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浙江理工大学

2013年博士研究生招生入学考试试题

考试科目：英语代码： 1001

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Part I Vocabulary (20 marks, 1 mark each)

Section A

Directions:In this section there are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the center.

1. If you never do any work, you will only have yourself ____ if you fail your examination.

A.to fault

B. to reprove

C. to mistake

D. to blame

2. I’d like to study under your guidance, because I know you are a(n) ____ scientist in physics.

A.prominent

B. requisite

C. desperate

D. impatient

3. Before their skins were used, their feet were ____, leading to the misconception that the birds never had feet.

A.cut down

B. cut into

C. cut over

D. cut off

4. With the constant change of the conditions, the outcome is not always _____.

A. favorable

B. reasonable

C. dependable

D. predictable

5. The television station is supported by ______ from foundations and other sources.

A. pensions

B. accounts

C. donations

D. advertisements

6. We’ll all take a vacation in the mountains as soon as I finish working

_____ my project.

A. with

B. on

C. in

D. about

7. Her husband is interested in designing electronic _________.

A. safety

B. management

C. routine

D. devices

8. Gestures are an important means to _______ message.

A. study

B. convey

C. keep

D. exploit

9. ________ preparations were being made for the Prime Minister's official visit to the four foreign countries.

A. Elaborate

B. Wise

C. Neutral

D. Optional

10. ____ adults, young children find little difficulty in imitating sounds

in foreign languages.

A.Not like

B. Unlike

C. Being not

D. Not as

Section B

Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrases underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and

D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding

letter on the Answer Sheet I with a single line through the center.

11. The financial pressure will bring about enormous psychological

discomfort.

A. dense

B. distinct

C. doubtful

D. great

12. It is the unique satisfaction they can derive from the work they

accomplished.

A. inherit

B. obtain

C. ignore

D. accompany

13. The managers are working hard to transform their entire organizations.

A. found

B. rank

C. reform

D. destroy

14. The most terrible disputes are those about matters as to which there is

no good evidence.

A. agreements

B. discussions

C. conversations

D.

arguments

15. You should be cautious about what you are going to say.

A. polite

B. prevailing

C. internal

D.

careful

16. They consulted their tutor about this difficult issue and got what they

needed.

A. asked advice of

B. got benefit from

C. kept an eye on

D.

made up of

17. It is necessary to contrast China’s education system with in USA.

A. overcome

B. compare

C. admit

D. celebrate

18. He mentioned that kind of happiness which most people have lived through.

A. concealed

B. proposed

C. complained

D.

experienced

19. It must be clear that these problems must be tackled before Friday.

A. existed

B. solved

C. remembered

D. assumed

20. My friend unexpectedly dropped in, and I had no time to entertain them.

A. visited

B. stepped in

C. dropped off

D. met

Part II Cloze Test (20 marks, 1 mark each)

Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet

I with a single line through the center.

During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. 21 the crops were good, the 22 was good;

when the crops failed, there was 23 . People on city streets 24 the yields and the price of wheat with almost as much 25 as if they were growers. The

26 of wheat became an increasingly 27 topic of conversation.

War set the stage for the most 28 events in marketing the western crop.

For years farmers 29 speculative (投机的) grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg grain Exchange. Wheat 30 were generally low in the autumn, 31 farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often 32 they sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm 33 were coming due only to see prices rising and speculators 34 rich. On various 35 ,