同等学力申硕英语真题及参考答案A卷

2013

年同等学 力申硕英语真题（

A

卷）及参考答案

2013

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

ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST FOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTS

Paper One

(100 minutes)

Part I Oral Communication

(10 points)

Part II V

ocabulary (10 points)

Pan III Reading Comprehension

(25 points)

Part IV Cloze (10 points)

Part V Text Completion (20 points)

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Part 1 Oral Communication (10 points)

Section A

In

this

section

there

are

two

incomplete

dialogues

and

each

dialogue

has

three

blanks

Directions:

，

B

and

C,

and

three

choices

Ataken

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. It sounds like a flu.

B. I also advise resting for a couple of days.

C. Boy when it rains, it pours.

,

Doctor:

What has been bothering you

I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus, I've been coughing a lot.

Patient:

1

Doctor:

Any stomach pains

Patient:

Actually, yes. My stomach's been upset for a few days.

Doctor:

2

It's been going around lately.

Patient:

Anything I can do for it

Doctor:

I'll prescribe some medicines for you to take.

3

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.

Dialogue Two

A. So, what are you going to do with the money

B. You have lots of money.

C. How much do I owe you

Joshua:

Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance

Father:

Oh. I forgot about that.

Joshua:

You ALWAYS forget.

Father:

I guess I do.

4

Joshua

：

Just $$13.

Father:

Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.

Joshua:

Go to the bank.

5

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.

6

books.

Father:

Well, that sounds great, Joshua.

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. Nationalities stay in their own areas.

B. People don't queue like they do here in England.

C. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal life.

D. Some supermarkets are open twenty

-

four hours a day.

Interviewer:

How long did you live in the Slates

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

Joshua:

I'm going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy

Interviewee:

Yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and department stores.

8

And on public holidays, only the banks are shut.

I see, um... Do you think New York is as multinational as Loudon

Interviewer:

Interviewee:

Oh, that's for sure. But it's not as mixed.

9

like there's Russian sec

-

tion, 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. I read the newspaper every day so that I can stay informed about current events.

A. important B. international

C. latest D. cultural

12. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when he eventually found water.

A. predictably B. finally

C. luckily D. accidentally

13. When we gave the children ice cream

，

they immediately ceased crying.

A. started B. continued

C. resumed D. stopped

14. The science teacher demonstrated the process of turning solid gold into liquid.

A. showed B. elaborated

C. devised D. simplified

15. John's application for admission to graduate studies in the School of Education has been

approved.

A. entrance B. acceptance

C. experience D. allowance

16. Most college students in the United States live away from home.

A. apart B. down

C. elsewhere D. along

17. 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. process D. produce

18. Many different parts make up an airplane: the engine(s), the wings, the tail, and so on.

A. compose B. decorate

C. construct D. derive

19. You make it sound as if I did it on purpose.

A. carefully B. unwillingly

C. incredibly D. deliberately

20. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.

tood B. explained

C. expected D. believed

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

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.

21. This passage describes_______.

A. a basketball match

B. an experiment

C. a philosopher

D. a gorilla

22.

“

Attention blindness

”

refers to _______.

A. the fact that one can't see what one can't see

B. seeing one thing while missing all else

C. keeping track of just about everything

D. the condition of being blind to details

23.

“

Catch us in the act

”

(Para. 1) is closest in meaning to

“

find us_______.

”

A. doing something improper

B.

sleeping during the lecture

C. counting the basketball losses

D. failing to notice something within sight

24. How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the video

A. 1.

B. 3 or 4.

C. 13 or 14.

D. 15.

25. Whom does

“

he

”

(last paragraph) refer to

A. The author.

B. The gorilla.

C. The lecturer.

D. The student.

Passage Two

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.

”

26. Which of the following statements is true

A. The letters in the bin were exaggerating.

B. Some letters to Swift were thrown away unread.

C. A woman discovered the letters and discarded them.

D. Poorly decorated letters were left unread.

27. Swift's management claimed that_______.

Swift had read each one of the letters

A.

B. fans could trust them with their letters

C. they were quick in response to the incident

D.

they didn't intend to throw away the letters

28. Most celebrities_______

A. are too busy to read fan mail

B. are afraid of receiving fan mail

C. try their best to read fan mail themselves

D. care about the fate of fan mail

29. 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. desire to get connected with the stars

D.

dream of getting a photo of the stars

30. Which of the following will fans cherish the most

A. The feeling of being related to their stars.

B. The sense of being similar to their stars.

C. The time spent with their stars.

D. The autograph of their stars.

Passage Three

Facelift (

紧肤术）

followed by a week on a beach in Thailand Hip surgery with a side of

shopping in Singapore Over the last 10 years, Asia's rise on the medical tourism scene has been

quick. Eastern nations dominate the global scene. Now Bali wants a slice of the action.

The Indonesian island recently opened its first facility specifically targeting medical tourists

with packages and services, Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) Nusa Dua. BIMC already

has an international hospital in Kuta, which opened in 1998.

The new internationally managed facility offers surgical and non

-

surgical cosmetic

procedures and dental care.

Unlike most of the region's hospitals, BIMC is designed to feel more like a spa or resort (

度假村）

than

a medical facility.

The 50

-

bed hospital has a 24

-

hour medical emergency entrance and hotel

-

like lobby at the

front of the building servicing the hospital's medical, and dental centers.

If you're a celebrity who doesn't want everyone to know you're here for a bit of lipo (

吸脂术）

，

no

worries. There's a private entrance that leads to the CosMedic Centro, which offers views

of a golf course.

BIMC has even teamed up with the nearby Courtyard by Marriott Bali, which provides

specific after

-

care services like tailor

-

made meals and wellness programs for patients.

Latest technology and cool interiors are a start, but breaking into a regional industry that

already has some of the world's top international hospitals will be tough, says Josef Woodman,

CEO of U.S.

-

based medical travel consumer guide Patients Beyond Borders (PBB).

“

As a newcomer, Bali faces stiff competition from nearby international healthcare providers.

To compete

，

Bali will need to demonstrate a quality level of care and promote its services to the

region and the world. On the positive side, Bali is blessed as one of the region's safest

，

most

popular tourist destinations, with a built

-

in potential to attract medical travelers.

”

The Indonesian island couldn't have picked a better time to get into the game, says PBB.