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2017学位英语考试培训模拟试题三
2017学位英语考试培训模拟试题三
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Part I Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. The goods _____ when we arrived at the airport.
A. were just unloaded B. were just being unloaded C. were just been unloaded D. had just unloaded
2. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds _____ his argument in favor of the new theory.
A. which to base on B. on which to base C. to base on which D. which to be based on 3. I think your words carry more weight than _____.
A. anybody else's B. that of anybody's C. anybody else D. else anybody's 4. The second book was _____ by August 1996, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight.
A. to complete B. completed C. to have been completed D. to have completed 5. I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I _____ fully occupied the whole
of last week. A. were B. was C. had been D. have been 6. No difficulty and no hardship _____ discouraged him.
A. has B. have C. has been D. have been 7. I always keep candles in the house _____ there is a power cut.
A. if B. in case C. on condition that D. when
8. Some modern children's fiction deals with serious problems and situation which a realism seldom _____ in
earlier books. A. attempted B. attempting C. being attempted D. having attempted 9. Written in a hurry, _____.
A. she made many mistakes in the paper B. there were a lot of mistakes in the paper C. we found plenty of errors in her paper D. the paper was full of errors
10. Some students prefer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do. Others prefer _____ to work on their
own. A. leaving B. to leave C. having been left D. to be left 11. Our big surprise was a general agreement that there is _____ for change.
A. room B. space C. length D. dimension 12. Though the long-term _____ can't be predicted, the project has been approved by the committee.
A. affect B. effect C. effort D. afford 13. Not until the game had begun _____ at the sports ground.
A. had he arrived B. would he have arrived C. did he arrive D. should he have arrived
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14. Bear is the most popular drink among male drinkers, _____ overall consumption is significantly higher than
that of women. A. whose B. which C. that D. what 15. Peter, who had been driving all day, suggested _____ at the next town.
A. to stop B. stopping C. stop D. having stopped 16. I didn't know the word. I had to _____ a dictionary.
A. look out B. make out C. refer to D. go over 17. In the _____ of the project not being a success, the investors would have to lose up to $30 million.
A. face B. time C. event D. course
18. The growth of part time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, _____ more
women to take advantage of employment opportunities. A. have allowed B. allow C. allowing D. allows 19. These book, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you _____ you need.
A. all the information B. all the informations C. all of information D. all of the informations 20. The clothes a person wears may express his _____ or social position.
A. curiosity B. status C. determination D. siginicance
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal; they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of the individual.
People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat, you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the space on my side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had invaded his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!
If you are visiting another country, you may feel that you don’t have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long, you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and “outside”. Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don’t know about. And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you. Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space? 21. The writer was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because_____.
A. he had no place to sit B. someone had invaded his “space”
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C. too many people shared a section with him
D. some other people talked about things he didn’t know about 22. “… you feel lonely and ‘outside’ “in paragraph 4 means that_____.
A. you are alone outside the house B, you feel lonely because you travel on your own C. you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun
D. you feel lonely and you don’t belong to that place or that group of people 23. In Paragraph 4 , the pronoun “them’ refers to（所指） “_____”.
A. public spaces B. private spaces C. local people D. other countries 24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. British people dislike marking their space. B. You always feel at home in another country. C. Most British people prefer living in houses to flats.
D．You can’t mark your private space in a foreign country.
25. The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to _____.
A. own private spaces by living in houses B. have one corner of their own in public places C. realize the importance of “space” in communication D. create their private spaces by talking with local people
Passage 2
Since its founding in 1948，McDonald’s has grown from a family burger (汉堡包) stand to a global fast-food chain，with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries.
With 58 million daily customers worldwide, McDonald’s is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist publishes a global ranking of currencies’ purchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald’s, called the Big Mac Index (巨无霸指数). That's not to say that every nation carries the same menu items: choices vary widely depending on location. Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in a Big Mac roll, while McDonald's in India doesn't serve beef at all, relying instead on burgers made from veggies, rice and beans.
Not everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald when he moves to town. Many see McDonald’s as a symbol of American economic and cultural chauvinism (沙文主义) , and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their national food. A French farmer, Jose Bove, became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a group of people destroyed a McDonald's under construction to protest globalization and \food.\next year, a bomb detonated in a French McDonald’s, killing a 27-year-old employee. No one claimed responsibility.
But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies, McDonald’s is still widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization.
26. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. McDonald’s was founded in 1948
B. McDonald’s has opened its restaurants in every city of the world. C. McDonald’s has over 30,000 locations in the world now. D. McDonald’s was very small in scale in the beginning.
27. The word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 is most likely to mean_____.
A. very crowded B. very clean C. existing everywhere D. occurring frequently
2017学位英语考试培训模拟试题三 (附答案解析)
