1995-2002学位英语真题

Non-English Major Graduate Student English Qualifying Test (GET) December, 1995 PAPER ONE PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 MINUTES, 15 points) Section A ( 1 point each ) Directions: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The questions and the conversation will be spoken just once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answer and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Then on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark the letter that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. 1. A. He was on vacation. B. He was moving furniture. C. He was sick. D. He was working for a new company. 2. A. He does not understand it. B. He does not like it. C. He is used to it. D. He does not have to take it. 3. A. He is interested only in her ideas. B. He will not accept a late paper from her. C. He wants her to hand in her paper immediately. D. He will accept a late paper from her. 4. A. In a kitchen. B. In a garden. C. At the pictures. D. In an office. 5. A. Five B. Four. C. Seven. D. Six. 6. A. She was experienced in riding a bicycle. B. She was riding very slowly at that moment. C. She was riding a new bike. D. Some passes-by help her. 7. A. She cant see. B. Her ears was hurt. C. She cant hear. D. Her eyes hurt. 8. A. She feels that he wont accept anything. B. She thinks he has almost everything he wants. C. Shes sure he already has a pocket calculator. D. Shes afraid he wants more than she can afford. 9. A. At the jewelry store. B. Down the hall. C. From other customers. D. From a machine Section B ( 1 point each ) Directions: In this section: you will hear a longer conversation and short passage. At the end of each them, there will be some questions. All of them will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a short pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. Question 10 through 12 are base on the following conversation. 10. A. Peters research paper. B. Peters composition. C.A library book. D. Peters take-home exam. 11. A. By studying in the library. B. He was absent that day. C. He did very well. D. He did very poorly. 12. A. Talk to the professor. B. Quit working C. Get a better-paying job. D. Try to get a job on the campus. Question 13 through 15 are base on the following passage. 13. A. The development of animals. B. The development of land animal. C. The origin of sea creatures. D. The origin of human beings 14. A. Stand on their heads. B. Swim backward. C. Move on their fins. D. Swim upside down. 15. A. The appearance of tile fish. B. The size and the color of fish. C. The way the fish swims. D. The way the Fish uses its fins. PART II VOCABULARY ( 10 MINUTES, 10 POINTS ) Section A ( 0.5 point each ) Direction: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one word or a set of words underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet. 16. Frank and Jauntier asked their science teacher to settle the dispute once and for all. A. temporarily B. permanently C. cautiously D. decisively 17.The police found it difficult to apprehend the criminal because of the incomplete details supplied by the witness. A. sketchy B. complicated C. stern D. artistic 18.In order to maintain physical well-being, a person should eat wholesome food and get sufficient exercise. A. fresh B. stale C. well-cooked D. healthful 19. Not afraid of being fired, John Smith continued to defy the boss. A. avoid B. admire C. oppose D. guide 20. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other drawbacks. A. properties B. behavior C. disadvantages D. performances 21. After a number of disagreements with the committee, the chairman decided to quit. A. resign B. dismiss C. retire D. desert 22. The experiment shows this cathode emits electrons in a controlled environment. A. submits B. gives off C. rejects D. passes by . 23. To what place are you going to haul the furniture that you no longer need. A. sell B. put C. transport D. paint 24. The zealous demonstrators were ignored by all the media of this country. A. passionate B. colorful C. rude D. clever 25. In prehistoric times, eclipses of the moon and Sun were probably terrifying to people. A. meaningful B. fascinating C. frightening D. helpful Section B (0.5 point each) Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has something omitted. Choose the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each sentence. 26. Lisa objected to wearing her championship pin; she didnt want to be considered _. A. obscure B. vain C. dishonest D. humble 27. The meeting ended when a police officer told club members that the building was on fire. A. affectedly B. fatally C. exhaustingly D. abruptly Z8.Marie fainted in the store and found herself in the hospital when she _. A. came along B. came back C. came to D. came out 29.The boys knew they broken the rules and regulations, and they were_happy when they were called to the headmasters office. A. nothing but B. all but C. anything but D. all too 30. His parents gave him many expensive toys as some form of for his lameness and inability to lay active games. A. compensation B. remedy C. treatment D. gratitude 3l. The teacher was of his duty, and he was criticized for this. A. illegible B. negligent C. illegal D. negligible 32. What I am telling you is strictly_. Dont let anyone know of it. A. secretive B. special C. individual D. confidential 33. The beautiful flowers in the vase through lack of water. A. decreased B. sweated C. withered D. ripened 34. Shes always the way I do things, so I can hardly get along welt with her. A. making the best of B. finding fault with C. coming up with D. having the advantage over 35. The young lady speaks so softly that her voice is not really_. A. fragile B. audible C. brittle D. decent PART III CLOZE TEST (I0 MINUTES, 15 POINTS) Directions : Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one item of the most suitable word (s) marked A,B,C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word(s) you have chosen with a single bar across the square rackets on your Answer Sheet. Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready 36, washing can go to the laundry, food can be bought cooked, canned or 37 ,bread is baked and delivered by the baker, milk 38 on the doorstep, meals can be had at the restaurant ,the works canteen and the school dining-room. It is unusual now for father to 39 his trade or other employment at home, and his children rarely, 40, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to 41 their fathers occupation and in many towns they have a fair wide 42 of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon acquires a feeling of 43 independence. In textile areas it has 44 for mothers to go out to work, 45 this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual 46 in a childs home life the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years. With mother earning and his old children-draw 47 wages, father is seldom the 48 figure that he still was at the beginning of the Century. 49 mother work, economic advantages increase, but children lose something of 50 value if mothers employment prevent her from being home to greet them when they return from school. 36. A. made B. shaped C. set D. fixed 37. A. deserved B. preserved C. reserved D. conserved 38. A. arrives B. reaches C. transports D. transfers 39. A. persuade B. pursue C. purchase D. persecute 40. A. if ever B. if not C. if any D. if only 41. A. catch B. make C. get D. follow 42. A. distribution B. opportunity C. fate D. choice 43. A. economic B. economical C. personal D. living 44. A. customary B. essential C. fundamental D. unnecessary 45. A. or B. but C. so D. then 46. A. focus B. favor C. factor D. fear 47. A. inaccurate B. substantial C. inadequate D. standard 48. A. negative B. modest C. superior D. dominant 49. A. Even if B. Though C. Before D. When 50. A. little B. small C. large D. great PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 MINUTES, 30 POINTS) Directions: In this part of the test, there are five passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D, and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. Passage One We use emotive language to express our own attitudes and feelings. We also direct emotive language at other people to persuade them to believe as we do or to do as we want them to do; and of course, other people direct emotive language at us to get us to believe or to do what they want. We are subjected to a constant stream of persuasion day in, day out, at home and in school, on the radio and on television. It comes from parents and teachers, from preachers and politicians, from editors and commentators, but, most of all, of course, from advertisers. Most of this persuasion is expressed in emotive language and is intended to appeal to our feelings rather than to be weighted up by our powers of reasoning. We should look at the motives behind all this persuasion. Why do they want to persuade us ? What do they want us to do ? We are not thinking very clearly unless we try to see through the veil of words and realize something of the speakers purpose. An appeal to emotion is in itself neither good or bad. Our emotions on the highest levels and from the best of motives. A case in point is Churchills wartime speeches: whatever people thought of Churchill as a politician, they were united behind him when he spoke as a national leader in those dark days their feelings responded to his call for resolution and unity. It is a characteristic of social groups that the members have a feeling of personal attachment to the group - to the family in earliest childhood and extending later to the school, the team, the church, the nation, in patterns that vary from time to time. Hence a speaker from our group will find in us feelings to which he can readily and genuinely appeal, whether our reaction is favorable or not. We are at least open to the appeal and we appreciate the context in which it is made. 51. The major functions of emotive language discussed in the passage are to_ A. extend our powers of reasoning and carry out a purpose B. advertise and produce the wanted social effects C. show ones Feelings and appeal to those of others D. make others believe in us and respond to our feeling 52. It is suggested in the third paragraph of this passage that we_ A. should keep a cool head when subjected to persuasions of various kinds B. need to judge whether a persuasion is made for good or bad C. have to carefully use our emotive language D. should avoid being easily seen through by an appeal from others 53. The source from which emotive language flows upon us in its greatest amount is_ A. the mass media B. the educational institutions C. the religious circles D. the advertising business 54. Churchill is mentioned in the passage as_ A. an example of how people weighted up persuasion with reasoning B. a national leader who brought out peoples best feelings C. a positive example of appealing to peoples emotion D. a politician who has been known as a good speaker 55. What is NOT mentioned as relevant to our emotions in this passage ? A. Social B. Personal experience C. The personality of national leaders D. Religious belief 56. It can be inferred from the passage that a persuasive speaker must_. A. find out what group his audience is attached to B. vary his speech patterns from time to time C. know how to adapt his way of speaking to the needs of the audience D. be aware whether the listeners are favorable to his opinion or not Passage Two As goods and services improved, people were persuaded to spend their money on changing from old to new, and found the change worth the expense. When an airline equipped itself with jets, for example, its costs (and therefore air fare) would go up, but the new planes meant such an improvement that the higher cost was justified. A new car (or wireless, washing machine, electric kettle) made life so much more comfortable than the old one that the high cost of replacement was fully repaid. Manufacturers still cry their wares as persuasively as ever, but are the improvements really worth paying for? In many field things have now reached such a high standard of performance that further progress is very limited and very, very expensive. Airlines, for example, go to enormous expense in buying the latest prestige jets, in which vast research costs we might lose the chance of cutting minutes away from flying times: but wouldnt it be better to see air fares drop dramatically, as capital costs become relatively insignificant? Again, in the context of a 70 m.p.h. limit, with platoons of cars traveling so densely as to control each others speeds, improvements in performance are virtually irrelevant; improvements in handling are unnecessary, as most production cars grip the road perfectly; and comfort has now reached a very high level indeed. Small improvements here are unlikely to be worth the thousands that anybody replacing an ordinary family car every two years may ultimately have spent on them. Let us instead have cars - or wireless, electric kettles, washing machines, television sets- which are made to last, and not to be replaced. Significant, progress is obviously a good thing; but the insignificant progression from model-change to model-change is not. 57. The author obviously is challenging the social norm that_ A. it is important to improve goods and services B. development of technology makes our life more comfortable C. it is reasonable that prices are going up all the time D. slightly modified new products are worth buying 58. According to this passage, air fares may rise because_. A. people tend to travel by new airplanes B. the airplane has been improved C. the change is found to be reasonable D. the service on the airplane is better than before 59. According to the author, passengers would be happier if they _. A. could fly in the latest model of reputable planes B. could get tickets at much lower prices C. see the airlines make vital changes in their services D. could spend less time flying in the air 60. When manufacturers have improved the performance of their products to a certain level, then it would be _. A. justified for them to cut the price B. unnecessary for them to make any new changes C. difficult and costly to further better them D. insignificant for them to cut down the research costs 61. In the case of cars, the author urges that we_ A. cancel the speed limit B. further improve their performance C. improve their durability D. change models every two years 62 The authors criticism is probably based on the fact that_ A. we have been persuaded to live an extravagant life today B. many products we buy turn out to be substandard or inferior C. inflation is becoming a big problem in the world today D. people are wasting their money on trivial technological progress Passage Three Recent studies on the male-female wage gap predict that even though entry-level salaries for males and females in the same occupation are nearly equal because womens market skills have improved vastly, the chances of the overall gap closing in the foreseeable future are minimal. This is due to several factors that are likely to change very slowly, if at all. An important reason is that women are concentrated in occupation- service and clerical- that pay less than traditional male jobs .It is possible that more women than men in their twenties are hesitant to commit themselves to a year-round lifetime career or job for many reasons. There is lingering attitude on both the part of women and their employers that women are not cut out for certain jobs. Not only does this attitude channel women into lower-paying work, but it also serves to keep them from top management positions. Another significant factor in the widening wage gap between men and women after entering the work force, even in comparable jobs, is that women often drop out at critical points in their careers to have a family. Women still have the primary responsibility for child rearing; even if they continue to work, they often forgo overtime and promotions that would conflict with home responsibilities. The ages of 25 to 35 have been shown repeatedly to be the period when working consistently and hard is vital to advancement and job security. These are precisely the years w