学位英语2008年真题（二）
学位英语2008年真题（二）
Part III Cloze (15 minutes 10%)
Directions: In this part there is a passage with 20 blanks in it. For each blank there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the one that best fills into the passage
and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Unavoidably, Global climate is to change. "No matter 41 well the world controls emissions of greenhouse gases, global climate
change is 42 ", warn two new studies which take into 43 the oceans' slow response 44 warming. 45 greenhouse gases never
rise beyond their present level, temperatures and sea levels will continue 46 for another century or more because of a time 47 in
the oceans' response to atmospheric temperatures, say researchers.
This time lag means policymakers cannot afford to wait to tackle climate change 48 its consequences become painful, because 49
then they will already be committed 50 further change, they urge. "The feeling is that if things are getting bad, you 51 the stop button.
But even if you 52 , the climate continues to change," says Gerald Meehl, a climatologist. But even an optimistic scenario predicts
that 53 temperatures would continue to rise 54 between 0. 4℃ and 0. 6℃over the next century. That increase is 55 to the increase in
during the 20th century.
And because water expands as it 56 this time lag in temperature will continue to push sea level 57 . Meehl's models predict that
thermal expansion alone would make sea levels rise by about 11 centimeters over the next century, even if greenhouse gases were held
58 2,000 levels. The real rise would almost certainly be more, he says, because his models do not include the effect of 59 of glaciers
and icecaps, which will be 60 rapid in a warmer world.
41. A. how B. what C. where D. which
42. A. evitable B. credible C. incredible D. inevitable
43. A. counter B. count C. account D. accountant
44. A. in B. to C. for D. with
45. A. Even if B. Even though C. Unless D. Although
46. A. to rise B. rising C. raising D. to raise
47. A. log B. leg C. lag D. lab
48. A. as B. when C. until D. after
49. A. at B. in C. on D. by
50. A. to B. about C. in D. with
51. A. hit B. beat C. get D. put
52. A. did B. have C. had D. do
53. A. local B. global C. regional D. national
54. A. by B. for C. in D. to
55. A. comparison B. compared C. comparable D. comparing
56. A. cool B. warm C. warms D. warmed
57. A. bigger B. higher C. farther D. lower
58. A. at B. for C. in D. on
59. A. melted B. melts C. to melt D. meltin
60. A. less B. more C. most D. least
Part IV Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes 15%)
Section A (10%)
Directions: In this section there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. You are required
to choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center
61. I’d like to ______ five hundred dollars to my current account.
A. alter B. transform C. change D. transfer
62. The only ______ to the farmhouse is across the fields.
A. access B. method C. step D. means
63. The corridor was dark and I ______ my head against the wall.
A. brought B. damaged C. bumped D. struck
64. The mountain climber had a ______ escape from death.
A. short B. scarce C. close D. narrow
65. ______ you are here, I can leave.
A. So that B. Such that C. Now that D. In order to
66. Mr. Jones said he was ______ the possibility of buying the house.
A. going over B. looking into C. holding on D. laying out
67. It is very kind of you to ______ me ______ at the airport.
A. see/off B. put/off C. keep/off D. turn/off
68. Where did you ______ your Russian?
A. pick out B. pick up C. pick over D. pick on
69. To his great _______, his son again failed to pass the examination.
A. importance B. promotion C. excitement D. disappointment
70. I’m very busy, and I can’t ______ three days away from work.
A. pay B. stand C. offer D. afford
71. He _______ the key on the table.
A. left B. forgot C. lost D. missed
72. Mary, are you ______ to take part in the game?
A. supposed B. disposed C. exposed D. proposed
73. Many Americans are African by ______
A. beginning B. origin C. start D. first
74. There was nobody in ______ when we came round the corner.
A. sight B. glimpse C. glance D. view
75. Susie’s school work is well above _______
A. common B. average C. normal D. ordinary
76. A lot of people looked on him ______ an authority.
A. like B. for C. as D. to
77. I’d like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and _______ in a quiet environment.
A. for all B. first of all C. after all D. above all
78. The journalist claimed that the information came from a ______ source.
A. confident B. dependent C. believed D. reliable
79. We were completely ______ when we finally reached the destination.
A. worn off B. worn on C. worn out D. worn away
80. The doctor said, “If you take this medicine twice a day, it should ______ your cold.”
A. restore B. cure C. treat D. recover
Section B (5%)
Directions: Complete the following sentences with appropriate words or expressions or with the proper forms of the given words
in the brackets. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
81. Few people know him, __ they?
82. Everybody talked at the top of __ ____ voice.
83. I’d like to go to __ ____ university where I once studied law.
84. It would be a to tell his the truth. (kind)
85. What a lot of _ _ weather we’re having! (rain)
86. He to see me everyday last week. (come)
87. Most of the streets in the city recently. (widen)
88. It is time that children to school. (go)
89. You’d better your homework before dinner. (finish)
90. There are more than 100 on the airport. (aircraft)
Part V Translation (15 minutes 10%)
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should (translate into Chinese.
These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in Part II. You can refer
back to the passage so as o identify their meaning in the context. You should write your answer on
the Answer sheet.
91. Yet the waves, no matter how big or how violent, affect only the surface of the sea.
92. Because we live in a democratic nation, whose citizens make policies for the nation, large
numbers of us must be educated to understand, to support, and when necessary, to judge the work of experts.
93. It was believed that a person was sick because he had been attacked by evil spirits.
94. The third method was to give the patient medicines prepared from certain plants and herbs that
were similar in shape or texture to the various organs o f the body.
95. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone.
Part VI Writing (25 minutes 15%)
Directions: For this part. you are allowed 25 minutes write a short passage following the guidelines given below.
96 ．以《 电与我们的生活》 （Electricity and our Life ）为题，根据以下提示，在25 分钟内写一篇不少于100 词的作文。
l ）人们的生活离不开电．
2 ）我们如何节约电。