2001年6月北京地区研究生英语学位课统考试题

2001年6月北京地区研究生英语学位课统考试题-

Paper One

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes, 15 points)

Section A ( 1 point)

1. A He didn’t like the teacher either.

B He failed a language course.

C He thinks the language lab is helpful.

D The teacher has helped him to catch up.

2. A He agrees with the woman.

B He objects to what the woman said.

C He thinks that nothing is hot nowadays.

D He thinks that men may have different opinions on the issue.

3. A Critic B Reporter C Investigator D Researcher

4. A The woman is a heroine of her hometown.

B The woman is a very good swimmers.

C The woman should support her home town.

D The woman should be proud of her gold medal.

5. A They have a short vacation. B They are short of money this year.

C He likes camping and backpacking D The woman is fond of hiking in the mountains.

6. A He can seat himself comfortably in a train.

B He likes the food in the dining car.

C The service in the dining car is very good.

D He can see the beautiful scene of the countryside.

7. A To buy a better house B To lead a quieter life. C To enjoy more leisure

D To give their child a better education.

8. A He thinks they are better than four mothers ago.

B He feels that they are as good as he expected.

C He feels bored with them.

D He looks forward to them.

9. A way to solve the pollution problem.

B The role of bacteria to human beings.

C An oil spilling in the Indian ocean.

D Certain human illnesses.

Section B ( 1 point each)

10. A Crying is a natural thing for children, but not for adults.

B Crying is considered unfortunate for adults.

C Adults have learnt to control their emotions.

D Adults have forgotten how to cry.

11. A Crying can help those who are physically ill.

B Crying can help cure some emotional problems.

C Crying can’t help people who are emotionally healthy.

D Crying can help us lift the load in our mind.

12. A How to hold back one’s tears B Adults should be free of crying.

C Why people cry D Crying is of great benefit to our health.

13. A She was miserable B She had part-time jobs

C She performed very well. D She was a member of the soccer team.

14. A Sharp increase in tuition costs. B Psychological problems of college students.

C Lack of parental guidance D Difficult in choosing a major.

15. A Today’s college students B Lisa’s miserable college life.

C The causes of college students’ sufferings D Today’s college student shock.

Part II. Vocabulary ( 10 minutes, 10 points)

Section A ( 0.5 point each)

A positive B advanced C reverse D negative 17. Although this hypothesis sounded fantastic and inconceivable at that time, it was revolutionary in effect.

A terrific B eccentric C horrible D insane 18. It will be a long time before man can render the computer intelligent by loading in the right software.

A assume B deem C find D make A temporarily B immediately C punctually D suddenly

A sympathy B fury C indigestion D regret

A notorious B infamous C anonymous D prominent 22. Those who drive while intoxicated are risking their lives and will be subject to a heavy fine.

A drunk B irritated C fascinated D depressed

A break down B go beyond C do away with D come up with

A simultaneous B spontaneous C systematic D sacred

25. I don’t think there are many people who will

A favor B execute C follow D oppose

Section B ( 0.5 point each)

26. Some of the men had _____ a long time to believe what they had actually seen; they were the worst affected when they did understand.

A spent B cost C consumed D taken

27. The patient had taken the drug as prescribed, but the pain ____

A insisted B persisted C consisted D resisted

28. The US government expressed their appreciation for our effort to ____ the well-being of the crew.

A see about B bring about C set about D go about

29. The Minister of Treasury delivered a speech concerning the revenue and ___of the country in this fiscal year.

A expertise B expedition C expenditure D expiry

30. It was very chilly and rainy outside, so a pleasant evening stroll was simply ____

A out of stock B out of hand C out of the question D out of the way

31. True, she has distinguished herself academically; but nobody can imagine the toil ____her success.

A beneath B under C underneath D behind

32. To give top ____to health is to prolong your life and enjoy your life.

A superiority B priority C inferiority D minority

33. Under such ____, resignation would be the natural course of action for this prime minister.

A occasions B cases C situations D circumstances

34. Officials, whatever their rank, are supposed to ____themselves to the welfare and health of the general public.

A accustom B commit C accommodate D adapt

35. More legislation is needed to protect the ___ property rights of the patent.

A intelligible B intelligent C intellectual D integrative

Part III. Cloze Test ( 10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point each)

Ironically, in the United States, a country of immigrants, prejudice and discrimination continue to be serious problems. There was often 36 between each established group of 37 and each succeeding group. As each group became 38 financially successful , and more powerful, they in the society. Prejudice and discrimination are

U.S. history, , this prejudicial treatment of different groups nowhere more unjust than with black Americans.

Blacks had distinct “land of opportunity” as slaves and were not free to keep their and cultural traditions. most European immigrants, blacks did not have the protection of a support group; sometimes slave owners separated members of 46 family. They could not mix easily with the 47 society either because of their skin color. It was difficult for them to the American culture. Even after they became free people, they were still discriminated 49 in employment, housing, education , and even in public 50 , such as restrooms.

36. A intention B enforcement C tendency D tension

37. A migrants B racists C immigrants D blacks

38. A less B much C more D little

39. A excluded B eliminated C included D eluded

40. A (are) lain in B part of C within that of D staying in

41. A therefore B moreover C consequently D however

42. A anywhere B nowhere C somewhere D everywhere

43. A advantages B disadvantages C merits D shortcomings

44. A heritage B inheritance C legends D identifications

45. A Following B Taking after C Unlike D Along with

46. A their B the same C one D slave

47. A former B original C existing D established

48. A be apt to B mix up with C adapt to D join in

49. A by B to C for D against

50. A facilities B installments C equipment D concerns

Part IV Reading Comprehension ( 45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)

Passage One

The score is tied in the second half of the World Cup finals, and aboard a 747, passengers cheer as they watch the game on their laptops ----40,000 feet above Earth. Sound futuristic?

Boeing plans to make this scenario possible with its broadband telecommunications initiative, Connexion by Boeing. This service will allow fliers to surf the Web, send and receive email, access the company intranet, book dinner reservations, trade the hottest stock, shop online , and watch live TV ---- from any seat in an aircraft.

Connexion is already available on private jets, and Boeing says that the two-way broadband service will be installed on domestic flights in late 2001. Global coverage is slated to arrive by 2005. subscribers will be able to access Connexion from their seats using laptops or personal digital assistances, plus a network card and a cable provided by the airline. The cost? Comparable to ground-floor cellular phone service: between $ 6 and $ 25 an hour.

One key enabler for this technology is a phased-array antenna, originally developed by Boeing in 1986. Located on the aircraft’s upper fuselage, the antenna electronically transmits beams to a satellite at 1.5 Mb per second and receives them at 5 Mb per second. Thus, every passenger can access Connexion concurrently, securing connection speeds of no less than 56 Kb per second each. The actual bandwidth will be continually upgraded.

Boeing ultimately wants to bring the service to markets like cruise ships and oil exploration platform. Until then, the sky’s the limit.

51. What is the main idea of this article?

A In the near future people will be able to watch live soccer matches on a plane.

B The future holds many exciting developments.

C Boeing is currently introducing internet access on its planes.

D There is a strong demand for web access by Boeing passengers.

52. Which of the following will not be used by air passengers to access Connexion?

A Their own portable computers B Personal digital assistants

C The cabled computers on the airliner.

D The cellular phone service

53. Which of the following statements about Connexion is FALSE?

A Boeing planes worldwide will have this service by 2005.

B The service will cost between $ 6 and $ 25 an hour.

C The phased-array antenna is an important aspect of Boeing’s new service.

D The service only works at speeds of less than 1.5 Mb per second.

54. According to the article, what does the word “concurrently” (para. 4) mean?

A at the same time B one at a time C in order D not currently

55. What is true about the Connexion service to cruise ships and oil exploration platforms?

A Boeing is trying to provide them with the service.

B They can’t get the service now because the sky is limited.

C The service is not available to them as Boeing is busy serving the fliers.

D They can get the service because they are in the limit of the project.

Passage Two

Pain will propel most people to a doctor’s office faster than just about any other complaint. It’s usually a sign that something is wrong---- though it’s not always clear just what the problem is. Doctors can’t measure pain objectively the way they can measure blood pressure or cholesterol levels. So when pain doesn’t immediately respond to treatment, physicians and patients often---too often--- accept it as just another symptom that has to be lived with.

The suffering and confusion should begin to lift this year, however, thanks to the efforts of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the group responsibilities for certifying the quality and safety of the majority of hospitals, nursing homes and clinics in the U.S. Starting January 1, these medical facilities will have to show that they meet certain standards for the assessment and treatment of pain in all their patients. Failure to meet the standards, which were jointly developed with the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, could lead to a financially devastating loss of the right to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Among the new requirements: all patients have the right to have their pain assessed and managed appropriately; medical facilities must ask their patients to rate their level of pain; and the results must be documented. Of course, those rules only apply in the U.S. But you don’t have to live there to get relief from pain. Just follow these simple guidelines:

Surveys have shown that many patients don’t tell doctors or nurses about their pain for fear of being labeled cranky or difficult or because they assume that their discomfort will go away. Yet, says June Dahl, professor of pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin, that reluctance can backfire. Left uncontrolled, the pain you thought was temporary can trigger a long-term chronic condition. It can also interfere with the healing process and lengthen your recovery time.

Find out before you are wheeled into the operating room what the various treatment options for pain are ----as well as their side effects. Learn what pain killers can and can’t do. Lots of folks fear they will get “hooked” on strong medications. In fact, though most patients build a tolerance to pain drugs, they don’t become addicted.

Unfortunately, says Dr. Kathleen Foley, an attending neurologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, not all pain can be controlled. “But you know what?” she says. “We’ll never do anything if we don’t try.” And no one can even begin to help you until you say where and how much it hurts.

56. All the following statements are true except __________

A most people find pain less tolerable than other physical discomforts

B pain usually indicates the malfunction of the human body.

C pain can be measured like blood pressure or cholesterol levels.

D pain is sometimes a stubborn symptom subject to no immediate treatment.

57. In the U.S hospitals, medical facilities are now required to ____

A develop the standard for pain assessment and treatment.

B maintain the hospital’s rights against heavy financial losses.

C assess and manage patients’ pain properly.

D relieve patients’ suffering and confusion.

58. Patients with pain are advised _________

A to go to U.S. hospitals B to endure in silence.

C to plan pain treatment ahead D to seek doctor’s help as soon as possible.

59. According to Prof. Dahl, pain can __________

A seldom go away itself B not be controlled by pain killers

C trigger a long-term chronic condition D prevent patients from their recovery

60. The word “get hooked” on Line 3, Para. 5 is closest in meaning to _____

A get exposed to B become addicted to C fall dependent on D stand resistant to

61. From the last paragraph, we can infer Fr. Foley’s attitude towards pain treatment is ______

A positive B negative C indifferent D doubtful.

62. The passage can be best entitled ___________

A Feel No Pain B Seek No Doctor C Take No Medication D Endure No Operation

Passage Three

A futurologist is an expert who is paid a lot of money to predict what is going to happen in the marketplace over the next five, ten or twenty years. What will the consumers want? What will they be willing to pay for? What will their preferences be?

When listening to a futurologist, you should always remember President Kennedy’s words after he allowed himself to be talked into the disastrous failure of his Cuban invasion: “Never trust the experts.”

But you don’t really have to trust a futurologist. Just take what he has to say with a pinch of salt. He is not dealing in facts and figures, but in attitudes and social movements. It is all very imprecise, more like poetry than economics. The vocabulary they use could be useful if you want to open a conversation. The Independent newspaper interviewed three futurologists. Here is what they had to say.

Ian, Christie of the Henley Centre for Forecasting, London, talks of a deliberate downshift. By this, he means that people are being very careful with their money and are reducing their debt. They hesitate before buying anything new. With their houses, they adopt an attitude which he calls improve-don’t-move. They assume that a married couple can get by with one car, and with none in some cases.

Secondly, he points to rural revolt. By this, he means that people are moving back into the city. They no longer wish to drive long distances, and they would like the choice that the city provides. Town centres will become interesting again, and central high streets will be redeveloped as people become bored with out-of-town shopping malls.

Mathias Horx of Trendburo, Hamburg , talks of the homesickness trend. He thinks that people have become homesick for the basic things in life that give them comfort. Consequently, he thinks there is huge potential for anything which if home-related, whether it is well-constructed furniture or fresh-food products.

He thinks that the new consumer is not looking for more and better, but for less and even better. Some of this he relates to downshifting, but also to more sophisticated consumer habits. People will not want lots of products, but will try to streamline what they have.

There is also, he adds, a sense of nostalgia and a desire for authenticity. In that case, people will be looking for long-term, well-established brands rather than fashion labels.

Faith Popcorn of Brainreserve, New York, talks of employees starting to cash out . She says, “People are asking themselves why they should spend 10 or 20 years of their lives working with people they don’t like, respect or trust. They are going to be looking to work from home or perhaps from a small office in their neighborhood with friends or members of their family. What these people want is more control over their lives, more agreeable working conditions and a general sense of happiness in what they’re doing.

Ms Popcorn also talks of anchoring, which means that people are looking for something to hold on to. This she thinks is some system of beliefs which will give people security in the stress of their lives. It also means , perhaps, that they will fall for any leader who comes along and promises “everlasting happiness.”

Lastly, she talks of cocooning, in which people didn’t want to go out any more to clubs and restaurants but were more interested in staying home. Now, she thinks there is an armoured cocoon. People are too scared to go out. They invest in expensive security and expect the services to come to them. Everything is based around home delivery. The armoured cocoon is reinforced by the existence of cyberspace: information delivered by satellite and cable.

63. It can be concluded that President Kennedy_________

A didn’t listen to the experts on Cuban invasion.

B was persuaded into the invasion of Cuba.

C is remembered as an expert himself.

D considered himself successful in the Cuban invasion.

64. We can regard the futurologists forecast as _____

A poetic description B official statistics

C results of economic researches D statements of public tendency

65. According to Ian Christies, people will deliberately downshift by _____

A buying second-hand only B steadily improving their living.

C trying to live economically D not moving and using cars

66. People are moving back to city because __________

A city life is more homelike and comfortable B city life is more colorful and convenient

C rural life is too far way and difficult D rural life is too traditional and plain

67. The italicized word “streamline” ( in para 7) means “to make __________”.

A more efficient B much smaller C more fashionable D more orderly

68. The employees Faith Popcorn talks about probably ________

A are easy-going B like to do home business.

C hope for a return to the past . D are sensitive to human relations

69. From Popcorn’s talk of anchoring and cocooning, it can be inferred that people today ________

A are worried about their lives and lack a sense of safety. B tend to believe futurologists more than before. C prefer to enjoy everything self-served. D rely on cyberspace for everlasting happiness.

70. According to the author, what those futurologists say ________

A is of high value B sounds factual C may not be so true D represents myths

71. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A people are not satisfied with their working environment.

B people are not paying more attention to their lives.

C people are advised to take the futurologists’ remarks seriously.

D People are looking for something firm to rely on.

Passage Four

Nobody ever went into academic circles to make a fast fortune. Professors, especially those in medical-and technology-related fields, typically earn a fraction of what their colleagues in industry do. But suddenly, big money is starting to flow into the ivory tower, as university administrators wake up to the commercial potential of academic research. And the institutions are wrestling with a whole new set of issues.

The profits are impressive: the Association of University Technology Managers surveyed 132 universities and found that they earned a combined $ 576 million from patent royalties in 1998, a number that promises to keep rising dramatically. Schools like Columbia University in New York have aggressively marketed their inventions to corporations, particularly pharmaceutical and high-tech companies.

Now Columbia is going retail --- on the Web. It plans to go beyond the typical “dot.edu” model, free sites listing courses and professors research interests. Instead, it will offer the expertise of its faculty on a new for-profit site which will be spun off as an independent company. The site will provide free access to educational and research content, say administrators as well as advanced features that are already available to Columbia students, such as a simulation of the construction and architecture of a French cathedral and interactive 3-D models of organic chemicals. Free pages will feed into profit-generating areas, such as online courses and seminars, and related books and tapes. Columbia executive vice president Michael Crow imagines “millions of visitors” to the new site, including retirees and students willing to pay to tap into this educational resource. “We can offer the best of what’s thought and written and researched,” says Ann Kirschner, who heads the project. Columbia also is anxious not be beaten by some of the other for-profit “knowledge sites,” such as http:// and Hungry Minds. “If they capture this space,” says Crow, “They’ll begin to cherry-pick our best faculty.”

Profits from the sale of patents typically have been divided between the researcher, the department and the university, and Web profits would work the same way, so many faculty members are delighted.But others find the trend worrisome: is a professor who stands to profit from his or her research as credible as one who doesn’t ? Will universities provide more support to researchers working in profitable fields than to scholars toiling in more musty areas?

“If there’s the perception that we might be making money from our efforts, the authority of the university could be diminished,” worries Herve Varenne, a cultural anthropology professor at Columbia’s education school. Says Kirschner: “ We would never compromise the integrity of the university.” Whether the new site can add to the growing profits from patents remains to be seen, but one thing is clear. It’s going to take the best minds on camps to find a new balance between profit and purity.

72. In the past, professors _________

A could earn as much as doctors. B were able to earn more than engineers

C were not good at earning money D did not intend to earn money easily

73. Excellent sums of money are beginning to pour into academic circle because university administrators ___________

A have seized the chance to put theories into practice.

B have come to realize what the great worthy ideas can bring them.

C are mostly from commercial circles.

D are keen on turning research results into dollars.

74. According to the survey, $576 million earned by 132 universities came from ____

A the patent office B their publication C payments for the use of the patent rights.

D the support by high-tech companies

75. Columbia’s Web site can provide free _________

A expertise of its professors B listing of courses and professors’ research interests.

C online courses and seminars D books and tapes related to the courses.

76. Ann Kirschner is ___________the Columbia’s new project.

A suspicious of B objective about C opposed to D in favor of

77. What worries Michael Crow most is _________

A that they’ll not beat other educational “knowledge sites”

B that the spun-off company will remain independent.

C that their educational resource will be tapped into

D that their faculty’s brains will be picked by their competitors. (pick one’s brains)

78. Many of Columbia’s faculty members are delighted with ______

A the way profits are divided B the trend of the new Internet adventure

C the university’s support to researchers in profitable fields.

D the impressive profits for the university

79. Which of the following will those worrying about the trend support?

A Professors working in profitable fields are less reliable.

B More support should be given to musty areas other than profit-generating ones.

C Professors in technology-related fields should earn more than their counterparts do in industry.

D People working in pharmaceutical and high-tech companies should earn the biggest money.

80. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage ?

A The impressive profits tend to undermine the integrity of the university.

B Some universities are struggling with new ways to turn ideas into cash.

C It’s important to make use of bright ideas to make more profits.

D Columbia’s new site is to create profits.

Paper Two

Part V Translation ( 40 minutes, 20 points)

Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)

There is a subtle distinction between being alone and being on one’s own. The former mean being isolated and cut off from one’s fellowmen, while the latter is considered the ultimate expression of individualism. Being on one’s own suggests that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole, and you are capable of balancing your needs and desires with other people’s in some sort of proper intergrowth relationship. Being alone suggests that you have not established yourself enough to be a proper “other” to somebody else who is already independent on his own. The difference between being on one’s own and being alone is very fundamental mechanisms that shape our character and explain why we do things as we do.

Section B (20 minutes, 10 points )

我们现正在经历一个人类历史上独一无二，令人振奋的时刻。科学与技术的发展使我们第一次有能力打垮人类进步的两大敌人----战争与贫困，满足全球各个角落的人民的基本需求，并建立一个和平繁荣的新世界。

我们应当珍惜这一切。

Part VI Writing (30 minutes, 10 points )

Topic The Advantages of the Week-long Holidays

Outline

1. The advantages of the week-long holidays to our country and society.

2. The advantages of the week-long holidays to people and their families.

3. The advantages of the week-long holidays to yourself.