2023年在职硕士联考英语真题试题及答案A卷.doc

2023年在职硕士联考英语真题试题及答案(A卷)
Part I Dialogue Communication
Section A
1. Man: Jane, you won’t believe it. I won the lottery.
Woman: __________.
Man: No, it’s true. When I found out, I was shocked.
A. So what?
B. Does it really count?
C. Are you putting me on?
D. Immagine that!

2. Man: It’s raining cats and dogs outside. Did you remember to bring the umbrella?
Woman: Oops. __________.
A. everything is fine
B. you can count on me
C. it’ll clear up soon
D. it slipped my mind this morning

3. Man: ________. How can I possibly review all this material by next week?
Woman: Take it easy. I’ll help you with it.
A. I’m going crazy!
B. Can’t wait.
C. I’m glad it’s finally over.
D. What a load off!

4. Man: Get a move on. We need to be at the airport in an hour.
Woman: Come on! There’s plenty of time. Remember, we’re going on this trip to relax, __________.
A. we’re in the same boat.
B. not the other way around
C. so let’s go
D. so forget it

5. Wife: Can you come over here please? Which one is better?
Husband: __________.
Wife: Come on, can’t you make up your mind for once?
A. I have no idea
B. I have nothong more to say
C. I don’t care
D. I don’t like it

Section B
6. Man: I heard you’ve got a wonderful job in a post office. How is your new job going?
Woman: I just feel like a fish out of water.
Question: What does the woman feel about her new job?
A. she is satisfied with it
B. she feels uncomfortable it
C. she feels it’s her dream come true
D. she finds it demanding

7. Man: Hi, Linda. Are you going to teach after you graduate from that university?
Woman: Where did you get the idea like that?
Question: What can be concluded about Linda?
A: She has no desire to teach
B. She likes teaching very much
C. She has no idea about teaching
D. She may choose to teach

8. Man: Why, you have to ask your parents to pay your rent?
Woman: Well, I am unable to make ends meet.
Question: What do we know about the woman?
A: She is unable to manage her money
B. She can’t get her parents to pay her rent.
C. She can’t help her parents out
D. She is financially in trouble

9. Man: Ken and Sandra hope to sell their houses for $3 million.
Woman: Yeah. They always think big.
Question: What does the woman think of Ken and Sandra’s plan?
A. It’s worth trying.
B. It’s realistic.
C. It’s not going to work.
D. It’s ridiculous.

10. Man: Excuse me. Do you need some help?
Woman: Well… I’m trying to get to the railway station. But I can’t make heads or tails of this ticket machine.
Question: What is the woman’s problem?
A. She doesn’t have the small change with her.
B. She doesn’t know how to use the machine.
C. She is not sure how much the trip will cost
D. She is unable to get the ticket in time.

Part II
11. Discipline cannot be ______ until the last day of school has passed.
A. lessened B. reduced C. relaxed D. lowered

12. some people argue that _____ regulations for water pollution will drive up costs and put jobs at risk.
A. firm B. tight C. tense D. close

13. To keep her job, she has to ______ the bad temper of her boss.
A. put up with B. take up on
C. make up for D. come up with

14. Student journalists are taught how to be ______ when writing in a limited space.
A. convincing B. brief
C. appealing D. expressive

15. The discussion was so _____ that at intervals the speakers stopped for refreshments.
A. exhausted B. exhausting
C. excited D. exciting

16. The popularity of these schools is growing steadly _____ their tuition fees.
A. instead of B. in favor of
C. in spite of D. in place of

17. It is often not easy to _______ the marked generation gap which exists between the young and their elders.
A. broaden B. break C. bridge D. build

18. The drive from England to Scotland provides the tourist with many pleasant changes of ______.
A. scenery B. sight C. perspective D. scene

19. This ambitious project, ______ scores of organizations around the world, will take at least ten years to be acomplished.
A. indicating B. composing C. containing D. involing

20. Because of the popularity of the region, visitors are advised to book hotels _____.
A. in order B. in person C. in turn D. in advance

21. He purposely ignored her call because he just didn’t feel like ______.
A. disturbing B. to disturb
C. being disturbed D. to be disturbed

22. Do you really think Bill will help you write the report? Don’t count your chickens ____ they are hatched.
A. as B. after C. before D. while

23. If you want a thing _____ well, do it yourself.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. being done

24. The committee members agreed to the proposal that the issue _____ to immediate voting.
A. is to be put B. be put
C. should put D. must be put

25. So loudly ______ that even people in the next room could hear him.
A. did he speak B. does he speak
C. he spoke D. he speaks

26. To master a foreign language like French requires hard work, so you ____ study too hard.
A. should B. must C. can’t D. may not

27. Gaining a new customer costs _____ keeping an old one.
A. as many as five times B. five times as many as
C. as much as five times D. five times as much as

28. People with glasses are perceived to be up to ten IQ points more intelligent than ____.
A. those without B. that without
C. these without D. one without

29. Reading books, _____ takes the reader to other worlds, is a wonderful way to “escape”.
A. that B. what C. as D. which

30. Take 60mg up to four times a day, _____ advised otherwise by a doctor.
A. if B. until C. though D. unless

Part III Reading Comprehension
　Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes, 40 points)
　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages 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 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
　　Passage One
　　The rich have traditionally passed their wealth on to their children. But an increasing number of billionaires are choosing not to. The reason? They want their children to live on themselves—and not to turn into spoiled successors.
　　Nicola Horlick or “supermum”, a famous British billionaire, owing to fact that she has high-flying jobs and five kids ¾ has spent her career making a reported £250m. She now seems determined to throw off large parts of it. She already gives away about 25% of her income each year; she has just revealed, in a report on the state of charity in the city, that she will not be leaving most of the remainder to her children. “I think it is wrong to give too much inherited wealth to children,” Horlick told the report’s authors. “I will not be leaving all my wealth to my children because that would just ruin their lives.”
　　She is by no means the first to go public with this conviction. Bill Gates has put an estimated $30bn into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This was supplemented, in 2023, by another $24bn or so from his friend Warren Buffett.
　　Buffett has always been colorful, quotably clear on where he stands. His daughter often tells a story of finding herself without change for a car parking ticket—her father lent her $20, then promptly made her write him a check. “To suggest that the children of the wealthy should be just as wealthy,” he has said, “is like saying the members of America’s 2023 Olympic team should be made up only of the children of the 1980 Olympic team.”
　　Anita Roddick, the late founder of the Body Shop, told her kids that they would not inherit one penny. The money that she made from the company would go into the Body Shop Foundation, which isn’t one of those awful tax shelters, like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.

31.The billionaires mentioned in the passage don’t want to leave much of their wealth to their children because ________.
　A. they prefer to give their wealth to charity
　B. they want their business to go on healthily
　C. they believe too much wealth will harm their children
　D. they hope their children can make more money themselves

32.What do we learn about Nicola Horlick?
　A.She has already given away about 25% of her wealth.
　B.She is the first one who declares to give away her wealth.
　C.She will leave only a small portion of her wealth to her kids.
　D.She inherited most of her wealth from her parents.

33.Buffett distinguishes himself for ________.
　A.his clear-cut position
　B.being strict with his children
　C.his talent in financial management
　D.being a giant in the stock market

34.According to Buffett’s daughter, her father ________.
　A.refuses to lend her money
　B.wants her to invest in the Olympic Games
　C.never gives her more money than necessary
　D.always makes sure that she returns his money

35.It is implied in the last paragraph that some foundations are used by the rich to ________.
　A.provide shelter for the poor
　B.build good fame
　C.avoid paying tax
　D.support their business

Passage Two
　　It is football time again. Currently, the qualifying rounds are being played to decide which countries will send teams to the 2023 World Cup. Soccer is becoming more and more popular on a worldwide scale and these qualifying legs are causing much excitement.
　　The game is popular at club level as well. Many fans go every week to support their team, whether the event is a home or away one, hoping to get a result. They all hope an attacking game, with a lot of goals being scored. Obviously, they do not want to see a boring, defensive match where the players are aimlessly passing the ball to each other.
　　Sadly, not all the action always takes place on the ground. All too frequently, there is action in the stands, too. Football supporters, most of whom declare their loyalty by wearing their team’s colours, in the form of shirts, are not known for their quiet behaviour. They are often very noisy, shouting noisy encouragement to their team and singing deafening songs.
　　There is much rivalry between supporters. Mostly, this is good-natured, but trouble can easily arise. Fans get angry if they feel that a referee has made a wrong decision, perhaps giving one of their team a red or yellow card unfairly, or perhaps failing to notice a foul (犯规) committed by a member of the other team.
　　When trouble breaks out in a football crowd, it can be difficult to control. Stadium officials often seat the opposing fans in separate parts of the ground as a precaution against fighting. However, preventing trouble is more difficult outside the ground. In the worst cases, riot police have to be called in.
　　Unfortunately, there are some fans who enjoy this violent aspect of football. These football hooligans (流氓) really enjoy a running battle with the police, and call up other people to throw stones and bottles at them. They regard football not as a sport, but as an excuse for troublemaking. Inevitably, their behaviour spoils the reputation of the game.
36.The qualifying rounds are played to _______.
A.attract soccer fans
B.select the best teams for the next rounds
C.raise funds for the organizers
D.decide which players are the best

37.What do the football fans hope to see?
　　A.A home game.
　　B.A defensive game.
　　C.An evenly matched game.
D.An exciting game.

38.Fans get angry when they think _______.
　A.the referee is unfair
B.their team is losing
　C.their team is not playing well
　D.there is an intentional foul

39.Riot police are called in _______.
　A.to separate the opposing fans inside the ground
　B.as a precaution against trouble inside the ground
　C.to stop fighting occurring outside the ground
　D.as a precaution against fighting outside the ground

40.It is implied in the last paragraph that _______.
　A.football fans enjoy spoiling games
　B.football hooligans are crazy about the games
　C.football can be an excuse for troublemaking
　D.football has a poor reputation

Passage Three
　　Our sense of smell, which we normally take for granted, is nowadays being increasingly used for purposes which might surprise us if we were aware of them. One area in which smells are created to achieve particular results is marketing. For some time manufacturers have taken advantage of our sense of smell with regard to household goods. Millions of dollars are spent on product research in the hunt for the right smell as it is believed perfume influences the way consumers perceive a brand. In a survey in the United States, when people were asked what was the most important factor in their choice of detergent (洗衣粉), smell was rated highly, above ingredients and price.
　　Now stores are becoming even more direct in their use of smell. The smell of fresh bread in a supermarket tends to encourage people to buy, and people selling their houses are recommended to have coffee being heated when potential buyers arrive. Suddenly smell is becoming big business. One company specializing in the use of smells to attract customers now has many large stores on its own list of customers. They find that when pleasant smells are filtered through a store’s air conditioning system, people tend to spend longer in the store and buy more.
　　Research shows that smells can increase people’s view of the value of a product. In a test, people looked at the same types of shoes in two rooms—one filled with purified air, the other with a smell of mixed flowers. 84% of the people preferred the shoes in the room with the smell of flowers. In fact, many said they would be prepared to pay up to US$10 more for a pair.
　　Smells also have other potential uses. Some companies are experimenting with different smells to produce different effects in their workers according to the time of day. For example, early in the morning they might put the smell of lemon in the air conditioning system to wake people up. In the middle of the morning, when the atmosphere tends to become more tense, the smell of wood could be used to calm people down. Before lunchtime the smell of melting butter would encourage people to go to lunch on time. After lunch, when people often begin to lose concentration, the smell of mint (薄荷) would increase their alertness.
41.Which is the most appropriate title for the passage?
　A.How to avoid being affected by smells
　B.Using smells to influence people
　C.The power of our sense of smell
　D.New smells in supermarkets

42.In the survey, when selecting detergent, people considered