2015年11月1日学位英语考试真题答案(完整版) Part I Dialogue completion (10 points)
Dialogue one
Tom: Do you go to college?
Mike: Yes. __1__
Tom: What college do you go to?
Mike: I go to Pasade na City College.
Tom: Do you like it?
Mike: Oh, yes. __2__
Tom: why do you like it?
Mike: Because it has great teachers.
Tom: __3__
Mike: I like all my classmates, too.
Tom: Anything else?
Mike: Yes. __4__
A. It ' s not expensive!
B. You bet.
C. I thi nk I do.
D. what else?
Dialogue Two
Speaker A: I just recen tly moved into the n eighborhood.
Speaker B: __5__ How rece ntly?
Speaker A: Just last week.
Speaker B: What kinds of things have you bee n doing out there?
Speaker A: __6__
Speaker B: why n ot?
Speaker A: I don't know what to do.
Speaker B: There're all sort of things to do.
Speaker A: __7__
Speaker B: Shopp ing, or see ing a movie, or even going to the beach.
Speaker A: That sounds great.
A. I have n't bee n doing much.
B. Really?
C. How are you doi ng?
D. Like what?
Dialogue Three
George: Did you hear about the robbery?
Joh nny: No, I did n't hear about it.
George: A man tried to rob the bank n ext to our buildi ng this morning.
Joh nny: __8__
George: Yes, he tried to rob the bank at gunpoint.
Joh nny: __9__
George: Oh, every one in the bank is OK.
Joh nny: That's good to hear.
George: He did get away, though.
Joh nny: That is horrible.
George: __10__
Joh nny: rm sure they'll catch him eve ntually.
A. Did anyone get hurt?
B. Thank the lucky stars.
C. Are you serious?
D. The cops don't know who the guy is.
Part II Readi ng Comprehe nsion (40 poin ts)
Directio ns: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by
5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the best o ne and mark your an swer on the ANSWER SHEET with a sin gle bar through the cen ter of the letter.
Passage One
Here's a familiar story. You're sitti ng at the dinner table with a furry,
four-legged friend scratchi ng at your feet. When you look dow n, those cute eyes are almost impossible to resist.
What is it about a dog's gaze that makes it so charming? A new study by Japanese scie ntist Miho Nagasawa seems to have found the an swer, and it has to do with someth ing called the cuddle
（爱抚）chemical.
The cuddle chemical has ano ther, more scie ntific n ame: oxytoci n. Oxytoci n is a substa nee in the blood that en courages bonding. Levels of oxytoc in in crease, for example, when a mother feeds her newborn baby. According to Nagasawa's study, the same is true whe n we look deeply into the eyes of a dog.
The results of this study can tell us a lot about the history of the bond between humans and dogs. It all started somewhere tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists believe that wolves used to follow humans who were hunting large animals. The wolves would eat the food left beh ind by the huma ns.
Huma ns realized that they could use the wolves to help with the hunt, and even tually both species bega n to work together toward survival.
Over time, the wolves that in teracted with the huma ns bega n to cha nge. They became more loyal to their human partners. The wolves and humans started to depend
on each other and bond with each other. These cha nges are what caused some of the wolves to turn into what we nowknow as dogs, a new specie^ evolved to better survive in their en viro nment.
This process depe nded a great deal on the bond huma ns formed with them. And accord ing to Nagasawa's study, this bond was formed with the help of oxytoc in, the cuddle chemical.
11. What do we know about oxytoci n?
A. It regulates blood flow.
B. It promotes bonding.
C. It is in the huma n gene.
D. It is good for health.
12. When we look deeply into a dog's eyes, the levels of our oxytoci n __ .
A. reduce over time
B. go either up or dow n
C. are on the rise
D. rema in un cha nged
13. At the begi nning wolves followed huma ns to __ .
A. eat the food left by huma ns
B. guard aga inst large ani mals
C. take huma ns for food
D. hunt large ani mals together
14. Over time some wolves tur ned into dogs ___ .
A. due to their loyalty
B. due to the cha nging environment
C. for better survival
D. for better cooperati on
15. What does Nagasawa9s study aim to do?
A. Explore the role of huma n-wolf part nership.
B. Show the characteristics of the cuddle chemical.
