2010年1月研究生英語學位課統(tǒng)考真題及題目分析.doc

2010年1月研究生英語學位課統(tǒng)考真題AGENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS(GETJAN0310)PAPER ONEPART LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSection ADirections: In this section, 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 conversations and the questions will be read 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-scoring Answer Sheet.1. A. Nancy shouldnt be too busy.B. Nancy should take a break from her work.C. Nancy must be under great pressure.D. Nancy must feel depressed.2. A. After class.B. The next day.C. Tonight.D. When the woman gets to the bus stop.3. A. Because her grandmother was ill.B. Because it was too late for her to go to the party.C. Because she went to her grandmothers party.D. Because she went to visit her doctor.4. A. She expected to have a better time with Sammy.B. She didnt get along well with Sammy.C. She was very happy together with Sammy.D. She wouldnt go out with Sammy again.5. A. His wife is waiting for him at home.B. His wife is angry today.C. His wife is not home today.D. His wife is sick today.6. A. The man can make a random decision.B. The man should decide later.C. The man should forget about it.D. The man doesnt have to be so serious.7. A. He has won a big lottery.B. He has passed an oral examination.C. He is going to get his driving license.D. He has been relieved from a big burden.8. A. 10 dollars. B. 15 dollars. C. 20 dollars. D. 25 dollars.9. A. The woman can only take some useful courses which are still open.B. The woman will have to wait till the next week to take useful courses.C. The woman will have to go to the registration building herself.D. Its nothing because many students forget to register on time.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks 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 One10. A. Because she likes old programs on TV.B. Because she was very bored.C. Because she had missed the program earlier.D. Because she doesnt like outdoor activities.11. A. Because she doesnt feel like going out today.B. Because she is very busy today.C. Because she has to meet her parents for dinner today.D. Because she doesnt like the man.12. A. To go to a live outdoor concert.B. To have a picnic for lunch.C. To check out activities by the river.D. To go fishing in the river.Mini-talk Two13. A. Because the small diamonds in the old setting are of different color.B. Because the setting has been damaged.C. Because they want people to see it in its natural beauty.D. Because the style of the setting is too old.14. A. In India. B. In France. C. In England. D. In the U.S.15. A. Over 100 carats. B. 67 carats.C. 60 carats. D. 45 carats.Section CDirections: 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.16. In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are _.17. According to a survey conducted by Prof. Graham, about 90% of teachers teach handwriting in _.18. In todays thinking _ are better for the practice of handwriting.19. Handwriting involves two skills:One is legibility, which means forming the letters so _.20. According to Prof. Graham, most of the writing done in school is _.PART VOCABULARYSection ADirections: 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. Those prisoners at concentration camps were exhausted from a chronic lack of food.A. recent B. acute C. constant D. severe22. A winner achieves his goal without hurting others or compromising his beliefs and convictions.A. changing B. endangering C. submitting D. composing23. Failure is the direct result of poor self-esteem and the anticipation of failure.A. elimination B. designation C. elevation D. expectation24. The governments full public disclosure of the decision only swelled the chorus of protests.A. checked B. diminished C. intensified D. retrieved25. Their house was in close proximity to ours, so we became intimate friends in time.A. vicinity B. contact C. relation D. community26. Residents in big cities in China tend to dispose of some old furniture when moving.A. get possession of B. get rid ofC. hold on to D. keep track of27. This is a love that sprang up from friendship and blossomed into marriage.A. diverged B. separatedC. distinguished D. originated28. This hard-working couple was able to put their two sons through college on their own.A. by their own efforts B. in their own wayC. in their own interests D. in their own light29. Obamas high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives nipping at his heels.A. attitudes B. accounts C. impacts D. responses30. Individual goals have to fit in with the family or business goals as a whole.A. be converted into B. be superior toC. be in accord with D. be different fromSection BDirections: 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.31. I often wonder why some people wont do what it _ to be successful.A. involves B. means C. takes D. likes32. The short story about the missing personnel during the civil war was adapted into a (n) _ movie.A. winning-award B. award-winningC. won-award D. award-won33. A person can explain his professional goals _ position, prestige or income.A. in terms of B. in case of C. in view of D. in honor of34. Fear is the most destructive force in the world, for it _ motivation and creativity.A. clutches B. cripples C. compels D. conceives35. There is some reason for not giving up my career and _ a different one.A. taking in B. bringing about C. arising from D. embarking on36. Finally she decided to do something _ the thing she disliked _ herself.A. with.in B. about.for C. about.about D. for.by37. The self-image controls a persons attitudes or _ of what happens to her.A. interpretations B. approachesC. commitments D. simulations38. By the year 2040, Yale University will need over eight acres of land to _ its library.A. manipulate B. accommodate C. illuminate D. obligate39. If you dont know where youre going in life, you are _ to wind up somewhere else.A. possible B. inevitable C. optional D. liable40. As far as marriage is concerned, it is mutual care and love that _.A. mounts B. discounts C. counts D. calculatesPART CLOZE TESTDirections: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back 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.Researchers produced evidence to support what most of us already knew-that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis.Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety levels of a group of people following a (41) situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a (42) calming effect. His team gave 42 volunteers a mental arithmetic exam and (43) offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water. The water groups anxiety levels soared (44) 25 percent compared to before the task, (45) the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety-despite the difficult test, they were more relaxed than when they started.According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons (46) tea in a dilemma, making it the nations most common response to trouble of (47) kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort and warmth was the main reason for putting the kettle on. The (48) of making and drinking tea-particularly during times of stress-is at the very (49) of British culture, Cross said.This study shows that the social psychological (50) of tea enhance the effects of its chemical make-up on our bodies and brains.41. A. light-hearted B. serious C. comfortable D. stressful42. A. significant B. rigorous C. severe D. selective43. A. previously B. afterwards C. besides D. lately44. A. on B. in C. by D. at45. A. while B. however C. meanwhile D. nevertheless46. A. give up B. owe to C. look on D. turn to47. A. whichever B. whatever C. however D. whoever48. A. ceremony B. function C. ritual D. observance49. A. beginning B. moment C. end D. core50. A. aspects B. faces C. sites D. waysPART READING COMPREHENSIONDirections: 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 OneFrom the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesops fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened.Its the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes across a jar with the water level too low for him to reach. The crow raises the water level by dropping stones into the jar. The moral tells: Little by little does the trick, or in other retellings, necessity is the mother of invention.Now, scientists report that some relatives of crows called rooks used the same stone-dropping strategy to get at a floating worm. Results of experiments with three birds were published online by the journal Current Biology.Rooks, like crows, had already been shown to use tools in previous experiments. Christopher Bird of Cambridge University and a colleague exposed the rooks to a 6-inch-tall clear plastic tube containing water, with a worm on its surface. The birds used the stone-dropping trick spontaneously and appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. They learned quickly that larger stones work better.In an accompanying commentary, Alex Taylor and Russell Gray of the University of Auckland in New Zealand noted that in an earlier experiment, the same birds had dropped a single stone into a tube to get food released at the bottom. So maybe they were just following that strategy again when they saw the tube in the new experiment, the scientists suggested. But Birds paper argued theres more to it: The rooks dropped multiple stones rather than just one before reaching for the worm, and they reached for it at the top of the tube rather than trying to reach the food at the bottom.The researchers also said Aesops crow might have actually been a rook, since both kinds of birds were called crows in the past.51. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Animals are smarter than we have expected.B. Aesops fables tell real morals.C. Necessity is the mother of invention.D. Some of Aesops fables may be true.52. Aesops fables have been popular for such a long time because they _.A. tell us the truth of natureB. tell us interesting stories of animalsC. are teachings of lifeD. are scientific literature53. In the experiments, in order to eat the worm floating on the water surface, the rooks _.A. found a way to raise the water levelB. broke the tube with larger stonesC. counted how many stones they would needD. cooperated peacefully54. According to Alex Taylor and Russell Gray, it seems that rooks _.A. tend to follow the others strategyB. can remember their former strategyC. can change strategy in different situationsD. seldom use the same strategy in experiments55. According to the passage, crows and rooks _.A. are the same kind of birds with different namesB. are very different in behaviorC. had the same name in the pastD. were both used in the experiments56. The word spontaneously (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to _.A. surely B. naturally C. voluntarily D. quicklyPassage TwoToo much eating. Too many unhealthy foods. Too many advertisements for food. Too little activity.Different explanations are offered for Americas weight problem-a problem increasingly shared by other countries. Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.Schools have been urged to increase physical education, an important tool for public health. And many have. Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in physical education class. Injuries increased 150% between 1997 and 2007.he study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Only 2% were serious. The researchers did not try to identify the causes of the increase, but they have some theories.Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University was the lead researcher. She says one possibility is a decrease in the number of school nurses during the period they studied. For example, a 2004 study showed that the number of school nurses nationally failed to meet federal guidelines. Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital.Another possible reason for more injuries is a change in the traditional idea of physical education. This New PE. expands the kinds of sports that are taught. But activities that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, says Cheryl Richardson. She is with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. Also, she says not all states require P.E. teachers to be specially trained. Untrained teachers could be less likely to recognize unsafe conditions.Cheryl Richardson also points to one of the studys findings-that injuries are often the result of contact with a person or a structure. This tells her that the teachers were not giving each student enough space to move around safely.Six activities produced 70% of all injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and gymnastics.The researchers say larger class sizes are another possible reason for the increase in injuries. Larger classes can mean less supervision. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says 20 to 30 students in a PE. class should be the limit.57. Overweight problem is _.A. not common outside the United States of AmericaB. also a headache in other countriesC. caused by too many advertisements for foodD. neglected in many countries58. The increase of physical education _.A. has reduced the number of overweight childrenB. is the major cause of injuries of children in the U.S.C. has more disadvantages than advantagesD. has caused more injuries in school59. It is implied in Lara McKenzies study that _.A. in the past some injuries were treated in schoolB. school nurses are now more irresponsibleC. students dont have enough space to move around in schoolD. schools lack funds in hiring school nurses60. Which of the following is NOT included in the reasons for more injuries?A. More dangerous activities.B. Less specially trained teachers.C. Less supervision.D. More unhealthy food.61. Which of the following activities has caused more injuries?A. Rock climbing. B. Skateboarding.C. Soccer. D. Swimming.62. According to the researchers, the injury problem could be less serious if _.A. a P.E. class had fewer studentsB. schools reduced the P.E. classesC. schools reduced the outdoor activitiesD. personal contacts were avoidedPassage ThreeThe human body contains enormous quantities of energy. In fact, the average adult has as much energy stored in fat as a one-ton battery. That energy fuels our everyday activities, but what if those actions could in turn run the electronic devices we rely on? Today, innovators around the world are banking on our potential to do just that.Movement produces kinetic energy (動能), which can be converted into power. In the past, devices that turned human kinetic energy into electricity, such as hand-cranked radios, computers and flashlights, involved a persons full participation. But a growing field is tapping into our energy without our even noticing it.Consider, for example, a health club. With every step you take on a treadmill and with every muscle curl, you turn surplus calories into motion that could drive a generator and produce electricity. The energy from one persons workout may not be much, but 100 people could contribute significantly to a facilitys power needs.Thats the idea behind the Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, where machines like stationary bikes harvest energy during worko