中国人民大学博士生(非英语专业)入学考试英语考试示例 /.<T^p@\&
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Part I Vocabulary (20 points) :t6w+h
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Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. F#X&Tb{
Choose the best completing the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single ec:?Q0
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1. When I heard that Mrs. Thacher resigned, I called her. I wanted her to know that my heart was 6uCa iPV
_____ her. Fg)Iw<7_2
A. for B. of C. in D. with bu[v[U4
2. Gentleness has been considered a _____ trait. nk,X6o9%
A. boyish B. delicate C. feminine D. male r^
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3. We know that this is ture, but _____ we recognize this truth only in our backward glance. )oJn@82C|
A. all too often B. too often C. all too late D. too late MO+g*N
4. The retiring professor was _____ by his colleague. _ cK"y2
A. criticized B. exalted C. driven out D. examined {)j3P
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5. He is honest. His actions are always _____ his words. wK+%[i&,
A. contradictory to B. contradicted by C. agreed with D. consistent with Q#
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6. Life is never just _____. %e2,p&0G
A. living B. being C. existing D. going P#(BdKjM
7. The lady _____ her skirt by sit on the seat while flying. 4k5X'&Q
A. disordered B. disarranged C. creased D. crashed =7@N'xX
8. You must always be ready to sacrifice _____ to duty. \kU0D
A. inclination B. tendency C. interest D. career l2"{uCcA
9. In many countries now, smoking is not _____ in public places. v1Tla]d
A. permissive B. permissible C. permutable D. pernicious fr$E'+l)
10.His pleasant ways _____ me into thinking that he was my good friend. #Hl0>"k
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A. deprived B. despised C. diverted D. beguiled nFU'DZ
11._____ animals must be kept in cages in case they might hurt the tourists. /E F0~iy
A. Land B. Domestic C. Vicious D. Farm G.Z:00x
12. Almost overnight, Ames became a hero of environmentalists when his finding led to new ____ and bans on certain chemicals. K' xN>qc
A. regulations B. authorities C. orders D. suggestions xT7JGQ[|
13.The ____ noise whistles kept me awake all night. sdF;H[
A. incarnate B. incessant C. repetitious D. rampant hh/C{ l
14. The baby seems content, he must have ____ his new nursemaid. XKD0n^L[
A. taken to B. taken after C. taken from D. taken in jC3ta
15. He had either to leave the country immediately or to surrender himself to the Nazi authorities, and had no other _____. [IT*>;b+?
A. alternative B. hope C. resource D. approach @X@?jj&
16. A good sense of rhythm is one of his natural ____ as a poet. {"T$jV:GB
A. endowments B. interest C. weaknesses D. accomplishments %5#ts/f
17. All his attempts to argue about the rightness were _____. eT33&:
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A. futile B. not important C. effective in case D. without reason ~d]X@(G&
18.I ____ lowbrow, admire the highbrow all the more for his patronizing type. \
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A. conceiting B. humble C. overweening D. poor )Il)
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19. Lowbrows are quite _____ for highbrows to have their symphonics and their Russion novels. VfWU-lJ
A. content B. contained C. capacity D. yearn 1t&LNIc|^
20. As the speed of change brings design ____ fashion, then decisions about taste will have to be made more and more regularly.
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A. near to B. nearer to C. next to D. close to =-wF Brw
21.The dark clouds suggest a(n) _____ storm. NWnUXR
A. impending B. surprising C. fast D. enexpected M)sM G
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22. To our grief, he became ______ to the drug. 1dDK(RBbQ
A. addicted B. interested C. amused D. disturbed .V~z6
23.Being a foreigner, Carl did not _____ to the joke. M_
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A. appreciate B. catch on to C. laugh D. like 8EbJ5wu/%S
24. Talks on climate change resulted in the German city of Bonn on July 16 to _____ global warming. 9)P-<
A. focus on B. combat C. settle down D. sum up jQ>
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25. His parents _____ him to enlist when he was seventeen. 1eod;^AP9
A. permitted B. committed C. made D. enabled p
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26. _____ may think they are better than the facts would justify. jEK{QOq0
A. Optimists B. Pessimists C. Cynicists D. Humorists KZeaM
27. He quickly _____ behind the building to avoid being hurt by the stones thrown in his direction. SZ$~zT;c
A. ducked B. evaded C. escaped D. dodged |q+3X)Y
28. By isolating negative words and phrases, you can _____ the damage you’re doing to yourself. UdGa#rcNW
A. point out B. point C. pinpoint D. get 9):h
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29. It did the _____ service of freeing us from the dilemma. :8(
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A. immense B. much C. lot of D. innumerous RaT.%:CRm
30. Sports, and not learning, seem to _____ in that school. ;@5N
A. appear B. occupy C. dominate D. lead <GdQ""X
31. The local people could hardly think of any good way to _____ poverty they had endured. ~)fd+~4L
A. shake off B. ward off C. put off D. take off 9nGS"E l{
32. As skies fill with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal miracle appears to depend on a seeming _____. The fatter the bird, the more efficiently it flies. `8x.Mv
A. interruption B. description C. qualification D. contradiction KU;d[Z@g
33. His meeting with Picasso was an important _____ in the artist’s life. :o37 V!
A. lesson B. episode C. scene D. chapter 1uwzo9Yg
34. Borders these days have little meaning for Singapore- based regional _____ of electronics firms like Sanyo and Philips. vV$6fvS
A. executives B. officials C. governors D. servants PR+L6DT_
35. Unfortunately, the woman’s hat _____ my view of the stage. s[dq-pc"
A. blocked up B. obstructed C. prevented D. interfered :qAF}|6
36. Meantime, road construction is _____ on the site of a proposed Tuman River Triangle. ABG>W>H-S
A. under way B. in the way C. of the way D. by way 1EmZ/@k/Y
37. Everyone knows that the firefly is a _____ insect. Jf</83RZ
A. firing B. lighting C. luminiferous D. glowing w~a_FGYX
38. Preferential policies and ready cooperation do play a role in _____ poverty. n/
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A. alleviating B. activating C. assaulting D. accustoming 6'a
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39. The fact that these regions are _____ in natural resources doesn’t mean local people are well off. Y I?4e7Z+
A. adorable B. accessible C. abundant D. ambient zNh$d;(O$^
40. In spite of a problem with the ____ equipment, some very useful work was accomplished. [g Y.h/
A. imperfect B. temporary C. emergency D. reinstalled @ak3ZNor
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points) _/pdZM,V
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Directions: Read the following passages, decide on the best one of the choices marked A, B, C and nq,P.~l
D for each question or unfinished statement and mark the corresponding letter with a singel bar -egu5#d>
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Passage 1
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There is extraordinary exposure in the United States ot the risks of injury and death from motor vehicle acidents. More than 80 percent of all households own passenger cars or light trucks and each of these is driven an average of more than 11,000 miles each year. Almost one-half of fatally injured drivers have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.1 percent or higher. For the average adult, over five ounces of 80 proof spirits would have to be consumed over a short period of time to attain these levels. A third of drivers who have been drinking, but fewer that 4 percent of all dirvers, demonstrate these levels. Although less than 1 percent of drivers with BACs of 0.1 percent or more are involved in fatal crashes, the probability of their involvement is 27 times higher than for those without alcohol in their blood. /OsTZ"*.2/
There are a number of different approaches to reducing injuries in which intoxication plays a role. Based on the observation that excessive consumption correlates with the total alcohol consumption of a country’s population, it has been suggested that higher taxes on alcohol would reduce both. While the heaviest drinkers would be taxed the most, anyone who drinks at all would be penalized by this approach. ^BN?iXQhN
To make drinking and driving a criminal offense is an approach directed only at intoxicated drivers. In some states, the law empowers police to request breath tests of drivers cited for any traffic offense and elevated BAC can be the basis for arrest. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates, however, that even with increased arrests, there are about 700 violations for every arrest. At this lever there is little evidence that laws serve as deterrents to drinking while intoxicatd. In Britain, motor vehicle fatalities fell 25 percent immediately following implementation of the Road Safety Act in 1967. As the British increasingly recognized that they could drink and not be stopped, the effectiveness declined, although in the ensuing three years the fatality rate seldom reached that observed in the seven years prior to the Act. ptCAtEO72
Whether penalties for driving with a high BAC or excessive taxation on consumption of alcoholic beverage will deter the excessive drinker responsible for most fatalities is unclear. In part, the answer depends on the extent to which those with high BAC involved in crashes are capable of controlling their intake in response to economic or penal threat. Therapeutic programs which range from individual and group counseling and psychotherapy to chemotherapy constitute another approach, but they have not diminished the proportion of accidents in which alcohol was a factor. In the few controlled trials that have been reported, there is little evidence that rehabilitation programs of those repeatedly arrested for durnken behavior have reduced either the recidivism or crash involvement for clients exposed to them, although knowledge and attitudes have improved. One thing is clear, however, unless we deal with automobile and highway safety and reduce accidents in which alcoholic intoxication plays a role, many will continue to die. 48W-Tf6v|
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41. The author is mainly concerned with _____. ffibS0aM
A. interpreting the results of surveys on traffic fatalities @;P\`[(*
B. reviewing the effectiveness of attempts to curb drunk driving O~u@J'4
C. suggesting reasons for the prevalence of drunk driving in the United States
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D. analyzing the causes of the large number of annual traffic fatalities qE)G;Y<,1
42. It can be inferred that the 1967 Road Safety Act in Britain______. P;~P:qKd
A. required drivers convicted under the law to undergo rehabilitation therapy d\{a&\v
B. make it illegal to drive while intoxicated $P7G,0-
C. increased the number of drunk driving arrests ]>'yt #]
D. placed a tax on the sale of alcoholic drinks B_uAa5'
43. The author imples that a BAC of 0.1 percent _____. d*(wU>J '
A. is unreasonalby high as a definition of intoxication for purposes of driving ,Y_[+
B. penalizes the moderate drinker while allowing the heavy drinker to consume without limit (g
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C. is well below the BAC of most drivers who are involved in fatal collisions AfOq?V
D. proves that a driver has consumed five ounces of 80 proof spirits over a short time 4}>1I}!k
44. The author cites the British example in order to _____. V9r58hbVT
A. demonstrate the need to lower BAC levels in states that have laws against drunk driving 8~s-@3J
B. prove that stricter enforcement of laws against intoxicated drivers would reduce traffic deaths `h+1u`FJ
C. prove that a slight increase in the number of arrests of intoxicated drivers will not deter drunk driving k w]m7T
D. suggest that taxation of alcohol consumption may be more effective than criminal laws ZP
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45. The author’s tone of then end of the article can best be described as _____. i[M]d`<36
A. ironic B. indifferent C. admonitory D. indecisive cojbuo
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Passage 2 [AHZOA
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No one can be greater thinker who does not realize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks of himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. Not that it is solely, or chiefly, to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking is required. On the contrary, it is much or even more indispensable to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature which whey are capable of. There have been, and may again be, great individual thinkers in a general atmosphere of mental slavery. But there never has been, nor ever will be, in that atmosphere an intellectually active people. Where any people has made a temporary approach to such a character, it has been because the dread of heterodox speculation was for a time suspended. Where there is a tacit convention that principles are not to be disputed; where the discussion of the greatest questions which can occupy humanity is considered to be closed, we cannot hope to find that generally high scale of mental activity which has made some periods of history so remarkable. Never when controversy avoided the subjects which are large and important enough to kindle enthusiansm was the mind of people stirred up from its foundations and the impulse given which raised even persons of the most ordinary intellect ot something of the dignity of thinking beings. ^68BxYUoD\
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and on one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unble to refute the reasons on the opposite side; if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion. The rational position for him would be suspension of judgement, and unless he contents himself with that, he is either led by authority, or adopts, like the generality of the world, the side to which he feels the most inclination. Nor is it enough that he should hear the arguments of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. That is not the way to do justice to the arguments, or bring them into real contact with his own mind. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and do their very utmost for them. He must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form: he must feel the whole force of the difficulty which the true view of the subject has to encounter and dispose of else he will never really possess himself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that difficulty. Ninety-nine in hundred of what are called educated men are in this condition: even of those who can argue fluently for their opinions. Their conclusion may be ture, but it might be false for anything they know: they have never thrown themselves into the mental position of those who think differently from and considered what such persons may have to say, and consequently they do not, in any proper sense of the word, know the doctrines which they themselves profess. They do not know those parts of it which explain and justify the remainder; the considerations which show that a fact with seeminlgy conflicts with another is reconcilable with it, or that, of two apparently strong reasons, one and not the other ought to be preferred.
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46. According to the author, in a great period such as the Renaissance we may expect to find ____. gc6T`O-_;
A. acceptance of truth WP-'gC6K=
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C. controversy over principles .O+qtk!
D. a suspension of judgement V^^nJs
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47. Which of the following statements is true, according to the author? xp>p#c
A. Most education people study both sides of a question [!v|
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B. Heterodox speculation will lead to many errors in thinking. `xO
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C. The vast majority of people who argue fluently are acquainted with only one side of an issue. D|Tv`47ntu
D. It is wise to get both sides of a debatable issue from one’s teachers .C2.j[>
48. As it is used in line 4 of the passage, the word ‘suffer’ most nearly means _____. UkY
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