1、GCT 工程硕士（英语）-试卷 53 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.In previous times, when fresh meat was in short_, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.（分数：2.00）A.storeB.provisionC.reserveD.supply3.Niagara Falls is a great tourist _ drawing millions of visitors every
3、 year.（分数：2.00）A.attentionB.attractionC.appointmentD.arrangement4.I don“t mind _ the decision as long as it is not too late.（分数：2.00）A.you to delay makingB.your delaying makingC.your delaying to makeD.you delay to make5.They are going to have the serviceman _ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.（
4、分数：2.00）A.installB.to installC.to be installedD.installed6._ in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for.（分数：2.00）A.The girl was educatedB.The girl educatedC.The girl“s being educatedD.The girl to be educated7.It is important that the hotel receptionist_ that guests are registe
5、red correctly.（分数：2.00）A.has made sureB.made sureC.must make sureD.make sure8.If this kind of fish becomes _, future generations may never taste it at all.（分数：2.00）A.minimumB.shortC.seldomD.scarce9.Beer is the most popular drink among male drinkers, _ overall consumption is significantly higher than
6、 that of women.（分数：2.00）A.whoseB.whichC.thatD.what10.It is essential that these application forms _ back as early as possible.（分数：2.00）A.must be sentB.will be sentC.are sentD.be sent11.She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it _ enough to eat.（分数：2.00）A.mildB.slightC.lightD.tender二、Readin
7、g 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, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with
8、a single line through the center.（分数：10.00）_Motorola Inc, the world“s second-largest mobile phone maker, will begin selling all of the technology needed to build a basic mobile phone to outside manufacturers, in a key change of strategy. The inventor of the cell phone, which has been troubled by mis
9、steps compounded by a recent industry slump in sales, is trying to become a neutral provider of mobile technology to rivals, with an eye toward fostering a much larger market than it could create itself. The Chicago area-based company, considered to have the widest range of technologies needed to bu
10、ild a phone, said it planned to make available chips, a design layout for the computer board, software, development tools and testing tools. Motorola has previously supplied mobile phone manufacturers with a couple of its chips, but this is the first time the company will offer its entire line of ch
11、ips as well as a detailed blueprint. Mobile phones contain a variety of chips and components to control power, sound and amplification. Analysts said they liked the new strategy but were cautious about whether Motorola“s mobile phone competitors would want to buy the technology from a rival. The com
12、pany, long known for its top-notch(等级) engineering culture, is hoping to profit from its mobile phone technology now that the basic technology to build a mobile phone has largely become a commodity. Motorola said it will begin offering the technology based on the next-generation GPRS (Global Packet
13、Radio Service) standard because most mobile phone makers already have technology in place for current digital phones. GPRS offers faster access to data through “always on“ network connections, and customers are charged only for the information they retrieve, rather than the length of download. Burge
14、ss said the new business will not conflict with Motorola“s own mobile phone business because the latter will remain competitive by offering advanced features and designs. Motorola“s phones have been criticized as being too complicated and expensive to manufacture, but Burgess said Motorola will simp
15、lify the technology in the phones by a third. In addition to basic technology, Burgess said, Motorola would also offer additional features such as Bluetooth, a technology that allows wireless communications at a short distance, and Global Positioning System, which tracks the user“s whereabouts, and
16、MP3 audio capability.（分数：10.00）(1).The word “slump“ in the first paragraph may be replaced by_.（分数：2.00）A.slouchB.declineC.increaseD.stamp(2).According to this passage, Motorola Inc._.（分数：2.00）A.is the world“s largest mobile phone makerB.is trying to become a mobile technology provider besides being
17、 a mobile phone makerC.will only sell chips of the mobile phonesD.is going to sell all its manufacturing plants(3).Analysts don“t think that_.（分数：2.00）A.Motorola will be successfulB.the technology offered by Motorola will be selected by its competitorsC.its competitors will want to buy the technolog
18、y from itD.its mobile phones contain a variety of chips(4).The technology supplied by Motorola is based on_.（分数：2.00）A.Bluetooth featuresB.MP3 audio capabilityC.Global Positioning SystemD.GPRS standard(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.GPRS offers faster access to data thro
19、ugh network connections, so customers should pay more.B.Motorola Inc. is the inventor of the cell phone.C.Previously Motorola only supplied mobile phone manufacturers with some of its chips.D.Motorola Inc. is known for its high-class engineering culture.Do you know that all human beings have a “comf
20、ortable zone“ regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures. Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand close together when they talk, often moving thei
21、r faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. T
22、his greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe. This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move
23、as they argue, or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator; in Pads they take it as it comes! Although North Americans have a relatively wide “comfortable zone“ for talking, they communicate a great deal with their ha
24、ndsnot only with gestures but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person“s shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a child“s head in affection, they rea
25、dily take someone“s arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many peopleespecially those from Asia or the Moslem countriessuch bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the U.
26、S. Many Americans are simply left handed and use that hand more.)（分数：10.00）(1).In terms of bodily distance, North Americans _.（分数：2.00）A.are similar to South AmericansB.stand farthest apartC.feel ill at ease when too closeD.move nearer during conversations(2).For Asians, the comfortable zone_.（分数：2.
27、00）A.is deliberately determinedB.measures 21 inchesC.varies according to statusD.implies esteem(3).It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, a Frenchman would _.（分数：2.00）A.behave in the same way as an American wouldB.make no particular effort to distance himselfC.be afraid of b
28、odily contactD.do his best to leave(4).When Americans tell a joke, they often _.（分数：2.00）A.pat people on the headB.give people a hugC.dig people in the ribsD.touch people on the arm(5).What does the passage mainly concern?（分数：2.00）A.It concerns distance and bodily contact.B.It concerns body language
29、.C.It concerns cultural differences between the East and the West.D.It concerns hand signals.It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean“s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult
30、, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior. So biologists were delighted early this year when with the help of the Navy they were able to track a particular blue whale for 33 days monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy“s formerly top-secret
31、 system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans. Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to t
32、rack the ships of potential enemies. Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption(爆发) for the first time and that they plan similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking oc
33、ean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures. The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a secondslower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a s
34、tethoscope(听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient“s chest to a doctor“s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.（分数：10.00）(1).The passage is chiefly about _.（分数：2.00）A.an ef
35、fort to protect an endangered marine speciesB.the civilian use of a military detection systemC.the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weaponD.a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales(2).The underwater listening system was originally designed _.（分数：2.00）A.to trace and locate enemy vesselsB.
36、to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptionsC.to study the movement of ocean currentsD.to replace the global radio communications network(3).The deep-sea listening system makes use of_.（分数：2.00）A.the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under waterB.the capability of sound to travel at high speedC.
37、the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting soundD.low-frequency sounds travelling across different layers of water(4).It can be inferred from the passage that_.（分数：2.00）A.new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whalesB.blue whales are no longer endang
38、ered with the use of the new listening systemC.opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technologyD.military technology has great potential in civilian use(5).Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network?_.（分数：2.00）A.It is
39、 now partly accessible to civilian scientistsB.It has been replaced by a more advanced systemC.It became useless to the military after the cold warD.It is indispensable in protecting endangered speciesThe following table shows some results of a survey in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked t
40、o give their impressions of their classroom teachers. The pupils“ impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new (with less than three years“ experience), middle-standing (ten to twenty years), or a veteran (twenty to thirty years). The numbers in the table show the percen
41、tage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied“ or “extremely satisfied“ for each question item. （分数：10.00）(1).In contrast to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable improvement in their ability to _. （分数：2.00）A.be fair to any pupilB.evaluate pupils
42、“ progressC.present materials clearlyD.understand and play with pupils(2).Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more_ than the veteran teachers.（分数：2.00）A.relaxed in classB.interested in pupils“ ideasC.neat in appearanceD.skillful at explaining(3).According to the t
43、able, which of the following is right? _.（分数：2.00）A.In the new teachers“ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely.B.Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with amount of time their teachers spend with them between classes.C.The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower that that of the
44、 veterans in seven items.D.Though veterans rarely play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly.(4).Compared with the new teachers, _.（分数：2.00）A.the middle-standing teachers get higher scores in every question item except two.B.the middle-standing teachers cares more about pup
45、ils“ opinions.C.The veterans get higher scores in every question item except two.D.The veterans feel the older they are, the more difficult it is to teach.(5).From the table we can see_.do better in speaking loudly and clearly and treating all pupils equally.（分数：2.00）A.new teachersB.middle-standing
46、teachersC.veteran teachersD.all of them三、Cloze(总题数：2，分数：40.00)13.Part III ClozeDirections: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the
47、center.（分数：20.00）_These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the great classless society. The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the common man has become one of the great cliches(陈词滥调) of our time. The same old arguments are【B1】in evidence. Here are some of them: monarchy(君主政体)【B2】a syst
48、em of government has been completely discredited. The monarchies that【B3】have been deprived of all political power.【B4】wealth has been savagely reduced by taxation and, in time, the great fortunes will disappear altogether. In a number of countries the victory has been complete. The people rule; the great millennium(太平盛世) has become a political reality. But has it? Close examination doesn“t【B5】the claim. It is a fallacy to suppose that all men are equal and that society will be levele
