1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）-试卷 11 及答案解析(总分：134.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Vocabulary and Struc(总题数：11，分数：22.00)1.Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your
2、 answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.（分数：2.00）_2.The machine needs a complete_since it has been in use for over ten years.（分数：2.00）A.amendingB.fittingC.mendingD.renovating3.There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so I only caught a_of him.（
3、分数：2.00）A.glanceB.glimpseC.lookD.sight4.I don“t think it“s wise of you to_your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it may offend him.（分数：2.00）A.show upB.show outC.show inD.show off5.The returns in the short _ may be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well repaid.（分数
4、：2.00）A.intervalB.rangeC.spanD.term6.A thorough study of biology requires_with the properties of trees and plants, and the habit of birds and beasts.（分数：2.00）A.acquisitionB.discriminationC.curiosityD.familiarity7.Ted Robinson_these days.（分数：2.00）A.was worriedB.is worriedC.had been worriedD.has been
5、worded8.She had her finger_when she was cutting paper.（分数：2.00）A.cutB.cuttingC.to cutD.Cuts9.This material_well.（分数：2.00）A.wearsB.is wornC.wornD.is wearing10.He insisted that all of them_present at the banquet.（分数：2.00）A.areB.wereC.beD.are to11.It is necessary that an efficient worker_his work on ti
6、me.（分数：2.00）A.accomplishesB.can accomplishC.accomplishD.has accomplished二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：50.00)12.Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A,
7、 B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.（分数：10.00）_Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they“ve been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of th
8、e globe. Now lions hold a small fraction of their former habitat, and Asiatic lions, a subspecies that spit from African lions perhaps 100,000 years ago, hang on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory. India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily i
9、n a 560-square-mile sanctuary(保护区). It took me a year and a half to get a permit to explore the entire Gir Forestand no time at all to see why these lions became symbols of royalty and greatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen, but a lion stands its ground, curious and unafraidlionhearted. T
10、hough they told me in subtle ways when I got too close, Gir“s lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives during my three months in the forest. It“s odd to think that they are threatened by extinction; Gir has as many lions as it can holdtoo many, in fact. With territory in short supply, lions
11、 move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave it altogether, often clashing with people. That“s one reason India “is creating a second sanctuary. There are other pressing reasons: outbreaks of disease or natural disasters. In 1994 a serious disease killed more than a third of Africa“sSe
12、rengeti lionsa thousand animalsa fate that could easily happen to Gir“s eats. These lions are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a dozen individuals. “If you do a DNA test, Asiatic lions actually look like identical twins“, says Stephen O“ Brien, a geneticist(基因学家)
13、who has studied them. Yet the dangers are bidden, and you wouldn“t suspect them by watching these lords of the forest. The lions display vitality, and no small measure of charm. Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it“s time to eat, meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a
14、 mother and her baby lion sharing a deer, or a young mate eating an antelope(羚羊), there“s no need to fight for a cut of the kill. The animals they hunt for food are generally smaller in Gir than those in Africa, and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well.（分数：10.00）(1).In the first paragraph, the
15、author tells us that Asiatic lions_.（分数：2.00）A.have killed off other lionsB.have descended from African lionsC.used to span vast sections of the globeD.have lost their habitat(2).What impressed the author most when he went to watch the lions in the Gir Forest?（分数：2.00）A.Their friendliness.B.Their si
16、ze.C.Their intimacy.D.Their vitality.(3).What does the sentence “.meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affair“ mean?（分数：2.00）A.The lions do not show intimacy among them any more,B.The lions may not deed to fight for food.C.Food is not readily available in that region.D.Meals can be obtained only
17、 with great effort.(4).The lions in the Gir Forest are especially vulnerable to disease because_.（分数：2.00）A.they have descended from a dozen or so ancestorsB.they are smaller than the African lionsC.they do not have enough to eatD.they are physically weaker than the African lions(5).One of the reaso
18、ns why India is creating a secondary for the Asiatic lions is that_.（分数：2.00）A.the present sanctuary is not large enoughB.scientists want to do more research on themC.they have killed many peopleD.the forest is shrinking in sizeJessica Bucknam shouts “tiao!“ (tee-ow) and her fourth-grade students ju
19、mp. “Dun!“ (doo-wen) she commands, and they crouch(蹲). They giggle(吃吃地笑) as the commands keep coming in Mandarin Chinese. Half of the 340 students at the K-5 school are enrolled in the program. They can continue studying Chinese in middle and high schools. The goal: to speak like natives. About 24,0
20、00 American students are currently learning Chinese. Most are in high schools. But the number of younger students is growing in response to China“s emergence as a global superpower. “China has become a strong partner of the United States“, says Mary Patterson, Woodstock“s principal. “Children who le
21、arn Chinese at a young age will have more opportunities for jobs in the future“. Isabel Weiss, 9, isn“t thinking about the future. She thinks learning Chinese is fun. “When you hear people speaking in Chinese, you know what they“re saying“, she says. “And they don“t know that you know“.（分数：10.00）(1)
22、.What do the fourth-grade students seem to be doing in the first paragraph?（分数：2.00）A.They are learning how to jump.B.They are learning how to crouch.C.They are leurning how m giggle.D.They are learning Chinese.(2).The purpose of the program for Jessica“s students is to_.（分数：2.00）A.ellable them to l
23、earn how to commandB.get them enrolled in the language programC.help them to speak like a ChineseD.continue enrolling more students to learn Chinese(3).In response to the fact that _, more American Students are learning Chinese.（分数：2.00）A.the United States is the only superpower in the worldB.intern
24、ational trading is becoming globalizedC.partnership is encouraging business and tradeD.China is emerging as a new superpower in the world(4).Why do more and more young students personally choose to learn Chinese in the United States?（分数：2.00）A.They will have more job opportunities in the future.B.Th
25、ey are more interested in the international trade.C.They will visit China for further education.D.They are curious about the corporate partnership.(5).Isabel Weiss has also chosen to learn Chinese because_.（分数：2.00）A.she wants a brighter futureB.she finds it fun to learn the languageC.she likes to d
26、o business in ChinaD.she watches people speak the languageCould the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up
27、 scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 19791980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time? The oil price was given another push up thi
28、s week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term. Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countr
29、ies the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past. Rich economics are
30、 also less dependent on oil than they were, and so lesssensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil th
31、an steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP(in constant prices) rich economics now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in itslatest Economic Outlook that, it oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bi
32、ll in rich economics by only 0.25%0.50% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economics-to which heavy industry has shiftedhave become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed. One more reason not to
33、lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizableportion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist“s commodity price index is
34、 broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.（分数：10.00）(1).The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is_.（分数：2.00）A.global inflation,B.reduction in supply.C.fast growth in economy.D.Iraq“s suspension of exports.(2).It can be inferred f
35、rom the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if_.（分数：2.00）A.price of crude rises.B.commodity prices rise.C.consumption rises.D.oil taxes rise.(3).The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries_.（分数：2.00）A.heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive.B.income lo
36、ss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices.C.manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed.D.oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP.(4).We can draw a conclusion from the text that_.（分数：2.00）A.oil-price shocks are less shocking now.B.inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price
37、shocks.C.energy conservation can keep down the oil prices.D.the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry.(5).From the text we can see that the writer seems_.（分数：2.00）A.optimistic.B.sensitive.C.gloomy.D.scared.Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a univers
38、ity degree could, find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to select graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs. Most careers organizations highl
39、ight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available jobs and presenting them well to possible employers, Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of th
40、eir academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be
41、 given careful thought. The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job and position information in newspapers, or they can visit a careers office,
42、write to possible employers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers. Good personal presentation is essential in th
43、e search for a good career, job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possib
44、le. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employers needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they-already know something about the company and its activities. When graduates go to an interview, they should prepare properly
45、by finding out all they can about the possible employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than
46、pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.（分数：10.00）(1).Those days are gone, even in Hong Kong in Paragraph 1 suggests that_.（分数：2.00）A.finding a good career used to be easier in Hong Kong than elsewhereB.now everyone in Hong Kong has an equal chance of finding a good jobC.
47、graduates now face stronger competition in Hong Kong than elsewhereD.even in Hong Kong companies tour universities trying to select graduates(2).It is implied in Paragraph 3 that graduates should_.（分数：2.00）A.aim to give a balanced account of what the employer needsB.consider careers which suit their
48、 values, interests and abilitiesC.recognize their own abilities regardless of what the employer looks forD.stress their personal attitudes and values in job applications(3).According to Paragraph 4, graduates should _.（分数：2.00）A.find a good position and then compare it with other careersB.ask friends or relatives to secure them a good jobC.get information about a number of careers before making comparisonsD.study the opportunities and the kinds of training that will be available(4).In the last paragraph, the writer seems to suggest that _.（分数：2.00）A.interviewees should appear humble
