brawl学位考模拟题及答案

2021年1月20日发(作者：泪痕)
Part I

Listening Comprehension ( 20 points)

Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the
end
of
each
conversation
a
question
will
be
asked
about
what
was
said.
The
conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from
the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across
the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

1.

A. He was beaten by a fellow worker.
B. He was laughed at by a fellow worker.
C. He was fired from his work.
D. He was replaced by his co-worker.
2.

A. He did it like everyone else.
B. He was not speeding basically.
C. He would like to pay the fine.
D. The policeman was unfair to him.
3.

A. Talk about their fishing experiences.
B. Drive the woman
’
s dad to the station together.
C. Put off their fishing plan for the next weekend.
D. Go fishing after the woman sees her dad off.
4.

A. She thought the man
’
s project had been finished.
B. She didn
’
t know the man
’
s project was urgent.
C. She thinks the man shouldn
’
t be so stressed.
D. She thinks the man has exaggerated about his project.
5.

A. He knows psychology very well.
B. Psychology is beyond his comprehension.
C. Psychology is his major.
D. He has forgotten the theory of psychology.
6.

A. It
’
s a pleasant surprise.
B. It
’
s really unexpected.
C. It
’
s very sad.
D. It
’
s a pity.
7.

A. He was disappointed with the service.
B. He was satisfied with the service.
C. He finally got what he wanted.
D. He would like to try it again.
8.

A. He didn
’
t finish his finals week.
B. He failed most of his examinations.
C. He couldn
’
t remember what he had prepared in the exams.
D. He couldn
’
t concentrate during the exams.
9.

A. Not enjoyable.
B. Just so so.
C. It
’
s his favorite.
D. He likes it.

Section B
Directions:

In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some
questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each
question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer
from
the
four
choices
given
by
marking
the
corresponding
letter
with
a
single
bar
across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

Mini-talk One
10.

A. To start up her own business.
B. To gain experience.
C. To save for her tuition.
D. To help her family.
11.

A. Because he could have more spare credits.





B. Because the 15-credit-plan was more cost- efficient.





C. Because he had to make up 15 credits.





D. Because the 15-credit-plan was easier.
12.

A. To become an intern.





B. To challenge traditions.





C. To start up her own business.





D. To get a full time job.

Mini-talk Two
13.

A. The United States has declared its independence.
B. Lady Liberty is a gift from the people of France.
C. American people have shaken off the oppression.
D. The United States has broken off its relations with UK.
14.

A. Lady Liberty.





B. Liberty Lady.





C. The Statue of Liberty.





D. Liberty Enlightening the World.
15.

A. By bus.





B. By boat.





C. By car.





D. By subway.

Section C
D
irections:
In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the
notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you are
asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to
read the notes below.

16.
Mental
health
experts
also
include
other
disorders
like
________________
(4
words)
that
affect millions of people.
17. Mental health problems are most severe in poor countries that _______________(3 words) to
deal with them.
18. About half of all mental health problems first appear before ________________(4 words).
19. According to WHO, how many people suffered from depression in 2009? (4 words).
20. The disability caused by mental disorders can have a big impact on _____________(3 words).

Part II

Vocabulary (10 points)
Section A
Directions:
There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or
phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrase marked A, B, C and
D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one.
21. The improvement of the highway will reduce pressure on the trains to some extent.



A. ensure


B. relieve


C. protect


D. guarantee
22. Sometimes a sense of deep frustration almost overwhelmed her.



A. seized


B. overcame


C. got


D. surrounded
23. Short of the boss himself, no one could calm her down.



A. Rather than


B. Other than


C. Less than


D. Short for
24. The bullet had pierced the bone, leaving behind pieces with the surgeon unable to remove.



A. fractions


B. portions


C. fragments


D. parts
25. She tried everything in an attempt to evoke sympathy and pity from her parents.



A. educe


B. arouse


C. raise


D. create
26. It was a tribute to her teaching methods that so many children passed the test.



A. gift


B. talent


C. praise


D. contribution
27.
Advocates
of
organic
foods
frequently
proclaim
that
such
products
are
safer
and
more
nutritious than others.



A. announce


B. denounce


C. pronounce


D. renounce
28. There are many ways to excite, influence, and push students and one of the best techniques is
the use of a discrepant event.



A. enhance


B. promote


C. win


D. motivate
29. The presence of an invading virus generates specific antibodies.



A. produces


B. powers


C. renders


D. arises
30. Put yourself in the hands of our experts, who will transform your hair and make up.
A. convert


B. change


C. switch


D. modify

Section B
Directions:
Fill in each blank by selecting a proper word or phrase given below. Change the from
where necessary.
hamstring


incorporation


detest


emission


complex


big-time


streamline


attribution


notwithstanding


culminate
31. An average car _______ five lungfuls of poisonous carbon monoxide gas per mile.
32. The government was _______ by lack of funds and thus lost control over its markets.
33. David _______ his company
’
s success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard
work.
34. According to Hollywood gossip, both the leading actors _______ by the rest of the cast.
35. Can
’
t we _______this arrangement so that it doesn
’
t take so long to get the work back from
the printers?
36. We
’
ve _______ many environmental-friendly features into the design of the building.
37. Their many years of research have finally _______ in a cure for the disease.
38. Many claimants are put off by the sheer ________ of insurance company rules.
39. The end of the Cold war _________, the world is still a dangerous place.
40. With the effort of informants, policemen finally caught the _________ cocaine dealer.

Part III

Cloze Test (10 points)

Early in January 2009, the temperature in Tanana, Alaska, fell to 55 below zero F. It was so
cold that when the airport runaway lights stopped working, crews were ( 41 ) from going outside
to fix them.

So it was a real concern when Vicky Aldridge, a nurse practitioner at the village health center,
realized
that
61-year- old
Winkle
Bifelt
was
bleeding
(
42
)
and
needed
medical
treatment
at
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, ( 43 ) 150 miles away. The sun was already down when Aldridge
made the ( 44 ) telephone call to Frontier Flying Service in Fairlanks.

―
We told them the only way we could fly was if they could find enough vehicles to ( 45 ) the
runway
with
headlights
so
we
could
land,
‖

said
Bob
Hajdulovich,
the
company
’
s
president.
Aldridge
’
s next calls went to airport and town officials, who, ( 46 ), called villagers. Forty-five
minutes later, enough cars, trucks, minivans and snowmobiles had lined up so that the runway was
( 47 ).

Pilots Nate Thompson and David Fowler landed without ( 48 ), and then took off again, with
Bifelt.

―
There
is
this
wonderful
caring
(
49
)
in
the
village,
‖

Aldridge
said.
―

If
anyone
needs
anything, all I have to do is call one or two people and everything will get ( 50 ).
‖

41. A. objected


B. obstructed


C. obliged


D. observed
42. A. intimately


B. integrally


C. intentionally


D. internally
43. A. less


B. some


C. but


D. even
44. A. eagerness


B. pressure


C. emergency


D. hurry
45. A. line


B. cross


C. span


D. park
46. A. by turns


B. in turn


C. in order


D. in return
47. A. lightened


B. illustrated


C. cleared


D. widened
48. A. reason


B. support


C. hesitation


D. consideration
49. A. status


B. occasion


C. surrounding


D. atmosphere
50. A. into control


B. out of danger


C. done well with


D. taken care of

Part IV Reading Comprehension (18 points)
Passage One

Today, world leaders are discussing climate change and what
–
if anything
–
can be done to
combat global warming. Extreme weather conditions have brought home the fact that our climate
is
changing
–
and
changing
fast.
It
may
be
easy
to
be
fatalistic
about
it,
but
the
truth
is
that
although we humans have caused the problem, we also have the solution.
―
Think global and act
local,
‖
said Friends of the Earth founder David Bower. In many small but important ways we can
make a difference. Here are my top tips for how to begin:

Count your food miles. What you eat and where you buy it affects global emissions. Pollution
from transport is the fastest growing source of carbon dioxide emissions, so it is madness to fly
out-of- season vegetables across the world to supermarkets. We should lobby supermarkets for a
system of classifying food according to the distance traveled: 0 for local food, 1 for British, 2 for
Europe, and 3 for intercontinental.

Turn
off
anything
that
winks
at
you.
A
video
recorder
on
standby
uses
almost
as
much
electricity as one playing a tape. Turning down the thermostat by one degree, not leaving TV and
music
centers
on
standby,
turning
off
lights,
putting
lids
on
cooking
pots,
and
only
half-filling
kettles can cut energy consumption by 30%, saving your money as well as saving the planet.

Just
stop
using
petrol.
Yes
you
can,
and
the
car
industry
may
(eventually)
help
you.
Hydrogen- powered cars are loved by car designers and could become a reality in about 10 years.
Meanwhile,
consider
converting
to
liquefied
petroleum
gas
(LPG).
You
won
’
t
be
alone:
a
new
pump for this is opening every day. Meanwhile, you can cut down on conventional petrol use just
by
changing
driving
habits
–
no
rapid
acceleration,
lower
speeds,
keeping
tires
at
the
right
pressure.

Well, you can always walk. Or cycle. The majority of car journeys are less than five miles
and, honestly, once you
’
ve stepped out, you
’
ll find it
’
s really not that bad. The only energy used is
your own and that
’
s healthy. You only have to look at the collective strength of the people
’
s fuel
lobby to know this makes sense.

These changes will save you money which
you should invest in an ethical saving account.
They are profitable and they put the pressure on business to clean up its act.
51. In the first paragraph, the author tries to emphasize ______.



A. his concern over climate change



B. his optimism in finding a way out



C. the necessity of global actions



D. the difficulty in reaching an agreement
52. Which conclusion can be drawn from para.2?



A. Centralized distribution of food is highly efficient and cost- effective.



B. Organic food from abroad is better than food produced locally.



C. Supermarkets do a great job offering a wide selection of goods.



D. It
’
s better for us consumers to shop in local farmers
’
markets.
53. In para.3 the author tries to convey the message that _______.



A. small changes in small habits can make big differences



B. it is not easy for us to reduce energy consumption at home



C. the present way of using energy leaves much to be desired



D. we individuals may not help much in fighting global warming
54. At present, to replace petrol-driven cars, people may choose cars driven by _____.



A. electricity


B. LPG


C. hydrogen


D. biofuel
55. For most of the car journeys, walking or cycling _______.



A. is a waste of time



B. is undesirable



C. is a feasible option



D. is what people prefer
56. The passage focuses on _______.



A. the impact of climate change on people
’
s lives



B. the importance of individuals improving the environment



C. the benefits of cutting energy consumption



D. the small ways that can help fight global warming

Passage Two

Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if
baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. I went up one day to politely inquire.
―
No,
nobody
’
s
making
noise
here
‖
,
the
husband
and
wife
both
insisted.
―I
t
must
be
coming
from
elsewhere
in
the
building.
‖

Two
children
about
five
years
old,
each
holding
soccer
balls,
stood
right
beside
their
parents.
―
Could
the
thumping
be
your
kids
running
around,
perhaps
playing
soccer?
‖
, I asked.
―
Oh, no, we never let the kids play in the house.
‖


For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in,
the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting. When
they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped.

I
suppose
I
could
have
forgiven
my
neighbors
and
spared
them
the
glare.
After
all,
forgiveness is in, a trend advocated by best- selling books, foundations and research institutes. The
notion has gone well beyond spiritual leaders advising that forgiveness is good for the soul and
that
hard
feelings
will
turn
us
bitter
and
hostile.
Now
the
medical
community
cites
studies
showing
that
forgiveness
can
prevent
heart
attacks,
lower
blood
pressure
and
even
ease
depression.

I may be outnumbered, but I still believe in the healing power of the grudge.
I’
ve deployed
grudges with an equal-opportunity sense of fairness
–
against teachers and classmates, bosses and
colleagues,
family
and
friends.
I’
ve
chosen
to
stop
speaking
to
certain
people
permanently
and
occasionally even spoken ill of them
–
but more with disbelief than a sense of revenge.
I’
m neither
proud
nor
ashamed.
But
I’
ve
discovered
that
nothing
feels
quite
as
satisfying
as
a
grudge
well
nursed.

I’
m
not
against
forgivness
itself;
I
have
forgiven
people
for
rudeness
as
well
as
for
deep
misunderstandings and have done so without holding on to hard feelings. What I deplore is the
propaganda about forgiveness. No longer an option, forgiveness is an official order. Forgiveness
so democratically cheapens the very fact.

A
long
standing
grudge
suggests
that
we
hold
certain
standards,
that
we
respect
ourselves
enough
to
reject
bad
behavior.
Failure
to
forgive
can
be
just
as
righteous,
just
as
honorable
as
forgiveness itself.
57. The author would probably describe the neighbors as ________.



A. careless


B. dishonest


C. ignorant


D. immodest
58. Para.3 is focused on ______.



A. how forgiveness is good for us spiritually and physically



B. how forgiveness has become a fashionable concept



C. what has changed people
’
s understanding of forgiveness



D. what is the true meaning and virtue of forgiveness
59. By
―I
may be outnumbered
‖
(Para.4), the author means that most people in her situation would
probably ______.