2013同等学力申硕考试英语真题(A卷)
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2013同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试
英语试卷一
Paper One (100minutes)
Part I Oral Communication (15
minutes，10
points)
Section A
Directions：In
this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue
has three blanks and three choices A，B and
C，taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks
with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your
answer on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue one
A. It sounds like a flu.
B. I also advise resting for a couple of days.
C. Boy, when it rains, it pours.
Doctor: What has been bothering you?
Patient: I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus,
I’ve been coughing a lot.
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Doctor: Any stomach pains?
Patient: Actually, yes. My stomach’s been upset for a few
days.
Doctor: 2
. It’s been going around lately.
Patient: Anything I can do for it?
Doctor: I’ll prescribe some
medicines for you to take. 3
.
Patient: Does that mean I shouldn’t go to work?
Doctor: Only when you feel up to it. You should stay home for at
least a day or two.
Dialogue
Two
A. So, what are you going to do with the
money?
B. You have lots of money.
C. How much do I owe you?
Joshua: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my
allowance?
Father: Oh, I forgot about that.
Joshua: You ALWAYS forget.
Father: I guess I do.
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Joshua: Just $13.
Father: Well, I’
m not sure if I have
that much.
Joshua: Go to bank. 5
Father: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is
closed.
Joshua: Then, what about your secret money jar under your
bed?
Father: Oh, I guess I could do that.
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Joshua: I ’m going to put some in savings, give some to the poor
people, and use the rest to buy books.
Father: Well, that sounds greats great,
Joshua.
Section B
Directions：In
this section there is one incomplete interview which has four
blanks and four choices A，B，C and
D，taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks
with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your
answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. Nationalities stay in their own
areas,
B. People don’t queue like they do
here in England.
C. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a
normal life.
D. Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a
day.
Interviewer: How long did you stay in the
States?
Interviewee: I was there for two years, in New York, and I enjoyed
it tremendously.
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I mean, the shops are open till 10:00
p.m.
Interviewer: All shops?
Interviewee: yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and department
stores.
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. And on public holidays, only the
banks are shut.
Interviewer: I see, erm
… Do
you think New York is as multinational as London?
Interviewee: Oh, that’s for sure. But
it’s not as mixed. 9
like
there’s Russian section,
the German section and China town. But I think the major difference
between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything
was up in the Big Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. And of
course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder.
Interviewer: Oh! In what way?
Interviewee: well, pushing in the street, fights about getting on
the bus. 10
And of course the taxi drivers! New York
taxi drivers must be the rudest in the
world!
Part II Vocabulary(10
minutes，10
points)
Directions：In
this part there are ten sentences，each with one
word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices
marked A，B，C and D that best keeps the
meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer
Sheet.
11. I read the news paper everyday so
that I can stay informed about current
events.
A. important B.
international
C. latest
D. cultural
12. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when
he eventually found
water.
A. predictably B.
finally
C .luckily
D. accidentally
13. When we gave the children ice cream, they immediately
ceased crying.
A. started
B. continued
C. resumed
D. stopped
14. The science teacher demonstrated
the process of turning solid gold into
liquid.
A. showed
B. elaborated
C. devised
D. simplified
15. John’s application for
admission to
graduate studies in the school of Education has been
approved.
A. entrance B.
acceptance
C. experience
D. allowance
16. Most college students in the United States live
away from
home.
A. apart B. down
C. elsewhere D. along
17. The pursuit of maximum profit often drives manufacturers to
turn out things that
can do harm to people’s
health.
A. preserve B. promote
C. process D. produce
18. Many different parts make up
an airplane: the engine(s), the wings, the
tail, and so on.
A. compose B. decorate
C. construct D.
derive
19. You make it sound as if I did it on
purpose.
A. carefully B. unwillingly
C. incredibly D. deliberately
20. He could never have foreseen
that one day his books would sell in
millions.
A. understood B. explained
C. expected
D. believed
Part III Reading Comprehension(45
minutes，25
points)
Section
A
Directions：In this
section，there are four passages followed by questions
or unfinished statements，each with four suggested
answers A，B，C and D. Choose the best
answer and mark your answer on the Answer
Sheet.
Passage One
Five or six year ago, I
attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher who
conducts research in the medical school was talking about attention
blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we
concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just about
everything else. Because we can’t see what we can’t see, our lecture was determined to catch us in the
act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketball
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