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2006年6月研究生英语学位课统考真题 PAPER ONE Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15 points) Section A ( 1 point each ) Directions: In this part, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The questions will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-score Answer Sheet. 1. A. He has spent many days writing his linguistic term paper. B. He spent one day working on his linguistic term paper. C. His term paper on linguistics was done yesterday. D. His linguistic term paper was due several days before yesterday. 2. A. There will be many people at the party. B. The man will do his assignment before the party. C. She's not going to the party. D. The man won't be able to go to the party. 3. A. He isn't serious about the expedition. B. It will cost him a lot of money. C. Other people paid for his airfare. D. It isn't fair for him to go alone. 4. A. The Personnel Manager is not here. B. Mr. Smith is the Personnel Manager. C. The Personnel Manager is on vacation. D. Mrs. Jones is the new Personnel Manager. 5. A. In a garden. B. In an orchard. C. In a shop. D. In a kitchen. 6. A. Half a month. B. One and a half months. C. Two months. D. Two and a half months. 7. A. Avenues run east and west. B. Streets are in the downtown area. C. Avenues run north and south. D. Streets are in the west side of New York. 8. A. Pick up the man at 5:00. B. Meet her friends at the restaurant. C. Make dinner for the man. D. Do her errands after dinner. 9. A. It will be ready by three o'clock today. B. It can be picked up at two o'clock tomorrow. C. It will be ready in two hours. D. Only two rolls will be ready on time. Section B (1 point each) Directions: In this part you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, there will be some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Mini-talk One 10. A. 2-4 times. B. 4 - 6 times. C. 6 - 8 times. D. About 10 times. 11. A. Dreams show people are working at night. B. Dreams help people look at daily-life situations and fears. C. Dreams can help us solve our problems. D. Dreams allow us to have different personalities. 12. A. King and queen = our parents. B. Small animals = children. C. A long journey = worries about the dead. D. Crossing a river = making an important decision. Mini-talk TWO 13. A. 400 B. 1400. C. 4000. D. 4400. 14. A. Drive in a straight-line. B. Walk along a white line. C. Pass the breath test. D. All of the above. 15.A. Walking to work. B. Receiving a fine. C. Being not allowed to drive for a while. D. Paying more for his insurance. Section C ( 1 point each) Directions: In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you are asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to read the notes below. (请在录音结束后把16-20题的答案抄写在答题纸上) 16) Lecture Topic: , ' 17) Step I: 18) Step 2: 19) Step 3: 20) Step 4: PART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points ) Section A (0.5 point each ) 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. 21. The girl was fortunate enough to live under the care of an involved father and a loving mother. A. sympathetic B. convicted C. concerned D. separated 22. There is compelling evidence that pollution is responsible for many deadly diseases，such as cancer. A. convincing B. controversial C. consistent D. contradictory 23. The advantage of the latest model will manifest itself in improved efficiency and protection of eye-sight. A. invest B. concentrate C. plunge D. exhibit 24. All the recommendations and advice will be considered in earnest before any action is taken. A. beforehand B. seriously C. unanimously D. enthusiastically 25. Sometimes you have to take what is said online with a grain of .salt, otherwise there would be too much news. A. completely B. willingly C. theoretically D. skeptically 26. Industrialized countries are on the cutting-edge of the trend of globalization that is spreading worldwide. A. extreme front B. effective quality C. underlying force D. fierce opponent ■ 27. The huge profit from patent rights forces many companies to develop new products on their own. A. secretly B. independently C. jointly D. readily 28. In spite of his diminishing influence, this senior scientist has a say in some important issues. A. expanding B. piercing C. decreasing D. lasting 29. It has been scientifically proved that man does have some inherent abilities that other species don't possess. A. genetic B. internal C. peculiar D. inborn 30. The young Galileo carried on his experiments, turning a deaf ear to his father's plea. A. suspended B. continued C. fulfilled D. completed Section B (0.5 point each) 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 xquare brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. 31. Too much time has since we worked on this project. A. circulated B. elapsed C. occupied D. detached .■• 32. The girl fresh from college finally received a job she had been expecting. A. request B. plea C. suggestion D. offer 33. However busy we are, we'll try to gel back home _ the dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year. A. in time for B. in exchange for C. in store for D. in return for 34. Some difficult choices involving life and death arc simply outside the of economic analysis A. dimension B. scale C. domain D. space 35. China's economy, which was now on the brink of collapse, was beginning to after the implementation of reform and opening-up. A. pay off B. take off C. leave off D. drop off 36 .After a month or so, she came to dislike the subject and wished she had not it A. put...up B. given...up C. taken...up D. made...up 37. It is considered a crime to an election of any kind by bribing voters. A. fabricate B. launch C. populate D. manipulate 38. Visitors to this plateau are likely to have a headache for the first few days. A. splitting B. slapping C. slicing D, sprawling 39. The central government is intensifying efforts to popularize education in rural localities. A. voluntary B. impulsive C. instinctive D. compulsory 40. They arc studying what kind of preferences might this surging demand for home-made TV sets. A. lake a fancy to B. bring into play C. give rise to D. grow out of PART III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each) Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go hack and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or 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 Nobody likes taking exams; exams in your own language can be stressful enough but somehow exams in a foreign language always seem to cause more worry and anxiety. Well, the good news is that, if you 41 some simple steps, taking English language exams can be really quite 42 . It won't exactly be fun， but it certainly shouldn't give you too many headaches or sleepless nights. If you are planning to 43 one of the well-known exams such as Cambridge First Certificate, you will probably find that there's a preparation course 44 at a school near you. Check that the school has a good 45 of exam success and that the teacher is 46 . It is a good idea to ask if you will be given homework and 47 your written work will be marked by a teacher who knows the level of English _48 by the exam. If you take an exam preparation course your teacher will give you all the information you need and you will find that 49 in a class helps you to study more effectively. But you will still need to 50 in a lot of work yourself (after all. the teacher can't take the exam for you!). PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, I point each) 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 1 There are over 6.000 different computer and online games in the world now. A segment of them are considered to be both educational and harmlessly entertaining. One such game teaches geography, and another trains pilots. Others train the player in logical thinking and problem solving. Some games may also help young people to become more computer literate, which is more important in this technology-driven era. But the dark side of the computer games has become more and more obvious. "A segment of games features anti-social themes of violence, sex and crude language." says David Walsh, president of the National Institute on Media and Family. "Unfortunately, it's a segment that seems particularly popular with kids aged eight to fifteen." One study showed that almost 80 percent of the computer and online games young people preferred contained violence. The investigators said "These arc not just games anymore. These are learning machines. We're teaching kids in the most incredible manner what it's like to pull the trigger. What they are not learning are the real-life consequences." They also said 'The new and more sophisticated games are even worse, because they have better graphics and allow the player to participate in even more realistic violent acts." In the game Carmageddon , for example, the player will have driven over and killed up to 33,000 people by the lime all levels are completed. A description of the outcome of the game says: "Your victims not only squish under your tires and splatter blood on the windshield, they also get on their knees and beg for mercy, or commit suicide. If you like, you can also dismember them." Is all this simulated violence harmful? Approximately 3.000 different studies have been conducted on this subject. Many have suggested that there is a connection between violence in games and increased aggressiveness in the players. Some specialists downplay the influence of the games, saying that other factors must be taken into consideration, such as the possibility that kids who already have violent tendencies arc choosing such games. But could it be that violent games still play a contributing role? It seems unrealistic to insist that people are not influenced by what they see. If that were true, why would the commercial world spend billions of dollars annually for television advertising? 51. Which of the following computer games is NOT mentioned as educational and harmlessly entertaining? A. Those that help people learn more about computers. B. Those that teach the features of the earth. C. Those that provide special training for writers online. D. Those that provide special training for pilots. 52. According to one study, most computer and online games . A. allow the players to take part in killing acts B. teach the players to be antisocial C. make the players forget the real life results D. that young people like contain violence 53. What does the underlined word "dismember" in Paragraph 4 mean? A. To kick somebody out. B. To cut somebody into pieces. C. To dismiss somebody. D. To stab a knife into somebody. 54. Many studies have suggested that . A. more and more young people enjoy cruel computer games B. violence in computer games makes their players more aggressive C. there are now far more incidents of violence due to computer games D. simulated violence in computer games is different from real violence 55. The author uses "television advertising" as an example to show that . A. other factors must be considered as possible causes of violence in real life B. computer and online games are not the only cause of increased violence in real life C. the commercial world is contributing to the increased violence in real life D. there is a close link between computer games and increased violence in real life 56. The best title for the passage is . A. The Dark Side of Computer Games B. Computer Games—Advantages and Disadvantages C. The Development of Violent Computer Games D. A Study on the Influence of Computer Games Passage Two The collapse of the Earth's magnetic field—which guards the planet and guides many of its creatures—appears to have started seriously about 150 years ago, the New York Times reported last week. The field's strength has decreased by 10 or 15 per cent so far and this has increased the debate over whether it signals a reversal of the planet's lines of magnetic force. During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and reappears with opposite polarity. The transition would take thousands of years. Once completed, compass needles that had pointed north would point south. A reversal could cause problems for both man and animals. Astronauts and satellites would have difficulties. Birds, fish and animals that rely on the magnetic field for navigation would find migration confusing. But experts said the effects would not be a big disaster, despite claims of doom and vague evidence of links between past field reversals and species extinctions. Although a total transition may be hundreds or thousands of years away, the rapid decline in magnetic strength is already affecting satellites. Last month, the European Space Agency approved the world's largest effort at tracking the field's shifts. A group of new satellites, called Swarm, is to monitor the collapsing field with far greater precision. "We want to get some idea of how this would evolve in the near future, just like people trying to predict the weather," said Gauthier Hulot, a French geophysicist working on the satellite plan. "I'm personally quite convinced we should be able to work out the firs