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1、 文件管理序列号：K8UY-K9IO69-O6M243-OL889-F88688同等学力申硕考试英语真题与答案卷一文字版2014年同等学力英语（卷一）真题及答案1.本考试分试卷一和试卷二两部分。试卷一满分75分，考试时间为100分钟， 9:00开始，10:40结束:试卷二满分25分，考试时间为50分钟，10:40开始，11:30结束。2.请考生务必将本人姓名和考号填写在本页方框内。3.请将试卷一答案用2B铅笔填涂在试卷一答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。4.在答题卡上正确的填涂方法为:在代表答案的字母上划线，如A BCD。5.监考员宣布试卷一考试结束后，请停止答试卷一，将试卷一和试卷一答题卡反扣在自
2、己的桌面上，继续做试卷二。监考员将到座位上收取试卷一和试卷一答题卡。6.监考员收卷过程中，考生须配合监考员验收，并请监考员在准考证上签字(作为考生交卷的凭据)，否则，若发生答卷遗失，责任由考生自负。Part I Oral Communication (10 points)Section ADirections:In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue hasthree blanks and three choices A,B and C, takenfrom the dialogue. Fill i
3、n each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue andmark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA. They had been in there for about 5 minutesB. Its theother man Im talking aboutC. I thought you said there were three menBurney: There were two men, I think. No, three. They ra
4、n into the bank and the one with thegun，the tall one, he runs up to the window, and starts shouting something, I dont know, Give me all your money and the other one -Police officer:_1_Burney: No, there were two men and a girl. _2_the one carrying the suitcase,well, he goes up to the other guy -Polic
5、e officer: The one with the gunBurney: Yes, and he opens the suitcase and the cashier, well, she - well, all the otherpeople behind the window - they hand over piles of money and two men put it into the suitcase and they run out. It was l:35._3_Dialogue TwoA. Ilike a goodstoryB. They still make movi
6、es like thatC. People today dont like thatSpeaker A: I like watching old l movies and I think they are the best.Speaker B: I agree with you, eventhough theyre in black and white. I think a good story is more important than color.Speaker A: And there was no violence in old movies.Speaker B: No, there
7、 wasnt._4_Speaker A: They like lots of action.Speaker B:_5_Speaker A:I like to see actors who are like real people.Speaker B:Like real people with real problems.Speaker A:_6_Speaker B: Yes, but they never make much money.Section BDirections: In this section there is one incomplete interview which ha
8、sfour blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A. I do a lot of research on the Internet tooB. I document everythingC. Of course they mail their friends endle
9、sslyD. I do a lot of my shopping on the net nowInterviewer:Ms. Chen, can you tell us which pieces of technology are important to youInterviewee: Three things: my Sharp laptop; myiphone5; and my Olympus digital camera._7_: the kids, art, buildings, clothes, scenes that catch myeye as I walk past.Inte
10、rviewer:What do you use your computer forInterviewee: Well, I send emails all the time. But I do a lot of my design work on screennow and I can send my ideas straight to directors and producers. _8_- there are some fantastic sites around now.Interviewer: Who uses the computer at homeInterviewee: The
11、 kids use the computer all the time at home._9_ - and on topof that theyre always texting on their mobile phones! They play computergames when they think I or their father arent looking! They dont likedoing homework, of course, but there are some really good revision siteson the Internet. _10_- 15 m
12、inutes for a whole supermarketvisit! That feels really good.Part Vocabulary (10 points)Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B,Cand D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on t
13、heAnswer Sheet.11. Now and in the future, we will live as free people, not in fear and never at the mercy of any foreign powers.A. in the interest of B. under the control ofC .for the sake of D. at the cost of12.Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends how aggressivelyp
14、roducers market it .A. vigorously B. effectively C. efficiently D. rigorously13. Many New England communities do not permit the construction of a “modernist”building, lest it alter their overall architectural integrity.A. in case that B. in spite that C. for fear that D. in order that14. Essentially
15、, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality .A. imagination B. impression C. presentation D. expression15. Television commercial have been under constant scrutiny for the last few years.A. pressure B. reflection C. examination D. attack16. The mayor has spen
16、t ahandsome amount of time in his last tern working to bring down the tax rate .A. sufficient B. plenty C. considerable D. moderate17. His poor performance maybe attributed to the lack of motivation.A. caused by B. focused on C. taken for D. viewed as18. The new cut in interest rate is meant to prom
17、ote domestic investment.A. encourage B. obtain C. publicize D. advertise19. Conditions for the growth of this plant areoptimum in early summer.A. most acceptable B. most expressiveC. most favorite D. most desirable20. She often says her greatest happinessconsists in helping the disadvantaged childre
18、n.A. is proportionate to B. is composed ofC. lies in D. relies onPart III Reading Comprehension (25 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there arefourpassages followed by questions or unfinishedstatements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose thebest answer and mark your an
19、swer on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneOf all the lessons taught by the financial crisis, the most personal has been thatAmericans arent so good at money-management. We take out home loans we cantafford.We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We dont save nearly enough forretirement.In response, supporter
20、s of financial-literacy education are moving with renewedenthusiasm. School districts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are addingmoney-management courses to their curriculums . The Treasury and Educationdepartments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students tocompete
21、in the National Financial Capability Challenge that begins in March.Students with top scores on that exam will receive certificates -but chances forlong-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional effortsto boost financial know-how help students make better dec
22、isions outside the classroom.Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such asbudgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments. A recent survey of college studentsconducted for
23、the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found thatstudents whod had a personal-finance or money-management course in high schoolscored no better than those who hadnt.We need to figure out how to do this the right way,says Lewis Mandell, aprofessor at the University of Washington who
24、after 15 years of studyingfinancial-literacy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods dont work.A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach isneeded. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, puttingreal money and
25、spending decisions into kids hands and talking openly about theemotions and social influences tied to how we spend .Other initiatives are tacking such real-world issues as the commercial andsocialpressures that affect purchasing decisions.Why exactly do you want those expensive brand-name shoes so b
26、adly It takes confidence to take a stand and to thinkdifferently, saysJerooBillimoria ,founder of Aflatoun,a nonprofit whose curriculum, used in more than 30 countries ,aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives .”“This goes beyond money and savings21. The financial-literacy education i
27、s intended to_.A. help Americans to overcome the financial crisisB. enable Americans to manage money wiselyC. increase Americans awareness of the financial crisisD. renew Americans enthusiasm about money-management22. According to the author, the National Financial Capability Challenge will be_.A. w
28、ell-receivedB. costlyC. rewardingD. ineffective23.Bysaying that the financial-literacy movement has gained steam(Para .3) ,theauthor means that the movement_.A.has gone through financial difficultiesB. has received much criticismC. has been regarded as imaginativeD. has been more and more popular24.
29、 Lewis Mandell suggests that we should figure out how to _.A.help students scorebetter in money-management coursesB. improve the social awareness of financial educationC. carry out financial-literacy education properlyD. manage money in a more efficient way25. Jeroo Billimoria is most likely to agre
30、e thatcommercial and social pressures makeones purchasing decisions_.A. difficultB.feasibleC. unwiseD. acceptablePassage TwoCheating is nothing new,But today,educators and administrators are finding thatinstances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent -and are less
31、likely to be punished - than in the past . Cheating appears to have gainedacceptance among good and poor students alike .Why is student cheating on the rise No one really knows .Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among todays youth. Others have attributedincreased cheating t
32、o the fact that todays youth are far more pragmatic(实用主义的)than their more idealistic predecessors.Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies，students were filled with visions about changing the world，todays students feel greatpressure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students at high
33、schools andcolleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had becomeeasy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty.People are competitive, said a sec
34、ond-yearcollege student named Anna, fromChicago. Theres an underlying fear. If you dont do well, your life is going to be ruined.The pressure is not only form parents and friends but from oneself .To achieve .To succeed .Its almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals,Edw
35、ard Wynne , a magazine editor ,blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action .Dwight Huber ,chairman of the English department at Amarillo .sees the matterdifferently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way st
36、udents are evaluated. I wouldcheat if I felt I was being cheated, Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers gives short-answer testsrather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together,students will t
37、ry to beat the system. The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong withthe individual who are doing it, he said. Thats too easy an answer. Weve got to start looking at the system.26. Educators are finding that students who cheat
38、_.A. are not only those academically weakB. tend to be dishonest in later yearsC.are more likely to be punished than beforeD. have poor academic records27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is trueA. Reform in the testing system will eliminate cheating.B. Punishment is an e
39、ffective method to stop cheating . .C. Students cheating has deep social roots.D. Students do not cheat on essay tests.28. Which of the following points of view would Mr. Huberagree with A. Cheating would be reduced through an educational reform.B. Students who cheat should be expelled from school.C
40、. Punishment for cheaters should be severe in this country.D. Parents must take responsibility for the rise in cheating.29. The expression the individuals (the last paragraph) refers to _A. school administratorsB. students who cheatC. parentsD. teachers30. The passage mainly discusses_A: ways to eli
41、minate academic dishonestyB: factors leading to academic dishonestyC: the decline of moral standards of todays youthD: peoples tolerance of students cheatingPassage ThreeLast week, I read a story about a 34-year-old British woman who is extremely afraid of metal forks. Shes been using plastic ones f
42、or 17 years because the sound of a fork rubbing against a plate g:ives her a panic attack.Strange, right But shes not alone. While popular phobias(恐惧症) about snakes and spiders might get all of the attention, there are a wide variety of not-so-obvious horrors that make people nervous.While some phob
43、ias might seem a bit silly, they can cause serious emotional distress. My co-worker Magda is terrified of pigeons, a phobia that is taking over her life. She wont walk in certain parts of the city and runs screaming from the subway when one of these rats with wings finds its way onto the platform. A
44、nother friend isdisgusted with cheese. Once I saw her run away from a slice of it. So where does anirrational fear of cheese come fromAre phobias something we inherit from our genes or do we acquire these unusualanxieties over timeEver since I can remember I have been unreasonably frightened of elev
45、ators. Therewas no terrible childhood experience and I am fine with confined spaces, but something about elevators makes me nervous. And so, when my boyfriend and I found ourselvestrapped in an elevator last year - because these sorts of things always happen eventually- I was anticipating the worst.
46、While he gave me a suggestive eyebrow raise and proposed we take advantage ofthe situation, I began screaming uncontrollably. I was far from turned on by the wholefacing my worst nightmare thing.However, after the fear subsided(消退)I realized that, yes, this was my greatest fear come true, and yet -
47、it wasnt all that bad. Nervous and inconvenient maybe, butterrifying Not so much.Liberating yourself from a deep-seated phobia can be a long and difficult process,but sometimes it can be as simple as confronting it head on.31. The 34-year-old British woman is extremelyafraid of metal forks becauseA.she has never used them beforeB.she