1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-292 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.The architectural differences may _ confusion or discomfort for the foreign travelers.（分数：2.00）A.varyB.describeC.causeD.impress2.Chinese farmers are mostly living a simple and _ life as it is today.（分数：2.00）A.miserable
2、B.economicalC.luxuriousD.sensible3.When you are in your room, leave the door _ so that your visitors do not have to knock.（分数：2.00）A.openB.openedC.openingD.being open4.Technology has _ the sharing, storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.（分数：2.00）A.
3、finishedB.furnishedC.functionedD.facilitated5.Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.（分数：2.00）A.impressionB.reactionC.comprehensionD.sentiment6.I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice
4、 was quite _.（分数：2.00）A.artisticB.artificialC.arbitraryD.mechanical7.Experts say the space rock is probably _ more than $ 30,000.（分数：2.00）A.weightyB.costlyC.valuableD.worth8.The only thing _ really matters m the parents is how soon their children can return home.（分数：2.00）A.whatB.thatC.whichD.this9._
5、 urgent the situation may be, you will need to make one change at a time and then move on（分数：2.00）A.AsB.WheneverC.HoweverD.Whateve10.The ghostly presence was just a(n) _ sensation of some people.（分数：2.00）A.objectiveB.subjunctiveC.subjectiveD.objected二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总
6、题数：1，分数：10.00)The differences in living standards around the world are vast. In 1993, the average American had an in-come of about $ 25,000. In the same year, the average Mexican earned $ 7,000, and the average Nigerian earned $1,500. Not surprisingly, this large variation in average income is refle
7、cted in various measures of the quality of life. Changes in living standards over time are also large. In the United States, incomes have historically grown about 2 percent per year (after adjusting for changes in the cost of living). At this rate, average income doubles every 35 years. In some coun
8、tries, economic growth has been even more rapi D. In Japan, for instance, average income has doubled in the past 20 years, and in South Korea it has doubled in the past 10 years.What explains these large differences in living standards among countries and over time? The answer is surprisingly simple
9、 Almost all variation in living standards is attributable to differences in countries productivitythat is, the amount of goods and services produced from each hour of a workers time. In nations where workem can produce a large quantity of goods and services per unit of time, most people enjoy a high
10、 standard of living; in nations where workers are less productive, most people must endure a more meager existence Similarly, the growth rate of a nations productivity determines the growth rate of its average income.The fundamental relationship between productivity and living standards is simple, b
11、ut its implications are far-reaching. If productivity is the primary determinant of living standards, uther explanations must be of secondary importance. For example, people might think that labor unions or minimum-wage laws contributed to the rise in living standards of American workers over the pa
12、st century. Yet the real hero of American workers is their rising productivity.The relationship between productivity and living standards also has great implications for public policy. When thinking about how any policy will affect living standards, the key question is how it will affect our ability
13、 to produce goods and services. To improve living standards, policymakers need to raise productivity by ensuring that workers are well educated, have the tools needed to produce goods and services, and have access to the best available technology.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following countries has en
14、joyed the fastest economic growth in history?A. Mexico. Id. The United States. C. Japan. 13. South Korea.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “meager“ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to“_“.（分数：2.00）A.modestB.poorC.meaninglessD.plentiful(3).What is the most important factor that leads to the r
15、ise in living standards of average people?（分数：2.00）A.Labor unions.B.Minimum-wage laws.C.Rising productivity.D.Favorable public policy.(4).The study of the relationship between productivity and living standards is significant in that _.（分数：2.00）A.it calls policymakers attention to a qualified work fo
16、rceB.it encourages workers to get better educationC.it helps improve the workers ability to produce goods and servicesD.it enables policymakers to access the latest technology(5).The passage mainly discusses _.（分数：2.00）A.the differences in average income among countriesB.the relationship between pro
17、ductivity and living standardsC.the causes of the rise in living standardsD.the importance of raising productivity四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)At the end of the U. S. Civil War, about four million slaves were freed. Now, people around the world canhear some of the former slaves stories for the first
18、 time ever, as told in their own voices.“That was inslavery time, “says Charlie Smith in one interview. “They sold the colored people. And they were bringing them from Africa. They brought me from Africa. I was a child.“ The Library of Congress released the collection of recordings, Voices from the
19、Days of Slavey, in January. The recorrdings were made between 1932 and 1975. Speaking at least 60 years after their emancipation(解放) ,the story teller discuss their experiences as slaves.They also tell about their lives as free men and women.Isom Moseley was just a boy at the time of emancipation, b
20、ut he recalls that things were slow to change. “It was a year before the folks knowed they was free,“ he says.Michael Taft, the head of the librarys archive of folk culture, says the recordings reveal something that written stores cannot. “The power of hearing someone speak is so much greater than r
21、eading someming from the page,“ Taft says. “Its how something is saidthe dialect, the low pitches, the pauses-that helps tell the Story./（分数：10.00）(1).What is new about the siaves stones?（分数：2.00）A.They are told in the slaves own voices.B.People travel around the world to hear them.C.Colored people
22、were sold.D.They happened in the slavery tim(2).What is the title of the collection of recordings?（分数：2.00）A.The End of the U.S. Civil War.B.The Libray of Congress.C.Voices from the Days of Slavery.D.The Recordings of Written Staries.(3).How many years did it take to complete the conection of record
23、ings?A. 26 years. 13. 33 years. C. 44 years. D. 57 years.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What do the storyteller tell us about?（分数：2.00）A.How they were brought to the United States from Africa.B.The release of the collection of recordings.C.What happened 60 years after their emancipation?D.Their experiences as
24、 slates and their lives as free men and women.(5).The recordings differ from written stories in that（分数：2.00）A.the tellers and the government are contributing togetherB.the dialect, the low pitches, and the pauses are more revealingC.the hearing and reading can help tell the storiesD.the power of wa
25、tching someone write is more engaging五、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Nowadays, we hear a lot about the growing threat of globalization, accompanied by those warnings that the rich pattern of local life is being undermined, and many dialects and traditions are becoming extinct. But stop and think for
26、a moment about the many positive aspects that globalization is bringing. Read on and you are bound to feel comforted, ready to face the global future, which is surely inevitable now.Consider the Internet, that prime example of our shrinking world. Leaving aside the all-to-familiar worries about porn
27、ography and political extremism, even the most narrow-minded must, admit that the net offers im-measurable benefits, not just in terms of education, the sector for which it was originally designed, but more importantly on a global level, the spread of news and comment. It will be increasingly diffic
28、ult for politicians to maintain their regimes of misinformation, as the oppressed will not only find support and comfort, but also be able to organize themselves more effectively.MTV is another global provider that is often criticized for imposing popular calture on the unsuspecting millions around
29、the worlD. Yet the viewers judgement on MTV is undoultedly positive; it is regarded as in- dispensable by most of the global teenage generation who watch it, a vital part of growing up. And in the final analysis,what harm can a few songs and videos cause? Is the world dominance of brands like Nike a
30、nd Coca- Cola so bad for us when all is said and done? Sportswear and soft drinks are harmless products when com- pared to the many other things that have been globally available for a longer period of timeheroin and cocaine, for example. In any case, just because Nike shoes and Coke cans are for sa
31、le, it doesnt mean you have to buy themeven globalization cannot deprive the individnal of his free will.Critics of globalization can stop issning their doom and gloom statements. Life goes on, and has more to offer for many citizens of the world than it did for their parentsgeneratiorn.（分数：10.00）(1
32、).Some people feel sad about globalization because they believe it will _.（分数：2.00）A.bring throat to the world peaceB.impact the diversified local lifeC.disrupt their present easy lifestyleD.increase the size of people speaking dialects(2).Internet was originally designed _.（分数：2.00）A.to promote edu
33、cationB.to distribute news and commentC.to relieve people of worriesD.to publicize political beliefs(3).What is the writers attitude towards globalization?（分数：2.00）A.Suspicioas.B.Positive.C.Indifferent.D.Contemptuous.(4).It is implied in the passage that Nike and Coca-cola _.（分数：2.00）A.should not be
34、come dominant brandsB.have been ignored by many peopleC.cannot be compared with drugsD.shouldnt have caused so much concern(5).Which of the follwoing could be the best title of the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Globalization Is Standardization.B.Globalization: Like It or Lump It.C.Globalization: Don t Worry, B
35、e Happy.D.Globalization Brings Equality.六、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Many things make people think artists are weird and the weirdest may be this: artists only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.This wasnt always so. The earliest forms of art, like pa
36、inting and music, are those best suited for ex- pressing ioy. But somewhere in the 19th century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring as we went from Wordsworths daffodils to Baudelaire s flowers of evilYou could argue that art became more skeptical of happi
37、ness because modern times have seen such misery. But its not as if earlier times didnt know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.After all, what is the one modern form of expression a
38、lmost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They
39、worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not
40、exactly need their art to be a bummer too.Today the messages your average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy. Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling. Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect ho
41、mes. And since these messages have an agenda-to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. “Celebrate!“ commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.What we forgetwhat our economy depends on is
42、 forgettingis that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring tile greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need someone to tell us as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you wiI1 di
43、e, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. Its a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.（分数：10.00）(1).By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that _.（分数：2.00）A
44、.Poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music.B.Art grow out of both positive and negative feeling.C.Poets today are less skeptical of happiness.D.Artist have changed their focus of interest.(2).The word “bummer“ (Line 4, Paragraph 5) most probably means something _.（分数：2.00）A.religiousB.
45、unpleasantC.entertainingD.commercial(3).In the anthors opinion, advertising_.（分数：2.00）A.emerges in the wake of the anti-happy partB.is a cause of disappointment for the general peerC.replace the church as a major source of informationD.creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself(4)
46、.We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes _.（分数：2.00）A.happiness more often than not ends in sadness.B.the anti-happy art is distasteful by refreshing.C.misery should be enjoyed rather than denied.D.the anti-happy art flourishes when economy booms.(5).Which of the following is t
47、rue of the text?（分数：2.00）A.Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery.B.Art provides a balance between expectation and reality.C.People feel disappointed at the realities of morality.D.Mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths.七、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：20.00)In November of 1902, Presid
48、ent Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going (31) that day, and he couldnt seem to find anything worth of (32) his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree
49、 did not seem sporting, so he (33) the life of the baby bear and set it freeBased on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle (34) , with his back turned on a cute(可爱的) baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was (35) by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store (36) ,and next to it placed a c
