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2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试A
英语试卷一
ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST
FOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTS
Paper One(90 minutes)
Part I Dialogue Communication(10 minutes，10 points)
PartⅡVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)
PartⅢReading Comprehension (45 minutes，25 points)
PartⅣCloze(15 minutes，15 points)
Part V Error Detection 00 minutes，5 points)
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Paper One试卷一
Part I Dialogue Communication(10 minutes,10 points)
Section A Dialogue Completion
Directions：In this section,you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers,each followed by 4 choices marked A,B,C,and D.Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1.A：Bob，would you mind turning down the TV a little? I'm talking on the phone，and I'm having a hard time hearing.
B：____________
A.Please forgive me.
B.Oh，sure! I'm sorry about that.
C.You should have told me earlier.
D.I’m sorry to hear about it.
答案：B
讲解：A说，Bob,你介意把电视开小点儿声音吗？我在打电话，很费劲儿才能挺清楚对方说什么。B表示，当然可以，很不好意思。
2.A：Hi，I'm your neighbor in 405，next door I'm Sunny Chan.
B：____________
A.I moved here about a week ago.
B.Hope we could become good neighbors.
C.Hi!Evervone here seems very friendly.
D.Jill Kingston.Nice to meet you.
答案：D
讲解：这是两个邻居第一次见面，互相自我介绍的场景
3.A：Could you run me over to the office? I'm late. My clock must be slow.
B：____________
A.Yes，never mind.I would rather give you a lift.
B.All right.But you should buy a new clock.
C.It’S my pleasure.May I help you fix your clock，too?
D.Yeah，I'll be glad to drop you off on my way to work.
答案：D
讲解：A说，您能捎我去办公室吗？我晚点了，我的表肯定慢了。
B表示，当然，很高兴顺路送您去上班。
drop off
[transitive] to take someone by car to a place and leave them there, especially on your way to another place
Just drop me here - I can walk the rest of the way.
4.A：I’m sorry.He’s not in his office.
B：______________
A.Are you Sure he will be back soon?
B.Would you like to leave a message?
C.Can you take a message for me?
D.Shall I call him sometime later?
答案：C
讲解：这是一个打电话的场景。A说，不好意思，他不在办公室。B于是说，您能帮我捎话吗？D看似有道理，但是不如C更好。什么时候给他打电话，不是关键，关键是找到他或者把有关信息告诉他。I'm sorry, she's out right now, can I take a message (for you)?
5.A：Do you mind if I take off my jacket?
B：______________
A.Ofcourse not，make yourself at home.
B.Oh，it’s very kind of you to do so.
C.I’ll be happy if I can be of any help.
D.Yes，it’s pretty warm in here.
答案：A
讲解：Do you mind句型，介意是Yes,不介意是No/Not
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Directions：In this section，you will read 5 Short conversations between a man and a woman.At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 chocices marked A,B,C,and D.Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
6.Man：Bob and Sue seem never discipline their daughter. She’s real nuts.
Woman：They are kept in the dark about their daughter’S behavior at school.
Question：What can we learn about Bob and Sue’S daughter?
A.She likes to eat nuts.
B.She is self-disciplined.
C.She behaves badly at school.
D.She enjoys leaving her parents in the dark.
答案：C
讲解：男士说，Bob和Sue好像从来都不管教他们的女儿，她简直就是一个小疯丫头。
女士说，他们对于女儿在学校里的所作所为简直一无所知。
1. Nuts: crazy
Are you nuts?
I'm going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don't find a new job soon.
Turn that radio off. It's driving me nuts (=annoying me very much) .
2. in the dark
knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it We're in the dark just as much as you are.
7.Woman：Now，Richard，would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?
Man：I call’t，Professor Harley.Someone must have left them on my desk.
A.He is suspected of cheating
B.He left the answers on his desk.
C.He doesn’t know how to explain.
D.He didn’t know the answers to the questions.
答案：A
讲解：学生考试场景，怀疑作弊
8. Woman：Don’t forget to drop me a line when you settle down.
Man：I won’t.I’ll keep you posted.
Question：What does the man mean?
A.He’ll write to the woman.
B.He’ll tell the woman his new address.
C.He’ll visit the woman once in a while.
D.He’ll chat with th e woman on the phone.
答案：A
讲解：搬家写信场景
1. drop somebody a line/note
to write a short letter to someone
Drop us a line to let us know how you're getting on.
2. keep somebody posted (on sth.)
spoken to regularly tell someone the most recent news about something I'll keep you posted on his progress.
9.Man：Betty, how was your trip to the museum with Tom this afternoon? Woman：Don’t ask me.
A.Something about the museum interested her.
B.Something was wrong with the trip.
C.She doesn’t know anything about the museum.
D.She doesn’t want to answer the man’s question.
答案：B
讲解：女士的回答Don’t ask me.表示有难言之隐，trip, museum都是表面信息，Betty应该下午和Tom不太愉快，这才是关键。
10.Man：Hey,Mary.I WaS invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty Contest.
Woman：Oh，really? Come on，you're pulling my leg.
Question：What does the woman mean?
A.She has no chance to win.
B.The man is encouraging her.
C.She’ll attend the contest.
D.The man is trying to fool her.
答案：D
讲解：男士说，玛丽，我被邀请去做美国小姐选美大赛的评委了。
女士说，真的？得了吧，你和我开玩笑呢吧。
pull somebody's leg
to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke
I haven't won, have I? You're pulling my leg.
PartⅡVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)
Section A
Directions：In this section there are 10 sentences,each with one word or phrase underlined.Choose he one from the 4 choices marked A,B,C and D that best keeps the
meaning of the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
11.The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.
A.explain
B.deny
C.consider
D.recognize
答案：C
讲解：allow for
估计到, 考虑到; 对...留有余地
12.British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease，which causes loss of memory and personality change.
A.control
B.determine
C.prevent
D.treat(治疗cure)
答案：B
讲解：diagnose: to find out what illness someone has, or what the cause of a fault is, after doing tests, examinations etc
determine
de- 下来+ termine边界；约束
v.
决定, 确定, 测定, 使下定决心, [律]使终止
13.Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.
A.fix up安排，修补
B.take up从事
C.pack up 打包，整理
D.make up 编造
答案：D
讲解：fabricate vt.
制作, 构成, 捏造, 伪造, 虚构
to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone
The police were accused of fabricating evidence .
14.So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.
A.golden
B.beautiful
C.warm
D.shining
答案：B (the whole afternoon)
讲解：gorgeous
good weather beautiful/gorgeous/glorious
1 extremely beautiful or attractive
'What do you think of my new flatmate?' 'He's absolutely gorgeous !'
You look gorgeous, Maria.
see usage note beautiful
2 extremely pleasant or enjoyable
?synonym lovelya gorgeous cakeThe hotel room had a gorgeous view.
15.I couldn’t work out why anyone would invent something so boring.
A.draw up
B.bring about
C.put forward
D.figure out
答案：D
讲解：
work something ? out
?UNDERSTAND? to think about something and manage to understand it
The plot is very complicated - it'll take you a while to work it out.
Figure out: to understand why someone behaves in the way they do
Women. I just can't figure them out.
16.You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for both you and your employer.
A.loose 松的
B.effective 有效的
C.elastic 弹性的
D.resourceful 资源丰富，足智多谋
答案：C
讲解：
flexible
a person, plan etc that is flexible can change or be changed easily to suit any new situation
?opposite inflexible
We can be flexible about your starting date.
The government needs a more flexible approach to education.
elastic
a system or plan that is elastic can change or be changed easily
Demand for this type of holiday will probably be fairly elastic.
17.The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials.
A.grants
B.rights
C.advantages
D.interests
答案：B
讲解：
Privilege
[countable] a special advantage that is given only to one person or group of people He had no special privileges and was treated just like every other prisoner.
privilege of
the privilege of a good education
right
something that you are morally, legally, or officially allowed to do or have
basic/equal/human/civil rights
18.Will Americans go for AT&T’s plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S.?
A.support
B.adopt 采取，选择
C.hinder 阻碍
D.attack 攻击，批评attacked the idea
答案：D (push)
讲解：
Go for
to attack or criticize someone
The dog suddenly went for me.
?CHOOSE?
to choose something
I think I'll go for the chocolate cake.
19.What lies in pieces around them represents，in effect，a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few.
A.in short 简而言之
B.in particular特别
C.in fact
D.in turn轮流
答案：C
讲解：in effect
used when you are describing what you see as the real facts of a situation
In effect, we'll be earning less than we were last year.
20.The weekend event will be centred around Wye College in Ashford, Kent，but the outing to the docks should be the highlight.
A.climax 高潮，顶点
B.pleasure 快乐
C.expectation 期望
D.surprise
答案：A
讲解：
highlight
[countable] the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part of something such as a holiday, performance, or sports competition
highlight of
That weekend in Venice was definitely the highlight of our trip.
highlight from
At 11.30 we'll be showing highlights from the Third Round of the FA Cup.
Section B
Directions：In this section,there are 10 incomplete sentences.For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
2 1.Then in June 1967 the country_______________diplomatic relations with Israel after the outbreak of the Six Day War.
A.broke away (from)
B.broke off
C.cut out 剪裁，取代
D.cut down 削减
答案：B
讲解：
break something ? off
to end a relationship
She broke off their engagement only a few weeks before they were due to be married.
The US has broken off diplomatic relations with the regime.
22.Everyone has faced the embarrassing_____________of deciding how much extra to give a waiter or taxi—driver.
A.incident
B.event
C. dilemma
D.menace威胁
答案：C
讲解：
Dilemma
a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad
a moral dilemma
in a dilemma
I'm in a dilemma about this job offer.
Many women are faced with the dilemma of choosing between work and family commitments.
23.The school arranged road trip appears to____________the spring break.
A.conform to符合，遵照
B.coincide with
C.consist in 存在于
D.collide with冲突
答案：B (appear to)
讲解：
Coincide with
to happen at the same time as something else, especially by chance
When our vacations coincided, we often holidayed together.
24.The new airport terminal is sure to______________the development of tourism.
A.imitate模仿
B.fascinate 着迷
C.impose 征税，强加
D.facilitate使容易
答案：D
讲解：
facilitate
to make it easier for a process or activity to happen
Computers can be used to facilitate language learning.
25.The Huntington Library has an____________collection of rare books and manuscripts of British and American history and literature.
A.intensive 强烈的，精深的
B.intentional 故意的(N)
C.extensive
D.extensional 外延的
答案：C
讲解：
extensive
large in size, amount, or degree
The house stands in extensive grounds.
26.Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this year, threatening to________________recent productivity gains.
A.reverse 相反，颠倒
B.reserve储备，预留
C.retrieve
D.revise 校正，修订
讲解：
retrieve
To bring back again; revive or restore.
重新恢复；使复苏或恢复
27.Those governments will provide big food and fuel_____________according to the Asian Development Bank.
A.substitutes 代替品
B.substances 物质
C.subsequences后继，后果
D.subsidies
答案：D
讲解：governments, the ADB
Subsidies 补助金，津贴
money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc
trade/agricultural subsidies etc international disagreement over trade subsidies
28.In mild winters apple buds began to break soon after Christmas，leaving
them_________to frost damage.
A.reluctant 勉强的
B.tough 强硬的
C.hostile 敌对的
D. vulnerable 易受攻击的
答案：D
讲解：
vulnerable
a place, thing, or idea that is vulnerable is easy to attack or criticize
vulnerable to
The fort was vulnerable to attack from the north. Their theories were badly thought out and very vulnerable to ridicule.
29.What is happening is a survival-of-the-fittest straggle affecting_________smaller factories in relatively low-tech，labor-intensive industries.
A.primarily 主要地
B.rationally理性地
C.primitively 最初地
D.respectively分别地
讲解：primarily
mainly
The advertisement is aimed primarily at children.
30.A traditional critic has the advantage of being able to______________standards and values inherited from the past.
A.turn up找到，出现
B.turn over打翻，反复考虑
C.turn to 变成，致力于
D.turn in 上交
答案：C
讲解：
Turn over
To think about; consider:
考虑；思考：
She turned over the problem in her mind.
她仔细考虑了这个问题
PartⅢ Reading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)
Directions：There are 5 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 one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
Passage One
The job was done，and it was time for a last cigarette.Eddie began tapping the pockets of his overalls,looking for the new packet of Marlboro he had bought that morning.It was not there.
It Was as he swung around tO look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lump.Right in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet，there Was a lump.A lump the size of a packet of cigarettes.
―I’ve done it again!‖said Eddie allgrily.―I’ve left the cigarettes under the carpet!‖
He had done this once before，and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hours.Eddie was determined that he was not going tO spend another tWO hours in this house.He decided to get rid of the lump another way.It would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes，nearly full,but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it again.He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.
Eddie didn’t want to damage the carpet itself,so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could.He kept beating，hoping Mrs.Vanbrugh wouldn’t hear the noise and come to see what he was doing.It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpet….The lump was beginning to flatten out.
After three or four minutes，thejob Was finally finished.Eddie picked up his tools，and began to walk out to his car.Mrs.Vanbrugh accompanied him.She seemed a little worried about something.
―Young man，while you were working today，you didn’t by any chance see any sign of Armand，did you? Armand is my bird.I let him out of his cage，you see，this morning，and he’S disappeared.He likes to walk around the house，and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in.Only today he didn’t come back.He’S never done su ch a thing before，it’S most peculiar…‖
―No，madam，I haven’t seen him anywhere，‖said Eddie，as he reached to start the Car.
And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel,where he had left it at lunchtime…
And he remembered the lump in the ca rpet….
31.What did Eddie Want tO do when he had finished fitting the carpet?
A. To have a cigarette.
B.To hammer the carpet flat.
C. To put back his tools.
D. To start work in the dining room.
答案：A
32.Why didn’t Eddie take out the thing under the cmget?
A.It was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted.
B.He didn’t need the cigarettes because he had some more in the Car.
C. It would take too long to take up the carpet and refit it.
D.He intended to come back and remove the lump the next day.
答案：C
33.What did Eddie do with the hammer?
A. He drove nails into the lump.
B.He fixed his toolbox.
C.He retired the carpet.
D. He flattened the lump.
答案：D
34.Mrs.Vanbrugh worried that______________.
A. her pet was nowhere to be found
B.fitting the carpet would be expensive
C.Eddie would smoke in the house
D.Eddie hadn’t done a proper job
答案：A
35.What was really underthe carpet?
A.The packet of cigarettes.
B.Eddie’S hammer.
C. A lump of wood.
D.The missing pet.
答案：D
Passage Two
If two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct,people will still be driving gasoline-powered cars 50 years from now,giving out heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere-and yet that carbon dioxide will not contribute tO global warming. The scientists，F Jeffrey Martin and William L.Kubic Jr.，are proposing a concept，which they have patriotically named Green Freedom, for removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it back into gasoline.
The idea is simple.Air would be blown over a liquid solution which would absorb the carbon dioxide.The carbon dioxide would then be extracted and subjected to chemical reactions that would turn it into fuel.Although they have not yet built a fuel factory,or even a small.prototype，the scientists say it is all based on existing technology.―Everything in the concept has been built，is operating or has a close cousin that is operating，‖Dr.Martin said.The proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas.，In the efforts to reduce humanity’S emissions of carbon dioxide,three solutions have been offered：hydrogen-powered cars，electric cars and biOfuels.Biofuels are gasoline substitutes produced from plants like corn or sugar
cane.Plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow,but growing crops for fuel takes up wide strips of land.Hydrogen-powered Cars emit no carbon dioxide,but producing hydrogen requires energy,and if that energy comes from coal-fired power plants，then the problem has not been solved. The problem with electric cars is that they have typically been limited to a range of tens of miles as opposed to the hundreds of miles that can be driven on a tank of gas.
Gasoline，it turns out，is an almost ideal fuel(except that it produces carbon dioxide).If it Can be made OUt of carbon dioxide in the air,the Los Alamos concept may mean there is little reason to switch,after all.
―It’s definitely worth pursuing，‖said Martin I. Hoffert，a professor of physics at New York University.―It has a couple of pieces to it that are interesting.‖Other scientists also said the proposal looked promising but could not evaluate it fully because the details had not been published.
36. What is most remarkable about the proposal,made by the tWO scientists?。
A.It is given a patriotic name.
B.No law of physics is violated.
C. It is based on existing technology.
D. Carbon dioxide Can be converted into fuel
答案：D
37. What is the biggest problem with hydrogen-powered cars？
A.There is no cheap source of hydrogen.
B. There might be a safety problem in hydrogen production.
C.They may still be a cause of global warming.
D.They are not suitable for long-distance travel.
答案：C
38.If what is proposed by the two scientists becomes true,___________________.
A.air pollution will，become a thing of the past
B.there will be no need for gasoline substitutes
C. people will be able to use much cheaper engergy
D.there will be no more biofuel-powered vehicles
答案：B
39. Which of the following Call best describe the attitude of Martin I Hoffert to the proposal?
A.Indifferent.
B. Positive.
C.Suspicious.
D.Critical.
答案：B
40. The passage is mainly written to________________。
A. introduce a new concept
https://www.doczj.com/doc/c118895129.html,pare different energy sources
C.stress the importance ofgasoline
D.discuSS solutions tO global warming
答案：A
Passage Three
In her international bestselling Talk to the Hand,author Lynne Truss.argues that common courtesies such as saying―Excuse me‖are practically extinct.There are certainly plenty who would agree with her.
Is it really true?We decided to find out by experiments.In dozens of American cities,our reporters performed two experim6rits：―door tests‖(would anyone hold one open for them?)；and―document drops‖(who-would help them retrieve a pile
of―accidentally‖dropped papers?).Along the way,the reporters encountered all types：men and women of different races,ages，professions,and income levels.
While 90 percent of the people passed the door test，only 55 percent passed the document drop.Are people less likely to help others when doing so takes extra effort or time? Not always，he reporters found.Take the pregnant woman who thought nothing of bending down to help us with our papers.Or the woman named Liz who balanced two coffees，her
keys and her wallet on a takeout tray with one hand，while picking up papers off the wet pavement with the other.Her reason for helping?―I was there,‖she said.
Overall，men were the most willing to help，especially when it came to document drops.In those，men offered aid 63 percent of the time，compared to 47 percent among women.Of course，men weren’t entirely democratic about whom they’d help.All of them held the door for the female reporter,and were more than twice as likely to help her pick up fallen papers than they were to help our male reporter.
By far,the most common reason people cited for being willing to go out of their way to help others was their upbringing.―It’S the way I was raised，‖said one young woman who held a door open despite struggling with her umbrella on a rainy day in Brooklyn.
We realize this isn’t a rigorous scientific study,but we believe it is a reasonable
real-world test of good manners around the globe. And it's comforting to know that in a place where millions of people push one another each day tO get ahead，they’re able to do it with a smile.Hey,if they Can make nice here，they can make nice anywhere.
41.Which of the following is the best wold to describe the experiments?
A.Scientific.
B.Biased.
C.Revolutionary.
D.Realistic.
答案：D
42.The examples of the pregnant woman and Liz are used to show that some
people___________________.
A.may take the trouble to help others
B. Won’t take the trouble to help others
C.mayhelp others save time
D.won’t help others save t ime
答案：A
43.According to the experiments，________________.
A.women are more careful.
B.women are more likely tO need help
C.men are more ready to.help
D. men are more democratic in helping others
答案：C
44.Helping others is a behavior that is largely influenced by_______________.
A.social norm
B.family education
C. pecifie situation
D.personal character
答案：B
45.The results of the experiments have shown that common
courtesies_______________.
A.are still with us
B.are disappearing
C. vary with professions
D. need rigorous study
答案：A
Passage Four
Within a large concrete room，Cut out of a mountain on a freezing-cold island just 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole，could lie the future of humanity.
The room is a vault(地下库)designed to hold around 2 million seeds,representing all known varieties of the world’S crops.It is being built to safeguard the world’S food supply against nuclear War,climate change，terrorism，rising sea levels，earthquakes and the collapse of electricity supplies。―If the worst came to the worst，this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet，‖says Cary Fowler,director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust，an independent international organisation promoting the project.
The Norwegian(挪威的)government is planning tO create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists.The ＄3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen.The vault will have metre-thick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and high-security doors.
The vault’S seed collection will represent the products of some 10，000 years of plant breeding by the world’S farmers.Though most are no longer widely planted，.the varieties contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding.
2018年同等学力申硕英语 2018年同等学力申硕英语?面对同等学力考试，相信每一位考生都做好了充足的准备，相信每一位考生的心中各不相同。但是提醒考生切勿兴奋过头，要保持一颗清醒的头脑，冷静答题。尤其是英语考试，考生要注意一下几方面： 一、不要“抢”答，要做好答题前的准备 按照英语考试的组织规程，考试两个阶段正式开始答题前几分钟，同学们就会拿到英语试卷。首先要快速地整体浏览一下试卷，大致判断一下对于自己来说试卷的难度。这里要特别注意留意两个部分： 第一个是阅读理解，第二个是看一看书面表达题目 二、不要“长”答，要合理分配答题时间 在第一个阶段的英语考试中，控制好答题节奏，合理利用时间，这一点非常重要。不要在一道试题上耽误太多时间。阅读理解部分由于语篇多，词汇量和阅读量都大，因此比较耗时，但千万不能在这里“恋战”。 三、调动语感做到“一答”准确 英语考试考查语言的运用，因此，考试中有没有语感，就变得非常重要。答题时，不要一味地想语法，想考点，要把考试变成“调动语感”和进行“语言交流”。要自觉运用平时训练所形成的答题技巧。对应试卷各个题型，在回答问题时要注意：
(1)单项选择; (2)完型填空; (3)阅读理解; (4)翻译的重要一步就是一定要理解原文，然后在用自己的语言通顺的表达出来，英语重在意合，英语重在形合;(5)书面表达 四、仔细填涂答题卡避免“非能力失分” 英语考试不仅检验平时训练是否“有素”，“功力”是否“完满”，也体现临场发挥的程度和水平。 温馨提示：考试们在面对考试的时候不用有太多的担心，这2018年同等学力申硕英语其实英语考试除了考查学生英语知识，也是考查学生的应试能力，所以考生在考试中，一定要沉着冷静，保持一个稳定的心，希望同学们关注考试注意事项，注意答题的每一个细节，稳定心理，正常、甚至是超水平发挥，以期在考试中取得优异成绩。 附：在职研究生热门招生院校推荐表
2015年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试 英语试卷一、卷二真题及参考答案 考生须知 1.本考试分试卷一和试卷二两部分。试卷一满分75分，考试时间为100分钟， 9:00开始，10:40结束:试卷二满分25分，考试时间为50分钟，10:40开始，11:30结束。 2.请考生务必将本人姓名和考号填写在本页方框内。 3.请将试卷一答案用2B铅笔填涂在试卷一答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。 4.在答题卡上正确的填涂方法为:在代表答案的字母上划线，如[A] [B][C][D]。 5.监考员宣布试卷一考试结束后，请停止答试卷一，将试卷一和试卷一答题卡反扣在自己的桌面上，继续做试卷二。监考员将到座位上收取试卷一和试卷一答题卡。 6.监考员收卷过程中，考生须配合监考员验收，并请监考员在准考证上签字(作为考生交卷的凭据)，否则，若发生答卷遗失，责任由考生自负。 Paper One (100minutes) Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes，10 points) Section A Directions：In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C，taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Dialogue One A. Do you know what a handicapped space is? B. The signs always tell you how long you can park there and on what days. C. Then you also need to be aware of the time limits on the street signs. Student: Can you tell me where I can park? Clerk: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile? Student: I drive an automobile. Clerk: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. 1 Student: Yes, I have seen those spots. Clerk: Well, when you see the blue spots with the handicapped sign, do not park there unless you have a special permit. Are you going to be parking in the daytime or evening? Student: I park in the evenings. Clerk: 2 Have you seen those signs? Student: Yes, I have seen those signs. Clerk: 3 .
2013年（第六版大纲）英语要求 一词汇： 掌握约6000个英语词汇和约700个常用词组。对6000个词汇中的2800个左右的积极词汇要求熟练掌握，即能在口语交际和写作中准确地运用；其余词汇则要求能在阅读、语篇完型填空和英译汉等中识别和理解。 二题型： 分试卷一和试卷二 试卷一考试分数占75分值考试时间100分钟 1 口语交际 10道题 10分 2 词汇 10道题 10分 3 阅读理解 25道题 25分 4 完型填空 10道题 10分 5 短文完成 20道题 20分
试卷二考试分数占25分值考试时间50分钟 6 英译汉 100词左右 10分 7 写作不少于150词 15分 2015年同等学力英语真题解析 英语试卷一 Paper One (100minutes) Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes，10 points) 命题规律： 规律一：把握语篇关系（词汇、句子、篇章基础之上的综合能力）（1）逻辑关系：转折、条件、因果等。 （2）语义走向：句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间、或者分句与分句之间的关系。会出现没有任何连接词，但具有某种语义关系的情况。比如，表示态度色彩的褒贬语义走向，表示支持或是反对的语义走向，表示顺承、递进、解释、说明、强调的语义走向。 规律二：把握场景语境（固定用语是重点考查对象） 具体场景：对话、旅游、就餐、图书馆、邀请、道歉、恭贺、支持等。
规律三：把握句型结构（疑问句、感叹句、强调句、倒装句）。 解题方法： 第一步：抓住谈话双方的身份 具体有：师生之间、父女之间、夫妻之间、图书管理员与学生之间、医生病人之间、来电者与接线员之间、服务员与就餐者之间。第二步：读懂首句的关键词 第三步：分析空格前后线索 同义词、反义词反复出现；逻辑关系；固定搭配与特殊句型。第四步：代入空格通读检查。 Section A Directions：In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C，taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. 总体印象：
Part IV Cloze (10 points) Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked, A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. When asked about the impact of disturbing news on children, one mother said: “My 11-year-old daughter doesn’t like watching the news. She has 46 about what she has seen. One time, she watched a report about a person who killed a family member with a knife. That night she dreamed that she too was being killed.” Another interviewee said: “ My six-year-old niece saw reports of tornadoes(龙卷风)from elsewhere in the country. For weeks 47 , she was terrified. She 48 call me on the phone, convinced that a tornado was coming her way and that she was going to die.” Do you think disturbing news reports can frighten children? In one survey, nearly 40 percent of parents said that their children had been 49 by something they saw in the news and that, 50 , the children had feared that a similar event would happen to them or their loved ones. Why? One factor is that children often 51 the news differently from adults. For example, small children may believe that a 52 that is broadcast repeatedly is really happening repeatedly. A second factor is that daily reports of disturbing events can distort a child’s 53 of the world. True, we live in “critical times hard to 54 .” But repeated exposure to disturbing news reports can cause children to develop lasting fears. “Children who watch a lot of TV news 55 to overestimate the occurrence of crime and may perceive the world to be a more dangerous place than it actually is,” observes the Kaiser Family Foundation. 46. A. thoughts B. nightmares C. ideas D. pictures 47. A. afterward B. ago C. before D. later 48. A. should B. might C. could D. would 49. A. bored B. angered C. upset D. disappointed 50. A. in no time B. by all means C. all the more D. as a result 51. A. tell B. interpret C. narrate D. treat 52. A. tragedy B. comedy C. play D. drama 53. A. imagination B. view C. sight D. look 54. A. give up B. stick to C. deal with D. set down 55. A. prefer B. turn C. come D. tend 参考答案：46-50 BADCC 51-55 DABDD Part V Text Completion (20 points) Directions: In this part there are three incomplete texts with 20 questions (Ranging from 56 to 75).Above each text there are three or four phrases to be completed. First, use the choices provided in the box to complete the phrases. Second, use the completed phrases to fill in the blanks of the text. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Text One A. angrier B. getting C. action
2015年同等学力英语真题答案 PartⅠ Dialogue 1 A C B Dialogue 2 B C A Dialogue 3 D C A B PartⅡ 1-5 A D A B C 6-10 D C A C B PartⅢ Passage one: 21-25 D B A A D Passage two: 26-30 D A C C B Passage three 31-35 D A A B C Passage four 36-40 A D A B D Section B 41-45 C C D D B Part ⅣCloze 1-5 B A D C C 6-10 B A D C D PartⅤText completion Text 1 A B C A B C Text 2 D A B C B A D C Text 3 A C B C B A Part ⅥTranslation Should work be placed among the causes of happiness or be regarded as a burden? Much work is exceedingly tiresome, and an excess of work causes stress and even disease. I think, however, that, provided work is not excessive in amount, even boring work is less harmful than idleness. We sometimes feel a little relief from work; at other times work gives us delight. These feelings arise according to the type of work we are doing and our ability to do that work. Work fills many hours of the day and removes the need to decide what one should do. 参考译文： 我们应该把工作当成快乐的源泉呢？还是视它为一种负担?大量的工作让人极为不爽，超负荷的工作给人造成巨大压力，甚而积劳成疾。然而，我认为：如果工作量不是很大，即便没什么乐趣，也比无聊空虚对身体健康有益。有时我们从工作中获得慰藉；有时工作给我们带来快乐。这些感觉的产生取决于我们所从事工作的类型以及我们自身的工作能力。工作占去了我们一天当中大部分的时间，也不允许我们需要决定应该做什么。 PartⅦWriting 范文 Nowadays, more and more people are concerned about the problem of environmental protection, for the pollution has brought us so many bad influences. It is important for us to realize that it is everyone’s duty to protect our environment. To cope with this nation-wide problem, our government has started to take a series of effective measures. The most effective way is to save energy and reduce carbon emission. Because every
我们格外重视2016同等学力统考。 原因一，2016是同等学力30分漏洞的最后一年。自从有同等学力以来，考试大纲都是每4年一改，2013/2014/2015过去了，就只有2016了。 原因二，由于在职类中，同等学力的‘姐妹篇’GCT于2016并入了12月底的国家研究生统招考试，故2016的同等学力虽侥幸未并入其中，毋庸置疑难度肯定会同比加大。 原因三，2017同等学力的国家政策尚未明朗，如果届时同等学力也像GCT一样那就 惨了。据此，不管自身现有基础如何当然是越早备考越保险，切不可以胆试运，心存侥幸。一句话，试不起，也赌不起。因此，市面各培训机构学生购买各种辅导课程的数据显示，今年我们同等学力备考的学生也明显较往年早3-5个月不等。望备战2016同 等学力统考的同学们，即日起就投入到2016同等学力备考当中，但是切不可盲目选择辅导课程，除了要关注机构历年统考过关实情外(而非无法考实的过关率)，还须充分试听相应辅导课程。你比如说英语科目，因为大家毕竟多年不接触英语了，各方面基础已忘乎殆尽，如果辅导课程不能帮助大家迅速获补基础，巧妙而直接的解决‘纯拼词汇语法题海式的传统备考方案’所带来的各种痛点，确实是很难确保帮助大家一次通关。不要忘了,2016是最后一年了! 2015年同等学力英语考试真题 Part I Oral Communication(10 points) Section A Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete
同等学力申硕英语如何有效进行复习？ 近些年随着十月联考取消，报考同等学力申硕的人越来越多了，同等学力考试内容简单，但是英语很多人都不会复习，也不知道难度，下面小编为大家讲解一下， 同等学力申硕英语难度如何? 同等学力申硕的英语考试难度与四六级相当，所以是大家很容易通过的，但是也要注意对在职研究生英语单词的复习，首先大家要了解考研英语与四六级对词汇的要求不同。四六级考试是水平性考试，考试的目的是测验在校大学生的英语水平，直白的说，这种考试，是为了让大多数考生通过的，因此，词汇的复习要有针对性，把考研大纲5500个单词划分出个三六九等来，区别对待。对于你认为熟悉的初高中词汇，要重点记忆它的第二个，第三个，甚至第四个你不熟悉的意思。 同等学力申硕英语该如何复习? 每次都背单词 对于在职研究生英语单词，我们每天一百个是最低限，其实背到后来你会发现这个要求并不高，一个月后，你可能自然而然地就背到三百或者五百，时间上可以平均分配开来，第二天早晨复习以前没背下来的词。大家要一边看一边读每个词的读音，默读也成。看完后回忆一遍，回忆不起来的再看。 多和单词“约会”
对于在职研究生英语单词是否“一见钟情”都是无所谓的，关键在于有更多不同类型的见面机会，因为一个单词能不能记住，取决于和它在不同场合见面的频率，不在于每次看着它的时间长短。一般想记住一个单词，每星期要和它在不同场合见三到四次面，具体问题一定要具体分析;另外，大家在背单词时，还要把握住最基础的部分，也就是所谓的词根，对付这些词根的最好方法，就是进行大量的，不间断的，简单的初级听力练习。因为阅读材料中，还有百分之二十其他词汇，所以光凭这个等级的词还看不懂那些阅读材料。 附：在职研究生热门招生院校推荐表
2015年同等学力英语考试真题 Part I Oral Communication(10 points) Section A Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Dialogue One Do you know what a handicapped space is ? The signs always tell you how long you can park there and on what days. Then you also need to be aware of the time limits on the street signs. Student: Can you tell me where I can park? Clerk: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile? Student: I drive an automobile. Clerk: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. 1 Student: Yes, I have seen those spots. Clerk: Well, when you see the blue spots with the handicapped sign, do not park there unless you have a special permit. Are you going to be parking in the daytime or evening? Student: I park in the evenings. Clerk: 2 Have you seen those signs? Student: Yes ,I have seen those signs. Clerk: 3 Dialogue Two A. The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout. B. May I have your driver’s license, please? C. Are you familiar with our rules and fines? Student: Excuse me, I am interested in getting a library card. Librarian: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter. Student: Thank you. I’ll do it right now.
同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试大纲(第六版) 一、指导思想 本考试大纲要求通过教学使学生具有较好的用英语获取信息的能力和一定的用英语传递信息的能力。这就要求考生具有较强的阅读理解能力，一定的口语交际能力和语篇信息处理能力，同时也必须具有一定的英译汉能力和写作能力。本考试旨在测试考生是否达到大纲所规定的各项要求和具有大纲所规定的各项语言运用能力。 二、评价目标 本考试重点考查考生的英语口语交际、阅读、语篇完形处理、英译汉和写作等技能(由于技术上的原因，本考试暂时取消听力测试，口语交际技能的测试采用书面形式进行。考生听力能力的测试由各院校在考生学习期间进行)。考生应在词汇知识、语法知识、口语交际能力、阅读理解能力、语篇完形处理能力、英译汉能力和写作能力等方面分别达到以下要求： (一)词汇 掌握约6 000个英语词汇和约700个常用词组。对6 000个词汇中的2 800个左右的积极词汇要求熟练掌握，即能在口语交际和写作中准确地运用；其余词汇则要求能在阅读、语篇完形处理和英译汉等过程中识别和理解。 (二)语法 掌握英语的基本语法知识、常用句型和结构，能正确理解包含这些知识、句型和结构的句子和语篇。 (三)口语交际 能用英语进行日常口语交流。对于生活、学习和工作中的常见英语交流，能理解交流情景、说话人的意图和会话的含义，并能运用相应的知识和判断进行恰当的交流。能正确理解英语口语中常见的习惯用法。 (四)阅读 能综合运用英语语言知识和阅读技能读懂一般性题材的文章、广告等应用性文本和博客及跟帖等互动形式的阅读材料。要求能抓住大 意，读懂细节，能理解上下文的逻辑关系，并能领会和分辨作者或话语参与各方的主要意图和态度及其异同等。 (五)语篇完形处理
在职研究生同等学力申硕英语备考经验汇总 一、复习方法篇 1、如何高效增加词汇量 1）不要背书 大部分人背书都是背了后面忘了前面，正襟危坐几个小时，其实记住的单词没几个，为什么？因为人的瞬时记忆力只能记忆5-7个东西，比如你妈妈叫你去买菜，七样以内你能记住，要是十几样你就得用笔记了。因此背书没用，那怎么办？就是分组背，记一组，测试一组，再记下一组。（刘毅的背单词的书就是按照这个原理来设计的） 2）不要用整段时间来背单词 我看过很多人的每日计划，什么几点到几点是背单词时间。这个没用，你花几个小时光背单词，记忆效率绝对很低，脑袋都木掉，合上书一个字也想不起来。一些英语牛人就一个背单词方法——小卡片。每天没事就拿出来看一下，坚持不懈，效果绝对好。 3）在遗忘临界点复习 有个伟大的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线，非常厉害，只要按照那个曲线在遗忘临界点复习，5次复习就可以终身不忘。可以在第1、2、5、15、30、60天把单词再重复看一遍！ 4）语境记忆 背单词绝对不能没有例句，中文的一个词你可以对他有很多种解释，英文也一样，如果没有例句帮你体会单词用法，光背词意在真正阅读的时候一定会抓瞎。（刘毅的背单词的书每个单词都有例句） 5）巧用学习工具 现在科技发达，学习工具很多，巧加利用才能事半功倍。我用的是Nokia N73手机，里面有英汉词典，遇到不懂的单词随时用来查，同时也可以把一些单词作为提示有空的时候拿来看。 6）背记单词必须和做真题结合起来 因为单词必须得放到文章中能够认知才叫记住了单词这样单词的记忆会达到事半功倍的效果。传统的每天只是拿着单词书死记硬背是不科学的也是效率最低的。
在单词有了进步之后，你会发现不管是汉译英还是英译汉都不在害怕。但是前提仍然是，多多练习。熟能生巧，翻译多了，跟好的翻译答案对照之后，你会发现好多“的字结构”“使字结构”“无主句”等等之类的句子其实翻译方法是很有章可循的，翻译多了，你会知道什么情况下用被动结构，什么情况下用强调结构，这些能力的前提是必须得多多练习。 2、疯狂做往年的真题并且做后花长时间认真分析 认真做每年的真题，尤其是一些有考验经验的人推荐的真题。争取三天一套，做的时候要卡着时间。做完后要理科对照着正确答案认真分析。做完一套真题可能只需要三个小时的时间，但是做完之后的分析却需要6个小时。所以按照在职学习人的时间来算，三天做一套真题节奏刚好。即便是你做过一遍之后，答案已经背下来了，也仍然要认认真真地做真题，把真题的阅读理解和完形填空作为精读的材料去认真详细地分析每一个句子，攻下你在真题里碰到的每一个生词。 做真题有几大好处，一是通过反复做真题，你可以记住大纲里80%的单词；二是通过反复做真题，你可以熟悉阅读理解完形填空的文章风格和真题出题思路，到考试的时候才不会不适应，尤其是近5年的试题；三是真题的阅读理解其实就是很好很地道的说明文和议论文，熟读之后你会发现里面有好多很精美很地道的句子，拿来用到自己的作文里非常的出彩。三是通过精读真题的阅读理解和完形填空，基本上你第二卷的英译汉已经不成问题了。（第二卷的作文和英译汉通过做真题完全可以搞定了）。 3、针对09新大纲复习对策 今年的英语考试大纲试卷一考试内容与以往相比，去掉了辨识错误部分，保留了会话技能、词汇、阅读理解、综合填空4部分内容。也就是说在考试时间不变的情况下，考试内容减少，试卷难度也就相应降低，对考生而言是好消息。以往，辨错题是试卷中唯一直接考查语法结构题目，新大纲调整后，考生就不需要记忆细小语法知识，更利于考生的英语复习。 专家认为辨识错误部分的5分可能会加到阅读理解部分或词汇部分。根据新大纲中的样题看，2009年英语考试阅读理解部分分值预计会增加，由25分变成30分，题目数量也相应从25个增至30个。同时，新大纲删除500多个旧词增加1220多个新词和50个常用词组。词汇量要求提高预示着今年的英语水平考试难度可能比以往会加大。 面对新大纲词汇量增加的问题，考生可以采用像滚雪球一样的方法记忆。在复习词汇时，首先从掌握大学英语四六级考试要求的词汇入手，每天定时定量地完成背诵内容，第二天，将学过的单词默写几遍，以加深印象。这个阶段大概需要3个月的时间，然后进入背诵考研词汇阶段，考生可选择一本考研核心词汇作为辅助记忆参考书。但是不要认为单词一遍就记住了，记单词的关键是重复记忆。按照记忆曲线，记忆7次一般就差不多记住了，但是还有很少的一部分单词不能记住。他在记完7次以后，把仍然记不住的单词抄在卡片上。正面写着英文单词、词性、音标；背面写着意思、助记法等。
2014年同等学力英语真题（二卷） 2014年同等学力英语真题二卷 Paper Two (50 mintues) Part VI s(10 points) Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. The social costs of unemployment go far beyond the welfare and unemployment payments made the government. Unemployment increases the chances of divorce, child abuse, and alcoholism, a new federal survey shows. Some experts say the problem is only temporary-that new technology will eventually create as many jobs as it destroys. But futurologist Hymen Seymour says the astonishing efficiency of the new technology there will bi a simple net reduction in the amount of human labor that needs to bi done. “we should treat this as
2015 同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试 英语试卷一 Paper One (100minutes) Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes，10 points) Section A Directions：In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C，taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Dialogue One A. Do you know what a handicapped space is? B. The signs always tell you how long you can park there and on what days. C. Then you also need to be aware of the time limits on the street signs. Student: Can you tell me where I can park? Clerk: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile? Student: I drive an automobile. Clerk: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. 1 Student: Yes, I have seen those spots. Clerk: Well, when you see the blue spots with the handicapped sign, do not park there unless you have a special permit. Are you going to be parking in the daytime or evening? Student: I park in the evenings. Clerk: 2 Have you seen those signs? Student: Yes, I have seen those signs. Clerk: 3 Dialogue Two A. The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout. B. May I have your driver‘s license, please? C. Are you familiar with our rules and fines? Student: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card. Librarian: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter. Student: Thank you. I‘ll do it right now.
Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points) Section A Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Passage One Sometimes a race is not enough. Sometimes a runner just wants to go further. That’s what happened to Dennis Martin and Brooke Curran. Martin, 68, a retired detective form New York City, took up running after his first wife died. Curran, 46, a philanthropist(慈善家)from Alexandria, started running to get out of the house and collect her thoughts. Both she and Martin got good at running but felt the desire to do more. “The more I trained, the better I got,” Curran said,” but I would cross the finish line with no sense of accomplishment.”Eventually , they worked up to running marathons(马拉松)(and longer races) in other countries, on other countries. Now both have achieved a notable -and increasingly less rate- milestone; running the 26.2-mile race on all seven continents. They are part of a phenomenon that has grown out of the running culture in the past two decades, at the intersection of athleticism and leisure: “runcations,”which combine distance running with travel to exotic places. There trips, as expensive as they are physically challenging ,are a growing and competitive market in the travel industry. “In the beginning, running was enough,” said Steen Albrechtsen, a press manager. The classic marathon was the ultimate goal, then came the super marathons, like London and New York. But when 90,000 people a year can take that challenge, it is no longer e xciting and adventurous .Hence, the search for new adventures began.”“No one could ever have imagined that running would become the lifestyle activity that it is today,”said Thom Gilligan, founder and president of Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel. Gilligan, who has been in business since 1979, is partly responsible for the seven-continent phenomenon. It started with a casual talk to an interviewer about his company offering trips to every continent except Antarctica. And then in 1995, Marathon fours hosted its first Antarctica Marathon on King George Island. Off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; 160 runners got to the starting line of a dirt-and ice-trail route via a Russian icebreaker through the Drake Passage. 21. At the beginning, Martin took up running just to . A. meet requirements of his job B. win a running race C. join in a philanthropic activity D. get away from his sadness 22. Martin and Curran are mentioned as good examples of . A. winners in the 26.2-mile race on all seven continents B. people who enjoy long running as a lifestyle activity C. running racers satisfied with their own performance