英语试题-2007
ENGLISH EXAMINATION
FOR PHD CANDIDATES OF 2007
2007.5
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (1 point each) 20%
Section A
Directions: There are ten ntences in this ction. Each ntence has something omitted. Choo the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each ntence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. Radiation from the sun is ________________ by the Earth’s atmosphere.
A. pricked
B. distended
C. attenuated
D. oxidized
2. If you describe a collection of objects, ideas as __________________, you mean that they are wide-ranging and come from many different sources.
A. eccentric
B. eclectic
C. elastic
D. elective
3. Sit down, straighten your legs and ___________________ your feet.
A. suffocate
B. flex
C. inflate
D. affront
4. Silver _____________ easily and turns black if not polished regularly.
A. snookers
B. stews
C. tarnishes
D. dou
5. The Grand ____________ in the USA is 1900 meters deep and 25 kilometers wide at its maximum.
A. Canyon
B. Ford
C. Abyss
D. Quarry
6. The statue of the dictator was _________________ over by the crowds.
A. toddled
B. toppled
C. aggrandized
D. aggregated
7. The governor was _____________ for wrongful u of state money.
A. implanted
B. impended
C. imbued
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8. The announcement will _____________ the rumors of a takeover that have plagued the company for the past 18 months.
A. append
B. scotch
C. exhort
D. exhale
9. He thinks about nothing but playing chess. He’s completely ______________ to it.
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B. ascribed
C. tempted
D. overcome
10. Shortly after the boat docked, the pasngers ________________________.
A. dismounted
B. dimbarked
C. disperd
D. disgruntled
Section B
Directions: There are ten ntences in this ction. Each ntence has one word or a t of
words underlined. Below the ntence are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Choo the word or phra that is clot in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across
the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
11. Thus, if this process occurred, there might be a long-term oscillation in the amount of carbon dioxide prent in the atmosphere.
A. fluctuation
B. crisis
12. The interests of the consumer should be paramount.
A. supreme
B. unbending
C. superfluous
D. tangible
13. Mark ems to have a very lenient teacher this year.
A. helpful
B. friendly
C. intelligent
D. permissive
14. There were intervals when the sun broke through the clouds, becau the showers were intermittent.
A. slight
B. periodic
C. enduring
D. temporary
15. It is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice as a little bordering upon cruelty.
A. meticulous
B. contemplative
C. imprudent
D. trifle
16. When he stays up all night to study for his test, he can be quite petulant.
A. tired
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B. grouchy
C. amenable
D. exhausted
17. We tried to negotiate but they were adamant.
A. disagreeable
B. confident
C. hostile
D. unyielding
18. The Party always inculcates the duty of loyalty on the young people.
A. precludes from
B. imbues with
著名的画家19.The policemen are perambulating the streets.
A. percolate
B. permute
C. perjure
D. patrol
20. The mou that ud to pilfer from our pantry was caught by a giant cat at last.
冰敦敦A. felicitate
B. filch
C. fray
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D. flout
Part II. Reading Comprehension (1.5 point each) 30%
Directions: In this part, there are four passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully and then do the questions that follow. Choo the best answer A, B, C, or D and make the corresponding letter on
余华的作品有哪些your answer sheet.
Text A
The beauty of Hopi painted pottery is known throughout the modern world; so also was it known and highly valued in the aboriginal world of the North American West. Until approximately A.D. 1300 pottery in the Hopi country was simply
a regional variation on the wares of other parts of the Pueblo area. Then, with the advent of the fourteenth century, came
an artistic explosion. The black-on-white designs, beloved of archaeologists but relatively undistingui
shed, were superded by brilliant, black-on-orange designs and orange polychromes. The in turn were superded by
black-on-yellow types quite different in design, layout, and execution from any other Pueblo ware. By the addition of red to this, a polychrome was produced. Its modern counterpart is in constant demand in shops throughout the country. It is called Sikyatki Polychrome after the first major archaeological excavation in the Hopi country.
In contrast to the almost exclusively geometric nature of other Pueblo wares, the late prehistoric Hopi yellows and polychromes are characterized by startling, sweeping curvilinear motifs; bird, animal, floral, and human reprentations;
and religious masks and ceremonial scenes. Their freedom of rendition is completely at variance with the canons of all other prehistoric Pueblo schools of pottery design, except for the contemporary Mimbres ware in western New Mexico, which shared some, but far from all of the freedom from established tradition.
21. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The techniques ud by the Hopi to market pottery.
B. The pottery artifacts found in an archaeological excavation at Sikyatki.
C. The diver designs and colors ud by the Hopi in painting pottery.
D. The relation of Hopi pottery to that designed by the Mimbres.
22. The word “it” in the first ntence refers to the _____________________________.
A. North American West
B. quality of a kind of pottery
C. Hopi culture
D. modern world
23. In the first paragraph, what is said about Hopi pottery made before A.D. 1300 ?
A. It was transported ail over the world.
B. Its high cost made it difficult to purcha.
C. Its black-on-white designs were uncommon.
D. It was very similar to other Pueblo pottery.
24. According to the passage, when did the greatest artistic advancement in Hopi pottery take place?
黑葡萄干A. During the years just prior to the thirteenth century.
B. During the first few decades of the thirteenth century.
C. In the beginning of the fourteenth century.
D. In the middle of the fourteenth century.
25. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a design ud for Hopi painted pottery?
A. Bird reprentations.
B. Common weapons.
C. Ceremonial scenes.
I). Human figures.
Text B
No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such virtue.
The Problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I mylf have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Conquently, I have been on a diet for the better — or wor — part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars. Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating, and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s ven deadly sins. However until quite recently, most People had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, Wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and nigh morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.
Today the Opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat — or even only somewhat overweight — is bad becau it implies a lack of moral strength.
Our obssion with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cas, being over weight correlates with an incread risk of heart and blood
vesl dia. The dias, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem — too much fat and a lack of fiber — than a weight problem.
The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exerci enough nor eat well. Exerci is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many dias. We should surely stop -paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if tho who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory
26. In the eyes of the author an odd phenomenon nowadays is that _________________ .
A. the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue
B. looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortune
