1、学位英语考试江苏大学硕士研究生学位英语试卷（2009-12-23）Part I Listening Comprehension (20%)Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. After you have heard each conversation, try to choose the best answer and mark it on the Answer Sheet. You will hear each conversati
2、on once only.1. A) At a theatre B) At a booking office. C) At a railway station. D) At a restaurant.2. A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner. B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner. C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons. D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.3. A) The pr
3、ofessors presentation was not convincing enough. B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated. C) The professor spoke with a strong accent. D) The professor spoke too fast.4. A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive. B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture. C) The furniture u
4、n the market was on sale every Sunday. D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.5. A) The man is thinking about taking a new job. B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel. C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job. D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of thei
5、r child.6. A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks. B) Call to check his scores. C) Be patient and wait. D) Inquire when the test scores are released.7. A) She read it selectively B). She went over it chapter by chapter C). She read it slowly D) She finished it at a stretch.8. A) He was kept in hospit
6、al for a long time. B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident. C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion. D) He was fined for speeding.9. A) Wait for a taxi. B) Buy some food. C) Go on a trip. D) Book train tickets.10. A) Its not as hard as expected. B) Its too tough for some students.
7、C) Its much more difficult than people think. D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear
8、a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Anxious and worried. B) Proud and
9、excited. C) Nervous and confused. D) Inspired and confident.12. A) His father scolded him severely. B) His father took back the six dollars. C) His father made him do the cutting again. D) His father cut the leaves himself.13. A) One can benefit a lot from working with his father. B) Manual labourer
10、s shouldnt be looked down upon. C) One should always do his job earnestly. D) Teenagers tend to be careless.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) He ran a village shop. B) He worked on a farm. C) He worked in an advertising agency. D) He was a gardener.15.
11、 A) It was stressful. B) It was colorful. C) It was peaceful. D) It was boring.16. A) His desire to start his own business. B) The crisis in his family life. C) The decline in his health. D) His dream of living in the countryside.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just
12、 heard.17. A) Because there are no signs to direct them. B) Because no tour guides are available. C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike. D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.18. A) They set their own exams. B) They select their own students. C) They award their own degre
13、es. D) They organize their own laboratory work.19. A) Most of them have a long history. B) Many of them are specialized libraries. C) They house more books than any other university library. D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.20. A) Very few of them are engaged in research.
14、B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948. C) They have outnumbered male students. D) They were not treated equally until 1881.Part II Cloze Test (15%)Directions: There are 15 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase for eac
15、h blank in the passage and mark it on the Answer Sheet. Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut 21 from the world of books and newspapers, having to 22 on friends to read aloud to them. A young sc
16、ientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major 23 in providing aid to the24 . His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that 25 any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like 26 through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons 27
17、 Cyclopss keyboard, a blind person can “read” any 28 document in the English language.This remarkable invention represents a tremendous 29 forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs 50,000. 30 , Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller 31 improved version t
18、hat will sell 32 less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil 33 the price range will be low enough for every school and library to 34 one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that 35 will be able to buy homemodels of Cyclops for the price of a good t
19、elevision set.21. A) up B) down C) in D) off22. A) dwell B) rely C) press D) urge23. A) execution B) distinction C) breakthrough D) process24. A) paralyzed B) uneducated C) invisible D) sightless25. A) scans B) enlarges C) sketches D) projects26. A) behavior B) expression C) movement D) voice27. A)
20、on B) at C) in D) from28. A) visual B) printed C) virtual D) spoken29. A) stride B) trail C) haul D) footprint30. A) Likewise B) Moreover C) However D) Though31. A) but B) than C) or D) then32. A) on B) for C) through D) to33. A) estimates B) considers C) counts D) determines34. A) settle B) own C)
21、invest D) retain35. A) schools B) children C) families D) companiesPart III Reading Comprehension (20%) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices. You should decide on the best choice an
22、d mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. People living on part of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens
23、 had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem. the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea. Erosion(侵蚀)of the white cliffs along the south coast of En
24、gland has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes w
25、ill be swallowed up by the hungry sea. Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and cu
26、rrents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a ho
27、use agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.36. What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face? A) The rising of the sea level. B) The exp
28、erts lack of knowledge. C) The washing-away of limestone cliffs. D) The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.37.The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England_. A) will soon become a problem for people living in central England B) has now become a threat to the local residents C) can
29、 be stopped if proper measures are taken D) is quickly changing the map of England38. The experts study on the problem of erosion and _ A) warn people whose homes are in danger B) provide an effective way to slow it down C) help to its eventual solution D) lead to its eventual solution39. It is not
30、feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because _ . A) house agents along the coast do not support the idea B) it is too costly and will endanger neighboring areas C) the government it too slow in taking action D) they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents40. According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should _. A) take the quality of the house into consideration B) guard against being cheated by the house agent C) examine the house carefully before making a decision D) be
