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标 题: Re: 深圳大学研究生05年英语原题
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Shenzhen University
Graduate English Examination
(July 2005)
Part I Listening Comprehension (40 points, 60 minutes)
Section A: Multiple Choices (10 points)
Directions: Please choose the best answer to each question or unfinished stateme
nt and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. The reports will be b
roadcast only ONCE.
Questions 1-5 are based on the first report.
1. The game of basketball started in ______.
A. Canada B. China C. the United Kingdom D. the United States
2. The game of basketball was brought to Europe ______.
A. by tourists B. by businessmen C. by students D. by soldiers
3. Basketball became part of the competition at the Olympic Games in
______.
A. 1916 B. 1913 C. 1930 D. 1936
4. “March Madness” ends in ______ this year.
A. March B. April C. May D. June
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true
A. Names Naismith was a physical education teacher.
B. It did not take long for people to accept the Basketball.
C. NCAA is an organization for professional basketball players.
D. The best college players go on to join the professional teams.
Questions 6-10 are based on the second report.
6. Which of the following is NOT true about Lawrence Summers?
A. He is an economist.
B. He is the president of Harvard University.
C. He didn’t mean to incite debate with his comments.
D. He does not believe that girls are intellectually less able than boys.
7. There were only ______ teacher(s) and ______ students when Harvard Universit
y was founded in 1636.
A. one, seven, B. two, ninety, C. one, nine, D. two, nineteen
8. John Harvard ______.
A. was the founder of Harvard University
B. was a religious teacher
C. gave the college half his property when he died
D. gave the college half his books when he died
9. One year at Harvard costs more than ______ dollars.
A. 39,000 B. 73,000 C. 47,000 D. 37,000
10. There are altogether ______ college(s) and ______ graduate schools at Harvar
d University
A. 1, 10, B. 6, 13, C. 2, 10, D. 4, 13,
Section B: True or False (10 points)
Directions: Listen to the program and decide if the following statements are tru
e or false. The program is divided into four parts. Each part will be played TWI
CE. Please mark the letter T if the statement is True and mark the letter F if t
he statement is False.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the first part of the program.
1. In 1980, heat caused about 1700 deaths in Chicago, Illinois.
【 T 】【 F 】
2. Heat waves become deadly when the nighttime temperature drops too
quickly fro
m the highest daytime temperature.
【 T 】【 F
】
3. Humidity is one of the causes for heat stress.
【
T 】【 F 】
4. Drinking alcohol can relive the muscle pain caused by heat stress.
【 T 】【 F 】
Question 5 is based on the second part of the program.
5. The treatment for dehydration exhaustion is different from that for
heat exha
ustion.
【 T 】【 F 】
Questions 6 to 7 are based on the third part of the program.
6. If the body temperature goes higher than forty degrees Celsius, the
body’s t
issues and organs begin to cook.
【 T 】【 F 】
7. For someone with heat stroke, we can put pieces of ice in areas include
the n
eck and under the arms.
【 T 】【 F 】
Questions 8 to 10 are based one the last part of the program.
8. We should drink water only when we feel thirsty.
【
T 】【 F 】
9. In hot weather, sweet drinks are recommended.
【 T
】【 F 】
10. Physical activity reduces body heat.
【 T
】【 F 】
Section C: Gap-filling (10 points)
Directions: Please fill in the gaps with the exact words you hear. Write down yo
ur answers on the Answer Sheet. The report will be broadcast TWICE.
American Mosaic has been broadcasting a series of reports for foreign students w
ho want to attend college in the United States. This is the _____1_____ program
in this series.
We hope these reports helped students think about their _____2_____ and provided
ways to reach them.
We explained the kinds of colleges and universities in the United States, how to
get information about them and how to _____3_____ for admission. We discussed a
dmissions tests and how to_____4_____ for them. We reported about the high cost
of attending an American university and told about possible places to seek _____
5_____ _____6_____. We talked about the legal documents that are needed before a
student can travel to the United States to attend college. We also discussed th
e _____7_____ of using the computer to take classes at an American college witho
ut leaving home.
In other programs, we told about some American colleges that are not so well kno
wn. Landmark College, for example, teaches students with _____8_____ _____9_____
. The Citadel provides a _____10_____ _____11_____. Johnson and Wales University
offers ______12____ _____13_____. We also provided information about _____14___
__ colleges, _____15_____ colleges and the Masters of Business Administration de
gree.
We would like to thank everyone who wrote to us asking questions that were used
in this series. They helped us explain subjects we had not considered. For examp
le, we explained about the need for student _____16_____ _____17_____. We report
ed about working as a _____18_____ _____19_____. We discussed dormitory life. An
d we told the difference between an American college and a university.
All these reports can be found on the computer by going to the Special English w
eb site. The address is ______20______. We hope you will continue to listen to A
merican Mosaic for reports about American life and other information about Ameri
can colleges. In about two years, we will broadcast this series again to provide
new information. By then, another group of students will be looking for informa
tion about attending college in the United States.
Section D: Questions and Answers (10 points)
Directions: Listen to the report and write your answer to each question on your
Answer Sheet according to what you hear. The report will be broadcast TWICE.
1. How do babies and young children get lead into their bodies?
2. What can children with high levels of lead suffer?
3. In what things could we find lead?
4. What can we learn from the lead tests done in 2002 on 190 young people in jai
l?
5. What can we learn from the lead tests done in 1996 on 300 children?
Part II Reading Comprehension (20 points, 30 minutes)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices mark
ed A, B, C or D. Decide on the best choice，and mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
There were strangers on our beach yesterday, for the first time in a month. A ne
w footprint on our sand is nearly as rare as in Robinson Crusoe. We are at the v
ery edge of the Atlantic; half a mile out in front of us is a coral reef （珊瑚
礁）, and then nothing but 3000 miles of ocean to West Africa. It is a wild and
lonely beach, with the same surf beating on it as when Columbus came by. And yet
the beach is polluted.
Oil tankers over the horizon have fouled it more than legions of picnickers coul
d. The oil comes ashore in floating patches that stain the coral black and gray.
It has blighted the rock crabs and the crayfish and has coated the delicate who
rls of the conch shells with black goo（黏质物质）. And it has congealed（凝结）
upon itself, littering the beach with globes of tar that resemble the cannonbal
ls of a deserted battlefield. The islanders, as they go beachcombing for the tre
asures the sea has washed up for centuries, now wear old shoes to protect their
feet from the oil that washes up too.
You have to try to get away from pollution to realize how bad it really is. We h
ave known for the last few years how bad our cities are. Now there is no longer
an escape. If there is oil on this island far out in the Atlantic, there is oil
on nearly every other island.
It is still early here. The air is still clear over the island, but it won’t be
when they build the airstrip they are talking about. The water out over the ree
f is still blue and green, but it is dirtier than it was a few years ago. And if
the land is not despoiled, it is only because there are not yet enough people h
ere to despoil it. There will be. And so for the moment on this island we are wi
tnesses to the beginning, as it were, of the pollution of our environment.
Until the pollution of our deserted beach, it seemed simple to blame everything
on the “population explosion.” If the population of this island, for example,
could be stabilized at a couple of hundred, there would be very little problem w
ith the environment in this secluded（与世隔绝的） area. There would be no pollu
tion of the environment if there were not too many people using it, and so if we
concentrate on winning the war against overpopulation, we can save the earth fo
r mankind.
But the oil on the beach belies this too-easy assumption. Those tankers are not
out there because too many Chinese and Indians are being born every minute. They
are not even out there because there are too many Americans and Europeans. They
are delivering their oil, and cleaning their tanks at see and sending the resid
ue up onto the beaches of the Atlantic and Pacific, in order to fuel the technol
ogy of mankind --- and the factories and the power plants, the vehicles and the
engines that have enabled mankind to survive on his planet are now spoiling the
planet for life.
The fishermen on this island are perfectly right in preferring the outboard moto
r to the sail. Their livelihood is involved, and the motor, for all its fouling
smell, has helped increase the fisherman’s catch so that he can now afford to d
ispense with the far more obnoxious（讨厌的） outdoor privy. But the danger of t
echnology is in its escalation, and there has already been a small amount of esc
alation here. You can see the motor oil slicks around the town dock. Electric ge
nerators can be heard over the sound of the surf. And while there are only about
two dozen automobiles for the ten miles of road, already there is a wrecked jee
p rusting in the harbor waters where is was dumped and abandoned. The escalation
of technological pollution is coming here just as surely as it came to the main
land cities that are now shrouded（笼罩） by fly ash.
If the oil is killing the life along the coral heads, what must it not be doing
to the phytoplankton（浮游植物群落） at sea which provide 70% of the oxygen we b
reathe? The lesson of our fouled beach is that we may not even have realized how
late it is already. Mankind, because of his technology, may require far more sp
ace per person on this globe than we had ever thought, but it is more than a mat
ter of a certain number of square yards per person. There is instead a delicate
balance of nature in which many square miles of ocean and vegetation and clean a
ir are needed to sustain only a relatively few human beings. We may find, as soo
n as the end of this century, that the final despoliation of our environment has
been signaled not by starvation but by people choking to death. The technology
--- the machine --- will then indeed have had its ultimate, mindless, all-uninte
nded triumph over man, by destroying the atmosphere he lives in just as surely a
s you can pinch off a diver’s breathing tube.
Sitting on a lonely but spoiled beach, it is hard to imagine but possible to bel
ieve.
(868 words)
1. Which of the following is the best summary of this essay?
A. Pollution has reached even the remotest areas of the globe and will
only wors
en.
B. The solution to pollution problems lies in controlling population
growth.
C. Outboard motors are the major culprits（元凶） in the pollution of our
ocean.
D. We can solve pollution problems only when we stop all oil production.
2. Before the pollution on the beach, the main environmental problems of
the isl
and were being caused by __________.
A. overpopulation B. factories C. wood stoves D. commercial fishing
3. The word “despoliation” as used here means _____________.
A. destruction B. definition C. desperation D. destination
4. The pollution in our oceans may be causing phytoplankton to _________.
A. increase to a dangerous level B. be eaten by fish in place of their
usual f
ood
C. gradually be destroyed D. poison important species of fish
5. The tone expressed throughout this essay is one of ________.
A. panic and confusion B. gloom and despair
C. enthusiasm and hope D. humor and lightheartedness
Passage Two
Sometimes when you take a common drug, you may have a side effect. That is, the
drug may cause some effect other than its intended one. When these side effects
occur, they are called adverse reactions. Whenever you have an adverse reaction,
you should stop taking the drug right away. Ask you pharmacist whether he can s
uggest a drug that will relieve the symptoms but that will not cause the adverse
reaction. If an adverse reaction to a drug is serious, consult your doctor for
advice at once.
Drugs that are safe in the dosage stated on the label may be very dangerous in l
arge doses. For example, aspirin is seldom thought of as dangerous, but there ar
e many reports of accidental poisoning of young children who swallow too many fo
r their young bodies to handle. In adults, excessive use of some pain-killing dr
ugs may cause severe kidney damage. Some drugs for relief of stomach upsets, whe
n taken in excess, can cause an upset in the body’s secretion of enzymes, perha
ps causing serious digestive problems. You should never use any over-the-counter
drug on a regular, continued basis, or in large quantities, except on your doct
or’s advice. You could be suffering from a serious illness that needs a doctor
’s care.
Each drug you take not only acts on the body but may also alter the effect of an
y other drug you are taking. Sometimes this can cause dangerous or even fatal re
actions. For example, aspirin increases the blood-thinning effect of drugs given
to patients with heart disease. Therefore, a patient who has been taking such a
drug may risk hemorrhage（大出血） if he uses aspirin whenever he gets a headac
he. Before using several drugs together you should ask your doctor and follow hi
s advice. Your pharmacist can tell you whether certain drugs can safely be taken
together.
Alcohol may increase the effect of a drug. Sleeping pills and antihistamines（抗
组胺药） are two types of drugs that combine with alcohol to produce drowsiness.
When taking any drug, you should ask your doctor whether drinking alcohol could
be dangerous in combination with the medicine.
Experts believe there is a relationship between adult abuse of legitimate medici
nes and the drug culture that has swept our country. You can do your share to re
duce the chances that your children will become part of the drug culture by trea
ting all medicines with respect. Always let your children know that medicines an
d drugs should not be used carelessly.
(409 words)
6. Adverse reactions to drugs sometimes are called ________.
A. side effects B. overdoses C. withdrawal symptoms D. risks
7. When aspirin is used with heart medication, it can __________.
A. clot blood B. thin blood. C. thicken blood D. damage muscle
8. The author implies that alcohol _________.
A. can intensify the effects of a drug B. can make a drug useless
C. can cause a person to turn to drugs D. can damage the pancreas（胰腺）
9. The author advises parents ________.
A. to avoid taking drugs in front of children
B. to teach their children about drugs
C. to throw away old medicines
D. to prevent their children from strenuous exercises after taking drugs
10. We can conclude that ________.
A. drugs should be bought by prescription only
B. people react differently to drugs
C. aspirin is not considered a drug
D. it is not a problem to take large quantities of over-the-counter drugs
Part III Translation (20 points; 30 minutes)
Directions: Please translate into Chinese the following paragraphs from the text
s learned in this semester.
1. The Information Marketplace will make of us urban villagers—half urban
sophi
sticated, roaming the virtual globe, and half villager, spending more time at ho
me and tending to family, friends, and the routines of the neighborhood. If our
psyches tilt toward the crowded urban info-city, we will become more jaded, more
oriented toward the self, and more indifferent, fickle, and casual in our relat
ionships with others, as well as less tightly connected to our families and frie
nds.
2. Perhaps the most difficult thing to accept in our profession permanent
critic
ism directed at our work. It is the background of our daily activity—and it is
as necessary for us as is the plane to the carpenter. In the technological and s
cientific community, everyone criticizes everyone, continuously and sometimes sh
arply, irrespective of age or status.
3. Complicating things further, the traits a culture values most are not
fixed.
If cloning had existed a few centuries ago, men with strong backs and women with
broad pelvises would have been the first ones society would have wanted to repr
oduce. During the industrial age, however, brainpower began to count for more th
an muscle power.
4. Entrepreneurs are sometimes suspicious of venture capitalists for two
other r
easons. The first is that they have, for richer or poorer, married a meddlesome
outsider. Once a venture firm has taken a stake, it usually sticks around either
until it has made the money it wants or until the company fails. Either way, it
is deeply involved for five years or more. During that time it will often deman
d management changes and may even sack the founder for the greater good of the f
irm.
5. We need only consult Aldous Huxley’s prophetic novel Brave New World
for a l
ikely answer to these questions. There we encounter a society dedicated to homog
eneity and stability, administered by means of instant gratifications, and peopl
ed by creatures of human shape but of stunted humanity that makes it all possibl
e. They do not read, write, think, love or govern themselves. Creativity and cur
iosity, reason and passion exist only in a rudimentary and mutilated form. In sh
ort, they are not men at all.
Part IV Writing (20 points; 30 minutes)
Directions: Please read the following Chinese article carefully and write a summ
ary of it in English. Your summary should now go beyond 200 words.
四六级改革的三种担忧
大学英语四、六级考试改革方案的出台受到了社会各界的广泛关注，从1987年开始实行的英
语四、六级考试在已经显现出诸多弊端的情况下确实到了非改不可的境地。但从目前透露出
的信息来看，我认为，此次英语四、六级的改革有如下值得担忧的地方：
担忧之一：高校仍然把英语四、六级证书与学位挂钩，用人单位仍然将英语四、六级当
作用人的门槛。
改革后的英语四、六级考试将不发证书，改为发放成绩报告单，不设及格线，采用满分
为710分的计分体制。这个措施虽然有利于扭转英语四、六级证书“一证定乾坤”的状况，
但如果学校、用人单位在经过一段时间的调整之后重新确立其评价标准，将会使上述改革措
施的实际意义大打折扣。
从教育部对英语四、六级改革的表述来看，只是规定英语四、六级考试的成绩“不必”
与学位挂钩，这种模糊的表述让广大师生感到不知所措，更会成为一些学校继续实行“挂钩
制”的口实。
英语四、六级考试之所以在近几年出现那么多的问题，其中一个非常重要的原因是四、
六级证书牵涉到太多的利益———奖学金、评优、学位、保研、就业……这使得考试变了味
，成为了利益之战。考试本身并没有太多的过错，但如果考试牵涉到如此多的利益而又缺乏
强有力的监督与约束的话，不出问题是不大可能的。
因此，笔者认为，英语四、六级改革不应该仅仅是考试内容、计分方式上的变革，更重
要的是如何淡化英语四、六级与诸多利益间的联系，还四、六级考试以本来面目，让学生、
学校、社会三方能以一种平和的心态对待英语四、六级。
担忧之二：改革会不会加重教师的教学负担，激化英语教学资源的紧张状况？
改革之后的英语四、六级考试更加注重听说能力的测试，听力的总体比重有所上升。从
这些措施上看，英语四、六级考试将更加注重对英语实际运用能力的考查，这个大方向是正
确的，但面临的主要问题是整个英语教学是否能够跟上。
英语听说能力的训练需要一定的语言环境与教学设备，在大学扩招之后，英语教学资源
的缺乏是令许多大学头痛的问题。一些学校的英语教师无论从数量上还是从质量上都不尽如
人意，英语课往往出现“僧多粥少”的局面，一个老师教上百名学生是普遍现象，在这种情
况下，老师一般采取“满堂灌”的方式，师生之间缺乏互动，难以形成好的语言学习环境，
学生觉得累，老师的负担也重。
英语四、六级注重听说能力的改革导向将会使本来就紧张的教学资源捉襟见肘，如何处理
好教与学之间的需求冲突，转变教学方法与手段，将是高校在改革之后面临的首要问题。
担忧之三：改革会不会变相加重学生的负担？
改革之前的英语四、六级只分“及格”、“优秀”两个档次，虽然这样区分过于笼统，
不利于反映学生的实际水平，但这种划分方法，在某种意义上淡化了学生在分数上的差别，
使学生不会为分数斤斤计较，只要“过了就好”，客观上有利于维持学生之间的心理平衡。
改革之后的英语四、六级给出成绩报告单，分数之间的差别清晰地显现出来了，在不发
证书的情况下，分数的多少很容易与学生能力的强弱挂钩，在这种状况下，学生面临的首要
问题是如何尽量提高自己的考试分数，这客观上就加大了学生的压力，增加了学生的负担。
任何改革都会遇到这样或那样的问题，不可能十全十美，面对牵涉面极大的英语四、六
级改革，我们只是希望改革能“对症下药”，顾及多方面的利益，考虑得更周全一些，愿改
革一路走好！(文/邓波)
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