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2000年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷 ,egbU(:l
学科专业:各专业 考试科目名称:英语 xc1-($Q,
English Entrance Examination 6'1Lu1w
For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates &MJ`rj[%
Paper One #} `pj}tQ
Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 20 minutes) Ak,T{;rD
Section A 3q0S}<h al
Directions: In this section you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked (A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 'M
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1. A) To cancel his trip B) To go to bed early. o65I(`
C) To catch a later flight D) To ask for a wake-up call }_9yemP
2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next. Y
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B) They have to pay for the house by installments. l +#FoN
C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom. 7Q #A
D) The man's attitude is more sensible than the woman's. 2%~+c|TH.)
3. A) She will save the stamps for the man's sister. -@mcu{&
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada. Md>9Daa~
C) She can't give the stamps to the man's sister. NnO%D^P]
D) She has given the stamps to the man's roommates. .N Z
4. A) Visiting the Brownings B) Writing. *\$ko)x?c
C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form. >ToI$~84
5. A) The man should work with somebody else ;Bne=vjQp
B) The man should meet his partner's needs. rVDOco+w
C) They should come to a compromise. F|?}r3{aJ
D) They should find a better lab for the project. muIJeQ.C
6. A) She can't finish her assignment, either. c) _u^Dh
B) She can't afford a computer right now. Z#s-(wf
C) The man can use her computer. 4+F@BxpB
D) The man should buy a computer right away. agnEYdM_
7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures. 4gn|zSe>^
B) The guest lecturer's opinion is different from Dr.Johnson's. OZ2faf
C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates. ]t_ Wl1*|
D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college. hj=k[t|g}
8. A) She's never watched a better game. }C5Fvy6uz
B) Football is her favorite pastime.
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C) The game has been canceled )C$1))
D) Their team played very badly. M#xol/)h
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Directions: In this section, you will hear three short passage. At the end of each passage, there will be two or three questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. cp4~`X
Passage 1 b:x*Hjf
9. A) He sold fast food. s,7OoLE
B) He raised dogs. 8FQNeQr
C) He was a cook. .zvvk
D) He was a cartoonist. j/hm)*\io
10. A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany. /B5rWJ2AS
B) Because people thought they contained dog meat. 1N +ju"2R
C) Because people had to get used to their taste. ._`?ZJ
D) Because it was too hot to eat right away. 3OJGBiDAr
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11. A) They give out faint cries. [B%:!Q)@
B) They make noises to drive away insects. }\vw>iHPX@
C) They extend their water pipes. %`]fZr A]#
D) They become elastic like rubber bands. ^1X
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B) They could keep the plants well watered. b`|,rfq^AZ
C) They could make the plants grow faster &Pgk$e%>
D) They could build devices to trap insects. g>_d,#F
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13 A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves mWH;-F*%
C) For adventure. D) For education 13/U4-%b2
14 A) It is a city of contrasts b%e7rY2
B) It possesses many historical sites. T@
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C) It is an important industrial center. u$+nl~p[&
D) It has many big and beautiful parks. JiRfLB
15. A) It helps develop our personalities. ?# )\SQ
B) It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge. j Ysg'Rl
C) It makes our life more interesting. &(~"O
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D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle. saR9_
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points, 45 minutes) [)nU?l
Directions: In this part there are several passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked (A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. tj[-|h
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Every year scientists open more doors that lead to the secrets of Z^GXKOeq
new beneficent drugs. {D4N=#tl
There is bacitracin, which was discovered by two scientists at >RKepV(X7
Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. These two _kQOax{c/
people, Dr. Frank Meleney and Miss Balbina Johnson, knowing that the qEnmms 1
human body had some kind of action in itself with which it fights 6
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infections, began to search for the chemical that does this. In the =+VI{~.|}
hospital they examined badly infected wounds of people who had been vf['$um
hurt in accidents and made tests of the blood and the infected tissue. ".
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Finally, in the wound of a girl who had broken a leg bone, they 0ZtH
found the useful germs which seemed to be fighting the poisonous
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infection. They took some of these into the laboratory and from them lsB.>N lU
developed cultures; that is, larger masses of the germs with which to I7jIA>ZZi
experiment. At last, after long and painstaking work, they were able Sigu p#.p
to draw from these germs a substance which is a germ destroyer. Dr. j9 &0/
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Meleney and Miss Johnson named it bacitracin-baci because the germ is, Cj#?Z7}z
in scientific language, a bacillus and tracin for Margaret Tracy, )iCg,?SSw=
whose broken leg supplied the germ. *ZF:LOnU
Bacitracin at first was used only locally; later the drug was 2Q[q)u
developed into a solution that can be used to fight germ through the vjYG>YhV
blood stream. 7dXh,sD
16.Today, the discovery of a new drug occurs . <&=3g/Y
A)very seldom. B)once in a generation. t2&}
C)once every ten years. D)frequently. BaE}|4
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fights infection . *uMtl'
A)drug. B)biotic. RX\@fmK&
C)not mentioned. D)both A and B. Axx{G~n! [
18. Searching for the fighting chemical, the scientists examined . LrnE6U9
A)fresh wounds. B)infected wounds. v{TISgZ
C)only infected leg bones. D)only a few wounds. dF0:'y
19. Cultures, as used in this article, are . }#9 |au`
A)masses of germs. LX iis)1
B)blood tests. Y# ?M%I%j
C)masses of infected tissue. BZ@v8y _TA
D)poisonous germs. ,ikn%l#cm
20. Bacitracin .
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A)is poisonous. B)destroys germs. R86:1
C)restores broken bones. D)develops germs. _JXb|FIp
21. To say that a drug was used locally is to say that it was . ,Y2){8#l
A)distributed through the whole system. dG'5: ,n/
B)used only in the area of infection. 8rgNG7d
C)used only at Columbia b. oA}XP
D)used only in hospitals. E9n7P'8
22. From reading this selection you can infer that qGc>+!y
A)many scientific discoveries are due to chance. +G>;NiP_
B)every year scientists discover new beneficent drugs. KoO\<_@";
C)behind medical discovery there may be a dramatic story. z3p#`
D)culture are large masses of germs. E|
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Passage 2
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Our echo sounder located the wreck of a French submarine that had \ .jT"Z~
foundered during the war in seventy-five feet of water outside Dakar OQZ\/~o 5
harbor. Dumas and I plunged down and found the vessel lying clean and <y5f[HjLy
upright, surrounded by such clouds of fish as we had rarely seen-small YC0FXN V
silver fingerlings and dark metals. As Dumas swam into the shadow of ~",,&>#[K
the port propeller, he came face to face with a gigantic fish, grouper dsJHhsu6
variety, cousin to our familiar Mediterranean meroblast-fish. This _w>9Z>PR
specimen was ten times the size of our old acquaintances: he weighed DV!) n 6
at least four hundred pounds. The wide, flat head and tiny eyes 5UHxB"`C
advanced on Dumas; the ugly mouth yawned open, wide enough to admit (J^2|9r
him. Dumas knew that sedentary groupers have no teeth to speak of; it y*Wl(w3
seemed, however, that this individual might wish to swallow him O<v9i4*
unmasticated in the fashion of the mero type which swims agape(大张着嘴), p%6j2;D
taking in whole octopuses(章鱼). {|J'd+
The cavernous mouth approached within two feet; Dumas sculled /^z5;aG
backward, watchfully keeping a modest interval as the monster +k4SN
unhurriedly followed. The knowledge that the species was harmless gave .\>I
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grouper exchanged mutual stares of revulsion for a seemingly )
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interminable period while Dumas was steadily pressed back. Then the
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beast lost interest, turned aside, and returned to its dim home under 8+<vumnw
the lost submarine. Dumas surfaced in a reflective mood: "Imagine Mo2b"A;}|
being swallowed by a lousy grouper." 6M`N| %
23. Dumas encountered the jewfish while . &zYo
A)trying to locate an old wreck. f}cz_"o4
B)skin fishing in Dakar harbor. NN9`jP2
C)swimming near a foundered submarine. B^SD5
D)attempting to salvage a submarine. *XK9-%3
24. The gigantic fish was actually . oZV=vg5Dq
A)an extraordinarily large pomfret. &&;ol}W
C)a kind of grouper fish. |&t 2jD(
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25. This type of fish was supposed to be . YpT x1c-
A) dangerous if provoked. B) vicious. t1)b26;
C) harmless. D) afraid of man. q1Si*?2W
26. Dumas regarded the fish with . P/'~&*m-
A)tolerant amusement. n#G
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B)immediate terror. F-)lRGw
C)complete objectivity. [9WtoA,kx
D)increasing suspicion. "bRg_]\q6
27. It seemed to Dumas that the fish wished to . lMX 2O2 o
A)drive him away from its home. V6,D
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B)swallow him whole. 9K@>{69WQ
C)protect itself. d]OoJK9&&
D)force him to surface. IPU'M*|Q
28. Dumas' comment on surfacing expressed . W%f:+s}cI
A)terror at a near escape. \]U@=w
B)shame at his reaction to the fish. %6}S'yL
C)the unreasonableness of the situation. *Rv eR?kO
D)revulsion for the fish. hv'~S
29. Implied but not stated: The fish . 3,bA&c3
A)intended to eat Dumas. EdA_Hf
B)acted out of simple curiosity. ~(tZW
C)lived under the submarine. URDb
D)had been misidentified by Dumas. 22\Buk}?
Passage 3 JEX{jf
Reruns of situation comedies from the fifties and early sixties dramatize the kinds of problems that parents used to have with their children. The Cleavers scold Beaver for not washing his hands before dinner, the Andersons punish Bud for not doing his homework; the Nelsons dock little Ricky’s allowance because he keeps forgetting to clean his room. But times have changed dramatically. Being a parent today is much more difficult than it was a generation ago. XnQd(B`M
Today’s parents must try, first of all, to control all the new distractions that tempt children away from schoolwork. At home, a child may have a room furnished with a stereo and television. Not many young people can resist the urge to listen to an album or watch MTV-especially if it is time to do schoolwork. Outside the home, the distractions are even more alluring, children no longer “hang out” on a neighborhood corner within earshot of Mom or Dad’s reminder to come in and do homework.. Instead,, they congregate in vast shopping malls, buzzing video arcades and gleaming fast-food restaurants. Parents and school assignments have obvious difficulty competing with such enticing alternatives. h'<}N
Besides dealing with these distractions, parents also have to shield their children from a flood of sexually explicit materials. Today, children can find sex magazines and pornographic paperbacks in the same corner store that once offered only comics and candy. Moreover, the movies young people attend often focus on highly sexual situations. It is difficult to teach children traditional values when films show teachers seducing students and young people treating sex as a casual sport. An even more difficult matter for parents is the heavily sexual content of programs on television. cve(p
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Most disturbing to parents today, however, is the increase in life-threatening dangers that face young people. When children are small, parents fear that their youngsters may be victims of violence. Every news program seems to carry a report about a mass murderer who preys on young girls, a deviant who has buried six boys in his cellar, or an organized child pornography ring that molests preschoolers. When children are older, parents begin to worry about their kids’ use of drugs. Peer pressure to experiment with drugs is often stronger than parents’ warnings. This pressure to experiment can be fatal if the drugs have been mixed with dangerous chemicals. @5H1Ni5/o@
Within one generation, the world as a place to raise children has changed dramatically. One wonders how yesterday’s parents would have dealt with today’s problems. Could the Andersons have kept Bud away from MTV? Could the Nelsons have shielded little Ricky from sexually explicit material? Could the Cleavers have protected Beaver from drugs? Parents must be aware of all these distractions and dangers, yet be willing to give their children the freedom they need to become responsible adults. It is not an easy task.. v#.FK:u}
30. Parents today must protect their children from all of the following except_______ . .Lo$uKsW$l
A)Drug abuse EH"iK2n\9
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C)Drinking too much beverage l!\C"f1o,
D)Sexually explicit materials p8BA an3
31. Traditional values become more difficult for younger generation to accept because ________ .
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A)Teachers set bad examples for students N~ljU;wo-9
B) Bad side effects on children from TV and films outweigh the traditional education #6_?7 (X
C) Parents failed in educating their children sMli! u
D)The younger generation can not resist the temptation from all sorts of distractions =/J4(#Xb
32. According to the author, what the parents now most fear for about their children is ________. +DM+@F
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C) Enticing alternatives D). Sex magazines zzuDI_,/
33. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s attitude towards being a responsible parent? *#Hi W)
A) Frustrated. B) Pessimistic. <"/Y`/
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34. It can be inferred from the passage that parents today ________. h$~ NPX
A)Must pay much more attention to their children’s behavior YWM$%
B)Have to strengthen the education on traditional values Mq42^m:qe
C)Have to strike a balance between their need to provide limitations and their children’s need for freedom u.0Z)j}N
D)Must prevent their children from all kinds of seductions of the society JrseU6N
35.The author develops her main idea by _________. iBxCk^
A)Complaining about some social influences on children .%3bXK+F
B)Comparing education of yesterday with that of today I1kx3CwJ{P
C)Explaining parents’ worries today W!I"rdo;
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D)Stating her own points with vivid examples 9+9}^B5@A
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Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes uwQ{y>SG
in contact with them. Their values--this can't be repeated too often--are 1;SW%\M
not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not 6*kY7
necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to
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time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small t3 *2Z u
worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. 0Apdhwk~
But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live
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with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? w@nN3U+
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of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious QgEG%YqB
risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. s4
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Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, `HgT5}
it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this /Y:_qsO1
comparison right through to the provision for spare parts. But never forget fa/
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that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And p{t2pfb
at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to <QugV3e
try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the P00d#6hPJ
forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed 0D/j2cT("k
to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as p44d&9
they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them 2hw3+o6
a try, on the principle that while there's life, there's hope. ToCB*GlL
When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun. TPq5"mco
36. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that ________ . _|wgw^.LJ]
A) very old people enjoy living with their relatives I^[R]Js
B) social services have nothing to do with very old people /+"BU-aQk
C) very old people would like to live alone so that they can have more w1rB"rB?
personal freedom 4.|]R8Mn
D) very old people are able to keep their rooms very clean `T{{wty
37. Some social workers think that ________ . )mB+#T<k-
A) health and safety are more important than personal freedom LP7t*}PK
B) personal freedom is more important than health and safety \Z
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C) old people should keep their rooms clean
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D) one should not take the risk of dealing with old people 1G=1FGvP
38. In the author's opinion, ________ . 6QLWF@
A) the human body can't be compared to a car rfkk3oy
B) the older a person, the more care he needs iPa!pg4m
C) too much emphasis has been put on old people's values z(:0@ 5
D) it is easy to provide spare parts for old people 245(ajxHC
39. The word 'it' in the last paragraph refers to __________ . Vu*
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A) the conclusion you have made 7F>5<Gv:-
B) your talk to the old people F8Rd#^9PD
C) whether age is happy or unpleasant @8HTC|_vX
D) one's money or one's health w[uK3A v
40. The author thinks that __________ . fk5!/>X
A) medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors % rRYT8
B) old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich o`+6E
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D) it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death zg.'
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Let children learn to judge their own work. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, when children learn to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught--to work, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle--compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. Gk;==~
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find a way to get the right answer. Let's end this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know. 2Y(Phw2%
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one's life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get in the world? Don't worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it." Ih ;6(5z
41. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things? e-ljwCD
A)by copying what other people do f+}?$'
B)by making mistakes and having them corrected $LRvPan`
C)by listening to explanations from skilled people ^'lx5+-
D)by asking a great many questions 5,:>.LRA
42. What does the author think teachers do which they should not do? >DBaKLu\
A)They give children correct answers. @N7X(@O
B)They point out children's mistakes to them. S`8
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C)They allow children to make their own work. [<