2009在职工程硕士GCT联考英语真题及答案

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　　第四部分 外语运用能力测试(英语)

　　(50题，每题2分，满分100分)

　　Part One Vocabulary and Structure

　　Directions:

　　There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four 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 line through the center.

　　1.He added that the state government has made ________ arrangements for the conference.

　　A.accurate B.absolute

　　C.adequate D.active

　　2.This video may be freely reproduced ________ commercial promotion or sale.

　　A.as for B.except for

　　C.thanks to D.up to

　　3.You ________ engage in serious debate or discussion unless you are willing to endure attacks.

　　A.have better not B.had better not

　　C.have better not to D.had better not to

　　4.Coffee has been a favorite drink for centuries, ________ the time when we were drinking it strong and black, without sugar.

　　A.during B.for

　　C.before D.since

　　5.By 2050 the world will have about 2 billion people aged over 60, three times ________ today.

　　A.as much as B.as that of

　　C.as many as D.as those of

　　6.Saffron returned to London to ________ her acting career after four years of modeling.

　　A.follow B.chase

　　C.seek D.pursue

　　7.He has fancy dreams about his life, and nothing ever quite ________ his expectations.

　　A.matches B.makes

　　C.reaches D.realizes

　　8.________ my neighbor’s kid with his coming exam, I spend an hour working with him every day.

　　A.To help B.Helping

　　C.Helped D.Having helped

　　9.When I worked as a bank clerk, I had the opportunity to meet a rich ________ of people: students, soldiers and factory workers.

　　A.diversity B.kind

　　C.range D.variety

　　10.Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it ________ replaced.

　　A.should have been B.would have been

　　C.could have been D.might have been

　　Part Two Reading Comprehension

　　Directions:

　　In this part there are three passages and one chart, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:

　　Happy hours are not necessarily happy, nor do they last for an hour, but they have become a part of the ritual of the office worker and businessman.

　　On weekdays in pubs and bars throughout America, there is the late afternoon happy hour. The time may vary from place to place, but usually it is held from four to seven. After the workday is finished, office workers in large cities and small towns take a relaxing pause and do not go directly home. They head off instead for the nearest bar or pub to be with friends, co-workers and colleagues. Within minutes the pub is filled to capacity with businessmen and secretaries, office clerks and stock executives. They gather around the bar like birds around a fountain or forest animals around a watering hole and chat about the trifles of office life or matters more personal. This is their desert garden, the place to relieve the day’s stress at the office.

　　At these happy hours, social binding occurs between people who share the same workplace or similar professions. They may chat about each other or talk about a planned project that has yet to meet a deadline. In this sense, these places become extensions of the workplace and constitute a good portion of one’s social life.

　　11.For office workers and businessmen the happy hour is their ________.

　　A.professional requirement B.regular practice

　　C.refreshing break D.unpaid work

　　12.Happy hours are held because office workers need to ________.

　　A.have a good rest after work B.stay away from household work

　　C.make new friends D.celebrate their achievements

　　13.The phrase “filled to capacity” in Paragraph 2 means the pub is ________.

　　A.too crowded B.rather entertaining

　　C.completely full D.very noisy

　　14.Happy hours contribute to office workers’ ________.

　　A.cooperation in society B.promotion in their company

　　C.connection in society D.loyalty to their company

　　15.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A.The happy hour is a social gathering in America.

　　B.People avoid talking about work at happy hours.

　　C.Happy hours are held on weekdays only.

　　D.People exchange work experiences at happy hours.

　　Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:

　　Lazy? Shy? Live in a cave? Those might not be positive attributes for the average human, but they sure are good for animals trying to survive in a changing environment. According to a new study, beasts that hibernate (冬眠) or crawl into holes are less likely to be listed as endangered than those that don’t.

　　Following up a previous study on extinct animals, which showed that species exhibiting “sleep or hide” (SLOH) behaviors did better than others, the researchers wanted to see if the same was true of modern creatures like moles and bears. To find out if our more timid animals have a leg up in the survival game, researchers made a master list of 443 sleep-or-hide mammals.

　　With their list in hand, the team compared their 443 to the “red list” of endangered species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. As suspected, a sleepy or hiding animal was less likely to be on the red list than a regular animal, and a red-list animal was also less likely to be a SLOH-er.

　　This makes a lot of sense, as animals that hide away in a cave or a tree hole are protected by their physical shelters from a variable environment outside, while hibernators enjoy a flexible metabolism (新陈代谢) that can help them adapt to a changing climate.

　　16.On the list of extinct animals studied, there were ________.

　　A.fewer SLOH-ers than regular animals

　　B.more SLOH-ers than expected

　　C.as many SLOH-ers as regular animals

　　D.hardly any SLOH-ers

　　17.The phrase “a leg up” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

　　A.an instinct B.an advantage

　　C.a fight D.a chance

　　18.The study of modern creatures ________.

　　A.is unrelated to the study of extinct animals

　　B.finds evidence missing in the study of extinct animals

　　C.has findings similar to those of the study of extinct animals

　　D.reveals a different pattern from the study of extinct animals

　　19.According to the passage, red-list animals are more likely to ________.

　　A.be lazy B.be timid

　　C.live long D.sleep less

　　20.In the last paragraph the author ________.

　　A.compares the behaviors of sleepers and hiders

　　B.offers an explanation for the survival of sleepers and hiders

　　C.analyzes how a changing environment affects SLOH-ers

　　D.emphasizes what can be learned from SLOH-ers