白毫之赐改后研究生听力考试

2021年1月17日发(作者：乔备)

渤海大学硕士研究生

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Part I.

Listening comprehension (20 minutes)

(20%)

Section A


Directions: In this section you will hear 10 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
spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the
four suggested answers marked A)
，
B)
，
C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read:













A) 2 hours.





B) 3 hours.




C) 4 hours.





D) 5 hours.

From
the
conversation
we
know
that
the
two
are
talking
about
some
work
they
will
start
at
9
o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the
correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through
the centre.



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 bad hobbies into good ones.
2. A) She is going away for a while.

B) She did well on the test.

C) She worked hard and earned a lot of money.
D) She didn
’
t have to work hard for the exam.

3. A) 3 hours or so.
B) 9 hours or so.
C) 21 hours or so.

D) 5 hours or so.
4. A) Studying.
B) Singing loudly.

C) Listening to music.

D) Talking on the phone.
5. A) He is taking an entrance examination.

B) He is working as an engineer.

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C) He is receiving his Bachelor
’
s degree.

D) He is at a job interview.
6. A) She will save the stamps for the man
’
s sister.
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada.

C) She can
’
t give the stamps to the man
’
s sister.
D) She has given the stamps to the man
’
s roommates.
7. A) The man is a Brazilian.


B) The man makes a habit of being late.


C) The man has a bad temper.



D) The man is rude to his friends.
8. A) The admission of a patient.
B) Diagnosis of an illness.

C) The old man
’
s serious condition.
D) Sending for a doctor.
9. A) She didn
’
t go to the party yesterday.



B) She didn
’
t remember seeing the man at the party.



C) She left the party before the man arrived.



D) She didn
’
t want to see the man.
10. A) He doesn
’
t think the Browns
’
investment is a wise move.
B) He believes the Browns have done a sensible thing.

C) He believes it is better for the Browns to invest later.

D) He doesn
’
t think the Browns should move to another place.
Section B


Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will
hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear
a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then
mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One


Questions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) The old- fashioned design.



B) The competition in the toy market.



C) The objection of feminists.



D) The decreasing sales worldwide.

12. A) Toys need to be magical and creative.



B) Toys are supposed to reflect the life of children.



C) Toys should look pretty and appealing in appearance.



D) A child can learn what real life is through toys.
13. A) Because Barbie makes children too obsessed with play.
B) Because Barbie stands for an outdated image of women.
C) Because Barbie is too attractive for girls to refuse its temptation.
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D) Because Barbie distracts girls from other activities like watching movies.

14. A) Barbie dolls may disappear from the market.



B) Barbie dolls may get popular again soon.




C) Barbie dolls may be redesigned and reshaped.




D) Barbie dolls may be mainly sold in Asian countries.
15. A) The Barbie brand will appear only in movies and clothes.



B) Barbie dolls are still the favourite of children.



C) The Barbie brand will expand to other entertainment fields.



D) The name of Barbie will no longer be known by future generations.
Passage Two


Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) To look for a different lifestyle.



B) To enjoy themselves.



C) For adventure.



D) For education.
17. A) There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.



B) It has a dense population.



C) There are many museums and palaces.



D) It has many towering buildings.
18. A) Get a vivid picture of the people.



B) Learn about attitudes of the people.



C) Know how the people feel about business, beauty and history.



D) Never forget the contrasts.
19. A) It is a city of contrasts.



B) It possesses many historical sites.



C) It is an important industrial center.



D) It has many big and beautiful parks.
20. A) It helps develop our personalities.



B) It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge.



C) It makes our life more interesting.



D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle.

Part
Ⅱ
. Vocabulary and Structure Test (30%)
Directions: There are 25

incomplete sentences in this part. 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.

21. The wording of the agreement is _____, so both interpretations are valid.




A) ethical


B) constructive


C) tolerable



D) ambiguous
22. Arthur is captured and visited by Montanelli. Arthur reveals his _____ to Montanelli, who is delighted to
find that he is still alive.



A) identity

B) outcome



C) pursuit



D) alliance
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23. The race was her last chance to win a place in the national team so everything was _____ .



A) at best


B) at stake



C) at large



D) at length

24. The word _____ is used to indicate that the fungus is both helpful and harmful in its effects.




A) perception

B) assets







C) dilemma




D) whiz
25. Can you prove that our radical actions against them were _____?



A) justified

B) justifiably






C) justification



D) justifiable
26. The judge pronounced that the accused man was _____ of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.




A) innocent






B) innocence













C) guilt















D) guilty
27. There are some legitimate reasons for some scientists to _____ the practice of cloning.



A) criticism






B) denounce













C) critical













D) denouncement
28. Political opponents were put into camps during the war and _____ into force labor.



A) coercing






B) coerced














C) coercive












D) coercion
29. Johnson had a _____ to agree to their conditions, but he didn
’
t really have much choice.



A) reluctant






B) reluctance












C) hesitate













D) hesitation
30.
The
board
of
directors
required
that
Mr.
Brown
_____
buying
expensive
equipment
at
a
time
when
the
company was practicing strict economy.
A) justify








B) justified














C) justification









D) just
31. There was no sleeping accommodation _______ to us for the night, so we had to sleep in the tent.



A) moderate






B) available













C) provided











D) organized


32. Biologists have begun to pinpoint the genes and proteins that trigger cell division, as well as the ones that
_______ it.



A) express







B) depress















C) suppress











D) press
33. The doctor informed his patient that the drug was very _______ and can have unpleasant side-effects.



A) important





B) potent
















C) potential











D) popular
34. It is scientifically confirmed that one attack of measles usually gives a person ______ to that disease for a
number of years.



A) immunity





B) community












C) unity














D) reunites
35. No one is bold enough to _______ the motion the chairman has proposed.



A) speak of






B) speak against










C) speak for











D) speak out
36.

The law bans organized protests and by ______, any form of opposition.
A) imply





B) amplification





C) implying







D) implication
37.

The exhibition will be of interest to vintage car owners and other motoring ______.
A) enthusiastic

B) enthusiastics








C) enthusiasm






D) enthusiasts
38.

We
spend
more
on health
care
than
any
other
nation
in
the
world,
yet
______
show
that
we
are
not
the
world
’
s healthiest nation.
A) statisticians
B) statistician









C) statistics










D) statistic
39.

The idea of trying to cheat the income tax authorities ______ his principles; he had a strong sense of civic
responsibilities.
A) goes for

B) went for









C) goes against






D) went against
40.

You are looking a bit fragile this morning; you must have had too much alcohol last night. Here
“
fragile
”

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means ______.
A) drunk


B) stressed










C) blank








D) weak
41. Tom changed from a friendly boy into a confused and moody _____.
A) adult
















B) adulthood













C) adolescence










D) adolescent
42. Language is _____ to human life because it gives meaning to otherwise random experiences.
A) indispensable









B) compulsory












C) primeval












D) legitimate
43. Economic activity has been organized on the _____ of cheap and abundant oil from the beginning of the
20th century until the early 21st century.
A) assumption











B) consumption











C) formulation










D) conclusion

44.
In
one
scene
of
Modern
Time,
Charlie
Chaplin
was
shown
trying
_____
to
keep
in
time
with
a
rapid
assembly line.
A) pressingly












B) urgently














C) desperately











D) extremely
45. It
’
s unbelievable that Mary, a teenage girl, has learnt to view thing with cold _____.
A) feeling















B) sense
















C) emotion













D) rationality
46. The kitchen was small and ____ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty.




A. conventional

B. compatible





C. compact



D. concise

47. The tomato juice left a brown ____ on the front of my jacket.



A. track



B. trace










C. spot




D. point
48.

A parent may ____ his child to do his lessons by threatening to suspend his allowance.



A. compel






B. promote








C. exert




D. impose
49.

____ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.



A. In honor



B. In place








C. On behalf


D. On account
50.

I would have gone to the meeting if I ________ time.



A. have had




B. would have had

C. had







D. had had

Part
Ⅲ
. Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. 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.

Passage One



The issue of online privacy in the Internet age found new urgency following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
sparking
debate over
striking
the correct
balance
between
protecting
civil
liberties
and
attempting
to
prevent
another
tragic
terrorist
act.
While
preventing
terrorism
certainly
is
of
paramount
importance,
privacy
rights
should not be deemed irrelevant.
In response to the attacks, Congress quickly passed legislation that included provisions expanding rights of
investigators
to
intercept
wire,
oral
and
electronic
communications
of
alleged
hackers
and
terrorists.
Civil
liberties groups expressed concern over the provisions and urged caution in ensuring that efforts to protect our
nation
do
not
result
in
broad
government
authority
to
erode
privacy
rights
of
U.
S.
citizens.
Nevertheless,
causing
further
concern
to
civil
liberties
groups,
the
Department
of
Justice
proposed
exceptions
to
the
attorney-client
privilege.
On
Oct.
30,
Attorney
General
John
Ashcroft
approved
an
interim
agency
rule
that
would permit federal prison authorities to
monitor wire and electronic communications between lawyers and
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their
clients
in
federal
custody,
including
those
who
have
been
detained
but
not
charged
with
any
crime,
whenever surveillance is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism.
In
light
of
this
broadening
effort
to
reach
into
communications
that
were
previously
believed
to
be

the
issue
of
online
privacy
is
now
an
even
more
pressing
concern.
Congress
has
taken
some
legislative
steps
toward
ensuring
online
privacy,
including
the
Children's
Online
Privacy
Protection
Act,
and
provided
privacy
protections
for
certain
sectors
through
legislation
such
as
the
Financial
Services
Modernization Act. The legislation passed to date does not, however, provide a statutory scheme for protecting
general online consumer privacy. Lacking definitive federal law, some states passed their own measures. But
much
of
this
legislation
is
incomplete
or
not
enforced.
Moreover.
it
becomes
unworkable
when
states
create
different privacy standards; the Internet does not know geographic boundaries, and companies and individuals
cannot be expected to comply with differing, and at times conflicting, privacy rules.
An analysis earlier this year of 751 U.S. and international Web sites conducted by Consumers International
found that most sites collect personal information but fail to tell consumers how that data will be used, how
security is maintained and what rights consumers have over their own information.
At a minimum, Congress should pass legislation requiring Web sites to display privacy policies prominently,
inform
consumers
of
the
methods
employed
to
collect
client
data,
allow
customers
to
opt
out
of
such
data
collection,
and
provide
customer
access
to
their
own
data
that
has
already
been
collected.
Although
various
Internet
privacy
bills
were
introduced
in
the
107th
Congress,
the
focus
shifted
to
expanding
government
surveillance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Plainly, government efforts to prevent terrorism are appropriate.
Exactly how these exigent circumstances change the nature of the online privacy debate is still to be seen.
51.
Concerning
the
protection
of
privacy
and
increased
surveillance
of
communication,
the
author
seems
to
insist on ______
A) the priority of the former action.
B) the execution of the latter at the expense of the former.
C) tightening both policies at the same time.
D) a balance between the two actions.
52. The author implies in the second paragraph that ______
A) the proposal of the Department of Justice is unjustified.
B) surveillance of any suspect communication is necessary.
C) civil liberties groups should not have shown such great concern.
D) exceptions should be made in intercepting communications.
53. In the eyes of the author, the Financial Service Modernization Act ______
A) serves no more than as a new patch on an old robe.
B) indicates the Congress' admirable move to protecting privacy.
C) invades online consumer privacy rather than protect it.
D) is deficient in that it leaves many sectors unshielded.
54. Privacy standards made by individual states are ineffective because ______
A) the standards of different states contradict each other.
B) online communication is not restricted to any state.
C) these standards ignore the federal law on the matter.
D) these standards are only applicable to regional web sites.
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55. The expression
A) pick out from such data the information one needs.
B) sift through such data to collect one's own information.
C) evaluate the purpose for such data collection.
D) choose not to be involved in such data collection.

Passage Two

With
its
common
interest
in
lawbreaking
but
its
immense
range
of
subject
matter
and
widely
varying
methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separated branch of
literature, or at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, shoot of the traditional novel.

The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the
crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of University dons, literary economists, scientists or even poets.
Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in
which
they
happen,
the
village,
seaside
resort,
college
or
studio,
is
familiar
to
us,
if
not
from
our
own
experience,
at
least
in
the
newspaper
or
the
lives
of
friends.
The
characters,
though
normally
realized
superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a
more
remote
environment,
African
jungle,
or
Australian
bush,
ancient
China
or
gaslit
London,
appeals
to
our
interesting geography or history, and most detective story writers are conscientious in providing a reasonably
authentic background. The elaborate, carefully assembled plot, despised by the modern intellectual critics and
creators of significant novels, has found refuge in the murder mystery, with its sprinkling of clues, its spicing
with
apparent
impossibilities,
all
with
appropriate
solutions
and
explanations
at
the
end.
With
the
guilt
of
escapism from Real Life, nagging gently, we secretly revel in the unmasking of evil by a vaguely super-human
sleuth,
who
sees
through
and
dispels
(
驱散
)
the
cloud
of
suspicion
which
has
hovered
so
unjustly
over
the
innocent.
Though its villains also receives his rightful deserts, the thriller presents a less comfortable and credible
world. The sequence of fist fights, revolver duels, car crashes and escapes from gas-filled cellars exhausts the
reader far more than the hero, who is suffering from at least two broken ribs, one black eye, uncountable bruises
and
a
hangover,
can
still
chase
and
overpower
an
armed
villain
with
the
physique
of
wrestler.
He
moves
dangerously through a world of ruthless gangs, brutality, a vicious lust for power and money and, in contrast to
the detective tale, with a near-omniscient arch-criminal whose defeat seems almost accidental. Perhaps we miss
in the thriller the security of being safely led by our calm investigator past a score of red herrings and blind
avenues to final gathering of suspects when an unchallengeable elucidation(
解释
) of all that has bewildered us
is given and justice and goodness prevail. All that we vainly hope for from life is granted vicariously (
间接地
).
56. The crime novel may be regarded as _____.
A) not a true novel at all






B) an independent development of the novel
C) related in some ways to the historical novel
D) a quite respectable form of the conventional novel
57. The passage suggests that intellectuals write detective stories because _____.
A) they enjoy writing these stories
B) the stories are often in fact very instructive
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C) detective stories are an accepted branch of literature
D) the creation of these stories demands considerable intelligence
58.
What
feature
of
the
detective
story
is
said
to
disqualify
it
from
respectful
consideration
by
intellectual
critics?
A) The fact that the guilty are always found out and the innocent cleared.
B) The lack of interest in genuine character revelations.
C) The existence of a neat closely knit story.
D) The many seemingly impossible events.
59. One of the most incredible characteristics of the hero of a thriller is _____.
A) his exciting life




B) his amazing toughness
C) the way he deals with enemies

D) his ability to escape from dangerous situations
60. In what way are the detective story and the thriller unlike?
A) In introducing violence.



B) In providing to excitement and suspense.
C) In ensuring that everything comes right in the end.
D) In appealing to the intellectual curiosity of the reader.

Passage Three
The
atmosphere
forms
a
gaseous,
protective
envelope
around
Earth,
which
protects
the
planet
from
the
cold
of
space,
from
harmful
ultraviolet
light,
and
from
all
but
the
largest
meteors.
After
traveling
over
93
million miles, solar energy strikes the atmosphere and Earth
’
s surface, warming the planet and creating what is
known as the biosphere, the region of Earth capable of sustaining life. Solar radiation in combination with the
planet
’
s rotation causes the atmosphere to circulate. Atmospheric circulation is one important reason that life on
earth can exist at higher latitudes because equatorial heat is transported pole-ward, moderating the climate.

The equatorial region is the warmest part of the earth because it receives the most direct and, therefore,
strongest
solar
radiation.
The
plane
in
which
the
earth
revolves
around
the
sun
is
called
the
ecliptic(
黄道
).
Earth
’
s axis is inclined 23 and 1/3 degrees with respect to the ecliptic. This inclined axis is responsible for our
changing seasons because, as seen from the earth, the sun swings back and forth across the equator in an annual
cycle. On or about June 21 each year, the sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer(
北回归线
), 23 and 1/3 degrees north
latitude. This is the northernmost point where the sun can be directly overhead. On or about December 21 of
each year, the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn (
南回归线
), 23 and 1/3 degrees south latitude. This is the
southernmost point at which the sun can be directly overhead. The polar regions are the coldest parts of
the
earth because they receive the least direct and, therefore, the weakest solar radiation. Here solar radiation strikes
at
a
very
oblique
(sloping)
angle
and
thus
spreads
the
same
amount
energy
over
a
greater
area
than
in
the
equatorial regions. A static envelope of air surrounding the earth would produce an extremely hot, uninhabitable
equatorial region while the polar regions would remain inhospitably cold.
The
transport
of
water
vapor
in
the
atmosphere
is
an
important
mechanism
by
which
heat
energy
is
redistributed pole-ward. When water evaporates into the air and becomes water vapor, it absorbs energy. At the
equator, air filled with water vapor rises high into the atmosphere where winds carry it pole-ward. As this moist
air approaches the polar regions, it cools and sinks back to earth. At some point the water vapor condenses out
of the air as rain or snow, releasing energy in the process. The now-dry polar air flows back toward the equator
to repeat the cycle. In this way, heat energy absorbed at the equator is deposited at the poles and the temperature
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