1、同等学力英语真题同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平测试试题1.本考试分试卷一和试卷二两部分。试卷一满分75分，考试时间为100分钟， 9:00开始， 10:40结束:试卷二满分25分，考试时间为50分钟，10:40开始，11:30结束。2.请考生务必将本人姓名和考号填写在本页方框内。3.请将试卷一答案用2B铅笔填涂在试卷一答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。4.在答题卡上正确的填涂方法为:在代表答案的字母上划线，如A BCD。5.监考员宣布试卷一考试结束后，请停止答试卷一，将试卷一和试卷一答题卡反扣在自己的 桌面上，继续做试卷二。监考员将到座位上收取试卷一和试卷一答题卡。6.监考员收卷过程中，考生须配合
2、监考员验收，并请监考员在准考证上签字(作为考生交卷 的凭据)，否则，若发生答卷遗失，责任由考生自负。Part I 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
3、 complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA. They had been in there for about 5 minutesB. Its the other man Im talking aboutC. I thought you said there were three menBurney: There were two men, I think. No, three. They ran into the bank and the one with the gun， the
4、 tall one, he runs up to the window, and starts shouting something, I dont know, Give me all your money and the other one -Police officer:_1_?Burney: No, there were two men and a girl. _2_the one carrying the suitcase,well, he goes up to the other guy -Police officer: The one with the gun?Burney: Ye
5、s, and he opens the suitcase and the cashier, well, she - well, all the other people behind the window - they hand over piles of money and two men put it into the suitcase and they run out. It was l:35._3_Dialogue TwoA. I like a good storyB. They still make movies like thatC. People today dont like
6、thatSpeaker A: I like watching old movies and I think they are the best.Speaker B: I agree with you, even though theyre in black and white. I think a good story is more important than color.Speaker A: And there was no violence in old movies.Speaker B: No, there wasnt._4_Speaker A: They like lots of
7、action.Speaker B: _5_Speaker A: I like to see actors who are like real people.Speaker B: Like real people with real problems.Speaker A: _6_Speaker B: Yes, but they never make much money.Section BDirections: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A, B
8、, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A. I do a lot of research on the Internet tooB. I document everythingC. Of course they mail their friends endlesslyD. I do a lot of my shopping o
9、n the net nowInterviewer: Ms. Chen, can you tell us which pieces of technology are important to you?Interviewee: Three things: my Sharp laptop; myiphone5; and my Olympus digital camera._7_: the kids, art, buildings, clothes, scenes that catch my eye as I walk past.Interviewer:What do you use your co
10、mputer for?Interviewee: Well, I send emails all the time. But I do a lot of my design work on screen now and I can send my ideas straight to directors and producers. _8_- there are some fantastic sites around now.Interviewer: Who uses the computer at home?Interviewee: The kids use the computer all t
11、he time at home._9_ - and on top of that theyre always texting on their mobile phones! They play computer games when they think I or their father arent looking! They dont like doing homework, of course, but there are some really good revision sites on the Internet. _10_- 15 minutes for a whole super
12、marketvisit! That feels really good.Part 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. Now
13、 and in the future, we will live as free people, not in fear and never at the mercy of any foreign powers.A. in the interest of B. under the control ofC .for the sake of D. at the cost of12. Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends how aggressively producers market it .
14、A. vigorously B. effectively C. efficiently D. rigorously13. Many New England communities do not permit the construction of a “modernist”building, lest it alter their overall architectural integrity.A. in case that B. in spite that C. for fear that D. in order that14. Essentially, a theory is an abs
15、tract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality .A. imagination B. impression C. presentation D. expression15. Television commercial have been under constant scrutiny for the last few years.A. pressure B. reflection C. Examination D. attack16. The mayor has spent a handsome amount
16、of time in his last term working to bring down the tax rate .A. Sufficient B. plenty C. considerable D. moderate17. His poor performance maybe attributed to the lack of motivation.A. caused by B. focused on C. taken for D. viewed as18. The new cut in interest rate is meant to promote domestic invest
17、ment.A. encourage B. obtain C. publicize D. advertise19. Conditions for the growth of this plant are optimum in early summer.A. most acceptable B. most expressiveC. most favorite D. most desirable20. She often says her greatest happiness consists in helping the disadvantaged children.A. is proportio
18、nate to B. is composed ofC. lies in D. relies onPart 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 mark your answer on the A
19、nswer Sheet. Passage One Of all the lessons taught by the financial crisis, the most personal has been that Americans arent so good at money-management. We take out home loans we cant afford.We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We dont save nearly enough for retirement.In response, supporters of fin
20、ancial-literacy education are moving with renewed enthusiasm. School districts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are adding money-management courses to their curriculums. The Treasury and Education departments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students to compete in th
21、e National Financial Capability Challenge that begins in March.Students with top scores on that exam will receive certificates -but chances for long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional efforts to boost financial know-how help students make better decisi
22、ons outside the classroom.Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such as budgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments. A recent survey of college students conducted for t
23、he Jump Start Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found that students whod had a personal-finance or money-management course in high school scored no better than those who hadnt.We need to figure out how to do this the right way,says Lewis Mandell, a professor at the University of Washington w
24、ho after 15 years of studying financial-literacy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods dont work.A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach is needed. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, putting real mone
25、y and spending decisions into kids hands and talking openly about the emotions and social influences tied to how we spend .Other initiatives are tacking such real-world issues as the commercial and social pressures that affect purchasing decisions.Why exactly do you want those expensive brand-name s
26、hoes so badly? It takes confidence to take a stand and to think differently, says Jeroo Billimoria ,founder of Aflatoun,a nonprofit whose curriculum, used in more than 30 countries ,aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives .”“This goes beyond money and savings21. The financial-literac
27、y education is intended to_.A. help Americans to overcome the financial crisisB. enable Americans to manage money wiselyC. increase Americans awareness of the financial crisisD. renew Americans enthusiasm about money-management22. According to the author, the National Financial Capability Challenge
28、will be_.A. well-received B. costlyC. Rewarding D. ineffective23.By saying that the financial-literacy movement has gained steam(Para .3) ,the author means that the movement_.A.has gone through financial difficultiesB. has received much criticismC. has been regarded as imaginativeD. has been more an
29、d more popular24. Lewis Mandell suggests that we should figure out how to _.A.help students score better in money-management coursesB. improve the social awareness of financial educationC. carry out financial-literacy education properlyD. manage money in a more efficient way25. Jeroo Billimoria is m
30、ost likely to agree that commercial and social pressures make ones purchasing decisions_.A. difficult B.feasibleC. Unwise D. acceptable Passage Two Cheating is nothing new. But today,educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become mo
31、re frequent -and are less likely to be punished - than in the past . Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike .Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows .Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among todays youth. Others have attributed increased cheating to the fact that todays youth are far more pragmatic(实用主义的)than their more idealistic predecessors.Whereas in the late sixties
