江西理工大學(xué)碩士研究生學(xué)位英語考試樣卷（新）PARTI:Writing(25%)SectionA:LetterWriting(10%)Supposeyouwanttostudyinafamousforeignuniversity.Writealetterofapplicationforit（about100words）SectionB:AbstractWriting(15%)Directions:ReadthefollowingChinesetextandwriteanabstractofitin80-100Englishwords.倫敦市長懇請金融城員工把獎金捐贈給藝術(shù)領(lǐng)域，否則這座都市最重要的一種魅力可能遭到破壞。新發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，商界對文化領(lǐng)域的投資正不斷減少。私人部門對藝術(shù)的支持——包括個人捐贈——于2008年達(dá)到了6.86億英鎊的峰值水平，但昨日發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，商界投資額在去年下降了7%。一家推動藝術(shù)贊助的咨詢機構(gòu)——藝術(shù)與商業(yè)（Arts&Business）的一項調(diào)查顯示，倫敦70%的藝術(shù)機構(gòu)稱，來自商界的資助額有所減少。然而，倫敦市長在維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館（VictoriaandAlbertMuseum）向藝術(shù)界領(lǐng)袖發(fā)表演講時表示，在經(jīng)濟衰退期間，投資于藝術(shù)“比任何時候都更為重要”。他表示：“藝術(shù)和文化不是奢侈品，而是這座城市DNA的一部分，是人們愿意來此生活和工作的原因。每10名游客中就有7名表示，這是他們來此游覽的一個原因。離開倫敦的藝術(shù)，倫敦就不能稱其為倫敦?！眰惗厥虚L的呼吁得到了老維克劇院（OldVic）藝術(shù)總監(jiān)凱文斯佩西（KevinSpacey）的支持，他表示：“我在這里住了7年，我真誠地相信，英國在藝術(shù)和文化領(lǐng)域的卓越成就，是這個國家最強大的天然資源之一，但許多藝術(shù)機構(gòu)正舉步維艱。如果沒有政治意愿，以及企業(yè)和公眾的支持，它們將很難生存下去?！眰惗厥虚L敦促藝術(shù)界領(lǐng)袖去認(rèn)識到，英國文化機構(gòu)的成功運作對經(jīng)濟有一定的影響力。在英國，公共部門對戲劇產(chǎn)業(yè)的投資額為1.213億英鎊，但該產(chǎn)業(yè)卻為英國創(chuàng)造了26億英鎊的收入。大倫敦地區(qū)政府（GreaterLondonAuthority）估計，商業(yè)創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)業(yè)為倫敦提供了50萬個就業(yè)崗位，創(chuàng)造了200億英鎊的增加值。PARTII:Listening（25%）SectionA:ListeningComprehension:(10%)Inthissectionyouwillhearsomeshortconversationsandlongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkeda),b),c),andd),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.1.[A]Themanisthemanageroftheapartmentbuilding.[B]Thewomanisverygoodatbargaining.[C]Thewomanwillgettheapartmentrefurnished.[D]Themanislookingforanapartment.2.[A]Howthepictureswillturnout.[B]Wherethebotanicalgardenis.[C]Whatthemanthinksoftheshots.[D]Whythepicturesarenotready.3.[A]Thereisnoreplacementforthehandle.[B]Thereisnomatchforthesuitcase.[C]Thesuitcaseisnotworthfixing.[D]Thesuitcasecanbefixedintime.4.[A]Heneedsavehicletobeusedinharshweather.[B]Hehasafairlylargecollectionofqualitytrucks.[C]Hehashadhistruckadaptedforcoldtemperatures.[D]Hedoesroutinetruckmaintenanceforthewoman.5.[A]Shecannotstandherboss’sbadtemper.[B]Shehasoftenbeencriticizedbyherboss.[C]Shehasmadeuphermindtoresign.[D]Sheneverregretsanydecisionsshemakes.6.[A]Lookforashirtofamoresuitablecolorandsize.[B]Replacetheshirtwithoneofsomeothermaterial.[C]Visitadifferentstoreforasilkorcottonshirt.[D]Getadiscountontheshirtsheisgoingtobuy.7.[A]Ata“LostandFound”.[B]Atareceptiondesk.[C]Atatradefair.[D]Atanexhibition.

8.[A]Repairitandmovein.[B]Passitontohisgrandson.[C]Convertitintoahotel.[D]Sellitforagoodprice.Questions9to10arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.9.[A]Uniquedescriptiveskills.[B]Goodknowledgeofreaders’tastes.[C]Colourfulworldexperiences.[D]Carefulplottingandclueing.10.[A]Apeacefulsetting.[B]Aspaciousroom.[C]Tobeintherightmood[D]Tobeentirelyalone.SectionB:Notetaking(15%)Inthispart,youwillhearapassagetwice.Afterthefirsttime,therewillbeapauseof30seconds.Pleasetryyourbesttowritedownthemainideaand4detailsofthepassage.Thenlistenagainandcheckyouranswers._______________________________________________________________________________objectslookblurred,andraisestheprospectofdevelopingdrugstopreventthecondition.Understandingthebiologicalglitches（故障）behindshort-sightednesscouldhelpresearchersdevelopeyedropsortabletsthatcouldbegiventochildrentostoptheirvisionfromfailingastheygetolder.Short-sightednessusuallystartstomanifestearlyoninlife.Theextenttowhichgenesaretoblamevaries,butforthosewiththeworstvision,around80%oftheconditioniscausedbygeneticfactors.Twoseparatestudies,publishedinNatureGeneticsjournal,foundvariationsinDNAweremorecommoninpeoplewithshortsight.ChrisHammond,atKing'sCollege,London,foundonesectionofDNAonchromosome15wasmorecommoninpeoplewithshortsight.CarolineKlaver,atErasmusMedicalCentreinRotterdam,foundanotherstrand,alsoonchromosome15,linkedtoshortsight.ThevariationsinDNAamounttomisspellingsinthegeneticcode.Thesealtertheactivityofthreegenesthatcontrolthegrowthoftheeyeballandensurelightenteringtheeyeisconvertedintoelectricalpulsesintheretina（視網(wǎng)膜）．Thediscoveryhelpsscientistspiecetogetherhowahealthyeyebecomesshort-sightedandpointsthewaytomedicinestopreventitinchildren."Myhopeisthatwecanidentifyapathwaythatwecanblockwitheyedropsortabletsthatwillstoptheeyegrowingtoomuchandwithoutinterferingwithnormalbraindevelopmentorotherprocessesinthebody,"HammondtoldtheGuardian.Treatingshortsightinadultsisamuchtougherjob,astheireyeballshavealreadygrowntoolong.Childrenwhoinheritgenesforshortsightarenotdestinedtohavepoorvision.In2008,KathrynRoseattheUniversityofSydneylookedatratesofshort-sightednessinChineseschoolchildrenlivinginSingaporeandSydney.Some29%livinginSingaporehadshortsight,comparedwithonly3%inSydney.OnepossibleexplanationisthatthoselivinginSydneyspentmoretimeoutdoors,andsogotmorenaturalsunlightandwereusedtofocusingonmoredistantobjects.Someeyeconditionsarealreadybeingtreatedbyreplacingthefaultygenesthatcausethem,butHammondandKlaversaidthattoomanygenescontributetoshortsighttomakeitarealisticoption.6.Whatdoesaround80%oftheconditionwiththeworstvisionresultfrom,accordingtothepassage?7.Whatwillhappenifthegeneticcode'smisspellingsarecaused?8.Whatmakesitaharderjobtotreatshortsightinadults?9.What’sthepossibleexplanationforthechildrenwithgenesforshortsightwon'tnecessarilyhavepoorvision?10.Whyisitanunrealisticoptiontotreatpeoplewithshortsightbyareplacementforthefaultygenes?PARTⅣ：Translation(25%)SectionA:TranslatethefollowingintoChinese.(10%)Goodmannersar