中国社会科学院研究生院
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2015 年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷 -x3tx7%
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2015 年 3 月 14 日 8KGv?^M
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PART I: Vocabulary and Grammar *Wuctu^9
Section A (10 points) YiQeI|{oN
Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank. FRJ:ym=E
1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and 3ZJagJ\O
vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out. kVG6\<c]
a. prudent b. reversible c. diffuse d. mandatory F~d7;x=g
2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their 5LhJ8$W
history , some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily J:TI>*tn
accounted for, others are difficult to _______________. O>"r. sR
a. refine b. discern c. embed d. cluster *nUpO]
3. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was _QOOx+%*5
designed to give the other members of the club a bigger ______________ and to counter <>5:u
centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. 1l`s1C
a. say b. transmission c. decay d. contention pb2{J#
4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached uX5--o=C
almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children b1['uJF
are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖ in a myriad of ways other than through the public Ppo^qb
airwaves. Zy+QA>d|
a. irrefutable b. concrete c. inevitable d. haphazard ,h(f\h(9
5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a #3:'lGBIK
substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is, ptc H>wM!
treat the contract as discharged or terminated. L8-[:1
a. repudiate b. spurn c. decline d. halt KHs{/
6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed m 'H
conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message. !k??Kj
a. as the way by which b. by the way in which X#NeB>~
c. as to the way in which d. in the way of which )]>Y*<s }
7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many H7X
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aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics. )}9}"jrDlx
a. has… had b. had…had c. has…has d. have…had F>_lp,G
8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve ~9/nx|%D
into different species. g2b4 ia!L
a. did not move and intermingle…would continue 0&
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b. would not move and intermingle…had continued .2 SIU4[P
c. had not moved and intermingled…would have continued [j+0EVwB
d. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued @LMV ?
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9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked it _2n/vF;I+_
in--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already n,'AFb4AF
completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing "BNmpP
shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving SrU
friends for the next few days. h|>n3-k|p
a. not until…when b. not until…that c. until…when d. until…that o!dkS/u-m
10.One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact DmpJzHj|
______________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is g$+O<a@ n
learnt deliberately and consciously. cFNtY~(b
a. in…which b. of …in which c. on…that d. to…that J-{E`ibGN
Section B (5 points) RKZk/ly
Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word. yaGVY*M0
11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens S gsR;)2
between India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. ^?VT y5yp
a. division b. turmoil c. fusion d. consolidation xF>w r
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12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective; Q-%=ZW Z
for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either j%<@uiu
to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking. lxJ.h&