Sheet.
The
history of transportation is very long and full of
changes and inventions. It
starts
___46__ walking, which is not any invention; it
just takes energy. People
used to walk
to get to other places. If you wanted to get
somewhere quickly,
the
__47___way
to
do
that
was
to
run .
Actually,
the
first
invention
for
the
transportation __48__ was the shoe.
Centuries ago there were no shoes, and
people
walked
barefoot.
Then
people
invented
___49__
to
transport
themselves and
materials from one place to another. In some
cultures, people
invented
sledges(
雪橇
), ___50__ are a
kind of board that you drag along the
ground.
You
can
tie
things
on
the
sledges
to
h
elp
carry
them,
but
it’s
a
challenging invention
___51__ if you hit a rock with the sledges as you
pull it,
the
contents
can
___52___.
In
other
cultures,
people
invented
the
wheels,
which
they used to make it easier to move things---and
people. That was the
beginning of many
innovations in transportation. ___53___ people had
wheels
they could invent other ways to
travel. They could put the wheels on a board
and make it a wagon, and then they
could ___54__ that wagon to an ox or a
horse and ride as well as carry
materials. That wheel led to __55___ we have
today:
trucks,
automobiles,
and
even
boats
and
planes.
For
example,
there
were steamboats that used giant wheels
that turned with blades, pushing the
water and pushing the boat forward.
46. A. on B. at C. for D. with
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47. A. possible B. only
C. one D. Just
48. A.
probably B. luckily C. really D. Formerly
49. A. methods B. channels C. ways D.
Measures
50. A. what B. when C. where
D. Which
51. A. unless B. but C. even
D. Since
52. A. pull out B. slip off C.
hold down D. put down
53.
B. Then C. However
54. A. stick B.
make C. fasten D. change
55. A. what B. that C. which D. how
Part V Text Completion(20
points)
Directions:
In
this
part,
there
are
three
incomplete
texts
with
20
questions
(Ranging from 56 to 75).Above each text
there are three or four phrases to be
completed .First, use the choices
provided in the box to complete the phrases.
Second, use the completed phrases to
fill in the blanks of the text. Mark your
answer on the Answer Sheet. Text One
56. of D. ways of
Phrases: A.56only one language
B.57any
reason
not
to
58different
ways
most
boring59seeing
the
world I think every
language has a certain way of seeing the world.
Each is a
whole
different
world
–
a
whole
different
mindsets.
I
couldn’t
possibly60because
it would mean really giving up the possibility to
be able to
see
the
world.
So
the
monolingual
lifestyle,
for
me,
is
the
saddest,
the
loneliest,62.
There
are
so
many
advantages
of
learning
a
language;
I
really
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