同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试模拟试题

Paper One 试卷一

(90 minutes)

Part I: Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each) Section A Dialogue Completion

Direction: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

1. A: What do you plan to do for the next weekend? So far I have no plans at all. B: __________

A. Sorry, It is not my business. B. So I do.

C. I have nothing to say. D. You could go swimming.

2. A: You are a college student. Tell me what you would like to do? B: __________

A. I like to take a taxi.

B. I don’t know, but I like to develop computer software. C. I will go and have fun with my classmates. D. I don’t know, but I like to have a choice.

3. A: Let me introduce myself. I am Henry.

B: __________Henry. I am Peter Brow. Call me Peter or . A. How do you do? B. It’s nice. C. It’s very kink of you. D. How is it?

4. A: Where is Mike this morning? Have you seen him?

B: No. I think he’s got a cold. Yesterday, he was not feeling well. A: __________

A. Just tell him to take it easy. B. He is absent. C. What’s the matter with him? D. What? Where is he?

5. A: I’m so glad that you’ve come to our wedding. B: Congratulations, and __________

A. all my good wishes! B. all wishes!

C. happy forever! D. all my best wishes! Section B

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

6. W: Did you have much trouble with the exam? M: Not really.

Q: How was the man doing with the exam? A. He didn’t have much trouble. exam.

C. He did very badly in the exam.

7. W: Where are these tablets located?

M: You need a prescription for those. If you have one, I can get it for you right away.

Q: What does the man do?

A. He is a librarian. B. He is a pharmacist. C. He is a salesman. D. He is a doctor.

8. M: Can’t we slow down? Don’t you feel tired?

W: slow down? Don’t you realize that it is already half past eight? Q: What does the woman’s response mean? A. She doesn’t like walking with the man. B. She doesn’t feel tired. C. She is going very fast.

D. She is anxious about not going to be on time.

9. W: Hello, how can I help you?

M: I’d like to book table for six for today’s lunch. Q: What is probably the woman?

A. A nurse. B. A librarian.

D. He didn’t take the exam.

B. He is sure that he did perfectly in the

C. An operator in a restaurant. D. A lawyer.

10. W: Don’t you know Jim works as a dish washer at a restaurant around the corner? M: It isn’t a bad job to start with. I wouldn’t mind that job for the summer if

no others are available.

Q: What does the man mean?

A. He likes the job of a dish washer because it pays well.

B. He thinks it’s important to have a good job form the beginning. C. He hates to be a dish washer because it’s boring. D. He would work as dish washer in summer if he has to.

Part II: Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points, for each) Section A

Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

11. If observations confirmed the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported.

A. finished

B. adjusted

C. investigated

D. upheld

12. In the nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of hest was rudimentary.

A. growing

B. undeveloped

C. necessary

D. uninteresting

13. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome.

A. assures

B. finances

C. schedules

D. publishes

14. Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues .

A. solutions

B. details

C. damage

D. information

15. The newspaper had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially in Western Com

munities.

A. significant B. discussible

C. remote

D. uneven

16. It’s a sheer waste of time to argue with such a fool. A. a complete

B. a only

C. a surely

D. absolutely

17. To shatter a mirror accidentally is considered bad luck.

A. drop

B. cover

C. smash

D. knock

18. Dr. Bamard felt that his efforts were not in vain even when his first attempts at transplanting human hearts failed. A. substantiated B. frustrated

C. fruitless

D. variable

19. The story of Santa Claus is a myth cherished by Children A. excuse

B. legend

C. rally

D. beard

20. The weather has completely wrecked our plans.

A. changed B. postponed Section B

Directions: In this section there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

C. spoiled D. revised

21. The student couldn’t _________ what the teacher was trying to explain A. make

B. figure

C. grasp

D. gain

lorry driver was badly ________ when his lorry crashed into a wall. A. hit

B. damaged

C. pained

D. hurt

23. I shouldn’t imagine there is _______ in earth who can answer that question

A. no one

B. somebody

C. some person

D. anyone

24. ________ ten minutes of the start of the game two players had been sent off. A. Before

B. Inside

C. Around

D. Within

25. It is great _______ that the exhibition was cancelled at the last minute after all your work.