2006年在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语试题
Paper One
Part I Dialogue Communication (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A Dialogue Completion
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1. Speaker A: Excuse me, but can you tell us where the conference room is?
Speaker B: The conference room is located on the third floor of the hotel.
A．Of course, sir. B．Yes, please.
C．Right, sir. D．You are welcome.
2. Speaker A:
Speaker B: I’m running a temperature, and feel sick.
A．What can I do for you?
B．What seems to be the trouble?
C．What are you doing these days?
D．How long has this been going on?
3. Speaker A: Nancy, you look very well.
Speaker B: Thank you, Jane. You look wonderful too. Your weekend swimming
must have done good to you.
Speaker A:
A．You think so? That’s encouraging.
B．That’s very kind of you.
C．Are you serious? Thank you anyway.
D．Are you kidding? I don’t believe it.
4. Speaker A: It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.
Speaker B: Well, you know what they say:
A．There is no smoke without fire. B．Practice makes perfect.
C．All roads lead to Rome. D．No pains, no gains.
5. Speaker A: Don’t you smoke?
Speaker B:
A．No. Nothing interests me less than smoking.
B．Yes. I have never smoked in my life.
C．No. Only once in a while.
D．Yes. And I hate others smoking in my face.
Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
6． Woman: I just found out at registration that the creative writing class is full. Now I have to wait a whole year to get in.
Man: Why don’t you check back after the first week? Somebody might drop it.
Question: What does the man suggest the woman should do?
A．Make sure the registration office didn’t make a mistake.
B．Decide whether to drop the course next week.
C．Find out if a place opens up in the course later.
D．Take the course next year.
7． Woman: I want to talk with Tom now.
Man: You can’t do that. He is in a bad mood.
Question: Why can’t the woman talk to Tom now?
A．Tom is terribly ill. B．Tom is in low spirits.
C．Tom is bad-tempered. D．Tom is very nervous.
8． Woman: You often complain a lot about your boss. But today you are different.
Man: We had a heart-to-heart talk and I saw him with new eyes.
Question: What does the man mean?
A．He saw his boss as a real person for the first time.
B．He is now complaining in a different way.
C．He has made his boss change his attitude.
D．He has changed his opinion of his boss.
9． Woman: Maybe we should take the front street this morning. The radio announcer said that the traffic is very heavy on the freeway.
Man: Well, if he says to take the front street, we should go the other way.
Question: What does the man think of the radio announcer?
A．He’s humorous. B．He makes no mistakes.
C．He doesn’t speak clearly. D．He’s unreliable.
10． Woman: I didn’t see you at the concert last night. What’s wrong with you?
Man: That’s not my cup of tea.
Question: What does the man mean?
A．He is not fond of concerts.
B．He didn’t like the tea at the concert.
C．He left early to have some tea with somebody else.
D．He doesn’t want to tell the woman why he was not there.
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
11． The work has the status of a classic among the composer’s admirers.
A．required B．acquired C．inquired D．inspired
12． Some people think they can read a man’s from his handwriting.
A．attribute B．feature C．property D．character
13． The young heir was so that he gave all his money away in a couple of years.
A．handsome B．genuine C．talented D．generous
14． Only by understanding the Web deeply hope for people to grasp its full potential.
A．can there be B．can be there C．be there can D．there can be
15． What you’re to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in.
A．around B．ahead C．above D．about
16． The goal is to use crops, weeds and even animal waste the petroleum that fuels much of American manufacturing.
A．in terms of B．in favor of C．in spite of D．in place of
17． The he said it he knew what a mistake he had made.
A．moment B．time C．occasion D．hour
18． I rather solve the problems in my farm myself than seek the help of other people.
A．should B．shall C．would D．will
19． From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the that its disadvantages are far greater than its advantages.
A．solution B．conclusion C．answer D．attention
20． By the time you have completed the essential training, you exposed to virtually every new feature of the course.
A．will have been B．will be C．would have been D．would be
21． Too often teachers’ with parents involve complaints about children’s misbehaviors and laziness.
A．acquaintances B．association C．conferences D．consultations
22． I admit that the problems are difficult, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved.
A．When B．Where C．While D．Why
23． He should be allowed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness.
A．in case B．in any case C．in that case D．in no case
24． If nature does not provide man with the necessary material, it is the laboratory he will turn to for it.
A．where B．which C．that D．what
25． All flights because of the snowstorm, they decided to take the train.
A．were cancelled B．have been cancelled
C．had been cancelled D．having been cancelled
26． I really appreciate to help me, but I am sure that I can manage it myself.
A．you to come B．that you come
C．your coming D．how you come
27． A new system of quality control was to overcome the shortcomings in the firm’s products.
A．invested B．informed C．introduced D．instructed
28． It may be worthwhile at this moment to and see what results we have got after one year’s experiments.
A．look back B．look around C．look up D．look forward
29． I don’t think Mr. Watson will come here again today. Please give the ticket to comes here first.
A．whomever B．whom C．who D．whoever
30． Far too many owners of electric appliances have a hard time qualified repairmen to fix their machines.
A．finding B．to find C．to finding D．having found
