1、承诺：我将严格遵守考场纪律，知道考试违纪、作弊的严重性，还知道请他人代考或代他人考者将被开除学籍和因作弊受到记过及以上处分将不授予硕士学位，愿承担由此引起的一切后果。专业 班级 学号 学生签名： 华东交通大学20132014学年第一学期考试卷试卷编号：（B）级研究生英语(上) 课程 课程类别：必 闭卷 考试日期：2014-1-13适用班级：2013级研究生(B)题号Part I,II ,IIIPart IVPart V总分累分人签名核分人签名题分503020100得分考生注意事项：1、本试卷共 10 页，总分100分，考试时间120分钟。2、考试结束后，考生不得将试卷、答题纸和草稿纸带出考场。
2、 Part I Listening Comprehension(20%)Section A Listening to short conversationsIn this section you will hear five short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question ther
3、e will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.1. A) He has only one hobby and no bad hobbies. B) He thinks he can learn skills from good hobbies. C) He has both bad hobbies and good ones. D) He thinks one can turn ba
4、d hobbies into good ones.2. A) Stephen is good at taking account of everything. B) Stephens babies are interested in collecting coins. C) Stephen learns to be systematic from his hobby. D) Stephen collects coins because they are valuable.3. A) Roy often empties his bag when he returns home. B) Roy i
5、s trying to persuade Carol to go fishing with him. C) Roy is only interested in catching fish. D) Roys real interest in fishing is sitting alone and doing nothing.4. A) The farmer makes robots without much knowledge about high-tech. B) The farmer has held on to his hobby even though he met with grea
6、t difficulties. C) The farmers hobby has brought great changes to his village. D) The farmer started his hobby at the age of 44.5. A) She thinks drug addiction is the most dangerous. B) She thinks Internet addiction is the most harmful. C) She thinks addictions that make you trash are the worst. D)
7、She thinks every addiction is as bad as the other.Section B Listening to a longer conversationIn this section you will hear a longer conversation. At the end of the conversation, some questions will be asked about what was said. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must r
8、ead the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.6. A) Hearing. B) Smelling. C) Touching. D) Reading.7. A) It means getting absorbed in books. B) It means observing to get new information. C) It means practicing to learn knowledge.D) It means acquiring knowledge in
9、ones favorite way.8. A) Ted enjoys discussion with others. B) Ted prefers reading to listening. C) Ted likes to feel and experience. D) Ted prefers taking notes.9. A) Because Mike often listens to the radio. B) Because Mike cant concentrate on his studies. C) Because Mike once took a computer apart
10、to make observations. D) Because Mike can remember what others say.10. A) Mikes learning style is to use his sense of touch to learn. B) Lily herself is good at learning from books. C) Different people should develop their own suitable learning styles. D) Learning by discussion is more effective.Sec
11、tion C Listen to the conversation again and choose the best answer from the four choices given to each question you hear.11. A) She thinks Internet addiction is as serious as drug and smoking addiction. B) She thinks Internet addiction is much severer than alcohol addiction. C) She thinks Internet a
12、ddiction is less serious than drug and alcohol addiction. D) She thinks Internet addiction is the product of other addictions.12. A) Only young people can be addicted to the Internet. B) Internet addicts include both children and adults. C) There are more adult addicts than teenage addicts. D) Young
13、 addicts account for a larger part of Nicholsons patients.13. A) Some learn how to deal with their relationships with others. B) Some may get into trouble over money issues. C) Most of them commit suicide in the end. D) Most of them care more about their possessions.14. A) People think experts overe
14、stimate the harmfulness of Internet addiction. B) Internet addiction can be overcome by the addicts themselves. C) Professor Nicholson thinks that Internet usage should be restricted or prohibited. D) Internet addiction needs to be taken seriously and treated properly.Section DListen to the conversa
15、tion again and choose the best answer from the four choices given to each question you hear.15. A) He hoped he could write as well as his father. B) He wanted to teach his son to imitate his fathers handwriting. C) He tried to keep in mind what his father wrote on the postcard. D) He feared his hand
16、writing would not impress his son.16. A) Teachers dont pay much attention. B) Calligraphy is too hard for children. C) Children spend a lot of time on the computer.D) Calligraphy is proving to be insignificant.17. A) To call on more people to focus on handwriting.B) To encourage people to communicat
17、e with friends.C) To teach people how to compliment their colleagues.D) To divert peoples attention from their obsession with computers.Section EListening to a passageMike Teeley is telling us about his interview with a senior manager of a major insurance company, in which he experienced an act of k
18、indness. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given to each question you hear.18. A) He was well mannered when talking with the speaker. B) He was able to share the speakers feelings. C) He was not good at asking probing questions. D) He was respectful of the speakers op
19、inions.19. A) To tell the speaker where he worked. B) To tell the speaker where he lived. C) To tell the speaker that he could call him free of charge.D) To tell the speaker that he was always ready to offer help.20. A) One act of kindness can make people want to meet again.B) One act of kindness ca
20、n help a family handle some losses.C) One act of kindness can bring warmth to those in need.D) One act of kindness can turn a cold business interview into a success.Part II Reading Comprehension (20%)There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each of them t
21、here are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage One UFOs What are UFOs? At around the middle of the 20th century, the U.S. Air Force coined the phrase UFO as a catch-a
22、ll term for any unidentified flying object unknown lights and discs spotted in the sky. But among urologists (UFO enthusiasts and researchers), the term has become synonymous (同义的) with alien spacecraft. The late astronomer J. Allen Hynek defined a UFO as: the reported perception of an object or lig
23、ht seen in the sky or upon the land, the appearance, track, and general dynamic and luminous behavior of which do not suggest a logical, conventional explanation and which is not only mystifying to the original percipients (洞察者) but remains unidentified after close research of all available evidence
24、 by persons who are technically capable of making a common sense identification, if one is possible. UFOs are more often than not revealed to be something very well known a weather balloon or airplane lights, for example. But in anywhere from 5 to 10 percent of UFO cases, the object remains a myster
25、y. UFO Sightings UFO sightings have been associated with so-called alien abductions (诱拐), in which people say that they have been transported to an alien spacecraft and subjected to variety of physical examinations. UFOs have also been linked to crop circles, strange and sometimes unexplained patter
26、ns that form overnight in fields. UFOs have been blamed for animal mutilations horses, goats, cows, deer and other creatures found drained of blood and with their organs removed. The alien theory arises because typically no tracks are found around the animal to indicate that a human was responsible.
27、 During a UFO sighting, strange phenomena are often reported, such as radio and TV interference or car ignition failure. Many UFOs leave strange calling cards, such as indentations in the ground; burned or flattened vegetation; and chunks of unidentifiable debris. Are UFOs Real or Science Fiction? A
28、re UFOs alien spacecraft piloted by extraterrestrial (地球以外的) beings, or are they terrestrial objects that just havent been properly identified? The question has raised a good bit of controversy, pitting those who believe in UFOs against those who say they need to see more scientific evidence. Survey
29、s show that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe. More than 60 percent of respondents to a 1997 CNN poll said they believe aliens have contacted humans; approximately 50 percent said they think aliens have abducted humans; and 80 perce
30、nt believe the government is hiding something about alien contact. People who claim to have seen UFOs are confident that what theyve seen is real. They say these alien beings have come to Earth to study the human race or simply to communicate with humans. But skeptics say there is a startling lack o
31、f real scientific evidence to prove or disprove the UFO phenomenon. They argue that the majority of UFOs turn out to be identifiable phenomena everything from weather balloons to meteor showers to hoaxes. The Drake Equation Does intelligent life exist on other planets? In 1961, Dr. Frank Drake, pres
32、ident of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, developed a mathematical equation to determine the probability. His equation is based on seven variables, including the number of stars in our galaxy and the percentage of stars that have planetary systems. When all seven variab
33、les are multiplied, the answer is the potential number of civilizations out there that might be able to communicate with us. Alien Encounters Have aliens really taken people into their spacecraft and experimented on them? Many say they have. Probably the first account of an alien abduction came from
34、 a New Hampshire couple named Barney and Betty Hill. On September 19, 1961, the couple was driving through a rural area in central New Hampshire when they noticed a moving light in the sky. As the object came closer, they saw that it was large and flat with multicolored lights and many rows of windo
35、ws. When Barney looked at the craft through his binoculars (双筒望远镜), he reportedly saw creatures inside it, one of which appeared to be the leader. Frightened, the couple drove home. Several days after their sighting, Betty began to have nightmares about being inside the craft. Later, under hypnosis
36、(催眼状态), the couple recalled having been taken into the UFO and experimented upon. Were the Hills, and the thousands of other people who say they have been abducted since then, telling the truth? Skeptics claim the aliens with wraparound eyes that Barney described aired on an episode of Outer Limits
37、just 12 days before the hypnosis session in which he described them. But the stories of abductees are remarkably similar. Many people describe an examination room in which their bodies are poked, prodded and studied in various ways. These memories may sound like the stuff of imagination, but some re
38、searchers say alien abductees share many of the same stress disorder symptoms as war veterans. When they listen to audio tapes of sounds that mirror their experiences, they exhibit physical symptoms their palms sweat, their muscles contract and their heart rate increases, Harvard University research
39、er Richard McNally reported in the July 2004 issue of the journal Psychological Science. Also, the timing of the abduction stories appears to coincide with the sighting of UFOs nearby. Many of the abductees are reported as missing when they claim to have been abducted, and when they return, they hav
40、e strange cuts and bruises on their bodies. mmClose Encounters throughout History Although UFO sightings have become more common in the last half-century, there have been sightings of strange flying objects recorded throughout the ages. Author Erich Von Diken has written more than two dozen books, i
41、ncluding Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, claiming that aliens have been visiting Earth for tens of thousands of years. The Bible, he says, is filled with references to alien visitors. He contends that they helped build the pyramids, introduced art and social order to ancient hu
42、mans and even interbred with our ancestors to create our modern species. Ancient Indian texts reportedly describe flying machines, called vimanas, used by the gods to fight battles in the sky. In one text, vimana construction is described: .like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must
43、 put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky.move forwards and backwards. Probably the first modern close encounter with alien sp
44、acecraft occurred on June 24, 1947. A private pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying near Mr. Rainier in Washington state when he spotted nine, crescent-shaped flying objects. He observed the objects to be moving at well over 1,000 miles per hour, far faster than any man-made aircraft could fly at th
45、e time. One reporter writing up the event referred to the objects as flying saucers(飞碟 ), and the description stuck.21. What is said about UFOs in the first paragraph? A) UFO is a comprehensive term for any unidentified flying object. B) No tracks of UFOs were found in the twentieth century. C) UFOs
46、 are mainly referred to spacecrafts from the outer space. D) The phrase UFO was created by amateur scientists not long ago.22. Sighted UFOs are usually revealed to be_. A) some mysterious objects B) something like spacecrafts C) alien spacecrafts D) something people can identify23. What do the vast
47、majority of Americans believe towards aliens? A) There exists no intelligent life at all. B) They do exist on other planets in the universe. C) Aliens are startling. D) Aliens come to Earth to study human being.24. There are quite a lot of reports on _ , such as the incident in New Hampshire. A) the Drake Equation B) the alien abduction C) science fiction D) peoples hypnosis25. Which of the following is true on the topic of abduction stories? A) All the abduction stories are unreal. B) All the
