2008 年同等学力申硕英语全国统一考试真题
Paper One 试卷一
Part ⅠDialogue communication (10minutes, 10points)
Section A Dialogue completion
Directions: 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: Bob, would you mind turning down the TV a little? I’m talking on the phone,
and I’m having a hard time hearing.
B:_
A. Please forgive me.
B. Oh, sure! I’m sorry about that.
C. You should have told me earlier.
D. I’m sorry to hear about it.
2. A : Hi, I’m your neighbor in 405, next door. I’m Sunny Chan.
B:_
A. I moved here about a week ago.
B. Hope we could become good neighbors.
C. Hi! Everyone here seems very friendly.
D. Jill Kingston. Nice to meet you.
3. A: Could you run me over to the office? I’m late. My clock must be slow.
B:_
A. Yes, never mind. I would rather give you a lift.
B. All right. But you should buy a new clock.
C. It’s my pleasure. May I help you fix your clock, too?
D. Yeah, I’ll be glad to drop you off on my way to work.
4. A: I’m sorry. He’s not in his office.
B:_
A. Are you sure he will be back soon?
B. Would you like to leave a message?
C. Can you take a message for me?
D. Shall I call him sometime later?
5. A: Do you mind if I take off my jacket?
B: _
A. Of course not, make yourself at home.
B. Oh, it’s very kind of you to do so.
C. I’ll be happy if I can be of any help.
D. Yes, it’s pretty warm in here.
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
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 4 choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by
marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on
your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
6. Man: Bob and Sue seem never discipline their daughter. She’s real nuts.
Woman: They are kept in the dark about their daughter’s behavior at school
Question: what can we learn about Bob and Sue’s daughter?
A. She like to eat nuts.
B. She is self-disciplined.
C. She behaves badly at school.
D. She enjoys leaving her parents in the dark..
7. Woman: Now, Richard, would you care to explain how the answers to the test
questions appeared on your desk?
Man: I can’t. Professor Harley. Someone must have left them on my desk.
Question: What is the man’s problem?
A. He is suspected of cheating.
B. He left the answers on his desk.
C. He doesn’t know how to explain.
D. He didn’t know the answers to the questions.
8. Woman: Don’t forget to drop me a line when you settle down.
Man: I won’t. I’ll keep you posted.
Question: What does the man mean?
A. He’ll write to the woman.
B. He’ll tell the woman his new address.
C. He’ll visit the woman once in a while.
D. He’ll chat with the woman on the phone.
9. Man: Betty, how was your trip to the museum with Tom this afternoon?
Woman: Don’t ask me.
Question: What does the woman mean?
A. Something about the museum interested her.
B. Something was wrong with the trip.
C. She doesn’t know anything about the museum.
D. She doesn’t want to answer the man’s question.
10. Man: Hey, Mary. I was invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty
Contest.
Woman: Oh, really? Come on, you’re pulling my leg.
Question: What does the woman mean?
A. She has no change to win.
B. The man is encouraging her.
C. She’ll attend the contest.
D. The man is trying to fool her.
Part II Vocabulary (10minutes, 10 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase
underlined. Choose the one from the 4 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. The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.
A. explain B deny C. consider D recognize
12 British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease, which causes loss of
memory and personality change.
A control B determine C prevent D treat
13 Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence
against him.
A fix up B take up C pack up D make up
14 So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn
sun.
A. golden B. beautiful C. warm D. shining
15 I couldn’t work out why anyone would invent something so boring.
A draw up B bring about C put forward D figure out
16. You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for both you and your
employer.
A. loose B. effective C. elastic D. resourceful
17. The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges
for government officials.
A. grants B. rights C. advantages D. interests
18. Will Americans go for AT&T’S plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S?
A. support B. adopt C. hinder D. attack
19. What lies in pieces around them represents, in effect, a unique private
exhibition open to a lucky few .
A. in short B. in particular C. in fact D. in turn
20. The weekend event will be centered around Wye college in Ashford, Kent, but the
outing to the docks should be the highlight.
A. climax B. pleasure C. expectation D. surprise
Section B
Directions: In this section .there are 10 incomplete sentences .For each sentences
there are 4 choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the
sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square
brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
21. Then in June 1967 the country diplomatic relations with Israel after the outbreak
of the Six Day War.
A. broke away B. broke off C. cut out D. cut down
22. Everyone has faced the embarrassing of deciding how much extra to give a waiter
or taxi-driver.
A. incident B. event C. dilemma D. menace
23. The school arranged road trip appears to the spring break.
A . conform to B. coincide with C. consist in D. collide with
24. The new airport terminal is sure to the development of tourism.
A. imitate B. fascinate C. impose D. facilitate
25. The Huntington Library has an collection of rare books and manuscripts of British
and American history and literature.
A. intensive B. intentional C. extensive D. extensional
26. Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this year,
threatening to______ recent productivity gains.
A. reverse B. reserve C. retrieve D. revise
27. Those governments will provide big food and fuel according to the Asian
Development Bank.
A. substitutes B. substances C. subsequences D. subsidies
28. In mild winters apple buds began to break soon after Christmas, leaving them
to frost damage.
A. reluctant B. tough C. hostile D. vulnerable
29. What is happening is a survival-of-the-fittest struggle affecting smaller
factories in relatively low-tech, labor-intensive industries.
A. primarily B. rationally C. primitively D. respectively
30. A traditional critic has the advantage of being able to _____standards and values
inherited from the past.
A .turn up B. turn over C .turn to D. turn in
PartⅢ Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 25point)
Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions
or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and
D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across
the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
Passage One
The job was done, and it was time for a last cigarette. Eddie began tapping the pockets
of his overalls, looking for the new packet of Marlboro be had bought that morning.
It was not there.
It was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw
the lump. Right in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet, there was a lump.
A lump the size of a packet of cigarettes.
“I’ve done it again!” said Eddie angrily. “I’ve left the cigarettes under the
carpet!”
He had done this once before, and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him
two hours. Eddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours
in this house. He decided to get rid of the lump another way. It would mean wasting
a good packet of cigarettes, nearly full, but anything was better than taking up
the whole carpet and fitting it again. He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.
Eddie didn’t want to damage the carper itself, so he took a block of wood and placed
it on top of the lump. Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could .He
kept beating, hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldn’t hear the noise and come to see what
he was doing. It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of
her beautiful new carpet…The lump was beginning to flatten out.
After three or four minutes, the job was finally finished. Eddie picked up his tools,
and began to walk out to his car. Mrs. Vanbrugh accompanied him. She seemed a little
worried about something.
“Young man, while you were working today. you didn’t by any chance see any sign
of Armand, did you ?Armand is my bird. I let him out of his cage, you see, this morning,
and he’s disappeared. He likes to walk around the house, and he usually just comes
back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in. Only today he didn’t come
back. He’s never done such a thing before, it’s most peculiar….”
“No, madam, I haven’t seen him anywhere,” said Eddie, as he reached to start the
car.
And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel, where he had left it at
lunchtime….
And he remembered the lump in the carpet….
31 what did Eddie want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?
A. To have a cigarette.
B. To hammer the carpet flat.
C. To put back his tools.
D. To start work in the dinning room.
32. Why didn’t Eddie take out the thing under the carpet?
A. it was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted.
B. he didn’t need the cigarettes because he had some more in the car.
C. it would take too long to take up the carpet and refit it.
D. he intended to come back and remove the lump the next day.
33. What did Eddie do with the hammer?
A. He drove nails into the lump.
B. He fixed his toolbox.
C. He refitted the carpet.
D. He flattened the lump.
34. Mrs. Vanbrugh worried that_______.
A. her pet was nowhere to be found
B. fitting the carpet would be expensive