2013华东政法大学博士研究生入学考试英语试卷

华东政法大学

2013年博士研究生入学考试英语试卷

第一部分基础英语试题

Part I: Grammar & Vocabulary (15%)

Directions: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence and then mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.

1. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _________free medical care.

[A] entitled to [B] involved in [C] associated with [D] assigned to

2. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at ______.

[A] danger [B] stake [C] loss [D] threat

3. I felt _________to death because I could make nothing of the chairman’s speech.

[A] fatigued [B] tired [C] exhausted [D] bored

4. People _______that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

[A] convinced [B] anticipated [C] resolved [D] assured

5. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or _______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic programme for the reading skills. [A] adapted [B] acknowledged [C] assembled [D] appointed

6.We should always keep in mind that _______decisions often lead to bitter regrets .

[A] urgent [B] hasty [C] instant [D] prompt

7. John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages _______in the dictionary.

[A] missing [B] losing [C] dropping [D] leaking

8. Their demand for a pay raise has not the slightest________of being met.

[A] prospect [B] prediction [C] prosperity [D] permission

9. It’s usually the case that people seldom behave in a _______way when in a furious state.

[A] stable [B] rational [C] legal [D] credible

10. Ms. Breen has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be _______with everyone who comes to the store.

[A] accepted [B] admitted [C] admired [D] acquainted

11. He does not _______as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible .

[A] equal [B] match [C] qualify [D] fit

12. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been _______the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.

[A] pursuing [B] chasing [C] reaching [D] winning

13. I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely ______ my ideas to prove your point.

[A] revising [B] contradicting [C] distorting [D] distracting

14. Language, culture, and personality may be considered _______of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.

[A] indistinctly [B] separately [C] irrelevantly [D] independently

15. I________ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column.

[A] express [B] confess [C] verify [D] acknowledge

16. It is strictly _______that access to confidential documets is denied to all but a few.

[A] secured [B] forbidden [C] regulated [D] determined

17. I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave, _____ something occurred which attracted my attention.

[A] unless [B] until [C] when [D] while

18. I regret _____ so much time and money on stamps.

[A] to waste [B] for wasting [C] having wasted [D] at wasting

19. I was greatly disappointed _____ that affair.

[A] out [B] in [C] to [D] toward

20. I would like to have a talk with him _____ his convenience.

[A] in [B] at [C] for [D] with

21. I’d rather you _____ those important documents with you.

[A] don’t take [B] didn’t take [C] won’t take [D] not take

22. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to _____ in the courtyard.

[A] converge [B] assemble [C] crowd [D] accumulate

23. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1995, the housing problems now in some parts of the country _____ so serious.

[A] wouldn’t be [B] wouldn’t have been [C] will not be [D] would have not been