08考博英语试题A

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Entrance T est of English for pH D Candidates

(2008)

Section Ⅰ U se of E ngl i sh

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center . (20 points) If the sun has enough 1 to warm and light the whole earth, it must have enough power to do other things, 2 . Can we use the sun’s 3 energy to supply electricity, or at least to perform the function which electricity or other types of power usually perform? The answer is 4 For example, people have for many years been using the . 5 heat of the sun to cook by solar 6 which have been built with several incurved 7 reflecting the sun and focusing the heat on the cooking element. This 8 can be used like a gas or electric stove; it is more expensive to make but it doesn’t need any 9 and so costs 10 to use. Another 11 The of using solar energy is in house heating. 12 of energy we use most is electricity, and every day more is 13 The question which . But electricity has to be made too, and make it huge quantities of fuel is required —oil, coal, gas and nowadays even uranium. 14 everyone today is: how long will these fuels 15 ? Nobody knows it for sure, 16 most experts think it will soon be difficult to obtain sufficient electricity from these sources. It is possible that the sun can make a(n) 17 Solar power has already been used to produce here, too. 18 heat. In Southern France a solar furnace has been built, 19 temperatures reach more than 3000 centigrade. This furnace is not only used for experiment 20 1. A. power B. heat C. time D. temperature

,but could be used to produced steam for a power station.

2. A. as well B. besides C. too D. either

3. A. little B. rich C. small D. useless

4. A. yes B. unknown C. no D. negative

5. A. heated B. shining C. producing D. reflected

6. A. cooks B. cookers C. bath D. persons

7. A. mirrors B. plates C. roofs D. walls

8. A. equipment B. machine C. object D. bathroom

9. A. money B. fuel C. material D. person

10. A. most B. much C. every D. nothing

11. A. possibility B. danger C. success D. chance

12. A. way B. sort C. kind D. from

13. A. worth B. brought C. needed D. expensive

14. A. worries B. worry C. worried D. is worried

15. A. stop B. produce C. work D. last

16. A. and B. so C. but D. though

17. A. contribution B. heat C. light D. energy

18. A. small B. terrific C. tiny D. little

19. A. which B. where C. when D. it

20. A. in the future B. for ever C. in the past D. at present

Section Ⅱ R eadi ng C om prehensi on

Directions: There are four texts in this section. Each text is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Y ou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (50 points)

Text 1

Fourteen-year-old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety-two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first.

The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges. But Hawley says he “did pretty well at staying calm. I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make –it would distract me from playing, ” he says. “I don’t even remember trying to impress people while I played. It’s almost as if they weren’t there. I just wanted to make music. ”