苏州大学在职人员攻读硕士学位英语课

苏州大学在职人员攻读硕士学位英语课程（非英语专业）考试大纲（试行稿）

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苏州大学在职人员攻读硕士学位英语课程（非英语专业）考试大纲根据苏州大学在职人员攻读硕士学位培养目标制定。本大纲规定了在职人员攻读硕士学位英语课程（非英语专业）全校统一考试的内容、形式、时间和计分。考试的主要内容以苏州大学研究生处组织编写的《研究生英语读写教程》教材为主。考试目的在于考核已修完在职人员攻读硕士学位英语课程的学生是否达到各项规定的教学要求，以及实际掌握和运用英语的能力。

本考试共五个部分：阅读理解(占 30%)、词汇(占15%)、选单词并以恰当的形式填空(占15%)、翻译(占30%)、写作(占10%)。全部题目按顺序统一编号。

第一部分 阅读理解（Part II Reading Comprehension 30%）

这部分的目的是测试学生通过阅读获取信息的能力，既要求准确，也要求有一定速度。主要测试下述能力：

1. 掌握所读材料的中心思想、主要内容和细节； 2. 对所读材料的内容进行一定的判断和推理；

3. 理解某些词和句子的意义及上下文之间的逻辑关系； 4. 领会作者的观点和判断作者的态度。 阅读材料的选择原则：

1. 题材广泛，可以包括社会、文化、科普常识、史地、日常生活知识、人物传记等。所涉及的背景知识应能为考生所了解。

2. 体裁多样，可以包括叙事，议论、描述、说明、应用文等。 3. 文章应有一定的难度。 考试共20题，时间为40分钟。

测试要求考生阅读4篇文章。其中前两篇难度中等，后两篇难度较高，每篇材料后有5个问题。考生应根据文章内容从每题所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。此部分总阅读量（不包括题目及选择项）为1200-1400 词。

第二部分 词汇选择（Part I Vocabulary 15%）:

主要测试考生对单词在语篇水平上的理解能力和实际运用语言的能力。测试内容涉及句型、结 构，词汇、短语和搭配等。共30题。考试时间为30分钟。测试的形式为分两种。第一种是15个句子，每句有一个空白，要求考生从所给出的四个选择项中选择最佳答案。选择项可以是一个单词，也可以是短语；第二种的15个句子中各有一个单词或词组下划横线，要求考生从所给出的四个选择项中选择意思与此单词或词组的意思最接近的最佳答案。

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第三部分 选词填空（Part III Filling the blanks with the proper words in proper forms 15%）

这部分的目的是为了测试学生在教材中所学过的一些含义较深的单词的用法。给出20个单词，要求考生从中选择15个单词以句子结构所需要的形式分别填入下面所给句子的空白处。

考题为15题，时间为15分钟。

第四部分 翻译（Part IV Translation 30%）:

共2题。考试时间为35分钟。本部分共有两种形式。

第一种形式（Section A）：英译汉：内容为一般性或科学常识性的段落。要求译文忠实于原文，表达正确。考试时间为20分钟。这一节是总量为140词左右的英语短文。

第二种形式（Section B）：汉译英：内容为一般性和科学常识性的句子。要求译文忠实于原文，表达正确。无重大语言错误。考试时间为15分钟。这一节是总量为100个左右汉字的段落或语句。

第五部分 写作（Part V Writing 10%）：

写作部分的目的是测试考生用英语书面表达思想的一般能力。写作要求切题，能正确表达思想，意义连贯，无重大语言错误。摘要要求概括内容准确。考试时间为30分钟。要求考生写出不少于120词左右的短文。试卷上可能给出题目、情景、写作提纲或材料表格， 要求写出短文。

考试时间及计分

试卷五个部分的题目数、计分和考试时间列表如下：

序号 I II III IV V 节号 A节 B节 A节 B节 题号 1-20 1-15 16-30 1-15 1-2 1-2 各部分名称 阅读理解 选词或词组填空 选近意词或词组 选词汇并以恰当的词形填空 英译汉 汉译英 写作 合 计 注：听力测试部分将在以后教学发展中逐年增加。

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题数 20 15 15 15 2 2 1 70 计分 30分 15分 15分 20分 10分 10分 100分 考试时间 40分钟 30分钟 15分钟 35分钟 30分钟 150分钟 硕士学位班英语试卷（样题）

(Test of English for Non-English Major Postgraduate)

Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For

each question there are four suggested answers marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE best answer.

Passage One

The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator”.

In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus (剩余的) bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.

The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed—natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling… What refrigeration did promote was marketing—marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price.

Consequently, most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house—while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

The fridge’s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers (汉堡包), but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum.

1. The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.” (Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that ___________.

A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties B) the author was not accustomed to use fridges even in his fifties C) there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s

D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s

2. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges? A) People would not buy more food than was necessary. B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week. C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily. D) People had effective ways to preserve their food.

3. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?

A) Inventors. B) Consumers. C) Manufacturers. D) Travelling salesmen.

4. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge’s negative effect on the environment?

A) “Hum away continuously”. B) “Climatically almost unnecessary”.

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C) “Artificially-cooled space”. D) “With mild temperatures”.

5. What is the author’s overall attitude toward fridges?

A) Neutral. B) Critical. C) Objective. D) Compromising.

Passage Two

Carnegie Hall, the famous concert hall in New York City, has again undergone a restoration. While this is not the first, it is certainly the most extensive in the building’s history. As a result of this new restoration, Carnegie Hall should once again have the quality of sound that it had when it was first built. Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner of a steel company in the late 1800s. The hall was finished in 1891, and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent performing arts hall where accomplished musicians gained fame. Despite its reputation, however, the concert hall suffered from detrimental renovations over the years. During the Great Depression, when fewer people could afford to attend performances, the directors sold part of the building to commercial businesses. As a result, a coffee shop was opened in one corner of the building, for which the builders replaced the brick and terra cotta walls with windowpanes. A renovation in 1946 seriously damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers of the film “Carnegie Hall” cut a gaping hole in the dome of the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents. The hole was later covered with short curtains and a fake ceiling, but the hall never sounded the same afterwards.

In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stern became involved in restoring the hall after a group of real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building on the site. This threat spurred Stern to rally public support for Carnegie Hall and encourage the city to buy the property. The movement was successful, and the concert hall is now owned by the city. In the current restoration, builders tested each new material for its sound qualities, and they replaced the hole in the ceiling with a dome. The builders also restored the outer walls to their original appearance and closed the coffee shop. Carnegie has never sounded better, and its prospects for the future have never looked more promising. 6. This passage is mainly about _______. A) changes to Carnegie Hall

B) the appearance of Carnegie Hall C) Carnegie Hall’s history during the Great Depression D) Damage to the ceiling in Carnegie Hall

7. What major change happened to the hall in 1946? A) The acoustic dome was damaged.

B) Space in the building was sold to commercial businesses. C) The walls were damaged in an earthquake. D) The stage was renovated.

8. What was probably the most important aspect of the recent innovation? A) Restoring the outer wall. B) Expanding the lobby. C) Restoring the plaster trim. D) Repairing the ceiling. 9. How does the author seem to feel about the future of Carnegie Hall?

A) Ambiguous. B) Guarded. C) Optimistic. D) Negative. 10. Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph? A) A scientific explanation of acoustics and the nature of sound. B) A description of people’s reactions to the newly renovated hall.

C) A discussion of the coffee shop that once was located in the building. D) Further discussion about the activities of Isaac Stern.

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