1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-289 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.As early as 1637 Ohio made a decision that free, tax supported schools must be established in every town _ 40 households or more.（分数：2.00）A.havingB.to haveC.to have hadD.having had2.All flights _ because of the snowsto
2、rm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.（分数：2.00）A.had been canceledB.have been canceledC.were canceledD.having been canceled3.People appreciate _ with him because he has a good sense of humor.（分数：2.00）A.to workB.to have workedC.workingD.having worked4.The stock _ in value should be
3、sold.（分数：2.00）A.which has not increasedB.has not increasedC.not been increasingD.who has not increased5.The number of the employees _ in this company.（分数：2.00）A.have doubledB.has doubledC.are doubledD.were doubled6.The manager needs an assistant who he can _ to take care of problems in his absence.（
4、分数：2.00）A.count onB.count inC.count upD.count out7.These excursions will give you an even deeper _ into our language and culture.（分数：2.00）A.inquiryB.investigationC.inputD.insight8.It is said that Johns two daughters or his wife _ to the city where he had an accident.（分数：2.00）A.goingB.are goingC.were
5、 goingD.was going9.Since the matter was extremely _, we dealt with it immediately.（分数：2.00）A.toughB.tenseC.urgentD.instant10.The man in the comer confessed to _ a lie to the manager of the company.（分数：2.00）A.have toldB.be toldC.being toldD.having told二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、11-15(总题数：1，
6、分数：10.00)Even plants can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away -straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites,
7、 physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest (害虫) probl
8、ems.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants we
9、re running “fevers“. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 40 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed conce
10、rn about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States.“ says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, w
11、ho recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.（分数：10.00）(1).Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _.（分数：
12、2.00）A.sprayed with pesticidesB.facing an infrared scannerC.in poor physical conditionD.exposed to excessive sun rays(2).In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to _.（分数：2.00）A.estimate the damage to the cropsB.measure the size of the affected areaC.draw a color-
13、coded mapD.locate the problem area(3).Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by _.（分数：2.00）A.resorting to spot-sprayingB.consulting infrared scanning expertsC.transforming poisoned rainD.detecting crop problems at an early stage(4).The application of infrared scanning technology to agri
14、culture met with some difficulties: _.（分数：2.00）A.the lack of official supportB.its high costC.the lack of financial supportD.its failure to help increase production(5).Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of _.（分数：2.00）A.the desire of farmers to improve the quality
15、 of their produceB.growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on cropsC.the forceful promotion by the Department of AgricultureD.full support from agricultural experts四、16-20(总题数：1，分数：10.00)After a 300 million yuan renovation project, Lidai Diwang Miao, or the Imperial Temple of Emperors
16、of Successive Dynasties, was reopened to the public last weekend.Originally constructed about 470 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, the temple was used by emperors of both the Ming and Qing to offer sacrifices to their ancestors.It underwent two periods of renovatio
17、n in the Qing Dynasty, during the reigns of emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong. From 1929 until early 2000, it was part of Beijing No. 159 Middle School.The temples Jingdechongsheng Hall contains stone tablets memorializing 188 Chinese emperors. The Jinzhuan bricks used to pave the floor, the same as t
18、hose used in the Forbidden City, are finely textured and golden-yellow in color. According to Xi Wei, an official from the Xicheng District government present at the reopening of the temple, Jinzhuan bricks were made in Yuyao, Suzhou, specially for imperial use.The renovation was done strictly accor
19、ding to that carried out at the orders of Emperor Qianlong, and only those sections of the temple too damaged to repair have been replaced.（分数：10.00）(1).What does the verb form of the word “renovation“ mean in Paragraph 1?（分数：2.00）A.Reform.B.Rearrange.C.Retreat.D.Restor(2).Which of the following sta
20、tements is TRUE?（分数：2.00）A.The temple is still not reopened yet to the public.B.The Jinzhuan bricks were made in Hangzhou for imperial use.C.The Jinzhuan bricks used to pave the wall in the temple.D.The temple was at first constructed 470 years ago.(3).How long has Lidai Diwang Miao been in part of
21、a middle school in Beijing?（分数：2.00）A.470 years.B.159 years.C.71 years.D.188 years.(4).What can we infer from the passage?（分数：2.00）A.The temple has a long history.B.The renovation of the temple was easy with modern technology.C.The bricks in the temple are not so valuable as those in the Forbidden c
22、ity.D.The renovation was done according to the orders of Emperor Qianlon(5).Which of the following is NOT true according to the author?（分数：2.00）A.The renovation project cost 300 million yuan.B.The temple was once a part of Beijing No.159 Middle School.C.Those parts of the temple too destroyed to rep
23、air are still there.D.The temple was built about 470 years ago.五、21-25(总题数：1，分数：10.00)For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and
24、to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the U.S. had acquired when it purchased Louisiana, and the Apollo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show off technological muscle during the cold war.Although their missions ble
25、nded commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before.Today Mars looms (隐约出现) as humanitys next great terra incognita (未探明之地). And with doubtful prospects for a short-term financial ret
26、urn, with the cold war a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planets reddish surface. Could it be that scie
27、nce, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? The question naturally invites a couple of others: are there experiments that only humans could do on Mars? Could those experiments provide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending p
28、eople across interplanetary space?With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. The issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has been highlighted by mounting evidence that the Red Planet once had abundant stable, liquid wa
29、ter and by the continuing controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite (陨石) from Mars. A more conclusive answer about life on Mars, past or present, would give researchers invaluable data about the range of conditions under which a planet can generate the complex
30、chemistry that leads to life. If it could be established that life arose independently on Mars and Earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: the prevalence of life in the universe.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, the chief pur
31、pose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was _.（分数：2.00）A.to display their countrys military mightB.to accomplish some significant scienceC.to find new areas for colonizationD.to pursue commercial and state interests(2).At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate larg
32、e-scale space ventures is _.（分数：2.00）A.international cooperationB.nationalistic reasonsC.scientific researchD.long-term profits(3).What is the main goal of sending human missions to Mars?（分数：2.00）A.To find out if life ever existed there.B.To see if humans could survive there.C.To prove the feasibili
33、ty of large-scale space ventures.D.To show the leading role of science in space exploration.(4).By saying “With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been“ (Line 1, Par（分数：2.00）A.4), the author means that _.A. with Mars the risks involved are much greater than any previo
34、us space venturesB. in the case of Mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very highC. in the case of Mars, much more research funds are needed than ever beforeD. with Mars, scientists argue, the fundamental interests of science are at issue(5).The passage tells us that proof of life on M
35、ars would（分数：2.00）A.make clear the complex chemistry in the development of lifeB.confirm the suggestion that bacterial fossils traveled to Earth on a meteorC.reveal the kind of conditions under which life originatesD.provide an explanation why life is common in the universe六、26-30(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Whi
36、le still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states, at least in getting people off welfare. Its estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994.In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens County have been cut in half. But
37、70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent-twice the national average.For advocates (代言人) for the poor, thats an indication much more needs to be done.“More people
38、are getting jobs, but its not making their lives any better,“ says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.A center analysis of U.S. Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households wer
39、e earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.“Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin (毒素)that wa
40、s poisoning the family,“ says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. Its beginning to rebuild the work ethic (道德观), which is much more important.“Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked“,
41、 then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.（分数：10.00）(1).From the passage, it can be seen that the author _.（分数：2.00）A.believes the reform has reduced the governments burdenB.insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poorC.is overenthusiastic a
42、bout the success of welfare reformD.considers welfare reform to be fundamentally successful(2).Why arent people enjoying better lives when they have jobs?（分数：2.00）A.Because many families are divorced.B.Because government aid is now rare.C.Because their wages are low.D.Because the cost of living is r
43、isin(3).What is worth noting from the example of Athens County is that _.（分数：2.00）A.greater efforts should be made to improve peoples living standardsB.70 percent of the people there have been employed for two yearsC.40 percent of the population no longer relies on welfareD.the living standards of m
44、ost people are going down(4).From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at _.（分数：2.00）A.saving welfare fundsB.rebuilding the work ethicC.providing more jobsD.cutting government expenses(5).According to the passage, before the welfare reform was carried out, _.（分数：2.00）A.the poverty rate was l
45、owerB.average living standards were higherC.the average worker was paid higher wagesD.the poor used to rely on government aid七、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They (31) that in the long run industrialization greatly raised
46、the standard of living for the (32) man. But they insisted that its (33) results during the period from 1740 to 1840 were widespread poverty and misery for the (34) of the English population. (35) contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1640 to 1740, when England was still a (36) agri
47、cultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.This view, (37) is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists (38) history and economics, have (39) two things: that the period from 1640 to 1740 was (40) by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have a
48、ctually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.（分数：20.00）A.admittedB.believedC.claimedD.predictedA.plainB.averageC.meanD.normalA.momentaryB.promptC.instantD.immediateA.bulkB.hostC.grossD.magnitudeA.OnB.WithC.ForD.ByA.broadlyB.thoroughlyC.generallyD.completelyA.howeverB.meanwhileC.t
49、hereforeD.moreoverA.atB.inC.aboutD.forA.manifestedB.approvedC.shownD.speculatedA.notedB.impressedC.labeledD.marked八、Part Dialogue Comp(总题数：10，分数：20.00)11.Man: Whats the noise upstairs?Woman: It seems theyre wrestling.Man: _（分数：2.00）A.I cant stand it any more.B.I dont like it.C.What a shame!D.Its a storm in a tea cup.12.Man: _Woman: No.but its a non-smoking section, Im afraid.（分数：2.00）A.Cigarette?B.Mind if I have a smoke here?C.Is this a smokin
