广西师范大学2006年非英语专业研究生学位外语考试试卷

广西师范大学2006年非英语专业研究生学位英语考试试题

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Part I: Vocabulary & Structure (20 Points)

1.______ the salesman said, the housewife would not buy anything.

a. No matter how

b. No matter where

c. No matter what

d. No matter that

2. When the bell rang, all the examinees left the exam hall, ______.

a. each smiled

b. each has smiled

c. each to smile

d. each smiling

3. Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no _____ to speed up deliveries.

a. trial

b. attempt

c. action

d. progress

4. Having lost her job, the middle-aged woman tried to ____ what she should do next.

a. make out

b. stand out

c. sort out

d. figure out

5. After the big job was finished, the builder ___ the number of men working for him.

a. cut off

b. cut out

c. cut down

d. cut up

6. Only guest of the hotel enjoy the _____ of bowling on the 6th floor.

a. favor

b. possibility

c. advantage

d. privilege

7. Teaching as a career ____ to many people because of the long holidays.

a. attracts

b. calls

c. pulls

d. appeals

8. What matters is _____ the same mistake next time.

a. avoiding to make

b. avoid making

c. to avoid making

d. to avoid to make

9. My cases are too heavy, and the airline charged me 40 dollars for ___ baggage.

a. exceeding

b. excess

c. excessive

d. exclusive

10. Before they ran away, the criminals had ____ all the evidence.

a. ruined

b. destroyed

c. damaged

d. broken

11. ______ the fact that I don’t like my job, I must work hard.

a. In stead of

b. Despite of

c. In case of

d. In spite of

12. He show great interests in medicine in ______.

a. special

b. especial

c. particular

d. especially

13. Being out of work for a long time, he is ____ and he’ll take any job offered him.

a. despair

b. dissatisfied

c. desperate

d. uncomfortable

14. The disease was confined ____ the southern part of the country only.

a. at

b. to

c. along

d. on

15. She felt offended at my remarks, but it wasn’t my ____ to hurt her.

a. implication

b. indication

c. intention

d. invasion

16. It never ___ to me that the clue to the problem lies in such a simple

experiment.

a. meant

b. occurred

c. recollected

d. happened

17. He was dripping with sweat, his shirt ___ to his skin.

a. pasted

b. adapted

c. attached

d. stuck

18. The manager promised to ___ me informed of how our business was going on.

a. maintain

b. sustain

c. keep

d. retain

19. CCTV programs are ____by satellite to the remotest areas in the country.

a. transferred

b. transmitted

c. transformed

d. transported

20. Glemn’s heroic flight into space entitled him ____ a place in history.

a. for

b. with

c. to

d. of

Part II: Reading Comprehension (40 Points)

Passage One

Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop music have come from Britain and America. However, in the last ten years, when many different kinds of music have established themselves on the pop scene, more and more stars have come from other countries.

Pop music changes all the time and new stars appear and become famous. Many of today’s stars started out in the 1960s and have changed their music to suit the time. Although most stars take many years to become famous, their fame does not usually last long. For a musician, to stay popular and still produce good, original music over a long period of time is a sign of true star.

Most stars start their careers in a simple way—playing in unknown night clubs or dance halls where people want to dance to the music, not listen to it. They may have continued doing this for many years until they get a “break”. They begin performing in a well-known place or get recording contract. To become a star is the aim of every singer or musician and the dream of many a pop crazy teenager.

However a group or star makes it to the top, they can be sure that their lives will change once they are successful. Ordinary teenagers living at home with their parents may suddenly find themselves rich enough to buy their own houses. An established super star may be able to buy several.

Despite the large amounts of money that are earned, life at the top is not easy for many stars. The pop scene is hard work and many stars need to spend a lot of time away from home. For a lot of them, this means they have no home life and their personal relationships suffer. Despite great public success, life at the top can be very lonely.

1. According to the passage, more and more stars have come from other countries because _____________.

a. more and more countries have been established recently

b. more kinds of music have become popular in the world.

c. more stars have become famous

d. pop music never remains the same for long

2. In the eyes of the author, true stars are those_____.

a, who become famous after many years of hard work

b. who change their music to please different audience

c. who can produce highly creative music

d. who constantly create good music and keep their fame for long

3. What does the word “break”(Line3, Para.3) mean?

a. People start listening to their music instead of dancing to it.

b. The stars finally get a brief rest after long time of hard work.

c. The stars get a chance to meet many pop crazy teenagers.

d. The stars have their talent recognized.

4. All of the following are true about the life of many established super stars EXCEPT that____.

a. they can enjoy life with the large amounts of money they earned.

b. they will be wealthy enough to be financially independent.

c. they usually have very little family life.

d. they may feel very lonely although they are extremely popular.

5. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

a. Star’s Personal Life

b. Popular Songs and Pop stars

c. Pop Stars’ Careers and Life

d. How to become A Super Star

Passage Two

Psychologists now believe that noise has a considerable effect on people’s attitudes and behavior. Experiments have proved that in noisy situations(even temporary ones), people would have more irritability(暴躁易怒) and less cooperation; In more permanent noisy situations, many people cannot work hard and they suffer from severe anxiety as well as other psychological problems. Some researchers, who study various aspects of effect of noise in people’s mental life, maintain that noise, either temporary noise or permanent noise, often destroy creativity and activity by disturbing people’s emotion and make them more irritable and hard to cooperate.

However, psychologists distinguish between “sound” and “noise”. “Sound” is measured physically in decibels(分贝). “Noise” cannot be measured in the same way because it refers to the psychological effect of sound and its level of “intensity”depends on the situation. Thus, for passengers at an airport who expect to hear airplanes taking off and landing, there may be a lot of sound, but not much noise (that is, they are not bothered by the noise). By contrast, if you are at a concert and two people behind you are whispering, you feel they are talking noisily even if there is not much sound. You notice the noise because it affects you psychologically. Both sound and noise can have negative effects, but what is most important is if the person has control over the sound. People walking down the street with earphones, listening to music that they enjoy, are

receiving a lot of decibels of sound, but they are probably happy hearing sounds which they control. On the other hand, people in the street without earphones must tolerate a lot of noise which they have no control over. It is noise pollution that we need to control in order to help people live more happily.

6. According to the passage, people ____>

a. can not complete his work in a noisy situation

b. will suffer from complete deafness because of noise pollution

c. can be psychologically affected by working in very noisy factories

d. may cooperate well in a noisy surrounding

7. “Sound”, as defined by the psychologist, _______.

a. can be measured in the same way that “noise” is measured

b. may be extremely harmful to health

c. is not at all different from “noise”

d. can be measured by machines

8. People waiting at an airport _______.

a. enjoy hearing airplanes taking off and landing

b. are usually not troubled by the noise

c. can easily tell sound from noise

d. are often physically affected by noise

9. People enjoy listening to music, ________.

a. though they are receiving a lot of decibels of sound in fact

b. because it does not have any negative effect

c. because they do not have to tolerate the noise around them

d. even though it is sometimes unpleasant hearing strange sounds

10. It can be inferred from the passage that we need to control noise pollution if _____.

a. we want to stay both psychologically and physically healthy

b. we don’t want to be easy to make angry with others

c. we want to work hard and cooperate well with each other

d. we don’t want to suffer from serious anxiety and feel uneasy

Passage Three

When you see a clever advertisement in a newspaper, do you say to yourself, “Ah, that’s good. I’d like to have one of those?” Or do you say, “What lies are they telling this time? It can’t be very good or they wouldn’t have to advertise it so cleverly?”Both of these people exist; the first are optimists: the second pessimists and realists.

Advertisements can be extremely useful if they are honest; if, let us say, you have broken your pen and you want to buy another, the first thing to do is to look at as many ads for pens as you can find. That will help you to choose the model, color and price that suit you. Ads save a lot of time and trouble by putting sellers in touch with buyers in a quick and simple way. If the ads are true and accurate,

the customers will be satisfied and will probably buy from the same firm next time and advise their friends and acquaintances to do the same.

The really dishonest advertiser hopes to sell his goods quickly and to make a large profit on them before the customer’s reactions begin. He knows that no customers will buy from him a second time and that none will recommend his products to their friends. But there are also semi-dishonest advertisers who make claims for their products which they know perfectly well to be incapable of verification(验证), like advertising that a certain toothpaste contains a particular substance—which it in fact does---knowing that this substance is in fact neither beneficial nor harmful to the teeth. Such ads do not tell downright lies, but their advertising is deliberately misleading.

11. From the passage we learn that a pessimistic advertisement reader will____.

a. trust all ads and make purchases accordingly

b. get suitable colors and prices from ads

c. doubt the truthfulness of ads

d. Admire the clever ways ads are made

12. What is the biggest benefit people may get from honest ads?

a. Customers can offer their friends some good advice about shopping

b. Some firms will make a large profit from loyal customers

c. Customers can find their favorite colors

d. Customers can make purchases from sellers efficiently

13. The term “semi-dishonest advertisers” in the last paragraph refers to____.

a. advertisers who tell small lies in ads.

b. advertisers who tell white lies in ads

c. advertisers who don’t tell lies but may give false information

d. advertisers who are sometimes honest and sometimes dishonest

14. If a semi-dishonest advertisement claims that a certain toothpaste contains a particular substance, it may mean that_____.

a. There is no such substance at all in the toothpaste

b. the toothpaste does contain such substance

c. such substance is pretty good for people’s teeth

d. such substance may be harmful to people’s teeth

15. In the third paragraph, the author discuss_____.

a. the tricks of semi-dishonest advertisers

b. the customers’ reactions

c. the downright lies in ads

d. the false claims in ads.

Passage Four

When you’re negotiating (协商) with someone, listen for the messages that he or she might be sending to you. For example, the word “difficult” does not mean the same as “impossible”. Imagine you’re staying in a hotel and you want to change your room. The manger’s answer of “That would be very difficult, sir”, does not mean that he is saying “no”. It just means that he wants to know what

you are prepared to offer him in return for the change of rooms.

If you are buying a new car, and want to pay less than the prices being asked, then the salesman’s comments, “I’m sorry, but we never negotiate on the price”means that they do negotiate on other things, like the delivery time, or the “extras”that might be available as part of the purchase. In the same car showroom, if the salesman says, “Sorry, I can’t negotiate prices”, then your response should be to ask who can. The message the salesman is sending suggests that his boss is the one you need to talk to.

In all of these situations, the message is never communicated in clear terms. In any negotiation, the two “players” wish to get as much out of it as they can, of course. In the three examples above, the salesmen and the hotel manager are hoping that you will accept their price or conditions--- but their “message”makes it clear that there may be room for movement and compromise. In a successful negotiation, the two sides move towards each other and reach agreement on conditions that satisfy both sides.

16. According to the first paragraph, it is still quite possible to change your room if you ______.

a. pretend to be very ill

b. quarrel with the manager

c. discuss the terms with the manager

d. give the manager an extra payment

17. When you hear the salesman say, “We never negotiate on the price”(line2—3), you should ______.

a. try to talk about other possibilities

b. talk to the boss on the price

c. find out who can negotiate prices

d. turn to another salesman for further negotiation

18. The word “room” (line6, para.3) means ______.

a. limited scope for free action or thought

b. part of a house or other buildings enclosed by walls

c. freedom for people to do whatever they like

d. empty space in a place for people to move freely

19. According to the passage, if you are told “Usually it is impossible--“in business, you should _______.

a. stop asking any more questions

b. find out what exceptions there might be

c. let the speaker know who you are

d. try to see the boss and talk to him immediately

20. The passage is mainly about______.

a. how to save money in business

b. how to send messages in a negotiation

c. how to be a successful manager

d. how to get as much as possible out of a negotiation

Part III: Cloze (15 Points)

Everyone wants to be healthy and happy. (21), illness or accidents may occur without any warning. Frequently the person who is (22) can be cared for at home if there is someone capable of looking after him under the doctor’s (23). Sometimes arrangements can be (24) for a visiting nurse or give the necessary care once a day or often, if necessary. The responsible one in the home (25) on with the rest of the care during the interval between the nurses visits. The rapid diagnosis and immediate treatment (26) the spot of an accident or sudden illness, while awaiting the arrival of doctors, is called the first aid and quite (27) from the home nursing. When illness does come, the whole family is (28). Many adjustments have to be made (29) the family routine needn’t be (30) completely. Often it can be rearranged with home duties simplified to save time and energy, thus reducing (31) on the family. The (32) responsibility for giving nursing care is usually (33) by one person, frequently the mother. (34), in order that she have some much needed rest, or in (35) she herself is ill, other members of the family should learn how to help when sickness occurs.

1. a. Occasionally b. Unfortunately c. Miserably d. Naturally

2. a. weak b. patient c. ill d. guilty

3. a. introduction b. control c. decision d. direction

4. a. done b. made c. placed d. performed

5. a. works b. carries c. looks d. depends

6. a. on b. in c. at d. from

7. a. similar b. distinct c. urgent d. separate

8. a. included b. related c. affected d. effected

9. a. and b. but c. or d. thus

10. a. puzzled b. confused c. troubled d. disturbed

11. a. strain b. worry c. pain d. trouble

12. a. joint b. overall c. intensive d. extensive

13. a. confirmed b. ensured c. assumed d. concerned

14. a. Therefore b. Moreover c. Furthermore d. However

15. a. fact b. case c. result d. contrast

Part IV: Translation (10 Points)

Translate the following English into Chinese:

Looking for fresh ideas keeps a business vital, and training and other forms of lifelong learning are great sources of fresh ideas. Many organizations give lip service to how well their employees are treated and how much they contribute to the company’s success. Fewer have a formal learning program in place. It is not that difficult to do. All that is required is the willingness to act.

Part V: Writing （15 Points）

Write a letter of 150 words

假设你是你们学校学生会主席，代表学生会起草一份倡议书，号召全校同学行动起来，为环保运动作出自己的努力。同时下周六学校将组织同学在全市进行环保宣传活动，征召志愿者到学生会报名。

广西师范大学非英语专业研究生综合英语考试答题纸

姓名学号专业

Part I: Vocabulary & Structure (20 Points)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part II: Reading Comprehension (40 Points)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part III: Cloze (15 Points)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6, 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part IV: Translation (10 Points)

Part V: Writing （15 Points）