1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-25 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.I really appreciate_to help me, but I am sure that I can manage it myself. A. you to come 13. that you come C. your coming D. how you come（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.2.A baby might show fear of an unfamihar adult, he is likely to smil
2、e and reach out to another in- fant.（分数：2.00）A.ifB.wheneverC.so thatD.whereas3.By the time he arrives in Beijing, we_here for two days.（分数：2.00）A.have been stayingB.have stayedC.shall stayD.will have stayed4.Steel is an alloy composed_of iron and carbon.（分数：2.00）A.primarilyB.traditionallyC.carefully
3、D.partially5.Scarcely_those words when suddenly the monster was transformed into a very handsome youth.（分数：2.00）A.had he utteredB.did he utterC.he had utteredD.he did utter6.Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee_to investigate the incident.（分数：2.00）A.were set upB.was
4、set upC.be set upD.set up7.On the local market,_fruits and vegetables are now commonly sold.（分数：2.00）A.exoticB.enoughC.limitedD.famous8._that saw the trade between the two countries reach its highest point.（分数：2.00）A.During the 1990sB.That it was in the 1990sC.It was in the 1990sD.It was the 1990s9.
5、The fire was finally brought under control, but not_extensive damage had been caused.（分数：2.00）A.afterB.beforeC.sinceD.as10.If the work_by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be heavily fined.（分数：2.00）A.is completedB.to be completedC.will have been completedD.will be compl
6、eted二、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：40.00)BDirections:/BIn this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corr
7、esponding letter in the BPassage One/BWhy are mobiles so popular? Because people love to talk to each other. And it is easier with a mobile phone. In countries like Russia and China, people use tile mobile phone in places where there is no ordinary telephone. Business people, use mobiles when theyre
8、 traveling. In some countries, like Japan, many people use their mobile phones to send email message and access the Internet. They use a new kind of mobile phone called “i mode“. You can even use a mobile phone to listen to music.Mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagers. Parents buy mobile
9、phones for their children. They can call borne if they are in trouble and need help. So they feel safer. But teenagers mostly use them to keep in touch with their friends or play simple computer games. Its cool to be the owner of a small expensive mo- bile. Research shows that teenage owners of mobi
10、le phones smoke less. Parents and schools are happy that teenagers are safer and smoke less.But many people dislike them. They hate it when the businessman opposite them on the train has a loud conversation on his phone. Or when the mobile phone rings in a cafe or restaurant. But there is a much mor
11、e serious problem. Its possible that the mobile phone can heat up the brain because we hold the phone so close to our heaD. Scientists fear that mobiles can perhaps be bad for your memory and even give you cancer.（分数：10.00）(1).Mobiles are popular among people because_.（分数：2.00）A.they think mobiles a
12、re funB.they believe mobiles are safeC.they love to listen to musicD.they feel it easier to talk to each other(2).It is stated in the passage that in Russia and China_.（分数：2.00）A.ordinary telephone service is available everywhereB.people prefer mobile phones to ordinary telephonesC.mobiles are used
13、in places without ordinary telephonesD.people use mobiles to send e-mail and access the Internet(3).Parents buy mobile phones for their children because_.（分数：2.00）A.mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagersB.they can call home if they are in trouble and need helpC.they can use mobiles to pla
14、y simple computer gamesD.mobile phones enable teenagers to give up smoking(4).Why can mobile phone be a much more serious problem?（分数：2.00）A.Because people hate the businessmen using mobiles in public places.B.Because the use of mobile phones can be physically harmfulC.Because there is strong eviden
15、ce for the problems of mobiles.D.Because people feel their privacy unprotected in a cafe or restaurant.(5).Which of the following can be the title of this passage?（分数：2.00）A.Why Are Mobiles So Popular?B.MobilesUseful or UselessC.MobileA Danger to health?D.Why Do We Design Mobile?BPassage Two/BOne th
16、ing almost everyone is agreed on, including Americans, is that they place a very high valuation up on success. Success does not necessarily mean material rewards, but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable. If a boy turn out to be a preacher(传真者) instead of a businessman, thats all right. Bu
17、t the bigger his church is, the more successful he is judged to be.A good many things contributed to this accent on success. There was the Puritan(清教徒) belief in the virtue of work, both for its own sake and because the rewards it brought were regarded as signs of Gods love. There was the richness o
18、f opportunity in a land waiting to be settleD. There was the lack of a settled society with fixed ranks and classes, so that a man was certain to rise through achievement. Here was the de- termination of an immigrant to gain in the new world what bad been denied to him in the old, and on the part of
19、 his children an urge to throw off the immigrant(负担) by still more success and still more rise in a fluid and classless society. Brothers did not compete within the family for the favor of the parents as in Europe, but worked hard for success in the outer world, along paths of their own choosing.（分数
20、：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, _.（分数：2.00）A.success is highly valued in American societyB.success surely brings material rewardsC.success equals measurable recognitionD.people agree on what success means(2).In this passage, the author indicates that_.（分数：2.00）A.preachers are not so suc
21、cessful as businessmenB.businessmen are not so successful as preachersC.boys are advised to become preachers instead of businessmenD.measurable success can also be achieved by preachers(3).The word “accent“ ( Line 1, Paragraph 2) most probably means_.（分数：2.00）A.dialectB.emphasisC.attentionD.recognit
22、ion(4).Which of the following does NOT account for peoples desire for success?（分数：2.00）A.The Puritan belief in the virtue of work.B.Richness of opportunities in the new world.C.Lack of fixed social ranks and classes.D.Determination to deny the value of the new world.(5).It is suggested in the last p
23、aragraph that_in the old world.（分数：2.00）A.children tended to compete for the favor of their parentsB.children were determined to throw off their immigrant identitiesC.children were urged to achieve success in the fluid and classless societyD.children worked hard for success along paths chosen by the
24、ir parentsBPassage Three/BHunting for a job late last year, lawyer Cant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent“. Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such
25、as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D. C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,“ says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to
26、 the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redm
27、on, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility.“ says one expert.For any job search, you should Start with a narrow conceptwhat you think you want to dothen broaden it. “None of these program
28、s do that,“ says another expert. “Theres no career counseling implicit in all of this.“ Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely
29、 on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,“ says the author of a job-searching guide.Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When Career Sites agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it inclu
30、des only three potential jobsthose it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,“ says Seth Peets, vice president of mar
31、keting for Career Site.Even those who arent hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to ann themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains h
32、is agent at Career Builder. “You always keep your eyes open,“ he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.（分数：10.00）(1).How did Redmon find his job?（分数：2.00）A.By searching openings in a job databaseB.By posting a matching position in a database.
33、C.By using a special service of a database.D.By E-mailing his resume to a database.(2).Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?（分数：2.00）A.Lack of counseling.B.Limited number of visits.C.Lower efficiency.D.Fewer successful matches.(3).The expression “tip service“ (Line 3, Paragr
34、aph 3) most probably means（分数：2.00）A.advisory.B.compensation.C.interaction.D.reminder.(4).Why does Career Sites agent offer each job hunter only three job options?（分数：2.00）A.To focus on better job matches.B.To attract more returning visits.C.To reserve space for more messages.D.To increase the rate
35、of success.(5).Which Of the following is true according to the text?（分数：2.00）A.Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.B.Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.C.Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.D.Some agents stop sending informa
36、tion to people once they are employed.BPassage Four/BAndrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking(搭车) before. However, the weather and the coming dark ness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping b
37、ag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andrea, in a voice that was almost a whisper. “Thank you dearieIm just going to Brockbourne.“Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didnt know why, but she fel
38、t instinctively that there was something wrong, some thing odd, something, dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd.Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the
39、 thick black hairs. Thick black hairs? Hairy arms? Andrea% blood froze. This wasnt a woman. It was a man. At first, she didnt know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid (刹车), and brought it to a halt.“My C
40、od!“ she shouted, “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!“The “old lady“ was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, “I didnt see anything dearie, she said. “I dont think you hit anything.“Im sure it was a child!“ insisted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if theres an
41、ything on the road?“ She held her breath. Would her plan work?It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.It was o
42、nly then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously.It contained only one itema small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blad
43、e. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood. Andrea began to scream.（分数：10.00）(1).Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her ear mainly because_.（分数：2.00）A.the hitchhiker was an old womanB.she was curious about the old ladyC.the lady had a heavy
44、 bagD.she knew the old lady(2).What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady?（分数：2.00）A.She had a shapeless body.B.She bad a harsh voice.C.She wore a dirty dress.D.She had hairy arms.(3).Andrea suddenly stopped the car because_.（分数：2.00）A.she thought she had hit a child on the roadB.she sk
45、idded on some ice on the roadC.she wanted to trick the passenger into getting outD.she couldnt concentrate and nearly had a crash(4).Andrea looked in the passengers bag to_.（分数：2.00）A.examine what was in itB.find out where the passenger livedC.use the passengers toolsD.find out who the passenger was
46、(5).Andrea screamed because_.（分数：2.00）A.she saw the hitchhiker come backB.she realized she could have bean killedC.she was scared at seeing bloodD.she cut herself by the blade三、BPart Cloze/(总题数：1，分数：20.00)BDirections:/BFor each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices
47、given below. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees arent as busy as people believe they are. “Bees are not par ticularlyU (31) /U. Instead they sleep a lot and are lazy. They
48、 spendU (32) /U80 per cent of the night sleeping. Even during the day they often fly to the nestU (33) /Uthey rest their wings,“ said Menzel, a zoologist at the Free University in Berlin, who has studied bees for four decades. But toU (34) /Ufor their apparent laziness, they are actually very intell
49、igent. They areU (35) /Ulearners and able to recognize various smells.Menzel said bees learning, likeU (36) /Uof many animals, was based on a reward system. “If a bee is re warded once for something, it remembers it for a week. But if it is rewarded three times, it will remember it for itsU (37) /Ulifetime,“ said Menzel. He was awarded
