清华大学真题2003年
(总分100, 考试时间90分钟)
Part Ⅰ Vocabulary
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one that completes the sentence and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with
a single line through the center.
1.
Written at least 100 years ago, the handwriting faded and certainly became ______.
A infinite
B illegible
C infectious
D immune
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答案:B
2.
It is doubtful whether anyone can be a truly ______ observer of events.
A inadequate
B impassive
C genius
D impartial
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答案:D
3.
She was ______. by the lack of appreciation shown of her hard work.
A frustrated
B dispersed
D displaced
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答案:A
4.
The shuttle exploded in the air suddenly and broke into ______ at once.
A diversity
B fragments
C doctrine
D drought
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答案:B
5.
As the society has rigid social ______, everyone knows his role in the society.
A hemisphere
B contempt
C controversy
D hierarchy
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答案:D
6.
Three years have ______ since we last met at the conference for Internet communication in Beijing.
A elapsed
B discerned
D electrified
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答案:A
7.
It turned out that he had ______ the whole story just to cheat his friends.
A dissipated
B diverged
C detached
D fabricated
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答案:D
8.
He had a clear ______ of what was wrong with the machine and fixed it in a short time.
A debris
B deficiency
C perception
D persecution
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答案:C
9.
For ten years the problem about the water has not been solved, we came to think that it has been a ______ problem in this area.
A perpetual
B persuasive
C picturesque
D possessive
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答案:A
10.
He was ______ by the noise outside yesterday evening and could not concentrate on his study.
A pecked
B oriented
C perturbed
D paddled
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答案:C
11.
He is often inclined to ______ in other people's affairs, which is none of his business.
A manipulated
B lumbered
C meddle
D littered
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答案:C
12.
He practiced ______ on her and managed to get $ 2, 000.
A linen
B deception
D paradise
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答案:B
13.
He was ______ to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age.
A deduced
B damped
C diminished
D destined
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答案:D
14.
Such questions should be approached honestly and in full awareness that ______ loan agreements will cost money due to cancellation or other charges.
A compressing
B terminating
C conforming
D contending
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答案:B
15.
The room was full of people and smoke. She started to feel ______ with the heat inside.
A oppressed
C confronted
D craned
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答案:A
16.
The language experts believe that the ______ age for learning a foreign language is 6 years old.
A conceptual
B considerate
C optimal
D component
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答案:C
17.
She got very angry and ______ her clothes about in the room.
A flung
B flew
C clamped
D clashed
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答案:A
18.
He knew that he would be punished severely because of his serious error. Therefore he ______ away the day before yesterday.
A cautioned
B fled
C chattered
D civilized
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答案:B
19.
The evil manners would be ______ root and branch due to the forceful action taken by the local government.
A exterminated
B exemplified
C facilitated
D emitted
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答案:A
20.
We all know that it is very hard to ______ him to give his plan up.
A endeavor
B reduce
C assert
D induce
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答案:D
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. 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 then mark
the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
A scorching sun, an endless sea of sand and a waterless, forbiddingly lonely land--that is the image most people have of deserts. But how true is this picture? Deserts are drylands where rainfall is low. This is not to say rain never falls in deserts. It may fall once or twice a year in a fierce torrent that fades almost as soon as it has begun, or which evaporates in the hot air long before it has got anywhere near the earth. It may fall in a sudden sweeping flood that carries everything in its path. Rains may only come once in five or six years or not fall for a decade or more. The Mojave desert in the United States remained dry for twenty-five years.
Without water no living thing can survive, and one feature of the desert landscape is the absence of vegetation. With little rain and hardly any vegetation the land suffers under the sun. There are virtually no clouds or trees to protect the earth's surface and it can be burning hot. Under the sun, soils break up and crack. Wind and torrential rain sweep away and erode the surface further. Eight million square kilometers of the world's land surface is desert. Throughout history deserts have been expanding and retreating again. Cave paintings show that parts of the Sahara Desert were green and fertile about 10, 000 years ago, and even animals like elephants and giraffes roamed the land. Fossil and dunes found in fertile and damp parts of the world show that these areas were once deserts. But now the creation of new desert areas is happening on a colossal scale. Twenty million square kilometers, an area twice the size of Canada, is at a high to very high risk of becoming desert. With a further 1.25 million square kilometers under moderate risk, an area covering 30% of the earth's land surface is desert, becoming desert, or in danger of becoming desert. The rate of growth of deserts is alarming. The world's drylands which are under threat include some of the most important stock-rearing and wheat-growing areas and are the homes of 600 - 700 million people. These regions are becoming deserts at the rate of more than 58, 000 square kilometers a year or 44 hectares a minute. In North Africa at least 100, 000 hectares of cropland are lost each year. At this rate there is a high risk that we will be confined to living on only 50% of this planet's land surface within one more century unless we are able to do something about it.
21.
What does the passage tell us about rainfall in the desert?
A It never rain
B It rains so little that nothing can liv
C It rains unexpectedl
D It rains very infrequentl
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答案:D
22.
Desert soils break up and crack because of ______.
A the effects of wind and rai
B the lack of protection from the su
C the tropical location of desert
D the absence of rai
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答案:B
23.
What do we learn about deserts from this text?
A Deserts can change into green and fertile area
B Certain areas have always been deser
C Deserts were once the home of elephants and giraffe
D Deserts have been growing since the beginning of the worl
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答案:A
24.
How much of the world's land surface is at risk of becoming desert?
A Less than ten million square kilometer
B Twenty million square kilometer
C More than twenty million square kilometer
D 30% of the world's land surfac
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答案:C
25.
What does the writer think about the creation of new desert areas?
A It is a natural developmen
B The problem is not very seriou
C It is a very worrying proble
D The situation will improve in tim
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答案:C
The first thing to notice is that the media we're all familiar
with--from books to television--are one-way propositions: they push their content at us. The Web is two-way, push and pull. In finer point, it combines the one-way reach of broadcast with the two-way reciprocity (互惠) of a mid-cast. Indeed, its user can at once be a receiver and sender of broadcast, a confusing property, but mind-stretching!
A second aspect of the Web is that it is the first medium that honors the notion of multiple intelligences. This past century's concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology--the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, painting, notating music, or even mathematics. The typewriter prized one particular kind of intelligence, but with the Web, we suddenly have a medium that honors multiple forms of intelligence-- abstract, textual, visual, musical, social, and kinesthetic. As educators, we now have a chance to construct a medium that enables all young people to become engaged in their ideal way of learning. The Web affords the match we need between a medium and how a particular person learns.
A third and unusual aspect of the Web is that it leverages (起杠杆作用) the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the few. For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors (顾问). It's wonderful to see- kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own parents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the
seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves. Thus, the small efforts of the man--the seniors--complement the large efforts of the few--the teachers. The same thing can be found in operation at Hewlett-Packard, where engineers use the Web to help kids with science or math problems. Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about what's possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.
26.
What does the word mind-stretching imply?
A Obtaining one's mental powe
B Strengthening one's power of though
C Making great demands on one's mental powe
D Exerting one's mental power as far as possibl
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答案:C
27.
What is a terrible tool for activities such as sketching and painting?
A Technology
B Typewriter
C Text
D The web
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答案:B
28.
Which group of people make some efforts to help pupils in elementary schools?
A Teachers
B Researchers
C Grandparents
D Senior citizens
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答案:D
29.
The sentence the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves means the seniors
A acquire a new meaning of their lives
B understand the meaning of the web
C create a web site for themselves
D add a new meaning to the web
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答案:A
30.
The expression "scratch the surface" most probably means ______.
A think hard in a puzzled way
B deal with a problem thoroughly
C treat a subject without being thorough
D work out a solution for a problem easily
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答案:C
There is no question that the old style of air pollution could kill people. In one week following the infamous "peasouper" fog in December 1952, 4, 700 people died in London. Most of these people were elderly and already had heart or lung diseases. A series of these killer fogs eventually led to the British Parliament passing the Clean Air Act which restricted the burning of coal.
Fortunately the effect of smog on the lungs is not so
dramatic. Scientists have now conducted a number of laboratory experiments in which volunteers are exposed to ozone inside a steel chamber for a few hours. Even at quite low concentrations there is a
reversible fall in lung function, an increase in the irritability of the lungs and evidence of airway inflammation (发炎). Although irritable and inflamed lungs are particularly seen in people with asthma (哮喘) and other lung diseases, these effects of ozone also occur in healthy subjects. Similar changes are also seen after exposure to nitrogen dioxide, although there is some disagreement about the concentration at which they occur.
Other studies have found that people living in areas with high levels of pollution have more symptoms and worse lung function than those living in areas with clean air. Groups of children attending school camps show falls in lung function even at quite low concentrations of ozone. There is also a relationship between ozone levels and hospital admissions for asthma, both in North America and Australia. It is suspected that long-term exposure to smog may result in chronic bronchitis (支气管炎) and emphysema (肺气肿), but this has yet to be proven.
Recently an association has been found between the levels of particles in the air and death rates in North American cities. The reason for this association is not understood and as yet there is no evidence this occurs in Australia. However, we do know that hazy days are associated with more asthma attacks in children.
31.
Which of the following is NOT the result of laboratory experiments?
A Low concentrations
B Fall in lung function
C Irritability of the lungs
D Air way inflammation
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答案:A
32.
Irritable and inflamed lungs are also seen in people with ______.
A asthma
B lung diseases
C good health
D weak health
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答案:C
33.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible cause of lung diseases?
A The burning of coal
B Long-term exposure to smog
C Exposure to nitrogen dioxide
D Attending school camps
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答案:D
34.
The relationship between exposure to ______ has not yet been determined.
A ozone and fall in lung function
B ozone and lung diseases such as asthma
C nitrogen dioxide and worse lung function
D smog and chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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答案:D
35.
The association between ______ has not yet been found in Australia.
A ozone levels and hospital admissions for asthma
B hazy days and more asthma attacks in children
C the levels of particles in the air and death rates
D high levels of pollution and more symptoms
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答案:C
The events of Sept. 11 have ratcheted up security at American airports to the highest level ever, according to a spokesman for Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta. But to say there is plenty of room for improvement puts it mildly. Hundreds of employees with access to high-security areas at 15 U. S. airports have been arrested or indicted by federal law enforcement officials for using phony Social Security numbers, lying about criminal convictions0r being in the United States illegally. None of those arrested had terrorist links, but some aviation experts said the workers were in a position to help smuggle weapons or bombs aboard aircraft if they had wanted.
Tests ordered by President Bush and conducted by federal agents at 32 airports between November and February, when airports were on highest alert, showed that security screeners failed to detect knives 70% of the time, guns 30% of the time and simulated explosives 60% of the time. Two members of the House Transportation Committee are pushing to reverse the administration's opposition to arming pilots because groups representing pilots are insisting that their members need to be armed as a last line of defense.
Attorney General John Ashcroft said the arrests of hundreds of airport employees showed that the system of background checks--done piecemeal by airlines, private contractors and others--needs tightening. That much is painfully obvious. What isn't clear is why the system was so porous (有漏洞的) to begin with and why it wasn't immediately tightened after that infamous Tuesday in September.
Some people in the industry wisely have suggested that all airport workers be required to pass through the same metal detectors and other security checks as flight crews do, Congress has ordered the new Transportation Security Administration to find ways to enact just such a requirement. Unfortunately, no deadline has been set, in part because federal officials are preoccupied with getting thousands of new baggage screeners in place by Nov. 19--when the feds take over airport security--and installing bomb-detection equipment in all airports by the end of the year.
Plainly, those two goals are critical. But it would be a mistake to give low priority to fixing other gaping holes in the nation's airport security net. If the federal crackdown is going to be effective, it needs to be comprehensive.
36.
The possible reason for hundreds of airport employees being arrested might be one of the following except ______.
A using false ID
B helping others in smuggling
C being in the US illegally
D denying or not mentioning past crimes
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答案:B
37.
Figures showed that security screeners were ______ dangerous items.
A able to detect
B not able to detect
C not effective in detecting
D very effective in detecting
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答案:C
38.
Who is/are against the point that pilots need to be armed?
A Pilots
B Federal agents
C The administration
D Two members of the House Transportation Committee
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答案:C
39.
What does the word infamous mean?
A not famous
B well known for something bad
C well known for something exciting
D well known for something permanent
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答案:B
40.
Which one is NOT true according to the passage?
A All the passengers are supposed to go through security check
B All the airport workers are supposed to go through security check
C All the flight crews are supposed to go through security check
D Not all the federal officials are supposed to go through security
check
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答案:B
Part Ⅲ Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible (41) of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea (42) , or patent it.
A (43) patent is the result of a bargain (44) between an inventor and the state, but the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period (45) .
Only in the most exceptional circumstances (46) the lifespan of a patent (47) to alter this normal process of events.
The longest extension ever (48) was to Georges Valensi; his 1939 patent for color TV receiver circuit was extended until 1971 because for most of the patent's normal life there was no color TV to (49) and thus no hope for reward for the invention.
Because a patent remains permanently (50) after it has terminated, the shelves of the library attached to the (51) office contain details of literally millions of ideas that are free for anyone to use and,
if (52) than half a century, sometimes even re-patent. Indeed, patent experts often advise anyone (53) to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through (54) patents that the one sure way of violation of any other inventor's right is to plagiarize a dead patent. Likewise, because publication of an idea in any other form (55) invalidates further patents on that idea, it is traditionally (56) to take ideas from other areas of print. Much modern technological advance is (57) on these presumptions of legal security.
Anyone closely (58) in patents and inventions soon learns that most "new" ideas are, in fact, as old as the hills. It is their reduction to commercial practice, either through necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology, (59) makes news and money. The basic patent for the theory for magnetic recording dates back to 1886. Many of the original ideas behind television originate (60) the late 19th and early 20th century. Even the Volkswagen rear engine car was anticipated by a 1904 patent for a cart with the horse at the rear.
41.
A work
B possibility
C measures
D courses
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答案:D
42.
A open
B covered
C secret
D improved
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答案:C
43.
A granted
B granting
C inventing
D invented
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44.
A striking
B struck
C to be striking
D to strike
该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B
45.
A terminating
B continuing
C continues
D terminates
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46.
A are
B to be
C be
D is
该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D
47.
A extending
B will extend
C extended
D to be extended
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48.
A granted
B granting
C to grant
D being granted
该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A
49.
A receiving
B sending
C receive
D send
该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C
复旦大学2003年招收攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试题（秋季） PartⅠListening Comprehension (15%) 略 PartⅡV ocabulary and Structure (10%) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in the part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 21. She her vacation so much that she didn?t want it to end. A. missed B. budgeted C. loathed D. relished 22. They tried to keep it quiet but eventually everyone learned about the meeting. A. intangible B. sedate C. impudent D. clandestine 23. Many citizens appealed to the city government for enacting laws to protect the consumers. A. rigorous B. equivocal C. stringent D. furtive 24. People who like to were red clothes are more likely to be talkative and . A. lucrative B. introverted C. vivacious D. perilous 25. This is but a of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. A. faction B. friction C. fraction D. fracture 26. They were tired, but not less enthusiastic that account. A. on B. by C. for D. with 27. I think it is high time we the fact that environment pollution in this area is getting more serious than before. A. woke up to B. must wake up to C. wake up to D. are waking up to 28. So was the mood of the meeting that an agreement was soon reached. A. resentful
清华大学考博英语部分真题及其解析 Directions： In the following article,some sentences have been removed.For Questions41-45,choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks.There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.（10points） The time for sharpening pencils,arranging your desk,and doing almost anything else instead of writing has ended.The first draft will appear on the page only if you stop avoiding the inevitable and sit,stand up,or lie down to write.（41） Be flexible.Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next,but do not permit it to railroad you.If a relevant and important idea occurs to you now,work it into the draft.（42）Grammar,punctuation,and spelling can wait until you revise. Concentrate on what you are saying.Good writing most often occurs when you are in hot pursuit of an idea rather than in a nervous search for errors. （43）Your pages will be easier to keep track of that way,and, if you have to clip a paragraph to place it elsewhere,you will nit lose any writing on the other side. If you are working on a word processor,you can take advantage of its capacity to make additions and deletions as well as move entire paragraph by making just a few simple keyboard commands.Some software programs can also check spelling and certain grammatical elements in
2017年北京清华大学考博英语真题 1. The leaders of the two countries feel it desirable to funds from armaments to health and education. A. derive B. deprive C. dispatch D. divert 2. To fund the event and also promote the marketing value of the National Games, the organizing committee set up the Marketing Development Department (MDD). A. beneficent B. expensive C. costly D. luxurious 3. Japanese workers still put in an impressive 42 hours each week, but they are by the South Koreans and Singaporeans who spend an average 46 hours at the grindstone. A. outdone B. outweighed C. outrun D. outrivaled 4. With the economy of the country going strong, the mood is optimism. A. presiding B. circulating C. floating D. prevailing 5. The hunter knows quite well that wild animals go seeking their in the jungle after dark. A. victim B. favorite C. prey D. sacrifice 6. The company, EDS, is smart enough to its 90,000-person workforce into independent micro teams that work directly with individual clients on creative business solutions. A. break out 、 B. break off C. break from D. break down 7. They agreed to take their disputes before the committee and by its decisions. A. stand B. observe C. abide D. precede 8. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very . A. obscure B. indefinite C. dubious D. intriguing 9. Please don’t too much on the painful memories. Everything will be all right.
2015年考博 单选： 有少部分原题（出自曾建彬《研究生英语》《研究生高级英语》） 阅读理解： 第一篇：Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, most of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances, deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states "invest" in institutions of learning to get back "interest" in the form. of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks—that purchasable wells of wisdom—what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births—but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on "facts and figures" and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and the capacity of a man is to get along with his fellow-citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form. of "college" imaginable. Among tribal people all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect every- body is equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the "equal start" which only our most progressive forms of modern education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no "illiterates"—if the term can be applied to peoples without a script—while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of "civilized" nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the "happy few" during the past centuries. Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry, which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents' and therefore the jungles and the savannahs know of no "juvenile delinquency". No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to "buy" an education for his child. (选自新概念) 第二篇：关于在Internet site上挂条幅广告销售商品的。第一题问：文章开头是什么意思，我选择了，和传统广告一样，互联网广告也是为了促使消费者冲动消费。有一题问：下列哪些选项作者没提及：我选了传统广告在较长的竞争中必然会战胜网络广告方式。有一题关于互联网广告的：我选择了需要做些change来保持他的竞争性什么的。最后一题问作者对互联网广告的态度：uncertain,objective,X,X.另两个记不清了，我选的客观的。 第三篇：关于脸书，推特等这些网络平台火的原因，强调以前的网络平台web1.只是让你看别人提供的content，而web 2.如这些社交平台是让你能跟别人交流自己creat content,而不是enjoy 别人提供的content.一题问：Myspace社交平台火的原因：我选了有content的那个选项。有题问下面哪个选项作者没提及：我选了大家怀念web1.那个选项。 第3篇This reading comprehension focuses on social networks. It's followed by key vocabulary
清华大学2002年博士研究生入学考试试题 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20%) Section A Directions: You will hear a news story about the explosion on the World Trade Center in New York City. Listen to it and fill out the table with the information you've heard for questions 1—5. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write no more than 3 words in each numbered box. Put your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. You will hear the recording only once. Section B Directions: You will hear a customer calling a car rental service to rent a car. For questions 6—10, complete the sentences and answer the questions while you are listening. Use no more than 3 words for each answer. Put your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. You will hear the recording Section C Directions:In this section you will hear a radio program. This program is about the production of postage stamps. Listen to the recording and either choose the correct answer for each statement or complete the notes as required. Circle the letter of your choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. You will hear the recording, twice. 11. The weekly radio program is on__________. A. topics suggested by listeners B. local news items C. listeners' hobbies 12. The process of stamp production is__________. A. difficult B. expensive
2006年复旦大学考博英语真题及详解 Paper One Part ⅠVocabulary and Structure (15%) Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter or Answer Sheet I with a single line through center. 1. Official figures show that unemployment ______ in November and then fell slowly over the next two months. A. plodded B. peeped C. plunged D. peaked 【答案】D 【解析】句意：官方数字显示，失业率在十一月达到顶峰，然后在随后的两个月里慢慢回落。peak到达最高点。plod沉重缓慢地走。peep窥视，偷看。plunge投入，跳进，陷入。 2. The old lady was immediately sent to a nearby hospital when she ______ from heat stroke. A. passed away B. passed off
C passed out D. passed by 【答案】C 【解析】句意：当这位老妇人由于中暑而昏过去时，立刻被送往了附近的医院。pass out 失去知觉，昏厥。pass away去世。pass off事情发生并完成；疼痛、药效等慢慢消失。pass by走过，经过。 3. Her spirits ______ at the thought of all the work she had to do that morning. A. sagged B. sacked C. saddled D. scored 【答案】A 【解析】句意：她脑子里满是那天早上她必须得做的工作。sag向下凹或中间下陷；松弛或不整齐地悬着。sack解雇某人；洗劫；就寝。saddle sb. with sth.让某人承担使人厌恶的责任或任务等。score记分，得分；刻痕。 4. Jack would rather his younger sister ______ in the same hospital as he does. A. worked B. works C. to work D. work
清华大学2007年博士研究生人学考试 英语试题 Part I Listening Comprehension(15 points)(略） Part II Reading Comprehendon (40%) Directions ：There are 4 reading passages in this part Each passage is followed by some questions or unfin?ished statements. For each or them there are four choices marked A，B, C and D* You should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet Questions 16 to 20 are based on the foUowing passage： Sometimes，over a span of many years，a business will continue to grow，generating ever-increasing a- mounts of cash，repurchasing stock，paying increased dividends，reducing debt，opening new stores，expan?ding production facilities，moving into new markets，etc.，while at the same tune its stock price remains stagnant (or even falls)* When this happens，the average and professional investors alike tend to overlook the company because they become familiar with the trading range. Take，for example，Wal-Mart Over the past five years，the retailing behemoth has grown sales by over 80% , profits by over 100%，and yet the stock price has fallen as much as 30% during that timeframe. Clearly, the valuation picture has changed An investor that read the annual report back in 2000 or 2001 might have passed on the security，deeming it too expensive based on a metric such as the price to earnings ratio. Today，however, the equation is completely different~despite the stock price,Wal-Mart is, in essence, trading at half its former price because each share is backed by a larger dividend, twice the earnings power, more stores，and a bigger infrastructure. Home Depot is in much the same boat，largely because some Wall Street analysts question how fast two of the world?s largest companies can continue to grow before their sheer size slows them down to the rate of the general economy. Coca-Cola is another excellent example of this phenomenon. Ten years ago，in 1996, the stock traded between a range of $36. 10 and $54. 30 per share. At the time, it had reported earnings per share of $ 1. 40 and paid a cash dividend of $ 0. 50 per share. Corporate per share book value was $ 2. 48. Last year, the stock traded within a range of $ 40. 30 and $ 45. 30 per share；squarely in the middle of the same area it had been nearly a decade prior! Yet，despite the stagnant stock price，the 2006 estimates Value Line In?vestment Survey estimates for earnings per share stand around $2. 16 (a rise of 54% )，the cash dividend has more than doubled to $ 1. 20, book value is expected to have grown to $ 7. 40 per share (a gain of nearly 300% )，and the total number of shares outstanding (未偿付的，未完成的）has actually decreased,from 2. 481 billion to an estimated 2, 355 billion due to the company's share repurchase program. 16. This passage is probably a part of ? A. Find Hidden Value in the Market B. Become Richer C. Get Good Bargains D. Identify Good Companies 17. The italicized word“ stagnant?，(line 3，Para. 1) can be best paraphrased as ? A. prominent B. terrible C. unchanged D. progressing Wal-Mart is now trading at a much lower price because . A. it has stored a large quantity of goods B. it has become financially more powerful C. it has been eager to collect money to prevent bankruptcy
复旦大学考博英语词汇真题模拟 根据复旦大学考博英语考试大纲规定，除掌握词汇的基本含义外，考生还应掌握词汇之间的词义关系，如同义词、近义词、反义词等;掌握词汇之间的搭配关系，如动词与介词，形容词与介词，形容词与名词等;掌握词汇生产的基本知识，如词源、词根、词缀等。 一、根据复旦大学考博英语考试大纲规定，每年词汇题共30小题，每小题0.5分，共15分。 预计测试时间(25分钟) 1. Language， culture and personality may be considered of each other in thought， but they are inseparable in fact. [ A ] indistinctly [ B ] separately [ C ] irrelevantly [ D ] independently 2. Shortage of land and funding are blamed for the city‘s green space. [ A ] inefficient [ B ] inaccurate [ C ] inadequate [ D ] indispensable 3. It is well known that knowledge is the __ condition for expansion of mind. [ A ] incompatible [ B ] incredible [ C ] indefinite [ D ] indispensable 4. Although sports __ the household， Joe drew the line when they interfered with family tradi-tions and routine. [ A ] overwhelmed [ B ] affected [ C ] dominated [ D ] influenced 5. Once you have made your point clear at the __ of the essay， you must then proceed to con-vince readers about the position you have taken. [ A ] departure [ B ] outset [ C ] concentration [ D ] initiation 6. These excursions will give you an even deeper __ into our language and culture. [ A ] inquiry [ B ] investigation [ C ] input [ D ] insight 7. The novel contains some marvelously revealing __ of factory life. [ A ] glimpses [ B ] glances [ C ] shots [ D ] insights 8. Changing from solid to liquid， water takes in heat from all substances near it， and this produces artificial cold surrounding it. [ A ] absorption [ B ] transition [ C ] consumption [ D ] interaction （ＰＳ：The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL：四零零 六六八 六九七八） 9. One way for writers to support a point is through ， that is， by means of several examples to back up an idea. [ A ] illustration [ B ] demonstration
2011年复旦大学考博英语真题及详解 Paper One Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure （15%） Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I with a single line through the center. 1. He’s color-blind and can’t ______ the difference between red and green easily. A. detect B. discover C. distinguish D. determine 【答案】C 【解析】句意：他是色盲，难以辨出红色和绿色的区别。distinguish区分，辨别，分清。 2. As many as 100 species of fish, some ______ to these waters, may have been affected by the pollution. A. unusual B. particular C. typical D. unique
【解析】句意：多达100种鱼可能会受到污染的影响，而且有些鱼类是这些水域所特有的。be unique to为惯用搭配，指“只有……才有的；对……独一无二的”。其他选项也包含“特有的”意思，其区别在于：unusual指事物时表示某事极少发生，或极少被人耳闻目睹；particular指某事物存在专有特点，以此与其他事物相区别；typical侧重指“典型”，指某个群族中共有、而区别于其他群族。因此本题答案为D项。 3. In her bright yellow coat, she was easily ______ in the crowed. A. accessible B. identifiable C. negligible D. incredible 【答案】B 【解析】句意：她穿着亮黄色的外套，因此很容易就可从人群中将她辨认出来。identifiable 可辨认的；可识别的。accessible易接近的；可理解的；易相处的。negligible可以忽略的；微不足道的。incredible不可思议的；惊人的；难以置信的。 4. Some people find that certain foods ______ their headaches. A. introduce B. trigger C. summon D. create
2014年复旦大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题 PartΙVocabulary and structure （15 point） Directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEETΙwith a single line through the center. 1. To celebrate innovations and inspire budding entrepreneurs，the famous library is telling the story behind 15 of what it considers the most _______inventions to come out of Britain in the past 10 years. A. ingenious B. insane C. ingenuous D. inquisitive 2. Globalization carries an ______promise that it will relieve poverty and offer security----perhaps the most ancient of human dreams. A. exquisite B. equivocal C. implicit D. inflexible 3. The fact that your application was not successful this thme does not _______the possibility of your applying again next time. A. preclude B. prejudge C. predict D. precede 4. The pressure on employment will increase gradually and the problem of aging will become more ______. A. contagious B. deliberate C. conspicuous D. diverse 5. She was _______about her son’s safety every time he went out on his motorcycle. A. intensive B. abusive C. comprehensive D. apprehensive 6. Our goal is to_______the pace of international movement and steer theconsumer marker towards internationalization. A. harness B. handle C. highlight D. hamper 7. In a world where prodigious sports talents tend to _____higher education altogether for the pros, Tiger Woods chose to continue playing amateur golf at Stanford University as an economics major. A. purify B. forge C. pursue D. forgo 8. Lots of woman complain that the problem with men is that they won’t ________themselves to a relationship. A. commence B. promote C. commite D. prescribe 9. In recent years ,new house sales have slowed down to a crawl, but builders are starting to see sales ______ again. A. pick up B. pick out C. pick on D. pick off 10. In a perfect world this would be sufficient, but computers and software can crash, power cam fail, and other unpredictable catastrophic events can _______to erase your work. A. conduct B. conspire C. count D. compel 11. We shall never know how she came to be there, there is no way to _______it. A. account for B. go over C. hold on D. make up