复旦大学博士研究生入学考博英语历年真题试题(经典6套)2007-2012年

2007-模拟-上海交⼤考博英语真题上海交通⼤学2007年博⼠研究⽣⼊学考试英语试题Part One Vocabulary (20%)Directions: In each question,decide which of the four choices given will most suitabley complete sentence if inserted at the place marked . white your answer on the Answer Sheet.1. We sat down and tried to ______ a friendly conversation.A. commentB. commenceC. commerceD. compact2. Some people want only real flowers on their tables while others like to have______ ones.A. fashionableB. syntheticC. falseD. artificial3. The treasurer was ______ from the club for breaking the rules.A. repelledB. expelledC. excelledD. exploited4. The children's ______ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.A. mercurialB. blitheC. phlegmaticD. introverted5. If the government ______ a law, it ceases to be a law.A. replacesB. repelsC. repealsD. renders6.Because the high seriousness of their narratives resulted in part from their metaphysics, Southern writers were praised for their ______bent.A. technicalB. discursiveC. hedonisticD. philosophical7. A man’s ______ depends not upon his wealth or rank but upon his character.A. dignityB. privilegeC. indignationD. diligence8. I ______ the paper so that every student could have a copy.A. duplicatedB. enlargedC. upheldD. plagiarized9. My Russian is so rusty that I have to start learning it from ______.A. scratchB. scrapC. scrapeD. snatch10. Those who fear the influence of television deliberately______its persuasive power,hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.A. promoteB. underplayC. excuseD. laud11 . When the fighting is over, we will ______ with the enemy’s sympathizer.A. coincideB. reckonC. reconcileD. segregate12. I ______ from reminding her of the money she owned me.A. refrainedB. restrainedC. refreshedD. resided13. There was a period of ______ prior to their divorce, during which she went for atrip around the world and he stayed at home.A.estrangementstrangeness B.C. transmigrationD. frivolity14. Before taking a standardized test, one should ___ himself or herself with all the items that constitute the test paper.A. acquaintB. fascinateC. acquitD. familiar15. This week ten top designers will _____ their autumn collections at the fashion fair.A .enhance B. lubricateC. hustleD. unveil16. Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.A. ingeniousB. empiricalC. objectiveD. indignant17. Jane tried to ______ at the swinging rope, but failed.A. clusterB. clutchC. collideD. cling18. Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the two-year-old strategy to return the company to profitability is beginning to ______.A. falterB. disappointC. competeD. work19. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.A. pensionsC. salariesD. donations20. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.A. applianceB. accessoryC. machineD. mechanism21. The electricity failure ______ the production of the factory.A. corrodedB. lamedC. magnifiedD. crippled22. The _____ runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutesA. commonB. usualC. averageD. general23. If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might____ it for him.A. redeemB. amendsC: resemble D. appeal24. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does notfollow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, _____A. arbitraryB. superfluousC. interestingD. constant25. The needlelike leaves of the giant redwood tree are_____ each scarcely a quarterof an inch longA. tangibleB. diminutiveC. wiry26. The American dream is most _____ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalismA. plausibleB. patrioticC. primitiveD. partial27. When traveling, you are advised to take travellers' checks, which provide a secure _______to carrying your money in cash.A. substituteB.selectionC. preferenceD. alternative28. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ________character.A.graciousB. suspiciousC. uniqueD.particular29. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this _______produces artificial cold surrounding it.A. absorptionB. transitionC. consumptionD. interaction30. The lover of democracy has an ________ towards total itarianism.A. empathy C. sympathyB. antipalthy D. symphony31. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully________.A. admitted C.absorbedB.acknowledged D.considered32. The world will be advancing with such great speed that our ___ will look back upon us and our time with a sense of superiority.A. antecedentsB. predecessorsC. descendantsD. contemporaries33. Depressed, overworked, and ______ by those people whom he owed money, he decided to put an end to his problems.A. bewitched B .bewilderedC .besmirchedD .beset34. The terrible accounting error was corrected just before the ledger was ______ .A. auditedB. overlookedC. endowedD. registered35. The chairman of the board _______ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ./doc/ee59ac49e45c3b3567ec8b3c.html pelledB. posedC. pressedD. tempted36. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in _____ and lack of unity in style.A. conflictB.confrontationC. disturbanceD.disharmony37. They were in a dreadful _____ when their money, tickets and passports were stolen while they were on holiday.A. conspiracyB. plightC. serenityD. custody38. Undoubtedly the flood could have been _____ if the local government had invested more money in greening the environment.A. put offB. turned offC. kept off D . written off39. The accountant _____ thousands of dollars from the charity while appearing to beits best fundraiser.A. donatedB. validatedC . embezzled D. certify40. After her marriage, the happy life ___ her appearance, making her look more beautiful than ever.A. transfiguredB. disfigureddisheveled D.transformedC.Part Two: Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions .For each of them are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You should decideon the best choice and write your answer on the Answer Sheet.Text 1In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror —the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun’s rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.According to a weather expert’s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃ warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of earth’s chief food-growing zones.In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming, in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude, therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and “cold”spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or “colder” faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth’s atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia of the earth’s climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counter-balance to the sun’s diminishing heat.41. It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would ________.[A] prevent the sun’s rays from leeching the earth’s surface[B] mean a warming up in the Arctic[C] account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere[D] raise the temperature of the earth’s surface42. The article was written to explain ________.[A] the greenhouse effect[B] the solar effects on the earth[C] the models of solar-weather interactions[D] the causes affecting weather43. Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. This is________.[A] mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising[B] possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting[C] exclusively due to the effect of the inertia of the earth’s climate[D] partly due to variations in the output of solar energy44. On the basis of their models, scientists are of the opinion that ________.[A] the climate of the world should be becoming cooler[B] it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth’s climate to take effect[C] the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects[D] the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect45. If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct, ________.[A] the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels[B] ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere[C] the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the eartheven more quickly[D] the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earthTest 2In early 2004 eight tiny sensors were dropped from a plane near a military base in California. After hitting the ground, the sensors—also known as smart dust sensors—organized themselves into a network and quickly detected a fleet of military vehicles on the ground. The determined the direction, speed and size of a series of military vehicles traveling along the road and later transmitted the data to a computer at a nearby base camp.Smart dust sensors are minicomputers—as small as a grain of rice in some cases—that can monitor and evaluate their physical environment and can relay the information via wireless communication. They can monitor elements such as temperature, moisture, humidity, pressure, energy use, vibration, light, motion, radiation, gas, and chemicals. These devices will soon have many applications, such as use in emergency rescue.Software has been developed to run these minicomputers. A key feature of the software is the ability of the sensors to automatically organize themselves into a communications network and talk to each other via wireless radio signals. If any one connection is interrupted, the sensors will self-correct and pass the information on to the next available sensor.Each sensor has a chip that does the computing work—recording things like temperature and motion at its location. Each sensor also has a tiny radio transmitterthat allows it to talk to other sensors within 100 feet or so. With a single network of 10,000 sensors—thought to be the biggestarray of sensors currently possible—you could cover 9 square miles and get information about each point along the way. The data finally works its way to a base station that can send the information to a computer or to a wireless network..The scientists who are working with this technology say smart dust sensors can be used to detect the location or movement of enemy troops in areas too dangerous or remote for soldiers to operate. Scattering hundreds of self-networking sensors from a manned or unmanned plane onto the battlefield, in theory, could produce critical information and lead to strategic advantage. Sensors could also be used to detect the presence of chemical weapons and could give troops the time needed to put on protective gear.46. Smart dust sensors can do all the following EXCEPT ______.[A] giving troops their protective gear[B] organizing themselves into a computer network[C] detecting the movement of military vehicles nearby[D] operating in remote and dangerous war zones47. By “physical environment” (Paragraph 2), the writer means such elements as ______.[A] the position of military troops[B] the presence of minicomputers[C] the strength of radio signals[D] the amount of water vapor in the air48. If connection between two sensors is blocked, the network will automatically ______.[A] replace the sensor involved[B] repair the sensor involved[C] ignore the sensor involved[D] destroy the sensor involved49. To cover an area of 3 square miles and get information about each point along the way, how many smart dust sensors are needed?[A] About 3,000 sensors.[B] About 3,300 sensors.[C] About 5,000 sensors.[D] About 6,600 sensors.50. The passage implies that the smart dust sensors are most likely to be_____.[A] emergency rescue[B] monitoring pollution[C] military operations[D] evaluating the environmentTest 3In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C. The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of eventsuncertain, but events included boy’s gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing courtiers pay their own athletes’ expenses.The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.51. In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games ________.[A] were merely national athletic festivals[B] were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious colour[C] had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position[D] were primarily national events with few foreign participants52. In the early days of ancient Olympic Games ________.[A] only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games[B] all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part[C] all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in Games[D] all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games53. The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics ________.[A] has not definitely been established[B] varied according to the number of foreign competitors[C] was decided by Zeus, in whose honor the Games were held[D] was considered unimportant54. Modern athletes’ results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because ________.[A] the Greeks had no means of recording the results[B] they are much better[C] details such as the time were not recorded in the past[D] they are much worse55. Nowadays, the athletes’ expenses are paid for ________.[A] out of the prize money of the winners[B] out of the funds raised by the competing nations[C] by the athletes themselves[D] by contributionsTest 4When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly. Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment -- although no one had proposed to do so -- and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning. That group -- the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) -- has been working feverishly to put its wisdom on paper, and at a meeting on 17 May, members agreed on a near-final draft of their recommendations.NBAC will ask that Clinton’s 90-day ban on federal funds for human cloning be extended indefinitely, and possibly that it be made law. But NBAC members are planning to word the recommendation narrowly to avoid new restrictions on research that involves the cloning of human DNA or cells -- routine in molecular biology. The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally unacceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.” Shapiro explained during the meeting that the moral doubt stems mainly from fears about the risk to the health of the child. The panel then informally accepted several general conclusions, although some details have not been settled.NBAC plans to call for a continued ban on federal government funding for anyattempt to clone body cell nuclei to create a child. Because current federal law already forbids the use of federal funds to create embryos (the earliest stage of human offspring before birth) for research or to knowingly endanger an embryo’s life, NBAC will remain silent on embryo research. NBAC members also indicated that they will appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer. But they were divided on whether to go further by calling for a federal law that would impose a complete ban on human cloning. Shapiro and most members favored an appeal for such legislation, but in a phone interview, he said this issue was still “up in the air.”56. What is the meaning of “startle” in the first line ?[A] begin[B] shock[C] delight[D] uneasy57. We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.[A] federal funds have been used in a project to clone humans[B] the White House responded strongly to the news of cloning[C] NBAC was authorized to control the misuse of cloning technique[D] the White House has got the panel’s recommendations on cloning58.The panel agreed on all of the following except that ________.[A] the ban on federal funds for human cloning should be made a law[B] the cloning of human DNA is not to be put under more control[C] it is criminal to use private funding for human cloning[D] it would be against ethical values to clone a human being59.NBAC will leave the issue of embryo research undiscussed because ________.[A] embryo research is just a current development of cloning[B] the health of the child is not the main concern of embryo research[C] an embryo’s life will not be endangered in embryo research[D] the issue is explicitly stated and settled in the law60.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.[A] some NBAC members hesitate to ban human cloning completely[B] a law banning human cloning is to be passed in no time[C] privately funded researchers will respond positively to NBAC’s appeal[D] the issue of human cloning will soon be settledTest 5Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one's side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany afterWorld War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm's length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives - usually the richer - who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation's diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.After all ,America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not always be the upper hand.61.It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably_____.[A] stand still[B] jump aside[C] step forward[D] draw back62.The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their _____.[A] cultural self-centeredness[B] casual manners[C] indifference towards foreign visitors[D] arrogance towards other cultures63.In countries other than their own most Americans, _____.[A] are isolated by the local people[B] are not well informed due to the language barrier[C] tend to get along well with the natives[D] need interpreters in hotels and restaurants64.According to the author, Americans' cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ___.[A] affect their image in the new era[B] cut themselves off from the outside world[C] limit their role in world affairs[D] weaken the position of the US dollar65.The author's intention in writing this article is to make Americans realize that _____.[A] it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friends[B] it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairs[C] it is necessary to use several languages in public places[D] it is time to get acquainted with other culturesTest 6The introduction of non-indigenous "exotic" species is now seen as a major threat to biodiversity. In 1825, a particularly vigorous female clone of itadori (called Japanese knotweed) was introduced into Holland and later distributed throughout Europe by the plant collector and nurseryman, von Seibold. British gardeners loved it and by 1886 it was even found growing on cinder tips in South Wales. By the turn of the century, the plant had colonized many other sites, and gardeners were advised against planting it in shrubberies. By 1994, it was almost everywhere — railways, riversides, hedgerows, cemeteries — swamping a wide range of habitats and displacing rare species. Botanists' fears that the plant is till spreading and may yet colonize other new habitats have generated recent attempts to eradicate it by mechanical and chemical methods, all in vain as yet.The evidence stacked against Japanese knotweed is damning. But there is a deep anxiety that behind the desire to correct human ecological cook-ups — often manifest as a passion to save endangered species and vulnerable ecosystems—is a thinly disguised xenophobia; that we are simply seeing yet another form of ecological imperialism which defines what is "natural" based on human preferences.But whatever our reaction to "problem" or alien species is, it must involve moral decisions. And who should make such decisions and to what degree they are accountable must also be up for review. The conclusions of scientists and other sections of society may differ vastly about what to do about the introduced animals and plants that have become a common feature of everyday life. For example, the scheme to control rabbits in Australia by deliberately spreading the disease myxomatosis was a success in that huge numbers of rabbits were wiped out for the greater good — the "health" of Australian ecosystems. But would inflicting such an horrifically slow agonizing death on sentient creatures win popular support if it were proposed today?Scientists of biodiversity are by their very nature concerned with the organization of species into systems and not necessarily with the interests and well-being of individual, particularly those that are seen as a threat to the maintenance of those systems. Yet there is a growing feeling for the democratization of decisions concerning nonhuman life. The movement towards environmental values must surely involve a movement away from imperialism and a search for a relationship with nature as it truly is, rather than as we would design it. Then, when our lawns have long disappeared, we may yet come to honor the humble dandelion.66. Botanists have generated attempts to remove the Japanese knotweed because _____.[A] it threatens the local biodiversity[B] it is regarded as exotic[C] it's so vigorous as to spread everywhere。

词汇与阅读1. Could a mechanical device ever _______ human intelligence- the ultimate test being whether it could cause a real human to fall in love with it?A）destroy B）duplicate C）forge D）eliminate2. As the case of Amitar Ray and his family exemplifies, professional immigrants are among the most rapidly ________ ----- first because of their occupational success and second because of the absence of strong ethnic networks that reinforce the culture of origin.A）assimilated B）consumed C）accustomed D）fascinated3. “This park has more than 200 waterfalls that are 15 feet or higher. And 150 of them have never been mapped or photograph,”says park historian Lee Whittlesey. “Now that’s a ________ to the size of Y ellowstone.”A）proposition B）hypothesis C）ceremony D）testimony4. One of the chief differences between art and other things is that nearly everything _______ seems to have crept into our art from abroad.A）exotic B）home-made C）affluent D）subordinate5. Roosevelt achieved so much in good part because of his ________ sense of timing.A）ordinary B）exquisite C）elegant D）moderate6. Y ou should never trust him. Look at his record. Arrested for drunk driving. Several _______ for assault Possession of cocaine. And if that’s not enough, he was even caught cheating on his wife.A）aspirations B）motivations C）convictions D）handicaps7. Children are our most precious ________, or so we say, and they are our foremost responsibility.A）advantage B）excellence C）profit D）asset8. American aid to Israel skyrocketed from $300 million to $2.2 billion per year, making Israel the largest _______ of US foreign aid.A）merchant B）recipient C）patron D）customer9. The New England Puritans had ________ against idleness and waste in the seventeenth century, and Benjamin Franklin had promoted rigorous self-discipline in the eighteenth century.A）plutted B）sinned C）preached D）revolted10. Jeremy Benthan (1748-1832) _______ that “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” should be the guiding rule of public institutions.A）postulated B）applied C）dissolved D）hypothesized11. What you see is not an ordinary fish. It is one of those anthropomorphic fish, the kind that talk and ______ human characteristics.A）take on B）bring up C）seek out D）call up12. He was neglected his work for too long and it is impossible for him to _____ it in a month, let alone in a week.A）be bond up with B）caught up in C）run out of D）catch up on13. Apparently his plan is to consider any offers that _______ from Australian promoters and agents ------ but with a view working there some time in the future.A）settle down B）catch on C）come his way D）come to senses14. My hunger _______ music, ignorant though I was, led me into several friendships I must otherwise have missed. A）in B）at C）for D）to16. And yet Mother certainly loved my father in her own peculiar way all her life. She ______ to him, admired his brains, strength, and qualities of leadership.A）look down B）look up C）look into D）look for17. My father has had a hard life and it’s time he ______ a bit.A）stirred up B）backed up C）eased up D）surged up18. Indoor or roof space antennae do not ________ give satisfactory performance even in strong signal areas.A）habitually B）voluntarily C）invariably D）genuinely19. Our regrets at losing his services are, in a measure, ________ by the knowledge that the post which he now fills is one of the most important in the commonwealth.A）conflicted B）offset C）extinguished D）impeached20. When we say a substance is _________, we mean all parts of it are alike and show the same propertities.A）hierarchical B）exclusive C）universal D）homogeneous21. Most objects, even though _______ to visible light, will let X-rays through.A）opaque B）transparent C）blind D）solid22. Many modern language teachers make occasional use of teaching aids such as computers and tape recorders, but only a few them systematically as an _______ part of their work.A）incredible B）individual C）integral D）associate23. Then, in his soft, level voice, he will reveal once more the _______ gift that made him one of the ablest advocates in Britis h legal history.A）boastful B）eloquent C）obstinate D）restrained24. In order to repair barns, build fences, grown crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be _______-.A）expedient B）voracious C）versatile D）prosperous25. In a drab Senate hearing room witnesses gave the first public ________ last week in the biggest and most brazen financial scandal all time.A）declaration B）assertion C）testimony D）accusation26. Kelley’s publicists abruptly _______ a planned seven-city publicity tour, announcing that their “publishing objectives have been accomplished.”A）called off B）called in C）called down D）called on27. Lawyers have a terrible habit of using Latin and industry ______ to mystify people and make themselves more valuable. A）inflections B）dialects C）accents D）jargon28. I thought he was a waiter, while he made the _______ mistake and thought that I w as.A）reciprocal B）lethal C）relative D）converse29. The renowned writer taught Brueghel to be sparing in expression, to be _______ and limit himself to essentials.A）elaborate B）taciturn C）concise D）generous30. What he read as fear in their faces he _______ to the overwhelming depression of being taken when they would be free. A）belonged B）dedicated C）subscribed D）ascribed31. Y ou stole the money and have _________ a plot to lay the sin at my door.A）carved B）woven C）tangled D）launched32. Despair _________ him as he was refused a job for another time.A）covered B）enveloped C）confined D）scoffed33. The characteristics of gases vary widely. Some gases are transparent, some ___________ in water, and some have a strong smell.A）dissolve B）melt C）hush D）fade34. All the team members have been _______ for the ordeal facing them.A）bewildered B）poised C）trimmed D）struck35. As a makeshift, they _________ the largest ward into several emergency rooms.A）proliferated B）partitioned C）promoted D）paralyzed36. They failed to come up with ways of _______ the office routine so that huge workload can be finished by the fewer people they have now.A）nurturing B）stripping C）streamlining D）reinforcing37. I have been _______ since 7 o’clock this morning.A）in decline B）all of a piece C）down and out D）on the go38. The governor soon realized that it was too late to tackle what had _______ a nation-wide disaster.A）sprung up B）taken on C）amounted to D）settled for39. Suddenly I felt an awful ______ and knew that I had put him in danger by mentioning his name.A）confusion B）premonition C）gratification D）obstruction40. Fidgeting in a job interview may leave a bad impression on your ________ employer.A）prying B）prospective C）pertinent D）prosperous41. The proverb is set down with deliberation and is there to be seen and ________ upon.A）……..B）imposed C）posed D）pondered42. According to the mayor, ________ it had been economic ties between Shanghai and Hamburg that were stressed, nut cooperation is now expanding to the educational and cultural sectors.A）oddly enough B）presently C）thereby D）hitherto43. He doesn’t dare to leave the house __________ he should be recognized.A）in case of B）in case C）in that case D）in any case44. ______ his last will, his property will be divided equally between his sons and daughters.A）With regard to B）For the part of C）In accordance with D）In addition to45. Because our family is happy and health, we ______ ourselves fortunate.A）view B）summon C）render D）reckon46. In his ________ to further his knowledge of the universe, man has now begun to explore space.A）expedition B）stroke C）endeavor D）conception47. For decade past, in the Soviet Union and its satellite countries, any allusion to the avowed aims of communist doctrine --- equality, freedom from exploitation, true justice—had ______ only bitter laughter.A）incorporated B）attracted C）provoked D）affected48. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ____ to carrying out the plan.A）engaged B）committed C）conversed D）resolved49. After the accident, traffic had to be ________ away from the motorway.A）diverted B）scattered C）dispersed D）discouraged50. She once again went through her composition careful to _________ all spelling mistakes from it.A）withdraw B）evade C）eliminate D）diminish51. The taxi driver ________ about our luggage and seemed to be in a thoroughly bad temper.A）grumbled B）groaned C）grieved D）growled52. The loss of his hearing didn’t keep him from composing his masterpieces.A）faculty B）capacity C）ability D）power53. The worldwide environmental pollution is the main issue to be discussed at the General __________ of the United Nations to be held in Geneva this September.A）Embassy B）Convention C）Session D）Assembly54. Cheers broke out immediately after the President’s _______ remarks to the celebration of the victory of the national team in the final against Brazil.A）preceding B）preliminary C）previous D）prior55. The cathedral is built in Gothic style and its tall pillars are ______ with delicate carvings.A）decorated B）adorned C）ornamented D）trimmed56. He doesn’t express much _______ to a higher position, and seems to be quite content with his present post.A）rehabilitation B）inspiration C）perspiration D）aspiration57. Farmers ______ branches off trees to fuel fires at home in winter.A）slit B）stab C）chop D）punch58. The capitalist constitution stipulates that the Congress, not the Royal Family hold the ______ leadership pf the country.A）supreme B）superior C）superb D）utmost59. Each student may have not only a different learning style but also greater or less ______ for learning a language.A）altitude B）aptitude C）longitude D）gratitude60. China dishes ______ heat longer than pans do.A）attain B）detain C）sustain D）retain61. In many cultures people who were thought to have the ability to ______ dreams were likely to be highly respected.A）interpret B）imply C）intervene D）impart62. Showing appreciation for every kindness is the etiquette ______ all over the world regardless of the cultural discrepancies. A）observed B）approved C）conferred D）executed63. Modern scientists ________ that truth is not something we assume, but something found at the end of long investigation. A）affirm B）confirm C）suppose D）presume64. The Nobel Prize winner has just promptly published his book which will ______ to the readers rough ideas of modern stock-marketing skills.A）convert B）convey C）transfer D）deliver65. In the past most scientists were men, but today, the number of women ______ this field is climbing.A）engaging B）dedicating C）registering D）pursuing66. When traveling, you are advised to take travelers’ checks, which provide a secure ______ to carrying your money in cash. A）substitute B）selection C）preference D）67. The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be ______ to the welfare of animals.A）indignant B）indifferent C）ignorant D）vulnerable68. When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognized it was _______.A）novel B）remote C）foreign D）distant69. It is said that this new series of sportcars is designed ________ for women.A）fundamentally B）inclusively C）homogeneously D）exclusively70. We try to _______ the old lady that flying is safe.A）assure B）ensure C）guarantee D）secure71. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ________.A）gaps B）intervals C）length D）distance72. The terrorist attacks in New Y ork ______ economic weakness in the United States which cleverly exports its inflation abroad.A）reinforce B）strengthen C）accelerate D）intensify73. Partly because of his influence in politics, Ronald is a man you will be glad to be ________ with.A）acquainted B）acknowledge C）identified D）accustomed74. The city government has decided to raise teachers’ salary by 15% to ______ the increased cost of living.A）overwhelm B）outdo C）offset D）restrain75. Research shows there is a link between childhood ______ to drugs and problems of addiction in later life.A）obsession B）exposure C）novelty D）objection76. Unemployment insurance system has two major goals: to prevent unemployed people from _______ severe hardshi ps and to help them get back to work.A）undergoing B）underlying C）undertaking D）underrating77. Airline services will be disrupted during the expansion of the airport, but normal services will be _____ in the spring.A）resumed B）assumed C）consumed D）presumed78. Like every nation, the United States used to define its units of currency, the dollars in _______ of gold standard.A）means B）respect C）terms D）regards79. The tendency of a boy beca me attached to his mother and to resent his father is ________ to as “Oedipus Complex”.A）regarded B）referred C）named D）related80. The opera was ______ from an ancient fairy tale, which is about the romantic love of a prince and a comely shop girl.A）adopted B）adapted C）composed D）staged81. The girl’s mother had taught her to observe all the time _______ that marked a lady.A）sermons B）ceremonies C）decorum D）disciplines82. The man’s face was _______ from his infected tooth.A）bugging B）expanded C）swollen D）blithe83. As the finally exam is drawing near, I will have to take advantages of the day off the ______ on some reading.A）catch up B）clear up C）hurry up D）make up84. One thing always ______ my mind from my early childhood, and that is the second of street-vendors.A）ties on B）sticks in C）fastens to D）settles on85. It is common that old people usually clings to _______ beliefs.A）orthodox B）liberal C）radical D）uncomfortable86. A greedy man usually has a ______ urge for greeter and greater wealth.A）compulsory B）compulsive C）compulsion D）compelled87. Look! The children are entirely ______ with the magician’s sword-swallowing act.A）bored B）choked C）angered D）transfixed(transfix: cause to be unable to speak, think and move. He stood transfixed with /horror and amazement)88. Clara was so disappointed about the result of the experiment that she was _______ giving it up.A）on the track of B）on the verge of C）with the view of D）under the illusion of89. They were _____ from the sinking vessels to the coastguard ship and towed west towed the shore.A）communicated B）transferred C）extradited D）captured90. In most countries, the arenas of free expression are in _____ and sometimes even in wisdom. But in that country, the free speech was too grossly free too crudely spiteful and foulmouthed.A）eccentricity B）condensation C）adaptation D）alteration91. The auditor calculated several times, but still couldn’t ______ the two sets of figures.A）correlate B）contradict C）merge D）combine92. The independent arbitrator managed to __________ the confrontation between the union and the employers.A）refuse B）confuse C）refute D）defuse93. When I heard footsteps behind me I was _____ that I would be attacked.A）hustled B）harassed C）pestered D）terrified94. David has few friends because he is such a(an) ________ person.A）friendly B）belligerent C）gregarious D）outgoing95. In the darkness he saw a woman standing near a post, but outline of her face was barely _______.A）apparent B）invisible C）perceptible D）observant96. Observations made during an eclipse often take solar astronomy into unmapped ______, answering old puzzles and uncovered new ones.A）countryside B）milieu C）ten-am D）environment97. As oil becomes more scarce, we may have to _______ to coal and wood for energy.A）congregate B）ascend C）revert D）ascribe98. Last month, the factional troops made a fierce _____ the fortress near the river which lasted for many hours.A）onslaught on B）struggle to C）clash with D）encounter with99. It is a pity that all the facilities _______ James still feels helpless.A）out of his reach B）under his feet C）beyond his depth D）at his disposal100. Beijing “being the first stop on our itinerary, we’d better _______ film there for the rest of our trip.”A）take care of B）make away with C）push ahead with D）stock up with101. Don’t take it for granted his silence _______ consent.A）confirms B）delays C）signifies D）dodges102. _______ no time to inform them of what had happened, the clerk should not be blamed.A）For all B）Notwithstanding C）Given D）Despite103. The boys’ _______ their game was so complete that they did not notice it was getting dark.A）aversion to B）dislike for C）satisfaction with D）immersion in104. If the modernization of our country is to be realized sooner, we must ______ the pace of our economic growth.A）accelerate B）slacken C）retard D）slow105. The photographic magazine I subscribed to ______ every other week.A）works out B）turns out C）comes out D）goes out106. Mother tends to be _____ when she speaks of her childhood.A）haughty B）curious C）indifferent D）mawkish107. Now the raft was passing the few ________ lights of the distant village.A）glimmering B）glaring C）gloomy D）blazing108. She told president that her winning the Nobel Prize was a ________ moment in her life.A）fateful B）disastrous C）insignificant D）terrible109. Mary got dismissed from her post for refusing to ________ her boss’s authority.A）sneer at B）bow to C）speak of D）talk about110. Mr. Green assured Anna if she did not understand the text, he would try to _________ it for her.A）instruct B）illuminate C）impart D）duplicate111. Joyce is a(an) __________ climber ---she shouldn’t attempt to-climb high mountains during winter.A）demanding B）accomplished C）fledging D）trained112. Paul has become a __________ smoker, so it is difficult for him to give up tobacco.A）confirmed B）conceited C）confessed D）committed113. Jerry is sometimes involved in _______ with her neighbors over who is responsible for repairing the fence.A）litigation B）indictment C）allegation D）accusation114. After the thunderstorm the lake in front of our school returned to its usual ______ state.A）flaccid B）placid C）acid D）lucid115. Grace ________with frustration when all her schoolfellows got promoted except her.A）sagged B）surged C）seethed D）surpassed116. As far as I know, the clerk has ______ $1000 to the collection for the hospital.A）enlisted B）embezzled C）dissipated D）subscribed117. Harold was _____ after he had been living in the United States for 15 years.A）nationalized B）naturalized C）materialized D）evangelized118. A motor race is like a stage on which we can see played out our own innate drive to overcome challenges and ______ the known limits of our capabilities.A）transcend B）restrain C）hamper D）confine119. The idea and monuments of ancient times, and of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, remain as vital as ever in the ________ of European life.A）prosperity B）fantasy C）fabric D）façade120. It is a great tragedy that not a _______ of the old church building remained after the big fire.A）vestige B）veracity C）version D）vicinity121. When Mr. Applegate was killed in a car accident, I immediately sent a sympathy card to his _____ wife and two children. A）bereaved B）mounted C）grieved D）moaned122. A counselor tries to liberate troubled students from their fears so the theyA）deranged B）juvenile C）tranquil D）mature123. To be interesting, avoid ________ expressions like “Time flies”or “Haste makes waste”; say something original.A）racy B）trite C）turgid D）vivacious124. If the courts took no action against those who destroy public property, they would be giving ______ to vandalism.A）countenance B）hindrance C）affliction D）antipathy125. Franck is deeply in love with Jane, but he tries to ________ his feelings.A）gratify B）mask C）arouse D）cultivate126. My grandfather will never let quarrels between my younger brother and sister upset her ________.A）equilibrium B）equivalence C）equality D）equity127. The old man sat by the window _______ the news with growing delight.A）conveying B）distorting C）savoring D）suppressing128. Mike amassed a fortune, but his _______ business dealings earned him a reputation.A）square B）sharp C）extensive D）honorable129. Although she _______ protested, the violence was not as destructive as she predicted it would be.A）vehemently B）unconsciously C）dastardly D）cowardly130. He disliked this kind of cruel humor, yet continued to tease her ______.A）contemptuously B）irretrievably C）pitifully D）unmercifully131. Heavy rain can ______ the earth from the stone, leaving no charge for new vegetable to take hold and raising the risk of landslides and further destruction.A）strip B）stripe C）stroke D）trim132. Despite the astonishing changes which have already taken place, the year 1992 continues to ______ as a year of destiny for Europe. A）loiter B）muffle C）loom D）hover133. The instructor asked his law students how they would deal with a _______ case and graded them on thir responses.A）hypocritical B）hypothetical C）hysterical D）hyperbolical134. Simon was expelled from his party for _______ the opposition party.A）rebellion B）defiance for C）disobedience D）defection135. Samuel was not intelligent, but by his _________ determination he finally reached his goal of becoming successful artist. A）feeble B）dogged C）wavering D）irresolute136. After her illness, Caria was so weak that she ______ and fell against the stair rail.A）stammered B）sprinted C）faltered D）scampered137. Jane was very proud when her elder brother John was ______, as a minister in their church.A）ordained B）ordered C）impeached D）toppled138. When the affectionate puppy approached me for a _________, I gently stroked its back.A）caress B）cuff C）carol D）cask139. A crowd began to ______ at the railway station to welcome the winning basketball team home.A）thin B）disperse C）ebb D）congregate140. Douglas is not modest, but he knows how to be modest, so his modesty is just ________.A）feigned B）imagined C）dreamed D）fancied141. If elected to Congress, the candidate will have to ______ his …….A）attain B）reverse C）secure D）relinquish142. The world-famous British Museum which houses a _______ collection of valuable books, paintings, works of arts, etc. attracts millions of visitors every year.A）immersible B）miscellaneous C）overwhelming D）unified143. The private detective, having received new information from a confidential source, narrowed down the ________ of his enquiry into the case.A）aspect B）sphere C）dimension D）scope144. Smith failed to _______ for the deficit in the company’s bank balance.A）check B）account C）quest D）prepare145. He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to talk ______ around one topic.A）coherently B）initiatively C）flexibly D）pointedly146. NO one could come up with an easy solution to the government’s predicament-labor ________ which is caused by the wars. A）decline B）vacancy C）rarity D）shortage147. When he lived in Tibet in the 1950s, radio was the only means by which he had to keep _______ of current events in the country. A）response B）track C）record D）trace148. People’s confidence in Blair was greatly _______ by his wife’s misbehavior.A）sapped B）cherished C）sabotaged D）confirmed149. The meeting was _______ over by the mayor to discuss the toll of crossing the bridges in Wuhan.A）propelled B）presumed C）presided D）pricked150. He gradually ______ that his wife was right and he had to change his way of living.A）explored B）repelled C）simplified D）perceived151. Though this apparatus is expensive, the patient agreed to use it after the operation because it could ______ the pain.A）assess B）alleviate C）avenge D）affirm152 The professor gave _________ instruction to the whole class as to make every student understand how to conduct the experiment in the lab.A）explicit B）afflictive C）authoritative D）oblivious153. Cigarette smoking is a great health ______ and may lead to fatal diseases.A）opposition B）protagonist C）fault D）hazard154. After some time the second stage of the space shuttle, having used up its fuel, just like the booster, separates and _______. A）runs away B）charges for C）faults off D）merges into155. Stressful environment leads to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _______ increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.A）in turn B）by chance C）by fortune D）in case156. Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with. Once you ______ your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputationA）keep up with B）give away from C）go back on D）lose sight of157. It is the central government that has ________ the coastal economic preferential policies.A）delivered B）granted C）submitted D）given158. To the great disappointment of the public, the wanted in the murder case so far remains _______.A）at large B）in freedom C）at ease D）in prison159. Difficult as it is, English study is in the long run _______ to a learner in his or her career development.A）advantageous B）rewarding C）profitable D）160. The official was arrested for inability to ________ all his fortune he has enjoyed.A）clarify B）intensify C）verify D）justify161. The whole program is well designed, but some details need further _______ by some experts.A）proofing B）modifying C）demonstrating D）polishing162. Language, like food, is a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life might be ______ and damaged. A）starved B）stunned C）shocked D）segregated163. In ancient times, some catastrophic extinction of species occurred ________, but such catastrophes were comparatively rare. A）sequentially B）repeatedly C）naturally D）intentionally 164. Influenced by the environment, children’s minds _________ its and pieces of data when they grown up.A）take on B）pick in C）work out D）put down165. The United States court system is characterized by ________ hierarchies: there are both state and federal courtsA）double B）complex C）simple D）dual166. Advanced mammals such as monkeys, apes and humans have brains __________ from ancestors that took to living in the trees. A）derived B）progressed C）terminated D）advanced167. In a barter economy, finding somebody who wanted to trade his old car _______ a sailboat might not always be an easy task. A）in terms of B）by auction for C）by way of D）in exchange for168. In 1995 Martin Luther King, gained national _________ for his nonviolent methods used in a bus boycott in Montgomery. A）realization B）permission C）recognition D）revolution169. Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three-dimensional, it ________ out and begins grasping various kinds of objects. A）shouts B）reaches C）aim D）pull170. Cosmic rays of various kinds come through the air outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are ____ off. A）avoided B）excluded C）screened D）separated 171. The doctors don’t ________ that he will live much longer.A）manifest B）articulate C）anticipate D）monitor172. I suggest we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite ________.A）feasible B）eligible C）probable D）sustainable173. The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with grey hair and gold spectacle.A）respective B）respectable C）respectful D）respected174. This book is expected to _________ the best-seller lists.A）exemplify B）promote C）prevail D）dominate175. That part of the city has long been _______ for its street violence.A）historical B）responsible C）illegal D）notorious176. Under the guidance of their teacher, the pupils are building a model boat ________ by steam.A）towed B）tossed C）propelled D）pressed177. Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, ________ themselves.A）stretching B）extending C）prolonging D）expanding178. England’s team, who are now superbly fit, will be doing their best next week to _______ themselves for last year’s defea t. A）remedy B）revive C）revenge D）……182. It is difficult to __________ of a plan to end poverty.A）ponder B）reckon C）speculate D）conceive183. Now the cheers and applause _______ in a single sustained roar.A）assembled B）concentrated C）mingled D）permeated189. The manager tried to wave aside these issues as _______ details that would be settled later.A）alternative B）trivial C）versatile D）preliminary191. This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important _______ of American life.A）facets B）fashions C）frontier D）formats192. Parents often faced the ________ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.A）junction B）paradox C）premise D）dilemma193. Clark felt that his _________ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all times was worth the suffering he underwent.A）appreciation B）partic ipation C）presentation D）apprehension195. The ________ lawyer made a great impression on the jury.A）defending B）guarding C）shielding D）protecting220. David tends to feel useless and unwanted in a society that gives so much ______ to those who compete well.A）prestige B）regime C）superiority D）legislation221. As you have seen, the value of a nation’s currency is a ________ of its economy.A）reaction B）reflection C）response D）revelation223. We should make a clear _______ between the two scientific terms for the purpose of our discussion.A）separation B）discrimination C）deviation D）distinction226. The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ________ familiarity with technology.A）in quest of B）by means of C）in terms of D）by virtue of227. Attempts to persuade her to stay after she felt insulted were ____________.A）in no way B）on the contrary C）at a loss D）of no avail228. By signing the lease we made a _________ to pay a rent of $ 150 a week.A）conception B）commission C）commitment D）confinement230. Many people think of deserts as _______ regions, but numerous species of plants and animals have adapted to life there. A）virgin B）barren C）void D）wretchedReading ComprehensionPassage 1Office job are among the positions hardest hit by compumation. Word procession and typists will be lose about 93 000 jobs over the next few years, which 57 000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own。

复旦大学考博英语-5(总分125,考试时间90分钟)Part Ⅰ V ocabulary1. Parents often faced the ______ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.A. paradoxB. junctionC. premiseD. dilemma2. The designing of a satellite in the heavenly environment is ______ an easy job.A. by all meansB. by any meansC. by every meansD. by no means3. While some bacteria are beneficial, others are ______in that they cause disease.A. detrimentalB. prodigiousC. intrusiveD. mordant4. Jack ______ to the manager for the mistakes he had made.A. excusedB. pardonedC. forgaveD. apologized5. Her remarkable success as a rock star is partly due to her ability to ______ the media.A. mandateB. meditateC. manifestD. manipulate6. He saw university as a community of scholars, where students were ______ by teachers into an appreciation of different philosophical approaches.A. extractedB. deductedC. inductedD. conducted7. Whenever a camera was pointed at her, Marilyn would instantly ______ herself into a radiant star.A. transportB. transferC. transformD. transgress8. The rain looked as though it had ______for the night.A. set offB. set inC. set outD. set up9. He saw writers and artists as being important to the state for they could ______ credibility on the regime.A. bestowB. embraceC. disperseD. undertake10. All parts of this machine are______, so that it is very simple to get replacements for them.A. specializedB. standardizedC. minimizedD. modernizedPart Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionPassage OneA few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn"t much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning, too. A woman dropped what appeared to be a dime.The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter. It can be nothing more than a penny. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.We are besieged by so many sounds that attract the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine, a police car or an **es screaming along the street.When I"m in New York, I"m a New Yorker. I don"t turn either. Like the natives, I hardly hear a siren there.At home in my little town in Connecticut, it"s different. The distant ringing of a police car brings me to my feet if I"m in bed.It"s the quietest sounds that have the most effect on us, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away though three closed doors. I"ve been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imagination turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. **e I never hear the sounds in the daytime?I"m quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are.I"ve turned against whistling, for instance. I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I"ve been associating the whistler with a nervous person **pulsive noises.The tapping, tapping, tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me. I often like the sound of what I write better than the looks of it.1. The sound of a coin dropping makes people ______.A. think of moneyB. look at each otherC. pay attention to itD. stop crossing the street2. People in New York ______.A. don"t care about emergenciesB. are used to sirensC. are attracted by soundsD. don"t hear loud noises3. How does the author relate to sounds at night?A. He imagines sounds that do not existB. He exaggerates quiet soundsC. He thinks taps should be turned offD. He believes it"s quiet at night4. He dislikes whistling because ______.A. he is tired of itB. he used to be happierC. it reminds him of tense peopleD. he doesn"t like workers5. How does the writer feel about sounds in general?A. They make him feel at homeB. He thinks they should be ignoredC. He believes they are part of our livesD. He prefers silence to loud noisesPassage TwoThere are some that would argue that hospitals are no place for dogs, while they are wrong. At least according to new research reported at the American Heart Association"s Scientific Sessions 2005. For people hospitalized with advancedheart disease, it is better to have visitors than to lie quietly alone. But one type of visitor seems to be especially beneficial, researchers reported on Tuesday. That visitor is a dog. In the first controlled study of the effects of pet therapy in a random sample of acute and critically ill heart patients, anxiety as measured on a standard rating scale dropped 24 percent for those visited by a dog and a human volunteer, by 10 percent for those visited by a volunteer alone and not at all for those with no visitors. Similar results were found in measures of heart and lung function.The senior author of the Pet Therapy Study, Kathie M. Cole, said 76 patients with heart failure, a condition that affects an estimated five million Americans, were randomly assigned one of the three visit types. The dogs, from 12 breeds, were screened for behavior and disease before participating in the study. "Some patients in the first group," Ms. Cole said, "began to smile and immediately engaged in conversation with dog and volunteer." "Their worries seemed to vanish from their faces," she said. The researchers examined the patients three times: right before the 12-minute visit, eight minutes into it and four minutes after it was over.Besides the anxiety measurement, researchers found, patients" levels of epinephrine, a hormone the body makes when under stress, dropped 17 percent when visited by a person and a dog, and 2 percent when visited by only a person. Epinephrine levels rose an average of 7 percent in the unvisited group in the study, which was financed by the Pet Care Trust Foundation, a nonprofit group. Pressure in the heart"s top left chamber dropped 10 percent after a visit by volunteer and dog. The same pressure rose 3 percent for those visited by a volunteer and 5 percent for the unvisited group. Pressure in the pulmonary artery dropped 5 percent during and after a visit by volunteer and dog, but rose in the other two groups. Ms. Cole recommended further studies to determine how long the benefits lasted. "Dogs are a **fort," she said. "They make people happier, calmer and feel more loved. That is huge when you are scared and not feeling well."1. The sentence "Similar results were found…" (Last sentence, Para. 1) means______.A. the measurement of patient"s heart and lung function drops when without visitorB. human volunteers only can"t provide help for the patient"s heart and lung functionC. patient"s heart and lung work more effectively when visited by dog and volunteerD. none of the above2. How can we know the heart patient is feeling better according to the study?A. When the anxiety measurement doesn"t changeB. When the patient"s level of epinephrine dropsC. When he expresses feelings of being loved by visitorsD. When he shows the willingness to communicate with people3. Which one is used by researchers to determine the benefit of having a dog visitor?A. Blood pressure measurementB. Happiness measurementC. Anxiety measurementD. Heart rhythm measurement4. To which of the following statements would Ms. Cole most likely agree?A. Involve pet therapy into normal curesB. Feed pets in every familyC. Use the dogs in scientific researchD. Avoid patient"s encounter with dogs5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?A. People should provide moderate places for dogs in the hospitalsB. The benefits of being with dogs for heart patients can"t last longC. Encountering dogs will cause the abnormal heart rate of patientsD. Study identifies that dog can be the heart patients" best friendPassage ThreeThe rise of multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, **munications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U. S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world"s top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming ore sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all **panies include PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one-third of U. S. companies, It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR.Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人) in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall"s U. S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and TheEconomist, publications not often read in this country.Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN(Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word "foreign" would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, **munications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.1. According to the passage, U. S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because ______ .A. an unparalleled increase in the number of public **paniesB. shrinking cultural differences and **munications technologiesC. the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the UD. increased efforts of other countries in public relations2. London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because ______ .A. **panies are more ambitious than UB. **panies place more importance on PR than UC. **panies are heavily involved in planning activitiesD. four of the world"s top public relations agencies are British-owned3. The word "provincial" (Line 2, Para. 3) most probably means " ______ "A. limited in outlookB. like people from the provincesC. rigid in thinkingD. interested in world financial affairs4. We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry ______ .A. speak at least one foreign language fluentlyB. are ignorant about world geographyC. are not as sophisticated as their European counterpartsD. enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications5. What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN?A. American PR companies should be more internationally-mindedB. The American PR industry should develop **munications technologiesC. People working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languagesD. People involved in PR should avoid using the word "foreign"Passage FourWhat if our society uses new-found technologies of "genetic engineering" to interfere with the biological nature of human beings? Might that not be disastrous?What about cloning, for instance?Cloning is a term originally used in connection with nonsexual reproduction of plants and very simple animals. Now it is coming into use in connection with higher animals, since biologists are finding ways of starting with an individual cell of a grown animal and inducing it to multiply in the same way in the future.But is cloning a safe thing to unleash on society? Might it not be used for destructive purposes? For instance, might not some ruling group decide to clone their submissive, downtroddenpeasantry, and thus produce endless hordes of semi-robots who will slave to keep a few in luxury and who may even serve as endless ranks of soldiers designed to conquer the rest of the world?A dreadful thought, but an unnecessary fear. For one thing, there is no need to clone for the purpose. The ordinary method of reproduction produces all the human beings that are needed and as rapidly as is needed. Right now, the ordinary method is producing so many people as to put civilization in danger of imminent destruction. What more can cloning do?Secondly, unskilled semi-robots cannot be successfully pitted against the skilled users of machine, either on farms, in factories or in armies. Any nation depending on downtrodden masses will find itself an easy mark for exploitation by a less populous but more skilled and versatile society. This has happened in the past often enough.But even if we forget about self-hordes, what about the cloning of a relatively few individuals? There are rich people who could afford the expense, or politicians who could have the influence for it, or the gifted who could undergo it by popular demand. There can be two of a particular banker or governor or scientist—or three—or a thousand. Might this not create a kind of privileged caste, who would reproduce themselves in greater and greater numbers, and who would gradually take over the world?Before we grow concerned about this, we must ask whether there will really be any great demand for cloning. Would you want to be cloned? The new individual that is formed by your cell will have your genes and therefore your appearance and, possibly, talents, but he will not be you. The clone will be, at best, merely your identical twin. Identical twins share the same genetic pattern, but they each have their own individuality and are separate persons.Cloning is not a pathway to immortality, then, because your consciousness does not survive in your clone, any more than it would in your identical twin if you had one.In fact, your clone would be far less than your identical twin. What shapes and forms a personality is not genes alone, but all the environment to which it is exposed. Identical twins grow up in identical surroundings, in the same family, and under each other"s influence. A clone of yourself, perhaps thirty or forty years younger would grow up in a different world altogether and would be shaped by influences that would be sure to make him less and less like you as he grows older.He may even earn your jealousy. After all, you are old and he is young. You may once have been poor and struggled to become well-to-do, but he will be well-to-do from the start. The mere fact that you won"t be able to view him as a child, but as **peting and better-advantaged you, may accentuate the jealousy.No! Imagine that, after some initial experiments, the demand for cloning will be virtually nonexistent.1. The central theme of the essay is ______.A. genetic engineers are experimenting with cloningB. the cloning of human could produce a privileged classC. worries about the dangers of human cloning are ill-foundedD. personality traits cannot be passed on through cloning2. The author assumes that the readers are ______.A. afraid of a nation of dictatorsB. worried about the abuses of cloningC. eager to put cloning to practical useD. ready to be cloned3. The author assumes that the reader thinks "immortality" ______.A. frighteningB. unavoidableC. profitableD. desirable4. To hold the reader"s interest, the author ______.A. used quotations by famous peopleB. asks frequent questionsC. presents many research statisticsD. tells many amusing stories5. The word "hordes" used in the passage means ______.A. swarms of fishB. large groups of peopleC. mountain rangesD. large fields of grainPart Ⅲ ClozeThe first farm animal Jack ever 1 from a stockyard was a lamb 2 Hilda. aam Sanctuary, 180 acres of vegan heaven in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. 3 , Jack was living in a school bus near a tofu factory in Pennsylvania and 4 hot dogs 5 support his animal 6 operation. Now, more than a thousand animals once 7 for the slaughterhouse live here and on another Farm Sanctuary property in California. Farm Sanctuary has a $ 5.7 million budget, fed 8 part by a donor club named 9 his 10 Hilda. Supporters can 11 or a Farm Sanctuary MasterCard. As Farm Sanctuary has grown, 12 too has its influence. Soon, due in part 13 the organization"s work, veal calves and pregnant pigs in Arizona 14 be kept in cages so. tight they can"t 15 . Eggs from cage-free hens have become so popular that there is a national shortage. A law in Chicago 16 the sale of foie gras.All of these developments reflect the maturation and sophistication of Jack and others in a network of animal activists who have more control 17 America"s dinner table than 18 before. The gap 19 animal lovers and animal lovers who love to eat them is exactly 20 Jack,a man who eats noodles with margarine, soy sauce and brewer"s yeast would like to close.1.A. killedB. rescuedC. boughtD. sold2.A. be namedB. namingC. was namedD. named3.A. Since thenB. But thenC. Before thenD. Till then4.A. eatingB. banningC. sellingD. recycling5.A. forB. toC. in orderD. so as6.A. rescueB. protectC. healD. ransom7.A. decidedB. sentencedC. soldD. destined8.A. byB. inC. ofD. with9.A. beforeB. afterC. withD. for10.A. lovingB. lovedC. belovedD. lovely11.A. sign inB. sign upC. sign overD. sign off12.A. onlyB. thereforeC. butD. so13.A. ofB. forC. fromD. to14.A. can"tB. willC. won"tD. ought to15.A. turn backB. turn aroundC. turn overD. turn out16.A. forbidsB. bansC. deniesD. rejects17.A. overB. onC. aboutD. by18.A. everB. longC. overD. as19.A. withB. betweenC. separatingD. combining20.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. forPart Ⅳ Translation1. 在美国历史上人们最津津乐道的政治问题恐怕就是法律与秩序。

复旦大学博士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题Part ⅠVocabulary and Structure（15 points）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 Ⅰwith a single line through the center.1．Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ______ to a close examination.A．keep up B．put up C． stand up D．look up2．When I bent down to tie my shoelace, the seat of my trousers______.A．split B．cracked C．broke D．holed3．His ______ thighs were barely strong enough to support the weight of his body.A． inanimate B．rustic C．malleable D．shrunken 4．To get my travellers' cheques I had to ______ a special cheque to the bank for the total amount.A．make for B．make out C．make up D．make off5．She described the distribution of food and medical supplies as a ______ nightmare.A．paranoid B．putative C．benign D． logistical6．A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable ______ ending.A． mawkish B．fateful C．beloved D．perfunctory 7．Despite ______ efforts by the finance minister, inflation rose to 36 points.A．absurd B．grimy C．valiant D．fraudulent8．In ______ I wish I had thought about alternative courses of action.A．retrospect B．disparity C．succession D．dissipation 9．Psychoanalysts tend to regard both ______ and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.A．attachment B．distinction C．ingenuity D．sadism 10．Fear showed in the eyes of the young man, while the old man looked tired and ______.A．watery B．wandering C．weary D．wearing11．The clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being ______ as the match of the season.A． harbinger B．allured C．congested D．lodged 12．What he told me was a ______ of downright lies.A．load B．mob C．pack D．flock13．We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are ______.A．out of work B． out of stock C．out of reach D．out of practice14．______ I realized the consequences, I would never have contemplated getting involved.A．Even if B．Had C．As long as D． If15．They managed to ______ the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.A．deaden B．deprive C．punctuate D．rebuff16．He had been ______ to appear in court on charges of incitement of lawbreaking.A．illuminated B．summoned C．prevailed D．trailed17．The computer doesn't ______ human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.A．flunk B．renew C．succumb D．mimic18．How about a glass of orange juice to ______ your thirst？A．quench B．quell C．quash D．quieten19．The rain looked as if it had ______ for the night.A．set off B．set up C．set out D．set in20．My aunt lost her cat last summer, but it ______ a week later at a home in the next village.A． turned up B．turned in C．turned on D．turned out 21．As is known to all, a vague law is always ______ to different interpretations.A．invulnerable B．immune C．resistant D． susceptible 22．The manager ______ facts and figures to make it seem that the company was prosperous.A．beguiled B．besmirched C．juxtaposed D．juggled23．To our great delight, yesterday we received a（n） ______ donation from a benefactor.A．handsome B．awesome C．miserly D．prodigal 24．Students who get very high marks will be ______ from the final examination.A．expelled B．banished C． absolved D．ousted25．It ______ me that the man was not telling the truth.A． effects B．pokes C．hits D．stirs26．John glanced at Mary to see what she thought, but she remained ______.A．manifest B．obnoxious C．inscrutable D．obscene 27．My neighbor tended to react in a heat and ______ way.A．impetuous B．impertinent C．imperative D．impe rceptible28．This morning when she was walking in the street, a black car______ beside her.A．drew out B．drew off C．drew down D． drew up29．She decided to keep reticent about the unpleasant past and______ it to memory.A．attribute B．allude C．commit D．credit30．It did not take long for the central bank to ______ their fears.A．soothe B．snub C．smear D．sanctifyPart ⅡReading Comprehension（40 points）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．Choose the best answer and mark corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰwith a single line through the center.Passage OneJean left Alice Springs on Monday morning with regret, and flew all day in a “Dragonfly”' aircraft; and it was a very instructive day for her. The machine did not go directly to Cloncurry, but flew to and for across the wastes of Central Australia, depositing small bags of mail at cattle stations and picking up cattle-men and travelers to drop them off after a hundred or a hundred and fifty miles. They landed eight or ten times in the course of the day, at places like Ammaroo and Hatches Creek andmany other stations; at each place they would get out of the plane and drink a cup of tea and have a talk with the station manager or owner, and get back into the plane and go on their way. By the end of the day Jean Paget knew exactly what a cattle station looked like, and she was beginning to have a very good idea of what went on there.They got to Cloncurry in the evening, a fairly extensive town on a railway that ran eastward to the sea at Townsville．Here she wasin Queensland, and she heard for the first time the slow deliberate speech of the Queensland that reminded her at once of her friend Joe Harman. She was driven into town in a very old open car and deposited at the Post Office Hotel; she got a bedroom but tea was over, and she had to go down the wide，dusty main street to a café for her evening meal. Cloncurry, she found, had none of the clean attractiveness of Alice Springs; it was a town which smelt of cattle, with wide streets through which to drive them down to the stockyard, many hotels, and a few shops. All the houses were of wood with red-painted iron roofs; the hotels had two floors, but very few of the other houses had more than one.She had to spend a day here, because the air service to Normanton and Willstown ran weekly on a Wednesday． She went out after breakfast while the air was still cool and walked in one direction up the huge mainstreet for half a mile till she came to the end of the town, then came back and walked down it a quarter of a mile till she came to the other end. Then she went and had a look at the railway station, and, having seen the airfield,with that she had seen all there was to see in Cloncurry. She looked in at a shop that sold toys and newspapers, but they were sold out of all reading matter except a few books about dress-making; as the day was starting to warm up she went back to the hotel. She managed to borrow a copy of the Australian Women's Weekly from the manageress of the hotel and took it to her room, and took off most of her clothes and lay down on her bed to sweat it out during the heat of the day. Most of the other citizens of Cloncurry seemed to be doing the same thing.She felt like moving again shortly before tea and had a shower, and went out to the café for an ice. Weighed down by the heavy meal of roast beef and plum-pudding that the Queenslanders call “tea” she sat in a folding chair for a little outside in the cool of the evening, and went to bed again at about eight o'cock. She was called before daybreak, and was out at the airfield with the first light.31．When Jean had to leave Alice Springs, she ______.A．wished she could have stayed lodgerB．regretted she had decided to flyC．wasn't looking forward to flying all dayD．wished it had not been a Monday morning32．How did Jean get some idea of Australian cattle station？A．She learnt about them at first hand.B．She learnt about them from friends.C．She visited them weekly.D．She stayed on one for a week.33．Jean's main complaint about Cloncurry in comparison with Alice Springs, was ______.A．the width of the main street B．the poor service at the hotel C．the poor-looking buildings D．the smell of cows34．For her evening meal on the second day Jean had ______.A．only an ice-cream B．a lot of cooked foodC．some cold beer D．a cooling, but non-alcoholic drink35．Jean left Cloncurry ______.A． early on Wednesday morning B．late on Tuesday eveningC．after breakfast on Tuesday D．before breakfast on TuesdayPassage TwoIt was unfortunate that, after so trouble-free an arrival, he should stumble in the dark as he was rising and severely twist his ankle on a piece of rock. After the first shock the pain became bearable, and he gathered up his parachute before limping into the trees to hide it as best he could. The hardness of the ground and the deep darkness made it almost impossible to do this efficiently. The pine needles lay several inches deep so he simply piled them on top of the parachute, cutting the short twigs that he could feel around his legs, and spreading them on top of the needles. He had great doubts about whether it would stay buried, but there was very little else that he could do about it.After limping for some distance in an indirect course away from his parachute he began to make his way downhill through the trees. He had to find out where he was, and then decide what to do next. But walking downhill on a rapidly swelling ankle soon proved to be almost beyond his powers. He moved more and more slowly， walking in long sideways movements across the slope, which meant taking more steps but less painful ones. By the time he cleared the trees and reached the valley, day was breaking. Mist hung in soft sheets across the field. Small cottages and farm buildings grouped like sleeping cattle around a village church,whose pointed tower, pointed high into the cold winter air to welcome the morning.“I can't go no further，” John Harding thought.“Someone is bound to find me, but what can't I do？ I must get a rest before I go on. Ther'll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane crashed. I bet they're out looking for it already and they're bound to find the parachute in the end. I can't believe they won't. So they'll know I'm not dead and must be somewhere. They'll think I'm hiding up there in the trees and rocks so they'll look for me, so I'll go down to the village. With luck by the evening my foot will be good enough to get me to the border.”Far above him on the mountainside he could hear the faint echo of voices, startling him after great silence. Looking up he saw lights like little pinpoints moving across the face of the mountain in the grey light. But the road was deserted, and he struggled along, still almost invisible in the first light, easing his aching foot whenever he could, avoiding stones and rough places, and limping quietly and painfully towards the village. He reached the church at last. A great need for peace almost drew him inside, but he knew that would not do. Instead, he limped along its wails towards a very old building standing a short distance from the church doors. It seemed to have been there for ever, as if it hadgrown out of the hillside. It had the same air of timelessness as the church. John Harding pushed open the heavy wooden door and slipped inside.36．It is known from the passage that John Harding was ______.A．an escaped prisonerB．a criminal on the run from the policeC．an airman who had landed in an enemy country areaD．a spy who had been hiding in the forest37．John Harding found it hard to hide his parachute because ______.A．he got his ankle twisted severelyB．the trees did not give very good coverC．the earth was not soft and there was little lightD．the pine needles lay too thick on the ground38．In spite of his bad ankle John Harding was able to ______.A．carry on walking fairly rapidlyB．walk in a direction that was less steepC． bear the pain without changing directionD．find out where he had landed39．When John Harding got out of the forest he saw that ______.A．it was beginning to get much lighterB．washing was hanging on the lines in the villageC．the fields were full of sleeping cowsD．some trees had been cleared near the village40．John Harding decided to go down to the village ______.A．to find a doctor to see to his ankle B． to be near the frontier C．to avoid the search party D．to find shelter in a buildingPassage ThreeA trade group for liquor retailers put out a press release with an alarming headlin e: “Millions of Kids Buy Internet Alcohol, Landmark Survey Reveals.”The announcement, from the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America received wide media attention. On NBC's Today Show, Lea Thompson said, “According to a new online survey, one in 10 teen agershave an underage friend who has ordered beer, wine or liquor over the internet. More than a third think they can easily do it and nearly half think they won't get caught.” Several newspapers mentioned the study, including USA Today and the Record of New Jersey. The news even made Australia's Gold Coast Bulletin.Are millions of kids really buying booze online？ To arrive at that jarring headline, the group used some questionable logic to pump up results from a survey that was already tilted in favor of finding a large number of online buyer.For starters, consider the source. The trade group that commissioned the survey has long fought efforts to expand online sales of alcohol; its members are local distributors who compete with online liquor sellers. Some of the news coverage pointed out that conflict of interest, though reports didn't delve more deeply into how the numbers were computed.The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America hired Teenage Research Unlimited, a research company, to design the study. Teenage Research, in turn, hired San Diego polling firm Luth Research to put the questions to 1,001 people between the ages of 14 and 20in an online survey. Luth gets people to participate in its surveys in part by advertising them online and offering small cash awards—typically less than $ 5 for short surveys.People who agree to participate in online surveys are, by definition, internet users, something that not all teens are. （Also, people who actually take the time to complete such surveys may be more likely to be active, or heavy internet users. ） It's safe to say that kids who use the internet regularly are more likely to shop online than those who don't. Teenage Research Unlimited told me it weighted the survey results to adjust for age, sex, ethnicity and geography of respondents, but had no way to adjust for degree of internet usage.Regardless, the survey found that, after weighting, just 2.1 points of the 1,001 respondents bought alcohol online—compared, with 56 points who had consumed alcohol. Making the questionable assumption that their sample was representative of all Americans aged 14 to 20 with access to the internet—and not just those with the time and inclination to participate in online surveys—the researchers concluded that 551,000 were buying alcohol online.But that falls far short of the reported “millions of kids”. To justify that headline, the wholesalers' group focused on another part of the survey that asked respondents if they knew a teen who had purchased alcohol online. Some 12 points said they did. Of course, it's ridiculous to extrapolate from a state like that—one buyer could be known by many people, and it's impossible to measure overlap. Consider a high school of1,000 students, with 20 who have bought booze on line and 100 who know about the purchases. If 100 of the school's students are surveyed at random, you'd expect to find two who have bought and 10 who know someone who has—but that still represents only two buyers, not 10．（Not to mention the fact that thinking you know someone who has ordered beer online is quite different from ordering a six pack yourself. ）Karen Gravois Elliott, a spokeswoman for the wholesalers' group, told me, “The numbers are real,” but referred questions about methodology to Teenage Research. When I asked her about the potential problems of conducting the survey online, she said the medium was a strength of the survey: “We specifically wanted to look at the teenage online population.”Nahme Chokeir, a vice president of client service for SanDiego-based Luth Research Inc., told me that some of his online panel comes from word of mouth, which wouldn't necessarily skew toward heavy internet users. He added that some clients design surveys to screen respondents by online usage, though Teenage Research didn't.I asked Michael Wood, a vice president at Teenage Research who worked on the survey， whether one could say, as the liquor trade group did, that millions of teenagers had bought alcohol online. “You can't,” he replied, adding, “This is their press release.”41．Which of the following is the message that this passage is trying to convey？A．The severe social consequences of kids buying alcohol online.B．The hidden drawback of the American educational system.C．The influence of wide coverage of news media.D．The problems in statistic methodology in social survey.42．According to the author, what is wrong with the report about kids buying alcohol？A．It is unethical to offer cash awards to subjects of survey.B．The numbers in this report were falsified.C． The samples and statistic methods were not used logically.D．The study designers and survey conductors were bribed.43．Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word “extrapolate” in paragraph 8？A．Conduct. B． Infer. C．Deduct. D．Whittle.44．By saying “To justify that headline, the wholesalers' group focused on another part of the survey that asked respondents if theyknew a teen who had purchased alcohol online”, the author implies that ______.A．it is absurd to conduct a survey among teenagersB．the ways the wholesalers' group conducted surveys are statistically questionableC．this kinds of survey is preliminary, therefore undependableD．teenagers might not be honest since buying alcohol online is an indecent behavior45．Which of the following is more likely to be the source for problems in this survey？A．This survey is tilted in favor of local alcohol distributors, who have a conflict of interest with online sellers.B．The data collection and analysis are not scientific and logical.C．Subjects are not sampled in a right way and can not represent the whole American teenage population.D．The survey results are affected by gifts to subjects, which can be misleading.Passage FourI had visited the capital before although my friend Arthur had not, I first visited London as a student, reluctantly released from the bosom of a tearful mum, with a traveling trunk stuffed full of home-made fruit cakes and woolly vests. I was ill-prepared for the Spartan standards of the South. Through even the grimmest post-war days, as kids we had ploughed our way through corner cuts of beef and steamed puddings. So you can imagine my dismay when I arrived, that first day, atmy London digs to be faced with a plate of tuna-paste sandwiches and a thin slice of cake left curling under a tea-towel. And that was supposed to be Sunday lunch!When I eventually caught up with my extremely irritating landlady, I met with a vision of splendor more in keeping with the Royal Enclosure at the races than the area in which she lived. Festooned with jewels and furs and plastered with exclusive cosmetics, she was a walking advert for Bond Street.Now, we have a none too elegant but very apt phrase for this in the North of England, and it was the one my friend Arthur todescribe London after three days there: “All fur coat and nothing underneath.”Take our hotel. The reception area was plush and inviting, the lounge and diningroom poor enough to start Arthur speaking “properly”. Butjourney upstairs from one landing to the next, at the veneers of civilization fell away before your eyes. By the time we reached our room, all pretension to refinement and comfort had disappeared. The fur coat was off （back in the bands of the hire purchase company）, and what we were really expected to put up with for a small fortune a night was exposed in all its shameful nakedness. It was little more than a garret, a shabby affair with patched and peeling walls. There was a stained sink with pipes that grumbled and muttered all night long and an assortment of furnishings that would have disgraced Her Majesty's Prison Service. But the crowning glory was the view from the window. A peek behind the handsome facade of our fabled city, rank gardens choked with rubbish, all the debris of life piled against the back door. It was a good job the window didn't open, because from it all arose the unmistakable odor of the abyss.Arthur, whose mum still polishes her back step and disinfects her dustbin once a week, slumped on to the bed in a sudden fit of depression. “Never mind，” I said, drawing the curtains. “You can watch telly.” This was one of the hotel's luxuries, which in the newspaper ad had persuaded us we were going to spend the week in style. It turned out to be a yellowing plastic thing with a picture which rolled over and over like a floundering fish until you took your fist to it.But Arthur wasn't going to be consoled by any cheap technological gimmicks.He was sure his dad had forgotten to feed his pigeons and that his dogs were pining away for him. He grew horribly homesick. After a terrible night spent tossing and turning to a ceaseless cacophony of pipes and fire doors, traffic, drunks and low-flying aircraft, Arthur surfaced next day like a claustrophobic mole. London had got squarely on top of him. Seven million people had sat on him all night, breathed his air, generally fouled his living space, and come between him and that daily quota of privacy and peace which prevents us all from degenerating into mad axemen or reservoir poisoners.Arthur had to be got out of London for a while.46．When the writer first came to the capital ______.A．he had been very reluctant to leave his motherB． his mother had not wanted him to leave homeC．he had made no preparations for his journey southD．he had sent his possessions on ahead in a trunk47．The writer was surprised at what he received for Sunday lunch because ______.A． food had always been plentiful at homeB．he had been used to grimmer times at homeC．things had been difficult after the war up NorthD．beef had always been available from the butcher on the corner at home48．The landlady seemed to epitomize a phrase used in the North of England to indicate that things were ______.A．tender underneath the surface B． vulnerable to the outside worldC． more profound than they seemed D．beautiful but only superficially49．The room which the writer and his friend were to share ______.A． was more suited to housing prisoners than hotel guestsB．had a magnificent view from one of its windowsC．had a door which provided access to a rubbish tipD．was situated above some foul-smelling gardens50．The writer feels that in order to remain sane, one needs a certain amount of ______.A．physical exercise B．fresh airC．daily nourishment D． breathing space注意：以下各题的答案必须写在ANSWER SHEETⅡ上。

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241. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a __ operation, he quickly recovered his sight. [ A ] precise [ B ] considerate [ C ] delicate [ D ] sensitive 242. There's a whole __ of bills waiting to be paid. [ A ] stock [ B ] stack [ C ] number [ D ] sequence 243. Please come and help me with this form because I don't know how to it. [ A ] set about [ B ] set off [ C ] set aside [ D ] set up 244. Your story about the frog turning into a prince is __ nonsense. [ A ] shear [ B ] sheer华慧考博 [ C ] shield [ D ] sheet 245. There is no easy solution to Japan's labor __ [ A ] decline [ B ] vacancy [ C ] rarity [ D ] shortage 246. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually [ A ] shrink [ 8 ] delay [ C ] disperse [ D ] sink 247. A ~ of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval. [ A ] shorthand [ B ] scheme [ C ] schedule [ D ] sketch 248. My boss has always attended to the ~ of important business himself. [ A ] transaction [ B ] stimulation [ C ] transition [ D ] solution 249. This book is a of radio scripts, in which we seek to explain how the words and expressions become part of our language. [ A ] collection [ B ] publication [ C ] volume [ D ] stack 250. All parts of this sewing machine are __ so that it is very simple to get replacements for them. [ A ] mechanized [ B ] minimized [ C ] modernized [ D ] standardized 251. The tragedy of the Challenger ~ an ongoing controversy on all aspects of America's space program. [ A ] arose [ B ] ignited [ C ] resulted [ D ] started 252. John found a lost dog on the street and the local station to broadcast a poignant appeal for the dog's owner to come forward. [ A ] informed [ B ] reminded [ C ] notified [ D ] startled 253. The newly-buih Science Building seems __ enough to last a hundred years. [ A ] spacious [ B ] sophisticated [ C ] substantial [ D ] steady 254. He failed to can3, ont some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to the conse- quences. [ A ] answer for [ B ] run into [ C ] abide by [ D ] step into 255. You must stick to the plan, whatever happens. [ A ] severely [ B ] rigidly [ C ] strongly [ D ] stiffly 256. As an excellent shooter, Peter practiced aiming at both targets and moving targets. [ A ] stationary [ B ] standing [ C ] stable [ D ] still 257. The survey found that Hungary __ as the most environment-conscious country of East Europe. [ A ] broke out [ B ] held ont [ C ] ran ont [ D ] stood ont 258. The gloves were really too small, and it was only by __ them that I managed to get them on. [ A ] spreading [ B ] extending [ C ] squeezing [ D ] stretching 259. He underwent four operations in two weeks. [ A ] excessive [ B ] extensive [ C ] intensive [ D ] successive 260. The book contained a large __ of information. [ A ] deal [ B ] amount [ C ] number [ D ] sam 261. The California forest fires, which were regarded yesterday as 'almost under control, __ again during the night. [ A ] flared up [ B ] kept up [ C ] sent over [ D ] swept through 262. Communication is the process of a message from a source to an audience via a channel. [ A ] transmitting [ B ] submitting [ C ] transforming [ D ] switching 263. Parents have a legal to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suit- able to their age. [ A ] impulse [ B ] obligation [ C ] influence [ D ] sympathy 264. Bob was completely __ by the robber's disguise. [ A ] taken away [ B ] taken down [ C ] taken to [ D ] taken in 265. Jim isn't , but he did badly in the final exams last semester. [ A ] gloomy [ B ] dull [ C ] awkward [ D ] tedious 266. I am sure 1 can him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night. [ A ] speak [ B ] talk [ C ] say [ D ] tell 267. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that __ lot. [ A ] valid [ B ] vain [ C ] vacant [ D ] vague 268. After having gone __ far, George did not want to turn back. [ A ] enough [ B ] much [ C ] such [ D ] that 269. If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to __ [ A ] think ont [ B ] think about [ C ] think over [ D ] think for 270. The political future of the president is now hanging by a __ [ A ] rope [ B ] cord [ C ] string [ D ] thread。

复旦大学博士入学英语试题Part IV ocabulary and Structure (15%)Directions: Three 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 Ⅰwith a single line through the center.1. Although it is only a small business, its _________ is surprisingly high.A. turn-upB. turn-overC. turn-aboutD. turn-out2. Unfortunately not all of us obtain our just _________ in this life.A. demandsB. gainsC. desertsD. wins3. That contract about which we had a disagreement last month, has now gone __________.A. throughB. downC. overD. around4. The _______ of two houses proved such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one.A. upsurgeB. upshotC. upturnD. upkeep5. _________ through the attic and see if you can find anything for the jumble sale.A. LeashB. RummageC. FlutterD. Scrape6. How about a glass of orange juice to________ your thirst.A. quashB. QuellC. QuenchD. quieten7. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ___________ her place.A. missingB. slippingC. botheringD. losing8. She was putting on her watch when the _________ broke and it fell to the ground.A. beltB. stringC. tieD. strap9. I washed this dress and the color_________.A. flowedB. escapedC. ranD. removed10. The recent economic crisis has brought about a _________ in world trade.A. sagB. tiltC. droopD. slump11. Although we decorated the room only six months ago, the paint on the ceiling is already _________ because of the damp.A. crumblingB. flakingC. disintegratingD. splintering12. The false banknotes fooled many people, but they did not _________ to close examination.A. put upB. keep upC. stand upD. look up13. They were making enough noise at the party to wake the ___________.A. deadB. livingC. lunaticD. crippled14. If you would like to send a donation, you can ________a cheque to the organization Feed the Children.A. make upB. make forC. make outD. make off15. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the________, who was very helpful.A. curatorB. bursarC. commissionerD. steward16. The accused man was able to prove his innocence at the trial and was __________.A. absolvedB. acquittedC. pardonedD. executed17. Mary was extremely lucky: when her great-uncle died, she __________ a fortune.A. came byB. came overC. came intoD. came through18. The drunken couple did nothing to keep the flat clean and tidy and lived in the utmost __________.A. decayB. contaminationC. squalorD. confinement19. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but _________ slightly in the afternoon.A. recoveredB. recuperatedC. retrievedD. regained20. He tries to __________ himself with everyone by paying them compliments.A. pleaseB. ingratiateC. placateD. remunerate21. I was afraid to open the door lest the beggar _________ me.A. followedB. were to followC. followD. would follow22. By the end of the day the flood water which had covered most of the town had __________.A. reversedB. retiredC. returnedD. receded23. Educational policies made _________ the hoof by successive secretaries of state are the main reason for low teacher morale.A. inB. onC. byD. along24. It was obvious that he had been drinking far too much from the way he came_________ down the street.A. toddlingB. hobblingC. lopingD. staggering25. He was a generous friend but as a businessman he __________ a hard bargain.A. dealtB. contractedC. droveD. faked26. My friend’s son, who is a soldier, was delighted when he was __________ only a few miles from home.A. placedB. stationedC. deportedD. exorcized27. In a coal-mining area, the land tends to __________causing damage to roads and buildings.A. subsideB. diminishC. confiscateD. cede28. As the cat lay asleep, dreaming, whiskers __________.A. twitchedB. twistedC. jerkedD. jogged29. The total __________ from last month’s charity dance were far more than expected.A. earningsB. acquisitionsC. proceedsD. subsidies30. The new manager had many difficulties to overcome but he __________them all in his stride.A. overlookedB. obtainedC. tackledD. tookPart IIReading Comprehension (40%)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 choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the center.Passage oneResale Price Maintenance is the name used when a retailer is compelled to sell at a price fixed by the manufacturer instead of choosing for himself how much to add on to the wholesale price he pays for his supplies. This practice is associated with the sale of “branded” goods, which now form a very considerable proportion of consumers’ purchases, and it has led to a great deal of controversy.Generally such articles are packed and advertised by the manufacturers, who try to create a special ‘image’ in the minds of possible purchasers—an image made up of the look of the article, its use, its price, and everything else which might lead purchasers to ask for that brand rather than any other. If a retailer is allowed to charge any price he likes he may find it worthwhile to sell one brand at ‘cut’ prices even though this involves a loss, because he hopes to attract customers to the shop, where they may be persuaded to buy many other types of goods at higher prices. The manufacturer of the brand that has been ‘cut’ fears that the retailer may be tempted to reduce the services on this article; but, even if he does not there is a danger that the customer becomes unsettled, and is unwilling to pay the ‘standard’ price of the article because he feels that he is being ‘done’. This may, and indeed often does, affect the reputation of the manufacturer and lose him his market in the long run.It is sometimes said also that the housewife—who is the principal buyer of most of these goods—prefers a fixed price because she knows where she is and is saved the bother of goingfrom shop to shop in search of lower prices. If one shop cut all the prices of its branded goods she would undoubtedly have an advantage in shopping there. But this does not happen. A store usually lowers the price of one or two of its articles which act as a decoy and makes up its losses on others, and changes the cut-price articles from week to week so as to attract different groups of customers. And so the housewife may feel rather guilty if she does not spend time tracking down the cheaper goods. How far this is true is a matter of temperament and it is impossible to estimate what proportion of purchasers prefer a price that they can rely on wherever they choose to buy and what proportion enjoy the challenge involved in finding the store that offers them a bargain.Those who oppose Resale Price Maintenance on the other hand, point out that there are now a great many different channels of distribution—chain stores, department stores, co-operative stores, independent or unit shops, supermarkets, mail-order houses, and so on. It would be absurd to assume that all of them have exactly the same costs to meet in stocking and selling their goods, so why should they all sell at the same price? If they were allowed to choose for themselves, the more efficient retailers would sell at lower prices and consumers would benefit. As it is, the retail price must be sufficient to cover the costs of the less efficient avenues of distribution and this means the others make a bigger profit than necessary at the expense of the public. The supporters of the fixed price argue that this is only half the story. Theefficient trader can still compete without lowering his prices. He can offer better service—long credit, or quick delivery or a pleasant shop decor or helpful assistants—and can do this without imperiling the long-term interests of the manufacturer.31. Manufactures oppose retailers cutting prices on their goods mainly because they think __________.A. retailers may eventually stop selling their productsB. it may reduce customers’ confidence in their productsC. customers may feel uneasy when prices varyD. it may sometimes lead to poor service32 Supporters of the fixed price hold that an efficient trader can still make money without lowering prices by __________.A. allowing customers time to payB. hiring assistants for long hours and low wagesC. advertising much more effectivelyD. establishing long-term relations with manufactures33. By saying “He feels that he is being ‘done’”, the author means that customer thinks__________.A. someone is despising himB. someone is maltreating himC. someone is blackmailing himD. someone is cheating him34. “Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage?A. Good service other than price is important in attracting customers.B. An article without a brand name is not subject to Resale Price Maintenance.C. Manufactures attempt to influence possible purchasers by making their products easy to identify.D. Housewives prefer fixed prices because fixed prices are much less likely to fluctuate35. The sentence “She knows where she is” in the third paragraph can be paraphrased as “__________”.A. She knows her placeB. She knows her stuffC. She feels secureD. She feels intoxicatedPassage twoHe built a hut on a piece of rough land near a rock fall. In the wet season there was a plentiful stream, and over the years he encouraged the dry forest to surround him with a thick screen. The greener it became the easier it was to forget the outside. In time Melio (not without some terrible mistakes) learnt how to live in spite of the difficulties up on that mountain shelf.His only neighbors were a family group of Parakana Indians who, for reasons known only to themselves, took a liking to Melio. Their Chief never looked closely at Melioand said to himself that this white man was as mad as a snake which chews off its own tail. The parakanas taught Melio to catch fish with the help of a wild plant which made them senseless in the stream. It gave off a powerful drug when shaken violently through the water. They showed him how to bunt by laying traps and digging. In time Melio’s piece of land became a regular farm. He had wild birds, fat long-legged ones and thin nearly featherless chickens, and his corn and salted fish was enough to keep him stocked up through the wet season.The Parakanas were always around him. He’d never admit it but he could feel that the trees were like the bars of a prison; they were watching him. It was as if he was there by courtesy of the Chief. When they came to him, the Indians never entered his house, with its steeply sloping roof of dried grass and leaves. They had a delicate way of behaving. They showed themselves by standing in the shade of the trees at the clearing’s edge. He was expected to cross the chicken strip towards them. Then they had a curious but charming habit of taking a pace back from him, just one odd step backwards into their green corridors. Melio never could persuade them to come any closer.The group guessed at Melio’s hatred for his civilized brothers in the towns far away. They knew Melio would never invite any more white men up here. This pleased the Parakanas. It meant that traders looking for robber and jewels would never reach them. Their Melio would see to that. They were safe with this man and his hatred.36. It is known from the passage that Melio wanted the forest around him to become thick because the dense leaves __________.A. reminded him of his house in the town far awayB. prevented the Parakanas from watching himC. helped him to forget the world he hatedD. protected him from being intruded by the white men in the town37. The Chief’s comparison of Melio to a snake is intended to show that __________.A. he did not trust MelioB. it was unwise to go too close to MelioC. he believed Melio hated the ParakanasD. he thought Melio was out of his mind38. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Melio stayed on his farm for a number of years.B. Melio felt like a prisoner because he couldn’t escape being watched.C. Melio kept himself alive, during the rainy season by eating what he had in store.D. The Parakanas thought Melio lived there because he was looking for rubber and jewels.39. To Melio, the Parakana Indians seemed __________.A. odd but hatefulB. strange but attractiveC. unhealthy but friendlyD. cowardly but sociable40. It can be concluded from the passage that the place described by the author was __________.A. far removed from civilizationB. impossible to cultivateC. the home of Melio’s Indian relativesD. wet all the year roundPassage threeWhen he was so far out that he could look back not only on the little bay but past the stretch of rock that was between it and the seashore, he floated on the warm surface and looked for his mother. There she was, a little yellow dot under an umbrella that looked like a piece of orange-skin. He swam back to shore, relieved at being sure she was there, but all at once very lonely.On the other side of the bay was a loose scattering of rocks. Above them, some boys were stripping off their clothes. They came running, their bodies bare, down to the rocks. Jerry swam towards them, and kept his distance a little way off. They were off that coast, all of them burned smooth dark brown, and speaking a language he did not understand. To be with them, of them, was a feeling that filled his whole body. He swam a little closer; they turned and watched him with narrowed, attentive dark eyes. Then one smiled and waved. It was enough. In a minute he had swum in and was on the rocks beside them, smiling with extreme nervousness. They shouted cheerful greetings at him, and then, as he preserved his nervous, puzzled smile, they understood that he was a foreigner who had wandered from his own part of the sands, and they promptly forgot him. But he was happy. He was with them.They began diving again and again from a high point into a well of blue sea between rough, pointed rocks. After they had dived and come up, they swam round, pulled themselves up, and waited their turn to dive again. They were big boys-men to Jerry. He dived, and they watched him, and when he swam round to take his place, they made way for him. He felt he was accepted and he dived again carefully proud of himself.Soon the biggest of the boys balanced himself, shot down into the water, and did not come up. The others stood about watching. Jerry, after waiting for the smooth brown head to appear, let out a cry of warning; they looked at him idly and turned their eyes back towards the water. After a long time, the boy came up on the other side of a big dark rock, letting the air escape suddenly from his lungs with much coughing and spitting, and giving a shout of satisfaction, immediately, the rest of them dived in. One moment the morning seemed full of boys as noisy as a crowd of monkeys; the next, the air and the surface of the water were empty. But through the heavy blue, dark shapes could be seen moving and searching.Jerry dived, shot past the school of underwater swimmers, saw a black wall of rocktowering over him, touched it, and shop up at once to the surface, where the rock formed a low wall he could see across. There was no one in sight; under him, in the water, the shadowy shapes of the swimmers had disappeared. Then one and then another of the boys came up on the far side of the wall of rock, and he understood that they had swum through some gap or hole in it. He dived down again. He could see nothing through the stinging salt water but the solid rock. When he came up, the boys were all on the diving rock, preparing to attempt the trick again. And now, overcome with a sense of failure, he shouted up in English: “Look at me! Look!” and he began splashing and kicking in the water like a foolish dog.41. It can be concluded from the passage that __________.A. Jerry was not a good swimmerB. Jerry failed to gain acceptance by the other boysC. Jerry was on holiday abroadD. Jerry was not on good terms with his mother42. The word “bare” in Paragraph 2 means__________.A. in disguiseC. in the gutterB. in the limelightD. in the raw43. At the beginning, Jerry was swimming__________.A. into the little bayB. too far out to see his motherC. near to the group of boysD. further out to see than the rock44. What happened to the biggest boy?A. He had been trying to stay under water as long as possible.B. He had swum through a hole in the rock under the water.C. He had been trying to do the highest dive.D. He had played a trick on Jerry.45. Jerry splashed and kicked in the water because_________.A. he was pretending to be drowningB. he wanted to amuse all the other boysC. he hadn’t been able to do what the other boys had doneD. he wanted the other boys to listen to what he was sayingPassage fourPeter Sellers wouldn’t be allowed his career today. All those funny racial stereotypes—the caricatured frogs, wops, yids and goodness-gracious-me Pakis—are in clear breach of the codes of political correctness.His lewd disguises and overdone accents belong with black-and-white minstrel shows and clog-dancing—it’s the comedy of yesteryear.Have you tried listening to The Goon Show lately? It is a reworking of The Gang Show, excruciatingly bad and dated, and full of explosions, gunfire and jokes about Hitler and the War.Nonetheless, Sellers continue to obsess people. He’s already been the subject of biographies galore, including, back in 1994, a 1,200-page magnum opus by myself, which is now being turned into a biopic starring Geoffrey Rush.The appeal lies in the mythic dimensions of Sellers’ story. He had everything and it wasn’t enough. He was a comedian with a tragic inability to enjoy life. He was world-famous and desperately lonely. At the weight of his fame, as Inspector Clouseau, his eccentricity tipped over the edge into genuine insanity. He was a basket case.This is irresistible material. Sellers’ subversive and immoderate behaviour puts him in a class of his own. Picture my disappointment with Ed Sikov’s tome, therefore. Here’s a thick book that tells us nothing new.For newcomers to Sellers, however, Mr. Strangelove is a perfect digest of the man’s life and work, briskly told. Sellers was descended from a family of bare-knuckle East End prize-fighters, although his parents were music hall entertainers. His clinging whining mother, Peg, was a quick-change artiste and his father, Bill, was a ukulele player and soft-shoe-shuffle merchant.The young Peter was raised in the ghostly, twilight world of shabby theatres and end-of-the-pier revues: dog acts, acrobatic midgets, incompetent conjurors and gypsy violinists. To go from these origins and become as big as The Beatles, as he was in the Sixties, is an amazing feat.Sellers spent the Second World War in the Air Force, impersonating officers and playing the drums to entertain the troops. When he was demobbed he worked in holiday camps and began getting spots on radio, culminating in The Goon Show. He dubbed the voices of Churchill and Humphrey Bogart on film soundtracks, and it was while hanging about the studios that he was offered walk-on roles.His breakthrough came with the part of a teddy boy in The Ladykillers, a film that improves with each viewing. This led to the role of Fred Kite, the shaven-headed, belligerent shop steward in I’m All Right, Jack which won him a British Academy Best Actor statuette. When Peter Ustinov dropped out of The Pink Panther on a Friday, Sellers flew to the set in Rome on Monday to replace him. The rest is history.Or notoriety. Sellers’ descent into madness was swift. He got rid of his wife and children and chased after Britt Ekland, whom he pounced on in The Dorchester and married ten days later. He took drugs to enhance his potency, and this precipitated a heart attack. Having worked on Dr Strangelove during the day, each evening he locked himself in the bathroom and threatened to commit suicide. Bryan Forbes and Nanette Newman had to come over and talk to him trough the door. He then decided he wanted to marry Nanette. He also wanted to marry Sophia Loren, PrincessMargaret and Liza Minnelli.His misbehavior and unprofessionalism cost film studios millions of dollars. Sets had to be repainted and costumes remade if they were purple or green-colors of which he was morbidly superstitious.He enjoyed messing about during filming and blowing his lines; he pulled guns on people. He walked off Casino Royale and was discovered in Britt Ekland’s mother’s house in Sweden. Meanwhile, Orson Welles and the rest of the cast were in full make-up and on full pay back at Pinewood, waiting for him to reappear.Sellers was happy only in the company of his gadgets, cameras and fast cars, which he’d replace or abandon with manic frequency. At one of his weddings, the maids of honor were the bride’s dogs. He was also selfish in the extreme: when his relationships broke up, he’d send his henchmen round to retrieve his gifts.46. People are still obsessed with Peter Sellers because___________.A. he was a geniusB. he was as big as The BeatlesC. his life was full of drama and contradictionD. he led a very austere life47. By saying “He was a basket case”, the author means that Peter Sellers was___________.A. handicappedB. derangedC. impetuousD. callous48. According to the passage, Peter Sellers took drugs to improve___________.A. his theatrical performanceB. his breathtaking performanceC. his walk-on roles on the stageD. his performance sexually49. The “galore” in paragraph 4 means ___________.A. numerousB. anecdotalC. criticalD. unauthorized50. Peter Sellers can be described as__________.A. unpredictable but generousB. talented but unstableC. sane but selfishD. eccentric but reliablePaper TwoPart ⅢCloze (10%)Directions: Fill in each of the following blanks with ONE word to complete the meaning of the passage. Write your answer on Answer Sheet Ⅱ.One of the major differences between man and his closest living relative is, of course, that the chimpanzee has not developed the power of speech. Even the most intensive efforts to teach young chimps to talk have met with51no success. Verbal language represents a truly gigantic step forward in man’s52.Chimpanzees do have a wide range of calls, and these certainly serve to convey some types of information. When a chimp finds good food he utters loud barks; other chimps53the vicinity instantly become aware of the food source and hurry to join in. An attacked chimpanzee screams and this may alert his mother or a friend, either of54may hurry to his aid. A chimpanzee confronted with an alarming and potentially dangerous situation utters his spine-chilling wraaaa-again, other chimps may hurry to the spot to see what is happening. A male chimpanzee, about to enter a valley or charge toward a food source, utters his pant-hoots and other individuals realize that another member of the group is arriving and can identify55one. To our human56each chimpanzee is characterized more by his pant-hoots than by any other type of call. This is significant since the pant-hoot in particular is the call that serves tomaintain contact, between the separated groups of the community. Yet the chimps57can certainly recognize individuals by other calls; for instance a mother knows the scream of her offspring. Probably a chimpanzee can recognize the calls of most of his acquaintances.While chimpanzee calls58serve to convey basic information about some situations and individuals, they cannot for the most part be compared59a spoken language. Man by means of words can communicate abstract ideas; he can benefit from the experiences of others60having to be present at the time; he can make intelligent cooperative plans.Part ⅣTranslation (20%)Directions: Put the following passage into English.人类是一个不断的自然的进化过程的产物，其中包括无数次的遗传转化：这一不可阻挡的过程自45亿年前地球形成以来一直未曾间断过。

[模拟] 复旦大学考博英语1Part ⅠVocabulary Directions: There are 30 incompete 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.第1题：Tom ran from the house in a terrible rage, his arms ( )in the air.A.overridingB.flailingC.overactingD.forsaking参考答案：B答案解析：flail“用力地挥动或摆动”与题意相符。

override比其他一切更重要；overact 过度，过分，(把剧中角色等)演得过火；forsake舍弃，背弃，革除(旧风习等)，抛弃(坏习惯)。

第2题：They have been arrested as suspected drug( ).A.abortionB.vectorC.uraniumD.traffickers参考答案：D答案解析：drug trafficker毒品走私贩。

abortion流产，堕胎；vector[数]向量，矢量，带菌者；uranium铀。

第3题：She had a shy, retiring side to her personality that was completelyat odds with her public( ).A.personaB.tummyC.steppeD.rendezvous参考答案：A答案解析：public persona公众角色；tummy胃，腹痛；steppe特指西伯利亚一带没有树木的大草原；rendezvous集合点。

⼀、根据复旦⼤学华慧教育纲规定,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）211. The drowning child was saved by Dick's __ action.[ A ] acute [ B ] alert[ C ] profound [ D ] prompt212. We should always keep in mind that __ decisions often lead to bitter iegrets.[ A ] urgent [ B ] hasty[ C] instant [ D ] prompt213. The current general slackness of the market has prevented us from new orders with you.[ A ] placing [ B ] putting[ C ] arranging [ D ] providing214. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and __ people continued to improve.[ A ] remote [ B ] municipal[ C ] rural [ D ] provincial215. In the past, most foresters have been men, but today, the number of women __ this field is climbing.[ A ] engaging [ B ] devoting[ C ] registering [ D ] pursuing216. When they had finished playing, the children were made to all the toys they had takenout.[ A ] pat off [ B ] put out[ C ] put up [ D ] put away217. Jack was about to announce our plan but I[ A ] cut him short [ B ] turned him out[ C ] gave him up [ D ] put him through218. It was felt that be lacked the __ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.[ A ] petition [ B ] engagement[ C ] commitment [ D ] qualification219. When she saw the clouds she went back to the house to her umbrella.[ A ] carry [ B ] fetch[ C ] bring [ D ] reach220. An agreement was __ last Friday by the two parties.[ A ] arrived at [ B ] arrived in[ C ] occurred [ D ] realized221. if I take this medicine twice a day, it should __ my cold.[ A ] heal [ B ] cure[ C ] treat [ D ] recover222. If you know what the trouble is, why don't you help them to __ the situation?[ A ] simplify. [ B ] modify[ C ] verify [ D ] rectify223. The lost car of the Lees was found __ in the woods off the highway.[ A ] vanished [ B ] scattered[ C ] abandoned [ D ] rejected224. The story that follows __ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.[ A ] concerns [ B ] states[ C ] proclaims [ D ] relates225. The government regulations that put this archeological site under protection.[ A ] published [ B ] issued[ C ] discharged [ D ] released226. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any __ on what he promises.[ A ] faith [ B ] belief[ C] credit [ D ] reliance227. The branches could hardly the weight of the fruit.[ A ] retain [ B ] sustain[ C ] maintain [ D ] remain228. The strong wind with sand comes from the hill in front of their house.[ A ] empty [ B ] isolated[ C ] bare [ D ] remote229. Men's never-ceasing for knowledge continues to broaden our understanding of the earth's atmosphere.[ A ] request [ B ] quest[ C ] investigation [ D ] research230. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to __ healthy.[ A ] preserve [ B ] stay[ C ] maintain [ D ] reserve231. The salesman's annoyed the old lady, but finally she gave up.[ A ] endurance [ B ] assistance[ C ] persistence [ D ] resistance232. A neat letter improves your chances of a favorable _-[ A ] circumstance [ B ] request[ C ] reception [ D ] response233. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly Oil[ A ] consciousness [ B ] impulse[ C ] instinct [ D ] response234. So-called intelligent behavior demands memory, remembering being a primary __ for reason-ing.[ A ] resource [ B ] resolution[ C ] requirement [ D ] response235. The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six __ libraries specially servethe countryside.[ A ] mobile [ B ] drifting[ C ] shifting [ D ] rotating236. He does nothing that __ the interests of the collective.[ A ] runs for [ B ] runs against[ C ] runs over [ D ] runs into237. Old Americans are extremely reluctant to buy on __ and likely to save as much money as pos-sible.[ A ] debt [ B ] credit[ C ] deposit [ D ] sale238. In my opinion, you can widen the __ of these improvements through your active participation.[ A ] dimension [ B ] volume[ C ] magnitude [ D ] scope239. Have you a funny __ or unusual experience that you would like to share.'?[ A ] amusement [ B ] incident[ C ] accident [ D ] section240. No one needs to feel awkward in __ his own customs.[ A ] pursuing [ B ] following[ C ] chasing [ D ] seeking。

2007年同济大学考博英语试题（含答案详解）考博英语真题博士研究生入学考试试题同济大学2007年博士研究生入学考试试题编号：101 考试科目：英语答题要求：答案一律写在答题纸上。

I. Vocabulary (10%)Directions：For each of the following sentences there are four choices. Choose the best one to complete the sentence. Make your choices on the answer sheet.1. The man had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he ______ himself.A. exposedB. revealedC. betrayedD. disclosed2. The leaders of the two countries feel it desirable to ______ funds from armaments to health and education.A. deriveB. depriveC. dispatchD. divert3. Democratic government is a phrase that is notoriously hard to ______.A. creditB. defyC. modifyD. define4. I reject absolutely the ____ that privatization is now inevitable in our industry.B. notionC. impressionD. concept5. With the economy of the country going strong, the _____ mood is one of optimism.A. presidingB. circulatingC. floatingD. prevailing6. The panel will consider whether or not Mr. Wilson had been _____ serious professional misconduct.A. wary ofB. guilty offC. confronted withD. reduced to7. It is a _____ of our company to give refunds if goods are faulty.A. policyB. disciplineC. decisionD. determination8. He had always been_____ the way Ruth looked, and had never once paid her a compliment.A. unaware ofB. cautious aboutC. oblivious toD. subject to9. Since a circle had no beginning or end, the wedding ring is a symbol of _____ love.B. infiniteC. prolongedD. eternal10. Dick, who had failed the math test, was sitting on a bench in the corner, ______ over his disappointment.A. broodingB. meditatingC. apologizingD. complaining11. Last week the seamen’s strike led to the ____ clos ure of the whole vast dock area.A. actualB. virtualC. factualD. local12. In the garden bees moved from ______ flowers to purple ones.A. colorfulB. prosperousC. scarletD. brilliant13. Professor Smith has already retired but his teachings still ______ a strong influence on his students.A. performB. exhibitC. exertD. execute14. When they asked him about it, he said it was no ______ of theirs and wouldn’t tell them anything.B. relationC. connectionD. relevance。

博士生入学考试英语试卷(2007)1• ■I. Reading Comprehension (40%)Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given:Passage 1Through the years, our view of what leadership is and who can exercise it has changed considerably. Leadership competencies have remained constant, but our understanding of what it is, how it works, and the ways in which people learn to apply it has shifted. We do have the beginnings of a genera) theory of leadership, from history and social research and above all from the thoughts of reflective practitioners such as Moses, Julius Caesar, and James Madison, and in our own time from such disparate sources of wisdom as Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Mao Tse-tung, and Henry Kissinger, who have very little in common except that they have not only been there but tried with some fairness to speculate on paper about i【・But tales and reflective observation arc not enough except to convince us that leaders are physically strong and abnormally hard workers. Today we are a little closer to understanding how and who people lead, but it wasn't easy getting there・ Decades of academic analysis have given us more than 350 definitions of leadership. Literally thousands of empirical investigations of leaders have been conducted in the last seventy-five years alone, but no clear understanding exists as to what distinguishes leaders from non-leaders, and perhaps more important, what distinguishes effective leaders from ineffective leaders and effective organizations from ineffective orga nizalicns ・Never have so many labored so long to say so little. Multiple interpretations of leadership exist, each providing a fragment of insight but each remaining an incomplete and wholly inadequate explanation. Most of these definitions don't agree with each other, and many of them would seem quite remote to the leaders whose skills are being examined・Definitions reflect fashions, political tides and academictrends. They don't always reflect reality and sometimes they just represent nonsense・ Its as if what Braque once said about art is alsomatters in art is the part that cannot be explained.11Many theories of leadership have come and gone・ Some looked at the leader. Some looked at the situation. None has stood the test of time. With such a track record, it is understandable why leadership research and theory have been so frustrating as to deserve the label M thc La Brea Tar Pits" of organizational inquiry. Located in Los Angeles these asphalt pits house the remains of a long sequence of prehistoric animals that came to investigate but never left the ared.1.In regard of leadership competencies, the author suggests thatpeople have _______ •A.believed in their existenceB.learned to apply them extensivelyC.found it very difficult to acquire themD.been unable to realize their importance2.Several big names are mentioned in the first paragraph mainly to show their _________ •A.different styles of leadershipB・ effective exercise of leadershipC・ contributions to the theory of leadershipD. wisdom in applying the theory of leadership3.According to the author, people's opinions of leadership are on the whole quite ________ •A.dividedB.originalC・ misleadingD. sophisticated4.The author thinks that __________ .A.many people have labored to be leadersB.1 eaders are beyond our understandingC.the essencc of leadership has not been graspedD.the definitions of leadership should vary5."The La Brea Tar Pits” probably signifies things that _______ .A・ can be traced back to the prehistoric ageB.are traps for those who want to inquireC.are located in one place forever2D・ don't deserve full investigationPassage 2 ]It is a well-documented fact that women still live longer than men.A 1998 study by Harvard Medical School geriatrician Thomas Peris offers two reasons: one is the evolutionary drive to pass on her genes; the other is the need to stay healthy enough to rear as many children as possible. A man's purpose is simply to carry genes that ensure longevity and pass them on to his childre n.Okay, so that*s the legacy of our cave-dweller past. But what is it about a manl lifestyle that reduces his longevity? As action moviemakers know all too well, men are supercharged with testosterone・ Aside from forcing us to watch frenzied movies like The Matrix Reloaded, the testes-produced hormone also triggers riskier behavior and aggression, and increases levels of harmful cholesterol, raising the risk of heart disease or stroke. Meanwhile, the female hormone chops harmful cholesterol and raises "good” cholesterol.As Peris's study points out: "Between ages 15 and 24, men 、are four to five times more likely to die than women. This time frame coincides with the onset of puberty and an increase in reckless and violent behavior in males・ Researchers refer to it as a "testosterone storm.〜Most deaths in this male group come from motor vehicle accidents, followed by homicide, suicide…and drownings.,fWhile all this jumping from tall buildings may result in some accidental death, it still doesnl account for the onset of fatal illnesses at an earlier age. Statistically, men are crippled more quickly by illnesses like heart disease, stroke and cancer. A Singapore study found that while men were diagnosed with chronic illness two years earlier than women, women were also disable d by their illnesses four” years later. Men more often engage in riskier habits like drinking alcohol and using recreational drugs, as well as eating to excess. And the stereotype about men being adverse to seeing a doctor on a regular basis? Studies have shown its true・If your goal is to become the first 100-year-cld man on your3family tree, there are some things you can do to boost your odds・One is to examine what centenarians are doing right. According to the ongoing New England Centenarian Study, the largest comprehensive study of centenarians in the world, they can fend off or even escape age-associated diseases like heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's・ Ninety percent of those studied were functionally independent for the vast majority of their lives up until the age of 92, and 75% were just as autonomous at an average age of 95. "Centenarians disprove the perception that "the older you get, the sicker you get. Centenarians teach us that the older you get, the healthier you've been."6.This passage mainly discusses _______ .A.why women lead a healthier life than menB.how women can live longer and stay healthyC・ what keeps men from enjoying a longer life spanD・ whether men's life style leads to their early death7.According to Thomas Peris, which of the following is a major factorcontributing to the relative longevity of women over men?A.Their natural urge to remain healthy.B・ Their greater natural drive to pass on genes.C・ Their need to bear healthy offspring・D.Their desire to have more children.8.The author mentions H the legacy of our cave-dweller past11 to•A・ support the argument about women's role in rearing childrenB.summarize a possible cause of different life expectanciesC.challenge the theory about our ancestors1 behavior patternsD.illustrate the history of human evolution processpared with women, men as a whole _________ .A.suffer from depression more oftenB.suffer from diseases later than womenC.are reluctant to have physical checkupsD.are not affected by violent movies10・ Centenarians refer to people who ________ .A.live longer than femalesB・ live at the turn of the centuryC・ are extremely independentD. are a hundred years or olderPassage 3Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people・ A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech・If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society.Face・io・face contact is by no means the only form of communication, and during the last two hundred years the art* of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society ・Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, -speed has revolutionised the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. In the last century, the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries・ Forty years ago, people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channelled into millions of homes.Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcast! ng and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse・However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back.1 L It is implied in the passage that .・A.1 ocal news used to be the only source of informationB・ local news still takes a significant place C・ national news isbecoming more popular D・ intemaiional news is the fastesttransmitted news512.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A.To possess information used to be a privilege. B・ Publiclibraries have replaced private libraries. C・ Communicationmeans more than transmission・ D. Information in fluences waysof life and thinking.13.From the last paragraph wc can infer that the writer is _______ •A.indifferent to the harmful influence of the mass mediaB.happy about the drastic changes in the mass media C・pessimistic about the future of the mass mediaD. concerned about the wrong use of the mass media-Passage 4Since the early 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts. Over the years, they had successfully withstood every challenge to this system by their own government who, in turn, had been frequently urged by foreign governments to reveal information about the financial affairs of certain account holders・ The result of this policy of secrecy was that a kind of mystique had grown up around Swiss banking・ There was a widely-held belief that Switzerland was irresistible to wealthy foreigners, mainly because of its numbered accounts and bankers* reluctance to ask awkward questions of depositors・ Contributing to the mystique was the view, carefully propagated by the banks themselves, that if this secrecy was ever given up. foreigners would fall over themselves in the rush to withdraw money, and the Swiss banking system would virtually collapse overnight.To many, therefore, it came like a bolt out of the blue, when, in 1977, the Swiss banks announced they had signed a pact with the Swiss National Bank (the Central Bank). The aim of the agreement was to prevent the improper use of the country*s bank secrecy laws, and its effect was to curb severely the system of secrecy.The rules which the banks had agreed to observe made the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer scrutiny than before. The banks would be required, if necessary, to identify the origin of foreign funds going into numbered and other accounts. The idea was to stop such accounts being used for dubious purposes. Also, they agreed not to accept funds resulting fiom tax evasion or from crime.The pact represented essentially a tightening up of banking rules. Although the banks agreed to end relations with clients whose identities6were unclear or who were performing improper acts, they were still not obliged to inform on a client to any one, including the Swiss government. To some extern, therefore, the principle of secrecy had been maintained.14.Swiss banks took pride in _______ .A.the number of their accountsB.withholding client informationC.being mysterious to the outsidersD.attracting wealthy foreign clients15.According to the passage, the widely-held belief that Switzerlandwas irresistible to wealthy foreigners wasby banks themselves・A.deniedB.criticizedC.reviewedD.defended16.】n the last paragraph, the writer thinks that ________ ・plete changes had been introduced into Swiss banksB.Swiss banks could no longer keep client informationC.changes in the bank policies had been somewhat superficialD.more changes need to be considered and madePassage 5I am one of the many city people who are always saying that giventhe choice, we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream?Cities can be frightening places・ The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at home ail day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don't even say hello to each other.Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated7existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There's little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie・ Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city・dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses・ But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesnS come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two. they have expressed their preference for the "quiet life0 by moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities・ They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind ・• they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring "morning” to the loc als as they pass by. I'm keen on the idea, but you see there's my cat, Toby. I'm not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.17.We get the impression from the first paragraph that the authored to live in the countryed to work in the cityC・ works in the cityD・ lives in the country18.In the author's opinion, the following may cause city peopleto be unhappy EXCEPT _______ ・A.a strong sense of fearck of communicationC.housing conditionsD.a sense of isolation819.The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following thingsin the country EXCEPT _______ ・A.daily necessitiesB.fresh fruitsC.designer clothesD.fresh vegetables20.According to the passage, which of the following adjectives bestdescribes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?A.Original・B.Quiet.C・ Arrogant.D. Insensitive.IL Translation (40%)Section A. Translate the following passage from English into Chinese (20%):Intellectual property scarcely existed in the vocabularies of U.S. academic researchers and administrators even 15 years ago. Now it is an ever-present part of discussions on research policies and directions・ This new importance of intellectual property in academia reflects a changing view of the relationships of research universities to the surrounding society. Until recently, research at universities has been relatively isolated from demands of economic utility, and education of graduate students has emphasized a career in academic research as the final goal. The university's contentment with this relative isolation was affected by two major events of the late 1980s and early 1990s: the fall of the Berlin wall, leading to an expected decrease in military funding of research, and the emphasis on balancing the federal budget—both producing a fear of a decline in federal funding of university research. The reaction on the part of the university has been to emphasize the benefits of taxpayer funding of research and seek increased research support from industry. Intellectual property plays an important part in both of these efforts.An unpredictcd effect of the increasing interest in exploitation of university intellectual property has been that on students and the educational process・Contrary to expectations that patenting and technology transfer might somehow shut out students from full participation in the research process, the effect has instead been to motivate students and to increase their awareness of the potentialcommercial utility of their research findings.Section B. Translate the following passages from Chinese into English (20%):1.技术的发展带來了人类文明和文化的不断进步和发展。