2011年12月研究生英语学位课统考真题

（研究生英语学位课统考真题分为试卷A和试卷B，两种试卷内容一样，只是顺序不同，因此本书仅公开发表试卷A的部分）

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GENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST

FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

(GET DEC 242011)

PAPER ONE

PART I

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

(25 minutes, 20 points)

Section A ( 1 point each)

Directions: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read ONLY ONCE. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

1．A. He'll get promoted.

B．He'll get another job.

C. He'll be disappointed.

D. He'll give a talk.

2．A. $3.78.

B．$4.25.

C. $3.87.

D. $4.15.

3．A. It was just so-so.

B．It was really special.

C. It was quite good.

D. It was awful.

4．A. The woman should divorce her husband.

B．The woman is thinking negatively.

C. The woman is ignoring her husband.

D. The woman is not imaginative.

5．A. It seems too hard to most students.

B．It is the most boring class.

C. What is taught comes directly from the book.

D. It is quite popular among students.

6．A. Jennifer was a real stand-out.

B．Jennifer had an impractical wish.

C. Jennifer used to like eating pies.

D. Jennifer realized her dreams.

7．A. It's hard to explain.

B．It's an unforgettable history.

C. He cherishes their friendship.

D. He is pretty busy.

8．A. He is a gardener.

B．He is an electrician.

C. He is a plumber.

D. He is a cleaner.

9．A. Visit his doctor.

B．Get a massage.

C. Leave for a trip.

D. Cancel an appointment.

Section B (1 point each)

Directions: In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

Mini-talk One

10．A. Columbia University.

B．Princeton University.

C. The University of Pennsylvania.

D. Cornell University.

11．A. It is settled.

B．It is not controversial.

C. It is uncertain.

D. It has never been studied.

12．A. 2%.

B．7%.

C. 12%.

D. 17%.

Mini-talk Two

13．A. John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

B．Jacqueline Kennedy.

C. Dwight Eisenhower.

D. Edward Durrell Stone.

14．A. The Opera House.

B．The Concert Hall.

C. The Family Theater.

D. The States Gallery.

15．A. The performing arts.

B．Creation of new works.

C. Methods of competition.

D. The history of western music.

Section C (1 point each)

Directions: In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you are asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to read the notes below.

(请在录音结束后把第16—20题的答案抄写在答题纸上)

16．DynaTAC 8000X was a____________(2 words) often called “the brick.”

17．The second generation or 2G network, allowed talking and____________(3 words).

18．3G Users could keep____________(3 words) on their phones, and send them to their friends.

19．Modern cell phones can show movies and____________(3 words).

20．Many electronics stores in the United States even____________(2 words) the newest cell phones if customers agree to pay to use the network.

PART Ⅱ

VOCABULARY

(10 minutes, 10 points)

Section A (0.5 point each)

Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

21．He was so handicapped by illiteracy and by his trusting disposition that he would be an easy prey to cheats.

A. defended

B．disabled

C. distressed

D. destined

22．Each year, some senior officials are removed from their positions because of various scandals.

A. transferred

B．eliminated

C. promoted

D. dismissed

23．After putting up the tent, these hikers set about making a fire to warm themselves.

A. suspended

B．continued

C. started

D. imagined

24．This book can give you a glimpse of the enduring appeal of the poems from the Tang Dynasty.

A. tolerable

B．lasting

C. temporary

D. widespread

25．As the success of this project is up to us, we are to double our efforts from now on.

A. dependent on

B．relative to

C. closest to

D. away from

26．Health has come to be one of the utmost concerns among the general public in China.

A. secondary

B．optimal

C. greatest

D. common

27．The host invited to the dinner party Berliners of many walks of life - businessmen, academics and homemakers.

A. routes

B．occupations

C. aims

D. views

28．There is the realization that one can't separate moral values from the whole spectrum of values.

A. perspective

B．definition

C. range

D. series

29．This honor recognizes the work done by these private enterprises on behalf of charity.

A. in the face of

B．in the process of

C. in the course of

D. in the interests of

30．A recent survey has found that three out of four women won't marry a man without a job.

A. outside

B．in

C. from

D. beyond

Section B (0.5 point each)

Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

31．Dayron Robles was on Monday sensationally____________his world 110m hurdles title for obstruction of Liu Xiang.

A. warded off

B．stripped off

C. called off

D. paid off

32．Since childhood, Crews had been____________by health problems - fatigue, fever and trouble breathing.

A. facilitated

B．consoled

D. infected

C. plagued

33．Grace urged students to stand by their beliefs and principles, and____________themselves.

A. believe in

B．persist in

C. consist in

D. specialize in

34．The Mexican settlers built cities and mansions in what____________become California.

A. used to

B．had to

C. ought to

D. was to

35．The President cancelled a foreign trip____________growing concerns of a domestic crisis.

A. for

B．via

C. versus

D. amid

36．Healthy communication is essential for____________through difficulties for a married couple.

A. invading

B．navigating

C. composing

D. contradicting

37．With better drugs and medical facilities,____________rates in hospitals have declined sharply.

A. mortality

B．morality

C. modesty

D. mobility

38．A world-renowned scientist is scheduled to give a____________on the future of biology.

A. projection

B．prevalence

C. proficiency

D. presentation

39．During the Gold Rush, many were gripped by an____________desire for wealth and migrated to the West.

A. allocating

B．evaporating

C. overwhelming

D. illuminating

40．Russia is____________the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area.

A. far from

B．by far

C. at first

D. other than

PART Ⅲ

CLOZE TEST

(10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)

Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

41．A. isolated from

B．exposed to

C. correlated with

D. absorbed in

42．A. If

B．Because

C. So

D. Although

43．A. exceed

B．succeed

C. proceed

D. precede

44．A. enhanced

B．maintained

C. innovated

D. reduced

45．A. property

B．access

C. contact

D. attitude

46．A. on one side

B．in the middle

C. at the bottom

D. along the road

47．A. critical

B．severe

C. enjoyable

D. positive

48．A. for

B．with

C. by

D. against

49．A. reluctance

B．separation

C. attachments

D. reliance

50．A. infinity

B．insecurity

C. invalidity

D. invisibility

PART Ⅳ

READING COMPREHENSION

(45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)

Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

Passage One

It happens to every college student. Every professor on campus assigns a paper the same week. Volunteer work and social activities fill the calendar. Before long, an assignment is due in the morning, so what else is there to do? Brew a pot of coffee and begin another of that most storied of college traditions: the allnighter.

Many college students have found themselves in this position. Although studying late into the early hours is a pretty well-accepted part of college life, the scientific consensus is clear—insufficient sleep is bad for a student's performance, happiness and health.

Sleep is one of the body's most vital processes, affecting everything from muscle strength to memory span. Sleep increases blood flow to muscles and repairs damaged cells. A recent study indicates that college basketball players perform better on the court if they sleep at least ten hours the night before. Sleep consolidates memories and prepares the brain to perform—students who get more sleep can improve recall ability and actually do better on tests.

How much sleep a person needs varies, but Dr. William DeMent from Stanford University says college students need over eight hours per night. With assignments piling up, many students end up constantly sleep deprived. Students accumulate a “sleep debt” that can get larger over time and can only be “paid off” by getting the amount of sleep the body needs. Naturally, a person's body would force them to get enough sleep by making them feel sleepy. But caffeine, stimulants, pressing deadlines encourage students to ignore the body's natural signals and go without sleep far longer than they should.

It's easy to get caught up in the excitement and stress of college life and to get in the habit of getting to bed later and later. But pushing bodies and schedules to their limits does not come without cost. In the short-term, sleep deprivation affects mood, mental ability and physical performance. It decreases reaction time and makes a person more easily distracted. That's bad for test taking, and even worse for students who are driving. In the long-term, not getting enough sleep can sacrifice your health and shorten your life span by causing irritability, frustration and proneness to mistakes, associated with high blood pressure, obesity and heart failure. There are more than enough reasons to hit the sack early tonight!

51．The expression “all-nighter” in the first paragraph refers to those students who____________.

A. sleep soundly the whole night

B．stay up all night studying

C. spend the night drinking coffee

D. don't come back for the night

52．It can be concluded from this passage that____________.

A. sleep is of great importance to college students

B．most college students refuse to go to bed early

C. college students go to bed late only occasionally

D. most colleges force students to work at night

53．The harm that insufficient sleep does to test-takers is that____________.

A. they feel sleepy during the test

B．they forget what is learned

C. they become lazy thinkers

D. they are left inattentive

54．This passage implies that sleep deprivation is____________among college students.

A. rare

B．commonplace

C. negligible

D. justified

55．The underlined words in the last paragraph probably mean____________.

A. get down to work

B．see a doctor

C. take some medicine

D. go to bed

56．What is this passage mainly concerned with?

A. College students need to improve their work efficiency.

B．Test-takers are to have sufficient sleep before a test.

C. Sleep deprivation has much adverse effect on students.

D. College students should never stay up late working.

Passage Two

At the beginning of a country's rise out of backwardness and poverty, more wealth does make a difference. However, citing surveys from China and South Korea, economist Richard Easterlin points out: “In these countries, per capita income has doubled in 20 years but overall happiness does not seem to have followed the same path.” Economists are surprised, because GNP has long been thought the best indicator of human welfare. More GNP generally means more money for most people, and more money improves the quality of life, and that means happiness.

But, perhaps, the survey suggests that more money can make you happy only if those around you do not share in your good fortune. General prosperity may fail to enhance individual contentment. Perhaps it is a matter of being aware of your advantage, not that you need to get the highest salaries or be the object of envy. Maybe, individual goals vary too much to be generalized. Maybe one has nothing at all to do with the other. Freud was well aware that economic success did not make people happy. Most psychoanalysts and therapists today would agree. He thought only the realization of a deep childhood desire could provide such satisfaction.

Another problem is that people are poor reporters of their own states of mind. They will usually tell you what they themselves want to believe. To know if someone is really happy or not, you have to catch him or her in the act of happiness. Being happy or acting happy are more reliable indicators than thinking too much about it.

Professional therapists also know that what makes people happy defies explanation, but what prevents them from being happy doesn't. Poor self-esteem undermines all feelings of success. Hunger and cold make it harder to relax and enjoy one's experience. Insecurity and failure to engage in one's work leave one dissatisfied. Anxiety penetrates all our perceptions and feelings, and brings us down.

Economists can probably hope to measure how well our basic needs for security and health are met in society, and if those are reasonably OK, people tend to find the happiness they seek. Most of us want to enjoy life, spend time with our children, play at sports, sing, dance and travel.

If we can do those things without dread, the amount of money we have is irrelevant.

57．It seems to Richard Easterlin that higher GNP____________.

A. will certainly make people happier

B．depends on the overall level of happiness

C. does not necessarily add to people's happiness

D. is a good indicator of human happiness

58．According to the second paragraph, individual happiness arises from____________.

A. setting a high goal

B．the respect from your neighbors

C. common prosperity

D. your superiority over others

59．Freud's doctrine is mentioned to show that____________.

A. goals vary from person to person

B．a happy childhood means life-long happiness

C. psychoanalysts and therapists think alike

D. wealth does not always make one happy

60．It can be inferred from the passage that____________.

A. our feelings of happiness tend to be the same

B．there are few people who are really happy

C. people sometimes don't know exactly how they feel

D. thinking about happiness can make you feel happy

61．Professional therapists believe that____________.

A. it is easy to explain what makes people happy

B．it is easy to tell what leaves people unhappy

C. it is difficult to tell who is happy

D. it is hard to distinguish happiness from unhappiness

62．The author's conclusion is that____________.

A. happiness is sometimes independent of wealth

B．money can add to individual happiness

C. it is possible to determine if money means happiness

D. happiness has nothing to do with wealth of any sort

Passage Three

It may sound like something out of a science fiction plot, but Oxford researchers say that modern conventional medicine is gradually developing ways to change the moral states of humans through pharmaceutical drugs, and thus control the way people think and act in various life situations. These new drugs will literally have the ability to disrupt an individual's personal morality, and instead reprogram that person to believe and do whatever the drug designer has created that drug to do.

“Science has ignored the question of moral improvement so far, but it is now becoming a big debate,” said Dr. Guy Kahane from the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics in the UK. “There is already a growing body of research you can describe in these terms. Studies show that certain drugs affect the ways people respond to moral dilemmas by increasing their ability to share in another's feelings, group affiliation and by reducing aggression.”

While this may sound good in theory, mind control is already a very dangerous side effect of existing drugs. Take the antidepressant drug Prozac, for instance, which has been known to cause those taking it to lash out in violent rages. One young boy murdered his father by beating him and stabbing him in the head, and hit his mother with a crowbar and stabbed her in the face, shortly after starting to take Prozac.

But the kinds of drugs Kahane and his colleagues are referring to imply designer drugs specifically designed to not only alter one's mental state, but also to change the way that person thinks about situations from a moral perspective. The end result is literally a type of drug-induced mind control where human subjects will be controlled by someone else, and unable to make conscious decisions for themselves.

Research on the subject, of course, tries to paint the idea of mind-control drugs in a positive light, suggesting that they could be used to help make the world a better place. Just imagine less violence, more trust, and more love, they say. This way of using words persuasively, though, is really just a tactic to further numb the already mind-numbed masses into accepting the idea as a good thing.

63．The underlined part of the first sentence of the passage implies that____________.

A. developing drugs to change human morality sounds unbelievable

B．modern conventional medicine can bring miracles to health

C. it is impossible to control human behavior through drugs

D. Oxford researchers are writing sci-fiction about new drugs

64．Guy Kahane believes that certain drugs can____________.

A. induce crime among drug-takers

B．cause death if taken at a high dose

C. bring about moral improvement

D. make some patients feel lonely

65．The drug Prozac is mentioned as evidence that____________.

A. it is an effective drug for depression

B．some drugs can cause violent behavior

C. most drugs can make depression worse

D. antidepressant drugs produce the desired effect

66．The biggest side effect of designer drugs is that the users____________.

A. can become increasingly immoral

B．can feel too upset to live a normal life

C. can no longer make any decisions

D. can no longer control their own mind

67．The author's attitude towards the development of such drugs is____________.

A. supportive

B．indifferent

C. negative

D. uncertain

68．This passage can be best entitled____________.

A. Scientists Warn Future Drugs Will Be Designed to Control Human Mind

B．Drug Industry Is Entering a New Period of Dynamic Development

C. Humans Can Become More Human by Taking Certain Drugs

D. The World Will Be Dominated by Drug Developers Unless We Take Action

Passage Four

America has been a land of naming freedom and self-expression. While other governments impose restrictions—German parents have to choose a name that clearly indicates the gender of the child and is not a surname, and the French, among others, forbid names that might expose a child to mockery—in the United States, anything goes.

When Lum and Chin Nguyen had their first child, 26 years ago, they wanted to give him an American name. Newly settled in North Carolina, they chose Duke, in honor of nearby Duke University. Best of all, the name could work in both their old and new cultures by spinning its spelling to Duc or Duck, as the boy's teachers insisted on pronouncing it, to the great amusement of his classmates. With his pride injured, Duc Nguyen decided to reinvent himself and his name. His new choice was tried-and-true American and impossible to screw up: Wes.

“Your name is a way of marketing yourself,” says Wes Nguyen, who turned his personal adventures in naming into a career as a corporate product namer. “When we create a new name for clients, we create imagery behind it, and I did that when I chose my own new name. Wes reminds me of the West Coast, of someone young and sophisticated and innovative. I think of a surfer, of someone who has work-life balance.”

The search for a name that screams “I'm unique!” leads some parents to invent names or play with traditional spelling. However, a downside of a “creative”name is that it may come with baggage, not all of it positive. “I always felt I was prejudged by my name,” says Gestin Skaggs, 43, whose parents named her for a word they heard in a German love song. “I've either had to overcome some stereotype of a short, fat German man or live up to an expectation that I'm a really wild and creative thinker. People ascribe all kinds of personality traits to me that I don't have.”

But that's a small price to pay, say the teens with offbeat names we spoke with. “I've met a lot of people because of my name. They hear it and think it's cool,” says Calypso Gibaldi, 15, named by her ocean-loving father for Jacques Cousteau's boat. “If my name was Jane, I'd be average like everyone else.”

69．By “anything goes” (Para. 1), the author means that in the U.S.____________.

A. baby naming tends to go with the trend

B．parents can name their babies whatever they like

C. naming a baby should follow certain rules

D. a baby's name carries a special meaning

70．According to Paragraph 2, the name Duc____________.

A. was a good name connecting the two cultures

B．was just a common English name

C. caused misunderstanding among students

D. brought hurt feelings and bad memories

71．Wes Nguyen chose this name____________.

A. because he lives in the West Coast

B．as a way of remembering his past

C. to promote his company product

D. for the image that it reflects

72．It can be seen from Gestin Skaggs' experience that____________.

A. people tend to associate names with personal characters

B．names should be meaningful and easy to remember

C. a creative name tends to give a baby a good start

D. people in general like unique names

73．What does Calypso Gibaldi think of her name?

A. It plays a positive role in her life.

B．It has caused unexpected problems.

C. She's not sure of the role her name plays.

D. She'd rather have a more common name.

74．The passage focuses on____________.

A. the various ways of choosing baby names

B．the reasons behind finding unique baby names

C. the problems and benefits brought by names

D. the link between names and personalities

Passage Five

Innovation. It's what got us through the Dark Ages. But over the years, instead of moving forward, some scientists and inventors have taken a few steps back. This article is dedicated to all the men and women who knew they'd never find a cure for the common cold, so they aimed much, much lower. Here are some of the winners.

PEACE PRIZE—researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland, for determining which hurts more — being smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle.

An inherent problem in an experiment of this nature is finding volunteers who will agree to be brained with a beer bottle in the name of science. The scientists overcame this obstacle by dropping steel balls onto full and empty beer bottles. They found that the empties were stronger than their full brethren because the gas pressure from the liquid produces additional strain on the glass.

Needless to say, full or not, beer bottles can cause a whole lot of hurt, which is why the scientists advocate prohibiting them “in situations that involve risk of human conflicts.”

VETERINARY MEDICINE PRIZE—researchers from Newcastle University, the United Kingdom: for showing that cows that have names give more milk than cows that are nameless.

It turns out our attitudes make a difference. Being friendly and remembering a cow's name can increase milk yield by 258 liters a year. This came as no surprise to farmers, one of whom told the researchers that cows “hurt and love like anyone else.”

BIOLOGY PRIZE—researchers from Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Japan, for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced by more than 90 percent by using an enzyme (酶)-producing bacteria extracted from the waste of giant pandas.

While this has potential applications—reducing garbage and waste—it still raises the question. How did it dawn on someone to try this experiment? And, of course, if one of your aims in ridding yourself of garbage is to get rid of the bad smell, adding panda waste to it is not likely to help.

75．The best title for the passage is____________.

A. Mad Science

B．Science Makes a Difference

C. Life and Science

D. What Can Science Do

76．According to the beer bottle experiment,____________.

A. being hit with an empty bottle hurts more

B．being hit with a full bottle of beer hurts more

C. being hit with full and empty bottles hurts equally

D. whether full or empty bottles hurt more depends on many factors

77．The author may agree that the beer bottle experiment is____________.

A. unreliable

B．inhuman

C. useless

D. unscientific

78．The findings of Newcastle University____________.

A. come as a big surprise for the farmers

B．will be of great help for the farmers

C. are nothing new for the farmers

D. will change the farmers' attitudes

79．What question does the author raise concerning the panda waste experiment?

A. How will the public take the experiment?

B．Does it have great potential for application?

C. Where can we find enough panda waste?

D. Why would anyone come up with such an idea?

80．What is the author's tone in writing the passage?

A. Objective.

B．Ironic.

C. Doubtful.

D. Worried.

请确认是否在机读卡上涂了A卷或B卷

PAPER T WO

PART Ⅴ

TRANSLATION

(30 minutes, 20 points)

Section A (15 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.

Food safety is a scientific discipline concerned with handling, preparation, and storage of foods in ways that prevent foodborne illness. It involves a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. Debates on genetic food safety include such issues as impact of genetically modified food on health of further generations and genetic pollution of environment, which can destroy natural biological diversity. In developed countries there are rigorous standards for food preparation, whereas in poverty-striken countries the main issue is the availability of adequate safe water.

Section B (15 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.

PART Ⅵ

WRITING

(30 minutes, 10 points )

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of “Why I Go to Graduate School.” You are advised to avoid using any stereotyped expressions or sentences.