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研究生学位英语考试试题

Part One：Listening

Part Two：Vocabulary

1．Please do not be ____ by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

A disregarded B distorted C irritated D intervened

2. Craig assured his boss that he would ____ all his energies in doing this new job. A call forth B call at C call on D call off

3. Too much ____ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body. A disclosure B exhibition C contact D exposure

4. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes ____, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.

A dim B blank C faint D vain

5. It is well known that knowledge is the ____ condition for expansion of mind. A incompatible B incredible C indefinite D indispensable

6. Language, culture, and personality may be considered ____ of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.

A indistinctly B separately C irrelevantly D independently

7. Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to ____ her laughter.

A hold back B hold on C hold out D hold up

8. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ____ attitude toward customers. A impartial B mild C hostile D opposing

9. I ____ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column. A express B confess C verify D acknowledge

10. It is strictly ____ that access to confidential documents is denied to all but a few. A secured B forbidden C regulated D determined

11. The pollution question as well as several other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in ____ again next spring.

A assembly B session C conference D convention

12. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th ____ the birth of Jesus Christ.

A in accordance with B in terms of C in favor of D in honor of 13. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ____ to carrying out the plan. A obliged B committed C engaged D resolved

14. It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ____ as well as we had hoped. A came off B went off C brought out D make out

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15. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must ____ the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world-market demand. A improve B enhance C guarantee D gear

16. He left early on the ____ that he had a bad toothache and had to see the dentist. A prescription B pretext C knowledge D precondition

17. The new edition of the encyclopedia ____ many improvements, which is the result of the persistent effort of all the compilers.

A embedded B embodied C enchanted D enclosed

18. The boys and girls ____ together round the camp fire telling stories and singing songs. A reversed B clapped C clustered D contracted

19. The new underground railway will ____ the journey to all parts of the city. A consume B eliminate C formulate D facilitate

20. The speaker attracted the audience at the very beginning of the lecture by giving a ____ description of his personal experience.

A global B gracious C graphic D prescriptive

Part Three：Reading Passage one

The potential of closed-circuit television and other new electronic teaching tools is so great that it is fascinating to visualize “the school of tomorrow”.

Televised lessons will originate from a central building having perhaps four or five master studios. The lessons will be carried into classrooms all over a city, or even an entire country.

After a televised lesson has been given, the classroom teacher will take over for the all-important “follow-up” period. The students will ask troublesome questions, and difficult points will be cleared up through discussion.

The teacher in the classroom will have additional electronic tools. On the teacher’s desk, the traditional bright red apple will have been replaced by a multiple—control panel and magnetic tape players. The tape machines will run prerecorded lessons which pupils will follow by headphones. The lessons will be specifically geared to the students’ levels of ability. For instance, which the class as a whole studies history, each student will receive an individual history lesson, directed to his particular level of ability.

Should questions arise, the students will be able to talk directly to the teacher on individual “intercoms” without disturbing the rest of the class. In this way, the teacher will be able to conduct as many as three classes at the same time.

1.This article is mainly about_______. A. television B. electronics

C. the schools of the future D. communication

2. Closed-circuit television will probably carry lessons to_____. A. a single classroom B. one school

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C. all the classrooms in the world

D. all the classrooms in a city or country

3. In the schools of tomorrow, the teacher’s desk will____. A. contain electronic equipment B. actually be a television set C. no longer exist

D. look like an isolation booth4. In the schools of tomorrow, students will 4. In the schools of tomorrow, students will_____. A. all study different subjects at the same time

B. study at different levels within a subject at the same time C. not study

D. not have to read books5. Electronic tools will enable the teacher to 5. Electronic tools will enable the teacher to_____. A. teach more than one class at the same time B. retire

C. teach only a small number of pupils D. rely on TV stations only

Passage Two：

Industrial Psychology is the application of various psychological techniques to the selection and training of industrial workers and to the promotion of efficient working conditions and techniques, as well as individual job satisfaction.

The selection of workers for particular jobs is essentially a problem of discovering the special aptitudes and personality characteristics needed for the job and of devising tests to determine whether candidates have such aptitudes and characteristics. The development of tests of this kind has long been a field of psychological research.

Once the worker is on the job and has been trained, the fundamental aim of the industrial psychologist is to find ways in which a particular job can best be accomplished with a minimum of effort and a maximum of individual satisfaction. The psychologist's function, therefore, differs from that of the so-called efficiency expert, who places primary emphasis on increased production. Psychological techniques used to lessen the effort involved in a given job include a detailed study of the motions required to do the job, the equipment used, and the conditions under which the job is performed. After making such a study, the industrial psychologist often determines that the job in question may be accomplished with less effort by changing the routine motions of the work itself, changing or moving the tools, improving the working conditions, or a combination of several of these methods.

Industrial psychologists have also studied the effects of fatigue on workers to determine the length of working time that yields the greatest productivity. In some cases such studies have proven that total production on particular jobs could be increased by reducing the number of working hours

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or by increasing the number of rest periods, or \also suggest less direct requirements for general improvement of job performance, such as establishing a better line of communication between employees and management.

6. From the first sentence of passage, we learn that the primary objective of industrial psychology is to

study ______.

A. working efficiency that leads to the highest output

B. the working skills and the working environment C. the techniques leading to the highest productivity D. the utilization of workers to get the greatest profit

7. A test in industrial psychology is used to find out ______. A. a worker’s achievements

B. a worker's potential for a certain job C. a worker's psychological problem D. a worker's motivation for a certain job

8. The industrial psychologist’s function differs from that of the efficiency experts in that the former______.

A. places great emphasis on maximum production B. never cares about the increase of production C. is mainly concerned with workers' satisfaction

D. worries a lot about those workers in poor working conditions

9. In an industrial psychologist's mind, all of the following is important EXCEPT______. A. the steps in which work is done

B. the state of mind of a worker when working C. the effect of working environment on a worker D. the value of the product a worker is making 10. It is certain that ______.

A. Two breaks in a day lead to higher productivity than one B. working less hours can yield the highest efficiency

C. communication is increasing between the employers and employees D. changing tools will help increase the production

Passage Three：

The Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx. once widely spoken on the isle of Man but now extinct. Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europe’s regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the country’s three million 4

people. The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club- Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales-a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe- only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living. Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline. Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots,” is the Welsh name for Wales. The red dragon, the nation’s symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhere- on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers. “Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens,” said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Wales’s annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands. “There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,” Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. “We used to think. We can’t do anything, we’re only Welsh. Now I think that’s changing.” 11. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant to A. maintain the present status among the nations. B. reduce legislative powers of England. 5