2012年中山大学考博英语试题及答案

2012年中山大学考博英语试题回忆中山大学2012年博士入学考试于3月10日11日两天结束。

一直比较懒，现在看到群里在讨论，整理如下。

根据考场，大体估计有三千来人参加考试。

你有心的话，就去看看官网上排的考场吧。

我看大约一百多个。

考试地点在海珠校区一号教学楼和逸夫楼。

提醒各位，如果要报的话，在那两天想住的好点就要定房的。

大体介绍题型：一。

阅读理解，共30分，六篇，每篇5个小题，每个小题1分。

难度低于六级。

有两篇考研真题。

二。

完型填空，共10分，二十个空，而且是不带选择项的。

每空0.5分。

难度一般。

三。

排序题，共15分，十个选项(a-j)中选出五个来，每个3分。

有些难。

内容是关于剑桥大学。

四。

英译汉,共15分，从一段文章中划出五句话来，每句话3分。

难度一般。

五。

汉译英，共10分，一小段，大约有连着的五句话。

国内政治方面的内容。

内容记住的一点点是：关于社会稳定，人民生活水平提高了，收入差距拉大，但是，仍然没有造成大的社会不稳定，也是由于穷人的生活水平也相应提高了。

(这是大意，不是原句子，有心的可以去网上找找有没有相关内容。

)六。

作文，共20分。

有两个话题，只能选一个回答。

今年的是views contradict .第二个话题的，没怎么懂意思。

根据我的理解是和自己看法一致的意见容易接受，看法不一致的不容易接受。

你同意哪种观点。

(我没看懂。

)下面，把自己还能记住的，还有在群里收集到的相关内容贴出来。

我的大脑不是硬盘，总会记忆有出入，如果给各位造成了误导，请尊重下我整理资料的辛苦。

同时，如果今年参加考试的战友，欢迎帮我改正。

下面是在群里看到大家找的回忆版：现贴出来：阅读理解的(没有按试卷题号排)阅读1：When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changedin the past—and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years—during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared—is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth‟s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future—even without the influence of human activity.1. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ________.A) to give up his former way of lifeB) to leave the coastal areasC) to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD) to abandon his original settlement2. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ________.A) is going through a fundamental changeB) has been getting warmer for 10,000 yearsC) will eventually change from hot to coldD) has gone through periodical changes3. Scientists believe that human evolution ________.A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changesB) has exerted little influence on climatic changesC) has largely been effected by climatic changesD) has had a major impact on climatic changes4. Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that ________.A) human activities have accelerated changes of Earth‟s environmentB) Earth‟s environment will remain mild despite human interferenceC) Earth‟s climate is bound to change significantly in the futureD) Earth‟s climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the future5. The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that ________.A) human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changesB) mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climateC) man has to limit his activities to slow down the global warming processD) human civilization will continue to develop in spite of the changes of nature阅读2(这个是考研题)American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing. The Degradation of language and Music and why we should like, care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education. Mr.McWhorter’s academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees gradual disappearance of “whom” ,for example, to be natural and no more regranttable than the loss of the case-endings of Old EnglishBut the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like care. As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive-there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas .He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms-he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. We now take our English “on paper plates instead of china”.A shame, perhaps, but probably an inevitable one.1. According to Mc Whorter, the decline of formal English[A]. is inevitable in radical education reforms.[B]. is but all too natural in language development.[C]. has caused the controversy over the counter-culture.[D]. brought about changes in public attitudes in the 1960s.2. The word “talking” (Linge6, paragraph3) denotes[A]. modesty.[B]. personality.[C]. liveliness.[D]. informality.3. To which of the following statements would Mc Whorter most likely agree?[A]. Logical thinking is not necessarily related to the way we talk.[B]. Black English can be more expressive than standard English.[C]. Non-standard varieties of human language are just as entertaining.[D]. Of all the varieties, standard English Can best convey complex ideas.4. The description of Russians' love of memorizing poetry shows the author's[A]. interest in their language.[B]. appreciation of their efforts.[C]. admiration for their memory.[D]. contempt for their old-fashionedness.5. According to the last paragraph, “paper plates” is to “china” as[A]. “temporary” is to “permanent”.[B]. “radical” is to “conservative”.[C]. “functional” is to “artistic”.[D]. “humble” is to “noble”难句解析：①In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing. The Degradation of language and Music and why we should like, care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.该句子的主干是John McWhorte sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline。