2006年在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语试题Part I Dialogue Communication(1 5 minutes，1 5 points)Section A: Dialogue Completion Directions:In this section,you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers,each followed by four choices marked A，B,C,andD. Choose the answer that best suits the sit-uation to comple the dialogue .Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center．1．Speaker A：Excuse me，but can you tell us where the conference room is?Speaker B：The conference room is located on the third floor of the hotelA．Of course，si r．B．Yes，please．C．Right，sir．D.You are welcome2. Speaker A：______Speaker B：I’m running a temperature，and feel sick.A．What can I do for you? B．What seems to be the trouble?C．What are you doing these days? D．How long has this been going on?3．Speaker A：Nancy，you look very wellSpeaker B：Thank you，Jane．You look wonderful too．Your weekend swimming must havedone good to you．Speaker A：——A．You think so?That’s encouraging．B．That’s very kind of youC．Are vou serious?Thank you anyway．D．Are you kidding?I don’t believe it4．Speaker A：It took me ten years to build up my business，and it almost killed m eSpeaker B：Well，you know what they say：——A．There is no smoke without fire．B．Practice makes perfct.C．All roads lead to Rome．D．No pains，no gains.5．Speaker A：Don’t you smoke?Speaker B．——A．No．Nothing interests me less than smokingB．Yes．I have never smoked in my life．C．No．Only once in a while．D.Yes.And I hate others smoking in my face．Section B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections：In this section，you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A，B，C，and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．6．Woman：I just found out at registration．that the creative writing class is full．Now I have to wait a whole year to get inMan：Why don’t you check back after the first week? Som ebody might drop it．Question：What does the man suggest the woman should do?A．Make sure the registration office didn’t make a mistake．B．Decide whether to drop the course next week．C．Find out if a place opens up in the course later．D．Take the course next year．7．Woman：1 want to talk with Tom now．Man：You can’t do that．He is in bad mood．Question：Why can’t the woman talk to Tom now?A．Tom is terribly i11．B．Tom is in low spirits．C．Tom is bad—tempered．D．Tom is very nervous．8．Woman：You often complain a lot about your boss．But today you are different．Man：We had a heart—to—heart talk and I saw him with new eyes．Question：What does the man mean?A．He saw his boss as a real person for the first time．B．He is now complaining in a different way．C．He has made his boss change his attitude．D．He has changed his opinion of his boss．9．Woman：Maybe we should take the front street this morning．The radio announcer said that the traffic is very heavy on the freeway．Man：Well，if he says to take the front street，we should go the other wav．Question：What does the man think of the radio announcer7A：He’s humorous．B．He makes no mistakes．C．He doesn’t speak clearly．D．He’s tlnreliable．10．Woman：I didn’t see you at the concert last night．What’S wrong with you?Man：That’S not my cup of tea．Question：What does the man mean?A．He is not fond of concerts．B．He didn’t like the tea at the concert．C．He left early to have some tea with somebody else．D．He doesn’t want to tell the woman why he was not therePartⅡ Vocabulary and Structure(2 0 minutes，1 0 points)Directions：There are20incomplete sentences in this part．For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A，B，Cand D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．Mark your an—swer onthe ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．1 1．The work has the status of a classic among the composer’S admirers．A．reauired B．acquired C．inquired D．inspired1 2．Some people think they can read man’S__from his handwriting.A．attribute B．feature C．property D．character1 3．The young heir was so__that he gave all his money away in a couple of years•A．handsome B．genuine C．talented D．generous1 4．Only by understanding the Web deeply__hope for people to grasp its full potential•A．can there be B．can be there C．be there can D．there can be15．What you’reto read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live A．around B．ahead C．above D．about16．The goal is to use crops，weeds and even animal waste__the petroleum that fuels muchof American manufacturing．A．in terms of B．in favor of C．in spite of D．in place of17.The_he said it he knew what a mistake he had made．A．moment B．time C．occasion D．hour18．I_______rather s01ve the problems in my farm myself than seek the help of other people．A．should B．shall C．would D．will19．From what has been discussed above，we may safely draw the__that its disadvantages are far greater than its advantages．A．solution B．conclusion C．answer D．attention20.By the time you have completed the essential training，you__exposed to Virtually every new feature of the course．A．will have been B．will beC．would have been D．would be21．Too often teachers'_with parents involve complaints about children’s misbehaviors and iaziness．A．acquaintances B．associationsC．conferences D．consultations-22.I admit that the Droblems are difficult，I don’t agree that they cannot be solved．A．When B．Where C．While D．Why23．He should___ be a110wed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness. A.in case B．in any case C．in that case D．in no case24．If nature does not provide man with the necessary material，it is the laboratorv____he will turn to for it．A．where B．which C．that D．what25．All flights——because of the snowstorm，they decided to take the train．A．were cancelled B．have been cancelledC．had been cancelled D. havihg been cancelled26．I really appreciate______to help me,but I am sure that I can manage it myself.A．you to come B．that you comeC．your coming D．how you come27．A new system of quality control was__to overcome the shortcomings in the firm’s prod ucts．A..invested B．reformed C introduced D．instructed28．It may be worthwhile at this moment to____and see what results we have got after oneyear’s experiments．A．100k back B．100k around C．100k up D．100k forward29．I don’t think Mr．Watson wili come here again today．Please give the ticket to____comes here first．A．whomever B．whom C．who D．whoever30．Far too many owners of electric appliances have a hard time___________qualified repairmen to fixtheir machines．A．finding B．to find C．to finding D．having founPart Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes，40 points)Directions：There are 4 passages in this part．Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinisbed statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A，B．Cand D．Choose thebest one and lTlark your allszuer 0n the ANSWER SHEET zuith a single line through the cellter．Passage OneDon’t have time to read anymore?Now you can get free，quick literatnre via emait．Morethan 100 000 people open their email each day,to read a chapter of a book，through Chapter—A—Day．an online book club created two years ago．It’s a free email service that provides a short dai—ly reading for busy people，exposing them to literature they may not find on their own inspiring some to recommit it to the reading habit．About 550 public library systems representing over 3 000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter—A—Day．Via email，participants get about five minutes’worth of reading every day．After three chaptersare∈mailed．the installments stop，and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online．Chapter—A—Day has eight free book clubs，and sells thousands of books each month．Chapter—A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher，a lifelong book lover，realized how many of the women who worked part—time for her software development company didn’t have time in their busy lives to read．She decided to type part of a chapter of a book，and send it to her employees through email．The next day she typed a little more，and continued tosend literary installments each day．She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how readingmade them feel．“They were interested，and realized that．though they didn’t have time in theirbusv lives for reading,just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit."Realizingthat many other people could benefit．she decided to take the idea even further and start anemail"chapter-a-day’’book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading.“Reading makeschanges in people’S lives．”Beecher say s.Pat Dempsey．a librarian at a public library in Ohio，has found Chapter—A—Day helps her li—brary clients get back in the habit of reading．"It’s a different way to get people h00ked onbooks,”she says．3 1．Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people__．A．get back into the habit of readingB．relieve stress from office workC．find interesting books onlineD．buy books more conveniently32．The passage was written in__.A．1999 B．2000 C．2001 D.200233．1t can be inferred that through Chapter—A-Day——.A．Dublic libraries have become crowded with readersB．Ms Beecber made much money for her software companyC．Deople begin to read very slowly and patientlyD．Deople cannot finish reading any book online34．The word“installment”in the passage probably means“——”-A．a 1ibrary email B．a rare piece of literatureC．a free novel D．a part of a book35．Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter—A—Day service because__•A．over 3 000 1ibraries had j oinedB．many other people could benefitC．eight book clubs supported herD free emajl service was availablePassage twoChicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers--now the school districtrecruits teachers fr。