中科院02博士英语试题

中国科学院2002年英语博士生入学考试试题

PART Џ STRUCTURE&VOCABULARY ( 25minutes,15points)

sectionA( 0.5 point eath)

direction: choose the word or expression below each sentence that best completes the statemen t, and mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brack ets on your machine-scoring answer sheet.

16.Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no __________ but to report him to the local police.

A. time

B. chance

C. authority

D. alternative

17.Behind his large smiles and large cigars, his eyes often seemed to __________regret.

A. teem

B. brim with

C. come with

D. look with

18.There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glori ous future before him and the old one has a _______future behind him.

A. splendid

B. conspicuous

C. uproarious

D. imminent

19. That tragedy distressed me so much that I used to keep indoors and go out only _________n ecessity.

A. within reach of

B. for fear of

C. by means of

D. in case of

20. A young man sees a sunset and unable to understand of express the emotion that it _______ __in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to a world that lies beyond.

A. reflects

B. retains

C. rouses

D. radiates

21.______________the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for another 8-10minutes or until m ost of the water has evaporated.

A. Turn off

B. Turn over

C. Turn down

D. Turn up

22.Banks shall be unable to ___________,or claim relief against the first 15%of any loan or b ankrupted debt left with them .

A. write off

B. put aside

C. shrink from

D. come over

23.I am to inform you ,that you may ,if you wish , attend the inquiry ,and at the inspectors

discretion state your case _________or through an entrusted representative.

A. in person

B. in depth

C. in secret

D. in excess

24.In his view, though Hon g Kong has no direct cultural identity, local art is thriving by “b eing ___________,”being open to all kinds of art.

A. gratifying

B. predominating

C. excelling

D. accommodating

25.In some countries preschool education in nursery schools or kindergartens _________the 1st grade.

A. leads

B. precedes

C. forwards

D. advances

26.Desert plants ________ two categories according to the way they deal with the problem of s urviving drought.

A. break down

B. fall into

C. differ in

D. refer to

27.In the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which _________ a ll other sounds.

A. dwarfed

B. diminished

C. drowned

D. relative

28.Criticism without suggesting areas of improvement is not _________ and should be avoided i

f possible.

A. constructive

B. productive

C. descriptive

D. relative

29. The Committee pronounced four members expelled for failure to provide information in the ____________ of investigations.

A. case

B. chase

C. cause

D. course

30. Since neither side was ready to __________ what was necessary for peace, hostility were r esumed in 1980.

A. precede

B. recede

C. concede

D. intercede

31.Such an _________act of hostility can only lead to war.

A. overt

B. episodic

C. ample

D. ultimate

32._________ both in working life and everyday living to different sets of values, and expect ations places a severe strain on the individual.