2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题及答案
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2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题
PAPER ONE
Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15
points)
Section A ( 1 point each )
1. A. In about 10 minutes.
B. In about
20minutes.
C. In about 30 minutes.
D. In
about 40 minutes.
2. A. They don't like
their next-door neighbor.
B. They feel lonely
here.
C. They find the life here tough.
D.
They don t feel safe in this neighborhood.
3. A. The manager was impatient with John.
B. John was afraid of talking with the
manager.
C. John was not interested in the
business.
D. The room where they had the talk
was a mess.
4. A. It was interesting.
B. It was boring.
C. It was moving.
D. It was an empty talk.
5. A. She
often goes outing with her neighbors.
B. She
thinks that her neighbors are trustworthy.
C.
She thinks that her neighbors are very friendly.
D. She has much in common with her neighbors.
6. A. Jane has changed a lot.
B.
Jane is artistic.
C. Jane is conscientious.
D. Jane's idea is not good enough.
7.
A. She didn't like them from the very beginning.
B. She doesn't like their color.
C. Their
color is too close to that of the walls.
D.
Their color doesn't match that of the walls.
8. A. They are amusing and instructive.
B. They are popular and interesting.
C.
They are ridiculous and boring.
D. They are
uninteresting and outdated.
9. A. Because
John is as clumsy as a pig.
B. Because John
has never played a game like this.
C. Because
John is not as competitive as other players.
D. Because John has no confidence in himself.
Section B (1 point each)
Directions:
In this part you will hear two short passages. At
the end of each passage, there will be some
questions.
Both the passages and the questions
will be read to you only once. After each
question, there will be a pause. During
the
pause, you must choose the best answer from the
four choices given by marking the corresponding
letter with a
single bar across the square
brackets on your Answer Sheet.
10. A.
Being compulsory in most countries.
B.
Covering differently according to different
situations.
C. Helping the needy to
survive.
D. Sharing risks of possible
losses.
11. A. To prove that
it is wise to spend money on insurance.
B.
To prove that buying insurance is a wasted
investment.
C. To tell us that the sense
of security is very important in driving.
D. To tell us that accidents may take place at any
time.
12. A. Business, poverty and health
insurance.
B. Car, liability and life
insurance.
C. Possessions, disability and
health insurance.
D. Liability, home and life
insurance.
13. A. They live on their
parents' income.
B. They live on food given
by others.
C. They live on begged food.
D. They live on potatoes only.
14.
A. Their teachers died of AIDS.
B. Their
parents died of AIDS.
C. They had no money
to pay for the tuition.
D. They were
infected with HIV.
15. A. About 4.2%.
B. About 10%.
C. About 20%.
D. Less than 30%.
Part II VOCABULARY
(10 minutes, 10 points )
Section A (0. 5 point
each )
Directions: There are ten questions in
this section. Each question is a sentence with one
word or phrase
underlined. Below the sentence
are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the word or phrase that is
closest in
meaning to the underlined one. Mark the
corresponding letter with a single bar across the
square brackets
on your Answer Sheet.
16. Terrorist activities, in whatever forms,
are to be denounced by peace-loving people
worldwide.
A. announced B. forgiven C.
condemned D. despised
17. Problems with
respiration are often associated with smoking and
air pollution as has been proved.
A.
aspiration B. inspiration C. creativity D.
breathing
18. The military operations
commenced yesterday were targeted at the Taliban's
military installations.
A. set about B. set
out C. set apart D. set aside
19. No
merchandise is currently in short supply thanks to
the market economy.
A. businessman B.
commodity C. substance D. talent
20. It
is becoming increasingly difficult for an only
child to live up to the expectations of their
parents.
A. encourage B. survive C.
arouse D. fulfill
21. This summit talk
is thought to be instrumental in bringing about
peace in this region.
A. helpful B. useless
C. harmless D. inappropriate
22. Faced
with this grim situation, top executives of this
company are trying to find quick solutions.
A. unexpected B. undesirable C. comforting D.
grave
23. The bill was passed unanimously
as a result of the intensive lobbying of some
senators.
A. without any objections B. in the
end C. in the dark D. against heavy odds
24. Nobel Prize winners have been mostly
scientists of international renown in some field.
A. institutions B. standard C. prestige D.
application
25. These natural resources
will be depleted sooner or later if the present
rate of exploitation continues.
A. exhausted
B. evaluated C. deployed D. popularized
Section B (0. 5 point each)
26. Harry Potter was originally _____
for children or teenagers, yet many adults have
come to be crazy about the
book.
A.
extended B. intended C. inclined D. directed
27. This experienced author was able to
_____ the lifetime's work of Jefferson into one
volume.
A. suppress B. compress C. express
D. depress
28. A Frenchman who has an
unusually sensitive nose can _____ hundreds of
different smells.
A. nominate B. dominate
C. eliminate D. discriminate
29. The
Chinese share the _______ that their life will
become better and the country more prosperous.
A. conviction B. speculation C. elaboration
D. perspiration
30. After weeks of
______, the owners and the union leaders have
finally agreed on the question of sick benefits.
A. administration B. arbitration C.
authorization D. alternation
31. It took
this disabled boy a long time to _____ the fact
that he was not qualified for admission to
college.
A. come up with B. come down with
C. come up to D. come to terms with
32.
The authorities claim that the rate of crime is
declining, but statistics show______.
A.
clockwise B. otherwise C. elsewhere D. likewise
33. Air attacks in Afghanistan are
focused on airports and training camps to avoid
civilian _____.
A. involvement B. rebellion
C. casualties D. anguish
34. After all,
people across the Taiwan Straits are of the same
race, so this island and the mainland are _____.
A. inexplicable B. irreplaceable C.
indispensable D. inseparable
35.
President Bush said that the most urgent mission
was to bring the wrongdoers to ______.
A.
justice B. justification C. adjustment D.
justifiability
Part III CLOZE TEST (10
minutes. 15 points, 1 point each)
Directions:
There are 15 questions in this part of the test.
Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose
one
suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or
D for each blank in the passage. Mark the
corresponding Letter of the
word or phrase you
have chosen with a single bar across the square
brackets on your Answer Sheet.
It has
been said that in a high-divorce society, not only
are more unhappy marriages likely to end in
divorce, but
in addition, more marriages are
likely to become unhappy. Much of life's happiness
and much of its 36 come
from the same source
— one's marriage. Indeed, few things in life have
the potential to provide as much 37 or as
much anguish. As the accompanying box
indicates, many couples are having more than their
share of the 38 .
But divorce statistics
reveal only part of the problem. For each marriage
that sinks, countless others remain
39 but
are stuck in stagnant waters. ―We used to be a
happy family, but the last 12 years have been
horrible,‖ 40
a woman married for more than
30 years. ―My husband is not interested in my
feelings. He is truly my worst 41
enemy.‖
Similarly, a husband of nearly 25 years said, ―My
wife has told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
She
says that if we can just exist as
roommates and each go our 42 ways when it comes
to leisure time, the situation
can be 43 .‖
Of course, some in such terrible straits
44 their marriage. For many, however, divorce is
45 . Why?
According to Dr. Karen Kavser,
factors such as children, community disgrace,
finances, friends, relatives, and
religious
beliefs might keep a couple together, even in a
46 state.“Unlikely to divorce legally,‖ she says,
―these
spouses choose to 47 a partner from
whom they are emotionally divorced.‖
Must a
couple whose relationship has cooled 48
themselves to a life of dissatisfaction? Is a
loveless
marriage the only 49 to divorce?
Experience proves that many troubled marriages can
be saved — not only from
the 50 of breakup
but also from the misery of lovelessness.
36. A. mighty B. misery C. mystery D.
myth
37. A. delight B. dismay C. dignity
D. destiny
38. A. late B. later C. latter
D. last
39. A. ashore B. afloat C. arrogant
D. ascended
40. A. conferred B. compromised
C. confessed D. confided
41. A. passional B.
feeling C. emotional D. sensational
42. A.
separate B. parting C. different D. divided
43. A. excused B. forgiven C. comprehended
D. tolerated
44. A. intensify B. terminate
C. reinforce D. betray
45. A. in the end
C. in the way
B. out of the count
46. A. loving
47. A. insist on
48.
A. resign
49. A. pattern
50. A.
addiction
B. lovely
B. persist
in
B. deposit
B. destination
B. agony
D. out of the
question
C. loved
C. remain with
C.
expel
C. alternative
C. abuse
D.
loveless
D. keep in with
D. return
D.
route
D. abolition
Part IV READING
COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point
each)
Passage One
Moviegoers may think history is repeating itself
this weekend. The summer's most anticipated film,
Pearl
Harbor, which has opened recently,
painstakingly re-creates the Japanese attack that
drew the United States into
World War II. But
that isn't the film's only reminder of the past.
Harbor invites comparison to Titanic, the biggest
hit
of all time. Like Titanic, Harbor heaps
romance and action around a major historical
event. Like Titanic, Harbor
attempts to create
popular global entertainment from a deadly real-
life tragedy. Like Titanic, Harbor costs a pretty
penny and hopes to get in even more at the box
office.
Both Titanic and Pearl Harbor
unseal their tales of love and tragedy over more
than three hours. Both stories
center on young
passion, triangles of tension with one woman and
two men; In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio and Billy
Zane compete for the love of the same woman, a
high-society type played by a British actress
named Kate (Winslet).
In Harbor, two pilots
(Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett) fall for the same
woman, a nurse played by a British actress
named Kate (Beckinsale).
The scenes of
peril also have similarities. Harbor has a shot in
which soldiers cling for dear life as the
battleship
USS Oklahoma capsizes. The moment
is recalled of the Titanic's climactic sinking
scene in which DiCaprio and
Winslet hang from
the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically
plunges into the water. In Harbor, one of its
stars
floats atop a piece of debris in the
middle of the night, much like Winslet's character
does in Titanic.
And the jaw-dropping
action of Titanic is matched by Harbor's,
40-minute re-creation of the Dec. 7, 1941
attack on the United States' Pacific Fleet.
Both films spent heavily on special effects.
Harbor director, Michael Bay,
for example,
says he kept salaries down so more could be spent
on the visuals. Both movies even shot their
ship-sinking scenes at the same location; Fox
Studios Baja in Mexico.
Harbor's makers
have even taken a Titantic-like approach to the
soundtrack. The film includes one song. There
You'll be, performed by country music
superstar Faith Hill. Titanic, which is one of the
best selling soundtracks of all
time, also has
only one pop song: Celine Dion's MY Heart Will Go
On.
―If Harbor becomes a major
moneymaker, filmmakers may comb history books
searching for even more
historical romance-
action material.‖ says a critic.
51. What
are the two things that the author of this article
tries to compare?
A. The attack on Pearl
Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.
B.
Historical fiction movies and successful box
office hits.
C. The movie Titanic and the
on-show movie Pearl Harbor.
D. Sinking
boats and famous actors.
52. Pearl Harbor and
Titanic are similar in all of the following
aspects EXCEPT_____.
A. both spent large
amount of money on special effects
B. both
have soundtracks starring a major pop star
C. both added made-up stories to historical events
D. both are documentary movies of
historical events
53. Who plays the leading
female role in Pearl Harbor?
A. Kate
Beckinsale. B. Ben Affleck.
C. Kate
Winslet. D. Faith Hill.
54.
What does the phrase ―cost a pretty penny‖ in the
first paragraph mean?
A. To be very
attractive. B. To cost a lot.
C. To have
big box office returns. D. To require a lot of
effort to accomplish.
55. If Pearl Harbor is
as successful as Titanic, which of the following
movies might we see next?
A. The Battle of
Waterloo. B. The Advents of Mr. Bean.
C.
Space Invaders. D. The Haunted House.
56.
It is said in the passage that ____.
A.
major historical events can never repeat
themselves
B. both Titanic and Pearl
Harbor are the historical reappearance
C.
Pearl Harbor may have a better box office return
than Titanic
D. Titanic is the most
successful film in history
Passage Two
A few weeks ago my mother called to
say there was a warrant out for my arrest. I was
mystified. I’d like to
think myself
dangerous but I’m a mild-mannered journalist. I
don't have a criminal record, though the address
on my
driver’s license is my mother’s - thus
the ―raid.‖ I hadn’t robbed any convenience stores
lately, nor fled the scene
after backing a
Jeep into a crowd of people.
But this is
Mayor Giuliani s New York, where it doesn’t take
much to draw the attention of cops. New Yorkers
know all about Hizzonor’s banning homeless
cleaning men from approaching drivers and offering
to clean their
windshields. H’s also cracked
down on street vendors. Yuppie that 1 am. I’ve
never given much thought to what it
felt like
to be on the other side of the law.
So
when the cops came knocking, I thought there must
be some mistake. Imagine my embarrassment upon
discovering my crime. One Saturday night in
March, I strolled out of apartment after dinner, a
Coors Light beer in
hand. Suddenly a police
officer came up and wrote me a ticket. The charge:
violating New York City’s
open-container laws.
Yeah. I probably should have paid it then and
there. But instead I stuck the pink slip in my
back
pocket and forgot about it.
When
I called to inquire about my case. I was told to
―speak with Officer Kosenza.‖ But I didn’t get a
chance.
Kosenza called me that night while I
was having dinner with my girlfriend. He wanted me
to come to court, right
then. But I was
cautious. It seems New York’s police are in a
bind. With crime falling to record lows, it's
getting
harder and harder for cops to ―make
the numbers‖ that show they’re doing a better and
better job. What to do? The
answer is to rifle
through out-of-date tickets that haven’t been paid
– anything they could turn into a ―crime.‖ I
finally
decided to turn myself in. which is
how 1 found myself, one August evening, handcuffed
at the downtown Manhattan
police station with
an older officer telling us tales of his days in
the 1980s. ―Times sure have changed.‖ he said,
shaking his head at us statistically useful
nuisances.
Eventually I was led into a
courtroom. Very quickly, it was done. Handcuffs
off, out the door. I wanted to
complain but
went quietly home, promising not to do whatever I
was guilty of for another six months. I got off
easy.
But I also learned a lesson: Giuliani s
clean streets come with a price. If only the mayor
would neglect to pay a ticket.
57.
According to the passage, the author is probably
_____.
A. an urban young professional
B. a narrow-minded journalist
C. a
criminal wanted by the police
D. a traffic
offender
58. The author was arrested primarily
because _____.
A. he once stuck a piece of
pink paper in his back pocket
B. he used
his mother's address on the driver's license
C. he had robbed convenience shops before
D. he drank some beer one night on the street
59. The word
A. mild-mannered prisoners
B. trouble makers
C. new arrivals
D. hardened criminals
60. Through the
passage, the author wants to convey the idea that
_____.
A. New York policemen are doing a
good job cracking down on crimes
B. not
everyone agrees with the mayor's management of the
city
C. the crime rate has been reduced at
the expense of citizens' convenience
D.
everyone including the mayor should be punished if
he is guilty of crime
61. According to the
passage, which of the following statements is NOT
true?
A. The author pleaded guilty and was
set free.
B. Policemen were trying hard to
please their superiors.
C. Many so-called
crimes were only trifle things.
D. It's no
use complaining to cops when you are caught.
62. The tone of the passage is ______.
A. satirical B. objective C. praiseful D.
complaining
Passage Three
Ewen Cameron is long dead but his ghost appears to
haunt Canada, where extraordinarily strict rules
are being
considered to protect the subjects
of psychological research.
Cameron was a
scientist straight from a horror movie. On the
surface, he was a respectable academic. But after
the end of the Second World War, he visited
the Nuremberg trials, superficially to examine
Rudolf Hess's
psychological state. Many people
believe that he also studied Nazi methods of mind
control. Certainly, he never
internalized the
Nuremberg declaration that prohibits human
experiments where risk outweighs ―humanitarian
importance.‖
Throughout the 1950s,
Cameron ran a CIA-funded laboratory at McGill
University where patients were used as
guinea
pigs in brainwashing experiments. Some patients
were given ECT ―therapy‖ twice daily, others were
drugged
and kept unconscious for weeks or
months, injected with huge amounts of drugs, and
subjected to long-term sensory
deprivation.
Compensation has
been paid to most surviving patients. But
suspicion of the psychological sciences has not
entirely gone away. Nor has the need for
patients’ rights to be guaranteed. Cameron, after
all, ensured that every
patient signed a
consent form, even though many were not in
position to understand what it meant.
The
strict new rules for psychological research now
under discussion can partly be understood in the
light of
special Canadian sensitivities. They
are designed to ensure that no one can be involved
in an experiment that might
damage their own
interests.
All well and good, except that
psychological sciences aren’t going to advance if
anyone can leave an experiment
if they don’t
like the results. Obviously, many psychological
experiments would not be possible if the
experimenters
had to reveal exactly what they
were testing.
There is much to debate
about the rights of patients and experimental
subjects. The committee drawing up the
code
has apparently received 2,000 pages of comment on
its draft.
No one should do anything until
this committee has had all the time it needs to
read, digest and study these
submissions. And
then reach a truly balanced position.
63.
According to the author, we may conclude that
_____.
A. Cameron was a dedicated and
responsible scientist
B. Cameron was
interested in unveiling the myths about Rudolf
Hess’s psychological state
C. Cameron tried
to ensure that his subjects clearly understood the
purpose of the experiments
D. Cameron
unmistakably violated the subjects’ rights
64.
Which of the following statements is NOT true
based on the second paragraph?
A.
Cameron’s appearance might misrepresent his true
personality.
B. Probing into the
psychological state of the Nazi was outside
Cameron’s profession.
C. Cameron did not
observe the stipulation relating to human
experiments.
D. People believed that he
had undisclosed motives for attending the
Nuremberg trials.
65. We can infer from this
passage that _____.
A. making compensation
for the subjects’ loss was illegal
B. some
subjects in Cameron’s experiments died
C.
people have been quite indifferent to the
subjects’ rights
D. as a rule, people are
fully supportive of psychological sciences
66.
The committee responsible for working out the
rules governing psychological research _____.
A. has to give top priority to psychological
advances
B. is bombarded with criticisms
from the public
C. is expected to take into
account all the reactions to the drafting
D. should rely on those willing to sacrifice their
own interests
67. One of the problems with the
new rules for psychological research is that
_____.
A. the rules can do little to
protect the patients’ rights
B. people may
withdraw from the experiments in fear of damage to
their own interests
C. it would be
impossible to sort out anything valuable from the
comments on the rules
D. people’s response
to psychological sciences is overwhelmingly
negative
Passage Four
Some
accept their fate. Others try to reason with the
police officer who has pulled them over for some
real or
imagined traffic offense. But when law
enforcement is represented by a computer-driven
camera that has
immortalized your violation on
film — as is the case at hundreds of intersections
in more than 60 cities around the U.
S. — it's
hard to talk your way out of a heavy fine. Yet
that is precisely what some 300 motorists in San
Diego
succeeded in doing last week when a
superior court judge rules that pictures taken by
the so-called red-light cameras
were
unreliable and therefore unacceptable.
The
first U. S. Court decision to reject all the
traffic violations caught on camera, the ruling by
judge Ronald
Styn has fueled debate over the
growing use of the devices. Police departments
swear, and studies indicate, that the
robocams
(robot cameras) deter people from speeding and
running red lights. A Lou Harris poll set for
release this
week finds that 69% of Americans
support their use. Yet at least seven states have
blocked proposals to implement
them, and
opponents — ranging from House majority leader
Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Union —
argue that the cameras violate privacy and
place profit above public safety.
Part of
the problem is that virtually all the devices in
place are operated by private firms that handle
everything
from installing the machinery to
identifying violations — often with minimal police
oversight — and have an
incentive to pull in
as many drivers as they can. The companies get
paid as much as $$ 70 a ticket, and the total
revenue is hardly chump change. San Diego has
got in $$15. 9 million since October 1998, and
Washington $$12. 8
million since August 1999.
―It's all about money,‖ says Congressman Bob Barr,
a leading critic. Not so, insists
Terrance
Gainer, Washington's executive assistant chief of
police. ―We have reduced fatalities. If some
company is
making money off that, that is
American way.‖
Critics counter that there
must be other, less intrusive ways to make
intersections safer, such as lengthening the
yellow light and adding turn lanes. ―I object
to this fixation we have with cameras and
electronically gathered
information,‖ says
Barr. ―It places too much confidence in
technology.‖ That confidence, as Washington
residents
have learned, can be
misplaced. The city removed one camera last May
that had generated more than 19,000 tickets
at
a particularly confusing intersection. In San
Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be
going faster than they
really were. The city
suspended the system in July.
Another
concern is privacy. While systems in Washington,
Maryland and North Carolina photograph nothing
but the rear of the car, others in Arizona,
California and Colorado take a picture of the
driver s seat as well — a bit of
electronic
monitoring that could land straying spouses in
trouble a lot more serious than a traffic
violation.
In Europe, where speedcams are
deployed by the thousands and are even less
popular than they are here,
resentful drivers
have started to take matters into their own hands,
seeking out hidden cameras and knocking them
over with their cars.
68. It is
mainly indicated in the first paragraph that
_____.
A. people respond differently when
caught in traffic offense
B. motorists can
be wrongly accused by police officers
C.
speeders cannot defend themselves before red-light
cameras
D. computer-driven cameras
sometimes do tell lies
69. The court decision
last week _____.
A. triggered a dispute
over the use of robocams
B. immuned few
camera-caught violators from punishment
C.
found fewer red-light camera supporters in America
D. deterred some states from implementing
camera devices
70. Opponents’ arguments
against cameras include all the following EXCEPT
_____.
A. they intrude into people’s
privacy
B. they give priority to the
pursuit of profit
C. they are operated by
private firms
D. they are under the
supervision of police
71. Police department
believes that _____.
A. robocams should not
be operated by private firms
B. robocams
arc effective in maintaining traffic order
C. speeding is the major cause of traffic
fatalities
D. companies operating cameras
should riot pursue money only
72. The phrase
―chump change‖ in the third paragraph is closest
in meaning to _____.
A. trivial B.
moderate C. enormous D. indefinite
73.
According to the passage. Bob Barr _____.
A. is the majority leader in the House of
Representatives
B. is strongly against the
American way of making money
C. lacks
confidence in modern technology
D. doubts
the authenticity of electronically gathered
information
74. The writer s attitude towards
speedcams can be best expressed as _____.
A. positive B. negative C. indifferent D.
uncertain
75. Drivers in European countries
_____.
A. get angry at the red-light
cameras
B. destroy thousands of the
speedcams
C. take the initiative in the
use of speedcams
D. take drastic measures
with speedcams
Passage Five
Now and then, researchers retreat from the
trackless jungle at the edge of knowledge and set
up camp in more
familiar territory. Such
expeditions don’t often yield surprises, but it’s
always reassuring to know that the back yard
looks much as we thought it did.
Among
those scientists were psychologists from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook. To prove
their theory — that people are more likely to
yell at a family member or a peer than a superior
— they asked 100
college students to wear
blood-pressure cuffs and to keep notes about when
they got angry and what they did about it.
The
momentous conclusion: people tend to bottle up
anger felt toward an authority figure, and are
more likely to
vent it instead at family
members or friends.
While these findings
are far from earth-shattering, one researcher
pointed out that nobody had ever looked at
anger this way before.
Big words can
make a self-evident result seem weightier.
Psychologists at the National Institute for
Healthcare
Research in Maryland used this
technique when they announced that when one person
hurts another, forgiveness ―is
associated with
restored relational closeness following an
interpersonal transgression.‖ Couples who have
adopted
the kiss-and-make-up strategy will no
doubt be pleased to learn that there is now a
sound scientific basis for their
actions.
Psychologists, however, aren’t the only ones
taking pains to prove the obvious.
Some boldly
going where few have gone don’t always lead to
radical conclusions. Over the years, researchers
have
set up weather-monitoring stations
in remote areas of Antarctica. According to data
from stations on the Ross Ice
Shelf — where
almost all those taking part in Robert Scott's
ill-fated South Pole expedition perished sometime
between late February and mid-March of 1912 —
temperatures as low as those recorded in Scott’s
journal have been
documented only once in the
past 15 years.
This evidence led to one
inexorable conclusion about what killed Scott and
most of his party: it was the cold.
76.
According to the author, the scientists who do
researches in more familiar territory _____.
A. have confirmed what we have already known
B. have looked at things in new ways
C.
have had important discoveries by studying the
obvious
D. have done some useless work
77. Which of the following is NOT true
according to the psychologists at Stony Brook?
A. When people get angry, their blood
pressure changes.
B. People are less
likely to show their anger to their family
members.
C. People tend to let off their
grievance at home.
D. They have looked at
anger in a unique way.
78. The psychologists
in Maryland have proved that when one person hurts
another, ______.
A. it is easier for them
to make up if they have very close relations
B. it is easier for them to make up if they show
their intimacy
C. they should kiss each
other to make it up
D. they should find a
sound scientific basis to make up
79.
According to the research on the Ross Ice Shelf,
Robert Scott’s expedition failed because _____.
A. most of the expeditioners couldn't stand
hardships
B. Robert Scott should not have
chosen to go there in winter
C. it was
exceptionally cold on Antarctica that year
D. Robert Scott did not pay much attention to the
temperature record of Antarctica
80. It is
implied in the passage that _____.
A.
people should not bottle up their anger at their
family members or friends
B. bold
researches would lead to radical conclusions
C. what scientists say is not necessarily
important
D. researchers should shift from
the edge of knowledge to familiar fields
PAPER
TWO
Part V TRANSLATION (40 minutes, 20
points)
Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions：Put the following paragraphs into
Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper
space on Answer
Sheet II.
Regrettably for many in Silicon Valley, the
ability to make accurate forecasts can depend on
how
well-established a company’s products are.
Young industries on steep growth curves are almost
always surprised by
how well their products do
in the first few years, and then they’re at a loss
when demand falls. Says a Stanford
University
business strategy professor, ―In a highly dynamic
and unpredictable market people are going to make
mistakes. It's inherent in the type of
business.‖
In many corners of Silicon Valley —
and elsewhere — unpredictability is inevitable.
One solution: keep
innovating but develop
sound service businesses to sell with products.
Building a ―very strong service business,‖ a
company president says, smoothes out the rough
spots between innovations.
Section B (20
minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Put the
following paragraph into English. Write your
English version in the proper space on Answer
Sheet II.
4年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退（recess
ion）的冲击，实现了经济持续快速增长。目前，中
国面临的问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意
义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市场。
Part VI WRITING
(30 minutes, 10 points )
Directions：Write a
composition of approximately 150 words according
to the topic given below:
TOPIC:
Studying abroad has gained popularity in
China. In the past, many students went abroad
after their college
education. Currently,
those going abroad are mostly middle-school
students aged 16~19. Do you think it is a good
idea for the teenagers to study at broad? Give
at least three reasons to support your viewpoint.
2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题答案及录音文字稿
GENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-
ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
(GET 20020106)
Keys:
Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Section A
1. C
8. A
Section
B
10. D 11. A
2. D
12. C
9. C
13. B
3. A
14. A
15. B
4. B 5. C 6. B 7. D
Part II Vocabulary
21. A
31. D
41. C
22. D 23. A
32. B
42. A
33. C
43. D
24. C
34. D
44. B
25. A
35. A
45. D
Section A
16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. D
Section B
26. B 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. B
Part
III Cloze
36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
46. D 47. C 48. A 49. C 50. B
Part IV
Reading Comprehension
51. C 52. D 53. A 54. B
55. A
61. A 62. A 63. D 64. B 65. B
71. B
72. A 73. D 74. B 75. D
56. D
66. C
76. D
57. A
67. B
77. B
58. D
68. D
78. B
59. B
69. D
79. C
60. C
70. D
80. C
Paper Two
Part V Translation
Section A 【英译汉】
对于一个公司产品的准确预测取决于该公司产品的知名度。对于许多硅谷人来说，这一点令人感到无可
奈
何。成长呈急剧上升趋势的新兴产业对其产品在最初几年的出色表现几乎总是惊讶不已，随后，当产品
需求下降时
他们又会感到手足无措。斯坦福大学的一位商业策略教授说：“在一个充满活力和变数的市场
，人们是会犯错误的。
这是由市场的内在本质所决定的。”
在硅谷的许多地方，以及在其他
的地方，不可预测性是无法避免的。解决之道是：不断创新，但同时又要
开发出优良的服务项目与产品一
道出售。一位公司总裁说，“出色的服务”会抹平新产品换代过程中出现的不足。
Section B 【汉译英】
In the past four years.
China has managed to withstand the impact of two
global economic recessions, and has enjoyed a
rapid and sustainable economic growth. At
present, the problem China is facing is how to
turn its 1. 3 billion people into
consumers in
the true sense, so as to expand its domestic
market.
录音文字稿
TRANSCRIPTS For Part I
Listening Comprehension (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A (1 point each )
Direction: In
this part, you will hear nine short conversations
between two speakers. At the end of each
conversation a
question will be asked about
what was said. The questions will be spoken only
once. Choose the best answer
from the four
choices given by marking the corresponding letter
with a single bar across the square brackets
on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1.
M: Susan, just cheek the map and see how far we
have to go before we get to the town.
W: I
think well have to go another twenty miles. Our
speed is now 40 miles per hour, so we’ll
soon.
Q: When can they get to the
town?
2. W: I'm really fed up with living in
this neighborhood. You've got to watch yourself
and you
alone here.
M: I agree. So I
was just thinking of moving out of this tough
place.
Q: Why do they want to move?
3. W.
John, how was your talk with the manager?
M:
It seemed to be a mess.
W: Why?
M: Just
as 1 was starting to talk about the business, he
seemed to be very impatient.
Q: What do we
learn from this conversation?
get there pretty
cannot walk
4. W: How was the
lecture yesterday?
M: Well. . .It was a
complete drag.
W: How come? Many Students
seem to be interested in Johnson's lecture.
M: But the one yesterday was the pits. It bored me
to tears.
Q: How does the man think about
the lecture yesterday?
5. M: It seems to me
that you're getting on so well with your
neighbors.
W: Yes. We really hit it off. Our
neighbors are incredibly outgoing and hospitable.
Q: What do we learn about the relationship
between the woman and her neighbors?
6. W:
Wow! This is a marvelous room! Whose idea was it
to decorate the room like this?
M: It was
Jane's.
W: I never knew she was good at this.
She must be very art-conscious.
Q: What does
the woman think about Jane now?
7. W: Hey,
John. Shall we change the curtains?
M: Change
the curtains? Didn't you say you liked them?
W: In the shop I did like them. But their color
obviously clashes with the color of the walls. Q:
Why does
the woman want to change the
curtains?
8. M: Jenny, why do you often watch
talk shows?
W: They make me laugh and
sometimes crack me up, and 1 have learned a lot
from their talks.
Q: Why does the woman
like watching talk shows?
9. W: John says that
he is confident that he can win the game.
M:
He'll succeed when pigs fly.
W: How can you
he so sure that he can't?
M: He's never won a
game like this before. Besides, all the
competitors are first class. He's no match.
Q: Why is the man so sure that John can’t win the
game?
Section B (1 point each)
Directions: In this part you will hear two
short passages. At the end of each passage, there
will be some
questions. Both the passages
and the questions will be read to you only once.
After each question, there will
be a pause.
During the pause, you must choose the best answer
from the four choices given by marking
the
corresponding letter with a single bar across
the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer
Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 10 -12 are
based on the following passage:
In some lands
certain kinds of insurance are compulsory. In
others, most kinds are practically unknown. In
addition, the cost of insurance and the type
of coverage provided vary widely from country to
country. But the fundamental
principle of
insurance sharing risk — remains the same.
Naturally, the more property a person owns, the
more he has to lose. Similarly, the more family
responsibility a
person has, the greater the
impact if he or she dies or becomes physically
disabled. Having insurance can reduce one's
concern about the possibility of suffering a
loss of properly or a disabling accident.
Yet, is it wise to spend money on insurance even
though a claim may never be made? Is keeping a
spare tire in the
car a wasted investment,
even if the tire is never needed? The sense of
security to the car driver may make the expense of
the extra tire worthwhile. While financial
compensation cannot make up for certain losses, it
may compensate for other
losses.
Much of
the insurance purchased by individuals falls into
the categories of properly, health, disability,
and life
insurance.
Property insurance is
to insure against the loss of property — home,
business, cars, or other possessions. It is
among the most common forms of risk management
Health insurance pays some medical expenses
or may pay for only certain medical care. In many
places workers
may receive health insurance as
a condition of their employment.
Disability
insurance provides some income if a person is
injured and cannot work. Life insurance provides
financial
assistance to a person's dependents
in case of his or her death. Such insurance has
enabled many families to pay off
outstanding
debts and carry on their routine of life after the
injury or the death of their main breadwinner.
10. What is the universally fundamental
principle of insurance?
11. Why does the
speaker mention the spare tire?
12. What
categories of insurance have been mentioned in
this talk?
Passage Two
Question 13-15
are based on the following passage:
Thembeka
is a 12-year-old girl who lives in a rural village
of southern Africa. Her parents died of AIDS, and
she
was left lo care for her three little
sisters aged ten, six, and four. The girls have no
income and rely totally on neighbors'
kindness
— a loaf of bread or a few potatoes. A picture of
the four orphaned girls was displayed on the front
page of a
South African newspaper that
reported on the 13th International AIDS
Conference, held during July 2000 in Durban. South
Africa.
Millions of AIDS orphans face a
situation similar to that of Thembeka and her
younger sisters. The conference
discussed
methods of dealing with the growing AIDS crisis,
such as education on the prevention of AIDS
through the use
of condoms; the use of a less
expensive AIDS treatment, which is now available;
and more funding for the development of
AIDS
vaccines.
Statistics released at the
conference were frightening. Every day an
estimated 7,000 young people and 1,000
infants are infected with HIV. In one
year, 1999, some 860,000 children in sub-Saharan
Africa couldn't go to school as they
had lost
their teachers because of AIDS.
According to
a survey published by the Medical Research Council
of South Africa, 4.2 million people in South
Africa are infected with HIV, representing 1
out of every l0 Citizens. The situation in
neighboring countries is worse. It
was also
reported on an estimate given by the U. S. Census
Bureau:
countries will soon begin to fall as
millions die of the disease, and life expectancy
by the end of this decade will plunge to
less
than 30.
13. How do Thembeka and her
sisters live?
14. Why couldn't the 860,000
sub-Saharan children go to school in 1999?
15.
According to the survey, what percent of the
population in South Africa have been infected with
HIV?
2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题
PAPER ONE
Part I LISTENING
COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section
A ( 1 point each )
1. A. In about 10
minutes.
B. In about 20minutes.
C. In
about 30 minutes.
D. In about 40 minutes.
2. A. They don't like their next-door
neighbor.
B. They feel lonely here.
C.
They find the life here tough.
D. They don t
feel safe in this neighborhood.
3. A. The
manager was impatient with John.
B. John was
afraid of talking with the manager.
C. John
was not interested in the business.
D. The
room where they had the talk was a mess.
4. A. It was interesting.
B. It was
boring.
C. It was moving.
D. It was an
empty talk.
5. A. She often goes outing
with her neighbors.
B. She thinks that her
neighbors are trustworthy.
C. She thinks that
her neighbors are very friendly.
D. She has
much in common with her neighbors.
6. A.
Jane has changed a lot.
B. Jane is artistic.
C. Jane is conscientious.
D. Jane's idea
is not good enough.
7. A. She didn't like
them from the very beginning.
B. She doesn't
like their color.
C. Their color is too close
to that of the walls.
D. Their color doesn't
match that of the walls.
8. A. They are
amusing and instructive.
B. They are popular
and interesting.
C. They are ridiculous and
boring.
D. They are uninteresting and
outdated.
9. A. Because John is as clumsy
as a pig.
B. Because John has never played a
game like this.
C. Because John is not as
competitive as other players.
D. Because John
has no confidence in himself.
Section B
(1 point each)
Directions: In this part you
will hear two short passages. At the end of each
passage, there will be some questions.
Both
the passages and the questions will be read to you
only once. After each question, there will be a
pause. During
the pause, you must choose the
best answer from the four choices given by marking
the corresponding letter with a
single bar
across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.
10. A. Being compulsory in most
countries.
B. Covering differently
according to different situations.
C.
Helping the needy to survive.
D. Sharing
risks of possible losses.
11. A. To prove that it is wise to
spend money on insurance.
B. To prove that
buying insurance is a wasted investment.
C. To tell us that the sense of security is very
important in driving.
D. To tell us that
accidents may take place at any time.
12.
A. Business, poverty and health insurance.
B. Car, liability and life insurance.
C.
Possessions, disability and health insurance.
D. Liability, home and life insurance.
13. A. They live on their parents' income.
B. They live on food given by others.
C. They live on begged food.
D. They live
on potatoes only.
14. A. Their teachers
died of AIDS.
B. Their parents died of
AIDS.
C. They had no money to pay for the
tuition.
D. They were infected with HIV.
15. A. About 4.2%.
B. About 10%.
C. About 20%.
D. Less than 30%.
Part II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10
points )
Section A (0. 5 point each )
Directions: There are ten questions in this
section. Each question is a sentence with one word
or phrase
underlined. Below the sentence are
four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose
the word or phrase that is
closest in meaning
to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding
letter with a single bar across the square
brackets
on your Answer Sheet.
16.
Terrorist activities, in whatever forms, are to be
denounced by peace-loving people worldwide.
A. announced B. forgiven C. condemned D.
despised
17. Problems with respiration
are often associated with smoking and air
pollution as has been proved.
A. aspiration
B. inspiration C. creativity D. breathing
18. The military operations commenced
yesterday were targeted at the Taliban's military
installations.
A. set about B. set out C.
set apart D. set aside
19. No
merchandise is currently in short supply thanks to
the market economy.
A. businessman B.
commodity C. substance D. talent
20. It
is becoming increasingly difficult for an only
child to live up to the expectations of their
parents.
A. encourage B. survive C.
arouse D. fulfill
21. This summit talk
is thought to be instrumental in bringing about
peace in this region.
A. helpful B. useless
C. harmless D. inappropriate
22. Faced
with this grim situation, top executives of this
company are trying to find quick solutions.
A. unexpected B. undesirable C. comforting D.
grave
23. The bill was passed unanimously
as a result of the intensive lobbying of some
senators.
A. without any objections B. in the
end C. in the dark D. against heavy odds
24. Nobel Prize winners have been mostly
scientists of international renown in some field.
A. institutions B. standard C. prestige D.
application
25. These natural resources
will be depleted sooner or later if the present
rate of exploitation continues.
A. exhausted
B. evaluated C. deployed D. popularized
Section B (0. 5 point each)
26. Harry Potter was originally _____
for children or teenagers, yet many adults have
come to be crazy about the
book.
A.
extended B. intended C. inclined D. directed
27. This experienced author was able to
_____ the lifetime's work of Jefferson into one
volume.
A. suppress B. compress C. express
D. depress
28. A Frenchman who has an
unusually sensitive nose can _____ hundreds of
different smells.
A. nominate B. dominate
C. eliminate D. discriminate
29. The
Chinese share the _______ that their life will
become better and the country more prosperous.
A. conviction B. speculation C. elaboration
D. perspiration
30. After weeks of
______, the owners and the union leaders have
finally agreed on the question of sick benefits.
A. administration B. arbitration C.
authorization D. alternation
31. It took
this disabled boy a long time to _____ the fact
that he was not qualified for admission to
college.
A. come up with B. come down with
C. come up to D. come to terms with
32.
The authorities claim that the rate of crime is
declining, but statistics show______.
A.
clockwise B. otherwise C. elsewhere D. likewise
33. Air attacks in Afghanistan are
focused on airports and training camps to avoid
civilian _____.
A. involvement B. rebellion
C. casualties D. anguish
34. After all,
people across the Taiwan Straits are of the same
race, so this island and the mainland are _____.
A. inexplicable B. irreplaceable C.
indispensable D. inseparable
35.
President Bush said that the most urgent mission
was to bring the wrongdoers to ______.
A.
justice B. justification C. adjustment D.
justifiability
Part III CLOZE TEST (10
minutes. 15 points, 1 point each)
Directions:
There are 15 questions in this part of the test.
Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose
one
suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or
D for each blank in the passage. Mark the
corresponding Letter of the
word or phrase you
have chosen with a single bar across the square
brackets on your Answer Sheet.
It has
been said that in a high-divorce society, not only
are more unhappy marriages likely to end in
divorce, but
in addition, more marriages are
likely to become unhappy. Much of life's happiness
and much of its 36 come
from the same source
— one's marriage. Indeed, few things in life have
the potential to provide as much 37 or as
much anguish. As the accompanying box
indicates, many couples are having more than their
share of the 38 .
But divorce statistics
reveal only part of the problem. For each marriage
that sinks, countless others remain
39 but
are stuck in stagnant waters. ―We used to be a
happy family, but the last 12 years have been
horrible,‖ 40
a woman married for more than
30 years. ―My husband is not interested in my
feelings. He is truly my worst 41
enemy.‖
Similarly, a husband of nearly 25 years said, ―My
wife has told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
She
says that if we can just exist as
roommates and each go our 42 ways when it comes
to leisure time, the situation
can be 43 .‖
Of course, some in such terrible straits
44 their marriage. For many, however, divorce is
45 . Why?
According to Dr. Karen Kavser,
factors such as children, community disgrace,
finances, friends, relatives, and
religious
beliefs might keep a couple together, even in a
46 state.“Unlikely to divorce legally,‖ she says,
―these
spouses choose to 47 a partner from
whom they are emotionally divorced.‖
Must a
couple whose relationship has cooled 48
themselves to a life of dissatisfaction? Is a
loveless
marriage the only 49 to divorce?
Experience proves that many troubled marriages can
be saved — not only from
the 50 of breakup
but also from the misery of lovelessness.
36. A. mighty B. misery C. mystery D.
myth
37. A. delight B. dismay C. dignity
D. destiny
38. A. late B. later C. latter
D. last
39. A. ashore B. afloat C. arrogant
D. ascended
40. A. conferred B. compromised
C. confessed D. confided
41. A. passional B.
feeling C. emotional D. sensational
42. A.
separate B. parting C. different D. divided
43. A. excused B. forgiven C. comprehended
D. tolerated
44. A. intensify B. terminate
C. reinforce D. betray
45. A. in the end
C. in the way
B. out of the count
46. A. loving
47. A. insist on
48.
A. resign
49. A. pattern
50. A.
addiction
B. lovely
B. persist
in
B. deposit
B. destination
B. agony
D. out of the
question
C. loved
C. remain with
C.
expel
C. alternative
C. abuse
D.
loveless
D. keep in with
D. return
D.
route
D. abolition
Part IV READING
COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point
each)
Passage One
Moviegoers may think history is repeating itself
this weekend. The summer's most anticipated film,
Pearl
Harbor, which has opened recently,
painstakingly re-creates the Japanese attack that
drew the United States into
World War II. But
that isn't the film's only reminder of the past.
Harbor invites comparison to Titanic, the biggest
hit
of all time. Like Titanic, Harbor heaps
romance and action around a major historical
event. Like Titanic, Harbor
attempts to create
popular global entertainment from a deadly real-
life tragedy. Like Titanic, Harbor costs a pretty
penny and hopes to get in even more at the box
office.
Both Titanic and Pearl Harbor
unseal their tales of love and tragedy over more
than three hours. Both stories
center on young
passion, triangles of tension with one woman and
two men; In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio and Billy
Zane compete for the love of the same woman, a
high-society type played by a British actress
named Kate (Winslet).
In Harbor, two pilots
(Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett) fall for the same
woman, a nurse played by a British actress
named Kate (Beckinsale).
The scenes of
peril also have similarities. Harbor has a shot in
which soldiers cling for dear life as the
battleship
USS Oklahoma capsizes. The moment
is recalled of the Titanic's climactic sinking
scene in which DiCaprio and
Winslet hang from
the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically
plunges into the water. In Harbor, one of its
stars
floats atop a piece of debris in the
middle of the night, much like Winslet's character
does in Titanic.
And the jaw-dropping
action of Titanic is matched by Harbor's,
40-minute re-creation of the Dec. 7, 1941
attack on the United States' Pacific Fleet.
Both films spent heavily on special effects.
Harbor director, Michael Bay,
for example,
says he kept salaries down so more could be spent
on the visuals. Both movies even shot their
ship-sinking scenes at the same location; Fox
Studios Baja in Mexico.
Harbor's makers
have even taken a Titantic-like approach to the
soundtrack. The film includes one song. There
You'll be, performed by country music
superstar Faith Hill. Titanic, which is one of the
best selling soundtracks of all
time, also has
only one pop song: Celine Dion's MY Heart Will Go
On.
―If Harbor becomes a major
moneymaker, filmmakers may comb history books
searching for even more
historical romance-
action material.‖ says a critic.
51. What
are the two things that the author of this article
tries to compare?
A. The attack on Pearl
Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.
B.
Historical fiction movies and successful box
office hits.
C. The movie Titanic and the
on-show movie Pearl Harbor.
D. Sinking
boats and famous actors.
52. Pearl Harbor and
Titanic are similar in all of the following
aspects EXCEPT_____.
A. both spent large
amount of money on special effects
B. both
have soundtracks starring a major pop star
C. both added made-up stories to historical events
D. both are documentary movies of
historical events
53. Who plays the leading
female role in Pearl Harbor?
A. Kate
Beckinsale. B. Ben Affleck.
C. Kate
Winslet. D. Faith Hill.
54.
What does the phrase ―cost a pretty penny‖ in the
first paragraph mean?
A. To be very
attractive. B. To cost a lot.
C. To have
big box office returns. D. To require a lot of
effort to accomplish.
55. If Pearl Harbor is
as successful as Titanic, which of the following
movies might we see next?
A. The Battle of
Waterloo. B. The Advents of Mr. Bean.
C.
Space Invaders. D. The Haunted House.
56.
It is said in the passage that ____.
A.
major historical events can never repeat
themselves
B. both Titanic and Pearl
Harbor are the historical reappearance
C.
Pearl Harbor may have a better box office return
than Titanic
D. Titanic is the most
successful film in history
Passage Two
A few weeks ago my mother called to
say there was a warrant out for my arrest. I was
mystified. I’d like to
think myself
dangerous but I’m a mild-mannered journalist. I
don't have a criminal record, though the address
on my
driver’s license is my mother’s - thus
the ―raid.‖ I hadn’t robbed any convenience stores
lately, nor fled the scene
after backing a
Jeep into a crowd of people.
But this is
Mayor Giuliani s New York, where it doesn’t take
much to draw the attention of cops. New Yorkers
know all about Hizzonor’s banning homeless
cleaning men from approaching drivers and offering
to clean their
windshields. H’s also cracked
down on street vendors. Yuppie that 1 am. I’ve
never given much thought to what it
felt like
to be on the other side of the law.
So
when the cops came knocking, I thought there must
be some mistake. Imagine my embarrassment upon
discovering my crime. One Saturday night in
March, I strolled out of apartment after dinner, a
Coors Light beer in
hand. Suddenly a police
officer came up and wrote me a ticket. The charge:
violating New York City’s
open-container laws.
Yeah. I probably should have paid it then and
there. But instead I stuck the pink slip in my
back
pocket and forgot about it.
When
I called to inquire about my case. I was told to
―speak with Officer Kosenza.‖ But I didn’t get a
chance.
Kosenza called me that night while I
was having dinner with my girlfriend. He wanted me
to come to court, right
then. But I was
cautious. It seems New York’s police are in a
bind. With crime falling to record lows, it's
getting
harder and harder for cops to ―make
the numbers‖ that show they’re doing a better and
better job. What to do? The
answer is to rifle
through out-of-date tickets that haven’t been paid
– anything they could turn into a ―crime.‖ I
finally
decided to turn myself in. which is
how 1 found myself, one August evening, handcuffed
at the downtown Manhattan
police station with
an older officer telling us tales of his days in
the 1980s. ―Times sure have changed.‖ he said,
shaking his head at us statistically useful
nuisances.
Eventually I was led into a
courtroom. Very quickly, it was done. Handcuffs
off, out the door. I wanted to
complain but
went quietly home, promising not to do whatever I
was guilty of for another six months. I got off
easy.
But I also learned a lesson: Giuliani s
clean streets come with a price. If only the mayor
would neglect to pay a ticket.
57.
According to the passage, the author is probably
_____.
A. an urban young professional
B. a narrow-minded journalist
C. a
criminal wanted by the police
D. a traffic
offender
58. The author was arrested primarily
because _____.
A. he once stuck a piece of
pink paper in his back pocket
B. he used
his mother's address on the driver's license
C. he had robbed convenience shops before
D. he drank some beer one night on the street
59. The word
A. mild-mannered prisoners
B. trouble makers
C. new arrivals
D. hardened criminals
60. Through the
passage, the author wants to convey the idea that
_____.
A. New York policemen are doing a
good job cracking down on crimes
B. not
everyone agrees with the mayor's management of the
city
C. the crime rate has been reduced at
the expense of citizens' convenience
D.
everyone including the mayor should be punished if
he is guilty of crime
61. According to the
passage, which of the following statements is NOT
true?
A. The author pleaded guilty and was
set free.
B. Policemen were trying hard to
please their superiors.
C. Many so-called
crimes were only trifle things.
D. It's no
use complaining to cops when you are caught.
62. The tone of the passage is ______.
A. satirical B. objective C. praiseful D.
complaining
Passage Three
Ewen Cameron is long dead but his ghost appears to
haunt Canada, where extraordinarily strict rules
are being
considered to protect the subjects
of psychological research.
Cameron was a
scientist straight from a horror movie. On the
surface, he was a respectable academic. But after
the end of the Second World War, he visited
the Nuremberg trials, superficially to examine
Rudolf Hess's
psychological state. Many people
believe that he also studied Nazi methods of mind
control. Certainly, he never
internalized the
Nuremberg declaration that prohibits human
experiments where risk outweighs ―humanitarian
importance.‖
Throughout the 1950s,
Cameron ran a CIA-funded laboratory at McGill
University where patients were used as
guinea
pigs in brainwashing experiments. Some patients
were given ECT ―therapy‖ twice daily, others were
drugged
and kept unconscious for weeks or
months, injected with huge amounts of drugs, and
subjected to long-term sensory
deprivation.
Compensation has
been paid to most surviving patients. But
suspicion of the psychological sciences has not
entirely gone away. Nor has the need for
patients’ rights to be guaranteed. Cameron, after
all, ensured that every
patient signed a
consent form, even though many were not in
position to understand what it meant.
The
strict new rules for psychological research now
under discussion can partly be understood in the
light of
special Canadian sensitivities. They
are designed to ensure that no one can be involved
in an experiment that might
damage their own
interests.
All well and good, except that
psychological sciences aren’t going to advance if
anyone can leave an experiment
if they don’t
like the results. Obviously, many psychological
experiments would not be possible if the
experimenters
had to reveal exactly what they
were testing.
There is much to debate
about the rights of patients and experimental
subjects. The committee drawing up the
code
has apparently received 2,000 pages of comment on
its draft.
No one should do anything until
this committee has had all the time it needs to
read, digest and study these
submissions. And
then reach a truly balanced position.
63.
According to the author, we may conclude that
_____.
A. Cameron was a dedicated and
responsible scientist
B. Cameron was
interested in unveiling the myths about Rudolf
Hess’s psychological state
C. Cameron tried
to ensure that his subjects clearly understood the
purpose of the experiments
D. Cameron
unmistakably violated the subjects’ rights
64.
Which of the following statements is NOT true
based on the second paragraph?
A.
Cameron’s appearance might misrepresent his true
personality.
B. Probing into the
psychological state of the Nazi was outside
Cameron’s profession.
C. Cameron did not
observe the stipulation relating to human
experiments.
D. People believed that he
had undisclosed motives for attending the
Nuremberg trials.
65. We can infer from this
passage that _____.
A. making compensation
for the subjects’ loss was illegal
B. some
subjects in Cameron’s experiments died
C.
people have been quite indifferent to the
subjects’ rights
D. as a rule, people are
fully supportive of psychological sciences
66.
The committee responsible for working out the
rules governing psychological research _____.
A. has to give top priority to psychological
advances
B. is bombarded with criticisms
from the public
C. is expected to take into
account all the reactions to the drafting
D. should rely on those willing to sacrifice their
own interests
67. One of the problems with the
new rules for psychological research is that
_____.
A. the rules can do little to
protect the patients’ rights
B. people may
withdraw from the experiments in fear of damage to
their own interests
C. it would be
impossible to sort out anything valuable from the
comments on the rules
D. people’s response
to psychological sciences is overwhelmingly
negative
Passage Four
Some
accept their fate. Others try to reason with the
police officer who has pulled them over for some
real or
imagined traffic offense. But when law
enforcement is represented by a computer-driven
camera that has
immortalized your violation on
film — as is the case at hundreds of intersections
in more than 60 cities around the U.
S. — it's
hard to talk your way out of a heavy fine. Yet
that is precisely what some 300 motorists in San
Diego
succeeded in doing last week when a
superior court judge rules that pictures taken by
the so-called red-light cameras
were
unreliable and therefore unacceptable.
The
first U. S. Court decision to reject all the
traffic violations caught on camera, the ruling by
judge Ronald
Styn has fueled debate over the
growing use of the devices. Police departments
swear, and studies indicate, that the
robocams
(robot cameras) deter people from speeding and
running red lights. A Lou Harris poll set for
release this
week finds that 69% of Americans
support their use. Yet at least seven states have
blocked proposals to implement
them, and
opponents — ranging from House majority leader
Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Union —
argue that the cameras violate privacy and
place profit above public safety.
Part of
the problem is that virtually all the devices in
place are operated by private firms that handle
everything
from installing the machinery to
identifying violations — often with minimal police
oversight — and have an
incentive to pull in
as many drivers as they can. The companies get
paid as much as $$ 70 a ticket, and the total
revenue is hardly chump change. San Diego has
got in $$15. 9 million since October 1998, and
Washington $$12. 8
million since August 1999.
―It's all about money,‖ says Congressman Bob Barr,
a leading critic. Not so, insists
Terrance
Gainer, Washington's executive assistant chief of
police. ―We have reduced fatalities. If some
company is
making money off that, that is
American way.‖
Critics counter that there
must be other, less intrusive ways to make
intersections safer, such as lengthening the
yellow light and adding turn lanes. ―I object
to this fixation we have with cameras and
electronically gathered
information,‖ says
Barr. ―It places too much confidence in
technology.‖ That confidence, as Washington
residents
have learned, can be
misplaced. The city removed one camera last May
that had generated more than 19,000 tickets
at
a particularly confusing intersection. In San
Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be
going faster than they
really were. The city
suspended the system in July.
Another
concern is privacy. While systems in Washington,
Maryland and North Carolina photograph nothing
but the rear of the car, others in Arizona,
California and Colorado take a picture of the
driver s seat as well — a bit of
electronic
monitoring that could land straying spouses in
trouble a lot more serious than a traffic
violation.
In Europe, where speedcams are
deployed by the thousands and are even less
popular than they are here,
resentful drivers
have started to take matters into their own hands,
seeking out hidden cameras and knocking them
over with their cars.
68. It is
mainly indicated in the first paragraph that
_____.
A. people respond differently when
caught in traffic offense
B. motorists can
be wrongly accused by police officers
C.
speeders cannot defend themselves before red-light
cameras
D. computer-driven cameras
sometimes do tell lies
69. The court decision
last week _____.
A. triggered a dispute
over the use of robocams
B. immuned few
camera-caught violators from punishment
C.
found fewer red-light camera supporters in America
D. deterred some states from implementing
camera devices
70. Opponents’ arguments
against cameras include all the following EXCEPT
_____.
A. they intrude into people’s
privacy
B. they give priority to the
pursuit of profit
C. they are operated by
private firms
D. they are under the
supervision of police
71. Police department
believes that _____.
A. robocams should not
be operated by private firms
B. robocams
arc effective in maintaining traffic order
C. speeding is the major cause of traffic
fatalities
D. companies operating cameras
should riot pursue money only
72. The phrase
―chump change‖ in the third paragraph is closest
in meaning to _____.
A. trivial B.
moderate C. enormous D. indefinite
73.
According to the passage. Bob Barr _____.
A. is the majority leader in the House of
Representatives
B. is strongly against the
American way of making money
C. lacks
confidence in modern technology
D. doubts
the authenticity of electronically gathered
information
74. The writer s attitude towards
speedcams can be best expressed as _____.
A. positive B. negative C. indifferent D.
uncertain
75. Drivers in European countries
_____.
A. get angry at the red-light
cameras
B. destroy thousands of the
speedcams
C. take the initiative in the
use of speedcams
D. take drastic measures
with speedcams
Passage Five
Now and then, researchers retreat from the
trackless jungle at the edge of knowledge and set
up camp in more
familiar territory. Such
expeditions don’t often yield surprises, but it’s
always reassuring to know that the back yard
looks much as we thought it did.
Among
those scientists were psychologists from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook. To prove
their theory — that people are more likely to
yell at a family member or a peer than a superior
— they asked 100
college students to wear
blood-pressure cuffs and to keep notes about when
they got angry and what they did about it.
The
momentous conclusion: people tend to bottle up
anger felt toward an authority figure, and are
more likely to
vent it instead at family
members or friends.
While these findings
are far from earth-shattering, one researcher
pointed out that nobody had ever looked at
anger this way before.
Big words can
make a self-evident result seem weightier.
Psychologists at the National Institute for
Healthcare
Research in Maryland used this
technique when they announced that when one person
hurts another, forgiveness ―is
associated with
restored relational closeness following an
interpersonal transgression.‖ Couples who have
adopted
the kiss-and-make-up strategy will no
doubt be pleased to learn that there is now a
sound scientific basis for their
actions.
Psychologists, however, aren’t the only ones
taking pains to prove the obvious.
Some boldly
going where few have gone don’t always lead to
radical conclusions. Over the years, researchers
have
set up weather-monitoring stations
in remote areas of Antarctica. According to data
from stations on the Ross Ice
Shelf — where
almost all those taking part in Robert Scott's
ill-fated South Pole expedition perished sometime
between late February and mid-March of 1912 —
temperatures as low as those recorded in Scott’s
journal have been
documented only once in the
past 15 years.
This evidence led to one
inexorable conclusion about what killed Scott and
most of his party: it was the cold.
76.
According to the author, the scientists who do
researches in more familiar territory _____.
A. have confirmed what we have already known
B. have looked at things in new ways
C.
have had important discoveries by studying the
obvious
D. have done some useless work
77. Which of the following is NOT true
according to the psychologists at Stony Brook?
A. When people get angry, their blood
pressure changes.
B. People are less
likely to show their anger to their family
members.
C. People tend to let off their
grievance at home.
D. They have looked at
anger in a unique way.
78. The psychologists
in Maryland have proved that when one person hurts
another, ______.
A. it is easier for them
to make up if they have very close relations
B. it is easier for them to make up if they show
their intimacy
C. they should kiss each
other to make it up
D. they should find a
sound scientific basis to make up
79.
According to the research on the Ross Ice Shelf,
Robert Scott’s expedition failed because _____.
A. most of the expeditioners couldn't stand
hardships
B. Robert Scott should not have
chosen to go there in winter
C. it was
exceptionally cold on Antarctica that year
D. Robert Scott did not pay much attention to the
temperature record of Antarctica
80. It is
implied in the passage that _____.
A.
people should not bottle up their anger at their
family members or friends
B. bold
researches would lead to radical conclusions
C. what scientists say is not necessarily
important
D. researchers should shift from
the edge of knowledge to familiar fields
PAPER
TWO
Part V TRANSLATION (40 minutes, 20
points)
Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions：Put the following paragraphs into
Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper
space on Answer
Sheet II.
Regrettably for many in Silicon Valley, the
ability to make accurate forecasts can depend on
how
well-established a company’s products are.
Young industries on steep growth curves are almost
always surprised by
how well their products do
in the first few years, and then they’re at a loss
when demand falls. Says a Stanford
University
business strategy professor, ―In a highly dynamic
and unpredictable market people are going to make
mistakes. It's inherent in the type of
business.‖
In many corners of Silicon Valley —
and elsewhere — unpredictability is inevitable.
One solution: keep
innovating but develop
sound service businesses to sell with products.
Building a ―very strong service business,‖ a
company president says, smoothes out the rough
spots between innovations.
Section B (20
minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Put the
following paragraph into English. Write your
English version in the proper space on Answer
Sheet II.
4年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退（recess
ion）的冲击，实现了经济持续快速增长。目前，中
国面临的问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意
义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市场。
Part VI WRITING
(30 minutes, 10 points )
Directions：Write a
composition of approximately 150 words according
to the topic given below:
TOPIC:
Studying abroad has gained popularity in
China. In the past, many students went abroad
after their college
education. Currently,
those going abroad are mostly middle-school
students aged 16~19. Do you think it is a good
idea for the teenagers to study at broad? Give
at least three reasons to support your viewpoint.
2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题答案及录音文字稿
GENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-
ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
(GET 20020106)
Keys:
Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Section A
1. C
8. A
Section
B
10. D 11. A
2. D
12. C
9. C
13. B
3. A
14. A
15. B
4. B 5. C 6. B 7. D
Part II Vocabulary
21. A
31. D
41. C
22. D 23. A
32. B
42. A
33. C
43. D
24. C
34. D
44. B
25. A
35. A
45. D
Section A
16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. D
Section B
26. B 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. B
Part
III Cloze
36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
46. D 47. C 48. A 49. C 50. B
Part IV
Reading Comprehension
51. C 52. D 53. A 54. B
55. A
61. A 62. A 63. D 64. B 65. B
71. B
72. A 73. D 74. B 75. D
56. D
66. C
76. D
57. A
67. B
77. B
58. D
68. D
78. B
59. B
69. D
79. C
60. C
70. D
80. C
Paper Two
Part V Translation
Section A 【英译汉】
对于一个公司产品的准确预测取决于该公司产品的知名度。对于许多硅谷人来说，这一点令人感到无可
奈
何。成长呈急剧上升趋势的新兴产业对其产品在最初几年的出色表现几乎总是惊讶不已，随后，当产品
需求下降时
他们又会感到手足无措。斯坦福大学的一位商业策略教授说：“在一个充满活力和变数的市场
，人们是会犯错误的。
这是由市场的内在本质所决定的。”
在硅谷的许多地方，以及在其他
的地方，不可预测性是无法避免的。解决之道是：不断创新，但同时又要
开发出优良的服务项目与产品一
道出售。一位公司总裁说，“出色的服务”会抹平新产品换代过程中出现的不足。
Section B 【汉译英】
In the past four years.
China has managed to withstand the impact of two
global economic recessions, and has enjoyed a
rapid and sustainable economic growth. At
present, the problem China is facing is how to
turn its 1. 3 billion people into
consumers in
the true sense, so as to expand its domestic
market.
录音文字稿
TRANSCRIPTS For Part I
Listening Comprehension (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A (1 point each )
Direction: In
this part, you will hear nine short conversations
between two speakers. At the end of each
conversation a
question will be asked about
what was said. The questions will be spoken only
once. Choose the best answer
from the four
choices given by marking the corresponding letter
with a single bar across the square brackets
on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1.
M: Susan, just cheek the map and see how far we
have to go before we get to the town.
W: I
think well have to go another twenty miles. Our
speed is now 40 miles per hour, so we’ll
soon.
Q: When can they get to the
town?
2. W: I'm really fed up with living in
this neighborhood. You've got to watch yourself
and you
alone here.
M: I agree. So I
was just thinking of moving out of this tough
place.
Q: Why do they want to move?
3. W.
John, how was your talk with the manager?
M:
It seemed to be a mess.
W: Why?
M: Just
as 1 was starting to talk about the business, he
seemed to be very impatient.
Q: What do we
learn from this conversation?
get there pretty
cannot walk
4. W: How was the
lecture yesterday?
M: Well. . .It was a
complete drag.
W: How come? Many Students
seem to be interested in Johnson's lecture.
M: But the one yesterday was the pits. It bored me
to tears.
Q: How does the man think about
the lecture yesterday?
5. M: It seems to me
that you're getting on so well with your
neighbors.
W: Yes. We really hit it off. Our
neighbors are incredibly outgoing and hospitable.
Q: What do we learn about the relationship
between the woman and her neighbors?
6. W:
Wow! This is a marvelous room! Whose idea was it
to decorate the room like this?
M: It was
Jane's.
W: I never knew she was good at this.
She must be very art-conscious.
Q: What does
the woman think about Jane now?
7. W: Hey,
John. Shall we change the curtains?
M: Change
the curtains? Didn't you say you liked them?
W: In the shop I did like them. But their color
obviously clashes with the color of the walls. Q:
Why does
the woman want to change the
curtains?
8. M: Jenny, why do you often watch
talk shows?
W: They make me laugh and
sometimes crack me up, and 1 have learned a lot
from their talks.
Q: Why does the woman
like watching talk shows?
9. W: John says that
he is confident that he can win the game.
M:
He'll succeed when pigs fly.
W: How can you
he so sure that he can't?
M: He's never won a
game like this before. Besides, all the
competitors are first class. He's no match.
Q: Why is the man so sure that John can’t win the
game?
Section B (1 point each)
Directions: In this part you will hear two
short passages. At the end of each passage, there
will be some
questions. Both the passages
and the questions will be read to you only once.
After each question, there will
be a pause.
During the pause, you must choose the best answer
from the four choices given by marking
the
corresponding letter with a single bar across
the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer
Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 10 -12 are
based on the following passage:
In some lands
certain kinds of insurance are compulsory. In
others, most kinds are practically unknown. In
addition, the cost of insurance and the type
of coverage provided vary widely from country to
country. But the fundamental
principle of
insurance sharing risk — remains the same.
Naturally, the more property a person owns, the
more he has to lose. Similarly, the more family
responsibility a
person has, the greater the
impact if he or she dies or becomes physically
disabled. Having insurance can reduce one's
concern about the possibility of suffering a
loss of properly or a disabling accident.
Yet, is it wise to spend money on insurance even
though a claim may never be made? Is keeping a
spare tire in the
car a wasted investment,
even if the tire is never needed? The sense of
security to the car driver may make the expense of
the extra tire worthwhile. While financial
compensation cannot make up for certain losses, it
may compensate for other
losses.
Much of
the insurance purchased by individuals falls into
the categories of properly, health, disability,
and life
insurance.
Property insurance is
to insure against the loss of property — home,
business, cars, or other possessions. It is
among the most common forms of risk management
Health insurance pays some medical expenses
or may pay for only certain medical care. In many
places workers
may receive health insurance as
a condition of their employment.
Disability
insurance provides some income if a person is
injured and cannot work. Life insurance provides
financial
assistance to a person's dependents
in case of his or her death. Such insurance has
enabled many families to pay off
outstanding
debts and carry on their routine of life after the
injury or the death of their main breadwinner.
10. What is the universally fundamental
principle of insurance?
11. Why does the
speaker mention the spare tire?
12. What
categories of insurance have been mentioned in
this talk?
Passage Two
Question 13-15
are based on the following passage:
Thembeka
is a 12-year-old girl who lives in a rural village
of southern Africa. Her parents died of AIDS, and
she
was left lo care for her three little
sisters aged ten, six, and four. The girls have no
income and rely totally on neighbors'
kindness
— a loaf of bread or a few potatoes. A picture of
the four orphaned girls was displayed on the front
page of a
South African newspaper that
reported on the 13th International AIDS
Conference, held during July 2000 in Durban. South
Africa.
Millions of AIDS orphans face a
situation similar to that of Thembeka and her
younger sisters. The conference
discussed
methods of dealing with the growing AIDS crisis,
such as education on the prevention of AIDS
through the use
of condoms; the use of a less
expensive AIDS treatment, which is now available;
and more funding for the development of
AIDS
vaccines.
Statistics released at the
conference were frightening. Every day an
estimated 7,000 young people and 1,000
infants are infected with HIV. In one
year, 1999, some 860,000 children in sub-Saharan
Africa couldn't go to school as they
had lost
their teachers because of AIDS.
According to
a survey published by the Medical Research Council
of South Africa, 4.2 million people in South
Africa are infected with HIV, representing 1
out of every l0 Citizens. The situation in
neighboring countries is worse. It
was also
reported on an estimate given by the U. S. Census
Bureau:
countries will soon begin to fall as
millions die of the disease, and life expectancy
by the end of this decade will plunge to
less
than 30.
13. How do Thembeka and her
sisters live?
14. Why couldn't the 860,000
sub-Saharan children go to school in 1999?
15.
According to the survey, what percent of the
population in South Africa have been infected with
HIV?