(完整word版)兰州大学2007年考博英语试题

兰州大学2007年考博英语试题

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Part One Structure and Vocabulary (40%)

Directions：In this part there are two sections In Section One, you are to choose from the four choices under each sentence the one which is similar in meaning to the underlined part of the sentence. And in Section Two, you are to choose the one that can beat complete the sentence in question.

Section I

1. An important function of early stone took was to extract highly nutritious food from large animal carcasses

A. destroy

B. identify

C. remove

D. compare

2 Regional planning deals with proposals concerning outlying communities and highways as well as with urban affairs

A. outlandish

B. remote C exempted D. exclusive

3. Potash and soda are not interchangeable for all purposes, but for glass- or

soap-making cither would do.

A. advantageous

B. convenient

C. identifiable

D. equivalent

4. With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the system was strengthened

A. continuation

B. beginning

C. expansion

D. outcome

5. When the glaciers thawed after the last ice age% the five Great Lakes of North America were formed

A. melted

B. advanced C evaporated D. exploded

6. New York is a shopper's paradise whether one wants to spend large sums of money in elegant department stores or rifle though goods displayed on street barrows

A. a fortune

B. a dime

C. much

D. quite lot

7. During the rainy season the Mississippi River may carry away hundreds of acres of valuable topsoil from one area and arbitrarily deposit it in another.

A. lawfully

B. subsequently

C. randomly

D. mercilessly

8. Over six million citizens of the United States collect benefits from private pension plans each year.

A. nongovernmental

B. unauthorized

C. confidential

D. nontransferable

9. Of the thousands of known volcanoes in the world, the overwhelming majority are Dormant

A. uncharted

B. unpredictable

C. minor

D. inactive

10. The lymphatic system includes a network of tiny capillaries that lie adjacent to the fine blood vessels.

A. independent of

B. near

C. obscured by

D. within

11. One of California's most acute problems is an inadequate water supply.

A. critical

B. unusual

C. persistent

D. unexpected

12. It is estimated that at one time there existed from one to two thousand American Indian languages and at least as many cultures, each different in some respect from all the others.

A. prospect

B. stages

C. aspect

D. activity

13. The eardrum, a taut membrane located at the end of the ear canal, separates the outer ear from the inner ear.

A lightly tinted B. tightly stretched C. somewhat opaque D. delicately made

14. It was commonly felt that the purchase of Alaska by the United State in 1867 was foolish.

A. requiring

B. sending

C. buying

D. applying

15. In the Pacific Northwest, as climate and topography vary, so do the species that prevail in the forests.

A dominate B. rebuild C. invade D. tend

16. In frogs and toads，the tongue is fixed to the front of the mouth in order to facilitate projecting it at some distance, greatly in aiding in capture of insects.

A proscribing B. protruding C. provoking D. protracting

17. Stare twinkle as a result of the turbulent stale of the air through which their light passes.

A. in addition to

B. in spite of

C. because of

D. with regard to

18. Most meat-eating animals use their teeth to seize and kill prey.

A. attacker

B. nourishment

C. enemies

D. victims

19. It is ridiculous to become angry about such an insignificant matter,

A. absurd

B. nourishment

C. tragic

D. unpardonable

20. How many people are aware that a dancer with New York City Ballet typically