學(xué)位英語試卷一

1、題目一二三四五六七八總分核分人題分30203020100得分得分評卷人一、 Reading Comprehension（本大題共 20 小題，每小題 1.5 分，共30 分）and networks to support collaborative software , most DL courses can run on existing or minimally upgraded( 升級 )systems . The more students who enroll in a course but don t come to campus , the more the school sav

2、es on keeping the lights on in the classrooms , paying doorkeepers , and maintaining parking lots , And there s evindence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety of reasons , won t be paid any more , and might well be paid less.Passage One1. What is the most striking featu

3、re of the University of Phoenix?By almost any measure , there is a boom in Internet-based instruction . In justA) All its courses are offered online.a few years , 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form ofB) Its online courses are of the best quality.distance learning (DL),

4、 and among the larger schools , itC) It boasts the largest number of students on campus s closer to 90 percent . Ifyou doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven t .It enrolls 90,000D) Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.student , a statistic used to support its claim

5、 to be the largest private university in2According to the passage , distance learning is basically characterized by_.the country.A) A considerable flexibility in its academic requirementsWhile the kinds of instructionoffered in these programs willdiffer, DLB) The great diversity of studentsacademic

6、backgroundsusually signifies a course in which the instructions post syllabi(課程大綱 ), readingC) A minimum or total absence of face-to-face instructionassignments , and schedules on Websites , and students send in their assignmentsD) The casual relationship between students and professorsby e-mail . G

7、enerally speaking , face-to-face communication with an instructor is3. Many students take Internet -based courses mainly because they can_.minimized or eliminated altogether.A) Earn their academic degrees with much less effortThe attraction for students might at first seem obvious . Primarily , ther

8、e thesB) Save a great deal on traveling and boarding expensesconvenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say , inC) Select courses from various colleges and universitiesyour pajamas(睡衣 ). But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reducedD) Work on the req

9、uired courses whenever and wherevercommitment to the course . Whiledropout rates for all freshmen at American4. What accounts for the high drop-out rates for online students?universities is around 20 percent ,the rate for online students is 35 percent .A) There is no strict control over the academic

10、 standards of the courses.Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses inherent in the setup . In aB) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.survey conducted for eCornell , the DL division of Cornell University , less than aC) There is no mechanism to ensure th

11、at they make the required effort.third of the respondents expected the quality of the online course to be as good asD) Lack of classroom interaction reduces the effectiveness of instruction.the classroom course.5. According to the passage, universities show great enthusiasm for DL programsCleary for

12、m the schools perspective , there aslot of money to be saved .for the purpose of_.Although some of the more ambitious programs require new investments in serversA) building up their reputationC) upgrading their teaching facilitiesB) cutting down on their expensesD) providing convenience for students

13、D) She finds space research more important.7. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the authorPassage Twoto _.I don t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was aA) the very fact that she is a womantime in my life when people asked constantly for stories ab

14、out what it s like towork in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those storiesB) her involvement in gender politicsC) her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistbecause truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is theD) the burden she bears in a

15、male-dominated societyorigin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.8. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. andAt 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the leastto be the only woman in the classroom. But while ea

16、rning my Ph.D. at MIT andpost-doctoral research?then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My everyA) Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.achievementjobs, research papers, awardswas viewed through the lens ofB) Unfair accusations from both inside and ou

17、tside her circle.gender (性別 ) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into anC) People s stereotyped attitude toward female scientists.argument on left brain versus 相(對于 ) right brain, or nature versus nurture 培(育 ),D) Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.I would i

18、nstantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.9. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that wouldeventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I donA) Female students no longer have to

19、 bother about gender issues. t talk about thatanymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realizeB) Her students performance has brought back her confidence.that I didn t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yetC) Her female students can do just

20、 as well as male students.another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don t study sociologyor political theory.D) More female students are pursuing science than before.10. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?Today I research and teach at Barnard, a wom

21、en s college in New York City.Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women.A) Women students needn t have the concerns of her generation.B) Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know

22、 some ofmy students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire forC) Women can balance a career in science and having a family.children. And I don t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don t tell them“ war” stories.D) Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.Instea

23、d, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavilyPassage Threepregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image ofWhen myfather died 15 years ago, my brother and I inherited the old45 women driven by a love of science. And that s a sight worth talkin

24、g about.Midwestern farmhouse our grandparents had purchased in the 1930s. I was the onewho decided to make a life in this village, population 350, in northern Michigan.6. Why doesn t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again? A) She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.B)

25、 She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination. C) She is not good at telling stories of the kind.A job in the English department of a nearby college quickly followed. I settled into small-town life, charmed by a community where your neighbours are also your friends and no one worries about

26、locking a door. Eventually I forgot about the big-city stress of crowds, noise and crime.I was totally unprepared when I returned home one evening to an answering14. I survived (2nd sentence of last paragraph) most probably mean.smachine filled with horribly threatening messages. Shocked and frighte

27、ned, I calledA) . I wasn t hurt by the assailant911, and soon my would-be assailant(攻擊者 ) was arrested, according to the police,B). I am not forced to consider getting a gundrunk, armed with a 19-inch double-edged knife and just minutes from my door.C). I am no longer fear for my safetyIt was reveal

28、ed in court testimony（證詞） that he was schizophrenic（精神D). I stick to my belief and won t get a gun分裂癥患者） who had fallen through the cracks of the mental health system. In15. The best title for this passage seems to be _.spite of my 10-year personal protection , Ilive with the fear that he will retur

29、nA). Life in a Small Townunsupervised to my community. Time and again ,colleagues and friends have urgedB). Would-be Assailant Arrestedme to get a gun to protect myself.C). Arming Myself with a Gun is Not the AnswerBut I haven t gotten a gun, and I m not going to. The truth is when you keep aD). Con

30、stant Paranoiagun for self-protection, you live with constant paranoia（妄想狂） . For me, owningPassage Foura gun and practising at a target range would be allowing my sense of victimizationToday we will discuss further that period when reason was lost to romance(虛to corrupt（毀壞） my deepest values.構(gòu)，浪漫情調(diào)

31、 ), so to speak: the Romantic Age in English literature.In general, people like me will be forced to consider gettingguns to protectWe have already seen that elsewhere on the continentFrance and Germany inourselves. I survived. Iknowmy fear canbet managed witha gun. The onlyparticularthere was a def

32、inite Romantic movement, complete withperiodicalsreasonable response isto dowhat Ican help fix the mental health system.and publishers, philosophers and courses of university lectures. Unlike the FrenchAwareness, education and proper funding will save more lives and relieve（減輕）and Germans, the Engli

33、sh romantics of this period were strong individuals who didmore fear than all the guns we can buy.not see themselves as cooperating(共同運轉(zhuǎn)的 ) in the time could be called a mere11. After inherited the farmhouse, who lived in it?drift towards romantic writing.A) . The author s brother.This period in Eng

34、lish literature, which occurred from about the 1770s, ending inB) . The author and the author s brother.about 1830, is often called theRomantic Revival( 復(fù)蘇 ). This isactually aC). Their neighbours.misnomer(誤稱 ) since, in fact, nothing was revived. On the contrary, during thisD). The author.period th

35、e typical 18 th-century judgements of the value of medieval(中世紀(jì)的 )12. Which of the following descriptions about the would-be assailant is not true?and Elizabethan literature were sharply reversed, as was that centuryA). He was a schizophrenic.itself. Although much from the more distant past was redi

36、scovered by romanticB). He got a long knife.poets and critics, this did not continue a return in spirit to these earlier ages. Rather,C). He was arrested near the author s house.the Romantics were consciously expressing a new age, and a newspirit andD). He was set free in court.outlook.13. The autho

37、r is not going to have a gun because of the following reasons exceptWhile some the great literature of the English language was produced in this age,that _.it was by no means the greatest. Nor was this age great at all in some forms ofA) . the author doesn t want to corrupt his deepest valueliteratu

38、re namelydrama, noveland biography( 傳記 ). Its greatness lay inB). the author finds reasonable responsepoetry(詩 )，miscellaneous prose(各種各樣的散文 ) ，in the essay, and in veryC). the author believes in the quiet and safe life of the villagepersonal occasional criticism.D). the author knows that his fear c

39、an t be managed by a gun16. The Romantic Age in literature is featured(有 特征 ) by its_.A). poemB). reasonC). romanceD). culture17. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A). Englishromantics kept close contact( 聯(lián) 系 ) with their continentalcontemporariesB). English romantic movement enjoyed its ow

40、n featureC). Englishliterature, like French Romantic movement, revived at the same paceD). French and German Romantic movement completed with strong individuals18. The period is called the Roman Revival because_. A). Everything concerning literature was revivedB). the value of medieval and Elizabeth

41、an literature was revivedC). the more distant past was rediscovered by romantic poets and critics D). it is a name given by mistake19. The greatness of this period in English literature lay in all the following expectthe serious emergencies _33_ heart trouble, strokes, and difficulty breathing. Let

42、faces it: plane rides are _34_. For starters, cabin pressures at highaltitudes are set at roughly _35_ they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty _36_, but passengers with heart disease _37_ experience chest pains as result of t

43、he reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. _38_ common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis the so-called economy classsyndrome (綜合癥 ). _39_ happens, dont panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at _40_ o

44、ne attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.21.A) informedB) addressedC) calledD) surveyed22.A) incidentB) conditionC) accidentD) disaster23.A) manyB) longC) soonD) often_.A). novelsB). poetryC). essayD). prose20. Poets in romantic movement in English literatur

45、e expressed_.A). a new ageB). much from the pastC). a new spiritD). a new outlook24. A) identified25. A) by26. A) before27. A) collectedB) treatedC) confrontedD) providedB) toC) forD) throughB) whileC) whenD) sinceB) publishedC) discoveredD) conducted得分評卷人二、 Cloze（本大題共 20 小題，每小題 1 分，共 20 分）28.A) by2

46、9.A) amountAs a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listeningfor that dreaded“ Is there a doctor on board?” announcement21.onlyI ve been30.A) significantB) inC) withD) ofB) numberC) sumD) averageB) heavyC) commonD) seriousonce for a woman who had merely fainted. But th

47、e _22_ made me quite curious about how _23_ this kind of thing happens I wondered what I would do if _24_ with a real midair medical emergency-with out access _25_ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So _26_ the New England Journal of Medicine last week _27_ a study about inflight medical events. I read it _28_ interest.The study estimated that there are a(n) _29_ of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not _30_; fainting and dizziness are the