学位英语考试试题及答案冲刺模拟 .doc

2019年11月学位英语考试试题及答案【冲刺模拟】 一、完成对话(1-10) 1.Let me help you prepare dinner, Mom. _, but your homework hasn't been done, you'd better finishit first. A.That's all right B.You're welcome C.That's very kind of you D.I'd love to 答案：C 2.If you like I can do some shopping for you. That's a very kind _. A.offer B.service C.point D.suggestion 答案：A 3.Excuse me, mother, but I want to join my friends for an outing. OK._! A.Congratulations B.Good luck C.My pleasure D.Have fun 答案：D 4.May I use your computer printer.'? _. A.By all means B.Never mind C.You are welcome D.Don't mention it 答案：A 5.Tom, it is careless of you tohave left your key in the lock hole of your car. _So I did.I might have my car stolen. A.Thank you. B.I'm sorry. C.My God! D.It doesn't matter. 答案：C 6.How about the two of chatting online? _.It's much cheaper than talkingon the phone. A.No way B.Why not? C.All right D.No matter 答案：B 7.Whose advice do you think I shouldtake? _. A.That's it B.You speak C.It's up to you D.You got it 答案：C 8.I can't walk any farther, Jenny. _ , can do it! I'm dead tire A.No problem B.No hurry C.Come on D.That's OK 答案：C 9.How did you find your visit to Qingdao, Joanna? _. A.Oh, wonderful indeed B.I went there alone C.First by train and then by ship D.A guide showed me the way 答案：A 10.Shall we go and have a picnic at the weekend? _ It's said that theremight be snow then. A.Why not? B.Great! C.Good idea! D.It depends. 答案：D 二、阅读理解(11-30) Throughout the history of thearts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to matter what objects theyselect, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause changeto find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before. Landscape (风景.) is another unchanging elementof can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists,continued this e sought out the sameplace where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had pro-duced paintings of the samescene a century and a half e Cole whoinsists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature,Ledge paints what he actually his paintings,there is no particular change in motion, and he includes ordinary things likethe highway in the also takes advantageof the latest develop-ments of color photography (摄影术)to help both the eye and the memory when he im-proves his painting back in hisworkroom. Besides, all art begs theage-old question： What is real? Each generation of artists has shown theirunderstanding of reality in one form or impressionists saw re-ality in briefemotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and theCro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in theancient sum up, understanding reality is anecessary struggle for artists of all periods. Over thousands of years thefunction of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern orWestern, the arts are a basic part of our immediate and different are the facesof art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings. 11.The underlined word "poetry"most probably means_. A.an object for artistic creation B.a collection of poems C.an unusual quality D.a natural scene 答案：C 12.Leslie's paintings areextraordinary because _. A.they are close in style to works in ancienttimes B.they look like works by 19th-century painters C.they draw attention to common things in life D.they depend heavily on color photography 答案：C 13.What is the author's opinion ofartistic reality? A.It will not be found in future works of art. B.It does not have a long-lasting standard. C.It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. D.It is lacking in modern works of art. 答案：B 14.What does the author suggestabout the arts in the last paragraph? A.They express people's curiosity about the past. B.They make people interested in everydayexperience. C.They are considered important for variety inform. D.They are regarded as a mirror of the humansituation. 答案：D 15.Which of the following is themain topic of the passage? A.History of the arts. B.Basic questions of the arts. C.New developments in the arts. D.Use of modern technology in the arts. 答案：B There are two types of peoplein the ugh they have equal degree of health and wealth and othercomforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes arises from the different ways in which they consider things,persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds. People who are to be happy fixtheir attention on the convenience of things： the pleas-ant parts ofconversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine enjoy all the who are to be unhappy think and speak onlyof the opposite fore, they are their remarks,they sour the pleasureof society, hurt many people, and make themselves disagreeable this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy personswould be the more to be intention ofcriticizing (批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken upby imitation (模仿).It growsinto a habit, unknown to its habit maybe strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effectson their interests and tastes.I hope this littlewarning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit. Although in fact it is chieflyan act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings ondeep sorrow and bad people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the mostcommon politeness and frequently putsthem in bad temper and draws them into y aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobodywishes them will anyone start a step orspeak a word to favor their they bring onthemselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many willjoin to criticize their peopleshould change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleas-ing, withoutworrying needlessly about themselves and y do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact (接触) with wise, it can bedisagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixedup in their quarrels. 16.People who are unhappy _. A.always consider things differently from others B.usually are affected by the results of certainthings C.usually misunderstand what others think or say D.always discover the unpleasant side of certainthings 答案：D 17.The phrase "sour thepleasure of society" in Paragraph 2 most nearly means“_”. A.have a good taste with social life B.make others unhappy C.tend to scold others openly D.enjoy the pleasure of life 答案：B 18.We can conclude from the passagethat _. A.we should pity all such unhappy people B.such unhappy people are dangerous to sociallife C.people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness D.unhappy people can not understand happy persons 答案：C 19.If such unhappy persons insist onkeeping the habit, the author suggests that peo-ple should_. A.prevent any communication with them B.show no respect and politeness to them C.persuade them to recognize the bad effects D.quarrel with them until they realize themistakes 答案：A 20.In this passage, the writermainly _. A.describes two types of people B.laughs at the unhappy people C.suggests the unhappy people should get rid ofthe habits of unhappiness D.tells people how to be happy in life 答案：C Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, tokeep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for a he came to analyze theirembarrassing lapses (差错) in a scientific report, he wassurprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few did the lapses appear to be entirely random (随机的). One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work onemorning threw her dog her earrings and tried to ix a dog biscuit on her ear."The explanation for this is thatthe brain is like a computer," explains the professor."People programme themselves to do certain activities was the woman's custom every morning to throw her dog twobiscuits and then put on her somehow theaction got reversed in the programme." About onein twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these "programmeassembly failures". Altogether the volunteers logged 433 unintentional actions thatthey found themselves doingan average of twelve appear to be peak periods in the day when we are at ourzaniest (荒谬可笑的).These are twohours some time between eight a.m.and noon,between four and six p.m.with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m."Among men the peak seems to be when a changeover in brainprogrammes occurs, as for instance between going to and from work." Women on average reported slightly more lapse-12.5comparedwith 10.9 for men probably because they were more reliable reporters. A startling finding of the research is that the absent-mindedactivity is a hazard of do-ing things in which we are lly, you would expect thatskill reduces the num-ber of errors we tryingto avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lot worse, evendangerous. 21.In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects _. A.to keep track of people who tended to forget things B.to report their embarrassing lapses at random C.to analyze their awkward experiences scientifically D.to keep a record of what they did unintentionally 答案：D 22.Professor Smith discovered that_. A.certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidents B.many people are too embarrassed to admit their absent-mindedness C.men tend to be more absent-minded than women D.absent-mindedness is an excusable human weakness 答案：A 23."Programme assembly failures"(Para.2) refers to the phenomenon that people_. A.often fail to programme their routines beforehand B.tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry C.unconsciously change the sequence of doing things D.are likely to mess things up if they are too tired 答案：C 24.We learn from the third paragraph that _. A.absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the day B.women are very careful to perform actions during peak periods C.women experience more peak periods of absent-mindedness D.men's absent-mindedness often results in funny situations 答案：A 25.It can be concluded from the passage that _. A.people should avoid doing important things during peak periods oflapses B.hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good at C.people should be careful when programming their actions D.lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration 答案：D In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahedeveloped a checklist of stressful appreciated the tricky point that any majorchange can ive events like"serious illness of a family member" were high on the list,but sowere some positive life-changing events, like ou take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflecthow you deal with stressitonly shows how much you have to deal we now know that the way you handle these events dramaticallyaffects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followedHolmes and Rahe's.Andmillions of Americans who worked and lived under stress wereworried over ow, the research gotboiled down to a memorable 's maga-zinesran headlines like "Stress Causes Illness!" If you want to stayphysically and mental-ly healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to i stressful events aredanger-ous, many like the death of a loved one are impossible to ver, any warning toavoid all stressful events is a prescription(处方) for staying away from opportunities aswell any change can be stressful, a person whowanted to be completelyfree of stress would never marry, have a child, take anew job or move. The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot ofwhat we know about assumes we're all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face ofadversity (逆境).But what abouthuman initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physicaland mental vigor than they had also know thata long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical andmental strain. 26.The result of Holmes-Rahe's medical research tells us_. A.the way you handle major events may cause stress B.what should be done to avoid stress C.what kinds of events would cause stress D.how to cope with sudden changes in life 答案：C 27.The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to_. A.widespread concern over its harmful effects B.great panic over the mental disorder it could cause C.an intensive research into stress-related illnesses D.popular avoidance of stressful jobs 答案：A 28.The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows_. A.how much pressure you are under B.how positive events can change your life C.how stressful a major event can be D.how you can deal with life-changing events 答案：A 29.Why is "such simplistic advice" (Para.3) impossible to follow? A.No one can stay on the same job for long. B.No prescription is effective in relieving stress. C.People have to get married someday. D.You could be missing opportunities as well. 答案：D 30.According to the passage, people who have experienced ups and downsmay be-come_. A.nervous when faced with difficulties B.physically and mentally strained C.more capable of coping with adversity D.indifferent toward what happens to them 答案：C 三、词汇和语法(31-50) 31.As a policeman, Mr.Brown thought that he had a duty to_ the lost children infinding their homes. A.assist B.help C.provide D.support 答案：A 32.We hope to go to the beach tomorrow, but we won't go _ it'sraining. A.if B.when C.though D.because 答案：A 33._there are only 20 minutes left before the train left, I felt uneasy in the taxi to the railway station. A.That B.When C.Which D.Because 答案：D 34.As is known to all, _ Yang Liwei has become a space hero is_ we have expected. A.that; which B.what; that C.what; which D.that; what 答案：D 35.We were told that we should follow the main road_ wereached the central railway station. A.whenever B.until C.while D.wherever 答案：B 36.I'm willing to lend you a hand _ busy I'm for the moment. A.because B.but that C.but D.however 答案：D 37.The traffic lights _ greenand I pulled away. A.came B.grew C.got D.went 答案：D 38.As