gct英语试题2003-2010

IGCT 2010 (1)IGCT 2009 (12)IGCT 2008 (22)IGCT2007 (34)IGCT2006 (44)IGCT2005 (44)Part One Vocabulary and StructureDirections:There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four 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.1. Making energy use completely harmless to the environment ____________very difficult and usually economically expensive.A. isB. areC. have beenD. shall be2. ___________ no gravity, there would be no air around the earth, hence no life.A. If there had beenB. If there wasC. Had there beenD. W ere there3. Some members of the committee suggested that the meeting ___________A. being postponedB. to be postponedC. be postponedD. postponed4. Is there anything else ___________ you want to get ready for the party this evening?A. whichB. whoC. thatD. what5. Since any answer may bring ____________ to his government, the spokesman tried to avoid the question.A. commitmentB. embarrassmentC. failureD. benefit6. It is possible for a person to ___________ negative attitudes and gain healthy confidence needed to realize his or her dreams.A. get rid ofB. get away with（带走）C. get out of （脱身）D. get along with（相处）7. By the end of this term, the girls ____________ the basic rules of dinner party conversation.A. will learnB. will have learnedC. have learnedD. are learning8. If you miss the cultural references ______________ a word, you're very likely to miss its meaning.A. belowB. beforeC. beyondD. behind9. I cannot _____________ your plan, for I see no money return for the pursuit.A. approve ofB. argue withC. turn downD. give up10. The thief was so ___________ by the bright lights and barking dogs that he left hastily.A. annoyedB. frightenedC. puzzledD. disappointedPart Two Reading ComprehensionDirections:In this part there are three passages and one table, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four 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.Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:Firefighters are often asked to speak to school and community groups about the importance of fire safety, particularly fire prevention and detection. Because smoke detectors reduce the risk of dying in a fire by half, firefighters often provide audiences with information on how to install these protective devices in their homes.Specifically, they tell them these things: A smoke detector should be placed oneach floor of a home. While sleeping, people are in particular danger of an emergent fire, and there must be a detector outside each sleeping area. A good site for a detector would be a hallway that runs between living spaces and bedrooms.Because of the dead-air space that might be missed by hot air bouncing around above a fire, smoke detectors should be installed either on the ceiling at least four inches from the nearest wall, or high on a wall at least four, but no further than twelve, inches from the ceiling.Detectors should not be mounted near windows, entrances, or other places where drafts (过堂风) might direct the smoke away from the unit. Nor should they be placed in kitchens and garages, where cooking and gas fumes are likely to cause false alarms.11. One responsibility of a firefighter is to ______________.A. install smoke detectors in residents' homesB. check if smoke detectors are properly installedC. develop fire safety programs for schoolsD. speak to residents about how to prevent fires12. Compared with homes without smoke detectors, homes with them give their owners a 50% better chance of ____________.A. surviving a fireB. preventing a fireC. detecting a hidden fireD. not getting injured in a fire13. A smoke detector must always be placed ____________.A. on any level of a homeB. outside all bedrooms in a homeC. in all hallways of a homeD. in kitchens where fires are most likely to start14. The passage implies that dead-air space is most likely to be found _______________.A. on a ceiling four inches away from a wallB. near an open windowC. close to where a wall meets a ceilingD. in kitchens and garages15. What is the focus of this passage?A. How firefighters carry out their responsibilities.B. The proper installation of home smoke detectors.C. The detection of dead-air space on walls and ceilings.D. How smoke detectors prevent fires in homes.Questions 16-20 are based on the following table:FIVE-DAY WEATHER16. Which day is best for a picnic based on the information in the table?A. Friday.B. Saturday.C. Sunday.D. Monday.17. What does "POP" probably mean?A. Places of presence.B. Patterns of presence.C. Period of presence.D. Probability of presence.18. Disastrous weather may occur onA. FridayB. SaturdayC. MondayD. Tuesday19. What trend can be found from the information given in the table?A. The days are becoming longer.B. The nights are getting longer.C. The days are growing wammer.D. The weather is turning better.20. What day has the greatest temperature difference between day and night?A. Monday.B. Tuesday.C. Saturday.D. Sunday.Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage:Tony Huesman, a heart transplant recipient (接受者) who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of leukemia (白血病), but his heart still going strong. "He had leukemia," his widow Carol Huesman said, "His heart—believe it or not—held out. His heart never gave up until the end, when it had to."Huesman got a heart transplant in 1978 at Stanford University. That was just 11 years after the world's first heart transplant was performed in South Africa. At his death, Huesman was listed as the world's longest survivor of a single transplanted heart both by Stanford and the Richmond, Virginia-based United Network for Organ Sharing."I'm a living proof of a person who can go through a life-threatening illness, have the operation and return to a productive life," Huesman told the Dayton Daily News in 2006.Huesman worked a s marketing director at a sporting-goods store. He was found to have serious heart disease while in high school. His heart, attacked by a pneumonia (肺炎) virus, was almost four times its normal size from trying to pump blood with weakened muscles.Huesman's sister, Linda Huesman Lamb, also was stricken with the same problem and received a heart transplant in1983.The two were the nation's firstbrother and sister heart transplant recipients. She died in 1991 at age 29.Huesman founded t he Huesman Heart Foundation in Dayton, which seeks to reduce heart disease by educating children and offers a nursing scholarship in honor of his sister.21. Tony Huesman died from ____________.A. heart failureB. heart transplantC. pneumoniaD. non-heart-related disease22. The phrase "held out" (Para. 1) probably means" _____________.A. failed suddenlyB. functioned properlyC. expanded graduallyD. shrank progressively23. After his heart transplant, Tony Huesman ____________.A. lived a normal lifeB. received another donated organC. couldn't go back to workD. didn't live as long as expected24. Tony Huesman died in the year of ____________.A. 1983B. 1991C. 2006D. 200925. Huesman had to receive a heart transplant because ____________.A. he had an inherited heart diseaseB. he was born with heart disabilityC. his heart was infected by a virusD. his heart was injured in an accidentQuestions 26-30 are based on the following passage:Watch out! Here comes London Mayor Boris Johnson riding a bicycle from his new bike hire plan. "What we've put in is a new form of public transport. These bikes are going to belong to everybody."More than 12,000 people have signed up for the plan. They each receive a key at a cost of three pounds, with costs at one pound for a 24-hour membership, five pounds for seven days, and 45 pounds for an annual membership.John Payne, a London teacher who cycles a lot, is among the first to use the system. "It's very comfortable. For people who don't cycle much I think it'll be very useful. But for people who cycle regularly, they are possibly a bit slow. But they're perfect for London streets, very strong. I think they'll be very widely used."And Johnson says it's of good value. "I think it's extremely good value. The first half hour is free. If you cycle smart and you cycle around London--most journeys in London take less than half an hour, you can cycle the whole day free." Some 5,000 bikes are currently available at over 300 docking stations (租车点) in central London. Johnson says the city will gradually expand the system. "Clearly one of our ambitions is to make sure that in 2012 when the world comes to London, they will be able to use London hire bikes to go to the Olympic stadiums."26. Mayor Boris Johnson is riding a bicycle to __________.A. go to workB. attend a competitionC. promote his bike hire planD. show his love for cycling27. The author mentions John Payne as an example of people who ____________.A. oppose the bike hire planB. support the bike hire planC. don't cycle muchD. cycle regularly28. According to Boris Johnson, one can cycle around London the whole day free ________.A. because most journeys take less than half an hourB. because the bike hire is free for the f'n'st timeC. if one can arrange his London tour in a smart wayD. if one is physically strong enough29. The bike hire system will ____________.A. be expanded to serve the 2012 Olympic GamesB. be provided free for the 2012 Olympic athletesC. benefit from the 2012 Olympic GamesD. be free of charge for the 2012 Olympic visitors30. Mayor Boris Johnson is __________ about the future of his bike hire plan.A. optimisticB. concernedC. uncertainD. excitedPart Three ClozeDirections:There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four 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.I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important 31 of my work，but the real pleasure was in the work itself.Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. Y ou are 32 trying out new things that have not been done before. Many of them will lead 33 and you have to try something different, but sometimes an experiment does 34 and tells you something new and that it is really exciting. 35 small the new finding may be, it is great to think "I am the only person who knows this" and then you will have the fun of thinking what this finding will 36 and of deciding what will be the 37 experiment.One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never 38 . There are good times when things go well and bad times when they 39. Some people get discouraged at the difficult times, but when I have a failure my policy has always been not to worry but to start planningthe next experiment, 40 is always fun.31. A. recognition B. acknowledgementC. realizationD. assessment32. A. presently B. repeatedly C. continually D. periodically33. A. anywhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. somewhere34. A. work B. fail C. begin D. end35. A. Somewhat（稍微） B. So C. However D. How36. A. result from B. lie in C. rely on D. lead to37. A. coming B. next C. future D. last38. A. boring B' amusing（有趣的） C. confusing（使糊涂） D. exciting39. A. will B. do C. won't D. don't40. A. which B. that C. as D. whatPart Four Dialogue CompletionDirections:In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that most appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.41. Speaker A: Could you break a 100-dollar bill for me?Speaker B: ___________.A. OK. How much do you want?B. How can I do it, Miss?C. Sure. How do you want it?D. Oh, that's inconvenient for me.42. Speaker A: I'm sorry. The brand of camera you want is not available now.Speaker B: ____________.A. No use saying sorry. That's a real let down.B. I'm truly grateful for your help.C. That's a pity. Thank you anyway.D. It's just as I've expected.43. SpeakerA: Peter, I'm awfully sorry. I won't be able to come this Friday.Speaker B: What's the matter? _____________.A. Nothing wrong, I hopeB. I'm really sorry for thatC. It's all right with meD. Y ou can come some other time44. Speaker A: Ten dollars for this brand?Speaker B: ____________. I got it in a second-hand store.A. Oh, yes, wonderfulB. Do me a favorC. No kiddingD. Use your head45. Speaker A: I saw your boss was angry with you. What happened?Speaker B: __________. He was just in a bad mood.A. Nothing in particularB. Y ou said itC. Here you goD. I'm quite surprised46. Speaker A: We have a booking for tonight. The name's Cliff.Speaker B: ___________. ... Y es, that was two single rooms with bath.A. I'll take care of youB. Just a moment pleaseC. Thank you for comingD. Nice to meet you47. Speaker A: We're having a few people over for dinner Saturday.______________.Speaker B: Oh, thank you. That would be great.A. Are you doing anything then?B. It'll be a lot of fun.C. Have you heard about it?D. W e'd love to have you around.48. Man: Do you have any check-in luggage?Woman: ____________. They're heavy. I hope they're not overweight.Man: They're just under the maximum weight.A. Y es, I'll show youB. Yes, two piecesC. Y es, there you areD. Y es, not many49. Man: How long does the journey take if I go by bus?Woman: ____________. I think the Airport Express is your best bet.Man: Many thanks.A. I don't know yetB. It depends on the trafficC. Let me seeD. Y ou'll consider the distance50. Nurse: Mr. White, how about Friday at 9:30?Patient: Would you have anything in the afternoon?Nurse: Hmm..., we do have an opening at 4:00.____________.A. Would that be good for you?B. See you then.C. Hope you'll like it.D. Are you sure you can make it?1-5 ADCCB 6-10 ABDAB 11-15 DABCB 16-20 CADBA21-25 DBADC26-30 CBAAA31-35 ACBAC 36-40 DBADA41-45 CCACA46-50 BDBBA2009第四部分外语运用能力测试(英语)(50题，每题2分，满分100分)Part One V ocabulary and StructureDirections:There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Markyour answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. He added that the state government has made _________ arrangements for the conference.A. accurateB. absoluteC. adequateD. active2. This video may be freely reproduced __________ commercial promotion or sale.A. as forB. except forC. thanks toD. up to3. Y ou ___________ engage in serious debate or discussion unless you are willing to endure attacks.A. have better notB. had better notC. have better not toD. had better not to4. Coffee has been a favorite drink for centuries, _________ the time when we were drinking it strong and black, without sugar.A. duringB. forC. beforeD. since5. By 2050 the world will have about 2 billion people aged over 60, three times _________ today.A. as much asB. as that ofC. as many asD. as those of6. Saffron returned to London to __________ her acting career after four years of modeling.A. followB. chaseC. seekD. pursue7. He has fancy dreams about his life, and nothing ever quite ____________ his expectations.A. matchesB. makesC. reachesD. realizes8. ___________ my neighbor's kid with his coming exam, I spend an hour working with him every day.A. T o helpB. HelpingC. HelpedD. Having helped9. When I worked as a bank clerk, I had the opportunity to meet a rich ___________ of people: students, soldiers and factory workers.A. diversityB. kindC. rangeD. variety10. Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it _____________ replaced.A. should have beenB. would have beenC. could have beenD. might have beenPart Two Reading ComprehensionDirections:In this part there are three passages and one chart, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose thebest one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:Happy hours are not necessarily happy, nor do they last for an hour, but they have become a part of the ritual of the office worker and businessman.On weekdays in pubs and bars throughout America, there is the late afternoon happy hour. The time may vary from place to place, but usually it is held from four to seven. After the workday is finished, office workers in large cities and small towns take a relaxing pause and do not go directly home. They head off instead for the nearest bar or pub to be with friends, co-workers and colleagues. Within minutes the pub is filled to capacity with businessmen and secretaries, office clerks and stock executives. They gather around the bar like birds around a fountain or forest animals around a watering hole and chat about the trifles of office life or matters more personal. This is their desert garden, the place to relieve the day's stress at the office.At these happy hours, social binding occurs between people who share the same workplace or similar professions. They may chat about each other or talk about a planned project that has yet to meet a deadline. In this sense, these places become extensions of the workplace and constitute a good portion of one's social life.11. For office workers and businessmen the happy hour is their ____________.A. professional requirementB. regular practiceC. refreshing breakD. unpaid work12. Happy hours are held because office workers need to ___________.A. have a good rest after workB. stay away from household workC. make new friendsD. celebrate their achievements13. The phrase "filled to capacity" in Paragraph 2 means the pub is _____________.A. too crowdedB. rather entertainingC. completely fullD. very noisy14. Happy hours contribute to office workers' __________.A. cooperation in societyB. promotion in their companyC. connection in societyD. loyalty to their company15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The happy hour is a social gathering in America.B. People avoid talking about work at happy hours.C. Happy hours are held on weekdays only.D. People exchange work experiences at happy hours.Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:Lazy? Shy? Live in a cave? Those might not be positive attributes for the average human, but they sure are good for animals trying to survive in a changing environment. According to a new study, beasts that hibernate (冬眠) or crawl into holes are less likely to be listed as endangered than those that don't.Following up a previous study on extinct animals, which showed that species exhibiting "sleep or hide" (SLOH) behaviors did better than others, the researchers wanted to see if the same was true of modern creatures like moles and bears. To find out if our more timid animals have a leg up in the survival game, researchers made a master list of 443 sleep-or-hide mammals.With their list in hand, the team compared their 443 to the "red list" of endangered species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. As suspected, a sleepy or hiding animal was less likely to be on the red list than a regular animal, and a red-list animal was also less likely to be a SLOH-er.This makes a lot of sense, as animals that hide away in a cave or a tree hole are protected by their physical shelters from a variable environment outside, while hibernators enjoy a flexible metabolism (新陈代谢) that can help them adapt to a changing climate.16. On the list of extinct animals studied, there were _____________.A. fewer SLOH-ers than regular animalsB. more SLOH-ers than expectedC. as many SLOH-ers as regular animalsD. hardly any SLOH-ers17. The phrase "a leg up" in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.A. an instinctB. an advantageC. a fightD. a chance18. The study of modem creatures ___________.A. is unrelated to the study of extinct animalsB. finds evidence missing in the study of extinct animalsC. has findings similar to those of the study of extinct animalsD. reveals a different pattern from the study of extinct animals19. According to the passage, red-list animals are more likely to ____________.A. be lazyB. be timidC. live longD. sleep less20. In the last paragraph the author ____________.A. compares the behaviors of sleepers and hidersB. offers an explanation for the survival of sleepers and hidersC. analyzes how a changing environment affects SLOH-ersD. emphasizes what can be learned from SLOH-ersQuestions 21-25 are based on the following passage:In computing, passwords are commonly used to limit access to official users. Y et the widespread use of passwords has serious drawbacks. Office workers now have to remember an average of twelve system passwords. In theory they should use different passwords for each site, but in reality these would be impossible to remember, so many people use the same password for all.An additional problem is that the majority use simple words such as "hello", or names of family members, instead of more secure combinations of numbers and letters, such as 6ANV76Y. This permits computer hackers to download dictionaries and quickly find the word that allows them access.When system users forget their passwords there is extra expense in supplying new ones, while if people are forced to change passwords frequently they often write them down, making systems even less secure. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of passwords, which have been used as security devices for thousands of years, may need rethinking.One possible alternative has been developed by the American firm Real User, and is called "passfaces". In order to access the system a worker has to select a series of photographs of faces from a randomly (随机地) generated sequence. If the pictures are selected in the correct order, access is granted. This concept depends on the human ability to recognize and remember a huge number of different faces, and the advantage is that such a sequence cannot be told to anyone or written down, so is more secure. It is claimed that the picture sequence, which used photographsof university students, is easier to remember than passwords, and it has now been adopted for the United States Senate.21. What is the disadvantage of passwords as mentioned in Paragraph 1 ?A. They do not ensure security.B. They are difficult to remember.C. They have to be changed frequently.D. They limit computer accessibility.22. One can make a password safer by _____________.A. inserting pictures between numbersB. avoiding the use of letters altogetherC. setting up a firewall against computer hackersD. using complicated combinations of numbers and letters23. "Passfaces" is a method to get access to a system through ___________.A. remembering a large number of facesB. selecting photographs of faces one likesC. recognizing a sequence of face picturesD. showing one's face in front of the computer24. One advantage of "Passfaces" over a password is that ____________.A. it is easier to rememberB. it is more complicatedC. it takes less time to log inD. it allows one to write less25. What does the author think of the password?A. R is an old system that needs improvement.B. It provides as much security as before.C. R should be abandoned by computer users.D. It has developed to an advanced stage.Questions 26-30 are based on the following chart:26. Which of the following might be a proper title for the chart?A. FedEx Freight Measurements and MethodsB. FedEx Shipment Regulations in US and Other CountriesC. FedEx International Freight Customer Service GuideD. FedEx Express Freight and Air Cargo Service Restrictions27. What's the minimum weight a shipment must reach in order to be transported by air?A. No restrictions.B. 68kg.C. 122kg.D. 997kg.28. If you need to ship something 300cm long within US, which service can you choose?A. Shipment in less than 1 day.B. Shipment in 1 or 2 days.C. Shipment in 3 days.D. Shipment in more than 3 days.29. What does "girth" possibly mean?A. Measurement around an object.B. Measurement of object weight.C. Formula to calculate object width.D. Formula to calculate object length.30. FedEx services have different restrictions on the goods' ____________.A. maximum weight per pieceB. maximum length plus girth per pieceC. maximum length per pieceD. maximum height per piecePart Three ClozeDirections:There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four 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.Fueled by weather, wind, and dry undergrowth, uncontrolled wildfires can burn acres of land—and consume everything in their way—in mere minutes.31 , more than 100,000 wildfires clear 4 million to 5 million acres of land in the U.S. every year. A wildfire moves at speeds of up to 23 kilometers an hour, consuming everything—trees, bushes, homes, even humans—in its 32.There are three conditions that need to be 33 in order for a wildfire to burn: fuel, oxygen, and a heat source. Fuel is any material 34 a fire that will burn quickly and easily, includingtrees, grasses, bushes, even homes. Air supplies the oxygen a fire 35 to burn. Heat sources help spark the wildfire and bring fuel to 36 hot enough to start burning. Lightning, burning campfires or cigarettes, hot winds, and even the sun can all provide 37 heat to spark a wildfire.38 often harmful and destructive to humans, naturally occurring wildfires play a positive role in nature. They 39 nutrients to the soil by burning dead or decaying matter. They remove diseased plants and harmful insects from a forest ecosystem (生态系统). And by burning 40 thick trees and bushes, wildfires allow sunlight to reach the forest floor, enabling a new generation of young plants to grow.31. A. After all B. Above all C. In sum D. On average32. A. route B. track C. path D. trace33. A. stable B. present C. fixed D. favorable34. A. surrounding B. keeping C. causing D. making35. A. acquires B. needs C. captures D. meets36. A. materials B. places C. temperatures D. conditions37. A. additional B. excessive C. plentiful D. sufficient38. A. Although B. As C. If D. Whereas39. A. drive B. reduce C. return D. assign40. A. over B. through C. below D. beyondPart Four Dialogue CompletionDirections:In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, eachfollowed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that most appropriatelysuits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer onthe ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.41. Speaker A: Hi. My name is Mark. I'm from Houston, Texas.Speaker B: I'm Bill. Glad to meet you. What year are you?Speaker A: ___________.A. I was born in 1990B. I've been here for yearsC. I'm 19 years oldD. I'm a first-year student42. Speaker A: I'm getting pretty bored. We should do something despite the rain.。