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1、2013年 广东省学位英语考试试题及答案试卷一（90minutes）PartIDialogueCompletion(15points)Directions:Thereare15shortincompletedialoguesinthispart,eachfollowedby4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestonetocompletethedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.1.Jenny:ShallIgoandtellMr.Fairbanksab

2、outourproposalJackie:_.A.Yes,yougoB.Yes,goC.Yes,letsD.Yes,please2.Mori:Itsapleasuretomeetyouhere.Kaco:_.A.Pleasedtomeetyou,tooB.ThankyousomuchC.IdidntexpecttoseeyouhereD.Youretoohospitable3.Williams:Excuseme.Imlookingforapresentformyson.Ihavenoideawhattogethim,CanyouhelpmeSalesgirl:_.A.OfcourseIcanB

3、.No,IcantactuallyC.YoumustbuyhimaT-shirtD.Yes,IthinkaT-shirtwouldbeagoodidea4.Tim:Ihearyouvebeentothebookfair.HowwasitSusan:_.A.AbsolutelymarvelousB.VerymuchindeedC.NotnecessarilyD.Quitedisappointed5.Ed:HowdoyougetalongwithyournewmusicteacherMaggie:Ms.Davis_,butIlikeheralot.A.SheshumorousB.Shesnicet

4、omeC.ShesabitstrangeD.Shesgoodatdancing6.David:Charles,couldyoudrivemetotherailwaystationCharles:_A.No,thanks.B.Illbethereontime.C.Sure,whynotD.Nevermind.7.Max:MysonhasbeenadmittedbyBeijingUniversity.Walt:Congratulations!Heissuchasmartboy.Max:_.A.Yes,heisB.YouarerightC.ThankyouverymuchD.Dontmentioni

5、t8.Student:DoyoumindourperformingrocknrollinthehallTeacher:_.A.No,youdbetternotB.Ofcourse,itsallowedhereC.Oh,IdratheryoudidntactuallyD.Idprefertolistentorockaroll9.Clerk:Excuseme,thisanon-smokingplace.Customer:_A.Oh,Imsorry.B.HowcanyousaythatC.Thatsallright.D.Thatsimpossible.10.Waiter:Howwouldyoulik

6、eyourcoffeeCustomer:_.A.ItswelldoneB.Verynice,thanksC.Withsugar,pleaseD.Onlyonecup11.Virginia:WhataboutgoingtodosomeshoppingthisafternoonRena:_.A.Goahead,please.B.Goodidea!C.Me,too.D.Helpyourself.12.Carlos:Thankyouverymuch,MissJames.Thathelpedmealot.MissJames:_,Carlos.A.DontthankmeB.DontmentionitC.I

7、mfineD.Imsorry13.Susan:Imworried.Mysondoesntliketotalkwithme.Tracy:_.Wewerealllikethatathisage.A.TakeiteasyB.ChangehismindC.DontquarrelwithhimD.Dontrefusehim14.Nicolas:Idliketodonatemoneytohelppoorchildrenatschool.TowhomshallIgivemyshareLiMing:_Illaskaboutthatandletyouknow.A.Verywell.B.WhoknowsC.Tha

8、nkyouallthesame.D.Italldepends.15.Kelvin:Werealmostfinishedwiththeprojectnow._.Teresa:Actually,Iprefertokeepgoing.A.LetshurryupB.WevetootirednowC.WellbeontimeD.LetsstopforabreakPartIIReadingComprehension(40points)Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachofthepassagesisfollowedby5questionsorunfinis

9、hedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.PassageOneJackBillabongisastockman.OneFridayafternoonhewasridingalongthetracktowardstheHendersonfarm.HewaslookingforaprizebullwhichhadescapedfromtheBorrogeepadd

10、ock.Hereachedthehillsandsawatoncethathecouldnotgofurther.Therehadbeenafireintheforestwhichhadgoneout.Buttheairwasstillfullofsmokeandfallentreeshadblockedthetrack.Jackwasjustgoingtoturnbackwhenhesawsomethingmovinginthesmoke.Hewaited.Itwasagirlonahorse,andshewasridingtowardshim.“Theresabadlyburntmanon

11、thefarm,”thegirlshouted.“Hesavedmylife.Pleasehelpmetosavehim.”ThegirlwasCathyHenderson.Shehadbeenonhorsebackfortwohours.Shehadtojumpoverfallentreesthatwerestillburning.Herponyhadfallenwithhertwice.Shewasthirstyandalmostdeadfromwantofsleep.ButsherodebacktothefarmwithJackimmediately.JoeBrookwasunconsc

12、iouswhentheyreachedhim.TheyliftedhimontoJackshorse.TheridebacktoBorrogeewasterrible.CathywassotiredthatJackhadtotiehertoherpony.Theponywastiredtoo,butitscouragewasastonishing.ItfollowedJackrighttoBorrogeeHospital.Nobodysawthemarrivebecauseitwasnight.“Iveneverseenahorselikethatpony,”Jacksaid.Cathypra

13、isedJackBillabong,butsherefusedtosayanythingaboutthepony,“Joewillwriteaboutherinhisstory,”shesaid.Butshedidsayonething:“Ifflamehadntreturnedtothefarmthatafternoon,JoeandIwouldhavedied.”16.JackBillabongdidnotturnbackbecause_.A.hehadntfoundthebullyetB.hesmeltaheavysmokeintheforestC.heknewtherewasaburn

14、tmanthereD.hesawsomethingmovingtowardshim17.WhywastheridebacktoBorrogeeterribleA.BecauseJoewastiredout.B.Becausetheridestartedlateatnight.C.Becausetheydidnthaveenoughcourage.D.BecausebothCathyandherponywereexhausted.18.CathyrefusedtotalktoreportersabouttheponywhenshewasinBorrogeeHospitalbecause_.A.s

15、hedidntknowwhattosayB.Jackaskedhernottotalktothem C.shewastooweaktosayanythingD.Joewouldwriteaboutitinhiswriting19.Whatdoestheword“flame”inthelastparagraphrefertoA.Jack.B.Thepony.C.Jackshorse.D.Thefire.20.WhichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthestoryA.RescueofJoeBrook.B.CourageofJackBillabong.C.Loveof

16、aYoungGirl.D.HeroismofaLovelyPony.PassageTwoThefacesofelderly,happily-marriedpeoplesometimesresembleeachother.Dr.Aikenstudiedanumberofcoupleswhohadbeenmarriedforatleasttwenty-fiveyears.Eachcoupleprovidedfourphotographsonephotoofeachpartneratthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherphotoofeachpartnertwenty-fi

17、veormoreyearslater.Allbackgroundwascutfromthephotostoremoveanyclues.Thephotoswerethendisplayedingroups:arandomgroupingofthepersonsatthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherrandomgroupingofthesamepersonswhotookphotographslater.Sometesteeswereaskedtopickoutthepartners.Theyfailedtotallywiththefirstgroup.Theirj

18、udgementswerenobetterthanchance.Butwiththephotostakentwenty-fiveormoreyearsafterthemarriage,thetesteeswerequitesuccessfulwiththemosthappily-marriedcouples.Dr.Aikenbelievesthereareseveralreasonswhycouplesgrowalike.Onereasonhassomethingtodowithimitation.Onepersontendstocopyordothesameassomeoneelsewith

19、outknowingit.Hesayshumanbeginstoimitatetheexpressionsofthefacesoftheirlovedones.“Anotherpossiblereason,”hesays,“isthecommonexperienceofthecouples.”Thereisatendencyforpeoplewhohavethesamelifeexperiencetochangetheirfacesinsimilarways.Forexample,ifacouplehavesufferedfromalotofsadexperiences,theirfacesa

20、relikelytochangeinasimilarway.21.Dr.Aikencutthebackgroundfromthephotosforthepurposeof_.A.imitatingthecoupleslifeB.groupingthecouplesagainC.leavingnotraceforthetesteesD.givingthetesteesmorechances22.Theunderlinedsentence“Theirjudgementswerenobetterthanchance”impliesthatthetestees_.A.didagoodjobinmaki

21、ngtheirchoices.B.haddifficultyinpickingoutthepartnersC.hadnochancetomaketherightjudgementsD.didbetterwiththefirstgroupthanwiththesecond23.Theunderlinedword“imitate”(inPara.2)hasasimilarmeaningto_.A.copyB.changeC.knowD.suffer24.Fromthepassagewecandrawtheconclusionthat_.A.coupleswholookalikecanlivelon

22、gerB.mostpartnershavebeenprovedtogrowalikeC.theinfluencebetweenpartnerscanbequitestrongD.happily-marriedcouplesareoftenricherthanothers25.Themainpurposeofthepassageisto_.A.explainwhycouplesgrowalikeB.tellhowcoupleslikeeachotherC.discussthefunctionofmarriageD.describethelifeofhappilymarriedcouplesPas

23、sageThreeThethreebiggestliesinAmericaare:(1)“Thecheckisinthemail”,(2)“OfcourseIllrespectyouinthemorning”,and(3)“Itwasacomputererror.”Ofthesethreelittlewhitelies,theworstisthethird.Itstheonlyonethatcanneverbetrue.Today,ifabankstatementcheatsyououtof$900thatway,youknowwhattheclerkissuretosay,”Itwasaco

24、mputererror.”Nonsense.Thecomputerisreportingnothingmorethanwhattheclerktypedintoit.Themostannoyingcaseofalliswhenthecomputerizedcashierinthegrocerystoreshowsthatanitemcostsmorethanitactuallydoes.Iftheinnocentbuyerpointsoutthemistake,thechecker,bagger,andmanagerallcometogetherandofferthefamiliarexpla

25、nation:“Itwasacomputeerror.”Itwasnt,ofcoursethatcomputerizedcashierisreallynothingmorethananelectricevent.TheeyereadstheUniversalProductCodechatbarofblackandwhitelinesinacornerofthepackageandthenchecksthecodeagainstapriceliststoredinmemory.Ifthepricelistisright,youllbechargedaccurately.Grocerystores

26、updatethepricelisteachdaythatis,somebodysitsatakeyboardandtypesintheprices.Ifthepricetheytypeinistoohigh,thereareonlytwoexplanations:carelessnessordishonesty.Butsomehow“acomputererror”issupposedtoexcuseeverything.Onereasonweletpeoplehidebehindacomputeristhecommonmisperceptionthathuge,moderncomputers

27、areelectricbrainwith“artificialintelligence.”Atsomepointtheremightbeamachinewithintelligencebutnoneexiststoday.ThesmartestcomputeronEarthrightnowisnomoreintelligentthanyouraveragepen.Atthispointinthedevelopmentofcomputers,theonlythinganymachinecandoiswhatahumanhasinstructedittodo.26.Ofthethreelies,t

28、heoneaboutcomputeristheworstbecausethecomputeritself_.A.saysnonsenseB.cheatscustomersC.cannotmaketheerrorD.doesnotadmititserror27.Accordingtotheauthor,acomputerizedcashierisreallyjust_.A.amachinetocountmoneyB.amachinetoreceivemoneyC.aninstrumenttoprintcodesD.aninstrumenttoreadcodes28.Grocerystorepri

29、celistsareupdatedby_.A.acomputerB.akeyboardC.anemployeeD.anelectricbrain29.Thelastparagraphofthepassageimpliesthatcomputers_.A.areverycleverB.nevermakemistakesC.haveagoodmemoryD.arecontrolledbymen30.WhichofthefollowingdescribesthemainideaofthepassageA.Computersarestupidandinefficient.B.Computererror

30、sareduetoitsdishonesty.C.Computershelpstoresupdatethepricelist.D.Computererrorsareactuallyhumanerrors.PassageFourIcameacrossanoldcountryguidebooktheotherday.Itlistedallthetradesmenineachvillage,anditwasimpressivetoseethepastvarietyofserviceswhichwereavailableononesowndoorstepinthelateVictoriancountr

31、yside.NowadaysatravelerinruralEnglandmightconcludethattheonlyvillagetradesmenstillflourishingwereeithersellingfrozenfoodtothevillagersorsellingantiquestovisitors.Nevertheless,thiswouldreallybeafalseimpression.Onthesurface,therehasbeenadeclineofvillagecommerce,butitspowerisstillremarkable.Ourlocalgro

32、cersshop,forexample,isactuallyexpandinginspiteofthecompetitionfromsupermarketsinthenearesttown.Womensensiblyprefertogothereandexchangethelocalnewswhiledoingtheirshopping,insteadofqueuingupatasupermarket.Andthegrocerknowswellthatpersonalservicehasaconsiderablecashvalue.Hispricesmaybeabithigherthantho

33、seinthetown,buthewilldeliveranythingatanytime.Hisassistantsthinknothingofbicyclingdownthevillagestreetintheirlunchhourtotakeapieceofcheesetoanoldretiredwomanwhosentherorderbywordofmouthwithafriendwhohappenedtobepassing.Therichercustomerstelephonetheirshoppinglistsandthegoodsareontheirdoorstepswithin

34、anhour.Theyhaveonlytohintatafancyforsomecommodityoutsidetheusualstockandthegrocer,aredfaced-figure,instantlyobtainsitforthem.31.Nowadaysthecommercialservicesinthevillageare_.A.stillveryactiveB.quicklydecliningC.unabletoflourishD.personaltovisitors32.Thelocalgrocersshopisexpandingbecause_.A.thecompet

35、itionthereisweakB.itisaplaceforwomentochatC.itprovidesgoodpersonalserviceD.thegoodstherearemorevaluable33.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutthesupermarketsA.PricestherearemuchhigherB.Customersoftenhavetoqueueup.C.Customerscanorderbytelephone.D.Theirpersonalservicesaresatisfactory.34.Howdothevillagegroce

36、rsassistantsfeelaboutgivingextraserviceA.Theydontthinkitatrouble.B.Theydontthinkitworthwhile.C.Theydontconsideritagooddeal.D.Theydontconsideritapleasantexperience.35.Onespecialfeatureofthevillageshopisthat_.A.thereisaverywiderangeofgoodsavailableB.customerscanordergoodsbywordofmouthC.customerhavetoo

37、rdergoodsonehourearlierD.thereisalistofgoodstobedeliveredtodoorstepsPartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20points)Directions:Thereare40incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachsentencethereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence,markyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.36.Duringtheheavystormlastweek,wehadtotake_underaflyover.A.shadeB.shelterC.shadowD.shield37.Thethreemenwereassignedjobsaccordingtotheir_abilities.A.respectfulB.respectableC.respectiveD.respecting38.Scientistshavediscoveredthatmanyanimalsseemtobehighly_tovarioussignalsass