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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR O_FT@bo\
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES T=A7f6`
March 2007 J3}^\k=p"
PAPER ONEPAPER ONE {o*z iZh
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) d_QHm;}Cx
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. Z>7Oez>
A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously X6N^<Z$
2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. lF 8B+
A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit SrN0f0
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech “the______ problem.” Ni"fV]'
A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact .Xg%><{~
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. 49
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A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect Yc"G="XP;
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. #ie{!Mh
A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. =3a`NO5!
6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. 1;?b-FEq:
A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness (=)+as"u9*
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." Q^Y>T&Q
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8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience dGQy=T:
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9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment. E IsA2 f
A. interrupt B. bother C. interfere D. intervene s%H5Qa+Uh
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. GNZQj8
A. imagination B. invocation C. observation D. obsession 7V 2%
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. }]=b%CPJh+
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12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. b3#c0GL
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13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. O>n L
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A. manner B. position C. profile D. station @wl80v
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. ^Ac0#oX]M
A. provisional B. sensational C. sentimental D. potential %vxd($Ti"
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. Nr:
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A. integral B. instinctive C. intangible D. ingenious TN7kt]a2
l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. )WwysGkqol
A. in pace B. out of focus C. in step D. out of tune |>j=#2
17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. '=\]4?S
A. taunts for B. asks for C. consists of D. approves of 44kY[jhf
l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage. o!sxfJKl
A. in B. against C. raft D. of jcXb@FE6
19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. q>]v~
A. to and fro B. upside and down C. inside and out D. now and then y?_tSnDK
20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. hy
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PART II CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points) z* zLK[t+
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There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration______21, we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths ______22 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the______23 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, ______24 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human______ 25 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood Furniture was designed for people to sit______26 in, because that was the only posture approved by society. K~x G+Kh
Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n) ______27 on which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. QTcngv[
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21. A. for B. than C. as D. that ]A<\d
22. A. if B. when C. because D. though 0EPF;
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23. A. rise B. existence C. occurrence D. increase A`#5pGR
24. A. what B. where C. how D. why .zBSjh_=H
25. A. care B. choice C. concern D. comfort S9
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26. A. upright B. tight C. fast D. stiff {;f`t3D
27. A. armchair B. throne C. altar D. couch D dt9`j
28. A. moving B. keeping C. remaining D. lasting 5C#&vYnq
29. A. traveling B. staying C. wandering D. reclining 8eWb{nuJ>
30. A. fortunately B. frankly C. accordingly D. apparently b:Rl }"a
31. A. in B. on C. to D. at c6BaC@2
32. A. responsible B. incorrect C. immoral D. imperfect FZjtQ{M
33. A. hold B. sit C. behave D. conduct `.L8<