西南大学博士入学考试英语试题(2012) B/i,QBPF]
Part I Vocabulary (10 points) &AUL]:<s
Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there ,XI,
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are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the \P&'4y~PL
following sentences. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet y 9/27yWB
1. A broadcasting station will sometimes to its listeners a programme which q<,?:g$k
it has received from another station. IDdhBdQ
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A. rely B. relay C. relate D. reside XH1so1h
2. The United Nations Conference on Drug Abuse, which took place earlier this year }P-9\*hlm
in Vienna, was a very meeting. csH1X/3ha\
A. productive B. overwhelming C. compulsory D. protective vb5tyY0c
3. A person who studies ___ learns how to express numbers approximately and
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how to calculate ratios and averages. u2 -%~Rlo
A. static B. statistic C. statistics D. status 1,,o_e\nn3
4. If you ______ someone, you form a fixed general idea or image of them so that _BHb0zeot
you assume that they will behave in a particular way. ;=F^G?p^
A. assimilate B. simulate C. stereotype D. subordinate 7KuTC%7
5. Reading ______ the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that "%qGcC8
makes what we read ours. N$:[`,
A. rectifies B. prolongs C. furnishes D. minimizes 8'Z9Z*^h#x
6. Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when _____ in the middle /bfsC&
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of the Pacific, businessman can contact their offices as if they were next door. d[-w&[iy
A. gliding B. cruising C. piloting D. patrolling :Oa|&.0l?
7. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly fCO!M1 t
from _______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars. b==<7[8
A. configuration B. constitution C. condemnation D. contamination q:J,xC_sF(
8. Scientists, who are now aware of how nautiluses regulate their buoyancy, have @xSS`&b
been able to dispel ideas about these creatures. ylmf^G@JC
A. erroneous B. misdemeanors C. misgivings D. misdirection @e$zEj5
9. History has demonstrated that countries with different social systems and X/2Xr(z"k
ideologies can join hands in meeting the common challenges to human _____ and vxk1RL*Xu
development. (!W:-|[K\
A. evolution B. survival C. rivalry D. dignity t9Pu:B6
10. To avoid an oil shortage, we should advocate that more machines must _____ of %I&Hx<Hj
life in a short time, and this made others astonished. nd'zO#"m?
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A. accelerate B. operate C. generate D. utilize pRPz1J$58
11. Japanese leaders aboard the U. S. battleship Missouri and signed the ____ $-jj%x\}
surrender, which ended World War Two in 1945. aoI{<,(
A. conditional B. infinite C. everlasting D. unconditional GT|=Apnwr%
12. It is a _____ that in such a rich country there should be so many poor people who fC&Egy
could hardly keep their body and soul together. y9pQ1H<F;
A. hypothesis B. paradox C. conflict D. dispute @m1v B!
13. The _____ effects of many illnesses made him a weak man and he still didn’t R`!x<J
want to do sports every day. _dmgNbs
A. cumulative B. formidable C. eternal D. prospective UccnQZ7/I
14. The robbers broke into the bank, _____ the clerics with revolvers and forced them ]wER&/v"
to give money just as they were about to knock off. \m*?5]m;
A. shot B. frightened C. amused D. menaced mI@E>VCV[
15. This pair of boots cost much less than yours for I bought them when the ]Tx8ImD#)A
department store made a _____ of the stored goods. Ex&
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A. clearance B. reduction C. fortune D. deal 2|qE|3&{'
16. Technology has _____ the sharing information and the storage and delivery of Hh$x8ADf
information, thus making more information available to more people. ?h<I:[oZ
A. formulated B. facilitated C. furnished D. functioned x6.an_W6
17. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other I thought, <,`=m|z9k
but they are inseparable in fact. df&d+jY
A. indistinctly B. separately C. irrelevantly D. independently T&tCXi
18. More than 85 percent of French Canada’s population speaks French as a mother >]&LbUW+
tongue and _____ to the Roman Catholic faith. k$i76r
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19. There are not many teachers who are strong _____ of traditional methods in k8GcHqNHx
English teaching. z<m,Xj4w
A. sponsors B. contributors C. advocates D. performers '<^%>R2
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understanding the universe. 0>)('
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points) KNic$:i
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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. \XCs(
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There are 6 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by V2u^sy
some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices Y@Lv>p
marked A, B, C and D. you should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on eg3zpgZ
the Answer Sheet. |FS79Bv
Spread across the United States are about 500,000 doctors, cheeked by jowl, in the so9h6K{qcp
big cities and thin on the ground in isolated small towns. In June 1986, the secretary #W @6@Mv
of health and human services, Dr. Otis Bowen, passed on a view of his experts: 5%-15% |0vY'A)]
of America’s 500,000 doctors should be candidates for disciplinary action, many of ^}ngbDn
them because of drug taking or alcoholism. Others give their patients poor care d?$
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because they are senile, incompetent, guilty of misconduct or out of touch with XTG*
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developments in medicine. qq]ZkT}
The granting, or withdrawal, of licenses to practice is in the hands of state medical $*Njvr7
boards, but they are overwhelmed with complaints and lack the money to handle even 4l@*x^F
a fraction of them. Recently, however, things have been changing. In 1985, 406
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doctors lost their licenses (compared with 255 in 1984), nearly 500 were placed on 5 UpN/\He
probation and nearly 1,000 received reprimands or had their right to practice curtailed. HC@E&t