河南理工大学2011级硕士研究生学位英语

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河 南 理 工 大 学 2011级硕士研究生学位英语考试

考试时间：120分钟 总分：100分

Part I Listening Comprehension （15%）

In this section you will hear five short conversations and one long conversation. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the best answer. 1. A The man shouldn’t care what Sandra said.

B The man shouldn’t listen to Sandra .

C The man should talk openly with Sandra.

D The man should get back home early. 2. A A boss and an employee. B A lawyer and a client.

C A shop assistant and a customer

D A bus driver and a passenger.

3. A The woman helped to do part of the experiment.

B The woman proposed some good ideas in the experiment.

C The woman was grateful for the success of the experiment.

D The woman recommended some useful books for the experiment. 3. A It is very neat. B It is a mess C It is very pleasant. D It is a hell.

4. A He got the camera at a very low price. B The camera is very expensive.

C The camera is worth nothing.

D He does not like the camera.

5. A Because it provides free service. B Because it is the best store of its kind.

C Because it has great variety of goods.

D Because it has high quality goods there.

6. A Because he is going to find a new job. B Because he has to work over time in the office. C Because he is going to move to a new town. D Because his job is too demanding for him.

7. A Because he is very inspiring. B Because he is very brave.

C Because he made some great achievements.

D Because he is a successful ruler.

8. A He is very stern with his employees. B He works very hard himself.

C He is very satisfied with his employees.

D He makes excessive demands on his employees. 9. A Because his mother wanted him to learn.

B Because he preferred the violin to the piano.

C Because he heard a friend of his play it.

D Because he thought the violin was for classical music. 10. A He joined the Army Orchestra. B He stopped playing the violin.

C He played more than 100 concerts a year.

D He played classical music for American soldiers. 11. A Everyone needs music.

B People are born musical.

C Children love music more than adults.

D Music is the product of human civilization.

13. A In developed countries. B In developing countries C In European countries D In Asian countries.

14. A They teach and convey cultural values in schools. B They work as volunteers in developing countries.

C They help take care of the AIDS patients.

D They take care of their own grandchildren at home.

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15. A They can no longer perform their jobs well. B They don’t want to work any longer.

C They have to give up their jobs to youngsters.

D No boss would like to hire older employees. Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (15% )

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence, and then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ____ of cheating customers.

A. accused

B. charged

C. scolded

D. cursed

2. The murderer was brought in, with his hands ____ behind his back.

A. being tied

B. having tied

C. to be tied

D. tied

3. Needless to say, he ____ his good looks and sense of humor or from his mother.

A. inherited

B. carried

C. inhibited

D. resembled 4. They have ___most carefully the time and the materials needed to complete project.

A. picked out

B. left out

C. taken out

D. figured out 5. The room is quite neat, it _____.

A. doesn’t need to cleaning

B. needn’t to cleaning

C. doesn’t need cleaning

D. needn’t cleaning 6. ______ right now, she would get there on Sunday.

A. Would she leave

B. If she leave

C. Were she to leave

D. If she had left

7. He must have stayed up late last night, _____ he ?

A. mustn’t

B. needn’t

C. hasn’t

D. didn’t 8. ____ he does not come, shall we go without him?

A. Supposing

B. To suppose

C. Supposed

D. to be supposed

9. He will pass two milestones ____ that is, he will receive his master’s degree and find a challenging job.

A. long ago

B. not long ago

C. before long

D. long before

10. Some diseases are ____ by certain water animals.

A. transported

B. transmitted

C. transformed

D.

transplanted

11. Our hopes ____ at the first sight of the doctor.

A. arose

B. raised

C. rose

D. aroused

12. Eating too much fat can ____ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. attribute to

B. contribute to

C. attend to

D. devote to 13. That ____ lady is their English teacher.

A. young beautiful foreign

B. beautiful young foreign

C. young foreign beautiful

D. foreign young beautiful

14. I don’t think it advisable that Tom ____ to the job since he has no experience.

A .is assigned B. will be assigned C. be assigned D. has been assigned 15. He is ___ of those boys who is willing to take on another assignment.

A. the only one

B. only one

C. one

D. a

Part Ⅲ. Cloze (10% )

“Techno -stress”----frustration arising from pressure to use new technology----is said to be 21 , r eports Maclean’s magazine of Canada. Studies point to causes that 22 “the never -ending process of learning how to use new technologies to the 23 of work and home life as a result of 24 like e-mail, call-forwarding and wireless phones.” How can you co pe? Experts recommend setting 25 . Determine whether using a particular device will really simplify life or merely add new 26 . Count on having to invest time to learn a new technology well enough to realize its full benefits. “ 27 time each day to turn the technology off,” and devote time to other things afforded or deserving 28 attention. “People start the day by making the 29 mistake of opening their e-mail, instead of working to a plan,” notes Vancouver productivity expert Dan Stamp. “The best hour and a half of the day is spent on complete 30 .”

21. A descending B narrowing C mounting D widening 22. A pass on B range from C deal with D give up 23. A confusion B construction C contribution D conduction 24. A creations B promotions C productions D innovations 25. A laws B boundaries C deadlines D barriers 26. A convenience B advantages C flexibility D complexity 27. A Put forward B Put across C Put aside D Put up 28. A prior B major C senior D superior 29. A fragmental B fictional C fractional D fundamental 30. A relaxation B entertainment C rubbish D hobby

Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension （15%）

Directions: In this part, you will read three passages. The first and second passage is followed by 5 questions each. You are required to choose the best answer to each question according to the passage. For the third passage, you are required to answer each question.

Passage one

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Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage

It doesn’t come as a surprise to you to realize that it makes no difference what you read to study if you can’t remember it. You just waste your val uable time. Maybe you have already discovered some clever ways to keep yourself from forgetting.

One dependable aid that does help you remember what you study is to have a specific purpose or reason for reading. You remember better what you read when you know why you are reading.

Why does a clerk in a store go away and leave you when your reply to her offer to help is “No, thank you, I’m just looking”? Both you and she know that if you aren’t sure what you want, you are not likely to find it. But suppose yo u may say instead, “Yes, I want a pair of sun glasses.” She says, “Right this way, please.” And you and she are off—both eager to look for exactly what you want. If you are looking for nothing in particular, you are likely to get just

that —nothing. But if you do know what you want, and if you have the right book, you are almost sure to get it. Your reasons will vary —they will include reading or studying “to find out more about”, “to understand the reasons for”, and “to find out how”. A good student has a cl ear purpose or reason for what he is doing.

That is the way it works. Before you start to study, you say to yourself something like this, “I want to know why Stephen Vincent Benet happened to write about America. I’m reading this article to find about” or, “I’m going to skim this story to see what life was like in medieval England”. Because you know why you are reading or studying, you relate the information to your purpose and remember it better.

Reading is not one single activity. At least two important processes go on at the same time. As you read, you take in ideas rapidly and accurately. But at the same time you express your own ideas to yourself as you react to what you read. You have a kind of mental conversation with the author. If you expressed your ideas orally, they might sound like this: “Yes, I agree. That’s my opinion too” or “Umm, I thought that record was broken much earlier. I’d better check those dates,” or “ But there are some other facts to be considered!” You don’t just sit there taking in ideas —you do something else, and that something else is very important.

This traditional process of thinking about what you read includes evaluating it, relating it to what you already know, and using it for your own purposes. In other words, a good reader is a critical reader. One part of critical reading, as you have discovered, is

distinguishing between facts and opinions. Facts can be checked by evidence. Opinions are one’s own personal reactions. Another part of critical reading is judging sources. S till another part is drawing accurate inferences.

31. If you cannot remember what you read or study,____________

［A ］ it is nothing out of the ordinary.

［B ］ it means you have not really learned anything. ［C ］ it means you have not chosen the right book. ［D ］ you realize it is of no importance.

32. The author mentions “a clerk” in Paragraph 3 to _____________

［A ］show that a clerk is usually very helpful.

［B ］ indicate the importance of reading with a purpose. ［C ］ suggest a clerk may be as forgetful as you are.

［D ］ exemplify the harmonious relationship between clerk and customer. 33. Before you start reading, it is important to ________________

［A ］choose an interesting book.

［B ］relate the information to your purpose. ［C ］remember what you read.

［D ］make sure why you are reading. 34. Reading activity involves _____________

［A ］ only two simultaneous process.

［B ］ primarily learning about ideas and evaluating them critically. ［C ］ merely distinguishing between facts and opinions.

［D ］ mainly drawing accurate inferences. 35. A good reader is one who ____________

［A ］ relates what he reads to his own knowledge about the subject matter. ［B ］ does lots of thinking in his reading. ［C ］ takes a critical attitude in his reading.

［D ］ is able to check the facts presented against what he has already known.

Passage Two

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.

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Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it.

People who take part in hunting think of as a sport; they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.

It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox

hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (残酷的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (冲突) between hunters and hunt saboteurs (阻拦者).

Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading rid ers and disturbing the trail of the fox’s smell, which the dogs follow.

Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain. 36. Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes _____.

A. for recreation

B. to limit the fox population

C. in the interests of the farmers

D. to show off their wealth 37. What is special about fox hunting in Britain? A. It involves the use of a deadly poison. B. It is a costly event which rarely occurs. C. The hunters have set rules to follow.

D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

38. Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game _____________. A. by resorting to violence B. by confusing the fox hunters C. by taking legal action D. by demonstrating on the scene 39. A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ______________.

A. prohibit farmers from hunting foxes

B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs

C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

D. prevent large-scale fox hunting

40. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. A. killing foxes with poison is illegal

B. limiting the fox population is unnecessary

C. hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent

D. fox-hunting often leads to confrontation between the poor and the rich Part Ⅴ Translation （10%）

Directions: Put the following passage into English.

儒家思想是中国传统文化的基石。它出现在大约2500年前的春秋时期(the Spring and Autumn Period)，是建立在夏、商、周朝的传统文化之上，并由孔子创立的完整观念体系(ideological system)。儒家思想博大精深，涵盖了人性、政治、法律、教育、哲学、道德各个领域。儒家文化以人本哲学(humanistic philosophy)为依托，这表现在它对人类个体的尊敬、关注和热爱。总而言之，儒家文化是世界文化遗产的重要组成部分，是东方文化的代表，也是中国文化传统的中流砥柱。

Part ⅤI Writing （ 30% )

Directions : Write a short essay in no less than 120 words on the topic : On College Students' Taking Part-time Jobs

It is advisable for you to base your writing on The following points : 1) The advantages 2) The disadvantages

3) Tour conclusion and suggestions

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