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2015 年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷 l I2UpfkBP
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2015 年 3 月 14 日 biVsbxYurq
8:30 – 11:30 (V"7H
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PART I: Vocabulary and Grammar eGo$F2C6E
Section A (10 points) NU[Wj uLG
Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank. eYPIZ{S7h
1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and &+/$~@OK
vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out. '
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a. prudent b. reversible c. diffuse d. mandatory ='(;!3ZH
2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their vb`:
history , some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily $[b1_Db
accounted for, others are difficult to _______________. D?"Q)kVuD
a. refine b. discern c. embed d. cluster 2gnz=
3. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was #*G}v%Ow/u
designed to give the other members of the club a bigger ______________ and to counter :BblH0'
centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. &]c7<=`K"
a. say b. transmission c. decay d. contention 7s;*vd>
4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached VC^QCuSq
almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children F^Mt}`O
are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖ in a myriad of ways other than through the public j)}TZx4~
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a. irrefutable b. concrete c. inevitable d. haphazard i^eDM.#X
5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a 0:eK}tC
substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is, o|V=3y
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treat the contract as discharged or terminated. C(}Kfi@6N
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6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed x8&~
conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message. R#/0}+-M
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c. as to the way in which d. in the way of which X&,a=#C^
7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many $oZV 54
aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics. N0fmC*1-
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8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve ,m)YL>
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d. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued ,
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9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked it B
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in--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already TzsNhrU{
completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing &P>a
shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving YuzgR;Z
friends for the next few days. Mj:=$}rs^
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10.One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact y!kM#DC^
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a. in…which b. of …in which c. on…that d. to…that Ga$EM
Section B (5 points) v ce1'aW
Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word. MJ`BlE,Fmb
11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens | PzXN+DW
between India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. {i:Ayhq~&
a. division b. turmoil c. fusion d. consolidation EP]O J$6I
12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective; o%?~9rf]]
for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either
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to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking. __,}/|K2
a. inebriates b. forsakes c. relates d. emaciates O:te;l
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13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show. Z$ Mc{
Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating,if not preventing, change. 2ee((vO&
a. promoting b. impeding c. tempering d. arresting Y1U\VU
14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopia ~ (d#T |ez
presented by the players and the evil empires portrayed by their critics. |[
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a. collaboration b. worth c. triumph d. defect <}^l MBa
15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of other V?+Y[Q
artists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspired outbursts of creative energy. [}=/?(5
Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against isV9nWo$
nearly insurmountable odds. /km'#f)/
a. insuperable b. unsurpassable c. uncountable d. invaluable **lT 'D
Section C (5 points) )w!*6<