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2015 年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷 6-8,qk
英 语 0$)uOUVJ
2015 年 3 月 14 日 \$GM4:R D
8:30 – 11:30 ]X
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PART I: Vocabulary and Grammar !n
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Section A (10 points) {j$ :9 H
Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank. YJdM6
1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and iI T7pq1
vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out. WzD=Ol
a. prudent b. reversible c. diffuse d. mandatory Qh*"B
2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their {m%]`0
history , some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily T<:mG%Is
accounted for, others are difficult to _______________. je_:hDr
a. refine b. discern c. embed d. cluster .V~z6
3. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was =.T50~+M
designed to give the other members of the club a bigger ______________ and to counter @ sLb=vb
centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. &CP]+ at
a. say b. transmission c. decay d. contention jQ>
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4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached '" MT$MrT
almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children 'M20v-[
are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖ in a myriad of ways other than through the public p
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a. irrefutable b. concrete c. inevitable d. haphazard vs=8x\W
5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a B \WIoz;'
substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is, 3m;*gOLk6
treat the contract as discharged or terminated. .VD:FFkW
a. repudiate b. spurn c. decline d. halt w?eJVi@w{
6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed JSp V2c5Q
conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message. 6KH&-ffd
a. as the way by which b. by the way in which z5njblUz
c. as to the way in which d. in the way of which _P].Z8
7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many "}|&eBH^<
aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics. $3yzB9\a"
a. has… had b. had…had c. has…has d. have…had ve3-GWT{C
8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve `8x.Mv
into different species. cc0e(\
a. did not move and intermingle…would continue %[l#S*)~
b. would not move and intermingle…had continued E]MyP=g$
c. had not moved and intermingled…would have continued r
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d. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued Xi
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9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked it l|jb}9(J
in--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already cXDG(.!n7B
completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing =w,cdU*
shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving V#Pz`D
friends for the next few days. RCC~#bb
a. not until…when b. not until…that c. until…when d. until…that b<E0|VW
10.One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact EJByYk
______________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is [&MhAzF
learnt deliberately and consciously. .9uw@Eq
a. in…which b. of …in which c. on…that d. to…that >Y)FoHa+/
Section B (5 points) SbYsa
Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word. +)<H,?/
11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens _mG>^QI.
between India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. X/AA8QV o
a. division b. turmoil c. fusion d. consolidation -.
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12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective; <&m
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for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either +cf. In,{
to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking. R64/m9
a. inebriates b. forsakes c. relates d. emaciates ;=i$0w9 W
13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show. VGL!)1b
Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating,if not preventing, change. \f-
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a. promoting b. impeding c. tempering d. arresting Q<UKR|6
14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopia O8<@+xlX
presented by the players and the evil empires portrayed by their critics.
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a. collaboration b. worth c. triumph d. defect $g @-WNe
15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of other
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artists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspired outbursts of creative energy. R) 'AI[la
Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against Ynx.$$`$=
nearly insurmountable odds. 5Vu@gRk_
a. insuperable b. unsurpassable c. uncountable d. invaluable 15U[F0b
Section C (5 points) k_A
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Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence. !vwx0
16. One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S. Congress is the power to
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investigate, which is usually delegated to committees—either standing committees, special qE)G;Y<,1
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committees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees consisting of members of both $/XR/
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houses. AOVoOd+6
17. One of the important corollaries to the investigative power is the power to publicize JzZ9ua
investigations and their results. Most committee hearings are open to public and are reported oHj64fE9
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widely in the mass media. Congressional investigations thus represent one important tool >x6$F*:W}
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available to lawmakers to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interest in national issues. ,`nl";Zc
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18. It is not a voice we recognize at once, whereas our own handwriting is something which we /c9%|<O%
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almost always know. We begin the natural learning of pronunciation long before we start R$xk cg2(
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learning to read or write, and in our early years we go on unconsciously imitating and v*.#LJEm
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practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many hours everyday. Me|+)}'p5h
19. It had happened too often that the farmers sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debts 0-{l4;o
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were coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, TPeBb8v8D
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producer groups, asked firmer control, but the government had no wish to become involved, at dS[="Set
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least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild. GOeYw[Vh
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20. Detailed studies of the tribe by the food scientists at the University of London showed that t <Z)D0.
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gathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields on ~jqh&u$(
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average about 100 edible calories as an hour of gathering produces 240. 3M&IMf,/@
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PART II: Reading comprehension (30 points) 95G*
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Directions: Choose the best answers based on the information in the passages below. c*"TmDY
Passage 1 J&