中山大学研究生英语期末考试题

Passage 1One motivational analyst who became curious to know there had been such a great rise in impulse buying at supermarkets was James Vicary. He suspected that some special psychology must be going on inside the women as they shopped in supermarkets. His suspicion was that perhaps they underwent such an increase in tension when confronted with so many possibilities that they were forced into making quick purchases. He set out to find out if this was true. The best way to detect what was going on inside the shopper was through the use of a galvanometer or lie detector. That obviously was impractical. The next best thing was to use a hidden motion-picture camera and record the eye-blink rate of the women as they shopped. How fast a person blinks his eyes is a pretty good index of his state of inner tension. The average person, according to Mr. Vicary, normally blinks his eyes about 32 times a minute. If he is tense, he blinks them more frequently; and, under extreme tension, he may blink up to 50 or 60 times. If he is notably relaxed, on the other hand, his eye-blink rate may drop to a subnormal twenty or less.Mr. Vicary set up his cameras and started following the ladies as they entered the store. The results were startling, even to him. Their eye-blink rate, instead of going up to indicate mounting tension, went down and down, to a very subnormal fourteen blinks a minute. The ladies fell into what Mr. Vicary calls a hypnoidal trance, a light kind of trance that, he explains, is the first stage of hypnosis. Mr. Vicary has decided that the main cause of the trance is that the supermarket is packed with products which in former years would have been items only kings and queens could have afforded and here in this fairyland they were available to all. Mr. Vi cary theorizes: “Just within this generation, anyone can be a king or queen and go throughthese stores where the products say ‘buy me, buy me’.〞1 Vicary’s curiosity was aroused by the fact that _________.A. there was a decrease in sales in supermarketsB. women were showing strong resistance to products in supermarketsC. there seemed to be no logic in women’s buying habitsD. women were shopping very carefully2 According to the article, eye-blink rate is an indication of ________.A. the truth or falsity of a statementB. the mental ability of a personC. blood pressureD. the emotional state of a person3 Mr. Vicary’s test ________________.A. proved his original hypothesis to be trueB. proved that the tension of a woman shopper, after entering the store, decreasedrather than increasedC. nullified the eye-blink rate as a measurement of tensionD. showed that a woman’s reaction to the products in a supermarket is impossible todetermine4 After his tests, Mr. Vicary concluded that _____________.A. shopping was apt to create serious nervous disordersB. a supermarket is a fantastic placeC. women are entranced by the many wonderful items available in supermarketsD. women develop an inferiority plex when in supermarkets5 Implied but not stated: _______________.A. Quick purchases are the result of inner tensionB. The first stage of hypnosis is a light tranceC. Research conducted by motivation analysis can disprove their original premisesD. Supermarkets seeking a fairyland atmosphere should install hidden movie camerasPassage 2In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic molecular theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles that are in constant motion.A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected.Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information andperforming experiments. Facts by themselves are not science. As the mathematician JulesMost scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist es to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are formulated. These possible solutions are called hypotheses.In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist’s thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes observations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories.6 “Bricks〞are mentioned in Paragraph 3 to indicate how _________.A. mathematicians approach scienceB. building a house is like performing experimentsC. science is more than a collection of factsD. scientific experiments have led to improved technology7 In the fourth paragraph, the author implies that imagination is most important to scientists when they ________.A. evaluate previous work on a problemB. formulate possible solutions to a problemC. gather known factsD. close an investigation8 In the l ast paragraph, the author refers to hypothesis as “a leap into the unknown〞inorder to show that hypotheses ________________.A. are sometimes ill-conceivedB. can lead to dangerous resultsC. go beyond available factsD. require effort to formulate9 In the last paragraph, what does the author imply is a major function of hypotheses?A. Sifting through known facts.B. municating a scientist’s thoughts to others.C. Providing direction for scientific research.D. Linking together different theories.10 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?A. Theories are simply imaginary models of past events.B. It is better to revise a hypothesis than to reject it.C. A scientist’s most difficult task is testing hypotheses.D. A good scientist needs to be creative.Passage 3For most of us, the work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we dothere largely determines our standard of living and to a considerable extent the status we are accorded by our fellow citizens as well. It is sometimes said that because leisure has bee more important the indignities and injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should pensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. I reject that as a counsel of despair. For the foreseeable future the material and psychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer. Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions in which their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination, or initiative.Inequality at work and in work is still one of the cruelest and most glaring forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly or indirectly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we tackle it head-on. Still less can we hope to create a decent and humane society.The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning; they are able to exercise responsibility; they have a considerable degree of control over their own and others’ working lives. Most important of all, they have opportunity to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, and for a growing number of white-collar workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in conditions which would be regarded as intolerable --- forthemselves --- by those who take the decisions which let such conditions continue. The majority have little control over their work; it provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Often production is so designed that workers are simply part of the technology. In offices, many jobs are so routine that workers justifiably feel themselves to be mere cogs in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated from their work and their firm, whether it is in public or in private ownership.11 In the writer’s opinion, people judge others by_________.A. the type of work they doB. the place where they workC. the time they spend at workD. the amount of money they earn12 According to the writer, in the future, work will ________.A. matter less than it does nowB. be as important as it is nowC. be better paid than it is nowD. offer more satisfaction13 What does the writer think is needed to solve our industrial problems?A. A reduction in the number of strikesB. Equality in salariesC. A more equal distribution of responsibilityD. An improvement in moral standards14 What advantages does the writer say managers have over other workers?A. They cannot lose their jobs.B. They get time off to attend courses.C. They can work at whatever interests them.D. They can make their own decisions.15 Working conditions generally remain bad because _______________.A. the workers are quite satisfied with themB. no one can decide what to do about themC. managers see no need to change themD. office workers want to protect their positionsPassage 4Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human being. Much has been written about the diversity of terrestrial organisms, particularly the exceptionally rich life associated with tropical rain-forest habitats. Relatively little has been said, however, about diversity of life in the sea even though coral reef systems are parable to rain forests in terms of richness of life.An alien exploring Earth would probably give priority to the planet’s dominant, most distinctive feature – ocean. Humans have a bias toward land that sometimes gets in the way of truly examining global issues. Seen from far away, it is easy to realize that landmassesoccupy one-third of the Earth’s surface. Given that two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is water and that marine life lives at all levels of the ocean, the total three-dimensional living space of the ocean is perhaps 100 times greater than that of land and contains more than 90 percent of all life on Earth even though the ocean has fewer distinct species.The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world’s rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that prise the bulk of the species. One scientist found many different species of ants in just one tree from a rain forest. While every species is different from every other species, their genetic makeup constrains them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 750,000 species of insects. If basic, broad categories such as phyla and classes are given more emphasis than differentiating between species, then the greatest diversity of life is unquestionably the sea. Nearly every major type of plant and animal has some representation there.To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea, it helps to think small. Every spoonful of ocean water contains life on the order of 100 to 100,000 bacterial cells plus assorted microscopic plants and animals, including larvas of organisms ranging from sponges and corals to starfish and clams and much more.16 What is the main point of the passage?A. Humans are destroying thousands of species.B. There are thousands of insect species.C. The sea is even richer in life than the rain forests.D. Coral reefs are similar to rain forests.17 Why does the author pare rain forests and coral reefs (Paragraph 1)?A. They are approximately the same size.B. They share many similar species.C. Most of their inhabitants require water.D. Both have many different forms of life.18 The passage suggests that most rain forest species are ________________.A. insectsB. bacteriaC. mammalsD. birds19 The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rain forests because ____________.A. more phyla and classes of life are represented in the seaB. there are too many insects to make meaningful distinctionsC. many insect species are too small to divide into categoriesD. marine life-forms reproduce at a faster rate20 Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?A. Ocean life is highly adaptive.B. More attention needs to be paid to preserving ocean species and habitats.C. Ocean life is primarily posed of plants.D. The sea is highly resistant to the damage done by pollutants.Passage 5Battles are like marriages. They have a certain fundamental experience they share in mon; they differ infinitely, but sill they are all alike. A battle seems to me a conflict of will to the death in the same way that a marriage of love is the identification of two human beings to the end of the creation of life –as death is the reverse of life, and love of hate. Battles are mitments to cause death as marriages are mitments to create life. Whether, for any individual, either union results in death or in the creation of new life, each risks it – and in the risk mits himself.As the servants of death, battles will always remain horrible. Those who are fascinated by them are being fascinated by death. There is no battle aim worthy of the name except that of ending all battles. Any other conception is, literally, suicidal. The fascist worship of battle is a suicidal drive; it is love of death instead of life.In the same idiom, to triumph in battle over the forces which are fighting for death is –again literally –to triumph over death. It is a surgeon’s triumph as he cuts a body and bloodies his hands in removing a cancer in order to triumph over death that is in the body.In these thoughts I have found my own peace, and I return to an army that fights death and cynicism in the name of life and hope. It is a good army. Believe in it.21 Although the author says that battles are horrible, he also says that_________.A. most people find fascination in themB. there is no battle aim worthy of the nameC. one should love life and not deathD. fighting to end battles is justifiable22 The author states that one who fights a battle toward any end other than peace is ________.A. tainted by fascismB. misguided and unworthyC. victimized by unconscious drives to killD. bent on his own destruction23 The article says that the individual, in battle and in marriage, must_________.A. make a unionB. promise his beliefsC. take the risks he has mitted himself toD. recognize that death is the reverse of life24 The article says that a surgeon can triumph when he_____________.A. performs a successful operationB. triumphs over the bodyC. removes a cancerD. cuts out that which is life-destroying25 Implied by the author, but not stated: “I have found peace as I _________.〞A. think about life and deathB. return to an army that fights death and cynicismC. consider being a surgeonD. recognize that life and hope can triumph if one fights for themPassage 6There is little question that substantial labor-market differences exist between men and women. Among the most researched difference is the male-female wage gap. Many different theories are used to explain why men earn more than women. One possible reason is basedis a joint decision in which the needs of the husband and wife are balanced to maximize family welfare. Job-motivated relocations are generally made to benefit the primary earner in the family. This leads to a constrained job search for the secondary earner, as he or she must search for a job in a limited geographic area. Since the husband is still the primary wage earner in many families, the job search of the wife may suffer. Individuals who are tied to a certain area are labled ‘tied-stayers’, while secondary earners who move for the benefit of the family are labeled ‘tied-movers’(Jacob Mincer, 1978).The wages of a tied-stayer or tied-mover may not be substantially lower if the family lives in or moves to a large city. If a large labor market has more cacancies, the wife may locate a wage offer near the maximum she would find with a nation-wide search. However, being a tied-stayer or tied-mover can lower the wife’s wage if the family lives in or moves to a small munity. A small labor market will reduce the likelihood of her finding a job that utilizes her skills. As a result she may accept a job for which she is overqualified and thus earn a lower wage. This hypothesized relationship between the likelihood of being overqualified and SMSA size is termed ‘differential overqualification.’F rank (1978) and Haim Ofek and Yesook Merrill(1994) provide support for the theory of differential overqualification byfinding that the male-female wage gap is greater in smaller SMSA’s.While the results are consistent with the existence of differential overqualification, they may also result from other situations as well. Firms in small labor market may use their monopsony power to keep wages down. Local demand shocks are found to be a major source of wage variation both across and within local labor market(Roberts Topel, 1986). Since large labor markets are generally more diversified, a demand shock can have a substantial impact on immobile workers in small labor markets. Another reason for examining differential overqualification involves the assumption that there are more vacancies in large labor markets. While there is little doubt that more vacancies exist in large labor markets, there are also likely to be more people searching for jobs in large labor markets. If the greater number of vacancies is offset by the larger number of searchers, it is unclear whether women will be more likely to be overqualified in small labor market. Instead of relying on wages to determine if differential overqualification exists, we consider an explicit form of overqualification based on education.26 According to the author, the male-female wage gap ________.A is justifiedB has important repercussions on family lifeC represents a sexist attitude toward womenD is simply one of a considerable number of labor-market differences27 “Geographical mobility( Para. 1)〞as used in the passage, refers to ________.A the way in which Americans tend to move from job to jobB the penchant wage-earners have to maximize family welfareC the necessity to relocate in order to increase wagesD all of the above28 The difference between a ‘tied-stayer’ and a ‘tied-mover’ is that ________.A the primary earner is forced to search for work in a specific area while the secondaryearner is freer to roam aboutB the former is obliged to remain in an area while the latter is notC the former is the wife and the later is the husbandD the latter’s salary is of secondary importance to the former’s salary29 With which of the following statements would the author agree?A The size of the labor market determines repense.B The size of the labor market determines acquired skills utilization.C The size of the labor market determines the probability of matching skills withappropriate wage level.D All of the above.30 The names and dates between parentheses ________.A refer to bibliographical entriesB explain who discussed what and when they discussed itC are references to what the author has readD may be described by all of the abovePart II. Vocabulary and Structure 〔40x0.5=20points〕Section A: In this section, there are 20 inplete sentences, each with four items marked A, B, C and D. Choose one item that best pletes the sentence and mark your choice on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.31.What else does talking frankly and informally mean but an invitation to ________without any career consequence?A. whoop it upB. unload opinionsC. hang aroundD. incur a debt32.The Single in the past, of the _______ego and much-watched answering machine, wastraditionally at the margin of society: a figure of fun, pity and awe.A. archlyB. gallantlyC. wobblyD. allegedly33. Mr. Smith, who was worried that the ban might ________ on the rights of law-abidinggun owners, had already voted against the bill.A. infringeB. IntegrateC. InferiorD. incorporate34. This event is called a party --- a place where one _______ without worrying about beingjudged by the cold standard of professional usefulness.A. rest upB. fork outC. pull backD. let loose35. A host of other singles services have sprung up, from dogwalkers to alarm systems toagencies that will water your plants or bring you aspirin and coffee when you’re _________.A. hung aroundB. hung overC. hung upD. hung on36. The layout of space characteristic of French cities is only one aspect of the theme ofcentralization that ______ French culture.A. fantasizesB. internalizesC. socializesD. characterizes37. In the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, streets and buildings arenumbered __________.A. quintessentiallyB.archaeologicallyC. sequentiallyD. dysfunctionally38. In middle-class America, specific spaces are _________ for specific activities.A. populatedB. dominatedC. designatedD. validated39. This pattern has been used for thousands of years, as demonstrated by the archaeologicalevidence _______ in ancient Indian cities.A. undefinedB. uncoveredC. undoneD. untitled40. Today about a fifth of all married couples still ______ the old-style marriage in which thewife stays home to raise children and the husband works.A. opt withB. opt toC. opt forD. opt against41. He doesn't conform to the usual ________ of the city businessman with a dark suit androlled umbrella.A. stereotypeB. controversyC. geneticsD. custody42. They were told to take whatever action they ________ necessary.A. seemedB. inhibitedC. prohibitedD. deemed43. When the war broke out, a large number of refugees crossed the border, seeking _______in the neighboring country.A. caseworkB. smugnessC. sancturyD. riff44. We should strengthen regulation, prevent and ______ financial risks so as to providebetter banking services for economic and social development.A. plunkB. defuseC. violateD. strive45. Bothered by terrorism, world leaders are now united in their _____ for peace.A. questB. intimacyC. validationD. condo46. With his prison record and lack of experience, he’s already got two _____ agai nst himwhen he applies for a job.A. advantagesB. aspirationsC. strikesD. knockers47. Robert has developed a ________ on his shoulder about not going to university becauseof his poor family.A. chopB. carpC. chipD. chaw48. New puter systems have made old methods of data processing _______ .A. unfazedB. pretentiousC. substantiveD. obsolete49. Although they are always at the center of things, they tend to be loners and are ____ tostress when life bees difficult.A. proneB. aboutC. motiveD. sturdy50. In recent years, young parents, female professionals, and well-educated parents are morelikely to ______ their children into more equal gender roles.A. perceiveB. dominateC. socializeD. prescribePart BDirections: In this section, there are 20 plete sentences, each with an underlined part. Replace each underlined word/phrase with one of the four items marked A, B, C and D that best keeps its meaning and mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center.51.In view of the insecurity of online shopping, doing a little bit of research beforeA.make profitB. deceiveC. get rich quickD. make a dealA. clutchedB. intrudedC. excludedD. includeddiscipline of bioethics.A.ProposedB. imposedC. presentedD. representedwater shortage problem in North China, in the area of Three Gorges Dam it warned heavy rainfall and could trigger landslides or mudflows,A.vistaB. libidoC. damageD. fusionare opting to live apart in peace rather than together in stress.A. groanedB. trampedC. strainedD. quarrelledappreciation of the staff.A. reprimandingB. remindingC. mandingD. demandinghospitals and nursing homes across the country.A.WithB. WithoutC. ForD. AgainstA. coincide withB. agree withC. afflict withD. grapple withbody’s capacity to heal.A. excelledB. excludedC. exceededD. externalizedhousing market.A. opting forB. fighting forC. searching forD. longing forA. condonedB. appalledC. frayedD. gazed at62. With the development of science and technology, some scientists believe that soon it willA. ordinaryB. unusualC. impulsiveD. devastatingand calling the coach all sorts of names.A. beamed with prideB. petered outC. rode the waveD. got angry64. Both in revolution and in construction we should also learn from foreign countries andforeign models will get us nowhere.A. concurB. useC. attestD. impartA. influentialB. poorC. indigentD. wealthy66. We should promote quality-oriented education to cultivate hundreds of millions ofhigh-quality workers, tens of millions of specialized personnel and a great number ofA. arrogantB. outgoingC. first-rateD. convincedAmerican.A. intelligentB. diligentC. prestigiousD. attractiveannounced to delay again.A. was acting unreasonablyB. was jumping up and downC. was laughing heartilyD. was riding the wavewith alcohol and their families.A. feistyB. drunkC. mediocreD. teetotalingA. happenB. speculateC.chiselD. transmit2参考答案：1- 5 C D B C C6-10 C B C C D11-15 A B C D C16-20 C D A A B21-25 D D C A D26-30 D C D D D31-35BCADB 36-40DCCBC 41-45ADCBA 46-50CCDAC 51-55BCCCD 56-60AABCD 61-65DADBD 66-70CDABA。

中山大学研究生英语期末考试题2Passage 1One motivational analyst who became curious to know there had been such a great rise in impulse buying at supermarkets was James Vicary. He suspected that some special psychology must be going on inside the women as they shopped in supermarkets. His suspicion was that perhaps they underwent such an increase in tension when confronted with so many possibilities that they were forced into making quick purchases. He set outto find out if this was true. The best way to detect what was going on inside the shopper was through the use of a galvanometer or lie detector. That obviously was impractical. The next best thing was to use a hidden motion-picture camera and record the eye-blink rate of the women as they shopped. How fast a person blinks his eyes is a pretty good index of his state of inner tension. The average person, according to Mr. Vicary, normally blinks his eyes about 32 times a minute. If he is tense, he blinks them more frequently; and, under extreme tension, he may blink up to 50 or 60 times. If he is notably relaxed, on the other hand, his eye-blink rate may drop to a subnormal twenty or less.Mr. Vicary set up his cameras and started following the ladies as they entered the store. The results were startling, even to him. Their eye-blink rate, instead of going up to indicate mounting tension, went down and down, to a very subnormal fourteen blinks a minute. The ladies fell into what Mr. Vicary calls a hypnoidal trance, a light kind of trance that, he explains, is the first stage of hypnosis. Mr. Vicary has decided that the main cause of the trance is that the supermarket is packed with products which in former years would have been items only kings and queens could have afforded and here in this fairyland they were ava ilable to all. Mr. Vicary theorizes: “Just within this generation, anyone can be a king or queen and go through these stores where the products say ‘buy me, buy me’.”1 Vicary’s curiosity was aroused by the fact that _________.A. there was a decrease in sales in supermarketsB. women were showing strong resistance to products in supermarketsC. there seemed to be no logic in women’s buying habitsD. women were shopping very carefully2 According to the article, eye-blink rate is an indication of ________.A. the truth or falsity of a statementB. the mental ability of a personC. blood pressureD. the emotional state of a person3 Mr. Vicary’s test ________________.A. proved his original hypothesis to be trueB. proved that the tension of a woman shopper, after entering the store, decreasedrather than increasedC. nullified the eye-blink rate as a measurement of tensionD. showed that a woman’s reaction to the products in a supermarket is impossible todetermine4 After his tests, Mr. Vicary concluded that _____________.A. shopping was apt to create serious nervous disordersB. a supermarket is a fantastic placeC. women are entranced by the many wonderful items available in supermarketsD. women develop an inferiority complex when in supermarkets5 Implied but not stated: _______________.A. Quick purchases are the result of inner tensionB. The first stage of hypnosis is a light tranceC. Research conducted by motivation analysis can disprove their original premisesD. Supermarkets seeking a fairyland atmosphere should install hidden moviecamerasPassage 2In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related.A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic molecular theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles that are in constant motion.A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected.Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments. Facts by themselves are not science. As the mathematician Jules Henri Poincare said: “Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house.”Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are formulated. These possible solutions are called hypotheses.In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist’s thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes observations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories.6 “Bricks” are mentioned in Paragraph 3 to indicate how _________.A. mathematicians approach scienceB. building a house is like performing experimentsC. science is more than a collection of factsD. scientific experiments have led to improved technology7 In the fourth paragraph, the author implies that imagination is most important toscientists when they ________.A. evaluate previous work on a problemB. formulate possible solutions to a problemC. gather known factsD. close an investigation8 In the last paragraph, the author refers to hypothesis as “a leap into the unknown”in order to show that hypotheses ________________.A. are sometimes ill-conceivedB. can lead to dangerous resultsC. go beyond available factsD. require effort to formulate9 In the last paragraph, what does the author imply is a major function ofhypotheses?A. Sifting through known facts.B. Communicating a scientist’s thoughts to others.C. Providing direction for scientific research.D. Linking together different theories.10 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?A. Theories are simply imaginary models of past events.B. It is better to revise a hypothesis than to reject it.C. A scientist’s most difficult task is testing hypotheses.D. A good scientist needs to be creative.Passage 3For most of us, the work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and to a considerable extent the status we are accorded by our fellow citizens as well. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important the indignities and injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. I reject that as a counsel of despair. For the foreseeable future the material and psychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer. Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions in which their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination, or initiative.Inequality at work and in work is still one of the cruelest and most glaring forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly or indirectly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we tackle it head-on. Still less can we hope to create a decent and humane society.The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning; they are able toexercise responsibility; they have a considerable degree of control over their own and others’ working live s. Most important of all, they have opportunity to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, and for a growing number of white-collar workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in conditions which would be regarded as intolerable --- for themselves --- by those who take the decisions which let such conditions continue. The majority have little control over their work; it provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Often production is so designed that workers are simply part of the technology. In offices, many jobs are so routine that workers justifiably feel themselves to be mere cogs in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated from their work and their firm, whether it is in public or in private ownership.11 In the writer’s opinion, people judge others by_________.A. the type of work they doB. the place where they workC. the time they spend at workD. the amount of money they earn12 According to the writer, in the future, work will ________.A. matter less than it does nowB. be as important as it is nowC. be better paid than it is nowD. offer more satisfaction13 What does the writer think is needed to solve our industrial problems?A. A reduction in the number of strikesB. Equality in salariesC. A more equal distribution of responsibilityD. An improvement in moral standards14 What advantages does the writer say managers have over other workers?A. They cannot lose their jobs.B. They get time off to attend courses.C. They can work at whatever interests them.D. They can make their own decisions.15 Working conditions generally remain bad because _______________.A. the workers are quite satisfied with themB. no one can decide what to do about themC. managers see no need to change themD. office workers want to protect their positionsPassage 4Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human being. Much has been written about the diversity of terrestrial organisms, particularly the exceptionally rich life associated with tropical rain-forest habitats. Relatively little has been said, however,about diversity of life in the sea even though coral reef systems are comparable to rain forests in terms of richness of life.An alien exploring Earth would probably give priority to the planet’s dominant, most distinctive feature – ocean. Humans have a bias toward land that sometimes gets in the way of truly examining global issues. Seen from far away, it is easy to realize that landmasses occupy one-third of the Earth’s surface. Given t hat two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is water and that marine life lives at all levels of the ocean, the total three-dimensional living space of the ocean is perhaps 100 times greater than that of land and contains more than 90 percent of all life on Earth even though the ocean has fewer distinct species.The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world’s rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species. One scientist found many different species of ants in just one tree from a rain forest. While every species is different from every other species, their genetic makeup constrains them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 750,000 species of insects. If basic, broad categories such as phyla and classes are given more emphasis than differentiating between species, then the greatest diversity of life is unquestionably the sea. Nearly every major type of plant and animal has some representation there.To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea, it helps to think small. Every spoonful of ocean water contains life on the order of 100 to 100,000 bacterial cells plus assorted microscopic plants and animals, including larvas of organisms ranging from sponges and corals to starfish and clams and much more.16 What is the main point of the passage?A. Humans are destroying thousands of species.B. There are thousands of insect species.C. The sea is even richer in life than the rain forests.D. Coral reefs are similar to rain forests.17 Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs (Paragraph 1)?A. They are approximately the same size.B. They share many similar species.C. Most of their inhabitants require water.D. Both have many different forms of life.18 The passage suggests that most rain forest species are ________________.A. insectsB. bacteriaC. mammalsD. birds19 The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rainforests because ____________.A. more phyla and classes of life are represented in the seaB. there are too many insects to make meaningful distinctionsC. many insect species are too small to divide into categoriesD. marine life-forms reproduce at a faster rate20 Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?A. Ocean life is highly adaptive.B. More attention needs to be paid to preserving ocean species and habitats.C. Ocean life is primarily composed of plants.D. The sea is highly resistant to the damage done by pollutants.Passage 5Battles are like marriages. They have a certain fundamental experience they share in common; they differ infinitely, but sill they are all alike. A battle seems to me a conflict of will to the death in the same way that a marriage of love is the identification of two human beings to the end of the creation of life – as death is the reverse of life, and love of hate. Battles are commitments to cause death as marriages are commitments to create life. Whether, for any individual, either union results in death or in the creation of new life, each risks it – and in the risk commits himself.As the servants of death, battles will always remain horrible. Those who are fascinated by them are being fascinated by death. There is no battle aim worthy of the name except that of ending all battles. Any other conception is, literally, suicidal. The fascist worship of battle is a suicidal drive; it is love of death instead of life.In the same idiom, to triumph in battle over the forces which are fighting for death is – again literally –to triumph over death. It is a surgeon’s triumph as he cuts a body and bloodies his hands in removing a cancer in order to triumph over death that is in the body.In these thoughts I have found my own peace, and I return to an army that fights death and cynicism in the name of life and hope. It is a good army. Believe in it.21 Although the author says that battles are horrible, he also says that_________.A. most people find fascination in themB. there is no battle aim worthy of the nameC. one should love life and not deathD. fighting to end battles is justifiable22 The author states that one who fights a battle toward any end other than peace is________.A. tainted by fascismB. misguided and unworthyC. victimized by unconscious drives to killD. bent on his own destruction23 The article says that the individual, in battle and in marriage, must_________.A. make a unionB. compromise his beliefsC. take the risks he has committed himself toD. recognize that death is the reverse of life24 The article says that a surgeon can triumph when he_____________.A. performs a successful operationB. triumphs over the bodyC. removes a cancerD. cuts out that which is life-destroying25 Implied by the a uthor, but not stated: “I have found peace as I _________.”A. think about life and deathB. return to an army that fights death and cynicismC. consider becoming a surgeonD. r ecognize that life and hope can triumph if one fights for themPassage 6There is little question that substantial labor-market differences exist between men and women. Among the most researched difference is the male-female wage gap. Many different theories are used to explain why men earn more than women. One possible reason is based on the limited geographical mobility of married women(Robert Frank, 1978). Family mobility is a joint decision in which the needs of the husband and wife are balanced to maximize family welfare. Job-motivated relocations are generally made to benefit the primary earner in the family. This leads to a constrained job search for the secondary earner, as he or she must search for a job in a limited geographic area. Since the husband is still the primary wage earner in many families, the job search of the wife may suffer. Individuals who are tied to a certain area are labled ‘tied-stayers’, while secondary earners who move for the benefit of the family are labeled ‘tied-movers’(Jacob Mincer, 1978).The wages of a tied-stayer or tied-mover may not be substantially lower if the family lives in or moves to a large city. If a large labor market has more cacancies, the wife may locate a wage offer near the maximum she would find with a nation-wide search. However, being a tied-stayer or tied-mover can lower the wife’s wage if the family livesin or moves to a small community. A small labor market will reduce the likelihood of her finding a job that utilizes her skills. As a result she may accept a job for which she is overqualified and thus earn a lower wage. This hypothesized relationship between the likelihood of being overqualified and SMSA size is termed ‘differential overqualification.’Frank (1978) and Haim Ofek and Yesook Merrill(1994) provide support for the theory of differential overqualification by finding that the male-female wage gap is greater in smaller SMSA’s.While the results are consistent with the existence of differential overqualification, they may also result from other situations as well. Firms in small labor market may use their monopsony power to keep wages down. Local demand shocks are found to be a major source of wage variation both across and within local labor market(Roberts Topel, 1986). Since large labor markets are generally more diversified, a demand shock can have a substantial impact on immobile workers in small labor markets. Another reason for examining differential overqualification involves the assumption that there are more vacancies in large labor markets. While there is little doubt that more vacancies exist in large labor markets, there are also likely to be more people searching for jobs in large labor markets. If the greater number of vacancies is offset by the larger number of searchers, it is unclear whether women will be more likely to be overqualified in smalllabor market. Instead of relying on wages to determine if differential overqualification exists, we consider an explicit form of overqualification based on education.26 According to the author, the male-female wage gap ________.A is justifiedB has important repercussions on family lifeC represents a sexist attitude toward womenD is simply one of a considerable number of labor-market differences27 “Geographical mobility( Para. 1)” as used in the passage, refers to ________.A the way in which Americans tend to move from job to jobB the penchant wage-earners have to maximize family welfareC the necessity to relocate in order to increase wagesD all of the above28 The difference between a ‘tied-stayer’ and a ‘tied-mover’ is that ________.A the primary earner is forced to search for work in a specific area while thesecondary earner is freer to roam aboutB the former is obliged to remain in an area while the latter is notC the former is the wife and the later is the husbandD the latter’s salary is of secondary importance to the former’s salary29 With which of the following statements would the author agree?A The size of the labor market determines recompense.B The size of the labor market determines acquired skills utilization.C The size of the labor market determines the probability of matching skills withappropriate wage level.D All of the above.30 The names and dates between parentheses ________.A refer to bibliographical entriesB explain who discussed what and when they discussed itC are references to what the author has readD may be described by all of the abovePart II. Vocabulary and Structure （40x0.5=20points）Section A: In this section, there are 20 incomplete sentences, each with four items marked A, B, C and D. Choose one item that best completes the sentence and mark your choice on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.31.What else does talking frankly and informally mean but an invitation to ________without any career consequence?A. whoop it upB. unload opinionsC. hang aroundD. incur a debt32.The Single in the past, of the _______ego and much-watched answering machine, wastraditionally at the margin of society: a figure of fun, pity and awe.A. archlyB. gallantlyC. wobblyD. allegedly33. Mr. Smith, who was worried that the ban might ________ on the rights of law-abidinggun owners, had already voted against the bill.A. infringeB. IntegrateC. InferiorD. incorporate34. This event is called a party --- a place where one _______ without worrying aboutbeing judged by the cold standard of professional usefulness.A. rest upB. fork outC. pull backD. let loose35. A host of other singles services have sprung up, from dogwalkers to alarm systems toagencies that will water your plants or b ring you aspirin and coffee when you’re_________.A. hung aroundB. hung overC. hung upD. hung on36. The layout of space characteristic of French cities is only one aspect of the theme ofcentralization that ______ French culture.A. fantasizesB. internalizesC. socializesD. characterizes37. In the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, streets and buildings arenumbered __________.A. quintessentiallyB.archaeologicallyC. sequentiallyD. dysfunctionally38. In middle-class America, specific spaces are _________ for specific activities.A. populatedB. dominatedC. designatedD. validated39. This pattern has been used for thousands of years, as demonstrated by thearchaeological evidence _______ in ancient Indian cities.A. undefinedB. uncoveredC. undoneD. untitled40. Today about a fifth of all married couples still ______ the old-style marriage in whichthe wife stays home to raise children and the husband works.A. opt withB. opt toC. opt forD. opt against41. He doesn't conform to the usual ________ of the city businessman with a dark suit androlled umbrella.A. stereotypeB. controversyC. geneticsD. custody42. They were told to take whatever action they ________ necessary.A. seemedB. inhibitedC. prohibitedD. deemed43. When the war broke out, a large number of refugees crossed the border, seeking_______ in the neighboring country.A. caseworkB. smugnessC. sancturyD. riff44. We should strengthen regulation, prevent and ______ financial risks so as to providebetter banking services for economic and social development.A. plunkB. defuseC. violateD. strive45. Bothered by terrorism, world leaders are now united in their _____ for peace.A. questB. intimacyC. validationD. condo46. With his prison record and lack of experience, he’s already got two _____ against himwhen he applies for a job.A. advantagesB. aspirationsC. strikesD. knockers47. Robert has developed a ________ on his shoulder about not going to universitybecause of his poor family.A. chopB. carpC. chipD. chaw48. New computer systems have made old methods of data processing _______ .A. unfazedB. pretentiousC. substantiveD.obsolete49. Although they are always at the center of things, they tend to be loners and are ____ tostress when life becomes difficult.A. proneB. aboutC. motiveD. sturdy50. In recent years, young parents, female professionals, and well-educated parents aremore likely to ______ their children into more equal gender roles.A. perceiveB. dominateC. socializeD. prescribePart BDirections: In this section, there are 20 complete sentences, each with an underlined part. Replace each underlined word/phrase with one of the four items marked A, B, C and D that best keeps its meaning and mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.51.In view of the insecurity of online shopping, doing a little bit of research beforepurchasing will protect you against a dodgy seller trying to pull a fast one.A.make profitB. deceiveC. get rich quickD. make a deal52. She hasn’t ruled out marriage, but wouldn’t give up her freedom for a man.A. clutchedB. intrudedC. excludedD. included53. The dilemma posed by modern medical technology has created the growing newdiscipline of bioethics.A.ProposedB. imposedC. presentedD. represented54. Global warming could wreak havoc in China. The rise in temperatures would worsenthe water shortage problem in North China, in the area of Three Gorges Dam it warned heavy rainfall and could trigger landslides or mudflows,A.vistaB. libidoC. damageD. fusion55. Married types who have bickered once too often about toothpaste caps or dust bunniesare opting to live apart in peace rather than together in stress.A. groanedB. trampedC. strainedD. quarrelled56. The point of an office party is not whooping it up or telling people off, it is showingappreciation of the staff.A. reprimandingB. remindingC. commandingD. demanding57. In the wake of technology’s advances in medicine, a heated debate is taking place inhospitals and nursing homes across the country.A.WithB. WithoutC. ForD. Against58. The doctors threatened to take us to court if we didn’t go along with their procedures.A. coincide withB. agree withC. afflict withD. grapple with59. Doctor’s power to treat with an array of space-age techniques has outstripped thebody’s capacity to heal.A. excelledB. excludedC. exceededD. externalized60. Millions of singles yearning for escape zones or solitude are straining Europe’s cityhousing market.A. opting forB. fighting forC. searching forD. longing for61. The little girl regarded me with suspicion as I approached the door.A. condonedB. appalledC. frayedD. gazed at62. With the development of science and technology, some scientists believe that soon itwill be commonplace for people to travel to the moon.A. ordinaryB. unusualC. impulsiveD. devastating63. When the girl was not elected for the varsity team, her mother flew into a rage, cursingand calling the coach all sorts of names.A. beamed with prideB. petered outC. rode the waveD. gotangry64. Both in revolution and in construction we should also learn from foreign countries anddraw on their experience, but mechanical application of foreign experience andcopying of foreign models will get us nowhere.A. concurB. useC. attestD. impart。

2012年中山大学金融研究生英语期末试题Part IIReading Comprehension (30 %)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.Passage OneScience is not a set of unquestionable results but a way of understanding the world around us. Its real work is slow. The scientific method , as many of us learned in school, is a gradual process that begins with a purpose or problem or question to be answered. It includes a list of materials, a procedure to follow, a set of observations to make and, finally, conclusions to reach. In medicine, when a new drug is proposed that might cure or control a disease, it is first tested on a large random group of people, and their reactions are then compared with those of another random group not given the drug. All reactions in both groups are carefully recorded and compared, and the drug is evaluated. All of this takes time and patience.It’s the result of course, that makes the best news—not the years of quiet work that characterize the bulk of scientific inquiry. After anexperiment is concluded or an observation is made, the result continues to be examined critically. When it is submitted for publication, it goes to a group of the scientist’s colleagues, who review the work. Einstein was right when he said: “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right, a single experiment can at any time prove me wrong.”In August 1996, NASA announced the discovery in Antarctica of a meteorite(流星)from Mars that might contain evidence of ancient life on another world. As President Clinton said that day, the possibility that life existed on Mars billions of years ago was potentially one of the great discoveries of our time.After the excitement wore down and initial papers were published, other researchers began looking at samples from the same meteorite. Some concluded that the “evidence of life”was mostly contamination from Antarctic ice or that there was nothing organic at all in the rock.Was this a failure of science, as some news reports trumpeted?No! It was a good example of the scientific method working the way it is supposed to. Scientists spend years on research, announce their findings, and these findings are examined by other scientists. That’s how we learn. Like climbing a mountain, we struggle up three feet and fall back two. It’s a process filled with disappointments and reverses, but somehow we keep moving ahead.21. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to statethat ____________.A) most scientific discoveries are not reliableB) mass media is misleading because it looks at the research results onlyC) scientific research is a process filled with reverses and requires slow and patient workD) repeated experiments are necessary before medicine can be used in patients22. Publication of a scientific finding signifies __________.A) a challenge to fellow scientists to prove it wrongB) the end of a processC) the beginning of a new scientific inquiryD) the soundness of the result23. Einstein’s words are used to show that he thought___________.A) experiments have proved him rightB) scientists do not need so many experimentsC) one experiment is not enough to prove him wrong.D) scientific ideas are never free from challenge24. NASA’s announcement of the discovery of evidence of ancient life on Mars shows _________.A) the way human beings learn about natureB) the failure of the scientific methodC) the fruitlessness of human search for life on another worldD) the excitement brought by scientific findings25. It can be inferred from the passage that the media is interested in __________.A) the process of scientific researchB) the results of scientific researchC) the scientists who do the researchD) the effects of scientific research on human lifePassage TwoNormally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a credit which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree consists of thirty-six courses each lasting for one semester. A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester. Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.。

2012年中山大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1．The old couple moved to the countryside______their health for the doctor said fresh airwould do them good.A．for the sake ofB．because ofC．In case ofD．in spite of正确答案：A解析：句意：为了身体健康，这对老夫妇搬到了乡下，因为医生说新鲜的空气对他们有好处。

for the sake of为了；为了…的利益。

because of因为，由于。

in case of万一，如果。

in spite of尽管。

2．Lover of towns______I am. I realize that I owe a debt to my early country life.A．becauseB．whereC．whoD．as正确答案：D解析：句意：尽管我是一个长期在城市生活的人，可我意识到我对早期乡村生活的亏欠。

考查的是让步状语从句倒装，主要是为了强调位于句首的名词、形容词、副词、动词等。

as在让步状语从句中作从属连词，表示虽然、尽管等，引导让步状语从句时，常用倒装语序。

模式为：adj．／adv．／n．+as+主语+谓语+主句。

3．She was trying______by the teacher in class.A．avoiding questioningB．avoiding to questionC．to avoid being questionedD．to avoid questioning正确答案：C解析：句意：她试图回避在课堂上被老师提问。

此题涉及三个考点。

第一个是固定搭配：tryto do sth．。

[考研类试卷]2013年中山大学英语专业（语言学）真题试卷一、音标题1 Transcribe the following words into IPA symbols, with stress marking where necessary.(10 points)Example: find—/faind/ beneath—/bi'ni:θ/empirical2 plagiarize3 compound4 finite5 clause6 phonemics7 threatened8 epiphenomenon9 beta10 genetic二、填空题11 ______means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present(in time and space)at the moment of communication.12 ______ are produced by a closure in the vocal tract, or by a narrowing which is so marked that air cannot escape without producing audible friction.13 The systematic study of morpheme is a branch of linguistics called ______, which studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed.14 Cohesiveness can be realized by employing various cohesive devices: conjunction, ellipsis, lexical collocation, lexical repetition, ______, substitution, etc.15 American Structuralism is a branch of______linguistics that emerged in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century.16 The type of language constructed by second or foreign language learners who are still in the process of learning a language is often referred to as ______.17 ______found that Q-based implicatures can be readily cancelled by metalinguistic negation, which does not affect what is said, but R-based implicatures cannot.18 The idea that the meaning of a sentence depends on the meanings of the constituent words and the way they are combined is usually known as the principle of______19 During the whole 20th century, a great deal of efforts has been taken to treat the inquiry of linguistics as a ______ or autonomous pursuit of an independent science.20 In cognitive terms, ______ is the use of elements of subject's situatedness to designate something in the scene.21 According to ______(1996), the speech presentation continuum may have the following possibilities; direct speech, indirect speech, narrator's representation of speech acts and narrator's representation of speech.22 With the help of______ linguistics, recently research has moved into the area of example-based machine translation. The method uses correct translation as a principal source of information for the creation of new ones.23 In the IPA chart, the sound segments are grouped into consonants and vowels. The consonants are then divided into pulmonic and ______ consonants.24 According to Halliday, a clause is the simultaneous______of ideational, interpersonal, and textual meanings.25 According to systemic-functionalists and American functionalists, language is not arbitrary at the ______ level.三、名词解释26 Recreational function27 Pharyngeal28 Loanshift29 Tree diagram30 Sense relations31 Scale schema32 Perlocutionary act33 Emoticons34 Linguistic determinism35 System of signs四、举例说明题36 Languages differ in their degrees of dependence on the morphological components.37 Chomsky's Transformational-Generative Grammar has been challenged by a number of other approaches to language.38 Language learning can take place when the learner has enough access to input in the target language.五、简答题39 What is PowerPoint and why is it so important in language teaching?40 What aspects of language can one focus if one wants to analyze a novel or a story?41 To what extent can one say that a piece of classroom work can be regarded as a task in language teaching and learning?。

考研真题：广东中山大学2021年[英语]考试真题SectionⅠUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A],[B], [C] or [D] on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3 .In a series of experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin school of Business tested students’willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 , each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified. 7 left alone in the room. The students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew that would 8 . Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for 11 or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such 13 can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is a profound one.Unhealthycuriosity is possible to 15 , however. In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17 to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one’s curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19 it is worth the endeavor. Thinking about long-term 20 is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,”Hsee says. In other words, don’t read online comments.1.A.ignore B.prote Ct C. DisCuss D.resolve2.A.refuse B.seek C.wait D.regret3.A.rise st C.hurt D.misleaD4.A.alert B.expose C.tie D.treat5.A.trial B.message C.review D. Con Cept6.A.remove B. Deliver C.weaken D.interrupt7.A.Unless B.If C.When D.Though8.A.Change B. Continue C. Disappear D.happen9.A.suCh as B.rather than C.regar Dless of D.owing to10.A. Disagree B.forgive C. DisCover D.forget11.A.pay B.fooD C.marriage D.sChooling12.A.Begin with B.rest on C.leaD to D.learn from13.A.inquiry B.withDrawal C.persistenCe D.DiligenCe14.A.self- DeCeptive B.self-reliant C.self-evi Dent D.self- DestruCtive15.A.traCe B. Define C.repla Ce D.resist16.A. Con Ceal B.overlook C. Design D.pre Di Ct17.A. Choose B.remem Ber C.promise D.preten D18.A.relief B.out Come C.plan D. Duty19.A.how B.why C.where D.whether20.A.limitations B.investments C. Consequen Ces D.strategiesSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A],[B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike Chain?As Koziatek know, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. School in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype...that it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,” he says.On one hand,that viewpoint is a logical product of America’s evolution.Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was.The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new principle.We want more for our kids,and rightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all—and the subtle devaluing of anything less—misses an important point:That’s not the only thing the Americaneconomy needs.Yes,a bachelor’s degree opens moredoors.Buteven now,54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs,such as construction and high-skill manufacturing.But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.In other words,at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head,frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing,one obvious solution is staring us in the face.There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren’t equipped to do them.Koziatek’s Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.Koziatek’s school is a wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all,it risks overlooking a nation’s diversity of gifts.21.A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students’ lack of.A.academic trainingB.practical abilityC.pioneering spiritD.mechanical memorization22.There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who.A.have a stereotyped mindB.have no career motivationC.are financially disadvantagedD.are not academically successful23.we can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates.ed to have more job opportunitiesed to have big financial concernsC.are entitled to more educational privilegesD.are reluctant to work in manufacturing24.The headlong push into bachelors degrees for all.A.helps create a lot of middle-skill jobsB.may narrow the gap in working-class jobsC.indicates the overvaluing of higher educationD.is expected to yield a better-trained workforce25.The author’s attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as.A.tolerantB.cautiousC.supportiveD.disappointedText 2While fossil fuels—coal，oil，gas—still generate roughly 85 percent of the world’s energy supply, it's clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world：They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummetingprices of renewables，especially wind and solar.The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source.In Scotland，for example，wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes.While the rest of the world takes the lead，notably China and Europe，the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift.In March，for the first time，wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US，reported the US Energy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels—especially coal—as the path toeconomic growth.In a recent speech in Iowa，he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source.But that message did not play well with many in Iowa，where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation—and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.The question“what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?”has provided a quick put-down for skeptics.But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers，who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles.Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now,this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years. While there’s a long way to go，the trend lines for renewables are spiking.The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up—perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change.What Washington does—or doesn’t do—to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.26.The word“plummeting”(Line 3，Para.2)is closest in meaning to.A.stabilizingB.changingC.fallingD.rising27.According to Paragraph 3，the use of renewable energy in America.A.is progressing notablyB.is as extensive as in EuropeC.faces many challengesD.has proved to be impractical28.It can be learned that in Iowa, .A.wind is a widely used energy sourceB.wind energy has replaced fossil fuelsC.tech giants are investing in clean energyD.there is a shortage of clean energy supply29.Which ofthe following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6?A.Its application has boosted battery storage.B.It is commonly used in car manufacturing.C.Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.D.Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.30.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy.A.will bring the US closer to other countriesB.will accelerate global environmental changeC.is not really encouraged by the US governmentD.is not competitive enough with regard to its costText 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing—Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for$13.5bn，but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service，which doesn’t have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users’friendships and social lives.Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities，but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.Even without knowing what was in the messages，the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be.What political journalist，what party whip，would not want to know the makeup of theWhatsApp groups in which Theresa May’s enemies are currentlyplotting?It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power.But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power.But there is a deeper conceptual problem, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them.The users of their services are not their customers.That would be the people who buy advertising from them—and Facebook and Google，the two virtual giants，dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies. The product they’re selling is data，and we，the users，convert our lives to data for the benefit of the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphidsfor the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield.Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.It doesn’t feel like a human or democratic relationship，even if both sides benefit.31. According to Paragraph 1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its.A.digital productser informationC.physical assetsD.quality service32.Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may.A.worsen political disputesB.mess up customer recordsC.pose a risk to Facebook usersD.mislead the European commission33.According to the author,competition law.A.should serve the new market powersB.may worsen the economic imbalanceC.should not provide just one legal solutionD.cannot keep pace with the changing marketpetition law as presently interpreted can hardly protect Facebook users because.A.they are not defined as customersB.they are not financially reliableC.the services are generally digitalD.the services are paid for by advertisers35.The ants analogy is used to illustrate.A.a win-win business model between digital giantsB.a typical competition pattern among digital giantsC.the benefits provided for digital giants’customersD.the relationship between digital giants and their usersText 4To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy,Cal Newport,author of Deep work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted world,recommends building a habit of “deep work”—the ability to focus without distraction.There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work—be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task;developing a daily ritual;or taking a “journalistic”approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach,the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.Newport also recommends “deepscheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more done in less time.“At any given point,Ishould have deep work scheduled for roughly the next month.Once on the calendar I protect this time like Iwould a doctor’s appointment or important meeting”,he writes.Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you prioritize your day—in particular how we craft our to-do lists.Tim Harford, author of Messy:The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives,points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups:some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities;others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail,day by day.While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks,they were wrong:the detailed daily plans demotivated students.Harford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to-do list ineffective,while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.In order to make the most of our focus and energy. We also need to embrace downtime,or as Newport suggests,“be lazy.”“Idleness is not just a vacation,an indulgence or a vice;it is as indispensable to be brain as Vitamin D is to the body...[idleness]is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done,”he argues.Srini Pillay,an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,believes this counter-intuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task,they tend to be more efficient.“What people don’t realise is that in order to complete these tasks they need to use both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain”. says Pillay.36. The key to mastering the art of deep work is to ________.A.keep to your focus timeB.list your immediate tasksC.make specific daily plansD.seize every minute to work37. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that ________.A.distractions may actually increase efficiencyB.daily schedules are indispensable to studyingC.students are hardly motivated by monthly goalsD.detailed plans many not be as fruitful as expected38. According to Newport, idleness is ________.A.a desirable mental state for busy peopleB.a major contributor to physical healthC.an effective way to save time and energyD.an essential factor in accomplishing any work39. Pillay believes that our brains’shift between being focused and unfocused _______.A.can result in psychological well-beingB.canbring about greater efficiencyC.is aimed at better balance in workD.is driven by task urgency40. This text is mainly about _______.A.ways to relieve the tension of busy lifeB.approaches to getting more done in less timeC.the key to eliminating distractionsD.the cause of the lack of focus timePart BDirections:Read the following text and match each of the numbered items in the left column to its corresponding information in the right column. There are two extra choices in the right column. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A. Just say itB. Be presentC. Pay a unique complimentD. Name, places, thingsE. Find the “me too”sF. Skip the small talkG. Ask for an opinionFive ways to make conversation with anyoneConversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.You meet new people every day: the grocery worker, the cab driver, new people at work or the security guard at the door. Simply starting a conversation with them will form a link.Here are five simple ways that you can make the first move and start a conversation with strangers.41.____________Suppose you are in a room with someone you don’t know and something within you says“I want to talk with this person”—this is something the mostly happens with all of us. You wanted to say something—the first word—but it just won’t come out. It feels like itis stuck somewhere, I know the feeling and here is my advice just get it out.Just think: that is the worst that could happen? They won’t talk with you? Well, they are not talking with you now!I truly believe that once you get that first word out everything else will just flow. So keep it simple: “Hi”,“Hey”or“Hello”—do the best you can to gather all of the enthusiasm and energy you can, put on a big smile and say“Hi”.42.____________It’s a problem all of us face: you have limited time with the person that you want to talk with and you want to make this talk memorable.Honestly, if we got stuck in the rut of“hi”,“hello”, “how are you?”and“what’s going on?”you will fail to give the initial jolt to the conversation that’s can make it so memorable.So don’t be afraid to ask more personal questions. Trust me, you’ll be surprised to see how much people are willing to share if you just ask.43.____________When you meet a person for the first time, make an effort to find the things which you and that person have in common so that you can build the conversation from that point. When you start conversation from there and then move outwards, you’ll find all of a sudden that the conversation becomes a lot easier.44.____________Imagine you are pouring your heart out to someone and they are just busy on their phone, and if you ask for their attention you get the response “I can multitask”.So when someone tries to communicate with you, just be in that communication wholeheartedly. Make eye contact, you can feel the conversation.45.____________You all came into a conversation where you first met the person, but after some time you may have met again and have forgotten their name. Isn’t that awkward! So remember the little details of the people you met or you talked with; perhaps the places they have been to the place they want to go, the things they like, the thing the hate—whatever you talk about.When you remember such thing you can automatically become investor in their wellbeing. So the feel a responsibility to you to keep that relationship going.That’s it. Five amazing ways that you can make conversation with almost anyone. Every person is a really good book to read, or to have a conversation with!Section ⅢTranslation46.Directions:Translate the following text into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)A fifth garder gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut” but quickly adds “scientist” to the list and selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough. He can explore as many career paths as he likes. And so he reads—everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy”at the dinner table.That boy was Bill Gates,and he hasn’t stopped reading yet—not even after becoming one of the most science fiction and reference books; recently, he revealed that he reads at least so nonfiction books a year. Gates chooses nonfiction title because they explain how the world works.“Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge,”Gates says.Section ⅣWritingPart A47. Directions:Suppose you have to cancel your travel plan and will not be able to visit Professor Smith. Write him an email to1)apologize and explain the situation, and2)suggest a future meeting.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your own name. Use“Li Ming” instead.Do not write your address.(10 points)Part B48. Directions：Write an essay based on the chart below. In your writing you should1)interpret the chart and2)give your commentsYou should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points)。

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期末考试题型：
1. 阅读理解5篇共25分（来自课外）
2.词汇选择题40道共20分（选词填空或选词替代划线部分）
（来自课内）3. 翻译（英译中两段来自课内，中译英一段来自课外）
（英译中每段10分，中译英15分，共35分）
4. 写作（提供两个话题选择一个进行写作，共20分）
课内内容来自《新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读B》第1到第8课课堂讲授过的课文。

课文注释及译文可从本共享文档中下载。

期末考试为同期上课的各班所有研究生统考，试题含课内内容和课外内容，课外部分所有应试研究生同题，课内部分所有使用同一课本的研究生同题。

最终总评成绩由教务员基于期末考成绩和任课教师提供的课堂平时成绩评定。

期末考成绩占总评成绩的40%，另外60%来自课堂平时成绩（= Presentation 20% + English Corner 20% + Essay 20%）。

07-08学年第一学期二级期末考试试题设计方案第二册期末考试试题：Part I. Writing权重15分; 时间30分钟；提前在第16周课堂进行。

Part II. Fast ReadingD irections: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over a passagequickly and answer the questions after it. Mark on the Answer Sheet witha pencilA if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;B if the statement does not agree with the information given in the passage;C if the meaning of the statement is not given in the passage比重10分；时间15分钟；一篇长约650词的带有标题和小标题的文章，随后有10个statements, 要求学生根据文章内容判断其为Y (Yes), N (No) 或NG (Not Given), 另外3题为3个需学生完成的句子，要求学生为每个句子填入3-5个单词，使句子完整并符合文章内容。

设计题目时, 在指令中说明学生答题时用A代替Y, 用B代替N, 用C代替NG.。

Part III. Listening Comprehension 30%权重30分；时间40分钟；Section A Short Dialogues (10%)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.Section B Long Conversations (6%)Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, some question will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question therewill be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, andD, and decide which one is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center.(注：其中1个对话取自《听说教程》，另一个来自课外；6题占6分。

Part II. Vocabulary and Structure （100x1=100points）Section A: In this section, there are 55 incomplete sentences, each with four items marked A, B, C and D. Choose one item that best completes the sentence and mark your choice on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1.Many children with mild mental ______ are not identified until they enter school andsometimes not until the second or third grade, when more difficult academic work is required.A.retardationB. senilityC. strokeD. deprivation2.Whitehouse goes so far as to suggest that investors begin hedging with fixed ________ assets:"Buy some gold and silver."A. intangibleB. spatialC. subjectiveD. tangible3.After the ups and downs in bond and equity markets for the past few years, the ability todeliver long-term positive returns across all market conditions has become the ______ for some investors.A.holy grailB. little hellionC. dust bunnyD. comic relief4.They officially ________ the area around the nuclear power station as unsuitable for humanhabitation.A. coordinatedB. designatedC. devastatedD. speculated5.Girls and boys were ____________ into different dining rooms for meals and not allowed tomix at break time.A. recreatedB. frustratedC. integratedD. segregated6.We live in an increasingly __________ society, in which religion has less and less influence inour daily lives.A. supernaturalB. religiousC. secularD. sacred7.Unlike their parents, young people are no longer guaranteed good salaries and _________jobs even if they have received the best education.A. prestigiousB. indecentC. poignantD. despised8.It seems like he doesn’t have any original idea, and his speech is full of _______.A. noveltyB. inspirationC. wisdomD. platitude9.We should make the citizens _______ the eight items of “honors and disgraces” into theirwords and deeds.A. internalizeB. socializeC. fantasizeD. minimize10.Some research suggests that women with ____ -sounding names such as “Sam” and “Chris”are more successful in the business world.A. feminineB. muscularC. masculineD. aggressive11.If someone watches or listens with _______ attention, he or she is extremely interested orfascinated.A. scarceB. boorishC. raptD. frustrated12.He is a bad-tempered old man and always flies into a _________ at the slightest provocation.A. rageB. promptC. frayD. demeanor13.In recent years, young parents, female professionals, and well-educated parents are morelikely to _______ their children into more equal gender roles.A. fantasizeB. socializeC. epitomizeD. personalize14.For fear of being sent to the police, the teenage shoplifter, with great lamentation andabundance of tears, ______ the security guard of the shop to forgive him.A.importunedB. banishedC. told offD. let loose15.The former mayor is under investigation for ______ abusing power for personal gains.A. archlyB. gallantlyC. wobblyD. allegedly16.As regards your proposal for making investment in your city, we ________ it premature totake the matter into consideration.A. seemB. lookC. deemD. reproduce17.They passed a law to ____________ people from parking in the street.A. speculateB. predisposeC. forceD. inhibit18.But what do we expect of our teachers? We have a __________ idea of what a teacher shouldlook like in our mind. We expect male teachers to appear neat and refined, and female ones to wear skirts. Principals and parents would become suspicious if a teacher fails to fit into the model.A.controversialB. stereotypedC. subvervientD. masculine19.If the gene copying process were perfect, life as it now exists would never have _________.A. happened aboutB. heard aboutC. come aboutD. talked about20.Japa n is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an area prone to ______ upheaval and volcanicactivity because it lies on the edges of tectonic plates.A.societalB. antisocialC. demographicD. seismic21.After the nuclear blasts, Japan ordered an evacuation of the areas surrounding the nuclearplants, but those living outside the evacuation zones have felt left in ______, exposed to levels of radiation that are several times the normal level, though not high enough to causeobservable health risks.A. wombB. limboC. probationD. recollection22.Mr. Smith, who was worried that the ban might ________ on the rights of law-abiding gunowners, had already voted against the bill.A. infringeB. integrateC. inferiorD. incorporate23.Students well-rounded education but feel that the school attracts few toprecruiters outside of the Southeast.A. rave aboutB. lay outC. hook upD. whoop up24.This event is called a party --- a place where one _______ without worrying about beingjudged by the cold standard of professional usefulness.A. rest upB. fork outC. pull backD. let loose25.A host of other singles services have sprung up, from dogwalkers to alarm systems to agenciesthat will water your plants or bring you aspirin and coffee when you’re _________.A. hung aroundB. hung overC. hung upD. hung on26.To many of them, modern medicine has become a ______ sword.A. double-dividendB. double-sidedC. double-edgedD. double-stranded27.The layout of space characteristic of French cities is only one aspect of the theme ofcentralization that ______ French culture.A. fantasizesB. internalizesC. socializesD. characterizes28.In the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, streets and buildings arenumbered __________.A. quintessentiallyB.archaeologicallyC. sequentiallyD. dysfunctionally29.In middle-class America, specific spaces are _________ for specific activities.A. populatedB. dominatedC. designatedD. validated30.This pattern has been used for thousands of years, as demonstrated by the archaeologicalevidence _______ in ancient Indian cities.A. undefinedB. uncoveredC. undoneD. untitled31.Today about a fifth of all married couples still ______ the old-style marriage in which thewife stays home to raise children and the husband works.A. opt withB. opt toC. opt forD. opt against32.Although they are always at the center of things, they tend to be loners and are ____ to stresswhen life becomes difficult.A. proneB. aboutC. motiveD. sturdy33.What else does talking frankly and informally mean but an invitation to ________ withoutany career consequence?A. whoop it upB. unload opinionsC. hang aroundD. incur a debt34.The Single in the past, of the _______ego and much-watched answering machine, wastraditionally at the margin of society: a figure of fun, pity and awe.A. archlyB. gallantlyC. wobblyD. allegedly35.We should strengthen regulation, prevent and ______ financial risks so as to provide betterbanking services for economic and social development.A. plunkB. defuseC. violateD. strive36.Bothered by terrorism, world leaders are now united in their _____ for peace.A. questB. intimacyC. validationD. condo37.Mr. Obama ________ that it was the Republican who had tried to turn a national tragedy tohis advantage by releasing a press release about the deadly assault.A. banishedB. counteredC. establishedD. outraged38.17-year-old Richard Beasley has ________ not guilty to the charges of murder, including theattempted killing of a fourth man.A. improvisedB. importunedC. petitionedD. pleaded39.In the heated debate, the two presidential candidates ________ about last month’s attack onthe US Libya consulate (领事馆) that left four Americans dead.A. bickeredB. buzzedC. groanedD. grappled40.Because of this possibility, shareholders will have to ________ monitoring costs or agencycosts to ensure that managers behave properly.A. embraceB. outnumberC. incurD. modify41.New York's subway system ________ the worst damage in its 108-year history, said JosephLhota, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).A. afflictedB. affiliatedC. strainedD. sustained42.New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said his state must ________ to the reality of morefrequent extreme weather events.A. adaptB. adhereC. adoptD. adjourn43.She told the journalist that she was one week ________ her twentieth birthday when she gotmarried with Mr. Wilson.A. made sense ofB. shy ofC. in place ofD. in the wake of44.Meanwhile farmers have no option but to ________ the ever-increasing premiums thatinsurers are demanding.A. hook upB. let looseC. fork outD. pitch in45.I’ve learned that a private detective was sent to make ________ inquiries about Miss Hutton'sfinancial situation.A. discreetB. flintyC. mandatoryD. vigilant46.It’s an amazing surprise that the Cherry Blossom restaurant serves a ________ of Japaneseand Californian cooking.A. complexB. fusionC. landmarkD. mainstay47.Smith got some of the blame last year when Republicans lost control of Congress, leading to amixed assessment of his political___________ by the experts.A. sphereB. prowessC. traitD. disapproval48.This report, which highlighted the educational differences between blacks and whites, raisedmany issues and started new ___________.A. controversiesB. inclinationC. normsD. tendency49.I was rather nervous at first, Steve being so __________, and elegant, and superior to me inall respects.A. self-consciousB. self-madeC. self-possessedD. self-determined50.While women show steady advancement and __________, their share of jobs in traditionallymale roles is still relatively low.A. meditationB. upward mobilityC. temperamentD. ambition51.The customer is always the focus for us, molding our thinking and our actions. Our customersregard us as a __________, innovative and flexible partner. We are "BEST IN CLASS".A. buoyantB. motivatedC. activeD. tech-savvy52.The developed nations, with about one fourth of the world's population, possess almost halfthe __________land of the earth.A. spatialB. arableC. vastD. populated53.China can not __________the violation of the principles of non-intervention andnoninterference in the internal affairs of states.A. condoneB. provokeC. defuseD. arouse54.Putting food into one's mouth with a knife is considered __________ in England.A. elegantB. showyC. vulgarD. gallant55.Things generally do not go well when there is no recognized etiquette and everyone is forcedto __________.A. imitateB. impartC. improvise.D. immersePart BDirections: In this section, there are 45 complete sentences, each with an underlined part. Replace each underlined word/phrase with one of the four items marked A, B, C and D that best keeps its meaning and mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.56.Thanks to an explosion of research, science now knows how to defuse the danger and controlthe disease.A. strengthenB. attestC. diminishD. aggravate57.Rude behaviour in children is more often the result of thoughtlessness than that of deliberateaggression.A. immaterialB. insignificantC. contemptibleD. intentional58.The number of scientists, engineers, and physicians born in poor countries and working inaffluent ones is of great concern to policymakers.A. intimateB. wealthyC. deprivedD. indigent59.The average millionaire made B's and C's in college, Stanley says. Their average SAT scorewas not good enough to get into top-notch schools.A. first-rateB. mediocreC. modestD. public60.He couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism.A. put up withB. believe inC. associate withD. toy with61.Though not conspicuously beautiful, the church towers add to the general effect of the historictown as viewed from a distance.A.particularlyB. elegantlyC. noticeablyD. stunningly62.The parents felt exhausted after throwing a party for a houseful of boisterous kids.A.naughtyB. noisyC. naïveD. nasty63.In view of the insecurity of online shopping, doing a little bit of research before purchasingwill protect you against a dodgy seller trying to pull a fast one.A.make profitB. deceiveC. get rich quickD. make a deal64.If a person is irreversibly comatose, or in what physicians call a “vegetative state,” decisionsmust be made for him unless he has stated his preferences beforehand.A. unconsciousB. blurredC. handicappedD. deformed65.In the US one of the most influential and lucrative professions is law, a field in which writingskills are indispensable.A. tiringB. gruelingC. despisedD. profitable66.To Americans, objective, tangible “reality” must prece de any subjective or inner experience.A. discreetB. concreteC. identifiableD. arable67.She hasn’t ruled out marriage, but wouldn’t give up her freedom for a man.A. clutchedB. intrudedC. excludedD. included68.Flinty Miss Manners does not recognize any holidays from etiquette.A. unconsciousB. unmercifulC. unreciprocatedD. unaccountable69.Global warming could wreak havoc in China. The rise in temperatures would worsen thewater shortage problem in North China, in the area of Three Gorges Dam it warned heavy rainfall and could trigger landslides or mudflows,A.vistaB. libidoC. damageD. fusion70.Married types who have bickered once too often about toothpaste caps or dust bunnies areopting to live apart in peace rather than together in stress.A. groanedB. trampedC. strainedD. quarreled71.The point of an office party is not whooping it up or telling people off, it is showingappreciation of the staff.A. reprimandingB. embarrassingC. commandingD. demanding72.The magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage and great loss. Our governmentimmediately pitched in relief efforts.A. yearned forB. laid outC. launched intoD. rounded off73.The doctors threatened to take us to court if we didn’t go along with their procedures.A. coincide withB. agree withC. afflict withD. grapple with74.Doctor’s power to treat with a n array of space-age techniques has outstripped the body’scapacity to heal.A. excelledB. excludedC. exceededD. externalizedlions of singles yearning for escape zones or solitude are straining Europe’s city housingmarket.A. opting forB. aspiring forC. searching forD. longing for76.While children don’t automatically warm to the idea of learning to be polite, there’s no reasonfor them to see manners as a bunch of stuffy restrictions either.A. grow hostile toB. become uninterested inC. be indifferent toD. begin to like77.The drunk driver was consumed with guilt after the accident in which five people died andone was seriously injured. .A. was convicted withB. was charged withC. was filled withD. was criticized with78.With his prison record and lack of experience, he’s already got two strikes against him whenhe applies for a job.A. favorsB. privilegesC. advantagesD. disadvantages79.Both responses reflect the deeply ingrained prejudice of many Chinese against the humanitiesand are grossly erroneous.A. incurredB. rootedC. defusedD. banished80.bioethics.A.ProposedB. imposedC. presentedD. represented81.In the wake of technology’s advances in medicine, a heated debate is taking place in hospitalsand nursing homes across the country.A.WithB. WithoutC. ForD. Against82.A. condonedB. appalledC. frayedD. gazed at83.With the development of science and technology, some scientists believe that soon it will becommonplace for people to travel to the moon.A. ordinaryB. unusualC. impulsiveD. devastating84.American.A. intelligentB. diligentC. prestigiousD. attractive85.He was bouncing off the walls with impatience for the takeoff of his flight, which wasannounced to delay again.A. was acting unreasonablyB. was jumping up and downC. was laughing heartilyD. was riding the wave86.We must admit that the three-week trial turned out to be an emotional ordeal for everyoneinvolved.A. afflictionB. controversyC. havocD. strife87.After dinning at Hilton Hotel, we were faced with the ticklish issue of who would pay for themeal.A. discreetB. gloomyC. peskyD. thorny88.The president said at the conference that curbing (遏制) the addiction level would savemoney and prolong lives.A. constituteB. extendC. modifyD. salvage89.Unfortunately, the defect in the braking system had caused several accidents before the carwas recalled.A. retardationB. intrusionC. deformityD. flaw90.If a teacher makes copies of software for students, he or she is undoubtedly infringingcopyright.A. devastatingB. inundatingC. segregatingD. violating91.It often seems to be supposed that a concern for grammar is inconsistent with the principlesof communicative language teaching.A. contradictoryB. impersistentC. disagreeableD. oblivious92.It is reported that $6 million has been designated to make road safety improvements onPacheco Pass.A. optedB. deliveredC. allottedD. assigned93.The hellion tried to make Oliver cry by hitting him, pulling his hair, and calling him all sortsof names.A. abusingB. bickeringC. provokingD. swearing94.To our great joy, all the information used in this report has been validated by an independentpanel of experts.A. attestedB. confirmedC. formulatedD. testified95.International press comments have been more cynical, claiming that the Laura Spence storyis indicative of the quintessentially British problem of class and arrogance and a reminder that a backward looking Britain is still alive and well.A. characteristicallyB. erroneouslyC. neutrallyD. virtually96.The clearing banks, in addition, hold at the Bank whatever operational balances they deemnecessary.A. assumeB. perceiveC. speculateD. fantasize97.What a shame! Any major changes were prevented by the rigid conservatism of the Church inthis region.A. flintyB. harshC. inflexibleD. nastydy Mountcashel is most kind and attentive, who does not start so many objections as Mrs.Henry, and is less disposed to argument and to find fault.A. aptB. inclinedC. likelyD. prone99.All doubts were banished by the sight that met his eyes as they followed the Doctor'spointing finger.A. pulled backB. ruled outC. let looseD. taken over100.Middle class women, once the mainstay of all volunteer endeavors, are no longer an unlimited resource.A. counterpartB. momentumC. pillarD. prototypeKey:Section A:1~10 ADABD; CADAC 11~20 CABAD; CDBCD 21~30 BAADB; CDCCB 31~40 CABCB; ABDAC 41~50 DABCA; BBACB 51~55 DBACCSection B:56-60 CDBAB61-70 CBBAD; BCBCD 71-80 ACBCD; BBDBC 81~90 ADADA; ADBDD 91~100 ACABA; BCDBC。

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EXAMINATION(2)Time: 2 Hours Marks:A. Define and briefly explain each of the following terms (10 points)1. Free Cash Flow2. Market Risk3. Internal Rate of Raturn4. CAPM5. Breakeven AnalysisB. Multiple Choice Questions(40 points)1.Businesses can be organized asA) sole proprietorshipsB) partnershipsC) corporationsD) any of the above2.Limited liability is an important feature of:A) Sole proprietorshipsB) PartnershipsC) CorporationsD) All of the above3.In finance, "shortterm" meansA) less than three monthsB) less than six monthsC) less than one yearD) less than five years4.Conflicts of interest between shareholders and managers ofa firm result in:A) Principalagent problemB) Increased agency costsC) Both A and BD) None of the above5.The financial goal of a corporation is to:A) Maximize salesB) Maximize profitsC) Maximize the value of the firm for the shareholdersD) Maximize managers' benefits6.If the present value of $480 expected to be received one year from today is $400,what is the discount rate?A) 10%B) 20%C) 30%D) None of the above7.If the present value of a cash flow generated by an initial investment of $100,000 is$120,000, what is the NPV of the project?A) $120,000B) $20,000C) $100,000D) None of the above8.There are two reasons for discounting future cash flow. They are:A) A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow (for positive interest rates)B) A safe dollar is worth more than a risky oneC) The value of a dollar is changing all the timeD) A and B above9.The financial goal of a corporation is to:A) Minimize stockholder wealthB) Maximize profitC) Maximize value of the corporation to the stockholdersD) None of the above10.The variance or standard deviation is a measure of:A) Total riskB) Unique riskC) Market riskD) None of the above11.If the present value of the cash flow X is $200, and the present value cash flow Y $150, than the present value of the combined cash flow is:A) $200B) $150C) $50D) $35012.What is the present value of $10,000 per year perpetuity at an interest rate of 5%?A) $10,000B) $100,000C) $200,000D) None of the above13.An annuity is defined asA) Equal cash flows at equal intervals of time foreverB) Equal cash flows at equal intervals of time for a specific periodC) Unequal cash flows at equal intervals of time foreverD) None of the above14. If the present annuity factor is 3.89, what is the present value annuity factor for anequivalent annuity due if the interest rate is 9%?A) 3.57B) 4.24C) 3.89D) None of the above.15.The value of a common stock today depends on:A) Number of shares outstanding and the number of shareholdersB) The Wall Street analystsC) The expected future dividends and the discount rateD) Present value of the future earnings per share16. Super Computer Company's stock is selling for $100 per share today. It is expected that this stock will pay a dividend of 5 dollars per share, and then be sold for $120 per share at the end of one year. Calculate the expected rate of return for the shareholders.A) 20%B) 25%C) 10%D) 15%17.Mcom Co. is expected to pay a dividend of $4 per share at the end of year one and the dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. If the current price of the stock is $25 per share calculated the required rate of return or the market capitalization rate for the firms' stock.A) 4%B) 16%C) 20%D) None of the above.18.Which of the following investment rules does not use the time value of the money concept?A) The payback periodB) Internal rate of returnC) Net present valueD) All of the above use the time value concept19.The net present value of a project depends upon:A) forecasted cash flows and opportunity cost of capitalB) manager's tastes and preferencesC) company's choice of accounting methodD) all of the above20.The main advantage of the payback rule is:A) Adjustment for uncertainty of early cash flowsB) It is simple to useC) Does not discount cash flowsD) Both A and CC. True/False Questions(20 points)T F 1.One distinctive feature of a corporation is that there is no separation of ownership and control.T F 2.In a sole proprietorship, the owner is also the manager, and hence, agencycosts are at a minimum.T F 3.The discount rate, hurdle rate or opportunity cost ofcapital all mean the same.T F 4.The rate of return on a perpetuity is equal to the cash flow divided by the price.T F 5.The relationship between nominal interest rate and real interest rate is given by: 1 + rnominal = (1 +rreal)(1+inflation rate)T F pound interest assumes that you are reinvesting the interest payments at the rate of return.T F 7.At each point in time, all securities in an equivalentrisk class are priced to offer the same expected return.T F 8.The payback rule gives equal weight to all cash flows before the payback date and zero weight to subsequent cash flows.T F 9.The IRR rule states that firms should accept any project offering an internal rate of return in excess of the cost of capital.T F 10.Do not forget to include interest and dividend payments when calculating the project's cash flow.T F 11.Depreciation acts as a tax shield in reducing the taxes.T F 12.Risk premium is the difference between the securityreturn and the Treasury bill return.T F 13.Diversification reduces risk because prices of different securities do not move exactly together.T F 14.Beta of a welldiversified portfolio is equal to the value weighted average beta of the securities included in the portfolio.T F 15.Investors are mainly concerned with those risks that can be eliminated through diversification.T F 16.The company cost of capital is the correct discount rate for any project undertaken by the company.T F 17.Risky projects can be evaluated by discounting certainty equivalent cash flows at the riskfree interest rate. T F 18.Risky projects can be evaluated by discounting the expected cash flows at a riskadjusted discount rate.T F 19.Firms that break even on an accounting basis are really losing the opportunity cost of capital on their investments.T F 20.Projects with high fixed costs have higher breakeven points.D. Answer the following questions (30 points)1. Respond to the following comment: “It's all very well telling companies to maximize net present value, but ‘netpresent value’ is just an abstract notion. What I tell my managers is that profits are what matters and It's profits that we're going to maximize.”2. What is the net present value rule? What is the rate of return rule? Do the two rules give the same answer?3. “Diversification reduces risk. Therefore corporations ought to favor capital investments with low correlations with their existing lines of business.” True or false? Why?4. A common stock will pay a cash dividend of $4 next year. After that, the dividends are expected to increase indefinitely at 4 percent per year. If the discount rate is 14 percent, what is the PV of the stream of dividend payment?5. A portfolio contains equal investments in 10 stocks. Four have a beta of 1.0; three have a beta of 1.2; the remainder has a beta of 1.4. What is the portfolio beta?6. Fama and French have proposed a threefactor model for expected returns. What are the three factors?。

2018年中山大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷一、词汇1.Nebraska has floods in some years, ______.（A）in others droughts（B）droughts are others（C）while other droughts（D）others in droughts2.Sir Dennis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection______to the nation.（A）has left（B）is to leave（C）leaves（D）is to be left3.She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby madethem______conspicuous.（A）all the more（B）all the much（C）all more（D）all much4.Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he______our chairman now. （A）would have been（B）must have been（C）were（D）would be5.I______admit the truth of your remarks, although they go against my interests. （A）can but（B）may not go（C）can't but（D）need but6.Before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, ______ and memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter.（A）sailing directions are studied（B）study the sailing directions（C）to direct sailing studies（D）studies direct sailing7.All the committee members said the lecture was______a second time.（A）worth to listen to（B）worth being listened to（C）worth listening to（D）worth to listening to8.They will wonder whether their life______considerably by 2010.（A）will have changed（B）will be changing（C）will have to change（D）is going to change9.I______provided you with the money. Why didn't you ask me?（A）could have（B）had（C）must have（D）ought to have10.Unfortunately, it was after two o'clock in the morning______he arrived at a solution.（A）when（B）that（C）after（D）until11.She was the first woman elected to a full term in the United StatesSenate______her husband in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. （A）who succeeded（B）who was succeeded（C）who did not succeed（D）she didn't succeed12.The tree, the branches______are almost bare, is a very old one.（A）whose（B）in which（C）of which（D）which13.The plan______, what is to be done now is how to carry it out.（A）been made（B）has been made（C）having been made（D）having been making14.She said she wouldn't go to Beijing the next day, ______she?（A）would（B）wouldn't（C）did（D）didn't15.______he does get annoyed with her sometimes.（A）As he likes her much（B）Much although he like her（C）Although much he likes her（D）Much as he likes her16.The album might have ______had it been less expensive.（A）worked out（B）fallen through（C）caught on（D）fitted in17.My reading in later life has supplied me with some possible explanations ofhis______.（A）temperature（B）temperament（C）temptation（D）temperance18.The new speed restrictions were a______ debated issue.（A）heavily（B）hotly（C）deeply（D）profoundly19.The Japanese dollar-buying made traders eager to ______ dollars in fear of another government intervention.（A）let in（B）let out（C）let go of（D）let off20.I wouldn't say he is brilliant but he is______at his job.（A）competent（B）skillful（C）capable（D）efficient21.If you don't put the cheese in the refrigerator, it may______.（A）go at（B）go off（C）go on（D）go back22.After more than thirty years, the United States and China have begunto______their relations.（A）economize（B）normalize（C）decentralize（D）standardize23.The worker was______with indignation.（A）quiet（B）silent（C）mute（D）speechless24.The______of a cultural phenomenon is usually a logical consequence of some physical aspect in the life style of the people.（A）implementation（B）demonstration（C）manifestation（D）expedition25.I've______a list of candidates that I'd like to interview.（A）drawn on（B）drawn back（C）drawn out（D）drawn up26.The girl was so______by the mighty river that she would spend hours sitting on its bank and gazing at the boats and rafts going and coming.（A）absorbed（B）fascinated（C）moved（D）touched27.According to official statistics, retail sales in China rose 10% and 12% in the first and the second quarter ______this year.（A）accordingly（B）correspondingly（C）respectively（D）individually28.I hope you aren't bossing me, Molly. You are walking me out of______already. （A）order（B）breath（C）reach（D）step29.The place did not appear to be popular, for it was completely deserted, and in any case______to traffic.（A）inadequate（B）incompatible（C）inaccessible（D）insignificant30.Most reviewers maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is______.（A）exaggerated（B）granted（C）implied（D）remedied二、阅读理解To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on " persuasive salesmanship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then to convert them into money.Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase.This concept does not imply that business is benevolent or that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business transaction—the firm and the customer—and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid-1985, when Coca Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The non-acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the Classic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled!31.The marketing concept discussed in the passage is, in essence, ______.（A）a form of persuasive salesmanship（B）the customer-centred approach（C）making goods available for purchase（D）the practice of turning goods into money32.What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept was widely accepted?（A）The needs of the market.（B）The preferences of the dealer.（C）The efficiency of production.（D）The satisfaction of the user.33.According to Paragraph One, "to move as much of these goods as possible" means______.（A）to redesign these goods for large-scale production（B）to transport goods as efficiently as possible（C）to sell the largest possible amount of goods（D）to dispose of these goods in large quantities34.What does the restoration of the Classic Coke best illustrate?（A）Products must be designed to suit the taste of the consumer.（B）Consumers with conservative tastes are often difficult to please.（C）It takes time for a new product to be accepted by the public.（D）Traditional goods have a stronger appeal to the majority of people.35.In discussing the marketing concept, the author focuses on______.（A）its social impact（B）its theoretical basis（C）its possible consequence（D）its main characteristicMost of us are taught to pay attention to what is said—the words. Words do provide us with some information , but meanings are derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectiveness as a partner to a relationship to rely too heavily on words alone. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message. Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. We don't always say what we mean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don't mean anything except " I'm letting off some steam. I don't really want you to pay close attention to what I'm saying. Just pay attention to what I'm feeling. " Mostly we mean several things at once. A person wanting to purchase a house says to the current owner, " This step has to be fixed before I'll buy. " The owner says, " It's been like that for years. " Actually, the step hasn't been like that for years, but the unspoken message is: "I don't want to fix it. We put up with it. Why can't you?" The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed of examining a message in terms of who said it, when it occurred, the related conditions or situation, and how it was said.The time when a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount of kissing and arguing. But onecouple always kisses after an argument and the other couple always argues after a kiss. The ordering of the behaviors may mean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior. A friend's unusually docile behavior may only be understood by noting that it was preceded by situations that required an abnormal amount of assertiveness. Some responses may be directly linked to a developing pattern of responses and defy logic. For example, a person who says " No!" to a series of charges like " You're dumb," "You're lazy," and "You're dishonest," may also say "No|" and try to justify his or her response if the next statement is "And you're good looking.We would do well to listen for how messages are presented. The words, " It sure has been nice to have you over," can be said with emphasis and excitement or ritualistically. The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings we associate with the phrase will change accordingly. Sometimes if we say something infrequently it assumes more importance; sometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes.36.Effective communication is rendered possible between two conversing partners,if______.（A）they use proper words to carry their ideas（B）they both speak truly of their own feelings（C）they try to understand each other's ideas beyond words（D）they are capable of associating meaning with their words37."I'm letting off some steam" in Paragraph One means______.（A）I'm just calling your attention（B）I'm just saying what I don't really want to say（C）I'm just saying the opposite（D）I'm just giving off some sound38.The house-owner's example shows that he actually means______.（A）the step has been like that for years（B）he doesn't think it necessary to fix the step（C）the condition of the step is only a minor fault（D）the cost involved in the fixing should be shared39.Some responses and behaviors may appear very illogical, but are justifiableif______.（A）linked to an abnormal amount of assertiveness（B）seen as one's habitual pattern of behavior（C）taken as a developing pattern of responses（D）expressed to a series of charges40.The word " ritualistically" in the last paragraph equals something done______. （A）without true intention（B）light-heartedly（C）in a way of ceremony（D）with less emphasisThe establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The compete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war.While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality.The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion.American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt's " quarantine the aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler's policies. Germany's seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people.The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August, 1939 came the shock of the Nazi-Soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war.The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry" exports of arms to belligerent nations.A strong national defense program began.A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend-Lease Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August 1940, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war.In December 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States. 41.One item occurring before 1937 that the author does NOT mention in his list of actions that alienated the American public was______.（A）the burning of the Reichstag（B）German plans for conquest（C）Nazi barbarism（D）the persecution of religious groups42.The Lend-Lease Act was designed to______.（A）help the British（B）strengthen the national defense of the United States（C）promote the Atlantic Charter（D）avenge Pearl Harbor43.American policy during the years 1935 ~ 1936 may be described as being______. （A）watchful（B）isolationist（C）peaceful（D）indifferent44.The Neutrality Act of 1939______.（A）permitted the selling of arms to belligerent nations（B）antagonized Japan（C）permitted the British to trade only with the Allies（D）led to Lend-Lease Act45.The United States entered the war against Germany ______.（A）because Germany declared war（B）because Japan was an ally of Germany（C）after Germany had signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact（D）after peaceful efforts had failedA controversy erupted in the scientific community in early 1998 over the use of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) fingerprinting in criminal investigations. DNA fingerprinting was introduced in 1987 as a method to identify individuals based on a pattern seen in their DNA, the molecule of which genes are made. DNA is present in every cell of the body except red blood cells.DNA fingerprinting has been used successfully in various ways, such as to determine paternity where it is not clear who the father of a particular child is. However, it is in the area of criminal investigations that DNA fingerprinting has potentially powerful and controversial uses. DNA fingerprinting and other DNA analysis techniques have revolutionized criminal investigations by giving investigators powerful new tools in the attempt to prove guilt, not just establish innocence. When used in criminal investigations, a DNA fingerprint pattern from a suspect is compared with a DNA fingerprint pattern obtained from such materials as hairs or blood found at the scene of a crime. A match between the two DNA samples can be used as evidence to convict a suspect.The controversy in 1998 stemmed from a report published in December 1991 by population geneticists Richard C. Lewontin of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. , and Daniel L. Haiti called into question the methods to calculate how likely it is that a match between two DNA fingerprints might occur by chance a-lone. In particular, they argued that the current method cannot properly determine the likelihood that two DNA samples will match because they came from the sameindividual rather than simply from two different individuals who are members of the same ethnic group.In response to their criticisms, population geneticists Ranajit Chakraborty of the University of Texas in Dallas and Kenneth K. Kidd of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. , argued that enough data are already available to show that the methods currently being used are adequate. In January 1998, however, the federal Bureau of Investigation and laboratories that conduct DNA tests announced that they would collect additional DNA samples from various ethnic groups in an attempt to resolve some of these questions. And, in April, a National Academy of Sciences called for strict standards and system of accreditation for DNA testing laboratories.46.Before DNA fingerprinting is used, suspects______.（A）would have to leave their fingerprints for further investigations（B）would have to submit evidence for their innocence（C）could easily escape conviction of guilt（D）could be convicted of guilt as well47.DNA fingerprinting can be unreliable when______.（A）the methods used for blood-cell calculation are not accurate（B）two different individuals of the same ethnic group may have the same DNA fingerprinting pattern（C）a match is by chance left with fingerprints that happen to belong to two different individuals（D）two different individuals leave two DNA samples48.To geneticists like Lewontin and Hartl, the current method______.（A）is not so convincing as to exclude the likelihood that two DNA samples can never come from two individuals（B）is arguable because two individuals of the same ethnic group are likely to have the same DNA pattern（C）is not based on adequate scientific theory of genetics（D）is theoretically contradictory to what they have been studying49.The attitude of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that______.（A）enough data are yet to be collected from various ethnic groups to confirm the unlikelihood of two DNA samples coming from two individual members（B）enough data of DNA samples should be collected to confirm that only DNA samples from the same person can match（C）enough data are yet to be collected from various ethnic groups to determine the likelihood of two different DNA samples coming from the same person（D）additional samples from various ethnic groups should be collected to determine that two DNA samples are unlikely to come from the same person50.National Academy of Sciences holds the stance that______.（A）DNA testing should be systematized（B）only authorized laboratories can conduct DNA testing（C）the academy only is authorized to work out standards for testing（D）the academy has the right to accredit laboratories for DNA testing How to answer interview questions?To start, take a tip from consultants who coach executives on how to handle media interviews. They say you can deliver the message you want to an employer, regardless of the question you're asked."Unlike some politicians, who take no notice of press questions and immediately introduce a different topic in response, job candidates must answer employers' queries," says John Barford of the interview training firm Genesis. "However, you can quickly make the transition from your answer to the important points you want to convey about your qualifications," he says.He advises candidates at job interviews to apply the formula Q = A + 1 : Q is the question; A is the answer; + is the,fridge to the message you want to deliver; and 1 is the point you want to make.Diligent preparation is also necessary to effectively answer any interview question, say senior executives. They give a number of useful tips: -Learn as much as you can beforehand. Ask company employees questions prior to job interviews to gain as much insight as you can. If the company is publiclyowned, find out how viable it is by reading shareholder reports. You can then tailor what you say to the company's issues.Be prepared for questions that require you to show how you handled difficult challenges. These questions require stories in response, but as it's unlikely that you'll have one that fits every situation, try to recall some from your past experience that show how you coped with a range of issues.Count on being asked about a past mistake or blemish on your career record, and don't try to dodge the issue. Ms. Murphy, president of the Murphy Group, a media interview training firm, says that it's important to steer clear of lies at all costs. Just answer the question and move on.When discussing a mistake, focus on the positive outcomes. " You learn as much by dropping the ball as you do by catching it," says senior executive Mr. Friedmann. When he was being interviewed for his current job, he mentioned he had been involved in many successful turnarounds and one that failed. " And I said how I'd benefited in many ways from going through that experience," he says.Answer the following questions, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.51.According to the writer, what do some politicians ignore?52.To allow them to communicate their main points, what are interviewees recommended to follow?53.From whom do senior executives advise candidates to request information before an interview?54.What does the head of an interview training firm advise people to avoid telling?55.What do senior executives advise candidates to focus on when talking about a past mistake?写作---为题目类型56.Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology. In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development?You should write about 400 words on this topic.In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your essay on the ANSWER SHEET.答案：1-5.ADADC 6-10.BCAAB CDD 16-20.CBBCA21-25.BBDCD 26-30.BCBCA 31-35.BCCAD 36-40.CABCC41-45.ABBAA 46-50.DBBBB51.Press questions．52.The formula Q=A+1．pany employees．54.Lies．55.The positive outcomes．56. How Technology Affects Human RelationshipsIt’s great that we have the technology to connect with people across the globe instantly, but there’s also a sense of disconnection. If there’s an internet-capable device with a screen anywhere nearby, the immediate world doesn’t get our full attention. Therefore, the long-term impact of technology on personal interactions is not a positive trend.Technology makes conversations context shortage. One issue with technology and relationships is the inability to detect tone. I can’t really know when someone is being sarcastic, serious or joking. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wondered what someone meant by their words—whether on social media, in a text or over email. Unless I see the person’s face, hear their voice and understand the environment, I have no idea the context surrounding the written words. Misunderstandings, miscommunications and assumptions result, which have an impact on how we view others.Technology fails to deliver essential personal touch. Sometimes I just need a hug, a handshake or a pat on the back. Once in a while, I get "stickers" and "emojis" on social media. Those symbol or smiley face is cute, but it doesn’t make me feel a personal connection with the poster. Do you use technology to pet your dog or cat? Not likely. Sometimes we fail to realize that, as humans, we’re also animals that need personal touch.Technology-addiction can lead to cocooning. For addicting to the convenience brought by technology, some people stay at home and become mouse potato. Technology takes them out of the physical world. And like many addictions, there are serious implications on number and quality of human relationships. Conversations through social media and email take the place of traditional interactions and discussions; eventually, a person doesn’t need to leave the house to communicate with others. This phenomenon leads to social isolation that can be crippling for some people.All in all, technology paints a pretty gloomy picture on human interaction. But it teaches us the value of balancing our offline and online communications with others. I believe the best approach is to use technology appropriately, so that it supplements our relationships rather than replaces them.。

Review of Units 1 - 21. ambiguousToday’s students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.[obscure]Ambiguity n.2. pursuit追赶, 追捕----工作; 消遣; 嗜好---事务, 职业, 研究They are devoting their energies to what seems most real to them: the pursuit of security, the accumulation of material goods.Games like chess are rather intellectual pursuits.Pursue n.3. integrityIs it too much to expect that, even in this hard-edged, competitive age, a college graduate will live with integrity, civility—even compassion?He is a man of the highest integrity.正直; 诚实, 诚恳business integrity 商业信誉integral构成整体所必需的;完整的, 整体的; 综合的4. admitadmit to sth: 承认, 供认; 许可进入E.g. He admitted to the murder.The vice president admitted to taking bribes.admit of:容许, 有... 的可能, 有... 的余地E.g. The regulations do not admit of our doing that. 按照规定我们不能这样做。

2011研A 英语考试题型授课老师：辛枝题目出处及比例：题目出处及比例：50% 50% 50% 出自课本出自课本出自课本 ， 50% 50%出自课外出自课外出自课外l Part I Reading Comprehension (65%,)Ø Section A Section A 选择题（选择题（选择题（20%20%20%，课外），课外），课外）Ø Section B Section B 根据短文回答问题根据短文回答问题根据短文回答问题 (10 % (10 % (10 %，课本，课本P157 P157 第第3题)Aspect 1: Ambition is inconsistent with good sense and stability.Aspect 2: Most ambitious people are seemed to be distrusted. Aspect 3: The outcome of dreams and ambition is unpredictable. Aspect 4: Ambition doesn't allow for easy satisfaction, and it is unalloyed. In paragraph 4, the writer lists the worst attributes that can be said about ambition. Please pick out the words and phrases related to these attributes. antisocial, outmoded, belong to an age of individualism, rivalrousness, jesuitical Ø Section C Section C 改写释义（改写释义（改写释义（paraphrase paraphrase paraphrase）（）（）（10%10%10%）（课本）（课本第七单元）1.丢失，貌似老师用做例子了，没抄... 2.(Line 5-6, Para 1) Ardent is immediately regarded as a desire inconsistent with good sense and stability.3.(Line 8-11, Para 1) strive to be successful, rich, powerful, etc., in order to help the public, to ease human suffering, to enlighten mankind.4.(Line 1, Para 2) Ambition makes possible dreams of glory. 5.(Lines 2-4, Para 2) What What will will will actually actually actually happen happen happen to to to our our our dreams dreams dreams and and and expectation expectation expectation during during during our our our live live live cannot cannot cannot be be predicted. 6.(Lines 5-7, Para 2) Although the outcome of dreams cannot be predicted, one shouldn't stop dreaming. 7.(Lines 3-4, Para 3) Just as people who have had too much alcohol have given alcohol a ban name, so... 8.(Lines 4-5, Para 3) As As with with with people people people who who who has has has a a a strong strong strong liking liking liking of of of alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, it it it is is is very very very difficult difficult difficult for for for ambitious ambitious people to become satisfied. They usually take more and more into consideration. 9.(Lines 7-8, Para 3) Again, none of what mentioned above has enough reason to force ambition to become secret, illegal and hidden.Ø Section D Section D 选择填空选择填空选择填空(15%,(15%,(15%,课外课外课外) )Ø Section E Section E 选词填空（选词填空（选词填空（10%10%10%）（课本）（课本P91P91））(从课文出一段，给出20个词，有的词要根据时态、语态、单复数等做相应的改变）根据时态、语态、单复数等做相应的改变）Part B. 1. cared for 2. in terms of 3. lies behind 4. rings a bell 5. passed on to 6. went against 7. lining up 8. chiming in 9. am open to 10. brought up 候选：课本P93 Part D .D.，选词填空，选词填空1. Adolescents 2. Involved 3. fact 4. Therefore 5. common 6. or 7. employed 8. fewer 9. negative 10. contribute 11. studies 12. people 13. tend 14. drop 15. grown l Part II Translation Part II Translation （（20% 20% 课本）课本）课本）Ø Section A 段落翻译（段落翻译（10%10%10%课本课本P140P140，第二段），第二段），第二段）B. 如果我们人类和大自然的固有关系不是相互对抗的，那么，它又是什么样的一种关系呢？对我们来讲，这个变得相当复杂难解，因为正如我先前所讲过的那样，我们中没有人想在未经开发的原始森林里或在未经改造的原始大草原上生活，我们不想被大灰熊吃掉。

2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷1、Sarah ______ change her mind, even though she knew the plan was hard to carry out. A．mustn’t B．wouldn’tC．shouldn’t D．needn’t2、It's ________ me why Alice gave up her job and got married.A．under B．above C．over D．beyond3、______ to success can’t defeat us. Instead, they can only make us stronger.A．Attempts B．BarriersC．Contributions D．Access4、—I believe it is the only solution to this problem.—That’s debatable, I think. I can five other solutions as good as that.A．come up with B．make up with C．live up with D．keep up with5、---Where is the plane？I can't see it.---It went off its ________________ to keep away from the sudden storm.A．course B．roadC．flight D．direction6、Having battled with their _______ over whether to offer help to an aged man or womanwho has fallen over, most people choose to help.A．compromise B．contradictionC．conscience D．competence7、This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________.A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may costC．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost8、He has no idea what the book is about．He have read it very carefully．A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．mustn’t9、Interest is as ________ to learning as the ability to understand，even more so.A．vital B．availableC．specific D．similar10、— Can you tell me something about _________ science.— OK. _ Nobel Prize in Chemistry is usually awarded to Americans.A．the; The B．/; The C．a; / D．the; /第二部分阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。