2012年山東青島科技大學英語考研真題

1、2012年山東青島科技大學英語考研真題PART I. READING COMPREHENSION (38%) Directions: Read the passages given below and choose the best answer to the questions attached to each of them. Passage One Questions 1-3 are based on the following passage. If you like the idea of staying with a family, living in house might be

2、 the answer. Good landladies-those who are superb cooks and launders, are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, s

3、ome of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and companionship .For the less fortune ,house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to visit, and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guest

4、are living under the same roof. The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing, with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what, and in what proportion. One person may spend hours on the phone, while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest, how do you pers

5、uade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace, especially if you are student and want to study? Conversely, flat sharing can be very cheap, there will always be someone to talk to and go out with, and the chores ,in theory, can be shared. 1.According to the passage ,landl

6、adies are _ A.usually strict. B. always mean. C. adequately competent. D. very popular with their guest. 2.What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing ? A. Problems of sharing and paying. B. Differences in living habits. C. Shared cooking and bathroom facilities. D. Restriction to invite fri

7、ends to visit. 3.What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of flat sharing? A. Rent is affordable B. There is companionship. C. Housework. D. There is peace and quiet. Passage Two Questions 4-8 are based on the following passage. I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I a

8、m so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me; it is the reality I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind. I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . Sh

9、e was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue, green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfrie

10、nds and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair. I dont know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasnt sure if she understood me (I dont

11、speak Laotian very well). I looked back down at the skirts. They add designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos ba

12、rgaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness. She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playful

13、ness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wou

14、ldnt make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit l

15、ifted. I almost felt happy. The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didnt , of course. I have learned to d

16、efend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy. I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts

17、up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colors. The woman in the marketplace! She has given these ribbons to

18、me! There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didnt cry. 4. Which of the following in NOT correct? A. The writer was not used to bargaining. B. People in Asia always bargain when buying things. C. Bargaining in

19、Laos was quiet and peaceful. D. The writer was ready to bargain with the woman. 5. The writer assumed that the woman accepted the last offer mainly because woman A. thought that the last offer was reasonable. B. thought she could still make much money. C. was glad that the writer knew their way of b

20、argaining. D. was tired of bargaining with the writer any more. 6. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts? A. The skirts were cheap and pretty. B. She liked the patterns on the skirts. C. She wanted to do something as compensation. D. She was fed up with further bargaining with the wo

21、man. 7. When did the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not because A. she had learned to stay cool and unfeeling. B. she was afraid of crying in public. C. she had learned to face difficulties bravely. D. she had to show in public that she was strong. 8. Why did the writer cry

22、eventually when she looked at the skirts again? A. she suddenly felt very sad. B. she liked the ribbons so much. C. she was overcome by emotion. D. she felt sorry for the woman. Passage Three Questions 9-14 are based on the following passage. The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students,

23、 in my way to work these morings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape. These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teac

24、hers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”. Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year

25、. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of sc

26、hool-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus. The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to e

27、mpty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out. “We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life,” says Dr. Ernest Boyer, head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the sc

28、hool calendar is inevitable.School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.” His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives? It may be easier to promote a

29、linger school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it

30、is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesnt produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll. The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their ch

31、ildren. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money. 9. Which of the following is an opinion of the authors? A.The kids are hanging out.” B.They are school children without school.”C.These kids are not old

32、 enough for jobs.” D. “The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.” 10. The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to A. the growing season on nations form. B. the labor demands of the industrial age. C. teachers demands for more vacatio

33、n time. D. parents demands for other experiences for their kids. 11. The author thinks that the current school calendar A. is still valid. B. is out of date. C. can not be revised. D. can not be defended. 12. Why was Dr. Boys idea unpopular? A. He argues for the role of school in solving social prob

34、lems. B. He supports the current school calendar. C. He thinks that school year and family life should be considered separately. D. He strongly believes in the educational role of school. 13. “The long summers of forgetting take a toll ”in the last paragraph but one means that A. long summer vacatio

35、n slows down the progress go learning. B. long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe. C. long summers result in less learning time. D. long summers are a result of tradition. 14. The main purpose of the passage is A. to describe how American children spend their summer. B. to explain the need

36、s of the modern working families. C. to discuss the problems of the current school calendar. D. to persuade parents to stay at home to look after their kids. Passage Four Questions 15-19 are based on the following passage. Women's minds work differently from men's. At least, that is what mos

37、t men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is no

38、t the same as being better or worse. There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex inte11ectual processes-the link between the two halves of the brain. The two halves are linked by trunk

39、line of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the Corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the Corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibers than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of wom

40、en and men and it must have some significance. The question is "What?", and, if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We

41、tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences. But could we be wrong? Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the Corpus callosum enabled them to work together. For most people, the left half is used for word - handling, a

42、nalytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. And the better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections. But it isn't all that e

43、asy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at“l(fā)anguage subjects”and boys better at maths and physics. If these differences correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline, there i

44、s an unalterable distinction between the sexes. We shan't know for a while, partly because we don't know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the two halves of the brain ,and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus ca

45、llosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involved in intellect, we should be looking for differences in intellectual processing. 15. Which of the fo11owing statements is CORRECT? A. Biologists are conducting research where ps

46、ychologists have given up. B. Brain differences point to superiority of one sex over the other. C. Results of scientific research fail to support popular belief. D. The structural difference in the brain between the sexes has long been known. 16. According to the passage it is commonly believed that

47、 brain differences are caused by _ factors. A. biological B .psychological C. physical D .social 17."these differences" in paragraph 5 refer to those in A. skills of men and women. B. school subjects. C. the brain structure of men and women. D. activities carried out by the brain. 18. At t

48、he end of the passage the author proposes more work on A. the brain structure as a whole. B. the functioning of part of the brain. C. the distinction between the sexes. D. the effects of the corpus callosum. 19. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To outline the research findings on the brai

49、n structure. B. To explain the link between sex and brain structure. C. To discuss the various factors that cause brain differences. D. To suggest new areas in brain research. PART II CLOZE (15%) Directions: Choose a proper word from the list to fill in each blank in the following passage. Change th

50、e form of the word if necessary. base create evoke suffice hand deeply poorly dispose degree depend vary religious present movement endeavor Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction of (1)_ felt needs and the assuagement of pain. One has to deep this con

51、stantly in mind if one wishes to understand spiritual (2)_ and their development. Feeling and longing are the motive force behind all human (3)_ and human creation, in however exalted a guise the latter may (4)_ themselves to us. Now what are the feelings and needs that have led men to (5)_ thought

52、and belief in the widest sense of the words? A little consideration will (6)_ to show us that the most (7)_ emotions preside over the birth of religious thought and experience. With primitive man it is above all fear that (8)_ religious notionsfear of hunger, wild beasts, sickness, death. Since at t

53、his stage of existence understanding of causal connections is usually (9)_ developed, the human mind (10)_ illusory beings more or less analogous to itself on whose wills and actions these fearful happenings (11)_. Thus one tries to secure the favor of these beings by carrying out actions and offeri

54、ng sacrifices which, according to the tradition (12)_ down from generation to generation, propitiate them or make them well (13)_ toward a mortal. In this sense I am speaking of a religion of fear. This, though not created, is in an important (14)_ stabilized by the formation of a special priestly c

55、aste which sets itself up as a mediator the people and the beings they fear, and erects a hegemony on this (15)_. PART III TRANSLATION (15%) （I）Translate the following into Chinese:（10%）1. This discovery suggests that life is probably a pretty ordinary phenomenon that occurs any place you give it ha

56、lf a chance. 2. But I find it helpful to consider what might have happened in my own marriage if a copy of me had been made to overcome infertility. 3. Forty years after the Wright Brothers first flight, by contrast, commercial air travel was a dauntingly expensive but widespread and growing industr

57、y. 4. The promissory notes of well-known individuals and bills of exchange drawn on English merchants readily exchanged hands for several months. 5When the demand becomes immoderate, consumption of drugs increases and the incidence of adverse effects and waste follows suit. （II）Translate the followi

58、ng into English （5%）隨著 1997 年許多東亞國家經(jīng)濟中出現(xiàn)的戲劇性的貨幣貶值，這些國家遭受了急劇而且 徘徊不去的經(jīng)濟衰退。這種結果違反了貶值使國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)的商品更便宜而應當提高產(chǎn)量 的觀 點。 PART IV PARAPHRASE (10%) Directions: Explain the following sentences in English in your own words. 1. International investors have become more sensitive to differing national tax rates as their investme