2023年学位英语模拟试题及答案.docx

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
Directions: In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. How long do you think ________ to finish this urgent task?
A. did it take you                                  B. it will take you     
C. will it take you                               D. it to take you
2. Wealth, education and occupation vary greatly ________ members of the middle class.
A. among           B. between             C. from             D. inside
3. Let’s buy our tickets while I still have ________.
A. a little money to leave                      B. little money left
C. a few dollars left                            D. few dollars to leave
4. ________ was not the way the event happened.
A. Which the press reported                B. That the press reported
C. What did the press report                  D. What the press reported
5. People do not like such persons who are always ________ the way of others.
A. on          B. by                    C. in                  D. behind
6. At first we were ________ amused by Don’s words, but soon we were tired of them.
A. great        B. far                 C. much              D. never
7. He talks as if he ________ everything in the world.
A. knows       B. knew               C. would have known  D had known
8. The doctor advised that Mr. Malan ________ an operation right away so as to save his life.
A. had           B. was going to have     C. have               D. would have
9. He forgot about ________ him to attend my wife’s birthday party.
A. I asking       B. my asking          C. me to ask            D. mine to ask
10. So little ________ about stock exchange that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A. did I know                                   B. I had known     
C. I know                                            D. was I known
11. The boy’s laziness ________ his failure in the exams.
A. resulted from                                B. brought in      
C. resulted in                                  D. led into
12. Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ________ of using the private beach.
A. privilege            B. possibility      C. favor               D. advantage
13. Tom ________ more than twenty pounds for the dictionary.
A. spent                 B. paid                    C. cost                 D. took
14. The governor had to ________ all his appointments for the day and rush to the train accident.
A. set off              B. pay off           C. see off           D. call off
15. One car went too fast and ________ missed hitting another car.
A. completely        B. greatly          C. narrowly          D. little
16. He was accused ________ stealing from the shop.
A. with               B. in              C. of               D. at
17. It took me a long time to ________ the disappointment of losing the match.
A. get over            B. get up           C. get into           D. get down
18. All the reference books should be made ________ to the teachers and students in our university.
A. concerned      B. available         C. related           D. flexible
19. He never thought the committee would ________ his proposal.
A. put up         B. object to         C. pass on                D. call on
20. The company official ________ I thought would be fired received a raise.
A. whom         B. whoever          C. who              D. of whom
21. Mr. Green ________ my letter, otherwise he would have replied before now.    
A. must have receive                           B. must have failed to receive
C. must receive                                  D. must fail to receive
22. We shall appreciate ________ from you soon.

A. being heard     B. hearing             C. having been heard    D. to hear
23. I fell and hurt myself while I ________ tennis.
A. was playing     B. am playing      C. play                D. played
24. ________ you disagree with her, her idea is still worth considering.
A. Even if         B. If only            C. Instead of           D. Despite of
25. I’d ________ you didn’t touch that, if you don’t mind.
A. rather          B. better             C. happier                D. further
26. The two men arrested for breaking into that shop have been ________ $10,000.
A. committed      B. driven             C. charged               D. fined
27. The driver might have ________ the accident if he had had his headlights on.
A. missed            B. avoided           C. stopped                 D. dismissed
28. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware ___ she had gone.
A. where that      B. of where          C. of the place             D. the place
29. I ________ on the door for ten minutes now without an answer.
A. was knocking                        B. am knocking     
C. knocking                                    D. have been knocking
30. _________ tired after a hard work, she fell into bed and went straight to sleep.
A. Felt           B. Feeling            C. Being felt             D. To feel
31. He was ________ enough to understand my questions from the gestures I made.
A. intelligent      B. efficient                 C. proficient              D. diligent
32. If you ________ the speed limit you will get into trouble with the police.
A. exclude        B. exceed            C. excuse                 D. execute
33. He opened the door and let himself in quietly ________ not to wake the family.
A. because        B. so as               C. so that                 D. despite
34. I wish you ________ to me before you went and bought that car.
A. spoke                                      B. will speak
C. was going to speak                          D. had spoken
35. The director who was recently promoted did _______
A. work more than anyone else           B. more than anyone else work
C. more work than anyone else            D. work more than anyone
36. Before her marriage, she spent a considerable time in that very part of Shanghai, _______ she belonged.
A. which         B. to where           C. to which             D. at which
37. “Good- bye, Mr. Wang. I’m pleased _________ you”
A. to meet        B. meeting           C. to have been meeting   D. to be met
38. The investigation, ________ will soon be published, was made by John.
A. at which the results                      B. the results on which
C. whose results                         D. at whose results
39. Don’t you know he is an old friend of ________?
A. my brother                                  B. my brother’s friend  
C. my brother’s                             D. my brothers
40. _________ you return those books to the library immediately you will have to pay a fine.
A. Until          B. Unless              C. If                  D. Provided

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings — battles lost and won, king or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed — took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons(漫画).
41. The habit of reading newspapers is ________.
A. uncommon in the world              B. not popular in U.S.A.
C. widespread in the world              D. founded among a few families
42. A few hundred years ago news did not ________.
A. receive attention                    B. travel fast
C. spread to other countries                 D. take long to reach other countries
43. In the past, news was ________.
A. sent by telegraph                      B. passed from one person to another
C. sent by letter                      D. sent by telephone
44. The money spent on advertisements is ________.
A. wasted                    B. not much           C. worthwhile     D. useless
45. The section on jokes and cartoons is ________.
A. read only by children    B. of no value    C. not helpful    D. read by many

Passage 2
Pepys and his wife had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o’clock on the Sunday morning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, so after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one. Three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower ofLondon and climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker’s shop in Pudding Lane; the baker’s house had caught fire from the over-heated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.
46. What is the passage about
A. The Great Fire of London.              B. Who was the first to discover the fire.
C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.    D. The losses caused by the fire.
47. They were up very late because ________.
A. it was Sunday morning                 B. they were not very sleepy
C. they were preparing for the dinner        D. they saw the great fire start
48. What was Pepys doing when his wife told him about the fire?
A. He was asleep.                        B. He was writing something.
C. He was putting things back.              D. He was looking out of the window.
49. Pepys slipped on his dressing gown. “To slip on ” means______.
A. to be wearing      B. to be pushing      C. to take off      D. to put on
50. Why did the flames spread quickly?
A. The oven became very hot.                 B. The houses were close together.
C. The baker did nothing to stop it.           D. The baker’s house was burning quickly.

Passage 3
A new report of the United Nations shows that, if the present growth rate of 2 percent per year continues, today’s world population of 5.1 billion will hit 6.4 billion by the year .
What’s more, the great part of the growth — 9 of every 10 people added to the earth’s population — will be in the poor and undeveloped countries. These are the nations where providing enough food for billions of people already is proving to be a headaching problem.
By the year , today’s “have not” nations will have a total population of 5 billion people, nearly four fifths of the world’s population.
Food isn’t the only problem that such a population explosion presents. The more people there are and the worse their living conditions, the greater grows the possibility of all kinds of social problems.
In 1830, world population reached 1 billion. It took only 100 more years to add another billion to world population; just 30 more to add a third billion. And it took just 15 more years to reach the 4 billion mark in 1975.
Actually, the world’s birth rate is falling. But so is death rate, as medical advances have made it possible for man to live longer than before. Such advances have also reduced baby death rate. Unless population growth is reduced, the world population may reach 12 billion in a century. Is the earth capable of providing a good life for so large a population?
51. A population explosion will lead to ________.
A. a lot of social problems               B. medical advances
C. a decrease in food production          D. a worse life in every country
52. It took about ________ years for world population to grow from l billion to 3 billion.
A. 100          B. 115          C. 130                  D. 145
53. By the year , today’s ________ nations will have a total population of 5 billion people, nearly four fifths of the world’s population.
A. biggest       B. Asian        C. developing      D. developed
54. ________, the world may have a population of 12 billion a century.
A. If man can live longer in the future
B. If the science of medicine is developing fast enough
C. If the population growth is not reduced
D. If the earth is able to provide a good life for more people
55. This passage tells us that ________.
A. the United Nations thinks it possible to avoid a population explosion
B. 5.1 billion people are living in the undeveloped countries
C. in advanced nations the population growth is being controlled
D. the world’s population is increasing

Passage 4
A scientist who wants to predict the way in which consumers(消费者) will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on the resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending.
If an economist were asked which of the three groups borrow most — people with rising incomes, stable incomes, or decreasing incomes — he would probably answer: those with decreasing incomes. Act