1、同等学力申硕考试英语真题与答案A卷2013年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试Part 1 Oral Communication (10 points)Section ADirections: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to com
2、plete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA. It sounds like a flu.B. I also advise resting for a couple of days.C. Boy, when it rains, it pours.Doctor: What has been bothering you?Patient: I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus, Ive been coughing a lot. 1 Doctor:
3、Any stomach pains?Patient: Actually, yes. My stomachs been upset for a few days.Doctor: 2 Its been going around lately.Patient: Anything I can do for it?Doctor: Ill prescribe some medicines for you to take. 3 Patient: Does that mean I shouldnt go to work?Doctor: Only when you feel up to it. You shou
4、ld stay home for at least a day or two.Dialogue TwoA. So, what are you going to do with the money?B. You have lots of money.C. How much do I owe you?Joshua: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?Father: Oh. I forgot about that.Joshua: You ALWAYS forget.Father: I guess I do. 4 Joshua：Just $13.F
5、ather: Well, Im not sure if I have that much.Joshua: Go to the bank. 5 Father: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well. I think the bank is closed.Joshua: Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed?Father: Oh, I guess I could do that. 6 Joshua: Im going to put some in savings, give some to the poor p
6、eople, and use the rest to buy books.Father: Well, that sounds great, Joshua.Section BDirections: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the inter
7、view and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A. Nationalities stay in their own areas.B. People dont queue like they do here in England.C. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal life.D. Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a day.Interviewer: How long did you live in
8、 the Slates?Interviewee: I was there for two years, in New York, and I enjoyed it tremendously. 7 I mean, the shops are open till 10:00 p.m.Interviewer: All shops?Interviewee: Yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and department stores. 8 And on public holidays, only the banks are shut.Interviewer:
9、 I see, um. Do you think New York is as multinational as Loudon?Interviewee: Oh, thats for sure. But its not as mixed. 9 like theres Russian section, the German section and China Town. But I think the major difference between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything was up in the Big
10、 Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. And of course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder.Interviewer: Oh! In what way?Interviewee: Well, pushing in the street, fights about getting on the bus. 10 And of course the taxi drivers! New York taxi drivers must be the rudest in the
11、 world!Part II Vocabulary (10 points)Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.11. I read the newspaper every d
12、ay so that I can stay informed about current events.A. important B. internationalC. latest D. cultural12. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when he ventually found water.A. predictably B. finallyC. luckily D. accidentally13. When we gave the children ice cream，they immediatel
13、y ceased crying.A. started B. continuedC. resumed D. stopped14. The science teacher demonstrated the process of turning solid gold into liquid.A. showed B. elaboratedC. devised D. simplified15. Johns application for admission to graduate studies in the School of Education has been approved.A. entran
14、ce B. acceptanceC. experience D. allowance16. Most college students in the United States live away from home.A. apart B. downC. elsewhere D. along17. The pursuit of maximum profit often drives manufacturers to turn out things that can do harm to peoples health.A. preserve B. promoteC. process D. pro
15、duce18. Many different parts make up an airplane: the engine(s), the wings, the tail, and so on.A. compose B. decorate C. construct D. derive19. You make it sound as if I did it on purpose.A. carefully B. unwillinglyC. incredibly D. deliberately20. He could never have foreseen that one day his books
16、 would sell in millions.A.understood B. explained C. expected D. believedPart III Reading Comprehension (25 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and
17、mark your answer on the Answer SheetPassage OneFive or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher who conducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one tas
18、k, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we cant see what we cant see, our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the to
19、sses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.Everyone except me, Im dyslexic (有阅读障碍的)，and the moment I saw that grainy tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldnt be able to keep track of their movements, so I let my mind wander. My curiosity was arou
20、sed, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩)came in among the players. She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, thumped her chest, and then strode away while they continued passing the balls.When the tape stopped, the philosopher aske
21、d how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, and congratulated those whod scored the perfect 15, Then he asked, “And who saw the gorilla?”I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my tabl
22、e and one of only three or four in the large room to do so. Hed set us up，trapping us in our own attention blindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasnt the one who had played it on us. By concentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.21. This passage desc
23、ribes_.A. a basketball match B. an experimentC. a philosopher D. a gorilla22. “Attention blindness” refers to _.A. the fact that one cant see what one cant seeB. seeing one thing while missing all elseC. keeping track of just about everythingD. the condition of being blind to details23. “Catch us in
24、 the act” (Para. 1) is closest in meaning to “find us_.”A. doing something improperB. sleeping during the lectureC. counting the basketball lossesD. failing to notice something within sight24. How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the video?A. 1. B. 3 or 4.C. 13 or 14. D. 15.25. Whom does “
25、he” (last paragraph) refer to?A. The author. B. The gorilla.C. The lecturer. D. The student.Passage TwoThere are few sadder sights than a pile of fan letters, lovingly decorated with hand drawings，suffering in a bin. The sparkly envelopes were addressed to Taylor Swift, a pop star much beloved by te
26、enage and pre-teen girls.“Dear Taylor,” read one discarded message, “I love you so much! Youre the best! And youre really beautiful and cute! Im really enjoying your songs,”This, along with hundreds of other similar letters sent from around the world, was discovered in a Nashville recycling disposal
27、 unit by a local woman. Swifts management was quick to reassure her admirer that they had been thrown out accidentally. The response may come as a disappointment to any devotee who imagines, as they compose their letters, that Swift makes time lo view each one personally.Dealing with piles of fan ma
28、il is, however, an administrative burden for most celebrities. While some celebrities do like to go through their mail personally, the majority simply do not have time. But the fate of their correspondence is something most committed fans will not wish, to dwell on, says Lynn Zubernis，an expert in t
29、he psychology of fandom at West Chester University.“Theres this little bit of every fan that thinks theirs will be the one that stands outits not an expectation, but a hope that theirs will be seen by the celebrity.”While the relationship between the fan and the celebrity may exist only in the mind
30、of the former, it stems from a deeply-rooted human need for community and belonging, Zubernis believes. As a result, even receiving a mass-produced letter of acknowledgement and a photo stamped with a reproduced signature can be a powerful experience.“People have a tremendous need to connect with th
31、e person they are idolizing (偶像化),” she says. “They cant ring them up and say, Can we have coffee? Its not about the autograph (签名) ,Its about the moment of connection.”26. Which of the following statements is true?A. The letters in the bin were exaggerating.B. Some letters to Swift were thrown away unread.C. A woman discovered the letters and discarded them.D. Poorly decorated letters were left unread.27. Swifts management claimed that_.A. Swift had read
