2023年同等学力英语真题及答案

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1、2023同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试英语试卷一Paper One (100minutes)Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes，10 points)Section ADirections：In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C，taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of

2、the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA. Do you know what a handicapped space is?B. The signs always tell you how long you can park there and on what days.C. Then you also need to be aware of the time limits on the street signs.Student: Can you tel

3、l me where I can park?Clerk: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile?Student: I drive an automobile.Clerk: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. 1. _.Student: Yes, I have seen those spots.Clerk: Well, when you see the blue spots with the handicapped sign, do not park t

4、here unless you have a special permit. Are you going to be parking in the daytime or evening?Student: I park in the evenings.Clerk: 2._. Have you seen those signs?Student: Yes, I have seen those signs.Clerk: 3._.Dialogue TwoA. The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout.B. May

5、 I have your drivers license, please?C. Are you familiar with our rules and fines?Student: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card.Librarian: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter.Student: Thank you. Ill do it right now.Librarian: Let me tak

6、e a look at this for you. 4. _.Student: Here it is.Librarian: You seem to have filled the form out all right. 5. _.Student: Yes. I know what to do.Librarian: 6._Student: OK. I see.Librarian: Thank you for joining the library. We look forward to serving you.Section BDirections: In this section there

7、is one incomplete which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A. And fooled the boys for a while. B. And I dont think the boys have minded.C. Well

8、, its because my British publisher. D. All this time I thought you were J.K.Winfrey: So, this is the first time weve met.Rowling: Yes, it is.Winfrey: And my producers tell me that your real name is J.O. 7. _.Rowling: (laughing) Yeah.Winfrey: J.K is Rowling: 8._. When the first book came out, they th

9、ought this is a book that will appeal to boys , but they didnt want the boys to know a woman had written it. So they said to me could we use your initials and I said fine. I only have one initial. I dont have a middle name. So I took my favorite grandmothers name, Kathleen.Winfrey: 9. _.Rowling: Yea

10、h, but not for too long, because I started getting my picture in the press and no one could pretend I was a man anymore.Winfrey: 10. _.Rowling: NO it hasnt held me back, has it?Part II Vocabulary(10 points)Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Cho

11、ose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.11. There are several different options for getting Internet access.A. choices B. definitions C. channels D. reasons12. Earth has an atmosphere, which protects the

12、 surface from harmful rays.A. minerals B. substances C. gases D. beams13. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her hostile attitude toward customers.A. unfriendly B. optimistic C. impatient D. positive14. Since it is late to change my mind now, I am resolved to carry out the p

13、lan.A. revise B. implement C. review D. improve15. Security guards dispersed the crowd that had gathered around the Capitol.A. arrested B. stopped C. scattered D. watched16. To start the program, insert the disk and follow the instructions.A. take out B. turn over C. track down D. put in17. The pati

14、ents condition has deteriorated since last night.A. improved B. returned C. worsened D. changed18. I couldnt afford to fly home, and a train ticket was likewise beyond my means.A. also B. nonetheless C. furthermore D. otherwise19. Despite years of searching, scientists have detected no signs of life

15、 beyond our own solar system.A. within B. besides C. outside D. except20. I prefer chicken to fish because I am worried about accidentally swallowing a small bone.A. intentionally B. unexpectedly C. anxiously D. hurriedlyPart III Reading Comprehension (25 points)Section ADirections: In this section,

16、 there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneSometimes a race is not enough. Sometimes a runner just wants to go further. Thats what happened to Denn

17、is Martin and Brooke Curran.Martin, 68, a retired detective form New York City, took up running after his first wife died. Curran, 46, a philanthropist(慈善家)from Alexandria, started running to get out of the house and collect her thoughts. Both she and Martin got good at running but felt the desire t

18、o do more. “The more I trained, the better I got,” Curran said,” but I would cross the finish line with no sense of accomplishment.”Eventually , they worked up to running marathons(马拉松)(and longer races) in other countries, on other countries. Now both have achieved a notable -and increasingly less

19、rate- milestone; running the 26.2-mile race on all seven continents.They are part of a phenomenon that has grown out of the running culture in the past two decades, at the intersection of athleticism and leisure: “runcations,” which combine distance running with travel to exotic places. There trips,

20、 as expensive as they are physically challenging, are a growing and competitive market in the travel industry.“In the beginning, running was enough,” said Steen Albrechtsen, a press manager. The classic marathon was the ultimate goal, then came the super marathons, like London and New York. But when

21、 90,000 people a year can take that challenge, it is no longer exciting and adventurous. Hence, the search for new adventures began.”“No one could ever have imagined that running would become the lifestyle activity that it is today,” said Thom Gilligan, founder and president of Boston-based Marathon

22、 Tours and Travel. Gilligan, who has been in business since 1979, is partly responsible for the seven-continent phenomenon.It started with a casual talk to an interviewer about his company offering trips to every continent except Antarctica. And then in 1995, Marathon fours hosted its first Antarcti

23、ca Marathon on King George Island. Off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; 160 runners got to the starting line of a dirt-and ice-trail route via a Russian icebreaker through the Drake Passage.21. At the beginning, Martin took up running just to _.A. meet requirements of his job B. win a running rac

24、eC. join in a philanthropic activity D. get away from his sadness22. Martin and Curran are mentioned as good examples of _.A. winners in the 26.2-mile race on all seven continentsB. people who enjoy long running as a lifestyle activityC. running racers satisfied with their own performanceD. old peop

25、le who live an active life after retirement23. A new trend in the travel industry is the development of _.A. challenging runcations B. professional racesC. Antarctica travel market D. expensive tours24. The classic marathon no longer satisfies some people because _.A. it does not provide enough chal

26、lenge B. it may be tough and dangerousC. it involves too fierce a competition D. it has attracted too many people25. The first Antarctica Marathon on King George Island indicates that _.A. international cooperation is a must to such an eventB. runcations are expensive and physically challengingC. Ma

27、rathon Tours is a leader of the travel industryD. adventurous running has become increasingly popularPassage TwoBefore the 1970s, college students were treated as children. So many colleges ran in loco parentis system. “In loco parentis”is a Latin term meaning “in the place of a parent.” It describe

28、s when someone else accepts responsibility to act in the interests of a child.This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility of teachers toward their students. For years, American courts upheld in loco parentis in cases such as Gott versus Berea College in 1913.Gott

29、owned a restaurant off campus. Berea threatened to expel students who ate at places not owned by the school. The Kentucky high court decided that in loco parentis justified that rule.In loco parentis meant that male and female college students usually had to live in separate buildings. Women had to

30、be back at their dorms by ten or eleven on school nights.But in the 1960s, students began to protest rules and restrictions like these. At the same time, courts began to support students who were being punished for political and social dissent.In 1960, Alabama State College expelled six students who

31、 took part in a civil rights demonstration. They sued the school and won. After that it became harder and harder to defend in loco parentis.At that time, students were not considered adults until 21. Then, in 1971, the 24th amendment to the Constitution set the voting age at eighteen. So in loco par

32、entis no longer really applied.Slowly, colleges began to treat students not as children, but as adults. Students came to be seen as consumers of educational services.Gary Dickstein, an assistant vice president at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, says in loco parentis is not really gone. It j

33、ust looks different. Todays parents, he says, are often heavily involved in studentslives. They are known as “helicopter parents.”They always seem to hover over their children. Gary Dickstein says these parents are likely to question decisions, especially about safety issues and grades. They want to

34、 make sure their financial investment is not being wasted.26. Before the 1970s, many colleges ran in loco parentis system because_ .A. they could take the place of the studentsparentsB. parents asked them to do it for the interests of their childrenC. this was a tradition established by British coll

35、egesD. college students were regarded as too young to be treated as adults27. Who won the case of Gott versus Berea College in 1913? _A. Berea College. B. Gott.C. It was a win-win case. D. The students.28. The word “dissent”(Para.5) probably means “ ”.A. extreme behaviors B. violation of lawsC. stro

36、ng disagreement D. Wrong doings29. In 1960，the court ruled that Alabama State CollegeA. had no right to expel the students B. was justified to have expelled the studentsC. shouldnt interfere with students daily life D. should support civil rights demonstrations30. According to Gary Dickstein, todays

37、 “helicopter parents_.A. dont set their hearts at rest with college administratorsB. keep a watchful eye on their childrens life and studyC. care less about their childrens education than beforeD. have different opinions on their childrens educationPassage ThreeWe tend to think of plants as the furn

38、iture of the natural world. They dont move they dont make sounds, they dont seem to respond to anything at least not very quickly. But as is often the case, our human view of the world misses quite a lot. Plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical.Over the years scientists

39、have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, release compounds into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings all have the same purposeto spread information about one plants disease so other plants can defend themselves. But exactly how plants receive and a

40、ct on many of these signals is still mysterious.In this weeks Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers in Japan offer some explanations. They have identified one chemical message and traced it all the way from release to action.The scientists looked at tomato plants infested(侵害)

41、by common pest, the cutworm caterpillar(毛虫). To start out, they grew plants in two plastic compartments connected by a tube. One plant was infested and placed upwind and the others were uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants were later exposed to the cutworm caterpillar. The results sho

42、wed that plants that had previously been near sick neighbors were able to defend themselves better against the caterpillar.The researchers also studied leaves from exposed and unexposed plants. They found one compound showed up more often in the exposed plants. The substance is called Hex Vic. When

43、the scientists fed Hex Vic to cutworms, it knocked down their survival rate by 17%. The scientists identified the source of Hex Vic, and sprayed it lightly over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to start producing the caterpillar-killing Hex Vic. Researchers confirmed that uninfested plant

44、s have to build their own weapon to fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to play defense? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors.It is a complex tale, and it may be happening in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that

45、are still unknown to us. For now though, we know that plants not only communicate, they look out for one another.31. What does the author try to emphasize Paragraph 1? _.A. How plants communicate is still a mystery.B. Enough attention has been paid to plant talk.C. Plants are the furniture of the na

46、tural world.D. Plants can communicate with each other.32. According to Paragraph 2, what remains unknown is _A. how plants receive and handle the signals from their neighborsB. why plants spread chemical information to their neighborC. how many types of plants release compounds into the airD. whethe

47、r plants send chemical warnings to their neighbors33. The tomato plants in the experiment were _A. placed separately but connected through airB. expose to different kinds of pestsC. exposed to the pest at the same timeD. placed together in a closed compartment34. The experiment shows that the infest

48、ed plant helps its neighbors by _A. making more Hex Vic to attract the pestB. releasing Hex Vic into the air to warn themC. letting them know how to produce Hex VicD. producing enough Hex Vic to kill the pest35.What may be the best title for the passage?A. Survival of Plants B. Plant WorldC. Talking

49、 Plants D. Plant Bug KillerPassage FourVancouver is the best place to live in the Americas, according to a quality-of-life ranking published earlier this month .The city regularly tops such indexes as its clean air, spacious homes and weekend possibilities of sailing and skiing. But its status as a

50、livable city is threatened by worsening congestion(拥挤).Over the next three decades, another 1 million residents are expected to live in the Greater Vancouver region, adding more cars, bicycles and lorries to roads that arc already struggling to serve the existing 2.3 million residents.A proposal by

51、Vancouvers mayor seeks to prevent the worsening conditions. Upgrades would be made to 2,300 kilometres of road lanes, as well as bus routes and cycle paths. Four hundred new buses would join the fleet of 1,830. There would be more trains and more “sea bus” ferry crossings between Vancouver and its w

52、ealthy northern suburbs. To get all that, residents must vote to accept an increase in sales tax, from 7% to 7.5%. Polls suggest they will vote no.Everyone agrees that a more efficient transport system is needed. Confined by mountains to the north, the United States to the south and the Pacific Ocea

53、n to the west, Vancouver has spread in the only direction where there is still land, into the Fraser Valley, which just a few decades ago was mostly farmland. The road is often overcrowded.Yet commuterssuspicion of local bureaucrats may exceed their dislike of congestion. TransLink, which runs publi

54、c transport in the region, is unloved by taxpayers. Passengers blame it when Skytrain,the light-rail system, comes to a standstill because of mechanical or electrical faults, as happened twice in one week last summer, leaving commuters stuck in carriages with nothing to do but expressing their anger

55、 on Twitter. That sort of thing has made voters less willing to pay the C$7.5 billion in capital spending that the ten-year trafficupgrade would involve.Despite the complaints, Vancouvers transport system is a decent, well-integrated one on which to build, reckons Todd Litman, a transport consultant

56、 who has worked for TransLink. “These upgrades are all-important if Vancouver wants to maintain its reputation for being a destination others want to go to.”He says.36. The biggest problem threatening Vancouver as a livable city is_.A. increasing congestion B. climate changeC. shortage of land D. la

57、ck of money37. The upgrade proposal by Vancouvers mayor may be turned down by residents because _.A. they do not want more people to move inB. they are reluctant to move to new placesC. upgrades would take away their living spaceD. upgrades would add to their financial burdens38. The only direction

58、for Vancouver to further expand is towards _ .A. the east B. the west C. the south D. the north39. TransLink is mentioned (Para.4) as an example of _.A. world famous transport companiesB. local residentscomplaints about the bureaucratsC. local effort to improve public transportD. worsening traffic c

59、ongestion40. According to Todd Litman, the upgrade proposal _ .A. will solve the traffic problemB. will benefit local economyC. satisfies the transport companyD. deserves public supportSection BDirections: In this section, you are required to read one quoted blog and the comments on it. The blog and

60、 comments are followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Towards the end of the 1990s, more than a decade and a half Diet Coke was first introduced, sale of Coca Colas best-selling lo

61、w caloric drink appeared to slow down.However, in the decade that followed, diet sodas grew by more than 30 percent. In 2023, sales pushed above $8.5 billion for the first time. But Americas thirst for Diet Coke is running dry again-and this time it could be for good.The diet soda slowdown isnt mere

62、ly an American thing- its also happening worldwide. But the future of diet colas is particularly cloudy in the United States.Low calorie sodas are fighting a hard battle against not one but two trends among American consumers. The first is that overall soda consumption has been on the decline since before 2023. Diet sodas, though they might come sugar- and calorie-free, are still sodas, something Americans are proving less and less interested in drinking.The second, and perhaps more significant trend, is a growing mistrust of artificial sweeteners(