2000年6 月北京地区研究生英语学位课统考试题：
Paper One
Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A
1. A She would teach the man how to tango.
B She would decline and dance with another partner instead.
C She would try if the man encourages her to learn.
D She would prefer a waltz to a tango.
2. A She was hurt by the man.
B She lost her temper.
C She didn’t speak to her husband.
D She missed the dinner party.
3. A She insists that it is not the right time to go home.
B She would like to stop the argument right away.
C She thinks it doesn’t matter whether he is in or out.
D She wants to leave him because he is rude.
4. A To open a bank account.
B To buy a turkey for the Thanksgiving.
C To order a meal on Thanksgiving.
D To invite the woman to a meal.
5. A Buying a new car. B Participating in a running race.
C Having a big house of their own. D Going to the mountains at the weekend.
6. A She feels nervous about the test.
B She worries about her competence.
C She thinks she is well-prepared.
D She doesn’t like the training behind the wheel.
7. A She’s going to cook the turkey.
B She’s ready to go to the market.
C She’s leaving with the man.
D She’s going to buy Sunday papers.
8. A How Spanish is useful to him.
B Why he is taking a Spanish course.
C Why he speaks Spanish at school.
D How well he speaks Spanish.
9. A Half of the video recorders at American homes are privately owned.
B About 3.5 million people have their own video recorders.
C One can rent a video recorder as well as a video film.
D A TV set is only slightly cheaper than a video recorder.
Section B ( 1 point each)
10. A Minifarming B The price of vegetables.
C The number of vegetable gardens
D The number of full-time farmers.
11. A Having a better job B Making more money. C Getting back to nature. D Obtaining subsidies from the government.
12. A To encourage farmers to extend their business.
B To offer consultation to the owners of minifarms.
C To assess the size and profits of minifarms.
D To ask questions of the officials on behalf of minifarms.
13. A Because gifts are sold more quickly than other goods.
B Because its boss went mad and made a mad decision
C Because the unemployment rate is high.
D Because on Sundays tourist sales are permitted by the law.
14. A The trade unions B The city authorities C The Church D The
retailers
15. A To keep on opening on Sundays. B To hide the extra takings.
C To initiate 24-hour trading.
D To try half-day trading on Saturdays.
Part II. Vocabulary ( 10 minutes, 10 points )
16. The true reason is a secretive state’s ancestral suspicion of its own
citizens, and its desire for absolute control of information.
A mistrust B condemnation C consensus D suppression
17. Three halls have been hired, just in case the split which nearly
everyone expects occurs.
A crack B compromise C division D potential 18. The tactics did not have the appeal of irresistible logic, but since what
time have they been logical?
A request B fascination C concord D proposal
19. Only the common fund of knowledge and experience (accumulated
by intervening generations) allow us today to make fuller use of our
genetic inheritance.
A succeeding B promising C mediating D coming
20. Plans are being made to come up with a database containing detailed
environmental information for the region.
A create B assist C determine D investigate
21. When you light the end of the lamp wick which is not immersed in
kerosene as the other end is immersed in kerosene , it will burst into
flame.
A absorbed B dipped C purified D deformed
22.During the 19th century, heat was recognized as manifestation of
motion among tiny molecules.
A indication B acceleration C abundance D deterioration
23. Others say, with equal conviction, that no subject touching on the
spirit of man will ever be converted into a set of numbers or a printout
from a data-processing machine.
A confidence B emphasis C judgment D belief
24. Group A worked uninterrupted in a sound-proof room; Group B was subjected to continuous noise.
A prepared for B exposed to C suffered from D neglected in
25. There is a real fear that all of the precautions (taken)may not save the
city from further catastrophes still more deadly than Tuesday.
A breakdowns B destructions C cruelties D horrors
Section B ( 0.5 point each)
26. There are to a seaman certain words, gestures, that should in given
condition come as naturally, as instinctively as the ____ of a menaced
eye.
A distressing B fading C sparkling D winking
27. Libya has awarded him the ___ for freeing France from American
imperialist domination.
A model B metal C medal D modal
28. With the notable exception of Bede and the authority of “The
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”, earlier generations had not, ____, been greatly
interested in historical records.
A in the end B in the first place C on the whole D on the contrary
29. Of particular importance among these were meetings that discussed
the potential effects of global warming as well as policies to prevent,
alleviate, and ____ this phenomenon.
A adapt to B let alone C give out D put over
30. Two views about the origin of mankind have been ____ among the
