同等学力英语真题及参考答案.docx

1、同等学力英语真题及参考答案2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试Paper One 试卷一Part Dialogue communication (10minutes, 10points)Section A Dialogue completionDirections: in this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a sing

2、le bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET .1. A: Bob, would you mind turning down the TV a little? Im talking on the phone, and Im having a hard time hearing.B:A. Please forgive me.B. Oh, sure! Im sorry about that.C. You should have told me earlier.D. Im sorry to hear ab

3、out it.2. A : Hi, Im your neighbor in 405, next door. Im Sunny Chan.B:A. I moved here about a week ago.B. Hope we could become good neighbors.C. Hi! Everyone here seems very friendly.D. Jill Kingston. Nice to meet you.3. A: Could you run me over to the office? Im late. My clock must be slow.B:A. Yes

4、, never mind. I would rather give you a lift.B. All right. But you should buy a new clock.C. Its my pleasure. May I help you fix your clock, too?D. Yeah, Ill be glad to drop you off on my way to work.4. A: Im sorry. Hes not in his office.B:A. Are you sure he will be back soon?B. Would you like to le

5、ave a message?C. Can you take a message for me?D. Shall I call him sometime later?5. A: Do you mind if I take off my jacket?B: A. Of course not, make yourself at home.B. Oh, its very kind of you to do so.C. Ill be happy if I can be of any help.D. Yes, its pretty warm in here.Section B Dialogue Compr

6、ehensionDirections: 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 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answerto the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a sing

7、le bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.6. Man: Bob and Sue seem never discipline their daughter. Shes real nuts.Woman: They are kept in the dark about their daughters behavior at schoolQuestion: what can we learn about Bob and Sues daughter?A. She like to eat nuts.B.

8、She is self-disciplined.C. She behaves badly at school.D. She enjoys leaving her parents in the dark.7. Woman: Now, Richard, would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?Man: I cant. Professor Harley. Someone must have left them on my desk.Question: What is t

9、he mans problem?A. He is suspected of cheating.B. He left the answers on his desk.C. He doesnt know how to explain.D. He didnt know the answers to the questions.8. Woman: Dont forget to drop me a line when you settle down.Man: I wont. Ill keep you posted.Question: What does the man mean?A. Hell writ

10、e to the woman.B. Hell tell the woman his new address.C. Hell visit the woman once in a while.D. Hell chat with the woman on the phone.9. Man: Betty, how was your trip to the museum with Tom this afternoon?Woman: Dont ask me.Question: What does the woman mean?A. Something about the museum interested

11、 her.B. Something was wrong with the trip.C. She doesnt know anything about the museum.D. She doesnt want to answer the mans question.10. Man: Hey, Mary. I was invited to be a judge for the Miss America BeautyContest.Woman: Oh, really? Come on, youre pulling my leg.Question: What does the woman mean

12、?A. She has no change to win.B. The man is encouraging her.C. Shell attend the contest.D. The man is trying to fool her.Part II Vocabulary (10minutes, 10 points)Section ADirections: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices mar

13、ked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.11. The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.A. explain B deny C. consider D re

14、cognize12 British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease, which causes loss of memory and personality change.A control B determine C prevent D treat13 Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.A fix up B take up C pack up D make up14 So i

15、nstead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.A. golden B. beautiful C. warm D. shining15 I couldnt work out why anyone would invent something so boring.A draw up B bring about C put forward D figure out16. You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for

16、both you and your employer.A. loose B. effective C. elastic D. resourceful17. The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials.A. grants B. rights C. advantages D. interests18. Will Americans go for AT&TS plan of pushing the wireless services in

17、 the U.S?A. support B. adopt C. hinder D. attack19. What lies in pieces around them represents, in effect, a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few .A. in short B. in particular C. in fact D. in turn20. The weekend event will be centered around Wye college in Ashford, Kent, but the outing to

18、the docks should be the highlight.A. climax B. pleasure C. expectation D. surpriseSection BDirections: In this section .there are 10 incomplete sentences .For each sentences there are 4 choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter

19、 with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. Then in June 1967 the country diplomatic relations with Israel after the outbreak of the Six Day War.A. broke away B. broke off C. cut out D. cut down22. Everyone has faced the embarrassing of deciding how much ex

20、tra to give a waiter or taxi-driver.A. incident B. event C. dilemma D. menace23. The school arranged road trip appears to the spring break.A . conform to B. coincide with C. consist in D. collide with24. The new airport terminal is sure to the development of tourism.A. imitate B. fascinate C. impose

21、 D. facilitate25. The Huntington Library has an collection of rare books and manuscripts of British and American history and literature.A. intensive B. intentional C. extensive D. extensional26. Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this year, threatening to_ recent produc

22、tivity gains.A. reverse B. reserve C. retrieve D. revise27. Those governments will provide big food and fuel according to the Asian Development Bank.A. substitutes B. substances C. subsequences D. subsidies28. In mild winters apple buds began to break soon after Christmas, leaving them to frost dama

23、ge.A. reluctant B. tough C. hostile D. vulnerable29. What is happening is a survival-of-the-fittest struggle affecting smaller factories in relatively low-tech, labor-intensive industries.A. primarily B. rationally C. primitively D. respectively30. A traditional critic has the advantage of being abl

24、e to _standards and values inherited from the past.A .turn up B. turn over C .turn to D. turn inPart Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 25point)Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked

25、A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Passage OneThe job was done, and it was time for a last cigarette. Eddie began tapping the pockets of his overalls, looking for the new packet of Mar

26、lboro be had bought that morning. It was not there.It was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lump. Right in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet, there was a lump. A lump the size of a packet of cigarettes.“Ive done it again!” said Eddie angrily.

27、 “Ive left the cigarettes under the carpet!”He had done this once before, and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hours. Eddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours in this house. He decided to get rid of the lump another way. It would mean wasting a good p

28、acket of cigarettes, nearly full, but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it again. He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.Eddie didnt want to damage the carper itself, so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump. Then he began to beat the block of wo

29、od as hard as he could .He kept beating, hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldnt hear the noise and come to see what he was doing. It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpetThe lump was beginning to flatten out.After three or four minutes, the job was finally f

30、inished. Eddie picked up his tools, and began to walk out to his car. Mrs. Vanbrugh accompanied him. She seemed a little worried about something.“Young man, while you were working today. you didnt by any chance see any sign of Armand, did you ?Armand is my bird. I let him out of his cage, you see, t

31、his morning, and hes disappeared. He likes to walk around the house, and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in. Only today he didnt come back. Hes never done such a thing before, its most peculiar.”“No, madam, I havent seen him anywhere,” said Eddie, as he reac

32、hed to start the car.And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel, where he had left it at lunchtime.And he remembered the lump in the carpet.31 what did Eddie want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?A. To have a cigarette.B. To hammer the carpet flat.C. To put back his tools.D. To start work in the dinning room.32. Why didnt Eddi