2022年湖北武汉工程大学英语考研真题
Part I. Vocabulary and Grammar. (本大题共 20 小题,每小题 1分,共 20 分)
Directions: Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence from the four
choices marked A), B), C) and D) and write the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet.
1. He refuses to let others speak and ________ every meeting.
A) confronts
D) dominates
B) affects
C) attaches
2. The creating of the steam machine, by James Watt, was a(n) ________ idea.
A) spontaneous
D) cautious
B) original
C) previous
3. Realizing that he hadn’t enough money and ________ to borrow from his
father, he decided to sell his watch.
A) not wanted
C) not wanting
B) not to want
D) wanting not
4 . His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at
all.
A) interpretation
D) sense
B) meaning
C) reason
5. By the side of the new teaching hall ________, built in the 1930s.
A) there stands a library
C) a library stands
library stand
B) stands a library
D) does a
6 . They should hire a more ________ accountant than the one they currently
have.
A) effective
D) respective
B) sufficient
C) efficient
The
7.
field
to
A) draw
D) retire
defeated
enemy
the mountains.
soldiers
had
to
________
from
the
battle
B) retreat
C) return
8. ________ to the Independent War, the United States was an English colony.
A) Before
D) Preceding
B) Following
C) Prior
9 . Disagreements among engineers were ________ to the plan.
A) fatal
D) vital
B) crucial
C) critical
1 0 . Despite their good
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
standards.
service, most inns are less costly than hotels of
A) equivalent
D) likely
11. For many patients, institutional care is the most ________ and beneficial
form ofcare.
C) uniform
B) alike
A) relevant
D) persistent
B) appropriate
C) acute
12. She can’t walk or feed herself and she can barely speak—it’s a
________ death.
A) alive
D) life
B) living
C) lively
13. The ________ has been interviewed by the manager.
A) applicator
D) applier
B) application
C) applicant
1 4 . However, at times this balance in nature is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , resulting in a
number of possible unforeseen effects.
A) disturbed
D) puzzled
B) troubled
C) confused
15 . Expert say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ________
healthy.
A) preserve
D) reserve
B) maintain
C) stay
16. Americans eat ________ as they actually need every day.
A) twice as much protein
more
C) twice protein as much
much
B) twice protein as
D) protein as twice
1 7 . Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
late for his lecture.
A) to have students
being
C) for students to be
being
B) for students’
D) to students’
18. ________, Jack can never catch up with Tom in the study of English.
A) However he tries hard
he tries
B) No matter how hard
C) No matter how he tries hard
D) As hard he tries
1 9 . Compared to those of a hundred years ago, the airplanes are
technically more complex, and ________.
A) its speed greatly increases
greatly increase
C) they are faster than before
are faster
B) their speed are
D) the modern planes
Wood
furniture
does
not
depreciate
in
value
________ properly
20 .
handled
and protected.
A) if
D) whether
B) that
C) unless
Part I I Reading Comprehension(本大题共 20 小题,每小题 2 分, 共 40 分)
Section A
Directions:
There are three passages in this section. Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each
of them there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D). You
should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Every pet owner loves his pet. There is no argument here. But when
we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals, the
responses were split almost down the middle. Of the 2 2 8 readers who
answered it, 1 0 8 would clone and 111 would not.
Clearly, from readers’ response, this is an issue that reaches deeply
into both the joy
as well,
scientific procedure.
and
eventual
sadness
of owning
a pet.
It
speaks,
to people’s widely differing expectations over the developing
Most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it
would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the
process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side,
however, held little hope a clone could ever truly recreate a pet; many
simply didn’t wish to go against the natural law of life and death.
Both sides expressed equal outpouring love for their animals. More
than a few respondents owned “ the best dog/ cat in the world” . They
thought of their pets as their “ best friend” , “ a member of the family,
” “ the light of my life. ” They told moving stories of pets’ heroism,
intelligence and selfless devotion.
Then the loss is so disturbing and the cloning so attractive. “ People
become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to
bear as when a friend or family
author
Pet. “ For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away … It’s
understandable. Death is always painful. It’s difficult to deal with. It’s
hard to accept.”
Healing Wisdomfor Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a
dies,” says
of Goodbye,
Gary
Kowalski,
Friend:
member
But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seemed to be at the
heart of this issue.
2 1 . As far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows
that, of all pet owners, __________.
A) most of them are for it
B) most of them are against it
C) very few of them are willing to tell their opinions
D) about half of them are for it and the other half against it
2 2 . While talking about the respondents from the readers, the expression
“ eventual sadness of owning a pet” refers to __________.
A) the death of one’s pet
B) the high cost of owning a pet
C) the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a pet
D) the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet
23. Despite their differences on the issue of cloning, it seems that
__________.
A) people who support cloning love their pets more.
B) people who disapprove of cloning love their pets more
C) all pet owners love their pets very much.
D) all pet owners try to interfere with the natural rhythm of life and death.
24. From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he __________.
A) has never thought about the problem of cloning
B) is going to write another book on pets
C) is in favor of the idea of cloning pets
D) is all against the cloning of pets
25. What is the key question at the heart of the issue of cloning pets?
A) Can cloning ease the pain one suffers when a pet dies?
B) Can pet owners afford the cost of cloning?
C) Does cloning violate the fundamental law of nature?
D) How reliably does cloning produce an exact copy of one’s pet?
Passage Two
Questions 26 to30 are based on the following passage.
grown
Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising.
proportion
of Americans
27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their
obese.
In 2 0 0 1 , 1 5%
had
to
side, are growing larger as well: 19%
Waistbands
physical activity has declined and diets have expanded. By and large,
people in the rich world seem to have lost the fight against flab (松弛).
popping
obese;
of Americans
are
other western countries too, as
under
17
have
been
in
were
by
2009,
that
Meanwhile,
poorer nations have enjoyed some success in their battles
against malnutrition and famine. But, according to research presented at
the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
it is more a case of being out of the frying pan and into the
from
Science,
fire. The most striking example in the poor world
the
obese communities. In
20 0 0 , 14 % of the men on this island were obese while 26 % of men under the
age of 30 in 2010 were obese.
world’s
islands,
actually
Pacific
of the
comes
most
home
increase
in
weight
has
been
uneven
as
well
as
fast.
This
a
result, undernourished and over- nourished people frequently live
As
cheek by jowl ( 面 颊 ) . The mix can even occur within a single household. A
study of families in Indonesia found that
the
a
might have something to do with people of different ages being given
different amounts of food to eat.
nearly
contained
mysterious phenomenon,
hungry
fat.
both
This
10%
but
is
and
the
In many affected countries there are cultural factors to contend with,
such as an emphasis on eating large meals together, or on food as a form of
hospitality. Moreover, there is a good measure of disbelief on the part of
policymakers that such a problem could exist in their countries. Unless
something is done soon, it might not be possible
to turn the clock back.
26. The first sentence of the passage most probably implies that ______.
A) many Americans are obsessed with the rising temperature in their bathroom
B) more and more people are becoming overweight in the United States
C) people are doing more physical exercises with the help of scales
D) youngsters become taller and healthier thanks to more activities
27. As physical exercise declines and diet expands, ______.
A) other western countries have defeated obesity
B) obesity has become an epidemic of the rich world
C) waistbands have become popular in western countries
D) poorer countries can no longer fight against obesity
2 8 . Which is NOT the point the author intends to show by mentioning the
Pacific islands?
Some poor communities have
A)
fednow.
shaken off poverty and people are well-
B) Obesity is becoming a problem in the developing world too.
C) Excessive weight increase causes no less harm than food shortage.
D) The problem of overweight emerges very fast.
2 9 . About tackling obesity in the poor world, what we can learn from the
passage is that
.
A) the matter is so complex as to go beyond our capacity
B) no matter what we do, the prospect will always be bleak
C) it is starvation, the real threat, that needs to be solved
D) we should take immediate actions before it becomes incurable
30. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Obesity is now a global problem that needs tackling.
B) People’ s weights increase fast throughout the whole world.
C) Obesity and starvation are two main problems in the poor world.
D) Obesity has shifted from the rich world to the poor world.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The endless debate about “ work- life balance” often contains a
hopeful footnote about stay- at- home dads. If American society and business
won’ t make it easier on future female leaders who choose to have
children, there is still a ray of hope that increasing numbers
time
hope is, unfortunately, misguided.
socioeconomic trends, this
fathers will. But based
on today’ s
of full-
It’ s true that the number of men who have left work to do their thing
as full-time parents has doubled in a decade, but it’s still very small:
only 0.8% of married couples where the stay-at-home father was out of the
labor force for a year. Even shorter times away from work for working
fathers are already difficult. A study found that 8 5 % of new fathers take
some time off after the birth of a child — but for the majority, it’ s a
week or two at most. Meanwhile, the average for women who take leave is
more than 10 weeks.
choices
But
with
impact who moves up in the
Such
away, someone else is doing your work, making your sales, taking care
re
of your customers. That can’ t help you at work. It can only hurt you.
Women, of course, face the same issues
absence.
women
workforce entirely to raise families, returning from an extended parental
leave doesn’ t raise as many eyebrows as it does for men.
of returning
than
men choosing to leave the
organization. While you’
a
long
many
more
after
Women would make more if they didn’ t break their earning trajectory (
轨 迹 ) by leaving the workforce, or if higher- paying professions were more
family- friendly. In the foreseeable future, stay- at- home fathers may make
all the difference for individual families, but their presence won’ t
reduce the numbers of high- potential women who are forced to choose between
family and career.
3 1. Why does the author say the hope for more full-time fathers is misguided?
A) Women are better at taking care of children.
B) Many men value work more than their family.
C) Their number is too small to make a difference.
D) Not many men have the chance to stay at home.
32.
Why do few men take a long parental leave?
A) A long leave will have a negative impact on their career.
B) They just have too many responsibilities to fulfill at work.
C) The economic loss will be too much for their family to bear.
D) They are likely to get fired due to long-term absence from work.
is the most
3 3 . What
extended parental leave?
A) Jealousy.
D) Sympathy.
likely reaction to men returning
from
an
B) Surprise.
C) Admiration.
34.
-life
According
to
the
balance if
passage,
.
A) men take an extended parental leave
women
might
achieve
the
work
B) people change attitudes towards children
C) more women enter business management
D) men’ s socioeconomic status is further improved
35. What does the author say about high-potential women in the near future?
A) They will benefit from the trend of more fathers staying at home.
B) They will find high-paying professions a bit more family-friendly.
C) They are unlikely to break their career trajectory to raise a family.
D) They will still face the difficult choice between career and children.
Section B
Directions:
the following passage. After
brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 36 to No. 40)
Read
give
that follow. The answers ( in no more than 3 words) should be
written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
it, you
reading
should
Do you think eating healthy means you have to radically change your
diet and give up all your favorite foods? Think again. Making little
changes to your diet can add up to BIG health benefits. Here are 3 tips you
can take to improve your diet.
Tip No.1: Switch to 100% whole-wheat or whole-grain bread
Just switching to whole grains from refined grain products benefits
your body about 1 0 different ways, from lengthening your life span to
helping control weight to reducing your risk of heart disease, stroke, and
cancer.
Tip No.2: Add flaxseed to yogurt and smoothies
(冰沙)
Do
this
every
time
you
reach
for
a
yogurt
or
order
a
smoothie.
grams of healthy plant omega- 3 fatty acids to your snack.
2 tablespoons of flaxseed adds 4 grams of fiber, 2 . 4
Adding
Tip No.3: Drink unsweetened tea instead of sweetened tea or soda
A serving of bottled or canned sweetened tea, or soda has about 1 4 0
calories and 3 2 grams of sugar per 12- ounce serving. Switching to
unsweetened tea can save 8400 calories and 448 teaspoons of sugar per month
ifyou drink about 2 servings of soda or sweetened tea a day.
36. How to eat healthy according to this passage?
to your diet.
37. How many tips of eating healthy are introduced in this passage?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
.
3 8. What are the benefits of switching from refined grain products to whole
grains?
The
benefits
include
lengthening
your
life
span,
helping
control
weight
.
and reducing your risk of heart disease,
39. What is suggested to be put in your yogurt and smoothie?
.
4 0 . If you drink
1 serving of unsweetened tea a day, how many calories
could you save per month?
Part I I I. Trans lat ion.
Translate thefollowing paragraph into English.
(本大题共 1 题,共 20 分) Directions:
.
中国城市化 (urbanization ) 将会帮助释放潜在内需 (domestic demand)。一些
经济学家指出,中国几乎所有的发展中城市都面临着城市化的进程,因此人们的 生活
水平会有所提高,就业机会也会增多。随着越来越多的人向城市迁徙,住房 及城市基
础设施建设 (infrastructure construction),包括水源等能源的供应将会成 为城市
发展的焦点问题。另外,商品与服务的自由、快速流通是城市化社会的一 项基本特征
,因此逐渐扩张的城市需要更多的零售店来满足消费者的需求。
Part IV Writ ing (本大题共 1 题,共 20 分)
Directions:
on the
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay
topic Equality ofEducation Opportunity. You should write at
least
outline given below in Chinese:
180 words but no more than 210 words according to the
1. 近年来出现一些教育不公平的现象。
2. 出现这些现象的原因和后果。
3. 为了改变这种状况,我认为……