1999年社科院考博英语真题

1999年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷

CENERAL DIRECTIONS: EACH STUDENT HAS AN ANSWER SHEET ON WHTCH IS TO BE WRITTEN THE STUDENT’S EXAMINA TION ID NUMBER. ALL ANSWERS TO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS OF PARTS Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲand ⅣA RE TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS ANSW ER SHEET. CIRCLE THE LETTER THAT IS YOUR A NSW ER.

PART Ⅰ:VOCA BULA RY [15%]

DIRECTIONS FOR SECTION A: ON YOUR ANSW ER SHEET, CIRCLE THE A NSW ER THAT BEST COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

1. W ith her last child having left home, she felt a need to fill her time.

a. tense

b. thorough

c. pressing

d. s mall

2. It is generally thought that as teachers work with students, psychology course work is to teacher-training.

a. indispensable

b. inviolate

c. indisposed

d. invariable

3. The announcement of the death of their leader caused thereafter a feeling of great despair to

their lives.

a. overflow

b. scatter

c. permeate

d. manipulate

4. Fear of pirate led the French to fortify their coastline.

a. excursions

b. incursions

c. transmigrations

d. transmogrifications

5. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, many states speed limits to reduce gasoline use.

a. implanted

b. imposed

c. impaired

d. impressed

6. Over-taxation, many argue, impedes initiative, so that government income may actually .

a. mushroom

b. capsize

c. shrink

d. dispel

7. The assassin hid himself carefully from view before his future victim.

a. drawing from

b. drawing up

c. drawing with

d. drawing on

8. He never exerts himself to aid those trying to a difficult situation.

a. rectify

b. modify

c. solidify

d. verify

9. His alibi was fishy, yet to close scrutiny.

a. stood still

b. withstood

c. stood up

d. stood off

10. Practitioners of law and medicine are esteemed in many countries which seems to indicate that

depends on profession or title.

a. prestige

b. superiority

c. privilege

d. merit

11. After the demonstration the protestors quietly.

a. dis missed

b. diffused

c. dispatched

d. dispersed

12. Mutual trade implies advantages.

a. allied

b. cooperative

c. periodical

d. reciprocal

13. A virtual anchorite, he to his self-sufficiency.

a. adheres

b. confirms

c. conforms

d. admonishes

14. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that during the Cold War period the threat by nuclear arms

seemed an ever-present danger.

a. imposed

b. convoked

c. posed

d. provoked

15. Scientific integrity is as much a matter of self-interest as it is of .

a. self-esteem

b. self-deceiving

c. selfishness

d. self-improvement

DIRECTIONS FOR SECTION B: ON YOU’ ANSWER SHEET, CIRCLE THE LETTER THAT IS THE CLOSEST SYNONYM TO THE UNDERLINED WORO.

16. The majority of the observers at the conference, in contradistinction to the delegates, were opposed to ratification .

a. adjournment

b. distribution

c. tabling

d. approval

17. Although it was none of my business I asked he if the one she was lamenting for was in any way

kin.

a. speaking for

b. running risks for

c. pleading for

d. mourning for

18. I could never spend the tome that he does pouring over sports magazines, compiling intricate lists, and calculating averages.

a. delicate

b. incomprehensible

c. meaningless

d. complicated

19. In England, Latin appears never to have superseded the old Gaelic speech among the people.

a. joined

b. replaced

c. influenced

d. given way to

20. Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall impeded our best attempts at rescuing the victims.

a. encouraged

b. hindered

c. nullified

d. crowned

21. Death ensued as a result of suffocation.

a. heart failure

b. an accident

c. disease

d. asphyxiation

22. We must safeguard against coerced confessions.

a. bribed

b. emotional

c. unprofitable

d. forced

23. My attention was engaged by the article’s caption .

a. graph

b. author

c. contents

d. title

24. The report was unusual in that it insinuated corruption on the part of the minister.

a. denied

b. suggested