试卷详情
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工程硕士(GCT)英语-60
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[单项选择]Many newcomers complain of the rapid ______ of life in Hong Kong.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed
D. growth
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[单项选择]Without computers, we _____ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.
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[单项选择]In order to live longer, _____.
A. we have to try to be on a diet
B. we should keep in high spirits
C. we should try to do more exercise
D. we should postpone the process of aging
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[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT true according to the author
A. The renovation project cost 300 million yuan.
B. The temple was once a part of Beijing No. 159 Middle School.
C. Those parts of the temple too destroyed to repair are still them.
D. The temple was built about 470 years ago.
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[单项选择]Emily: Did anybody sign your petitionGordon: Yes, we had a hundred signatures, ______.
A. if no more
B. if not more
C. if moreover
D. if not larger
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[单项选择]After a whole day's heavy work, the old worker returned home, ______.
A. hungry and felt exhausting
B. hunger and exhausted
C. hungry and exhausted
D. hungry and having been exhausted
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[单项选择]Unexpectedly the light ______ and we were left in. darkness.
A. burn out
B. put out
C. turned out
D. went out
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[单项选择]Marie: Your little boy has done a good job at school.Eva: ______.
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[单项选择]The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the ______ of blood.
A. vision
B. eyes
C. sight
D. view
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[单项选择]Golden Touch Construction is ______.
A. a private company
B. a national agency
C. an international cooperation
D. charge-free organization
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[单项选择]What can we infer from the passage
A. The temple has a long history.
B. The renovation of the temple was easy with modem technology.
C. The bricks in the temple are not so valuable as those in the Forbidden city.
D. The renovation was done according to the orders of Emperor Qianlong.
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[单项选择]Services provided by Golden Touch Construction include ______.
A. kitchen decoration
B. bathroom building
C. bar demolition
D. house purchase
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[单项选择]The government ______ regulations that put this old city under protection.
A. published
B. issued
C. discharged
D. released
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[单项选择]In terms of communication in another language, marketers should not be too _____.
A. proud
B. modest
C. self-confident
D. happy
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[单项选择]The first sentence" ..., the importance of understanding the language of a country cannot be underestimated." most probably means ______.
A. Understanding of the language of a country is extremely important
B. Understanding of the language of a country is less important
C. Not enough importance is attached to the understanding of the language of a country
D. Enough importance is attached to the understanding of the language of a country
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[单项选择]Samuel: Hey, ______.Diana: I wish I could. But I really have to stay in and finish my paper tonight.Samuel: Oh, maybe some other time, then.
A. can I come to visit you tonight
B. shall we have a barbecue some day this week
C. would you like to go to cinema with me tonight
D. John will leave Chicago tonight. Shall we go to see him off
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[单项选择]Why are some scientists interested in studying senescence
A. They want to increase the general ability of our bodies.
B. They may be able to find a better way to our life.
C. If they can pin down the biochemical process that makes us age, there will be hope for extending the length of life.
D. They want to find out if there is a link between how efficiently a cell could repair itself and how long a creature lives.
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[单项选择]Rebecca: ______.Dora: Really Well, personally, I think he wears the wrong colors. Actually light colors don't really suit him.
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[单项选择]How long has Lidai Diwang Miao been in part of a middle school in Beijing
A. 470 years.
B. 159 years.
C. 71 years.
D. 188 years.
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[单项选择]Which of the following is the best topic for the passage
A. Idiomatic Meanings of Languages.
B. Language Problems in Foreign Trade.
C. Translation Failures in Foreign Trade,
D. Culture Difference between Languages.
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[单项选择]To an advertiser, which one should they pay more attention to
A. Understanding of a language.
B. Ability to speak a language.
C. Obvious differences between languages.
D. The different idiomatic expressions between languages.
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[单项选择]Paul: Do you have to have that TV on quite so loudCarol: ______. Is it bothering youPaul: Yes, I'm trying to sleep.
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[单项选择]What does the verb form of the word "renovation" mean in Para. 1
A. Reform.
B. Rearrange.
C. Retreat.
D. Restore.
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[单项选择]Shop assistant: Good morning. Can I help youCustomer: ______. I'm just looking round.
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[单项选择]_____ that Susan hadn't dared to make a sound.
A. So was he absorbed
B. So absorbed he was
C. So absorbed was he
D. So he was absorbed
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[单项选择]Nancy: Hello, Ted. What's wrong with your armTed: I broke it when I was skating on the holiday.Nancy: Oh, no! ______.Ted: Much better, thanks.
A. What a nuisance!
B. How awful!
C. Why was that
D. What a trouble!
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[单项选择]To one's boss, an employee should dress neatly, be ______ and show interest in the job.
A. instant
B. timely
C. punctual
D. quick
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[单项选择]Tommy: Mommy, when will we have dinner I'm starving.Mother: ______.We have to wait for daddy.
A. Soon, honey
B. Quickly, honey
C. OK, honey
D. All right, honey
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[单项选择]Ann: Do you still have a headache, BillBill: Yes, I do. And now I have a fever and cough constantly.Ann: ______.
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[单项选择]What is the main idea of the second paragraph
A. Best translation should be the intent of the original statement.
B. A dictionary translation may not convey the true meaning of an idiom.
C. A dictionary will meet the needs.
D. Both A andC.
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[单项选择]When people become aging, they will lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury, "bounce back" here means
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[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to one's health
A. The right food you eat.
B. Lots of exercise you get.
C. Your living conditions.
D. The amount of stress you are under.
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[单项选择]Both ads promised to provide ______.
A. insurance
B. low price
C. free estimates
D. free designing
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[单项选择]She ______ in the feet on her way home from work.
A. was hurting
B. is hurt
C. hurts
D. got hurt
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[单项选择]The service in the first advertisement is directed to the following EXCEPT ______.
A. contract organizations
B. real estate companies
C. individual persons
D. special construction companies
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[单项选择]The services provided in the first advertisement do not include ______.
A. demolishing houses
B. cleaning up construction sites
C. transporting machines
D. headache curing
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[单项选择]Policeman: OK, buddy, your driving license. How fast were you goingWilliam: Well it was about 50 mph or less. I was driving very slowly.Policeman: 50 mph ______ All right. That'll be one hundred dollars.
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[单项选择]The last half of the nineteenth century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
A. has witnessed
B. was witnessed
C. witnessed
D. is witnessed
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[单项选择]This passage is mainly concerned with ______.
A. man’s aging process
B. man’s life span
C. man’s health
D. man’s medical care
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[单项选择]Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. The temple is still not reopened yet to the public.
B. The finzhuan bricks were made in Hangzhou for imperial use.
C. The finzhuan bricks used to pave the wall in the temple.
D. The temple was at first constructed 470 years ago.