GET-2011-6真題

1、GENERAI ENGLISH QUALIFYING TESTFOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS(11-6)PART VOCABULARY(10 minutes，10 points)Section A(05 point each)Directions：There are ten questions in this sectionEach question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlinedBelow the sentence are four words or phrases marked

2、 ABC and DChoose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined oneMark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet21There used to be many guys who asserted themselves as all-powerful Chi Kung masters in China Aconformed

3、 Binformed Caffirmed Dperformed22Children from an obscure family have to make greater efforts to climb the social ladder Aunknown Bprominent Ccontroversial Drural23A permanent job plus a decent salary is what most of these young guys in China hope for Anoble Badequate Cmodest Dpolite24These transit

4、workers went on strike in defiance of the relevant union policyAin line with Bin return forCin response to Din spite of25This retired scientist takes on leadership roles with nearly every organization she is part of Aassumes Bopposes Cpretends Ddesires26Winslow Homer captured the look and spirit of

5、American life with unparalleled eloquence Aincredible Binevitable Cunmatched Dunnoticed27Many parents encounter occasions when theft child doesnt turn in their home work assignments Aparticipate in Bhand in Cengage in Dinvest in28The two elements of success that are intimately connected are creativi

6、ty and innovation Afamiliarly BapproximatelyCloosely Dclosely29Jonathan Alter once said that admission of guilt tends to breed public sympathy Aproduce BconcealCevade Dcombat30Seawater near the Fukushima plant is showing e1evated 1evels of radioactivity in Japan Astabilized Breduced Cincreased Dsatu

7、ratedSection B (0.5 point each)Directions：There are ten questions in this sectionEach question is a sentence with something missingBelow each sentence four words or phrases marked AB, C and D Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentenceMark the corresponding letter with a single bar ac

8、ross the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet31The full impact of the recent tsunami caused by an earthquake in Japan is _ to predict Aunlikely Bimpossible Cunable Dincapable32A simple blood test may help identify those _ high risk of dying from heart disease Ain Bon Cat Dfor33Althou

9、gh US new home sales begin to _ speed, the rate is still near historical lows Aturn up Bpick up Cset up Dbreak up34It was already dark _ I got up from my seat and prepared to leave my office Aby the time Bsince the time Cuntil the time Dduring the time35Health care providers wish to improve their _

10、through regular continuing education Aequivalence Bcompetence Crelevance Dprevalence36Auto makers should never _ the quality of products amid fierce competition Abring into play Bmake sense ofC1ose sight ofDend up with37Mayor Pat Patterson said this new initiative _ improving parking and pedestrian

11、access Ainvolves Bevolves Cdissolves Dresolves38Many of the foreign friends of the Chinese are _ at the radical changes in China Adismayed Bamazed Cstartled Dshocked39these researchers intend to _ this research until there is some substantial findingAinsist on Bcall on C1ive on Dcarry on40Men and wo

12、men of all ages can benefit from _ amounts of daily physical exerciseA. considerate Bdesperate Cmoderate D1iteratePART III CLOZE TEST(1 0 minutes，10 points，1 point each)Directions：There are 10 questions in this part of the testRead the passage throughThen, go back and choose one suitable word or phr

13、ase marked ABCor D for each blank in the passageMark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machinescoring Answer SheetWhat relationship is regarded as good for partners? There is no universal，ideal model 41 which a relatio

14、nship can be evaluatedA“good relationship”is one that works for both partners and effectively supports them in achieving their goalsIf this is not working at some point，it does not 42 mean that the couple requires therapyAll relationships tend to encounter problems during 43 periods and at different

15、 stages，and many couples have a good ability 44 their difficulties without professional help. However, some may find that they are continually unhappy with their relationshipSometimes one partner feels frustrated and misunderstood 45 his or her mate is totally unaware of the situation If the couple

16、are unable to resolve issues in a 46 that is acceptable to both partners， professional help should be considered. Many couples only consider therapy as a last 47 . It may, however, be helpful at any time. 48 ，seeking therapy soon after things get “stuck” prevents a 49 of frustration and disappointme

17、nt. The aim of couple therapy is not only to help the couple deal appropriately with immediate problems, but also to achieve better ways of relating 50 .41Ato Bagainst Cfor Dat42Acertainly Bdefinitely Cnecessarily Dfundamentally43Afictional Bpeaceful Ceventual Dstressful44Aof solving Bto solving Cin

18、 solving Dto solve45Awhile Bso Cunless Dwhere46Arespect Bmanner Cmethod Dview47Aresort Bcreature Cmeal Dbeginning48AOn the contrary BOn one hand CFor example DFirst of all49A1aptop Bjetlag Ctakeoff Dbuildup50Ain detail Bin general Cin vain Din forcePART IV READING COMPREHENSION(45 minutes，30 points，

19、1 point each)Directions：In this part of the test, there are five short passagesRead each passage carefully, and then do the questions that followChoose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring A

20、nswer Sheet Passage OneRemember Farid Seif ? Mr. Seif is the Houston IranianAmerican businessman who mistakenly carried a Glock handgun through security, onto a plane，all the way from Houston to IndianapolisWhen he got to his destination and realized his mistake，he alerted security officials. There

21、was reportedly“nothing else in Mr Seifs carry-on besides the weaponYet the security screeners at George Bush International，Americas eighth-busiest airport，missed it entirelyThe scariest part of that story was that Transportation Security Administration officials told reporters that this type of inci

22、dent was “not uncommon.”Now another Texas airport，Dallas-Fort Worth，is proving the pointThis week, a highlevel TSA source told the local NBC affiliate that An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhance

23、d-imaging body scanners.”The TSA insider who blew the whistle on the test also said that none of the TSA agents who failed to spot the gun on the scanned image were disciplinedThe source said the agents continue to work the body scanners todayThis is not confidence-inspiringIf TSA screeners cant eve

24、n stop guns getting through security, why are they taking away our bottled water? Incidents like this only lend incentives to TSA critics who say the whole airport security apparatus is all enormous waste of time and moneyThe TSAs attitude towards the reporting of these sorts of messes isnt helpful，

25、eitherThey only provided NBC with a brief statement claiming that they dont reveal the results of secret testing for security reasons and arguing that advanced imaging technology is an effective tool to detect both metallic and nonmetallic items hidden on passengers.” Thats pretty much the public af

26、fairs equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and saying lalalalala we cant hear you!It is really hard to have an accountable TSA without greater transparency about the results of secret testingInstead of leaking hints to the press that failure rates have decreased since the last public r

27、eports，the TSA should back up its whispering with actual dataIf it wont，some enterprising congressional committee should order it. “Trust us that this works” just isnt cutting it anymore.51MrSeifs handgun _Apassed the check at the Houston airportBcaused big trouble for himself in HoustonCwas tracked

28、 down by officials in IndianapolisDtriggered a series of false alarms in Indianapolis52What happened at Dallas-Fort Worth _Ahelped rebuild public confidenceBwas merely an unusual accidentCcaused greater concern over securityDresulted in unexpected disorder53After the DallasFort Worth report，TSA _Are

29、luctantly punished the relevant agentsBallowed the relevant agents to stay in positionCenhanced security check at relevant airportsDbegan to reconsider relevant security methods54The TSAs statement concerning the reported cases shows that they are _Apractical Buncooperative Creliable Dunpredictable5

30、5What is the authors demand for TSA?ANo more secret testingBPromising to be responsibleCRapid response to emergencyDReleasing results with evidence56. The last sentence of the passage suggest that the authors attitude to the TSA is _Aappreciative Bcritical Ctolerant Dindifferent Passage Two Once upo

31、n a time，staying a healthy weight was easy. To lose weight you simply had to practise the reverse of home economicsspend more than you earned. Unfortunately for many, but perhaps not surprisingly, accounts, it turns out that people are rather more complicated than bank accounts. To stay a healthy we

32、ight，you need a hormone called leptin to work properly. It sends “Im full”messages from the fat cells up to the brain, where they go, among other places, to the same pleasure centers that respond to drugs like cocaineObese people produce plenty of leptin，but the brain doesnt seem to respond to it pr

33、operly. Last year researchers at the Oregon Research Institute scanned the brains of overweight people and found their reward circuits were underactiveThey were eating more to try to get the enjoyment they were missing Theres a lot of evidence for the fact that most，if not all，of us have a set point

34、 around which our weight can vary by about seven to nine kilos，but anything beyond that is a real struggleMaking changes is hard, particularly if your body is working against youSo why not ditch the traditional approaches and try some new methods，based on the latest research，that work with your body

35、 rather than against itSeveral years ago researchers at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore reported that when they gave rats very little food one day and allowed them to eat plenty the next, they showed virtually all the benefits of a permanent calorie restriction dietThe same goes for hum

36、ans， according to Dr James JohnsonHow does it work? Besides forcing the body to burn fat，it may also trigger hormonal changesMost people say that the diet takes a bit of getting used to，but is not as grinding as trying to cut back on an everyday basisOlder dieters may remember something called brown

37、 fatUnlike the undesirable white stuff； this was a dieters dream. Instead of storing excess energy as fat, brownfat tissue burned it off to keep you warm-at least in miceBrown fat fell out of favor because researchers couldnt find much in humans but now, thanks to the New England journal of Medicine

38、，its back in fashionThe idea is to expose people to cold temperaturesThey then make more brown fat and their weight drops57The last sentence in Paragraph l means that peoples understanding of losing weight_ Aseems rather unreasonable Bis unnecessarily complicated Cused to be limited Dcan be partly j

39、ustified58. According to the findings of the Oregon Research Institute , _Aoverweight people get less pleasure from eating the same amountBoverweight people enjoy eating more than the others doCpeople will become overweight if they eat more than they needDpeople are more likely to be overweight if t

40、hey produce less leptin59The method used by the National Institute on Aging can be summarized as“_” Ano diet at all Bdiet on a daily basis Cdiet every other day Ddiet permanently60The word “grinding” in the Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _ Aeffective Brealistic Cunreliable Dmiserable61It can b

41、e learned that brown fat _Aconverts excess energy into fatBworks better in warm temperaturesCburns extra energy to produce heatDaccumulates easily in human bodies62The authors purpose in writing is to _Acompare the various ways of cutting caloriesBrecommend new methods of losing weightCpoint out the

42、 misconceptions of losing weightDclarify the common myth about weight lossPassage ThreeA study by Dr David Lewis from The University of Sussex，who coined the term“road rage” found that motorists face a hidden mental health impact from the stresses of drivingwhile bus travel can produce long-term hea

43、lth benefitsFor the experiment，the heart rate and EDR (Electro-Dermal Response) of 30 commuters was measured when taking similar journeys by car and bus. The findings reveal a vast difference in EDR, a form of biophysical measurement that indicates mental stress. The EDR results suggested that takin

44、g the Car produced significantly more stress than taking the bus，which was 33 less stressful “EDR can be a hidden stressits not as visible as intensely nervous driving or audible as road rage. This type of stress can have long-term physiological and emotional implications,” said Dr Lewis, who finds

45、three key factors that increase the stresses of driving a car Driving in heavy trafficespecially against a deadlinerequires a high level of attention. This requires the brain to work especially hard processing a myriad of incoming information and making , often split-second, decisions.Congestion and

46、 delays can raise blood pressure and physical tension which may manifest itself as “road rage”, having serious long-term health consequences and causing drivers sometimes to take reckless and foolish decisionsDriving in congested traffic now outweighs any previous benefits car-driving once gaveA sen

47、se of frustration of “wasting ones life” behind the wheel of the car, unable to do anything more productive than casual conversations or listening to the radio. On a bus it is possible to fill the time more profitably by doing some work or reading. He also notes that highly trained, professional bus

48、 drivers are skilled in negotiating the challenges of the road, and the relief of trusting someone else to be in charge of the journey is a key part of what makes taking the bus less stressfulHe encourages people to get out of their cars and on to the bus for trips where it makes sense such as shopp

49、ing in town or heading to a restaurantso that you dont need to battle traffic or find parkingSwitching simple journeys can help achieve the goal of taking a billion car journeys off the roadAll it will take is everyone shifting around a trip a month63The finding of the study mentioned in this passag

50、e is that _. Acars cause more traffic accidents than buses Bdriving a car is more stressful than taking a bus Chigh blood pressure is harmful to human health Dcar driving is accompanied by many distractions64The term“road rage”probably refers to _. Athe sudden heart attack that drivers suffer from B

51、the explosive outbursts of anger shown by motorists Ctraffic accidents arising from bad-tempered drivers Dthe panic caused by traffic congestions65All of the following are considered a source of stress during Car driving EXCEPT _. Aheavy traffic Btraffic jams Cunfamiliar roads Da sense of waste of t

52、ime66One of the advantages of a bus ride is that _. Ayou can do something productive on the road Bthere is no fear of taking the wrong road Cno passenger suffers from high blood pressure Dyou can get to your destination quickly67This passage is intended to _.Aurge the public to stop using cars altog

53、etherBadvise people to take a bus instead of a car when possibleCtell people how to ward off stress while driving a carDhighlight the causes of stress in a city68Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? ACar driving：a demanding but exciting j ob BTraffic jams：a source of dise

54、ases and conflicts CRoad rage：a frequent occurrence on the way DBus travel：one third less stressful than the carPassage FourThe term “g”(general intelligence)represents a measure of overall cognitive ability across a variety of tests. Its not the same as IQ but it does tend to correlate. Everyone ag

55、rees that “g” tends to run in families. But is this down to genetics or to environmental influences?However, no single gene has yet been conclusively linked to intelligence. Rather it appears to be a case of complex interactions on many levels between many different genesIdentical twins have exactly the same genes, while non-identical twins share about half their genes. Another feature of twins that makes them