1、工程硕士(GCT)英语-90 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.The parents were much kinder to their youngest child than they were to the other,_, of course, made the others jealous.（分数：2.00）A.whichB.thatC.whatD.who2.A good employer gives _to his or her employees without interfering wi
2、th their creativity.（分数：2.00）A.freedomB.assistanceC.cluesD.funds3.As college teachers, they enjoy talking about their own_.（分数：2.00）A.problemsB.experiencesC.interestsD.fields4.With temperature_ so rapidly, we could not go on with the experiment.（分数：2.00）A.fellB.fallC.fallingD.fallen5.During the past
3、 years the _of automobile accidents in New York City has decreased.（分数：2.00）A.degreeB.quantityC.numberD.amount6._in a simple style, the book clearly describes the authors childhood experiences in a small town.（分数：2.00）A.WritingB.To be writtenC.Being writtenD.Written7.Johns mindless_ concealed a warm
4、 and kindhearted nature.（分数：2.00）A.appearanceB.personalityC.outlookD.temper8.To speed_ your entry, please bring your Admission Card with you.（分数：2.00）A.upB.onC.cutD.down9.Becoming aware of our mothers age, not just in numbers of years but _her psychological and physical state, often helps us to unde
5、rstand her better.（分数：2.00）A.in spite ofB.on account ofC.in terms ofD.by means of10.Undoubtedly,_ wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet（分数：2.00）A.anyoneB.whoC.whoeverD.everyone二、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：40.00)BDirections:/BIn this part there are 4 passage
6、s 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 corresponding letter in the brackets.BPassage One/BMost people think of lions as stric
7、tly African beasts, but only because theys been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of the 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
8、 to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily in 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 Forest-and no time at all to see why these lions becam
9、e symbols of royalty and gieatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen, but a lion stands its ground, curious and unafraidlionhearted. Though they told me in subtle ways when I got too close, Girs lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives during my three months in the forest. Its odd to
10、think that they are threatened by extinction; Git has as many lions as it can holdtoo many, in fact. With territory in short supply, lions move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave it altogether, often clashing with people. Thats one reason India is creating a second sanctuary. There
11、 are other pressing reasons: outbreaks of disease or natural disasters. In 1994 a serious disease killed more than a third of AfricasSerengeti lionsa thousand animalsa fate that could easily happen to Girs eats. These lions are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a d
12、ozen individuals. “If you do a DNA test, Asiatic lions actually look like identical twins,“ says Stephen O Brien, a geneticist(基因学家) who has studied them. Yet the dangers are bidden, and you wouldnt suspect them by watching these lords of the forest. The lions display vitality, and no small measure
13、of charm.Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it s time to eat, meals in Git are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a mother and her baby lion sharing a deer, or a young mate eating an antelope(羚羊), theres no need to fight for a cut of the kill. The animals they hunt for food are gener
14、ally 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 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 ha
15、bitat(2).What impressed the author most when he went to watch the lions in the Gir Forest? A. Their friendliness. I3. Their size. C. Their intimacy. D. Their vitality.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the sentence “. meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affair“ mean?（分数：2.00）A.The lions do not show
16、 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 with great effort.(4).The lions in the Git Forest are especially vulnerable to disease because_.（分数：2.00）A.they have descended from a dozen or so ances
17、torsB.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 reasons 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 res
18、earch on themC.they have killed many peopleD.the forest is shrinking in sizeBPassage Two/BJessica Bucknam shouts “tiao! “(teeow) and her fourth-grade students jump.“Dun!“(doowen) she commands, and they crouch(蹲). They giggle(吃吃地笑) as the commands keep coming in Mandarin Chinese.Half of the 340 stude
19、nts at the K-5 school are enrolled in the program. They can contine studying Chinese in middle and high schools. The goal to speak like natives.About 24,000 American students are currently learning Chinese. Most are in high schools. But the number of younger students is growing in response to Chinas
20、 emergence as a global superpower.“China has become a strong partner of the United States,“ says Mary Patterson, Woodstocks principal. “Children who learn Chinese at a young age will have more opportunities for jobs in the future.“Isabel Weiss, 9, isnt thinking about the future. She thinks learning
21、Chinese is fun. “when you hear peo- ple speaking in Chinese, you know what theyre saying, she says. “And they dont know that you know. （分数：10.00）(1).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.
22、They are leurning how m giggle.D.They are learning Chinese.(2).The purpose of the program for Jessicas students is to_.（分数：2.00）A.ellable them to learn how to commandB.get them enrolled in the language programC.help them to speak like a ChineseD.contintle enrolling more students to learn Chinese(3).
23、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.international trading is becoming globalizedC.partnership is encouraging business and tradeD.China is emerging as a new superpower in the world(4).Why do more
24、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.They are more interested in the international trade.C.They will visit China for further education.D.They are curious about the corporate partnership.(5).Is
25、abel 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 do business in ChinaD.she watches people speak the languageBPassage Three/BCould the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agree
26、d 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 scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979 1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks result
27、ed 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 this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could p
28、ush 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 countries 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
29、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 also less dependent on oil than they were, and so lesssensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels a
30、nd a decline in the importance of heavy, energy intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than 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 e
31、stimates 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 bill in rich economics by only 0. 25%0. 50/oo of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand,
32、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 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 c
33、ommodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizableportion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economists commodity price index is 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 fo
34、r the latest rise of oil price is_.（分数：2.00）A.global inflation,B.reduction in supply.C.fast growth in economy.D.Iraqs suspension of exports.(2).It can be inferred from 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.consu
35、mption 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 loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices.C.manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed.D.oil price changes have no sig
36、nificant 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 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 th
37、e text we can see that the writer seems_.（分数：2.00）A.optimistic.B.sensitive.C.gloomy.D.scared.BPassage Four/BNot so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree could, find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other
38、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 highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suit- able career: recognizing abilities, matching
39、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 their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider
40、 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 given careful thought.The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the
41、 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, write to possible employers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular pr
42、ofession. 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 the search for a good career, job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, with
43、out 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 possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer% needs, explain why they are interested in a career wi
44、th the particular company and try to show that they-already know somethingabout the company and its activities.When graduates go to an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the possible employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also im
45、portant. 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 pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.（分数：10.00）(1).“Those days are gone, even in Hong Kong“ in
46、 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.graduates now face stronger competition in Hong Kong than elsewhereD.even in Hong Kong companies tour universities trying t
47、o 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 values, interests and abilitiesC.recognize their own abilities regardless of what the employer looks forD.stress their per
48、sonal 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 op
49、portunities 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 if they eanr give an answerB.dressing properly is more important than being able to give an answerC.it is better for interviewees to be honest than to pretend to understandD.it is a good idea for interviewees to be boastful
