20年学位英语真题及学位英语答案详解.doc

1、Part Dialogue Completion （10minutes 10points）Directions: In this part, there are 3 dialogues with 3 or 4 blanks, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the choice that best suits the situation until the dialogue is complete. With Dialogue One, all the choices will

2、have to be used. With Dialogue Two and Dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the center of the letter that indicates your choice.Dialogue OnePassenger: Good afternoon Miss. Are there plane tickets to San Francisco on the day af

3、ter tomorrow?Conductor: Good afternoon Sir. Ill have a look at the time-table for you. 1 Passenger: Are there tickets for Saturday then?Conductor: Yes, there are. How do you want to go, first class or coach?Passenger: 2 Whats the fare?Conductor: It is 260 dollars.Passenger: 3 Conductor: The flight w

4、ill get you there at six Sunday morning.Passenger: 4 Whats the flight number?Conductor: The flight number is 301 at Cate Two.A. Ill need a coach open return.B. OK, Ill take three.C. What time will the flight put me there?D. Im sorry but there arent any direct flights available.Dialogue TwoAttendant:

5、 Can I help you, sir?Customer: Yes, Ive been sitting here for a few minutes. 5 Attendant: Im sorry, sir. But this is the self-service pump.Customer: Self-service?Attendant: Yes. 6 Customer: Are you serious?Attendant: Yes. 7 Customer: Yes, Im from Taiwan. I never heard of a gas station where you fill

6、 up your own car.Attendant: In A merica, most gas stations are like this.A. Of course.B. Are you traveling here?C. Im waiting for someone to put gas in my car.D. You must fill up the car yourself.Dialogue ThreeSalesclerk: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?Customer: Good morning. 8 Salesclerk: Our

7、jackets are over here next to coats and accessories.Customer: I like this jacket. 9 Salesclerk: Of course. 10 Customer: Thanks.A. Can I try it on?B. The changing rooms are over there.C. Here you are.D. Im looking for a new jacket.Part II Reading Comprehension （35minutes 40points）Directions: There ar

8、e 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the center of the letter.Passage OneJack Billabong is

9、a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the ai

10、r was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “Theres a badly burnt man on the farm,”the girl shouted.“He saved my life. Please help me

11、 to save him.”The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately.Joe Brook was un

12、conscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jacks horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it

13、was night.“Ive never seen a horse like that pony,”Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say anything about the pony,“Joe will write about her in his story,”she said.But she did say one thing: “If Flame hadnt returned to the farm that afternoon, Joe and I would have died.”11. Ja

14、ck Billabong did not turn back because _.A he hadnt found the bull yetB he smelt a heavy smoke in the forestC he knew there was a burnt man thereD he saw something moving towards him12. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?E Because Joe was tired out.F Because the ride started late at night.G

15、Because they didnt have enough courage.H Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.13. Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because _.I she didnt know what to sayJ Jack asked her not to talk to themK she was too weak to say anythingL Joe would writ

16、e about it in his writing14. What does the word“Flame”in the last paragraph refer to?A Jack. B The pony. C Jacks horse. D The fire.15. Which of the following is the best title of the story?M Rescue of Joe BrookN Courage of Jack BillabongO Love of a Young GirlP Heroism of a Lovely PonyPassage TwoThe

17、faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-fi

18、ve or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out

19、 the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples.Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couple

20、s grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “Another possible reason,”he says,“is the common experience of the couples.”There

21、 is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.16. Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of _.A imitating

22、 the couples lifeB grouping the couples againC leaving no trace for the testeesD giving the testees more chances17. The underlined sentence “Their judgments were no better than chance.”implies that the testees _.A did a good job in making their choicesB had difficulty in picking out the partnersC ha

23、d no chance to make the right judgmentsD did better with the first group than with the second18. The underlined word“imitate”(in Para. 2) has a similar meaning to _.A copy B change C know D suffer19. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that _.A couples who look alike can live longerB most pa

24、rtners have been proved to grow alikeC the influence between partners can be quite strongD happily-married couples are often richer than others20. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A explain why couples grow alikeB tell how couples like each otherC discuss the function of marriageD describe th

25、e life of happily married couplesPassage ThreeThe three biggest lies in America are: (1)“The check is in the mail”,(2)“Of course Ill respect you in the morning”,and (3)“It was a computer error”.Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. Its the only one that can never be true. Today,

26、if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” It was a computer error.”Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it.The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an

27、 item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation:“It was a compute error.”It wasnt, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye re

28、ads the Universal Product Code chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the package and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, youll be charged accurately.Grocery stores update the price list each day that is, somebody sits at a keyboard and t

29、ypes in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow“a computer error”is supposed to excuse everything.One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are electric b

30、rain with“artificial intelligence”.At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pen. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human h

31、as instructed it to do.21. Of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself_.A says nonsenseB cheats customersC cannot make the errorD does not admit its error22. According to the author, a computerized cashier is really just _.A a machine to count moneyB a machine

32、to receive moneyC an instrument to print codesD an instrument to read codes23. Grocery store price lists are updated by _.A a computerB a keyboardC an employeeD an electric brain24. The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers _.A are very cleverB never make mistakesC have a good memoryD

33、 are controlled by men25. Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage?A Computers are stupid and inefficient.B Computer errors are due to its dishonesty.C Computers help stores update the price list.D Computer errors are actually human errors.Passage FourI came across an old countr

34、y guidebook the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on ones own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flou

35、rishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline of village commerce, but its power is still remarkable.Our local grocers shop, for example, is actually expanding

36、in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value.His prices may be a bit h

37、igher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time.His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The richer cust

38、omers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, instantly obtains it for them.26. Nowadays the commercial services in the village are _.A still v

39、ery activeB quickly decliningC unable to flourishD personal to visitors27. The local grocers shop is expanding because _.A the competition there is weakB it is a place for women to chatC it provides good personal serviceD the goods there are more valuable28. Which of the following is true about the

40、supermarkets?A Prices there are much higher.B Customers often have to queue up.C Customers can order by telephone.D Their personal services are satisfactory.29. How do the village grocers assistants feel about giving extra service?A They dont think it a trouble.B They dont think it worthwhile.C They

41、 dont consider it a good deal.D They dont consider it a pleasant experience.30. One special feature of the village shop is that _.A there is a very wide range of goods availableB customers can order goods by word of mouthC customers have to order goods one hour earlierD there is a list of goods to b

42、e delivered to doorstepsPart Vocabulary and Structure （20minutes 20points）Directions： There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 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 bar th

43、rough the center of the letter.31. During the heavy storm last week, we had to take _ under a flyover.A shade B shelter C shadow D shield32. The three men were assigned jobs according to their _ abilities.A respectful B respectable C respective D respecting33. Scientists have discovered that many an

44、imals seem to be highly _ to various signals associated with earthquakes.A sensible B sensual C. sentimental D sensitive34. The lost car of the Johnsons was found _ in the woods of the expressway.A vanished B scattered C rejected D abandoned35. Our guests will be guided to safety _ fire.A as a resul

45、t of B in case ofC in the sense of D for the sake of 36. If you want to ring her, youll have to _ her number in the telephone book.A look at B look to C look through D look up37. Under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to _.A raise B arise C be raised D be arisen38. After his retirement, he lives partly on his _ and partly on the interest on his post office savings account.A wages B salary C earnings D pension39. During the _, the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby.A interval B pause C interruption D gap4