学位英语试题及答案

1 学位英语模拟测试与答案（英语） （50题，每题2分，满分100分） Part One Vocabulary and Structure Directions : In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer, Mark you answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 1. He came all the way to China for promoting friendship ____for making money. A. other than B more than C. better than D. rather than 2. ___, I wroth a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened. A. Desperate B, Despite C. Inspiring D. Exciting 3,I was ____the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived. A.to B.on C.at D.in 4. In no country ____ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day. A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than 5. If I hadn‟t stood under the ladder to catch you catch you when you fell.you__now. A. wouldn‟t be smiling B.couldan‟t have smiled C.won‟t smile D.didn‟t smile 6. All the key words in the article are printed in__type so as to attract readers‟attention. A.dark B.dense C.black D.bold 7. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems,___obtaining water is not the least. A.for which B.to which C.of which D.in which 8. They are going to have the serviceman___an electric fan in the office tomorrow. A.install B.to install C.to be installed D.installed 9. It is said that John‟s two daughters of his wife___to the city where he had an accident. A.going B.tense C.were going D.was going 10. The man in the corner confessed to __a lie to the manager of the company. A.have told B.be told C.being told D.having told Part Two Reading Comprehension Directios: In this part there are four passages,each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your ANSWER SHEET with a single line trough the center. Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage: Communication is the sending of information or news from one person to another. if human beings could not communicate with one another, each person would have to learn everything for himself, Although animals as well as men can communicate, so far as we know, they can express only the simple emotions like pain,joy,fear,huger of sounds and face movements, but we still have much to learn about these animal languages. 2

Speech is the most important means of communication between people. But it is not the onlyone.Nor is it the oldest.We use facial expressions,gestures and hand movements to express ourfeelings and to send signals to other people. Animals use this “body language”a great deal.Thesign language used by deaf people is an example of communication without speech,while blind people communicate largely through touch and hearing. 11,According to the passage, what would happen to us without communication? A.We should learn everything for ourselves B.We would become unable to speak. C.We couldn‟t live happily. D.We might have to do everything by ourselves. 12.What does the passage say a about animals‟communication? A.They have their advanced language in form of sound. B.They can express simple feelings such as hunger and pain. C.Some of them can communicate with people very well. D.All of them can use sound to express themselves. 13.Which of the following statement is true? A.Humans do not have adequate knowledge about animal languages. B.We are now very much aware of animal languages. C.Most of animals use their facial expressiong. D.All animals make sounds to communicate with each other. 14.What means of communication is used by most people? A.Facial expressions. B.Body movements C.Speech. D.Body movement and speech. 15.We can infer from the passage that the oldest form of communication between people is_____ A.speech B.touch and hearing C.sounds D.body language Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage; No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess(公爵夫人)of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times.Being thin is deemed as such a virtue. The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by i. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes.Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better——or worse——part of my life. Being rich wouldn‟t be bad either, but that won‟t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land,leaving me millions of dollars. Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin,and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing,if not repellent?All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating. and excessive eating one of Christianity‟s seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently,most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals.and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being. Today the opposite is true.We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue.The result is that being fat——or even only somewhat overweight——is bad because it implies a lack of moral