在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Woman:Tom,I’mgladIranintoyou.I’vebeentryingtocallyoubutyou’reneverhome.Wherehaveyoubeenhidinglately?
Man:ActuallyI’vebeenverybusyrecently.I’mgettingreadytogototheStatesforChristmas,andIhaveamillionthingstodo.
Question:Whycouldn’tthewomangetthemanonthephone?（）
A.Becausehehasbeenhidinglately.
B.Becausehehasbeenbusypreparinghistrip.
C.Becausehehasbeenbackhome.
D.Becausehehastoworkhardfortravelingexpense.

【单选题】The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) ofAmerican adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent ofAmericans married at some (57) in their lives.Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.
A、rate B、ratio
C、percentage
D、poll

【单选题】The word library originally meant____.
A．freedom from ignorance
B．collections of books
C．means of communication
D．storage of knowledge

【单选题】spEAkErA、i think tourism is A grEAt wAy oF hElping thE EConomiEs oF DEvEloping CountriEs.
spEAkErB、______
A、yEs, i AgrEE. i mysElF likE nothing BEttEr thAn trAvEl.
B、mAyBE.CAn you ExplAin thE ADvAntAgE oF DEvEloping tourism
C、wEll, in my opinion, thE govErnmEnts oF DEvEloping CountriEs shoulD CrEAtE morE joB opportunitiEs For thEir pEoplE.
D、yEs, it is. without tourism, thosE CountriEs woulD BE muCh worsE oFF.

【单选题】Woman: I heard there was a terrible mine accident. They didn't want anyone to know. Man: I think it is impossible to black out this news. Question: What does the man mean
A．It is impossible to keep it out.
B．It is impossible to know it.
C．It is unlikely to prevent it from being known.
D．It is unlikely to stop spreading the news.

【单选题】The kitchen was small and ______ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty.
A．conventional
B．compact
C．compatible
D．concise

【单选题】The fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently never ______ tackling it in the right way.
A．turn to
B．insist on
C．set about
D．work at

【单选题】Her greatness is ______ her broad general education as well as her profound medical knowledge and insight.
A．acknowledged by
B．evolved from
C．resulted from
D．attributed to

【单选题】Woman: I didn't see you at the concert last night. What's wrong with youMan: 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 there.

【单选题】Woman: My headache is killing me. I thought it was going away, but now it is getting worse and worse.Man: I told you yesterday to make an appointment.Question: What does the man mean
A．The woman has been complaining too much.
B．The woman's headache will go away by itself.
C．The woman should have seen the doctor earlier.
D．The woman should confirm her appointment with the doctor.