上海交通大学博士生英语水平考试样题

SJTU English Proficiency Test (SJTU EPT)

试卷（一）

 

 

Part I Listening (35 minutes) 

Section One 

Conversation and News Report (10%)

 

Directions: In this section, you will hear a conversation and a news report. At the end of the conversation or news report, you will hear some questions. The conversation, the news report and the questions will bespoken ONLY ONCE. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

 

Conversation

1.   A) To express her wish to him for his early recovery.

B) To ask for leave of absence from his lecture.

C) To makeup for what she missed from his last lecture.

D) To see if she was allowed to turn in the paper later.

2.   A) To imply some students give lame excuses.

B) To suggest that dogs bring unexpected troubles.

C) To mean that dogs might go crazy.

D) To remind that papers should betaken good care of.

3.   A) Her roommate forgot about the term paper.

B) Her roommate’smother got cancer.

C) Her roommate caught the flu and missed a test.

D) Her roommate’s car broke down and she missed biology lab.

4.   A) He is understanding.

B) He is strict.

C) He is unsympathetic.

D) He is indifferent.

 

 

5.   A) To make a reasonable schedule.

B) To cut down on party time.

C) To make the best use of gap time.

D) Not to poke your nose into other people's business.

News report

6.  A) 61.

B) 100.

C) 161.

D) 39.

 

7.   A) They lost their guns in attempt to escape.

B) They were put to sleep with drugs.

C) Three of them escaped.

D) Three of them were killed

 

8.   A) In the capital of Pakistan.

B) In a police training center.

C) In a Pakistan public school.

D) In a US police station.

 

9.   A) It has been struck twice by terrorists.

B) It has been the site of numerous terrorist attacks.

C) Attacks of this nature have never occurred.

D) It is heavily guarded by US troops.

 

10. A) Over 140 people were killed, most of them children.

B) Six policemen were killed in powerful explosions.

C) Rockets were launched into a training centre grounds.

D) Over 72 people were killed by a terrorist group.

 

Section Two      Compound Dictation (10%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage TWICE. You have its script in the following, but with ten blanks in it. For the first eight blanks you are required to write down the exact word or words you have just heard. For the last two blanks, you are required to fill in the missing information either using the exact words you have just heard or writing down the main points in your own words. Remember, there will be a pause for each blank except for the single-word blanks. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

 

Nearly one fourth of the world’s population, some 1.8 billion people, are between the ages of 10 and 24, according to the United Nations 2014 State of World Population Report. (11)                                            , young people are often

overlooked,  shut  out  of  the   decision   making  process,  and  (12)                           .   “This   tendency   cries   out   for   urgent    correction,”   states   the

report,

“because it imperils (危及) youth as well as economies and societies at large.”

There   is   (13)                                                 poverty   and    low   investment   in the

well-being  and  development  of young  people.  “In  most  countries,  their  numbers compound challenges in escaping violence, in finding dignified work, or in (14)

 and youth-friendly health services, including reproductive health and family planning services,” notes the report. And this in turn feeds the (15)

 cycle of poverty.

 

The report points out that nine out of ten young people live in less developed countries, where schooling and jobs are scarce. Many lack access to reproductive health information and services. U.S. Assistant Secretary for Population, (16)

 and Migration Anne Richard, who spoke on the release of   the report, emphasized that these are services young people need to preserve their options, (17)                                            and even save their own lives.

Too many girls, about 39,000 everyday, are subjected to early and forced marriage. Some of these child brides are as young as eight. As Assistant Secretary Richard pointed out, the (18)                                            of early marriage and young

people’sunmet need for contraceptives can be grave. (19)                                              

 

 .  And while HIV fatalities for other age groups are falling, among adolescents, they are rising.”

The  United  States  strongly  supports  the  report’s  recommendations,  including stopping early and forced marriage, adolescent pregnancies and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (割除); improving access to reproductive health care for the young; preventing gender-based violence; promoting equal education for girls, and improving young people’s employment opportunities.

“We now know just how much is at stake. Not only the risks of failure, but the enormous benefits within reach with the right mix of enlightened policies and effective programs,” said Assistant Secretary Richard. “Young people deserve the chance to pursue their dreams and to thrive. (20)                                                          

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Section Three      Note-taking (10%)       （此题与简答题 SAQ  二选一）

Directions: In this section, you will hear a report (or lecture) ONLY ONCE. In the following you have its outline in the note-taking form, but with some information missing. You are required to complete the note-taking form. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

Wildlife endangered

Section Three Short-answer Questions (10%) (此题与 Note-taking  二选一)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage ONLY ONCE. In the following you have five questions. You are required to answer these questions with as few words as

possible, in any case, no more than 15 words. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

 

Questions

21. What made the public increasingly angry in 1970, which led to the birth of Earth Day?

22. What is this year’s theme of the Earth Day (2016)?

23. What do forests mean to the local people, according to this report?

24. What is produced as a result of deforestation and land-use change, according to this report?

25. What can help curb many of the environmental problems our planet faces today?

Part II                       Reading Comprehension                  (45 minutes)

Section One        Banked Cloze (10%)

Directions: In this section, you will read a passage with ten blanks. You are required to

select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Please write your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

A name might tell  you  something  about  a  person's  background.  Names  can  be signifiers（示意的符号）of class and race. Data show African Americans are far more likely than other (29)                      groups to give their children uncommon names.

White people tend to favor more familiar names that were formerly popular with more (30)                  white people.

The new study purports（声称） to show a link between name and outcome of life: The more unpopular your name, the more likely you are to land in juvenile hall. That's because we know that boys with uncommon names are more likely to come from a socio-economically (31)                    background, which means that they also

are more likely to get involved with crime. Even the researchers readily admit that it's not a name alone that affects a child's outcome, but rather the circumstance (32)

 the name.

The researchers first (33)                    a popularity score to boys' names, based on how often they showed up in birth records in an undisclosed state from 1987 to 1991. Michael, the No. 1 boy's name, had a Popular Name Index score of 100; names such as Malcolm and Preston had index scores of 1. The researchers then (34)                      

names of young men born during that time who landed in the juvenile justice system. They found that only half had a rating higher than 11. By (35)                       , in the

general population, half of the names scored higher than 20. "A 10% increase in the popularity of a name is associated with a 3.7% (36)                    in the number of juvenile delinquents who have that name."

Still, the study theorizes（推测） that teenagers named Malcolm might also act out because their (37)                          treat them differently or they just don't like their

names. And since the study's release last week, the name-crime (38)                         has been written or talked about in major media outlets.