2006年在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语试题
Paper One
Part I Dialogue Communication (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A Dialogue Completion
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1. Speaker A: Excuse me, but can you tell us where the conference room is?
Speaker B: The conference room is located on the third floor of the hotel.
A．Of course, sir. B．Yes, please.
C．Right, sir. D．You are welcome.
2. Speaker A:
Speaker B: I’m running a temperature, and feel sick.
A．What can I do for you?
B．What seems to be the trouble?
C．What are you doing these days?
D．How long has this been going on?
3. Speaker A: Nancy, you look very well.
Speaker B: Thank you, Jane. You look wonderful too. Your weekend swimming
must have done good to you.
Speaker A:
A．You think so? That’s encouraging.
B．That’s very kind of you.
C．Are you serious? Thank you anyway.
D．Are you kidding? I don’t believe it.
4. Speaker A: It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.
Speaker B: Well, you know what they say:
A．There is no smoke without fire. B．Practice makes perfect.
C．All roads lead to Rome. D．No pains, no gains.
5. Speaker A: Don’t you smoke?
Speaker B:
A．No. Nothing interests me less than smoking.
B．Yes. I have never smoked in my life.
C．No. Only once in a while.
D．Yes. And I hate others smoking in my face.
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
6． Woman: I just found out at registration that the creative writing class is full. Now I have to wait a whole year to get in.
Man: Why don’t you check back after the first week? Somebody might drop it.
Question: What does the man suggest the woman should do?
A．Make sure the registration office didn’t make a mistake.
B．Decide whether to drop the course next week.
C．Find out if a place opens up in the course later.
D．Take the course next year.
7． Woman: I want to talk with Tom now.
Man: You can’t do that. He is in a bad mood.
Question: Why can’t the woman talk to Tom now?
A．Tom is terribly ill. B．Tom is in low spirits.
C．Tom is bad-tempered. D．Tom is very nervous.
8． Woman: You often complain a lot about your boss. But today you are different.
Man: We had a heart-to-heart talk and I saw him with new eyes.
Question: What does the man mean?
A．He saw his boss as a real person for the first time.
B．He is now complaining in a different way.
C．He has made his boss change his attitude.
D．He has changed his opinion of his boss.
9． Woman: Maybe we should take the front street this morning. The radio announcer said that the traffic is very heavy on the freeway.
Man: Well, if he says to take the front street, we should go the other way.
Question: What does the man think of the radio announcer?
A．He’s humorous. B．He makes no mistakes.
C．He doesn’t speak clearly. D．He’s unreliable.
10． Woman: I didn’t see you at the concert last night. What’s wrong with you?
Man: That’s not my cup of tea.
Question: What does the man mean?
A．He is not fond of concerts.
B．He didn’t like the tea at the concert.
C．He left early to have some tea with somebody else.
D．He doesn’t want to tell the woman why he was not there.
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
11． The work has the status of a classic among the composer’s admirers.
A．required B．acquired C．inquired D．inspired
12． Some people think they can read a man’s from his handwriting.
A．attribute B．feature C．property D．character
13． The young heir was so that he gave all his money away in a couple of years.
A．handsome B．genuine C．talented D．generous
14． Only by understanding the Web deeply hope for people to grasp its full potential.
A．can there be B．can be there C．be there can D．there can be
15． What you’re to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in.
A．around B．ahead C．above D．about
16． The goal is to use crops, weeds and even animal waste the petroleum that fuels much of American manufacturing.
A．in terms of B．in favor of C．in spite of D．in place of
17． The he said it he knew what a mistake he had made.
A．moment B．time C．occasion D．hour
18． I rather solve the problems in my farm myself than seek the help of other people.
A．should B．shall C．would D．will
19． From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the that its disadvantages are far greater than its advantages.
A．solution B．conclusion C．answer D．attention
20． By the time you have completed the essential training, you exposed to virtually every new feature of the course.
A．will have been B．will be C．would have been D．would be
21． Too often teachers’ with parents involve complaints about children’s misbehaviors and laziness.
A．acquaintances B．association C．conferences D．consultations
22． I admit that the problems are difficult, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved.
A．When B．Where C．While D．Why
23． He should be allowed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness.
A．in case B．in any case C．in that case D．in no case
24． If nature does not provide man with the necessary material, it is the laboratory he will turn to for it.
A．where B．which C．that D．what
25． All flights because of the snowstorm, they decided to take the train.
A．were cancelled B．have been cancelled
C．had been cancelled D．having been cancelled
26． I really appreciate to help me, but I am sure that I can manage it myself.
A．you to come B．that you come
C．your coming D．how you come
27． A new system of quality control was to overcome the shortcomings in the firm’s products.
A．invested B．informed C．introduced D．instructed
28． It may be worthwhile at this moment to and see what results we have got after one year’s experiments.
A．look back B．look around C．look up D．look forward
29． I don’t think Mr. Watson will come here again today. Please give the ticket to comes here first.
A．whomever B．whom C．who D．whoever
30． Far too many owners of electric appliances have a hard time qualified repairmen to fix their machines.
A．finding B．to find C．to finding D．having found
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes, 40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Don’t have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A-Day, an online book club created two years ago. It’s a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes’ worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month.
Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didn’t have time in their busy lives to read. She decided to type part of a chapter of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. “They were interested, and realized that, though they didn’t have time in their busy lives for reading, just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit.” Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email “chapter-a-day” book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. “Reading makes changes in people’s lives,” Beecher says.
Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. “It’s a different way to get people hooked on books,” she says.
31． Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people .
A．get back into the habit of reading
B．relieve stress from office work
C．find interesting books online
D．buy books more conveniently
32． The passage was written in .
A．1999 B．2000 C．2001 D．2002
33． It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-Day .
A．public libraries have become crowded with readers
B．Ms Beecher made much money for her software company
C．people begin to read very slowly and patiently
D．people cannot finish reading any book online
34． The word “installment” in the passage probably means“ ”.
A．a library email B．a rare piece of literature
C．a free novel D．a part of a book
35． Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter-A-Day service because .
A．over 3,000 libraries had joined
B．many other people could benefit
C．eight book clubs supported her
D．free email service was available
Passage Two
Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers—now the school district recruits teachers from other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers. It all started in 1999, when Youses Hannon, a math and physics teacher from Palestine (巴勒斯坦), visited Chicago. He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if they’d hire him. The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign-born teachers like Hannon, and he was the first teacher hired.
The program is called the Global Educator Outreach or GEO, and it’s a partnership between Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. Government. Because the teacher shortage in Chicago is so extreme, the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candidates using H1-B visas. The Government grants these visas only to skilled foreign-born citizens so they can work in highly specialized jobs that can’t be filled with available U.S. workforce.
Through the GEO, the school district has hired dozens of teachers from 22 different countries. Applicants must pass an English language test and specialize in math, science, world language or bilingual (双语的) education. Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the classroom at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year.
What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom? Hannon, who was hired to teach math at Gage Park High School, says classrooms in Chicago are very different from those in Palestine. For one thing, he says, the fixed schedule that forces students to attend the same classes at the same time each day becomes too dull. In Palestine, the class schedule changes each week. He says in Palestine, the culture forces students to work hard because if they don’t they’ll be kicked out and put in vocational schools, which limits their career options. There is not nearly as much pressure for American students to do well. He says he has to do double the amount of work just to get his students interested.
36． Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because .
A．there were not enough American teachers
B．a program for foreign teachers was started
C．the school board was interested in foreign teachers
D．foreign teachers taught better than American teachers
37．The American Government is involved in the program because .
A．the schools are public schools
B．the Government is to finance the program
C．the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers
D．the program involves bilingual education
38．It seems that the Global Educator Outreach will .
A．be difficult to continue
B．last a limited period of time
C．pose a threat to U.S. workforce
D．be extended to other cities
39．Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of .
A．English B．math C．science D．world language
40．Hannon, as a GEO teacher, has found that .
A．class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same
B．fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons
C．vocational schools offer a good career option for American students
D．American students do not work as hard as Palestinian students
Passage Three
Workforce is defined as the total number of people who are available to work and earn incomes. The definition includes everyone who is employed or seeking paid employment, so it includes employers and the self-employed.
Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The age distribution of the total population has a very marked effect on the available workforce. If the population has a high proportion of very young people or of those too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than if there were an evenly spread age distribution. If the population grows rapidly from natural increase, i.e., the number of births greatly exceeds the number of deaths, then as the total population increases, the proportion in the workforce declines.
Sometimes a population is described as aging, which means that the birth rate is either falling or growing very slowly, and as people retire from the workforce, there are not enough young people entering it to replace those who are leaving it. The population is top-heavy with older people. So the percentage of the population in the workforce declines when there is either a rapid increase in births or a falling birth rate.
The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number of people retiring without a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the problem of the ability of the economy to provide a reasonable level of social services to the retired group. If the aged are to be cared for in special homes or hotels, finances must be available for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative to the total population, then the government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be taxed more heavily.
41．Workforce is composed of .
A．both the employed and the self-employed
B．people employed to work for others
C．both employers and employees
D．people available to work and earn incomes
42．The factor that does not influence the size of the workforce is .
A．the size of the total population
B．the age distribution of a population
C．the national economy
D．the natural population growth
43．It can be concluded from Paragraph 2 that .
A．a population growth leads to a greater proportion of workforce
B．a large population does not necessarily mean a high proportion of workforce
C．the size of the aged determines the proportion of workforce
D．the proportion of the very young determines the size of workforce
44．The size of the workforce declines when .
A．many people reach the retiring age
B．the birth rate falls rapidly
C．the number of retirees exceeds that of new workers
D．the death rate increases
45．The last paragraph focuses on .
A．the factors that influence the workforce structure
B．the importance of workforce distribution to the economy
C．the relationship between age distribution and economy
D．the influence of population growth on the national economy
Passage Four
Honesty is the best policy, as the English saying goes. Unfortunately, honesty often deserts us when no one is watching, British psychologists reported last week.
Researchers at UK’s Newcastle University set up an experiment in their psychology department’s coffee room. They set a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk on the counter and hung up a sign listing the prices for drinks. People helping themselves to a cup of drink were supposed to put a few cents in the box nearby. The scientists hung a poster above the money box, and it changed each week between images of gazing eyes and pictures of flowers. The researchers found that staff paid 2.76 times more for their drinks when the image of the eyes was hung. “Frankly we were shocked by the size of the effect,” said Gilbert Roberts, one of the researchers.
Eyes are known to be a powerful perceptual (感官的) signal for humans. “Even though the eyes were not real, they still seemed to make people behave more honestly,” said Melissa Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study.
Researchers believe the effect sheds light on our evolutionary past. It may arise from behavioral features that developed when early humans formed social groups to strengthen their chances of survival. For social groups to work, individuals had to co-operate, rather than act selfishly. “There’s an argument that if nobody is watching us, it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we’re being watched we should behave better. So people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us,” Bateson said.
The new finding indicates that people have a striking response to eyes. That might be because eyes and faces send a strong biological signal we have evolved to respond to. The finding could be put to practical use, too. For example, images of eyes could increase ticket sales on public transport and improve supervision systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
46．The experiment conducted in Newcastle University shows that .
A．people enjoy free drinks more than paid ones
B．most people are dishonest if nobody is watching
C．people like pictures of flowers more than pictures of eyes
D．people are more honest when watched by pictures of eyes
47．Gilbert Roberts was shocked because .
A．so many people had participated in the experiment
B．so many of the participants were dishonest
C．the effects of the pictures of flowers and gazing eyes were so different
D．the effects of eyes and other perceptual signals were so powerful
48．The phrase “sheds light on” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.
A．hints at B．makes clearer C．points to D．further proves
49．According to the passage, early humans .
A．were less selfish than the present-day people
B．were more co-operative in nature
C．had to be co-operative to survive
D．had to behave better than the present-day people
50．Images of eyes could be put up in the following places EXCEPT .
A．subway entrances B．supermarkets C．back streets D．hotel bedrooms
Part IV Cloze Test (15 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees aren’t as busy as people believe they are. “Bees are not particularly 51 . Instead they sleep a lot and are lazy. They spend 52 80 per cent of the night sleeping. Even during the day they often fly to the nest 53 they rest their wings,” said Menzel, a zoologist at the Free University in Berlin, who has studied bees for four decades. But to 54 for their apparent laziness, they are actually very intelligent. They are 55 learners and able to recognize various smells.
Menzel said bees’ learning, like 56 of many animals, was based on a reward system. “If a bee is rewarded once for something, it remembers it for a week. But if it is rewarded three times, it will remember it for its 57 lifetime,” said Menzel. He last week was awarded a 58
by the German Zoological Society.
The memory capacity of bees means they can 59 among more than 50 different smells to find the one they want. “What is interesting is that what smells good to a bee, is also a 60
smell for humans,” said Menzel.
51．A．working hard B．hardworking C．hard working D．working hardly
52．A．as to B．as much C．up to D．such as
53．A．what B．to which C．in that D．where
54．A．compensate B．provide C．search D．account
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