2023年同等学力申硕《英语》试题（网友回忆版）

Section A
Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
Dialogue One
A.When was this purchase made?
B.What’s wrong with it?
C.Can you tell me what the charge was?
Alice: I have a problem with my credit card.
Bokkor: (1) _____
Alice: There is a charge on my card that I didn’t make.
Bokkor: (2) _____
Alice: It’s for a purse that cost $ 350.
Bokkor: Are you sure that you didn’t buy the purse?
Alice: I can’t even afford a purse that expensive.
Bokkor: I’m very sorry.(3) _____
Alice: At 15: 15 on November 12th, I was at work then.
Bokkor: We’re going to investigate this claim.

Dialogue Two
A.Take a look in the mirror.
B.So did your parents give you a reason?
C.You see my parents really don’t love me.
Woman: Hey, you look unhappy.What’s going on?
Young Man: (4) _____
Woman: What do you mean? When I met them last week, they seemed really caring.
Young Man: Uh, you don’t understand! You see, I want a new smartphone.I mean, I need one, and my parents won’t buy me it!
Woman: (5) _____
Young Man: Not a good one.Only something about being self-reliant.And now they want me to work to pay for it.It’s not fair.
Woman: Hey, I think I know what the problem is.(6) _____ You’ll see both the problem and the solution.

Section B
Directions: In this section there is one incomplete dialogue which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the dialogue.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A.I might be open to it in the future.
B.that’s all I need to know for now.
C.or you prefer to work alone.
D.I’d also like a chance to advance.
Interviewer: Welcome to the interview.Mr.Adam.I was wondering if you like team projects, (7) _____
Interviewee: I like to work on group projects that value individual contributions.
Interviewer: Are you interested in a steady job or one that allows you to advance quickly?
Interviewee: I have children, so a steady job is important.But (8) _____
Interviewer: How would you feel about relocating to another state?
Interviewee: I could not relocate in the next year, but (9) _____
Interviewer: Do you know how much this job offers per year?
Interviewee: A minimum of $ 75,000 per year.
Interviewer: OK, well, (10) _____

Section A
Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D.Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
Passage One
The rising popularity of having goods delivered directly to one’s doorstep has come with increased attention on another phenomenon: porch theft.In communities across the country, residents have expressed concern about stolen packages.
Now, lawmakers around the country are aiming to crack down on it.Brookhaven police has launched “Operation Plugged In”, a program that allows residents and businesses to register their private surveillance (监控) cameras with the department, so that police can request video contents if a crime occurs in a certain area.Hundreds of individuals and businesses have registered their cameras as part of the program.
This technology has made policing quicker and easier, said Jacob Kissel, an officer at the Brookhaven police department.“We used to go out and knock on everybody’s door after a crime happened.Now we can pull up a map and there are bullet points of all of our registered residents with cameras”, he added.That allows police to simply pick up the phone and ask residents: “Can you look at your system? Is there anything that you may be able to provide us?”
Scholars who study surveillance and package theft raise concerns around the widespread use of technology to catch package thieves, however.For instance, facial recognition technology has been known to misidentify people with darker skin tones.One research has also shown that predominantly white neighborhoods use doorbell cameras and related platforms more frequently than their non-white counterparts, and may often use these platforms to practice “racial gate keeping”, which can lead to increased policing of communities of color.
Lawmakers say the new laws making package theft a felony reflect the deep concerns of their constituents.But it’s unclear whether residents truly feel that strongly about the issue.One Brookhaven resident said his package was stolen last year and it was not a big deal.Since the incidents last fall, package theft has not been an issue in the community, and he was surprised to hear that police were building a felony case around the thefts.“I honestly think that’s a little extreme,” said Sabah Khandaker, another Brookhaven resident.“A lot of the resources go into finding someone that has stolen a package.They could be reallocated somewhere else.”

Passage Two
There is a concept in the psychological literature known as locus of control that is unfamiliar to most people, even though, once defined, is commonly understood.Locus of control is an individual’s belief system regarding the causes of his or her experiences and the factors to which that person attributes success or failure.
This concept is usually divided into two categories: internal and external.If a person has an internal locus of control, that person attributes success to his or her own efforts and abilities.A person with an external locus of control, by contrast, often attributes his or her success to luck or fate and will be less likely to make the efforts needed to learn.This is not to say that an internal locus of control is “good” and an external locus of control is “bad”.There are other variables to be considered.However, psychological research has found that people with a more internal locus of control seem to be better off, e.g.they tend to be more achievement-oriented and get better-paying jobs.
Locus of control is often viewed as an inborn personality component.However, there is also evidence that it is shaped by childhood experiences—including children’s interactions with their parents.Children who were raised by parents who encouraged their independence and helped them to learn the connection between actions and their consequences tended to have a more well-developed internal locus of control.
The benefits of this were specified in a research study that looked at the potential health effects of the locus of control trait.Researchers found that of more than 7,500 British adults followed since birth, those who had shown an internal locus of control at the age of 10 were less likely to be overweight at age 30, less likely to describe their health as poor, or show high levels of psychological stress.The major explanation for these findings was that children with a more internal locus of control behave more healthily as adults because they have greater confidence in their ability to influence outcomes through their own actions.They may also have higher self-esteem.

Passage Three
I’m an oceanographer who focuses on the study of the ocean.One of my research interests is amphipods (片脚类动物), a kind of tiny sea creature with a soft body and a hard outer shell.Amphipods often live in the canyons (峡谷) under the sea.They are a food source for larger organisms, fueling the food chain and ultimately the species that humans catch and eat.There are thousands upon thousands of amphipod species all over the world in fresh and salty water, from the surface to the deep sea.We can think of amphipods as a key species—one that helps indicate how healthy an ecosystem is—because they are so common across the oceans.This was a factor in my decision to study them.
I didn’t directly observe how the amphipod species lives its life.Instead ，I compared what I knew about it to studies of similar species.This allowed me to make assumptions about its lifestyle.For instance, amphipods have excellent “smell” detecting abilities because large food falls are few and far between.For some female amphipods, finding these food falls is especially important because they must stuff themselves before reproducing.
By the end of my studies, I was keenly aware of the difficulties in studying deep-sea organisms.The challenges are not just limited to accessing their habitats.It’s also tough to locate the organisms themselves.Finding amphipods in the deep open ocean is like finding needles in a haystack.Scientists sometimes use large nets to scoop (舀取) up whatever is in the sea around them, but there’s no guarantee that they’ll get what they are looking for.
I presented my research at a big sustainability symposium, which allowed me to hear more about human activities that affect amphipods.Offshore oil exploration is one example.The process of looking for oil in the seafloor may reduce the availability of food for deep-sea organisms, including amphipods.As their populations decrease, the food sources for larger organisms, like the fish we want to eat, start disappearing too.Amphipods and humans seem to be worlds apart.And yet harm to rarely seen organisms in the deepest darkest depths of the ocean could end up hurting us in the not-too-distant future.

Passage Four
Europeans play football, and Americans play football; but surprisingly they do not play the same game.American football is played by men (and occasionally women) wearing helmets and protective clothing, the ball is oval.European football is played with a round ball, by people wearing just socks, shorts, a shirt, and football boots.
Americans have another popular outdoor game too: baseball—a classic American game, that is only played seriously in North America.In Britain，a few people play an “ancestor” of baseball, called “rounders”—but it is not a popular sport.
In today’s “global village”, lifestyles are becoming international.Often the American model has spread to other countries of the world.American sports, however, have not spread all over the world, as American films and American fashions have.On the contrary, European sports have been more successful internationally.Indeed European football is slowly developing in the USA.
In motor racing too, though it is not really a team sport, the USA is different.In Europe, South America, Japan and other countries (including Canada), “motor racing” means “Formula 1”; Americans have IndyCar racing.The Indianapolis 500 is like a Formula 1 race, but different.Several famous Formula 1 drivers—including Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve—have won the race.On the other hand, no American IndyCar drivers have ever been Formula 1 champions.Nevertheless, Americans are beginning to discover Formula 1 racing since the first American Grand Prix.
Besides these big sports, America of course has basketball—perhaps the most successful “export”.Invented at Springfield College, Massachusetts, in 1891, basketball in quite certainly an “American game”.Although it is not as big in Europe as in the USA, basketball has become much more popular in other countries than any other American team sport.
Why is America different? The answer is simple.Until the 1960s, team sports were not played on a global scale.The only real “global” sports were individual sports, such as golf and tennis.A hundred years ago, individual rich Americans could travel to Europe on holiday, and play these two games.But whole teams of sportsmen did not often travel around the world, it was too expensive and slow!

Section B
Directions: In this section, you are required to read one quoted blog and the comments on it.The blog and comments are followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A,B, C and D.Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
World Mental Health (WMH) Day, on 10 October, is a day to raise awareness of the effects mental illness has on millions of people’s lives across the world and to help educate and inform us all.
Around the world, one in four people will have some mental illness during their lifetime.Around 450 million people are living with a mental health problem right now, making it one of the biggest health issues in the world.Yet people rarely talk about any mental health problems they have because it is humiliating.
WMH Day was first celebrated in 1992 to raise awareness of just how common mental health issues are, fight against stigma (污名) and campaign for better conditions and treatment for people who have a mental health problem.The number of people and organizations involved in celebrating WMH Day has grown and grown, and now many countries, such as Australia, even have a Mental Health Week.Each year there is a different theme.For example, in 2017 the theme was mental health in the workplace.
WMH Day encourages us to be more aware of both our own mental health and other people’s.As well as looking after yourself, think about how you could support other people.For example, you could find out more about common issues such as anxiety and depression, so you will understand friends’ and colleagues’ problems better.You could also encourage your workplace to start a wellness program that would benefit everyone.Companies with wellness programs have found employees take 28 per cent less time off for sickness.
Comment 1:
Spending less time online is a huge factor to reduce anxiety and depression.Also avoiding negativity could help a lot.
Comment 2:
Celebrating the day is just the first step.Daily education matters.
Comment 3:
This could involve chatting on social media, hearing music, browsing new ideas, attending events and so on.
Comment 4:
It’s very difficult to persuade a person that he/she has some mental problem.It’s easier for them to reject all the offers of their relatives to see a doctor than to admit they have been ill.
Comment 5:
This topic is necessary and important to discuss.Many people suffer from mental illness, and it is vital to talk about it every day rather than on a special day.

Is homework beneficial or harmful? From painting to book reports, and algebraic word problems (46) _____ research projects, the type and amount of homework given to students have been (47) _____ for over a century.
In the early 1900s, progressive education theorists criticized (48) _____ negative impact on children’s physical and mental health, (49) _____ California to ban homework for students under 15.Public opinion swayed in (50) _____ of homework in the 1950s due to concerns about keeping up with the technological advances.
Today, kindergarten to fifth graders have an average of 2.9 hours of homework per week, sixth to eighth graders have 3.2 hours per teacher, and ninth to twelfth graders have 3.5 hours per teacher, (51) _____ a high school student with five teachers could have 17.5 hours of homework a week.Teenagers now spend about twice as much time on homework each day (52) _____ compared to teens in the 1990s.
(53) _____ of homework say that it improves student achievement and allows for independent learning of classroom and life skills.They also say that homework gives parents the opportunity to (54) _____ their child’s learning and see how they are progressing academically.
Opponents argue that too (55) _____ homework may be harmful for students as it can increase stress, reduce leisure and sleep time, and lead to cheating.They also believe that it widens social inequality and is not proven to be beneficial for younger children.

Text One
A.danger
B.problems
C.information
Phrases:
A.cause big (56) _____ for all life on earth
B.are in (57) _____ of dying out completely
C.brings together (58) _____ from 73 different sources
Scientists are reporting that the world’s insects are dying out eight times faster than most other animals.They warn that the loss of these insects will (59) _____.A group of scientists recently put out a “meta-study” on the loss of insects around the world.A meta-study looks at the work of many other scientific studies.This report (60) _____.The results of the study are alarming.The scientists say that 40% of the world’s insects have had a sharp drop in their numbers in the last ten years.One-third of the world’s insects (61) _____.The news is not only bad for the insects, but for everything else that lives on the planet.

Text Two
A.scales
B.oriented
C.questions
Phrases:
A.answer (62) _____ that perplex us
B.on both large and small (63) _____
C.(64) _____ towards understanding the individual
Every aspect of our lives is shaped by our relationship with society and its influences.As a broad social science, sociology is the study of human societies and the wide array of groups existing within them.Sociologists study the way society develops and functions (65) _____.From national government and cultural norms to local politics and family values, sociologists analyze the who and why of our society.They seek to (66) _____ when we look at not only individuals but society as a whole.Sociology is a field of study not well understood and often confused with psychology.Though similar in many respects, psychology is (67) _____ and how the individual relates to the group.By contrast, sociology is a study of systems and society.It investigates macro-level issues like poverty, food deserts, and unemployment.

Text Three
A.strategy
B.focus
C.emotions
D.benefits
Phrases:
A.process difficult (68) _____ or feelings
B.have (69) _____ for many organ systems
C.be a useful (70) _____
D.choosing to try and (71) _____ on potential solutions
Positive thinking sometimes gets a bad reputation.Why? Because a lot of people think it can negatively impact our wellbeing as it does not allow us to (72) _____.However positive thinking is not about ignoring reality, but rather (73) _____ and being open to new ways of thinking.It can (74) _____ for mentally and emotionally dealing with the many uncertainties and challenges of life.
Our ability to reframe and look for the positives in a situation appears to (75) _____ within our bodies.This is known as “cognitive reframing”, and it trains us to use techniques to challenge our perspective on a situation or experience.