北京大学2006年博士研究生入学考试试题

北京大学2006年博士研究生入学考试试题
考试时间: 2006年3月18日考试科目: 英语
招生专业: 全校各专业研究方向: 各研究方向

Part One: Listening comprehension
There are 3 sections in this part. In section A and B you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then choose the correct answer for each question. Mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET.
Section A: Conversations
5%
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

1.
Which isNOT the purpose of Mr. Lewis’ visit?
A.
To see friends.
B.
To give concerts.
C.
To vacation.
D.
To give private lessons.
2.
What kind of cello did Mr. Lewis use when he was eight?
A.
A full-sized cello.
B.
A half-sized cello.
C.
A two-thirds-sized cello.
D.
It is not mentioned.
3.
What is true about Mr. Lewis’ cello?
A.
He always takes it with him.
B.
It was made by his uncle.
C.
He borrowed it from his uncle.
D.
He got a seat free for his cello.

Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

4.
What is the main purpose of the research?
A.
To make preparations for a new publication.
B.
To learn how couples spend their weekends.
C.
To know how housework is shared.
D.
To investigate what people do at the weekend.
5.
What does the man do on Fridays?
A.
He goes to exercise classes.
B.
He goes sailing.
C.
He goes to the cinema.
D.
He stays at home.
6.
On which day does the couple always go out?
A.
Friday.
B.
Saturday.
C.
Sunday.
D.
Any weekday.
7.
Which personal detail does the man give?
A.
Surname.
B.
First name.
C.
Address.
D.
Age.

Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

8.
What conclusion can we draw about Mike before he went to the camping school?
A.
He was eager to do the course.
B.
He had done outdoor activities.
C.
He enjoyed life in the open.
D.
He was reluctant and timid.
9.
Mike participated in all the following activities EXCEPT______________.
A.
hiking
B.
canoeing
C.
swimming
D.
camping
10.
Which of the following words is most appropriate to describe Mike after the camping school?
A.
Independent.
B.
Strong.
C.
Determined.
D.
Persistent.

Section B: Talks
5%
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

11.
What happened to January 27th, 1967?
A.
Three men were injured during a fire.
B.
One man died during the fire accident.
C.
A fire started inside a spaceship.
D.
A spaceship was launched.
12.
What happened in 1981?
A.
The space program was suspended.
B.
Five men were injured during an accident.
C.
The accident occurred before the rehearsal.
D.
No accident happened that year.
13.
What does the talk say about accidents?
A.
Accidents are unavoidable.
B.
Accidents can be avoided.
C.
Human beings are always careless.
D.
There should be more precautions.

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

14.
BBC’s weather forecast is a ________ program.
A.
seldom watched
B.
little known
C.
new
D.
popular
15.
Weather observations come from all the following sources EXCEPT ________ .
A.
computers
B.
satellites
C.
the ground
D.
radar
16.
What does the talk say about BBC’s forecasters?
A.
They read from script.
B.
They are professional.
C.
They use a map for presentation.
D.
They care about their clothes.
17.
What does the talk say about British television viewers?
A.
They remember what they saw on weather forecasts.
B.
They like talking about weather instead of watching.
C.
They pay more attention to the style of the presenters.
D.
They watch and remember what is necessary.

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

18.
Which is NOT showing an increase this year?
A.
Number of tourists.
B.
Holiday travelers.
C.
Shopping.
D.
Dining and entertaining.
19.
What does the talk say about this year’s business travelers?
A.
There are fewer business travelers.
B.
There are more business travelers.
C.
The number remains the same as last year’s.
D.
It is not mentioned in the talk.
20.
Which is the largest single visitor expenditure?
A.
Hotel accommodation.
B.
Meals.
C.
Shopping.
D.
Entertainment.

Section C: Spot Dictation
10%
Directions: In this section you are going to hear a report on the strong link between sleep and fatal accident. Some words are taken out and you are expected to fill in the missing words as you listen.
The report will be read TWICE and you will have one minute to check your work. Then put your answers on ANSWER SHEET (2).

Inadequate rest means a weaker (C1) ___________ system, laying the body open to a whole (C2) __________ of illnesses. On the average a man needs seven hours of sleep a day and a woman seven and a (C3)____________ hours. Six hours of (C4)_________ sleep is better than ten hours of (C5)__________ and turning, however. People who sleep less than six hours a night are (C6)________ for an early death.
Some people (C7)___________ that they can get by with little sleep when necessary. But experts think these people are (C8)________ themselves.
Between sleep (C9)________ and fatal accidents there is an obvious (C10)_________. People who get (C11)________ sleep or poor quality sleep have a higher risk of (C12)________ on the road. They are more likely to fall asleep at the (C13)_________ and kill people or get killed. Professional drivers and (C14)___________ workers are most likely to take the (C15)________. The performance at work also (C16)__________ because of sleep deprivation.
The pressures of work deprive people of sleep. To make it up, they try to (C17)________ catnaps. But experts are a little (C18)____________ about the benefits of catnapping. They tell us that the catnap can never be a (C19)_________ for proper sleep. For victims of (C20)_________, catnapping in the day is the worst thing they can possibly do.

Part Two: Structure and Written Expression
20%
Directions: In each question decide which of four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET.

21.
The nuclear family __________ a self-contained, self-satisfying unit composed of father, mother and children.
A. refers to
B. defines
C. describes
D. devotes to
22. Some polls show that roughly two-thirds of the general public believe that elderly Americans are ________ by social isolation and loneliness.
A. reproached
B. favored
C. plagued
D. reprehended
23. In addition to bettering group and individual performance, cooperation ________ the quality of interpersonal relationship.
A. ascends
B. compels
C. enhances
D. prefers
24. In the past 50 years, there ________ a great increase in the amount of research _____ on the human brain.
A. was…did
B. has been…to be done
C. was…doing
D. has been…done
25. “ I must have eaten something wrong. I feel like _____.”

“We told you not to eat at a restaurant. You’d better _______ at home when you are not in the shape.”
A. to throw up…to eat
B. throwing up…eating
C. to throw up…eat
D. throwing up…eat
26. Parents have to show due concerns to their children’s creativity and emotional output; otherwise what they think beneficial to the kids might probably _______ their enthusiasm and aspirations.
A. hold back
B. hold to
C. hold down
D. hold over
27. According to psychoanalysis, a person’s attention is attracted ________ by the intensity of different signals ________ by their context, significance, and information content.
A. not less than…as
B. as…just as
C. so much…as
D. not so much…as
28. They moved to Portland in 1998 and lived in a big house, _______ to the south.
A. the windows of which opened
B. the windows of it opened
C. its windows opened
D. the windows of which opening
29. The lady who has _______ for a night in the dead of the winter later turned out to be a distant relation of his.
A. put him up
B. put him out
C. put him on
D. put him in
30. Bystanders, _______, _________ as they walked past lines of ambulances.
A. bloody and covered with dust, looking dazed

B. bloodied and covered with dust, looked dazed
C. bloody and covered with dust, looked dazed
D. bloodied and covered with dust, looking dazed
31. Hong Kong was not a target for terror attacks, the Government insisted yesterday, as the US ________ closed for an apparent security review.
A. Consulation
B. Constitution
C.Consulate
D. Consular
32. American fans have selected Yao in a vote for the All-Star game ______ the legendary O’Neal, who ______ the “Great Wall” at the weekend as the Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers.
A. in head of, ran on

B. in head of, ran into
C. ahead of, ran onto
D. ahead of, ran into
33. Professional archivists and librarians have the resources to duplicate materials in other formats and the expertise to retrieve materials trapped in _________ computers.
A. abstract
B. obsolete
C. obstinate
D. obese
34. She always prints important documents and stores a backup set at her house. “I actually think there’s something about the ______ of paper that feels more comforting.” She said.

A. tangibility
B. tangledness
C. tangent
D. tantalization
35. “They said what we always knew,” said an administration source, ___________.

A. he asked not to be named
B. who asked not to be named

C. who asked not be named
D. who asked not named
36. In Germany, the industrial giants DaimlerChrysler and Siemens recently _______ their unions into signing contracts that lengthen work hours without increasing pay.

A. muscled
B. moved
C. mushed
D. muted
37. He argues that the policy has done little to ease joblessness, and has left the country _______.

A. energized
B. enervated
C. nerved
D. enacted
38. The more people hear his demented rants, the more they see that he is a terrorist _______.

A. who is pure and simple
B. being pure and simple

C. pure and simple
D. as pure and simple
39. This expansion of rights has led to both a paralysis of the public service and to a rapid and terrible ________ in the character of the population.

A. determination
B. deterioration
C. desolation
D. desperation
40. _______ a declining birth rate, there will be an over-supply of 27,000 primary school places by 2010, _______ leaving 35 schools idle.

A. Coupled with, equals to
B. Coupling with, equivalent to

C. Coupled with, equivalent to
D. Coupling with ,equals to

Part Three: Reading Comprehension
10%
Passage One
The Hero

My mother’s parents came from Hungary, but my grandfather could trace his origin to Germany and also he was educated in Germany. Although he was able to hold a conversation in nine languages, he was most comfortable in German. Every morning, before going to his office, he read the German language newspaper, which was American owned and published in New York.
My grandfather was the only one in his family to come to the United States with his wife and children. He still had relatives living in Europe. When the first world war broke out, he lamented the fact that if my uncle, his only son had to go, it would be cousin fighting against cousin. In the early days of the war, my grandmother begged him to stop taking the German newspaper and to take an English language newspaper, instead. He scoffed at the idea, explaining that the fact it was in German did not make it a German newspaper, but only an American newspaper, printed in German. But my grandmother insisted, for fear that the neighbors may see him read it and think he was German. So, he finally gave up the German newspaper.
One day, the inevitable happened and my uncle Milton received notice to join the army. My grandparents were very upset, but my mother, his little sister, was excited. Now she could boast about her soldier brother going off to war. She was ten years old at the time, and my uncle, realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and her friends, went out and bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted. When the day came for him to leave, his whole regiment, in their uniforms, left together from the same train station. There was a band playing and my mother and her friends came to see him off. Each one wore her service pin and waved a small American flag, cheering the boys, as they left.
The moment came and the soldiers, all very young, none of whom had had any training, but who had nevertheless all been issued uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. The train groaned as if it knew the destiny to which it was taking its passengers, but it soon began to move. Still cheering and waving their flags, the band still playing, the train slowly departed the station.
It had gone about a thousand yards when it suddenly ground to a halt. The band stopped playing, the crowd stopped cheering. Everyone gazed in wonder as the train slowly backed up and returned to the station. It seemed an eternity until the doors opened and the men started to file out. Someone shouted, “It’s the armistice. The war is over.” For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers. The men lined up and formed into two lines. They walked down the steps and, with the band playing behind, paraded down the street, as returning heroes, to be welcomed home by the assembled crowd. The next day my uncle returned to his job, and my grandfather resumed reading the German newspaper, which he read until the day he died.

41. Where was the narrator’s family when this story took place?

A. In Germany.
B. In Hungary.
C. In the United States
D. In New York

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