2010同等学力申硕外语考试模拟试题（二）

Paper One（90 minutes）

　　Part Ⅰ Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)

　　Section A Dialogue Completion

　　Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices A, B, C and D. Choose the best 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: Oh, Professor Cohen is at a conference at the moment, but if you leave your phone number he may call you back when he returns.

　　B: Thank you for your help.

　　A. This is his student speaking.

　　B. Can you take a message?

　　C. I’m afraid I can’t.

　　D. My phone number is 2745301.

       2. A: Did you speak to the famous star?

　　B: , but I was unable to speak when I was face to face with him.

　　A. Yes, I did. B. I wanted to,

　　C. No, I didn’t. D. Sure thing,

       3 A: My history assignment’s due tomorrow morning and I haven’t even started it yet.

　　B: .

　　A. I’ll miss you at the party tonight.

　　B. Just forget it and go to the party.

　　C. Why don’t you put it off till next week?

　　D. Professor Jones will punish you seriously.

　　4. A: Now you are in the new company, you may need to buy some new clothes.

　　B: , nobody cares what I wear.

　　A. However I work hard, B. As long as I work hard,

　　C. Although I work hard, C. If only I could work hard,

　　5. A: I saw a really wonderful movie on TV last night. Did you see it?

　　B: .

　　A. Wow, I will see a wonderful one tomorrow.

　　B. Oh, no! I wish I had known about it.

　　C. Come on, I’ve seen a better one.

　　D. Sorry, I have no interest in it.

Section B Dialogue Comprehension

　　Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer to the question by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　6. M: Why don’t you tell your boss that you are going to work in a new company? He knows nothing about it.

　　W: I don’t want to burn my bridges at this time. I’ll tell him when all is set.

　　Q: Why doesn’t the woman want to tell her boss now?

　　A. She wants to leave a way out.

　　B. She doesn’t trust her boss.

　　C. She wants to repay her boss.

　　D. She wants to stay with her boss as long as possible.

　　7 W: There are many summer programs, but I don’t know what activities my daughter should take part in.

　　M: You can talk with the teacher and other children’s parents and follow suit.

　　Q: What does the man suggest the woman do when choosing summer programs for her daughter?

　　A. She should let her daughter decide.

　　B. She should choose what the teacher is interested in.

　　C. She should make the same choice as the other parents.

　　D. She should choose what she is interested in.

　　8 M: Did you see the car accident at the street corner?

　　W: Yes, I went cold all over. The two boys were seriously injured and they were sent to the hospital immediately.

　　Q: How did the woman respond when she saw the car accident?

　　A. She felt very cold because of the weather.

　　B. She was frightened by the scene.

　　C. She sent the two boys to the hospital.

　　D. She went to help the injured immediately.

　　9 M: Do you know that Jerry turned down the job offer by the company?

　　W: Yeah, the hours were convenient but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet.

　　Q: Why did Jerry refuse to take the job?

　　A. The working hours were too long.

　　B. The job was not well-paid.

　　C. He didn’t like working in a company.

　　D. The job was quite difficult.

　　10. M: Margaret has become an intern（实习生） at the White House.

　　W: When it comes to pursuing professional goals, she likes to shoot for the stars.

　　Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

　　A. The woman looks down upon Margaret.

　　B. The woman feels jealous of Margaret.

　　C. Margaret has the chance to meet stars at the White House.

　　D. Margaret has set a high goal in her career.

Part Ⅱ Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center

　　11. With the facilitation of modern transportation, it is no longer true that you can only enjoy authentic Beijing roast ducks in the capital city.

　　A. tasty B. genuine

　　C. special D. traditional

　　12. Mr. Green's sore arm is not a new development but the return of a chronic ailment.

　　A. serious B. disappearing

　　C. frequent D. lingering

　　13. The project is not compatible with the company's long-term aims.

　　A. agreeable B. profitable

　　C. practical D. feasible

　　14. Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.

　　A. obey B. defy

　　C. ignore D. define

　　15. We can do without luxuries and entertainment. However, food, shelter, and clothing are indispensable.

　　A. dependable B. essential

　　C. optional D. welcome

　　16. Water supplies in this area were contaminated by dumped waste.

　　A. blocked B. polluted

　　C. threatened D. exhausted

　　17. What impressed us most was the leader's dauntless optimism, which was the source of strenth in time of adversity.

　　A. restless B. fearless

　　C. spiritless D. endless

　　18. Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.

　　A. deteriorates B. grows

　　C. disassembles D. merges

　　19. She was in dilemma as to whether to marry Mike, who was poor but handsome, or Eric who was rich but ugly.

　　A. situation B. trap

　　C. predicament D. embarrassment

　　20. The police ascribed the automobile accident to fast driving.

　　A. attributed B. added

　　C. contributed D. classified

Sction B

　　Directionse: 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 on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　21.The famous scientist ________ his success to hard work.

　　A. imparted B. granted C. ascribed D. acknowledged

　　22.Now the cheers and applause ________in a single sustained roar

　　A. mingled B. concentrated C. assembled D. permeated

　　23.Improved consumer confidence is _______ to an economic recovery.

　　A. crucial B. subordinate C. cumulative D. satisfactory

　　24.Although the body is made up of many different issues, these issues are arranged in an ________ orderly fashion.

　　A. incredible B. intricate C. internal D. initial

　　25.If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very _______.

　　A. waxy B. slippery C. sticky D. greasy

　　26.The damage to the car was ______; therefore, he could repair it himself.

　　A. considerable B. appreciable C. negligible D. invisible

　　27.My sister is quite ________and plans to get an M.A. degree within one year.

　　A. aggressive B. enthusiastic C. considerate D. ambitious

　　28. His _______was telling him that something was wrong.

　　A. intuition B. hypothesis C. inspiration D. sentiment

　　29.This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important ________of American life .

　　A. fashions B. frontiers C. facets D. formats

　　30.Parents often faced the ________ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.

　　A.paradox B. junction C. dilemma D. premise

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (55 minutes, 25 points, 1 for each)

　　Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET Passage one

　　The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”，at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ā70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.

　　The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.

　　In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.

　　The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie’s chief executive, says: “I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom.”

　　What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie’s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.

　　31.In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a last victory” because ____.

　　A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victories

　　B. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids

　　C. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces

　　D. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

　　32.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Line 1-2,Para.3)，the author suggests that_____.

　　A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions

　　B .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries

　　C. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent

　　D .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying

　　33. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008.

　　B. The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.

　　C. The market generally went downward in various ways.

　　D. Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.

　　34. What is the meaning of “coincided” according to the passage?

　　A. coined B. earned

　　C. co-happened D. aggravated

　　35. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____

　　A. auction houses ' favorites

　　B. contemporary trends

　　C. factors promoting artwork circulation

　　D. styles representing impressionists

　　36. The most appropriate title for this text could be ___

　　A. Fluctuation of Art Prices

　　B. Up-to-date Art Auctions

　　C. Art Market in Decline

　　D. Shifted Interest in Arts

Passage Two

　　Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

　　“There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can’t figure out how to change people’s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically.”

　　The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to — Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever — had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.

　　If you look hard enough, you’ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins— are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.

　　A few decades ago, many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.

　　“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers’ lives, and it’s essential to making new products commercially viable.”

　　Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.

　　37. According to Dr. Curtis, habits like hand washing with soap________.

　　[A] should be further cultivated

　　[B] should be changed gradually

　　[C] are deeply rooted in history

　　[D] are basically private concerns

　　38. Bottled water, chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____

　　[A] reveal their impact on people’s habits

　　[B] show the urgent need of daily necessities

　　[C] indicate their effect on people’s buying power

　　[D] manifest the significant role of good habits

　　39. Which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people’s habits?

　　[A]Tide

　　[B] Crest

　　[C] Colgate

　　[D] Unilever

　　40. What is the meaning of “viable” according to the passage?

　　A. diverse B. acceptable

　　C. feasible D. durable

　　41. From the text we know that some of consumer’s habits are developed due to _____

　　[A]perfected art of products

　　[B]automatic behavior creation

　　[C]commercial promotions

　　[D]scientific experiments

　　42. The author’s attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people’s habits is____

　　[A] indifferent

　　[B] negative

　　[C] positive

　　[D] biased

Passage Three

　　“The word ‘protection’ is no longer taboo (禁忌语)”. This short sentence, uttered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last month, may have launched a new era in economic history. Why? For decades, Western leaders have believed that lowering trade barriers and tariffs was a natural good. Doing so, they reasoned, would lead to greater economic efficiency and productivity, which in turn would improve human welfare. Championing free trade thus became a moral, not just an economic, cause.

　　These leaders, of course, weren’t acting out of unselfishness. They knew their economies were the most competitive, so they’d profit most from liberalization. And developing countries feared that their economies would be swamped by superior Western productivity. Today, however, the tables have turned---though few acknowledge it. The West continues to preach free trade, but practices it less and less. Asian, meanwhile, continues to plead for special protection but practices more and more free trade.

　　That’s why Sarkozy’s words were so important: he finally injected some honesty into the trade debates. The truth is that large parts of the West are losing faith in tree trade, though few leaders admit it. Some economists are more honest. Paul Krugman is one of the few willing to acknowledge that protectionist arguments are returning. In the short run, there will be winners and losers under free trade. This, of course, is what capitalism is all about. But more and more of these losers will be in the West, Economists in the developed world used to love quoting Jonoph Schumpeter, who said that ‘creative destruction” was an essential part of capitalist growth. But they always assumed that destruction would happen over there. When Western workers began losing jobs, suddenly their leaders began to lose faith in their principles, Things have yet to reverse completely. But there’s clearly a negative trend in a Western theory and practice.

　　A little hypocrisy (虚伪) is not in itself a serious problem. The real problem is that Western governments continue to insist that they retain control of the key global economic and financial institutions while drifting away from global liberalization. Lock at what’s happening at the IMF (International Monetary Fund) The Europeans have demanded that they keep the post of managing director. But all too often, Western officials put their own interests above everyone else’s when they dominate these global institutions.

　　The time has therefore come for the Asians-who are clearly the new winners in today’s global economy-to provide more intellectual leadership in supporting free trade: Sadly, they have yet to do so. Unless Asians speak out, however, there’s a real danger that Adam Smith’s principles, which have brought so much good to the world, could gradually die. And that would leave all of us, worse off, in one way or another.

　　43. It can be inferred that “protection” (Line 1, Para.1) means________

　　A. improving economic efficiency.

　　B. ending the free-trade practice

　　C. lowering moral standard

　　D. raising trade tariffs

　　44. The Western leaders preach free trade because________

　　A. it is beneficial to their economies

　　B. it is supported by developing countries

　　C. it makes them keep faith in their principles

　　D. it is advocated by Joseph Schumpeter and Adam Smith

　　45. By “the tables have turned” (Line 3-4,Para.2) the author implies that________

　　A. the Western leaders have turned self-centered

　　B. the Asian leaders have become advocates of free trade

　　C. the developed economies have turned less competitive

　　D. the developing economies have become more independent

　　46. The Western economies used to like the idea of “creative destruction” because it________

　　A. set a long-term rather than short-turn goal

　　B. was an essential part of capitalist development

　　C. contained a positive rather than negative mentality

　　D. was meant to be the destruction of developing economies

　　47. The author uses “IMF” was an example to illustrate the point that_______

　　A. European leaders are reluctant to admit they are hypocritical

　　B. there is an inconsistency between Western theory and practice

　　C. global institutions are not being led by true globalization advocates

　　D. European countries’ interests are being ignored by economic leaders

　　48.Which of the following is true about Asians?

　　A. Asians have to speak out the protection

　　B. Asians have demand that they keep the post of managers

　　C. Asians succeed in today’s global economy

　　D. Asians succeed by Adam Smith’s principles