2012昆明理工大学考博英语

昆明理工大学2012年秋季入学博士研究生招生考试试题（A）

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Part II．Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions:There are forty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet with a single line through the center.

Dreams are ______ in themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.

A. uninformative

B. startling

C. harmless

D. uncontrollable

Although the false banknote fooled many people, they did not ______ to close examination.

A. look up

B. pay up

C.keep up

D. stand up

______ enough time and money, the researchers would have been able to discover more in this field.

A. Giving

B. To give

C. Given

D. Being given

The physicist has made a discovery, ______ of great importance to the progess of science and technology.

A. think which is

B. that I think is

C. which I think is

D. which I think it is

Fool ______ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.

A. who

B. as

C. that

D. like

Fortune tellers are good at making ______ statements such as “ Your sorrows will change.”

A.philosophical

B. ambiguous

C. literal

D.invalid

There is no doubt ______ the company has made the right decision on the sales project.

A. why

B. that

C. whether

D. when

Intellect is to the mind ______ sight is to the body.

A. what

B. so

C. that

D.like

All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there ______ quite such a crowd of people there.

A. weren’t

B. hasn’t been

C. hadn’t been

D. wouldn’t been

You’d better look at the difficulty ______ .

A.the other way

B. by the other way

C.another way

D. by another way

Things went well for her during her early life, but in her middle age her ______ seemed to change.

A. affair

B. luck

C. event

D. chance

In the present economic ______ we can make even greater progress than previously.

A. air

B. mood

C. area

D. climate

While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, ______ leading to a successful treatment could come much sooner.

A. a distinction

B.a breakthrough

C. an identification

D. an interpretation

The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ______ relations between the two countries.

A.tumble

B. jeopardize

C.manipulate

D. intimidate

Beer is the most popular drink among male drinkers, ______ overall consumption is signifcantly higher than that of women.

A. whose

B. which

C. that

D. what

Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from the ______ on earth rather than bacteria in Mars.

A. configuration

B.constitution

C. condemnation

D.contamination

When he arrived, he found ______ the aged and the sick at home.

A. none but

B.none other than

C. nothing but

D. no other than

Although not an economist himself, Dr.Smith has long been a severe critic of the government’s ______ policies.

A.economical

B. economic

C. economy

D.economics

It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.

A. not be started

B. will not be started

C. is not started

D. is not to be started

All the key words in the article are printed in ______ type so as to attract readers’ attention.

A. dark

B. bold

C. dense

D. black

The supervisor didn’t have time so far to go into it ______ , but he gave us an idea about his plan.

A. at hand

B. in conclusion

C. in turn

D. at length

Radio, television and press ______ of conveying news and information.

A. are the most three common means

B. are the three most common means

C. are the most common three means

D. are three the most common means

Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ______ advertisements showing happy, balanced families.

A.are often seeing

B.will often see

C. often see

D. have often seen

Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an ______ and orderly fashion.

A. incredible

B. internal

C. intricate

D. initial

The ______ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.

A. respectable

B. respectful

C. respective

D. respecting

You will see the lightning ______ it happens, but you hear the thunder later.

A. the instant

B.for an instant

C.on the instant

D. in an instant

Barry had an advantage over his mother ______ he could speak French.

A. since that

B.in that

C. at that

D. so that

I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave, ______ something occurred which