中国科学院2006年3月博士研究生招生入学考试英语考试真题

中国科学院博士研究生入学考试英语试卷
(2006年3月)
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试卷一：
Ⅰ词汇15分钟10分
Ⅱ完形填空15分钟15分
Ⅲ阅读80分钟40分
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Ⅳ英译汉30分钟15分
ⅴ写作40分钟20分
小计70分钟35分
THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
March 2006
PAPER ONE
PART I VOCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 point each)
Directions: Choose the word or expression below each sentence that best completes the statement, and mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. The problem is that most local authorities lack the to deal sensibly in this market.
A. anticipation
B. perception
C. prospect
D. expertise
2. Awards provide a(n) for young people to improve their skills.
A. incentive
B. initiative
C. fugitive
D. captive
3. The profit motive is inherently with principles of fairness and equity.
A. in line
B. in trade
C. at times
D. at odds
4. Oil is derived from the of microscopic sea creatures, and is even older, according to most geologists.
A. layouts
B. reminders
C. remains
D. leftovers
5. Successful students sometimes become so with grades that they never enjoy their school years.
A. passionate
B. involved
C. immersed
D. obsessed
6. Apparently there were between police reports taken from the same witnesses at different times.
A. distortions
B. discrepancies
C. disorders
D. distractions
7. It had been a terrible afternoon for Jane, at about six o’clock in her father’s sudden collapse into unconsciousness.
A. converging
B. culminating
C. finalizing
D. releasing
8. The 12-year-old civil war had 1.5 million lives.
A. declared
B. proclaimed
C. claimed
D. asserted
9. The tribe has agreed to contribute 2 percent of net to charitable activities in the county.
A. expenses
B. revenues
C. budgets
D. payments
10. This will make schools more directly and effectively to parents, and more responsive to their criticisms and wishes.
A. accountable
B. submitted
C. subjected
D. available
11. Make up your mind that whatever the short-term temptations may be, you will never from the highest standards of honor.
A. deviate
B. escape
C. derive
D. refrain
12. They teach the vocabulary of the English used in computer science, which is also listed in the glossary.
A. in sum
B. in total
C. in general
D. in full
13. This brings a feeling of emptiness that can never be filled and leaves us with a for more.
A. scarcity
B. command
C. hunger
D. request
14. Job fairs are usually very lively and informal, and you can roam , surveying what is on offer and gathering literature on jobs you might not have considered in the everyday run of things.
A. at peace
B. at leisure
C. at rest
D. at speed
15. The closest to English and Welsh grammar schools are called grammar secondary schools; they can, however, accept some fee-paying pupils.
A. equality
B. equation
C. equivalent
D. equity
16. At first the university refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was_____ revised.
A. consecutively
B. consequently
C. successively
D. subsequently
17. He us as consistently fair and accurate about the issues we are concerned about.
A. confuses
B. regards
C. strikes
D. knocks
18. The water was so clear that it the trees on the river bank.
A. shadowed
B. shaded
C. represented
D. reflected
19. Some 121 countries may be designated“developing”, and of this 121, seventeen countries_______more than four-fifths of energy consumption.
A. amount to
B. account for
C. add up
D. take away
20. The researchers found the age at which young people first fall to bullies seems to determine how much it affects them.
A. sacrifice
B. short
C. witness
D. victim
PART Ⅱ CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the four choices given below. Mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single
bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Given the choice between spending an evening with friends and taking extra time for his schoolwork, Andy Klise admits he would probably 21 for the latter. It’s not that he doesn’t like to have fun; it’s just that his desire to ex cel 22 drives his decision-making process.
A 2001 graduate of Wooster High School and now a senior biology major at The College of Wooster, Klise acknowledges that he may someday have 23 thoughts about his decision to limit the time he has spent 24 , but for now, he is comfortable with the choices he has made. “If things had not25 out as well as they have, I would have had some regrets,” says Klise, who was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee as a junior. “But spending the extra time studying has been well w orth the 26 . I realized early on that to be successful, I had to make certain 27 .”
28 the origin of his intense motivation, Klise notes that it has been part of his makeup for as long as he can remember. “I’ve always been goal29 ,” he says. “Th is internal drive has caused me to give my all 30 pretty much everything I do.”
Klise 31 Wooster’s nationally recognized Independent Study (I.S.) program with preparing him for his next 32 in life: a research position with the National Institute of H ealth (NIH).“I am hoping that my I.S. experience will help me33 a research position with NIH,” says Klise. “The yearlong program gives students a chance to work with some of the nation’s34 scientists while making the 35 from undergraduate to gradua te studies or a career in the medical field.”
21. A. intend B. prefer C. opt D. search
22.A. academically B. professionally C. socially D. technically
23.A. different B. certain C. second D. other
24.A. entertaining B. socializing C. enjoying D. sporting
25.A. developed B. appeared C. occurred D. worked
26.A. investment B. reward C. payment D. compensation
27.A. devotions B. concessions C. sacrifices D. attempts
28. A. Besides B. As for C. Out of D. Despite
29.A. directed B. oriented C. conducted D. guided
30.A. about B. with C. at D. in
31.A. credits B. registers C. selects D. observes
32. A. run B. step C. pace D. leap
33.A. hold B. occupy C. anchor D. land
34.A. leading B. advanced C. nominated D. marvelous
35. A. achievement B. transition C. position D. vocation
PART Ⅲ READING COMPREHENSION
Section A (60 minutes, 30 points)
Directions: Below each of the following passages you will find some questions or incomplete state ments. Each question or statement is followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Read each passage carefully, and then select the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark the letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Passage One
She’s cute, no question. Symmetrical features, flawless skin, looks to be 22 years old—entering any meat-market bar, a woman lucky enough to have this face would turn enough heads to stir a breeze. But when Victor Johnston points and clicks, the face on his computer screen changes into a state of superheated, crystallized beauty. “You can see it. It’s just so extraordinary,” says Johnston, a professor of biopsychology at New Mexico State University who sounds a little in love with his creation.
The transformation from pretty woman to knee-weakening babe is all the more amazing because the changes wrought by Johnston’s software are, objectively speaking, quite subtle. He created the original face by digitally averaging 16 randomly selected female Caucasian faces. The changing program then exaggerated the ways in which female faces differ from male faces, creating, in human-beauty-science field, a“hyper-female”. The eyes grew a bit larger, the nose narrowed slightly and the lips plumped. These are shifts of just a few millimeters, but experiments in this country and Scotland are suggesting that both males and females find“feminized”versions of averaged faces more beautiful.
Johnston hatched this little movie as part of his ongoing study into why human beings find some people attractive and others homely. He may not have any rock-solid answers yet, but he is far from alone in attempting to apply scientific inquiry to so ambiguous a subject. Around the world, researchers are marching into territory formerly staked out by poets and painters to uncover the underpinnings of human attractiveness.
The research results so far are surprising—and humbling. Numerous studies indicate that human beauty may not be simply in the eye of the beholder or an arbitrary cultural artifact. It may be ancient and universal, wrought through ages of evolution that rewarded reproductive winners and killed off losers. If beauty is not truth, it may be health and fertility: Halle Berry’s flawless skin may fascinate moviegoers because, at some deep level, it persuades us that she is parasite-free.
Human attractiveness research is a relatively young and certainly contentious field—the allure of hyper-females, for example, is still hotly debated—but those on its front lines agree on one point: We won’t conquer“looks-ism” until we understand its source. As psychologist Nancy Etcoff puts it:“The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.”
36.The woman described in the very beginning of the text is .
A. in fact in her late twenties
B. Johnston’s ideal girlfriend
C. a stunning beauty
D. is a professional prostitute
37. Victor Johnston synthesized a new face by combining the features of
16 .
A. beautiful European women
B. different women around the world
C. casually chosen white women
D. ordinary western women
38. Through a few tiny changes made by Johnston, the synthesized face became even more .
A. masculine
B. average
C. feminine
D. neutral
39.Victor Johnston has produced such an attractive face in order to .
A. give his computer a beautiful screen
B. study the myth of human attractiveness
C. prove the human capacity to create beauties
D. understand why Caucasian faces are special
40. Paragraph 4 suggests that human beauty may be .
A. culturally different
B. a disease-free idol
C. individual-dependent
D. a world agreed value
41.It’s a consensus among the researchers that humans are still unconscious of .
A. why they look attractive
B. when attractiveness is important
C. how powerful beauty is
D. what constitutes beauty
Passage Two
It’s becoming something of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busloads of retired people crisscross the line looking for affordable drugs that the roadside stands should advertise, “Lobsters. Blueberries. Lipitor. Coumalin.” Except, of course, that such a market in prescription drugs would be illegal.
These senior long-distance shopping sprees fall in a legal gray zone. But as long as people cross the border with prescriptions from a physician and have them filled for no more than a three-month supply for personal use, customs and other federal officials leave them alone. The trip might be tiring, but people can save an average of 60 percent on the cost of their prescription drugs. For some, that’s the difference between taking the drugs or doing without. “The last bus trip I was on six months ago had 25 seniors,” says Chellie Pingree, former Maine state senator and now president of Common Cause.“Those 25 people saved $19,000 on their supplies of drugs.” Pingree sponsored Maine RX, which authorizes a discounted price on drugs for Maine residents who lack insurance coverage. The law was challenged by drug companies but recently upheld by the U.S.Su preme Court. It hasn’t yet taken effect.
Figuring out ways to spend less on prescription drugs has become a multifaceted national movement of consumers, largely senior citizens. The prescription drug bill in America is $160 billion annually, and people over 65 fill five times as many prescriptions as working Americans on average.“But they do it on health benefits that are half as good and on incomes that are half as large,” says Richard Evans, senior analyst at Sanford C.Bernstein, an investment research fi rm. What’s more, seniors account for 20 percent of the voting public.
It’s little wonder that the May 19 Supreme Court ruling got the attention of drug manufacturers and politicians across the country. The often-over-looked state of 1.3 million tucked in the northeast comer of the country became David to the phar-maceutical industry’s Goliath. The face-off began three years ago when state legislators like Pingree began questioning why Maine’s elderly population had to take all those bus trips.
42.The elderly Americans cross the Maine-Canada border in order to get drugs that are .
A. sold wholesale
B. over the counter
C. less expensive
D. tax-free
43.We can learn from the second paragraph that .
A. people can buy as many drugs for personal use
B. the cross-border drug shopping has been out of the federal control
C. Chellie Pingree used to be one of the cross-border shoppers for drugs
D. the cross-border shopping is the only way for some Americans to get drugs
44. Maine Rx mentioned in Paragraph Two is a .
A. bill
B. drug company
C. customs office
D. seniors society
45. Most cross-border shoppers are retired people, rather than working Americans, because the former .
A. have more leisure time
B. fill more prescriptions
C. mostly enjoy long trips
D. are fond of street shopping
46. Politicians were interested in the May 19 Supreme Court ruling because .
A. they couldn’t improve the well-being of the elderly
B. they couldn’t afford to ignore the elderly’s votes
C. they saw the elderly as the greatest contributors
D. they saw the elderly as deserving a special care
47. David and Goliath are names used to describe a situation in which_____.
A. the two groups are evenly matched in strength
B. a more powerful group is fighting a less powerful group_____.
C. a less powerful group is fighting a more powerful group
D. both of the two groups are losers
Passage Three
It’s navel gazing time again, that stretch of the year when many of us turn our attention inward and think about how we can improve the way we live our lives. But as we embark on this annual ritual of introspection, we would do well to ask ourselves a simple question: Does it really do any good?
The poet Theodore Roethke had some insight into the matter:“Self-contemplation is a curse that makes an old confusion worse.” As a psychologist, I think Roethke had a point, one that’s supported by a growing body of controlled psychological studies.
In a study I conducted with Dolores Kraft, a clinical psychologist, and Dana Dunn, a social psychologist, people in one group were asked to list the reasons their relationship with a romantic partner was going the way it was, and then rate how satisfied they were with the relationship. People in another group were asked to rate their satisfaction without any analysis; they just gave their gut reactions.
It might seem that the people who thought about the specifics would be best at figuring out how they really felt, and that their satisfaction ratings would thus do the best job of predicting the outcome of their relationships.
In fact, we found the reverse. It was the people in the“gut feeling”group whose ratings predicted whether they were still dating their partner several months later. As for the navel gazers, their satisfaction ratings did not predict the outcome of their relationships at all. Rather, too much analysis can confuse people about how they really feel.
Self-reflection is especially problematic when we are feeling down. Research by
Susan Nolen Hoeksema, a clinical psychologist at Yale University, shows that when people are depressed, ruminating on their problems makes things worse.
For years it was believed that emergency workers like police officers and firefighters should undergo a debriefing process to focus on and relive their experiences; the idea was that this would make them feel better and prevent mental health problems down the road. But did it do any good? In an extensive review of the research, a team led by Richard McNally, a clinical psychologist at Harvard, concluded that debriefing procedures have little benefit and might even hurt by interrupting the normal healing process. People often distract themselves from thinking about painful events right after they occur, and this may be better than mentally reliving the events.
48.According to the author, why do people tend to look inward at the end of a year?
A. They want to know if they get prepared for the future.
B. They consider it beneficial to their future lives.
C. They pay too much attention to their self-improvement.
D. They overemphasize their progress in the past year.
49.The author agrees with Theodore Roethke on that_____.
A. people need self-reflection when they feel blue
B. people are reluctant to confide in romantic partners
C. people may be more depressed by recalling the painful past
D. people would become sober when clearing up the confusions
50.The findings of the study on the satisfaction ratings in romantic relationship reveal that_____.
A. meditation can keep the relationship at its peak
B. retrospection helps people feel satisfied with the partner
C. specific analysis can foretell the future of the relationship
D. thinking about details makes one uncertain about the relationship
51.The phrase“the navel gazers”in Paragraph 5 refers to people who_____.
A. boast of their own success
B. hesitate in romantic relationships
C. worry about their future
D. focus on their past
52. Which of the following is the best way to help firefighters relieve their trauma?
A. Leave them alone to adjust their emotions.
B. Provide them with consultation about their jobs.
C. Help them figure out what has happened.
D. Discuss with them how to do it better next time.
53.According to the passage, _____can help people get over a painful experience.
A. pouring out their feelings about it
B. distracting their attention from it
C. discussing it with specialists
D. recalling the specifics
Passage Four
Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds.
Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will
bring them out. If parents, teachers or peers mocked your foibles as a child, you fear a repeat. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways.
While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written screeds to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana’s funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally, a script rarely works and it is used as a crutch by most people. But, being yourself doesn’t work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.
I remember going to see British psychiatrist RD Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of“flow”, as psychologists call it, is very satisfying. Whether in normal life or making speeches, the key is to remind yourself that, contrary to what your teachers or parents may have implied, your best is good enough. In the zone, a strange place of authentic falsehood and shallow depth, play is possible.
54.For most people the biggest fear for public speaking is_____.
A. looking foolish
B. failing in words
C. not attracting attention
D. appearing pressurized
55.According to the passage shy people_____
A. have greater difficulty than extrovert ones
B. are not good at acting
C. may well do a good job in a speech
D. are better speakers in the public eye
56.A successful speech maker is usually one who_____.
A. can act naturally
B. makes careful preparations
C. rehearses adequately
D. can get across easily
57.The example of the British psychiatrist in Paragraph 6 shows a failure in_____.
A. showing modesty in public
B. talking about one’s own trade
C. presenting the topic logically
D. communicating with the audience
58.“Shallow depth” in the last paragraph implies_____.
A. being yourself in the performance
B. trying to look serious
C. pretending to be well-prepared
D. being seemingly knowledgeable
59.From the passage, we get the impression that public speaking is
something_____.
A. hard to do well
B. scary but manageable
C. tough but rewarding
D. worthwhile to challenge
Passage Five
African American women’s search for societal acceptance often encompasses struggle between natural and socially constructed ideas of beauty. As an essential component in traditional African societies, cosmetic modification is ritualized to emphasize natural features of blackness. Defined by social occasion such as childhood development to maturity, indicators of marital status or the group to which you belong, beautification of the hair and body play an essential role. In our racially conscious society, presenting a physical image and being accepted is a complex negotiation between two different worlds.
Hair is an outward expression of culture and heritage. It also represents a sense of personal style. In the search for the African American identity, blacks have undergone many different changes in hairstyle. Hairstyles are cultural classifiers of what African Americans consider beautiful. Hairstyles are a representation of the African American soul, all of their confidence and dignity show in how they present themselves on Sundays and on a daily basis.“During the sixties, white American youth used their hair to make a variety of political and philosophical statements,”young blacks joined thereafter.“The natural hairstyle not only was easier to care for, but also gave African Americans a closer tie to their heritage. Natural style serves as a visible imprimatur of blackness; a tribute to group unity; a statement of self-love and personal significance.”By rejecting the white standards of beauty, black Americans halted the processes of using chemical straighteners or hot irons.
A woman talks about her struggle.“I remember b attling with the idea of going natural for several years. I never had the courage because every time I pictured myself with my natural hair, I never saw beauty. Now my hair is natural, thick and healthy.”African American women are finding confidence within themselves to wear their hair naturally and feel beautiful about it. Many contemporary African Americans are avoiding high maintenance and feeling confident in their natural beauty.
It was a different story in the past. African Americans were pressed. Shame was the motivation behind blacks losing their roots and ethnic identity. By being brainwashed into believing black people are“inferior”and white people are“superior”African Americans have mutilated and adjusted their bodies to try to look“pretty”by whit e standards.
Hair is as different as the people it belongs to. People are finally recognizing that beauty is what helps to create our individual identities. Ultimately, individual confidence shapes and strengthens the culture of the African American community.
60.The first paragraph tells us that African Americans_____.
A. have been trying hard to be socially accepted
B. have been changing their value about beauty
C. have maintained their identity of traditional Africans
D. have modified their hairstyles to fit into the society
61. What kind of problem do African Americans face in society?
A. They would look ugly if they don’t change their hairstyles.
B. Their natural image may not be accepted by white Americans.
C. They would never find a suitable hairstyle in the hair salons.
D. Their cultural heritage may risk being abandoned by themselves.
62.The word“imprimatur”in Paragraph 2 most probably means_____.
A. dislike
B. betrayal
C. approval
D. suspicion
63. African Americans stopped using chemical straighteners or hot irons because_____.
A. they reversed the attitude the white people had towards them
B. they started to see beauty in their thick curly hair
C. they feel good and comfortable in being different
D. they accepted the white standards of beauty
64.Why did some African Americans accept the white standards of beauty?
A. Because they tried to keep socially fashionable.
B. Because they did not have their own standards of beauty.
C. Because they were not well educated as white Americans.
D. Because they wanted to become part of the mainstream.
65.To African Americans, hair is a significant indicator of_____.
A. their cultural identity
B. their aesthetic taste
C. their social recognition
D. their challenge against the society
Section B (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: In each of the following passages, five sentences have been removed from the original text. They are listed from A to F and put below the passage. Choose the most suitable sentence from the list to fill in each of the blanks (numbered 66 to 75). For each passage, there is one sentence that does not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Francois Jacob wrote that“an age or culture is characterized less by the extent of its knowledge tha n by the nature of the questions it puts forward.”66 .
Admittedly, the most brilliant cultures are developed during the days of knowledge acquirement. 67 . Many convincing examples can be given when looking back to the cultural development of these countries. The most influential Chinese culture flourished during Tang Dynasty, which was established a thousand years ago. This influence can be traced by the word“Tang Street”, another name for Chinatown. And it was during the same time that the Chinese acquired more knowledge than they had before.
68 However, when compared with the knowledge people have acquired and are acquiring today, the knowledge of the ancient Tangs and Arabs is unquestionably limited. But in all history books, the cultures of the Tang Dynasty and the ancient Arab are introduced in detail, while the cultures of the People’s Republic of China and the Arab League are seldom mentioned.
69 . For instance, the ancient Greeks and Romans’knowledge about nature was definitely insufficient, but they are still recognized as the founders of the most magnificent ages and cultures in human history because the questions put forward and thought about by them were profound and meaningful. In the works of the Greeks and。