2011年6月研究生英语学位考试真题及答案
A卷
Paper One
Part I Listening Comprehension（25 minutes, 20 points ）
Section A (1 point each)
1. A: To ask his boss for leave. B: To work in his place.
C To meet his friend at the airport. D To cover his absence from his boss.
2. A; He doesn’t want to go to the show, as he is not interested in it.
B: He is not free to go to the fashion show with the woman.
C He can’t go with the woman, as he has to finish his paper.
D he can’t go with the woman, as he has a pile of paperwork to do.
3. A: He has been pretty busy. B: He has been mad.
C He was at a meeting. D He was with a business partner.
4. A: A bank teller B A salesman C A policeman D A postman
5. A: She hasn’t been in touch with Sam for weeks. B: She has been looking for Sam for weeks.
C: Sam has been out of work for weeks. D Sam has been hunting for weeks.
6. A: She will wrap the file very carefully. B: She won’t tell anyone else about the file.
C She is confident about the file. D She will keep the file in a safe.
7. A: He said something that he shouldn’t have said. B: He was very careful about what he said.
C He didn’t understand what the woman wanted him to do. D He talked too much to the woman.
8. A: He has run out of gas. B: He has had an accident.
C His car has been broken. D He has arrived home.
9. A: The location is more convenient. B It is to reduce the cost of building.
C People like to live in high buildings. D People can have a better view in high buildings.
Section B (1 point each )
Mini-talk One
10 A; Britain is dumping its wastes to China in the name of recycling.
B: Britain has been punished for exporting rubbish to China.
C China should set up new environmental standards.
D China should acknowledge the costs of the environmental damage.
11. A 20,000 B: 50,000 C: 500,000 D 200,000
12. A: They didn’t have any environmental standards to follow.
B: They are doing the recycling in backyards.
C They cause more pollution to the environment. D Their employees have been poisoned. Mini-talk Two
13. A: He is a music star. B: He is a doctor. C He is a drug dealer . D He is a
spokesman.
14. A: He was going to receive an operation. B He was recovering from cancer.
C He was expected to quit from the group. D He was involved in a scandal.
15. A Most of its members abuse drugs. B: Most of its members are from the countryside.
C The group has been full of scandals. D The group has been in trouble since 1963. Section C (1 point each)
16. Where did the French Government legalize the use of mobile phone blocking devices?
17. The blocking device can prevent people from receiving and making mobile telephone calls within ______ of the device.
18. By changing the law the government expects to make cinema _____.
19. While blocking telephone signals in cinemas and theaters the blocking device might affect signals to _______.
20. Before it was legalized, the use of blocking devices was punishable with a fine of 20,660npounds or _________.
Part I Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. These figures boil down to no significance as they are statistically imperfect.
A amount to B conform to C contribute to D attach to
2. The researchers are working hard to find the optimal concentration of this drug.
A most poisonous B most likely C most famous D most desirable
3. This young lawyer dares to take on the powerful on behalf of the poor and weak.
A with the favor of B find good jobs for C assume the responsibility for D accept the challenge of
4. The last traces of respectability had vanished by the time he was convicted and imprisoned.
A collapsed B disappeared C perished D scattered
5. Fearful of losing her job for good, this lady decided to talk to the manager directly.
A for benefits B by luck C for ever D at hand.
6. An important innovation in this college was the introduction of the seminary method for
advanced students.
A idea B change C matter D policy
7. This archaeologist made a study of the vast area through which the Roman civilization has been propagated.
A extended B terminated C speculated D restricted
8. The investor would suffer a lot from a television series that was heavily invested in but never came off.
A was released B proved satisfactory C failed completely D won awards
9. Given the gravity of the situation, the best thing we can do is to declare the company
bankrupt.
A gravitation B fascination C seriousness D incurability
10. When the symptom occurs, she finds it difficult to manipulate a pencil despite her young age.
A utilize B handle C master D dominate
Section B :
Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B , C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
11. The country once threatened to ___ diplomatic relations with its neighbor if the latter was too
friendly to the rebels.
A show off B keep off C break off D call off
12. In English leaning, a ___ circle occurs when a student makes more errors after being scolded.
A vicious B vigorous C vertical D voluntary
13. Some ancient people were able to tell the time by the shadow ___by the sun on the slate.
A thrown B flung C cast D tossed(upward)
14. Competition compels districts to devote their limited resources to achieving results that
compare ___ with other local districts.
A significantly B favorably C dramatically D superficially
15. If you don’t know how to ___ your achievements, your parting from this world is going to be
a nightmare.
A take hold of B get rid of C let go of D make fun of
16. This country could have as many as 10 million cases of AIDS in 2010 if the ____ is not taken
seriously.
A episode B epidemic C equivalent D eruption
17. With a wide variety of fresh fruit ___available, canner fruit is no longer so popular as before.
A willingly B appropriately C confidently D readily =easily
18. The crisis over parliamentary election illustrated the unpredictable ____that events could
take once the coalition troops are withdrawn.
A process B line C way D course
19. Decades of ___ might have been partially responsible for our ignorance of development
abroad.
A insulation B irrigation C integration D isolation
20. There have been some insensible people who attempt to end their pains ____ through suicide.
A by and large B once for all =forever C heart and soul D on the whole
Part II. Cloze
Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrases marked A, B, C and D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
There is now a new keychain device that lets people turn off most TVs anywhere---- from airports to restaurants. And it is selling faster than 21 . “I thought there would just be a few sales, but we can’t 22 demand,” said inventor Mitch Altman of San Francisco, U.S. “I didn’t know there were so many people who wanted to turn TVs off.”
Hundreds of orders for Altman’s US $14.99 TV-B-Gone device poured in last week. The tiny remote control device had been 23 in Wired magazine and other online-media outlets. 24 , the unexpected attention overloaded the website of his company. Cornfield Electronics, and caused it to 25 .
The keychain device works like a 26 remote control ----but it only turns TVs on or off. With a push of the button, it goes through a 27 of about 200 infrared codes that control the power of about 1,000 television models. Altman said the majority of TVs should 28 within 17 seconds. It takes a little more than a minute for the device to 29 all the trigger codes.
The 47-year-old Altman got the idea for TV-B-Gone a decade ago. He was out with friends at a restaurant and they found themselves all 30 by the TV, but no one was around to turn it off.
21. A expects B expectation C expected D expecting
22. A give in to B hold on to C make up for D keep up with
23. A acknowledged B announced C admitted D applied
24. A At times B On time C Behind time D At the same time
25. A clash B crush =smash C cruise D crash
26. A commonplace B universal C mean D medium
27. A string B flock C school D fleet
28. A repel B repeat C react D reproach =blame
29. A submit B permit C omit D emit
30. A bothered B haunted C interrupted D hindered
Part III. Reading Comprehensive
Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Animals are more like us than we ever imagined. They feel pain, they experience stress, and they show affection, excitement and love. All these finding have been made by scientists in recent years----and such results are beginning to change how we view animals.
Strangely enough, this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald’s and KFC. Pressured by animal rights groups, these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.
McDonald’s, for instance, funded studies on pig behaviors at Purdue University, Indiana. This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other. If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill. Because of this, and other similar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2012. In Germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting.
Other scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans.
Koko, the 300-pound gorilla (大猩猩)at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, for instance, has been taught sign language. Koko can now understand several thousand English words, more than many humans who speak English as a second language. On human IQ tests, she scores between 70 and 95.
Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.
Other myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awareness. Studies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure.
These striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question: “If you believe in evolution, how can’t you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?”
Until recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activity. But as Koko the Gorilla shows, this is not the case. In fact, learning is passed from parents to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.
So what implications does this knowledge have for humans? Because of this , should we ban hunting and animal testing? Should we close zoos? Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians. Harvard and 25 other American law schools have introduced courses on animal rights.
31. The author feels it strange that the research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald’s and KFC probably because these companies_____.
A are the largest fast food chains in the world. B have little to do with animals.
C consume a large amount of meat each day. D are notorious for their ill-treatment to animals.
32.The experiment with Koko shows _____.
A gorillas’ IQ scores are as high as human beings’ B animals are much cleverer than we used to believe.
C parent animals can pass learning to their offspring intentionally.
D some gorillas are smarter than many humans.
33.Which of the following is NOT true according to the studies?
A Some animals have developed language skills. B Some animals can show their feelings.
C Animals enjoy playing with each other. D Animals become indifferent when one of them dies.
34. By citing the question “If you believe in evolution, how can’t you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?” the author means____.
A human feelings can trace their origin back to animals. B animal’s feelings are as developed as human beings’.
C from the point of view of evolution animals should have no feelings.
D we can’t believe that animals have feelings that human beings have.
35. The studies urge us to ____.
A stop killing animals for food. B ban hunting and animal testing
C close zoos and animal farms D change our ways to treat animals.
36. The purpose of this passage is to tell us that ____.
A animals are much smarter than we ever imagined. B animals rights should be taught in schools.
C we should show greater respect to animals. D animals rights should be protected worldwide.
Passage Two
Ties have no practical use at all and most men see them as part of a uniform instead of an
independent piece of clothing. But, these small strips of cloth should not be underestimated, fashion experts say.
The shirt, suit or jacket are neutral means of expression. But, the tie gives you the final personal touch, experts suggest.
In fact, its color also has psychological importance. “Red, for instance, evokes feelings of warmth and intimacy”, according to Axel Venn. He’s a professor of design at the University of Applied Sciences and Art in Germany. “It also stands for energy, dynamism and strength.”
Using shades of color requires understanding and sensitivity. Orange is regarded as a lively color. Blue stands for matter-of-fact, solitude and coolness. Shiny yellow stirs amusement. Green is the color of nature and harmony.
It’s only when the color fits the personal character that it is viewed as authentic.
“A lively orange with a black suit and white shirt can look great at a private party or in an artistic environment,” Venn says. “In a conservative environment such as in a bank such dress is unsuitable.”
Imme Vogelsang, a trainer of etiquette in Hamburg, Germany, recommends in business environment how contrasting colors such as wine red, dark green or dark blue.
But feminine colors have also become popular. “Light green and a fine rose color play an increasing role. Such colors express innovation and sensitivity,” Venn says.
Also, patterns that stand out can be an interesting eye catcher in a private environment but are unsuitable in business.
“Stripes and small geometric patterns are more appropriate in business,” Vogelsang says, “but stripes should never run vertically or horizontally.”
With diagonal stripes it is important to look at the direction. They should run from the bottom left to the right top. “This symbolizes dynamism. In the opposite direction it shows fear and escapist thoughts.”
37. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A Ties---Impractical Pieces of Clothing. B Psychological Importance of Ties
C What The Colors of Ties Mean D The Colors of Ties and the Occasions to Wear Them.
38.According to the passage, ties are more important ____.
A than shirts, suits or jackets. B in colors than in patterns.
C in expressing one’s mood than shirts. D in business than on private occasions.
39. What color of ties should one wear, if he wants to appear energetic?
A Green B Orange C Shiny yellow D Red
40. The best color for the tie of a judge in a court should be ____
A light green B lively orange C fine rose D dark blue
41.What kind of ties is more suitable on an important business occasion?
A Ties without stripes and geometric patterns. B Ties with stripes of vertical or horizontal patterns.
C Ties of no bright colors and obvious patterns D Plain ties without any stripes and patterns
42.It is implied in the passage that ___.
A ties with stripes from the bottom left to the right top are not popular.
B ties with stripes from the bottom right to the left top are not popular.
C ties with stripes of vertical or horizontal patterns are popular
D ties of feminine colors are out of fashion nowadays.
Passage Three
Musicians are fascinated with the possibility that music may be found in nature; it makes our own desire for art seem all the more essential. Over the past few years no less a bold musical explorer than Peter Gabriel has been getting involved. At the Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, he has been making music together with Kanzi, one of the bonobo apes （倭黑猩猩）involved in the long-term language acquisition studies of Sue and Duane Savage-Rumbaugh.
I have seen the video of Kanzi picking notes out on a piano-like keyboard, with Gabriel and members of his band playing inside the observation booth in the lab. (They did it this way because Kanzi had bitten one of his trainers a few days previously----interspecies communication without its dangers.) The scene is beautiful, the ape trying out the new machine and looking thoughtfully pleased with what comes out. He appears to be listening, playing the right notes. It is tentative but moving, the animal groping for something from the human world but remaining isolated from the rest of the band. It is a touching encounter, and a bold move for a musician whose tune Shock the Monkey many years ago openly condemned the horrors of less sensitive animals experiments than this.
What is the scientific value of such a jam session? The business of the Research Center is the forging of greater communication between human and animal. Why not try the fertile and mysterious ground of music in addition to the more testable arena of simple language? The advantage of hearing music in nature and trying to reach out to nature through music is that, though we don’t fully understand it, we can easily have access to it. We don’t need to explain its working to be touched by it. Two musicians who don’t speak the same language can play together, and we can appreciate the music from human cultures far from our own.
Music needs no explanation, but it clearly expresses something deep and important, something humans can’t live without. Finding music in the sounds of birds, whales and other animals makes the farther frontiers of nature seem that much closer to us.
43. It can be learned from the passage that Peter Gabriel _____.
A is a bold expert on animal behaviour.
B wants to find more about natural music.
C is working on animal’s language ability
D specializing in human-animal cooperation
44. Kanzi was arranged to stay in a separate place ____.
A to prevent him from attacking the human players
B so that he would not be disturbed by others.
C because he needed a large room to move around.
D after he had destroyed the others’ musical instruments.
45.Kanzi the ape____.
A was annoyed by the music-playing activity .
B demonstrated no unusual talent for music.
C became more obedient when playing music.
D seemed content with what he was producing.
46. Which of the following words can best describe the advantage of music?
A Controllable B Explanation C Accessible D Testable
47. The writer seems to suggest that _______
A music should replace language as the major arena of animal research .
B animal experiments are more often than not cruel and inhuman.
C great progress has been made in the field of interspecies communication.
D the experiment with music may help scientific research on animals.
48. The best title for the passage is ________.
A Music---The Essence of Nature
B Music--- A Better Way to Enjoy Nature .
C Music--- A New Frontier for Scientists
D Music--- Beyond National and Cultural Boundary
Passage Four
In a recent Sunday school in a church in the Northeast, a group of eight-to-ten-year-olds were in deep discussion with their two teachers. When asked to choose which of ten stated possibilities they most feared happening their response was unanimous. All the children most dreaded a divorce between their parents.
Later, as the teachers, a man and a woman in their late thirties, reflected on the lesson, they both agreed they’d been shocked at the response. When they were the same age as their students, they said, the possibility of their parents’ being divorced never entered their heads. Yet in just one generation, children seemed to feel much less security in their family ties.
Nor is the experience of these two Sunday school teachers an isolated one. Psychiatrists revealed in one recent newspaper investigation that the fears of children definitely do change in different period; and in recent times, divorce has become one of the most frequently mentioned anxieties. In one case, for example, a four-year-old insisted that his father rather than his mother walk him to nursery school each day. The reason? He said many of his friends had “no daddy living at home, and I’m scared that will happen to me.”
In line with such reports, our opinion leaders expressed great concern about the present and future status of the American family. In the poll 33 percent of the responses listed decline in family structure, divorce and other family-oriented concerns as one of the five major problems facing the nation today. And 26 percent of the responses included such family difficulties as one of the five major problems for the United States in the next decade.
One common concern expressed about the rise in divorces and decline in stability of the family is that the family unit has traditionally been a key factor in transmitting stable cultural and moral values from generation to generation. Various studies have shown that educational and religious institutions often can have only a limited impact on children without strong family support.
49.It is mentioned that in a Sunday school class the children ____
A deeply impressed their teachers.
B had an argument with their teachers.
C feared answering their teachers’ question.
D gave the same response to their teachers’ question.
50. The two teachers in the Sunday school felt ___.
A responsible for tightening school security.
B no fear of the divorce of their students’ parents.
C no threat of broken family ties when they were ten-year-olds.
D shocked at the divorce rates of their students’ parents.
51. The author uses a four-year-old as an example to ____.
A show the anxiety of today’s children.
B emphasize the importance of family ties.
C indicate the seriousness of psychological problems.
D reveal the change of children’s attitude toward divorce.
52. It is stated that one third of the American population_______.
A consider family-oriented concerns to be a big problem.
B are worried about the future of the United States.
C believe the social situation is getting worse.
D are facing family difficulties.
53. Family has been regarded as a major carrier of __________.
A religious beliefs B various customs C social traditions D cultural and moral values.
54. It is implied in the passage that ____.
A Sunday school teachers are different from public school teachers.
B family has stronger impact on children than other social institutions.
C in a decade family-oriented concerns will be the same as they are now.
D parents’ divorce has long been children’s biggest fear.
Passage Five
Faith in medicine runs deep in America. We spend more per person on health care than any other nation. Whether we eat too much or exercise too little, whether we’re turning gray or feeling blue, we look to some pill or procedure to make us better.
We assume that devoting ever more dollars to medicine will bring us longer, healthier lives. But there is mounting evidence that each new dollar we devote to the current health care system brings small and diminishing returns to public health. Today the United States spends more than $4,500 per person per year on health care. Costa Rica spends less than $ 300. Yet life expectancy at birth is nearly identical in both countries.
Despite the highly publicized “longevity revolution”, life expectancy among the elderly in the United States is hardly improving. Yes, we are an aging society, but primarily because of falling birthrates. Younger Americans, meanwhile, are far more likely to be disabled than they were 20 years ago. Most affected are people in their thirties, whose disability rates increased by nearly 130 percent, due primarily to overweight.
Why has our huge investment in health care left us so unhealthy? Partly it is because so many promised “miracle cures,” from interferon to gene therapies, have proven to be ineffective or even dangerous. Partly it’s because health care dollars are so concentrated on the terminally ill and the very old that even when medical interventions “work”, the gains to average life expectancy are small. And partly it is because medical errors and adverse reaction to prescription drugs, which cause more deaths than motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. Each year roughly 200,000 seniors suffer fatal or life-threatening “adverse drug events” due to improper drug or drug interaction.
Why don’t Americans live any longer than Costa Ricans? Overwhelmingly, it’s because of differences in behaviour. Americans exercise less, eat more , drive more ,smoke more, and lead more socially isolated lives. Even at its best, modern medicine can do little to promote productive aging, because by the time most people come in contact with it their bodies are already compromised by stress, indulgent habits, environmental dangers and injuries.
55. Americans in general believe that ____.
A more money spent on health care may not result in better health.
B health problems caused by bad habits can hardly be solved by medicine.
C higher birthrate can better solve the problem of aging society than medicine.
D medicine may provide an effective cure for various health problems.
56. Compared with the Americans, Costa Ricans ___.
A have a healthier way of life. B enjoy a longer life expectancy
C are more dependent on medicine. D are less concerned about their health.
57. The biggest problem affecting the health of younger Americans may be summarized as the problem of ___.
A overwork B lifestyle C stress D depression
58. Which of the following is NOT a reason why health care investment fails to bring a longer life?
A Imbalanced distribution of health care money.
B Failure of many highly-evaluated medical treatment.
C Soaring prices of both drugs and new therapies.
D Drug reaction due to improper use of drugs.
59. It is implied in the last paragraph that _______
A medicine should be taken timely before it is too late.
B poor health conditions leave little room for medicine to work.
C great efforts should be made to develop new types of medicine.
D it is reasonable to question the effectiveness of medicine.
60. The passage is mainly focused on ___.
A the limits of medicine B the life hazards in the U.S.
C the barriers to a longer life. D the problems with health investment.
Paper Two
Part IV Translation
Section A
Directions: Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.
This book derives from decades of teaching in various schools across the country. It is based on the belief that philosophy is a genuinely exciting subject, accessible not only to specialists and a few gifted undergraduate majors but to everyone. Everyone is a philosopher, whether enrolled in a philosophical course or not. The difference is that someone who has studied philosophy systematically has the advantage of having encountered stronger and more varied arguments than might have been available otherwise . What is special about this book is that it offers introductory students the opportunity of having direct contact with substantial readings from significant books on philosophy, but without the unreasonable demand that they confront these books in full, which are often incomprehensible.
Section B
Directions: Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.
人人都有追求幸福的权利, 但对幸福的定义却因人而异.绝大多数人认为幸福来自于健康的身体、 愿望的实现和事业有成. 正如经常发生的那样, 许多人在遇到痛苦时才意识到幸福的真正含义.
2011年6月研究生英语学位考试真题及答案
Part V Writing
Directions: You are to write in no less than 150 words about the title “Which One is Better for Graduate Studies----Two Years or Three Years?” You should base your composition on the information given below:
The standard three-year master’s program in China has been with us for many years, but it was challenged by some educational experts recently. They said two years was enough for the program.
1. As a graduate student, which do you think is better for you to finish your graduate
studies---- two years or three years?
2. Give at least two reasons to support your choice.
2011年6月研究生英语学位考试参考答案
1-10 ADDBC, BABCB,
11-20 CACBC, BDDDB
21-30 CDBAD, BACDA
31-40 CBDAD, CBCDD
41-50 CBBAD, CDCDC
51-60 AADBD, ABCBA
Translation :
本书是全国不同学校讲课几十年的结晶。它基于以下观点：哲学的确是一门有趣的学科，不仅专家和一些有天赋的本科专业生可以使用哲学， 人人都可使用。 不论是否上过哲学课， 每个人都是哲学家。区别在于：系统学过哲学的人具有这样的优势， 他们遇到的论点要比其他方式遇到的论点更具有说明力，种类更多。该书的特点是：它使初学者有机会直接接触选自重要哲学著作并有实质内容的读物，但不不过分地要求学生必须通读这些很难读懂的书籍。
Everyone has the right to pursue happiness/ to the pursuit of happiness , yet definitions of happiness vary from person to person.(are quite individualistic.) Most people agree that happiness stems from good health, fulfillment of a desire and a successful career. As often happens, (is often the case), many people don’t recognize (realize) what happiness really means (the real meaning of happiness) until they are distressed ( agonized/in agony.)
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