1、.ENGLISH FINAL EXAMFOR MASTERS OF ENGINEERNINGNAME_MAJOR_STUDENT NO: _Part one: Vocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 20 incomplete sentences each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice

2、ticking the corresponding letter before the choice.1. This issue _ interesting reading because it tells how these people made their money and, indirectly, how the country has changed over the years.A. accounts forB. serves asC. makes forD. makes use of2. Jane used to be slow in class, but now she is

3、 _.A. getting alongB. getting aheadC. getting byD. getting above3. Paul _ me very much of a schoolmate I used to know at university.A. remembersB. remindsC. recallsD. recollects4. Dontcount your chickens before they are _.A. hatchedB. harvestedC. hurriedD. hastened5. Several car manufactures will _

4、half of their workers because of economic difficulty.A. discountB. disposeC. bootD. disclose6. They had _ funds to cover the cost of the trip.A. ampleB. luxuryC. sampleD. superb7. All living things have certain _ that are passed on from one generation to the next.A. cellsB. virusesC. flawsD. attribu

5、tes8. She _ her mothers good looks and her fathers bad temper.A. inheritedB. inhabitedC. hinderedD. objected9. It is for this reason _ he refused to take the job.A. whyB. whenC. thatD. so10.Who _ that spoke first at yesterdays meeting?A. was itB. wasC. it wasD. did11.It wasnt_ personal interests tha

6、t they did all this.A. becauseB. onlyC. justD. for12.Hardly _ the people ran toward it.A. had the plane landed whenB. had the plane landed thanC. the plane landed beforeD. the plane was landing that13.No sooner _ than he realized that he should have remained silent.A. had the words been spokenB. the

7、 words had spokenC. the words had been spokenD. had the words spoken;.14.Youd rather not do it, _?A. shouldn tyouB. wouldn tyouC. would youD. ought you15.We never dared to ask him a question, _?A. did weB. doesntitC. dared weD. daren twe16. Unlike hackers, who gain unauthorized _ to computer or tele

8、communication systems for the challenge or even the principle of it, crackers do so for malicious purposes.A. passwordB. entryC. accessD. approach17. There are four factories in our institute, _ over 200 workers.A. with eachB. each havingC. each hasD. with each has18. By conservative _ 80% of humani

9、ty still canuset written language effectively.A. estimatesB. estimatedC. estimationsD. estimating19. With _ her do this, she will have no difficulty persuading them to accept her plan.A. my helpingB. mine helpingC. me helpingD. I help20. Only rarely do people s jobs, spouses and children _ these ima

10、gined ideals.A. live up toB. agree withC. meet withD. realizesPart two: Cloze (10%)Directions: In this part of the test, there is an incomplete passage with 10 blanks. For each blank in the passage, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one you think that can best comple

11、te the passage and markyour answer by ticking the corresponding letter before the choice.When Forbes published its first list in 1982, five of the top ten were in the Hunt family that drilled Texas _1_ holes and hit a lot of gushers, which reminds us of advice _2_ billionaire J. Paul Getty on how to

12、 get ahead in the world: rise early,work hard, strike oil. Getty got his big start the _3_ way from his father s money.The original list 14 years ago was _4_ Rockefellers, and Du Ponts, a Frick, aWhitney, Mellon or twoall great familyfortunes that stretched back to the 19thcentury. The word“ inherit

13、ance ” appeared in the biographies 75 times.There werenast many old-money fortunes on last year listwhich leads tosome conclusions about wealth in America. First, it s5 notmoney,easytoevenfor millionaires. Taxes put a big _6_ in familyfortunes, and unless the heirs arecareful and invest wisely, they

14、 can lose their millions as fast as their ancestors madethem. Second, the old ways to riches aren_7_ astasthey used to be. Besides thethree Du Pont entries, only 43 of the 400 entries on the most recent Forbes listrepresent people who got _8_ through inheritance. And only 18 inthe latest 400made the

15、ir fortunes from oil, so Getty s quote no 9longeras true as it once did.Third, America is stillthe land of opportunity where smart young people like BillGates of Microsoft can_10_ on top of the list of richest Americans ahead of theRockefellers, Mellons, Gettys and Carnegies.;.1.A. intoB. full ofC.

16、withD. through2.A. attributed toB. contributed toC. accounted forD. brought about3.A. old-fashionB. old-fashionableC. old-fashionedD. unfashionable4.A. crawling withB. filling withC. popular withD. credited with5.A. hold downB. containC. graspD. hold on to6.A. edgeB. dentC. disadvantageD. effect7.A.

17、 impressiveB. dependableC. influentialD. available8.A. thereB. awayC. onD. in9.A. looksB. ringsC. viewsD. takes10.A. end upB. showC. arrive atD. raise upPart three: Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 3 passages. The passages are followed by some questions or u

18、nfinished statements. For each of the questions and unfinished statements there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice ticking the corresponding letter before the choice.Passage 1When your parents advise you to "get an edu

19、cation" in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be oc

20、cupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully drop out in grade school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's deg

21、ree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and is famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was '24000. While the full professors managed to earn ju

22、st '23030.A Ph.D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. there are more Ph.D.s une

23、mployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or-worst of all-in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs,

24、 mind you, but for our demands.Thousands of Ph.D.s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, andendlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.;.You can equate the level of in

25、come with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who _.A. will not be a disgrace to

26、societyB. will become loyal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower2. Many Ph.D.s are out of job because _. A. they are improperly educatedB. they are of little commercial value to their society C. there are fewer jobs in high schoolsD. they

27、 prefer easier jobs that make more money3. The nation is only interested in people _. A. with diplomasB. who specialize in physics and chemistryC. who are valuable to the gross national product D. both A and C4. Which of the following is not true?A. Bernard Shaw didn't finish high schools, nor d

28、id Edison.B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master degree.C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.D. If you are too well-educated, you'll be overeducated for society's demands.5. The writer sees education as _.A. a means of providing job security and fina

29、ncial security and a means of meeting acountry's demands for technical workersB. a way to broaden one's horizonsC. more important than finding a jobD. an opportunity that everyone should havePassage 2The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things the invention of l

30、abor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce. "In Europe", said Thomas Jefferson, "the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labo

31、r, lard being abundant". It was in America, there fore, that the great advances in nineteenth-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude;.plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on thei

32、r backs: by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1990 Charles Newbold of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his inven

33、tion. The farmers, however, would home none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869, James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow.6. The word "here"

34、(Para. 1, line. 4) refers to _. A. EuropeB. AmericaC. New Jersey D. Indiana7. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. The reed for labor helped the invention of machinery in America.B. The farmer rejected Charles Newbold's plow for fear of ruin of their field.C. Both Europe and America

35、had great need of farm machinery.D. It was in Indiana that the first chilled-steel plow was produced.8. The passage is mainly about _. A. the agricultural revolutionB. the invention of labor-saving machinery C. the development of scientific agriculture D. the farming machinery in America9. At the op

36、ening of the nineteenth-century, farmers in America _. A. preferred light toolsB. were extremely self-reliant C. had many portable tools D. had very few tools10. Implied but not stated _.A. There was a shortage of workers on American farmsB. The most important of the early inventions was the iron pl

37、owC. After 1869,many people devoted their attention to the plowD. Charles Newbolt had made a fortune by his cast-iron plowPassage 3We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as well as "regula

38、r" coffee and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brands were;.introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturi

39、ty). Sales went into a slight decline when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline). The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do

40、 not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military? Market modification also means searching for i

41、ncreased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections. Another product extension strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to att

42、ract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. Note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.11. According to the passage,when people

43、 grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will _.A. decrease graduallyB. become unstableC. improve enormouslyD. remain at the same level12. The first paragraph tells us that a new product is _. A. usually introduced to satisfy different tastesB. often more expensive than old ones C.

44、 often inferior to old ones at firstD. not easily accepted by the public13. Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to _. A. work out marketing policiesB. increase its popularity C. promote its production D. speed up its life cycle14. The author mentions the example of

45、"backpacks" (Line 4, Para.2) to show theimportance of _.A. increasing usage among studentsB. exploring new market sectionsC. pleasing the young as well as the oldD. serving both military and civil needs15. In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are _.;.A. improving product qualityB. re-positioning their product in the marketC. modernizing product styleD. increasing product featuresPart four: TranslationSection A: (15%)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 5 sentences from your textbook. Translate the sentencesinto Chinese and write you