AGENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TESTFOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS(GETJun2511)PAPER ONEPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 minutes, 20 points)Section A ( 1 point each)1. A. Go shopping.B. Go car racing.C. Go to work.D. Go on a trip.2. A. Because she hasn‘t been on line lately.B. Because she has too much work to do.C. Because she is on a vacation.D. Because she has been busy typing.3. A. Go to an emergency exit.B. Enjoy herself in the park.C. Move her van right away.D. Try to find the road sign.4. A. A secretary.B. A salesperson.C. A tennis player.D. A receptionist.5. A. She deserves the promotion.B. She has to transfer to another job site.C. She‘ll pay for the dinner this time.D. She‘ll invite her parents over for a celebration.6. A. She should drop the biochemistry class.B. She should try harder.C. He prefers to learn rocket science.D. He can‘t understand it either.7. A. She totally dislikes it. B. She prefers the old one.C. It may lack practical value.D. It is much better than expected.8. A. 7: 00. B. 7: 30.C. 9: 00.D. 9:30.9. A. She was told about the trip beforehand.B. She was helped to pick up the beans.C. She was so excited that she revealed the news.D. She was not enthusiastic about the trip.Section B (1 point each)Directions:In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After eachquestion, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single baracross the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Mini-talk One10. A. High expectations.B. Excellence and value.C. Terror and violence.D. Strength and power.11. A. Attend a sleepover.B. Play a piece of music.C. Watch TV.D. Be in a school play.12. A. Her parenting methods are limited to Chinese families.B. She brought up her daughters with an extreme parenting method.C. Her daughters were given enough time to follow their own interests.D. She had low expectations of her children‘s abilities.Mini-talk Two13. A. 650 million dollars.B. 560 million dollars.C. 40 million dollars.D. 50 million dollars.14. A. Saint Paul.B. Chapel of Love.C. The Nickelodeon Universe.D. Underwater Adventures.15. A. Tasting the delicious food.B. Getting married.C. Visiting a campus.D. Seeing ocean animals.Section C (1 point each)Directions: In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you areasked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds toread the notes below.(请在录音结束后把16-20题的答案抄写在答题纸上)16. The first tip on how to reduce your test stress is to use a little stress _______ (3 words).17. Good study (3 words) are important to learning effectively and doing well ontests.18. If you find yourself thinking negative thoughts, replace them with (2 words).19.Everyone makes mistakes. Learning to tolerate small ( 3 words) is a valuableskill.20. Taking care of your health can help keep your mind (4 words).PART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points )Section A (0.5 point each)21. There used to be many guys who asserted themselves as all-powerful Chi Kung masters in China.A. conformedB. informedC. affirmedD. performed22. Children from an obscure family have to make greater efforts to climb the social ladder.A. unknownB. prominentC. controversialD. rural23. A permanent job plus a decent salary is what most of these young guys in China hope for.A. nobleB. adequateC. modestD. polite24. These transit workers went on strike in defiance of the relevant union policy.A. in line withB. in return forC. in response toD. in spite of25. This retired scientist takes on leadership roles with nearly every organization she is part of.A. assumesB. opposesC. pretendsD. desires26. Winslow Homer captured the look and spirit of American life with unparalleled eloquence.A. incredibleB. inevitableC. unmatchedD. unnoticed27. Many parents encounter occasions when their child doesn‘t turn in their homework assignments.A. participate inB. hand inC. engage inD. invest in28. The two elements of success that are intimately connected are creativity and innovation.A. familiarlyB. approximatelyC. looselyD. closely29. Jonathan Alter once said that admission of guilt tends to breed public sympathy.A. produceB. concealC. evadeD. combat30. Seawater near the Fukushima plant is showing elevated levels of radioactivity in Japan.A. stabilizedB. reducedC. increasedD. saturatedSection B (0.5 point each)31. The full impact of the recent tsunami caused by an earthquake in Japan is _______ to predict.A. unlikelyB. impossibleC. unableD. incapable32. A simple blood test may help identify those _______ high risk of dying from heart disease.A. inB. onC. atD. for33. Although US new home sales begin to _______ speed, the rate is still near historical lows.A. turn upB. pick upC. set upD. break up34. It was already dark _______ I got up from my seat and prepared to leave my office.A. by the timeB. since the timeC. until the timeD. during the time35. Health care providers wish to improve their _______ through regular continuing education.A. equivalenceB. competenceC. relevanceD. prevalence36. Auto makers should never _______the quality of products amid fierce competition.A. bring into playB. make sense ofC. lose sight ofD. end up with37. Mayor Pat Patterson said this new initiative _______ improving parking and pedestrian access.A. involvesB. evolvesC. dissolvesD. resolves38. Many of the foreign friends of the Chinese are _______ at the radical changes in China.A. dismayedB. amazedC. startledD. shocked39. These researchers intend to _______ this research until there is some substantial finding.A. insist onB. call onC. live onD. carry on40. Men and women of all ages can benefit from _______ amounts of daily physical exercise.A. considerateB. desperateC. moderateD. literatePART III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)What relationship is regarded as good for partners? There is no universal, ideal model ___41___ which a relationship can be evaluated. A ―good relationship‖ is one that works for both partners and effectively supports them in achieving their goals. If this is not working at some point, it does not ___42___ mean that the couple requires therapy. All relationships tend to encounter problems during ___43___ periods and at different stages, and many couples have a good ability ___44___ their difficulties without professional help. However, some may find that they are continually unhappy with their relationship. Sometimes one partner feels frustrated and misunderstood ___45___ his or her mate is totally unaware of the situation.If the couple are unable to resolve issues in a ___46___ that is acceptable to both partners, professional help should be considered. Many couples only consider therapy as a last ___47___. It may, however, be helpful at any time. ___48___, seeking therapy soon after things get ―stuck‖prevents a ___49___ of frustration and disappointment. The aim of couple therapy is not only to help the couple deal appropriately with immediate problems, but also to achieve better ways of relating ___50___.41. A. to B. against C. for D. at42. A. certainly B. definitely C. necessarily D. fundamentally43. A. fictional B. peaceful C. eventual D. stressful44. A. of solving B. to solving C. in solving D. to solve45. A. while B. so C. unless D. where46. A. respect B. manner C. method D. view47. A. resort B. creature C. meal D. beginning48. A. On the contrary B. On one hand C. For example D. First of all49. A. laptop B. jetlag C. takeoff D. buildup50. A. in detail B. in general C. in vain D. in forcePART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)Passage OneRemember Farid Seif? Mr Seif is the Houston Iranian-American businessman who mistakenly carried a Glock handgun through security, onto a plane, all the way from Houston to Indianapolis. When he got to his destination and realized his mistake, he alerted security officials. There was reportedly ―nothing else‖ in Mr Seif‘s carry-on besides the weapon. Yet the security screeners at George Bush International, America‘s eighth-busiest airport, missed it entirely. The scariest part of that story was that Transportation Security Administration officials told reporters that this type of incident was ―not uncommon.‖Now another Texas airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, is proving the point. This week, a high-level TSA source told the local NBC affiliate that ―An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced-imaging body scanners.‖The TSA insider who blew the whistle on the test also said that none of the TSA agents who failed to spot the gun on the scanned image were disciplined. The source said the agents continue to work the body scanners today.This is not confidence-inspiring. If TSA screeners can‘t even stop guns getting through security, why are they taking away our bottled water? Incidents like this only lend incentives to TSA critics who say the whole airport security apparatus is an enormous waste of time and money. The TSA‘s attitude towards the reporting of these sorts of messes isn‘t helpful, either. They only provided NBC with a brief statement claiming that they don‘t reveal the results of secret testing for ―security reasons‖and arguing that ―advanced imaging technology is an effective tool to detect both metallic and nonmetallic items hidden on passengers.‖ That‘s pretty much the public affairs equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and saying ―lalalalala we can‘t hear you!‖It is really hard to have an accountable TSA without greater transparency about the results ofsecret testing. Instead of leaking hints to the press that failure rates have decreased since the last public reports, the TSA should back up its whispering with actual data. If it won‘t, some enterprising congressional committee should order it. ―Trust us that this works‖ just isn‘t cutting it anymore.51. Mr. Seif‘s handgun ________.A. passed the check at the Houston airportB. caused big trouble for himself in HoustonC. was tracked down by officials in IndianapolisD. triggered a series of false alarms in Indianapolis52. What happened at Dallas-Fort Worth ________.A. helped rebuild public confidenceB. was merely an unusual accidentC. caused greater concern over securityD. resulted in unexpected disorder53. After the Dallas-Fort Worth report, TSA ________.A. reluctantly punished the relevant agentsB. allowed the relevant agents to stay in positionC. enhanced security check at relevant airportsD. began to reconsider relevant security methods54. The TSA‘s statement concerning the reported cases shows that they are ________.A. practicalB. uncooperativeC. reliableD. unpredictable55. What is the author‘s demand for TSA?A. No more secret testing.B. Promising to be responsible.C. Rapid response to emergency.D. Releasing results with evidence.56. The last sentence of the passage suggests that the author‘s attitude to the TSA is ________.A. appreciativeB. criticalC. tolerantD. indifferentPassage TwoOnce upon a time, staying a healthy weight was easy. To lose weight you simply had to practise the reverse of home economics—spend more than you earned. Unfortunately for many,but perhaps not surprisingly, it turns out that people are rather more complicated than bank accounts.To stay a healthy weight, you need a hormone called leptin to work properly. It sends ―I‘m full‖ messages from the fat cells up to the brain, where they go, among other places, to the same pleasure centers that respond to drugs like cocaine. Obese people produce plenty of leptin, but the brain doesn‘t seem to respond to it properly. Last year, researchers at the Oregon Research Institute scanned the brains of overweight people and found their reward circuits were underactive. They were eating more to try to get the enjoyment they were missing.There‘s a lot of evidence for the fact that most, if not all, of us have a set point around which our weight can vary by about seven to nine kilos, but anything beyond that is a real struggle. Making changes is hard, particularly if your body is working against you. So why not ditch the traditional approaches and try some new methods, based on the latest research, that work with your body rather than against it.Several years ago researchers at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore reported that when they gave rats very little food one day and allowed them to eat plenty the next, they showed virtually all the benefits of a permanent calorie restriction diet. The same goes for humans, according to Dr James Johnson.How does it work? Besides forcing the body to burn fat, it may also trigger hormonal changes. Most people say that the diet takes a bit of getting used to, but is not as grinding as trying to cut back on an everyday basis.Older dieters may remember something called brown fat. Unlike the undesirable white stuff, this was a dieter‘s dream. Instead of storing excess energy as fat, brown-fat tissue burned it off to keep you warm—at least in mice. Brown fat fell out of favor because researchers couldn‘t find much in humans but now, thanks to the New England Journal of Medicine, it‘s back in fashion. The idea is to expose people to cold temperatures. They then make more brown fat and their weight drops.57. The last sentence in Paragraph 1 means that people‘s understanding of losing weight ________.A. seems rather unreasonableB. is unnecessarily complicatedC. used to be limitedD. can be partly justified58. According to the findings of the Oregon Research Institute, ________.A. overweight people get less pleasure from eating the same amountB. overweight people enjoy eating more than the others doC. people will become overweight if they eat more than they needD. people are more likely to be overweight if they produce less leptin59. The method used by the National Institute on Aging can be summarized as ―________‖.A. no diet at allB. diet on a daily basisC. diet every other dayD. diet permanently60. The word ―grinding‖ in the Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.A. effectiveB. realisticC. unreliableD. miserable61. It can be learned that brown fat ________.A. converts excess energy into fatB. works better in warm temperaturesC. burns extra energy to produce heatD. accumulates easily in human bodies62. The author‘s purpose in writing is to ________.A. compare the various ways of cutting caloriesB. recommend new methods of losing weightC. point out the misconceptions of losing weightD. clarify the common myth about weight lossPassage ThreeA study by Dr David Lewis from The University of Sussex, who coined the term ―road rage‖, found that motorists face a hidden mental health impact from the stresses of driving, while bus travel can produce long-term health benefits.For the experiment, the heart rate and EDR (Electro-Dermal Response) of 30 commuters was measured when taking similar journeys by car and bus. The findings reveal a vast difference in EDR, a form of biophysical measurement that indicates mental stress. The EDR results suggested that taking the car produced significantly more stress than taking the bus, which was 33% less stressful.―EDR can be a hidden stress - it‘s not as visible as intensely nervous driving or audible as road rage. This type of stress can have long-term physiological and emotional implications,‖ said Dr Lewis, who finds three key factors that increase the stresses of driving a car.Driving in heavy traffic - especially against a deadline - requires a high level of attention. This requires the brain to work especially hard processing a myriad of incoming information and making, often split-second, decisions.Congestion and delays can raise blood pressure and physical tension which may manifest itself as ‗road rage‘, having serious long-term health consequences and causing drivers sometimes to take reckless and foolish decisions. Driving in congested traffic now outweighs any previous benefits car-driving once gave.A sense of frustration of ‗wasting one‘s life‘behind the wheel of the car, unable to doanything more productive than casual conversations or listening to the radio. On a bus it is possible to fill the time more profitably by doing some work or reading.He also notes that highly trained, professional bus drivers are skilled in negotiating the challenges of the road, and the relief of trusting someone else to be in charge of the journey is a key part of what makes taking the bus less stressful.He encourages people to get out of their cars and on to the bus for trips where it makes sense - such as shopping in town or heading to a restaurant – so that you don‘t need to battle traffic or find parking. Switching simple journeys can help achieve the goal of taking a billion car journeys off the road. All it will take is everyone shifting around a trip a month.63. The finding of the study mentioned in this passage is that _______.A. cars cause more traffic accidents than busesB. driving a car is more stressful than taking a busC. high blood pressure is harmful to human healthD. car driving is accompanied by many distractions64. The term ―road rage‖ probably refers to ________.A. the sudden heart attack that drivers suffer fromB. the explosive outbursts of anger shown by motoristsC. traffic accidents arising from bad-tempered driversD. the panic caused by traffic congestions65. All of the following are considered a source of stress during car driving EXCEPT _______.A. heavy trafficB. traffic jamsC. unfamiliar roadsD. a sense of waste of time66. One of the advantages of a bus ride is that _______.A. you can do something productive on the roadB. there is no fear of taking the wrong roadC. no passenger suffers from high blood pressureD. you can get to your destination quickly67. This passage is intended to _______.A. urge the public to stop using cars altogetherB. advise people to take a bus instead of a car when possibleC. tell people how to ward off stress while driving a carD. highlight the causes of stress in a city68. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Car driving: a demanding but exciting jobB. Traffic jams: a source of diseases and conflictsC. Road rage: a frequent occurrence on the wayD. Bus travel: one third less stressful than the carPassage FourThe term ―g‖ (general intelligence) represents a measure of overall cognitive ability across a variety of tests. It‘s not the same as IQ but it does tend to correlate. Everyone agrees that ―g‖ tends to run in families. But is this down to genetics or to environmental influences?However, no single gene has yet been conclusively linked to intelligence. Rather it appears to be a case of complex interactions on many levels between many different genes.Identical twins have exactly the same genes, while non-identical twins share about half their genes. Another feature of twins that makes them an ideal choice for studies is that they tend to be raised in pretty much the same environment. If a particular feature is the same in identical twins, but not in non-identical twins, then chances are it‘s mainly genes that are controlling that feature.So what do the twin studies show? Well, first degree relatives tend to have ―g‖ correlation of about 0.4 -0.5. (Perfect correlation is 1; correlation of 0 means that the 2 things in question are totally unrelated). Identical twins have a correlation of 0.85, while for non–identical twins it‘s about 0.6. Which suggests that genes play a very important role, but are not the only factor, since if they were, the correlation between identical twins would be 1.Identical twins reared apart are almost as similar in ―g‖scores as those reared together. Adopted children and their adoptive parents have a ―g‖ correlation of zero, while adopted children and their biological parents tend to have the same correlations as any parent–child pair. So although genes don‘t seem to be the only thing affecting intelligence, their effects seem to be constant and apparently not overridden by environment.Does heritability of intelligence alter over a lifetime? Remarkably, it appears so. ―g‖heritability climbs gradually from 20% in babies to 40% in children, peaking at 60% in adults. Why this should be is still a matter of speculation. It‘s been suggested that as our cognitive abilities become more complex, new genes may come into play that were not needed when brain functions were less sophisticated. Or individuals may be drawn towards environments that fit with their genetic makeup, as time goes by and genetic effects that started out small in childhood build up together during adulthood.69. All of the following statements about ―g‖ are true EXCEPT _______.A. ―g‖ is to some extent inheritedB. ―g‖ correlates with IQC. ―g‖ can be attributed to a single geneD. ―g‖ is a measure of cognitive ability70. Identical twins are chosen as the subjects of the study because _______.A. they have the same genes and live in the same environmentB. they have some genes linked to general intelligenceC. they have the same heritability of intelligenceD. they are alike in everything except for intelligence71. The studies on twins‘ general intelligence show that _______.A. nothing but genes can determine ―g‖B. genes play an important role in ―g‖C. the correlation between identical twins is 1D. identical twins are more intelligent72. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that _______.A. environment plays a more important role in ―g‖ than genesB. an adopted child can become as clever as the step-parentsC. ―g‖ changes with the living environmentD. parenting has less effect on one‘s ―g‖ than genes73. It can be concluded from the passage that _______.A. it is easy to identify what determines our intelligenceB. genes are a more important determinant of ―g‖ than environmentC. identical twins have exactly the same IQD. IQ depends more on environment than on genes74. It seems that heritability of intelligence _______.A. has been clearly explainedB. declines as we grow upC. increases with our ageD. remains unchanged all our lifePassage FiveI was born on the last day of February. I‘ve always felt sorry for February, squeezed between the big months of January (named for the Roman god Janus, keeper of gateways) and March (after Mars, the god of war).The first Roman calendar, legend has it, had 10 months and no February. Beginning at the vernal equinox (春分) with March, it ended with December. In an agricultural society, winter wasof little importance, and thus went undivided.January and February were added about 700 B.C. by the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius. He made all the months 29 or 31 days, but shortened February, the last month of the year, by giving it only 28.By the time of Julius Caesar, the calendar was three months out of sync with the solar year. This prompted Caesar to announce a new calendar in 46 B.C. Although there is some dispute—some historians say Caesar gave February 29 days—most believe his calendar preserved a 28-day February (with 29 days only in a leap year).Next, it was the church‘s turn. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII decreed a new calendar in Europe. Many changes were made, but the Pope passed up yet another chance to grant February equality with the other months.It‘s messy, even dangerous, changing how we measure time, but Pope Gregory was hardly the last one to try. The League of Nations received over 150 new calendar designs, and the United Nations has considered more proposals since. Just to name a few, there‘s the 30x11 Calendar (which supersizes December to 35 or 36 days) and the Kluznickian Calendar (which adds the month of Aten, after an Egyptian sun god). Each proposal involves something that supposedly modernizes the calendar.But I have a simpler proposal that won‘t lead to chaos, and will correct the historical injustices against February: move the last day of January and the last day of March into February to make it a normal month with 30 days, and a respectable 31 on leap years. This would not add or subtract a single day from the calendar year.As an added benefit, making the first three months of the year each 30 days would bring them into closer alignment with the lunar cycle. It‘s a great idea. And unlike Julius and Augustus, I won‘t even demand a month named in my honor.75. It is said that in the first Roman calendar, ________.A. all months were equally dividedB. December was the longest monthC. February was the shortest monthD. January and February were merged into one76. The 12-month calendar was first announced by ________.A. Julius CaesarB. Pope Gregory XIIIC. AugustusD. Numa Pompilius77. According to most historians, the new calendar in 46 B.C. ________.A. gave February 29 days for the first timeB. unveiled many mysteries surrounding FebruaryC. followed the tradition on FebruaryD. made February equal with other months78. It is implied in the passage that ________.A. most people today are not interested in changing the calendarB. there is no point in changing the current calendarC. people have been trying to make changes to the calendarD. it is urgent for us to make improvements to the calendar79. The author suggests in the last paragraph that his proposal ________.A. is easy to carry outB. is simpler than the othersC. will trigger little disputeD. makes scientific sense80. The author‘s purpose in writing the passage is to ________.A. emphasize that February should be extendedB. rewrite the history of February in the calendarC. explain why February should be the shortest monthD. compare various proposals to make February longerPAPER TWOPART V TRANSLATION (30 minutes, 20 points)Section A (15 minutes, 10 points)No one is going to spend much time deciding whether to read a printed advertisement or listen to a spoken one. If their attention is not attracted in no time and held firmly for the short amount of time necessary to absorb what is being said, then the advertisement will have failed miserably. The language of advertising, therefore, must be a language of immediate impact and rapid persuasion. It must bring the advertised product into attention, highlight its qualities, clearly outline the reason for buying it, and, preferably, leave a memorable echo of what has been said about the product ringing in the reader‘s or listener‘s mind.Section B (15 minutes, 10 points)有些大学毕业生容易找到工作，他们的特点是学习成绩好，愿意从事低收入的工作。
