1、在职攻读硕士联考英语-32 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)How can a single postage stamp be worth $16800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has the stamp worth a mil
2、lion and a half times its original value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer. Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Befo
3、re the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius“ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote the words “Post Office“ instead of “Post Paid“ on the several hundred
4、stamps that he printed. Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left. fourteen One-penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of the Two-penny Blue“s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16800 for it.（分数：20.00）(1).According to the passage, a postage stamp
5、is worth $16800 because _.（分数：4.00）A.it was the fourth stamp printed for practical useB.it was particularly designed for a dancing ballC.there are few others of its kind and a misprint on itD.it was made in 1847(2).In the middle of the 19th century most countries in the world were _.（分数：4.00）A.inter
6、ested in stamp collectingB.not yet using postage stampsC.buying stamps from LondonD.trying to make money from stamp printing(3).The passage tells us that the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value is _.（分数：4.00）A.the Twelve-penny Blue stampB.the Fourteen-penny Orange-Red stampC.th
7、e Two-penny Blue stampD.the One-penny Orange-Red stamp(4).It can be understood from the passage that _.（分数：4.00）A.the Mauritius“ Government specialized in printing stampsB.stamp collectors are searching for stamps with mistakesC.the local printer was instructed to make a mistake in the stampD.Maurit
8、ians printed stamps to make money(5).The best title for the passage could be _.（分数：4.00）A.“Post Office“ or “Post Paid“B.A Careless PrinterC.The Two-penny BlueD.An Error Worth $16800三、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Packaging is an important form of advertising. A package can sometimes motivate someone to
9、 buy a product. For example, a small child might ask for a breakfast food that comes in a box with a picture of a TV character. The child is more interested in the picture than in breakfast food. Pictures for children to colour or cut out, games printed on a package, or small gifts inside a box also
10、 motivate many children to buy productsor to ask their parents for them. Some packages suggest that a buyer will get something for nothing. Food products sold in reusable containers are examples of this. Although a similar product in a plain container might cost less, people often prefer to buy the
11、product in a reusable glass or dish, because they believe the container is free. However, the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product. The size of a package also motivates a buyer. Maybe the package has “Economy Size“ or “Family Size“ printed on it. This suggests that the large siz
12、e has the most product for the least money. But that is not always true. To find out a buyer has to know how the product is sold and the price of the basic unit. The information on the package should provide some answers. But the important thing for any buyer to remember is that a package is often a
13、n advertisement. The words and pictures do not tell the whole story. Only the product inside can do that.（分数：20.00）(1).As used in the first paragraph of the passage, the word “motivate“ most probably means _.（分数：4.00）A.making one believe what he does is justB.providing a story that makes one movedC.
14、supplying a thought or feeling that makes one actD.making one deep in thought(2).“A buyer will get something for nothing“ most probably means that _.（分数：4.00）A.a buyer will not get what he wants toB.a buyer will gain more than he losesC.a buyer will get what he pays forD.a buyer will get something u
15、seful free of charge(3).People are likely to buy the product sold in a glass or dish because _.（分数：4.00）A.they have no other choiceB.they think they can get the container for freeC.the container is too attractiveD.they believe the cost of the container is included in the cost of the product(4).Which
16、 of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?（分数：4.00）A.On seeing a well-designed container, a buyer often neglects what is inside it.B.A buyer is also attracted by the size of the package.C.Children are often made to buy a product by its package with attractive pictures.D.Package is
17、 often a successful advertisement.(5).What suggestion does the author give in the passage?（分数：4.00）A.The best choice for a buyer is to get a product in a plain package.B.A buyer should get what he needs most.C.The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.D.Do not buy
18、the product which is sold in a glass or dish.四、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：20.00)In most work success is measured by income, and while our capitalistic society continues, this is inevitable. It is only where the best work is concerned that this measure ceases to be the natural one to apply. The desire th
19、at men feel to increase their income is quite as much a desire for success as for the extra comforts that a higher income can procure (获得，取得). However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation whether in the world at large or only in one“s own circle. Continu
20、ity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work. In this respect those women whose lives are occupied with housework are much less fortunate than men, or than women who work outside the home. The domestic wi
21、fe does not receive wages, has no means of bettering herself, is taken for granted by her husband (who sees practically nothing of what she does), and is valued by him not for her housework but for quite other qualities. Of course this does not apply to those women who are sufficiently well-to-do to
22、 make beautiful houses and beautiful gardens and become the envy of their neighbors; but such women are comparatively few, and for the great majority housework cannot bring as much satisfaction as work of other kinds bring to men and to professional women.（分数：20.00）(1).What will be the best title of
23、 the passage?（分数：4.00）A.Income and Work.B.Motivation of Work.C.Success in Work.D.Value of Work.(2).According to the passage, when are people not concerned with the money they get from work?（分数：4.00）A.When they think the work is well worth doing.B.When they have procured a high income.C.When they hav
24、e built up a reputation.D.When their work keeps them fully occupied.(3).According to the passage, which of the following contributes most to a person“s ultimate hap-piness?（分数：4.00）A.To be highly paid for his or her work.B.To be able to work consistently towards a goal.C.To have the best kind of job
25、.D.To be able to build up a good reputation.(4).According to the passage, the work of a housewife is _.（分数：4.00）A.usually highly valued by the husbandB.valued for its quality by the husbandC.valued for the satisfaction it brings to the husbandD.usually not sufficiently valued by the husband(5).Accor
26、ding to the passage, housework often brings satisfaction to women _.（分数：4.00）A.who are very richB.who envy their neighborsC.who work outside the homeD.who are dependent on their husbands五、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The law is a great mass of rules, showing when and how far a man is liable to be pun
27、ished, or to be made to hand over money or property to his neighbors, and so forth. These rules are contained in books. A lawyer learns them in the main by reading books. He begins by doing little else than read, and after he has prepared himself by, Say, three years“ study to practise, still, all h
28、is life long and almost every day, he will be looking into books to read a little more than he already knows about some new questions which he has to answer. The power to use books, then, is a talent which would be the lawyer ought to possess. He ought to have enough flexibility and fineness of ment
29、al fibre to make it easy for him to collect ideas from printed words. He ought to have some readiness in finding what a book contains, and something of an instinct for where to look for what he wants. But although this is the power of which he will first feel the need, it is not the most impor-tant.
30、 A lawyer does not study law to recite it; he studies it to use it and act upon the rules which he has learned in real life. His business is to try cases in court and to advise men what to do in order to keep out or get out of trouble. He studies his books in order to advise and to try his cases in
31、the right way.（分数：20.00）(1).The first thing a law student has to do is to _.（分数：4.00）A.read booksB.practise lawC.hand over moneyD.answer questions(2).After three years of reading, he _.（分数：4.00）A.can study lawB.still has to continue readingC.can stop readingD.is able to give intelligent answers(3).A
32、s it is used in the passage, the word “flexibility“ (Para. 3) means _.（分数：4.00）A.capacity or power to do something physical or mentalB.quality of being able to do somethingC.curve or turn, esp. in a road, race course, river, etc.D.action of being able to change according to different circumstances(4
33、).The principal business of a lawyer is _.（分数：4.00）A.to discuss the material he has readB.to learn about real lifeC.to advise people who have legal problemsD.to study the law(5).A good lawyer should know how to _.（分数：4.00）A.analyze and interpret what he readsB.collect ideasC.be flexible in all thing
34、sD.be powerful六、Passage Five(总题数：1，分数：20.00)How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regre
35、ts. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is
36、always presenting new things to the childthings that have lost their interest for older people because they are too wellknown. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong. When th
37、e young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws o
38、f society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.（分数：20.00）(1).According to Para. 2, the writer thinks that _.（分数：4.
39、00）A.life for a child is comparatively easyB.a child is always loved whatever he doesC.if much is given to a child, he must do something in returnD.only children are interested in life(2).After a child grows up, he _.（分数：4.00）A.will have little time playingB.has to be successful in finding a jobC.ca
40、n still ask for help in time of troubleD.should be able to take care of himself(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?（分数：4.00）A.People are often satisfied with their life.B.Life is less interesting for old people.C.Adults are free to do what they want to do.D.Adu
41、lts should no longer rely on others.(4).The main idea of the passage is that _.（分数：4.00）A.life is not enjoyable since each age has some painsB.young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hardC.childhood is the most enjoyable time in one“s lifeD.one is the happiest if he can make good use
42、of each age in his life(5).The paragraph following the passage will most probably discuss _.（分数：4.00）A.examples of succsful young menB.how to build up one“s position in societyC.joys and pains of old peopleD.what to do when one has problems in life在职攻读硕士联考英语-32 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Co
43、mprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)How can a single postage stamp be worth $16800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. The mistake
44、 was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer. Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was pla
45、nned at Mauritius“ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote the words “Post Office“ instead of “Post Paid“ on the several hundred stamps that he printed. Today there are only twenty-s
46、ix of these misprinted stamps left. fourteen One-penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of the Two-penny Blue“s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16800 for it.（分数：20.00）(1).According to the passage, a postage stamp is worth $16800 because _.（分数：4.00）A.it was the fourt
47、h stamp printed for practical useB.it was particularly designed for a dancing ballC.there are few others of its kind and a misprint on it D.it was made in 1847解析：本题是一道具体细节题。问按照文章所说，一张邮票可以值 16800 美元的原因是什么。根据文章第一段的内容，一张邮票怎么会值 16800 美元呢?邮票印刷上的任何错误都会使其在集邮者手中增值。一枚价格低廉的邮票上的一处错误可使其原面值增加到 150 万倍。由此我们可以找出本题的
48、正确答案应是C“很少有这种上面有印刷错误的邮票”。(2).In the middle of the 19th century most countries in the world were _.（分数：4.00）A.interested in stamp collectingB.not yet using postage stamps C.buying stamps from LondonD.trying to make money from stamp printing解析：本题是一道具体细节题。问 19 世纪中叶世界上大多数国家在邮票使用方面是怎样的。根据文章第二段最后两句话，1847
49、年，一份邮票订单送到了伦敦一位印刷商的手中毛里求斯即将成为世界上第四个邮票发行国。我们可以推断出本题的正确答案应是 B“还没有使用带有邮资的邮票”。(3).The passage tells us that the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value is _.（分数：4.00）A.the Twelve-penny Blue stampB.the Fourteen-penny Orange-Red stampC.the Two-penny Blue stamp D.the One-penny Orange-Red stamp解析：本题问文章告诉我们其原面值增加到 150 万倍的邮票是哪种。利用查阅式阅读法，我们可以在文章的最后一段的最后一句话中找到相关信息。这句话指出，由于两便士蓝色邮票稀少并且年代久远，集邮者购买一枚价钱已高达 16800 美元。此句所表达的内容刚好与文章的第一段内容相对应，都与 16800 美元和150 万倍有关。因此，本题的正确答案应是 C“那种两便士
