2015版上海交通大学历年考博英语真题
2007-模拟-上海交大考博英语真题
2007-模拟-上海交⼤考博英语真题上海交通⼤学2007年博⼠研究⽣⼊学考试英语试题Part One Vocabulary (20%)Directions: In each question,decide which of the four choices given will most suitabley complete sentence if inserted at the place marked . white your answer on the Answer Sheet.1. We sat down and tried to ______ a friendly conversation.A. commentB. commenceC. commerceD. compact2. Some people want only real flowers on their tables while others like to have______ ones.A. fashionableB. syntheticC. falseD. artificial3. The treasurer was ______ from the club for breaking the rules.A. repelledB. expelledC. excelledD. exploited4. The children's ______ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.A. mercurialB. blitheC. phlegmaticD. introverted5. If the government ______ a law, it ceases to be a law.A. replacesB. repelsC. repealsD. renders6.Because the high seriousness of their narratives resulted in part from their metaphysics, Southern writers were praised for their ______bent.A. technicalB. discursiveC. hedonisticD. philosophical7. A man’s ______ depends not upon his wealth or rank but upon his character.A. dignityB. privilegeC. indignationD. diligence8. I ______ the paper so that every student could have a copy.A. duplicatedB. enlargedC. upheldD. plagiarized9. My Russian is so rusty that I have to start learning it from ______.A. scratchB. scrapC. scrapeD. snatch10. Those who fear the influence of television deliberately______its persuasive power,hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.A. promoteB. underplayC. excuseD. laud11 . When the fighting is over, we will ______ with the enemy’s sympathizer.A. coincideB. reckonC. reconcileD. segregate12. I ______ from reminding her of the money she owned me.A. refrainedB. restrainedC. refreshedD. resided13. There was a period of ______ prior to their divorce, during which she went for atrip around the world and he stayed at home.A.estrangementstrangeness B.C. transmigrationD. frivolity14. Before taking a standardized test, one should ___ himself or herself with all the items that constitute the test paper.A. acquaintB. fascinateC. acquitD. familiar15. This week ten top designers will _____ their autumn collections at the fashion fair.A .enhance B. lubricateC. hustleD. unveil16. Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.A. ingeniousB. empiricalC. objectiveD. indignant17. Jane tried to ______ at the swinging rope, but failed.A. clusterB. clutchC. collideD. cling18. Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the two-year-old strategy to return the company to profitability is beginning to ______.A. falterB. disappointC. competeD. work19. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.A. pensionsC. salariesD. donations20. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.A. applianceB. accessoryC. machineD. mechanism21. The electricity failure ______ the production of the factory.A. corrodedB. lamedC. magnifiedD. crippled22. The _____ runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutesA. commonB. usualC. averageD. general23. If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might____ it for him.A. redeemB. amendsC: resemble D. appeal24. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does notfollow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, _____A. arbitraryB. superfluousC. interestingD. constant25. The needlelike leaves of the giant redwood tree are_____ each scarcely a quarterof an inch longA. tangibleB. diminutiveC. wiry26. The American dream is most _____ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalismA. plausibleB. patrioticC. primitiveD. partial27. When traveling, you are advised to take travellers' checks, which provide a secure _______to carrying your money in cash.A. substituteB.selectionC. preferenceD. alternative28. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ________character.A.graciousB. suspiciousC. uniqueD.particular29. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this _______produces artificial cold surrounding it.A. absorptionB. transitionC. consumptionD. interaction30. The lover of democracy has an ________ towards total itarianism.A. empathy C. sympathyB. antipalthy D. symphony31. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully________.A. admitted C.absorbedB.acknowledged D.considered32. The world will be advancing with such great speed that our ___ will look back upon us and our time with a sense of superiority.A. antecedentsB. predecessorsC. descendantsD. contemporaries33. Depressed, overworked, and ______ by those people whom he owed money, he decided to put an end to his problems.A. bewitched B .bewilderedC .besmirchedD .beset34. The terrible accounting error was corrected just before the ledger was ______ .A. auditedB. overlookedC. endowedD. registered35. The chairman of the board _______ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ./doc/ee59ac49e45c3b3567ec8b3c.html pelledB. posedC. pressedD. tempted36. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in _____ and lack of unity in style.A. conflictB.confrontationC. disturbanceD.disharmony37. They were in a dreadful _____ when their money, tickets and passports were stolen while they were on holiday.A. conspiracyB. plightC. serenityD. custody38. Undoubtedly the flood could have been _____ if the local government had invested more money in greening the environment.A. put offB. turned offC. kept off D . written off39. The accountant _____ thousands of dollars from the charity while appearing to beits best fundraiser.A. donatedB. validatedC . embezzled D. certify40. After her marriage, the happy life ___ her appearance, making her look more beautiful than ever.A. transfiguredB. disfigureddisheveled D.transformedC.Part Two: Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions .For each of them are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You should decideon the best choice and write your answer on the Answer Sheet.Text 1In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror —the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun’s rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.According to a weather expert’s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃ warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of earth’s chief food-growing zones.In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming, in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude, therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and “cold”spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or “colder” faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth’s atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia of the earth’s climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counter-balance to the sun’s diminishing heat.41. It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would ________.[A] prevent the sun’s rays from leeching the earth’s surface[B] mean a warming up in the Arctic[C] account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere[D] raise the temperature of the earth’s surface42. The article was written to explain ________.[A] the greenhouse effect[B] the solar effects on the earth[C] the models of solar-weather interactions[D] the causes affecting weather43. Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. This is________.[A] mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising[B] possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting[C] exclusively due to the effect of the inertia of the earth’s climate[D] partly due to variations in the output of solar energy44. On the basis of their models, scientists are of the opinion that ________.[A] the climate of the world should be becoming cooler[B] it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth’s climate to take effect[C] the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects[D] the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect45. If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct, ________.[A] the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels[B] ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere[C] the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the eartheven more quickly[D] the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earthTest 2In early 2004 eight tiny sensors were dropped from a plane near a military base in California. After hitting the ground, the sensors—also known as smart dust sensors—organized themselves into a network and quickly detected a fleet of military vehicles on the ground. The determined the direction, speed and size of a series of military vehicles traveling along the road and later transmitted the data to a computer at a nearby base camp.Smart dust sensors are minicomputers—as small as a grain of rice in some cases—that can monitor and evaluate their physical environment and can relay the information via wireless communication. They can monitor elements such as temperature, moisture, humidity, pressure, energy use, vibration, light, motion, radiation, gas, and chemicals. These devices will soon have many applications, such as use in emergency rescue.Software has been developed to run these minicomputers. A key feature of the software is the ability of the sensors to automatically organize themselves into a communications network and talk to each other via wireless radio signals. If any one connection is interrupted, the sensors will self-correct and pass the information on to the next available sensor.Each sensor has a chip that does the computing work—recording things like temperature and motion at its location. Each sensor also has a tiny radio transmitterthat allows it to talk to other sensors within 100 feet or so. With a single network of 10,000 sensors—thought to be the biggestarray of sensors currently possible—you could cover 9 square miles and get information about each point along the way. The data finally works its way to a base station that can send the information to a computer or to a wireless network..The scientists who are working with this technology say smart dust sensors can be used to detect the location or movement of enemy troops in areas too dangerous or remote for soldiers to operate. Scattering hundreds of self-networking sensors from a manned or unmanned plane onto the battlefield, in theory, could produce critical information and lead to strategic advantage. Sensors could also be used to detect the presence of chemical weapons and could give troops the time needed to put on protective gear.46. Smart dust sensors can do all the following EXCEPT ______.[A] giving troops their protective gear[B] organizing themselves into a computer network[C] detecting the movement of military vehicles nearby[D] operating in remote and dangerous war zones47. By “physical environment” (Paragraph 2), the writer means such elements as ______.[A] the position of military troops[B] the presence of minicomputers[C] the strength of radio signals[D] the amount of water vapor in the air48. If connection between two sensors is blocked, the network will automatically ______.[A] replace the sensor involved[B] repair the sensor involved[C] ignore the sensor involved[D] destroy the sensor involved49. To cover an area of 3 square miles and get information about each point along the way, how many smart dust sensors are needed?[A] About 3,000 sensors.[B] About 3,300 sensors.[C] About 5,000 sensors.[D] About 6,600 sensors.50. The passage implies that the smart dust sensors are most likely to be_____.[A] emergency rescue[B] monitoring pollution[C] military operations[D] evaluating the environmentTest 3In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C. The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of eventsuncertain, but events included boy’s gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing courtiers pay their own athletes’ expenses.The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.51. In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games ________.[A] were merely national athletic festivals[B] were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious colour[C] had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position[D] were primarily national events with few foreign participants52. In the early days of ancient Olympic Games ________.[A] only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games[B] all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part[C] all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in Games[D] all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games53. The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics ________.[A] has not definitely been established[B] varied according to the number of foreign competitors[C] was decided by Zeus, in whose honor the Games were held[D] was considered unimportant54. Modern athletes’ results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because ________.[A] the Greeks had no means of recording the results[B] they are much better[C] details such as the time were not recorded in the past[D] they are much worse55. Nowadays, the athletes’ expenses are paid for ________.[A] out of the prize money of the winners[B] out of the funds raised by the competing nations[C] by the athletes themselves[D] by contributionsTest 4When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly. Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment -- although no one had proposed to do so -- and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning. That group -- the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) -- has been working feverishly to put its wisdom on paper, and at a meeting on 17 May, members agreed on a near-final draft of their recommendations.NBAC will ask that Clinton’s 90-day ban on federal funds for human cloning be extended indefinitely, and possibly that it be made law. But NBAC members are planning to word the recommendation narrowly to avoid new restrictions on research that involves the cloning of human DNA or cells -- routine in molecular biology. The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally unacceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.” Shapiro explained during the meeting that the moral doubt stems mainly from fears about the risk to the health of the child. The panel then informally accepted several general conclusions, although some details have not been settled.NBAC plans to call for a continued ban on federal government funding for anyattempt to clone body cell nuclei to create a child. Because current federal law already forbids the use of federal funds to create embryos (the earliest stage of human offspring before birth) for research or to knowingly endanger an embryo’s life, NBAC will remain silent on embryo research. NBAC members also indicated that they will appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer. But they were divided on whether to go further by calling for a federal law that would impose a complete ban on human cloning. Shapiro and most members favored an appeal for such legislation, but in a phone interview, he said this issue was still “up in the air.”56. What is the meaning of “startle” in the first line ?[A] begin[B] shock[C] delight[D] uneasy57. We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.[A] federal funds have been used in a project to clone humans[B] the White House responded strongly to the news of cloning[C] NBAC was authorized to control the misuse of cloning technique[D] the White House has got the panel’s recommendations on cloning58.The panel agreed on all of the following except that ________.[A] the ban on federal funds for human cloning should be made a law[B] the cloning of human DNA is not to be put under more control[C] it is criminal to use private funding for human cloning[D] it would be against ethical values to clone a human being59.NBAC will leave the issue of embryo research undiscussed because ________.[A] embryo research is just a current development of cloning[B] the health of the child is not the main concern of embryo research[C] an embryo’s life will not be endangered in embryo research[D] the issue is explicitly stated and settled in the law60.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.[A] some NBAC members hesitate to ban human cloning completely[B] a law banning human cloning is to be passed in no time[C] privately funded researchers will respond positively to NBAC’s appeal[D] the issue of human cloning will soon be settledTest 5Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one's side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany afterWorld War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm's length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives - usually the richer - who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation's diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.After all ,America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not always be the upper hand.61.It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably_____.[A] stand still[B] jump aside[C] step forward[D] draw back62.The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their _____.[A] cultural self-centeredness[B] casual manners[C] indifference towards foreign visitors[D] arrogance towards other cultures63.In countries other than their own most Americans, _____.[A] are isolated by the local people[B] are not well informed due to the language barrier[C] tend to get along well with the natives[D] need interpreters in hotels and restaurants64.According to the author, Americans' cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ___.[A] affect their image in the new era[B] cut themselves off from the outside world[C] limit their role in world affairs[D] weaken the position of the US dollar65.The author's intention in writing this article is to make Americans realize that _____.[A] it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friends[B] it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairs[C] it is necessary to use several languages in public places[D] it is time to get acquainted with other culturesTest 6The introduction of non-indigenous "exotic" species is now seen as a major threat to biodiversity. In 1825, a particularly vigorous female clone of itadori (called Japanese knotweed) was introduced into Holland and later distributed throughout Europe by the plant collector and nurseryman, von Seibold. British gardeners loved it and by 1886 it was even found growing on cinder tips in South Wales. By the turn of the century, the plant had colonized many other sites, and gardeners were advised against planting it in shrubberies. By 1994, it was almost everywhere — railways, riversides, hedgerows, cemeteries — swamping a wide range of habitats and displacing rare species. Botanists' fears that the plant is till spreading and may yet colonize other new habitats have generated recent attempts to eradicate it by mechanical and chemical methods, all in vain as yet.The evidence stacked against Japanese knotweed is damning. But there is a deep anxiety that behind the desire to correct human ecological cook-ups — often manifest as a passion to save endangered species and vulnerable ecosystems—is a thinly disguised xenophobia; that we are simply seeing yet another form of ecological imperialism which defines what is "natural" based on human preferences.But whatever our reaction to "problem" or alien species is, it must involve moral decisions. And who should make such decisions and to what degree they are accountable must also be up for review. The conclusions of scientists and other sections of society may differ vastly about what to do about the introduced animals and plants that have become a common feature of everyday life. For example, the scheme to control rabbits in Australia by deliberately spreading the disease myxomatosis was a success in that huge numbers of rabbits were wiped out for the greater good — the "health" of Australian ecosystems. But would inflicting such an horrifically slow agonizing death on sentient creatures win popular support if it were proposed today?Scientists of biodiversity are by their very nature concerned with the organization of species into systems and not necessarily with the interests and well-being of individual, particularly those that are seen as a threat to the maintenance of those systems. Yet there is a growing feeling for the democratization of decisions concerning nonhuman life. The movement towards environmental values must surely involve a movement away from imperialism and a search for a relationship with nature as it truly is, rather than as we would design it. Then, when our lawns have long disappeared, we may yet come to honor the humble dandelion.66. Botanists have generated attempts to remove the Japanese knotweed because _____.[A] it threatens the local biodiversity[B] it is regarded as exotic[C] it's so vigorous as to spread everywhere。
上海交通大学考博英语词汇试题
上海交通大学考博英语词汇试题一、根据上海交通大学华慧教育纲规定,每年词汇题共40小题，每小题0.5分，共20分。
预计测试时间（45分钟） 41. Nicoll made a few __ with his pen on the page he had just read. [ A ] signals [ B ] marks [ C ] signs [ D ] codes 42. During the summer holiday season there are no __ moms in this seaside hotel. [ A ] empty [ B ] blank [ C ] deserted [ D ] vacant 43. Does brain power as we get older.'? Scientists now have some surprising answers. [ A ] desceod [ B ] decline [ C ] deduce [ D ] collapse 44. To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very __ imagination. [ A ] vivid [ B ] bright [ C ] living [ D ] colorful 45. He gave a brief of the history of the university before the opening of the conference. [ A ] reference [ B ] statement [ C ] account [ D ] comment 46. The insurance company paid him $10,000 in after his accident. [ A ] installment [ B ] compensation [ C ] substitution [ D ] commission 47. People who refuse to with the law will be punished. [ A ] obey [ B ] consent [ C ] conceal [ D ] comply 48. Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except __ [ A ] ingredients [ B ] elements [ C ] components [ D ] compounds49. Hot metal as it grows cooler. [ A ] contracts [ B ] reduces [ C ] condenses [ D ] compresses 50. His tastes and habits with those of his wife. [ A ] combine [ B ] compete [ C ] coincide [ D ] compromise 51. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' __ [ A ] command [ B ] conviction [ C ] consent [ D ] compromise 52. In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, __ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16. [ A ] compelling [ B ] forced [ C ] obliged [ D ] compulsory 53. The Wright brothers __ the design of thefirst successful motor-powered plane. [ A ] confronted[ B ] concealed [ C ] converted [ D ] conceived 54. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose to __ on math and theoretical physics. [ A ] impose [ B ] center [ C ] overwork [ D ] concentrate 55. Among the many subjects in school, mathematics is probably the most , depending least on a student's background and culture. [ A ] universal [ B ]'abstract [ C ] arbitrary [ D ] concrete 56. A good teacher must know how to his ideas. [ A ] convey [ B ] display[ C ] consult [ D ] confront 57. China Daily never loses sight of the fact that each day all of us __ a tough,challenging world. [ A ] encounter [ B ] acquaint [ C ] preside [ D ] confront 58. The largest system serving e-mail messengers is the Intemet, a I of millions of computers linked worldwide. [ A ] unity [ B ] combination [ C ] network [ D] connection 59. Every camera we sell comes with a two-year [ A ] guarantee [ B ] safety [ C ] confirmation [ D ] conservation 60. Sometimes they __ their students' poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence. [ A ] distribute [ B ] attribute [ C] contribute [ D ] consider 61. This kind of material can heat and moisture. [ A ] delete [ B ] compel [ C ] repel [ D ] constrain 62. For the past two years, Audi cars have __ Germany's Touring Car Championship. [ a ] dominated [ B ] conquered [ C ] determined [ D ] contested 63. The pollution question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in again next spring. [ A ] assembly [ B ] session [ C ] conference [ D ] convention 64. The prisoner has been of many privileges that average citizens enjoy. [ a ] ensured [ B ] informed [ C ] deprived [ D ] convinced 65. In order to strengthen his arguments, Toffler __ respectable social scientists who agree with him. [ A ] recites [ B ] confirms [ C ] quotes [ D ] convinces 66.Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable __ to the total cost of the product. [ A ] proportion [ B ] correlation [ C ] connection [ D ] correspondence 67. I was I by their kindness and moved to tears. [ A ] preoccupied [ B ] embarrassed [ C ] overwhelmed [ D ] counseled 68.It's usually the case that people seldom behave in a __ way when in a furious state. [ a ] stable [ B ] rational [ C ] legal [ D ] credible 69. A friendship may be __ , casual, situational or deep and lasting. [ A ] identical [ B ] original [ C ] superficial [ D ] critical 70. Our readers are comfortable with our clear, words that inform and entertain them. [ A ] conventional [ B ] concise [ C ] creative [ D ] crucial 71. By computation, he estimatedthat the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars. [ A ] coarse [ B ] rude [ C ] rough [ D ] crude 72. Children and old people (lo not like having their daily __ upset. [ A ] habit [ B ] routine [ C ] practice [ D ] custom 73. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were __ [ A ] hung [ B ] hung back [ C ] cat down [ D ] cat off 74. I tried very. hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat __ [ A ] disapproval [ B ] rejection [ C ] refusal [ D ] decline 75. Last year, thecrime rate in Chicago has sharply _-- [ A ] slipped [ B ] lessened [ C ] descended [ D ] declined 76. I could seethat my wife was __ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not. [ A ] intent on [ B ] adequate for [ C ] short of [ D ] deficient in 77. The human voice often sounds on the telephone. [ A ] twisted [ B ] irregular[ C ] distorted [ D ] deformed 78. Some people either __ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them. [ A ] violently [ B ] enthusiastically [ C ]sincerely [ D ] deliberately 79. We are __-- faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower stand-ard of living. [ A ] readily [ B ] smoothly [ C ]inevitahly [ D ] deliberately 80. Some peoplecriticize family doctors for too many medicines for minor illnesses. [ A] prescribing [ B] ordering [ C ] advising [ D] delivering。
2012年上海交通大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2012年上海交通大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Structure and V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Cloze 4. Word Formation 5. WritingStructure and V ocabulary1．Not knowing a foreign language is a(n)______to enjoying travel abroad.A．barrierB．opponentC．challengeD．limitation正确答案：A解析：名词词义辨析。
barrier“阻拦，阻碍”；opponent“对手，敌手”；challenge “挑战”；limitation“限定，限制”。
根据句意可以排除选项B、C、D。
故答案为A。
2．He______the driver who was attempting to pass for the accident.A．accusedB．chargedC．blamedD．criticized正确答案：B解析：动词词义辨析。
accuse“指控，控诉”；charge“控告，指控”；blame “处罚，责罚”；criticize“批评，分析”。
选项A一般用于accuse sb．of sth．“控告某人某事”，选项Cblame sb．for sth．“因某事处罚某人”，选项D不符合句意。
故答案为B。
3．A copyright protects authors and creators against______reproduction or use of writings and other original works of authorship for the life of the author plus 50 years.A．underminedB．unduplicatedC．unexpiredD．unauthorized正确答案：D解析：形容词词义辨析。
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上海交通大学-博士入学考试试题-英语-2001年春二OO一年春季博士生入学考试试题(Time: 180 minutes)序号：A145 试题名称：英语Part L Listening Comprehension ( 25％)Section A: Spot DictationDirections: In this section, you are going to hear a passage. The passage will he read only once. As you listen to the passage, fill in the blanks with the words you hear. After the passage, there will be a 3-minute pause. During the pause, you must write the words on the Answer Sheet.A recent university research project investigated the attitudes of postgraduate science students (1) ——the learning of English vocabulary. The results were urprising. I'll (2) ——three of them.firstly, most of the stcrdeaats think that (3)——every word ill English has just one meaning. This is, of course:, completely (4) ——to the facts. A glance at any English dictionary will show this. The student will (5) ——find seven or eight meanings listed for (6) ——'simple' words.Whv, then, have these students made such a mistake:' One reason irnay be that they're .ill (7) ——. students. Scientists try to use words ill their special subject which have one meaning, and one meaning only. Another reason., of course,could be the way in WhiCh these Student, Were They may have used vocabulary lists when they first learner! L:nglish. (M one side of the page is the word in Iaaglish-, on the other sloe, a single \ti'ord in the (Q) native language.'l°he second attitude that (10) from the findings isequally mistaken. (11) ..,..... __~ ..~ .~ all the students think that every word in English has an exact (12) -._ ._ equivalent. Again, this is far from thetrijth. Sometimes one word in Iinglish can only be translated by a (13) _... _.....~ W_. in the student's native languial c. "there are other (l4)ill translation which we won't mention here. (:ertainly the idea of a one word for one word translation (15) _ ...~ _-._. is completely false. Translation machines, which tried to work on this (16}failed completely.The third result'of the investigation showed another (17) in the students' thinking. They believe that as soon as they know the meaning of a word, they're in a (18) ____ to use it correctly. This is untrue for any language but is perhaps particularly (19) -- for English. The student has to learn when to use a word as well as to know what it means. Some words in English mean almost the same but they can only be used in certain situations.What, then, is the best way to increase one's vocabulary? This can be answered in three words-observation, (20) -~. . and repetition.Section B: Multiple ChoiceDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear S questions. The passage and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer. Then write your choice on the Answer Slicet.21. A) It had no efFect on living cells. 13) It had effects on living cells. C) It hadeffects only on children. I)) It had effects only on adults.22. A) An increasing number of cancers in children.I3) A link between an electric current and the energy fold.C) A causal link between the power-line or device and the energy field.1)) A Small increased chance ofcancer in children living near electric power-line.23. A) 446. 13) 464. C ) 223. 1))234.24. A) Because he doesn't have enough evidence.R) Because other scientists have not studied his results yet. C.)Because he discovered no direct link between disease and electricity.D) Because the link between cancer and electricity has not yet beenproved.25. A) Health and environment.B) Electric current and the energy field. C)Electricity and cancer.D) Electrical workers and cancer.Section C: Question and AnswerDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage. The passage will be read only once. Then try to answer the following questions according to what you have heard. Remember you should write your answer on the Answer Sheet.26. Why aren't most new doctors interested in beginning work in a small town?27. Why do many small town doctors work long hours? 28. What is thegrowing problem in the United States? 29. How many new doctors did the National Health Service Corps produce in 1979?30. Whom did a hospital in Parkersprary offer a r eward o€ 5,000 dollar to?Part 11[. Vocabulary (20%),Directions: In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.31. To qualify for such a position, the native would first have to receivespecialized training, and this is——A) refused B) discouragedC) denied D) forbidden32. The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudden gust of cold wind made her——A) whirl B) shiftC) shiver D) shake33. Presently, there are nine teachers in my team, who have ——the task of teachingadvanced English to more than 500 non-English majors.A) inclined B) hesitatedC) afforded D) undertaken34. The press demands that politicians——the sources of their income.A) betray B) concealC) disclose D) renew35. Having gone through all kinds of hardships in life, he became a m with a strong——A) philosophy B) idealismC) morality D) personality36. One new ——to learning a foreign language is to study the language inits cultural context.A) approach B) solutionC) manner D) road37. To maintain public——is not only the policemen's duty but f every citizen'sresponsibility.A) custom B) confidenceC) security D) simplicity38. All was dark in the district except for a candle——through th curtains inone of houses.A) glimmering B)glitteringC) flaming D) blazing39. One of the stands——and dozens of people were either killer or injured.A) destroyed B) collapsedC) corroded D) ruined40. "Me, afraid of him?" he said with a(n) ——smile, "Not me!"A) contemptible B) amusingC) contagious D) contemptuous41. He will simply no listen to anybody; he is——to argument.A) impervious B) imperceptibleC) impassable D) blunt42. Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to beA) inquisitive B) impatientC) acquisitive D) informative43. He between life and death for a few days but then he pul:A) hovered B) lurchedC) wavered D) fluctuated44. We are prepared to satisfy all your——claimA} legitimate B) legibleC) intimate D) legislative45. There is not a Greek word which is the exact——_ of the English word ' stile'.A) equivalent B) copyC) counterpart D) meaning46. The prizes will be——at the end of the school year.A) distributed B) attributedC) granted D) contributed47. During our stay in Paris we were splendidly——by the ItalianAmbassador.A) sustained B) maintainedC) retained D) entertained48. On leaving, we thanked him most warmly for the hospitality _ to us andour friends.A) extended B) expandedC) expended D) awarded49. If the dispute is not settled in a(n) __ way soon, the two countries willcertainly go to war.A) amiable B) amicableC) inimical D) unfriendly50, If I may be so—— as to advise you, my opinion is that you should not reply to his letter.A) generous B) humbleC) proud D) bold51. If you take a(n) ——course like her you can learn English in less than twoyears.A) intensive B) extensiveC) expansive D) retentive52. After a year's hard work I think I am ——to a long holiday. 10,A) entailed B) deservedC) entitled D) satisfied53. Thousands of people ——from Greece every year to work in WestGermany.A) emigrate B) leaveC) abandon D) immigrate54, lie was a member of the Hillary——that conquered Mount Everest.A) mission B) invasionC) experiment D) expedition55. It was my sad duty to _ the news of John's death to his family.A) submit B) breakC) say D) proclaim56. He——himself as a war correspondent in Vietnam.A) discerned B) distinguishedC) discriminated D) extinguished57. She——his invitation to dinner as she was on a diet.A) inclined B) declinedC) denied D) disinclined58. He was——with attempted robbery and held in custody..A) accused B) prosecutedC) charged D) arrested59. What the witness said in court was not —— with the statement he made to thepolice.A) prevalent B) relevantC) consistent D) coincident60. Molly has always beep a(n) ——child; she becomes ill easily.A) delicate B) gloomyC) energetic D) confident61. There are some very beautifully ——glass windows in the church.A) designed B) drawnC) marked D) stained62. The man who never tries anything new is a(n)——on the wheels of progress.A) obstacle B) brakeC) break D) block63. There is a sale at Hamfridge's next week with——in alldepartments.A) decreases B) subtractionsC) reductions D) accounts64. Doctors have long known that if a patient is _ that he will recover and istreated with sympathy, his pain will often disappear.A) assumed B) assuredC) informed D) proved65: Although most birds have only a——sense of smell, they have acute vision.A} genuine.B) negativeC) negligible D) condensed66. We are sorry to say that Mary is not the very person who can be ——with either money or secret information.A）entrusted B) committedC)consigned D) assigned67. If you never review your lessons, you will only have yourself to—— ifyou fail in your examination.A) complain B) blameC) mistake D) fault68. We were four scores left behind with five minutes to go, so the game lookedcompletely ——A) irresistible B) irremissibleC} irreplaceable D) irretrievable69. Had the explosion broken out, the passagers in the plane should have been killed,for it was_——timed with the plane's take-off.A) spontaneously B) instantaneouslyC} simultaneously D) conscientiously70. The two witnesses who saw the shootings were able to——who hard fired first.A) encounter B) highlightC} testify D) identifyPart III. Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 30 points)Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and write your answer on the Answer Sheet.One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. He was standing a tthe edge of one of the tanks where several of these highly intelligent, friendly creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside hiui,and had turned on his back. He wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. But this time Elvar was too deep in the water for Sagan to reach him. Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water into the air and made a sound just like the word `More?'The astonished astronomer went -to the director of the institute and told him about the incident.`Oh, yes: That's one of the words he knows,' the director said, showing no surprise at all.Dolphins have bigger brains in proportion to their body size than humans have, andit has been known for a long time that they can make a number o€ sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster ,and much further in water than it does in air.That is why the parts of the brain that deal with sound are much better developed in dolphins than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a `language' in the real sense of the word? Scientists don't agree on this.A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure, or what we call a grammar. The grammar of a language helps to give it meaning. For example, the two questions `Who loves Mary?' and `Who does Mary love?' mean different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesn't come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is why the question `Can dolphins speak?' can't be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in ways which affect their meaning.71. The dolphin leapt into the air becauseA) Sagan had turned his backB) it was part of the game they were playingC) he wanted Sagan to scratch him againD) Sagan wanted him to do this72. When Sagan told the director about what the dolphin had done, the directorA) didn't seem to think it was unusualB) thought Sagan was jokingC) told Sagan about other words the dolphin knewD) asked him if he knew other words73. Dolphins' brains are particularly well-developed toA) help them to travel fast in waterB) arrange sounds in different structuresC) respond to different kinds of soundD) communicate with humans through sound74. The sounds we call words can be called a language only ifA) each sound has a different meaningB) each sound is different from the otherC) there is a system of writingD) they have a structure or grammar（2）Married people live "happily ever after" in fairy tales, but they do so less and less often in real life. 1, like many of my friends, got married, divorced, and remarried.I suppose, to some people, I'm a failure. After all, I broke my first solemn promise to "love and cherish until death us do part." But I feel that I'm finally a success. I learned from the mistakes I made in my first marriage. This time around, the ways my husband and I share our free time, make decisions, and deal with problems are very different.I learned, first of all, not to be a clinging vine (依赖男子的妇女) . In my first marriage, I felt the every moment we spent apart was wasted. If Ray wanted to go out to a bar with his friends to watch a football game, I felt rejected and talked him into staying home. I wouldn't accept an offer to go to a movie or join an exercise class it' it meant that Ray would be home alone. I realize now that we were often angry with each other just because we spent too much time together. In contrast, my second husband and I spend some of our tree time apart and try to have interests of our own. I have started playing racquetball at a health club, and David sometimes takes off to go to the local auto races with his friends. When we are together, we aren't bored with each other; our separate interests make us more interesting people.I learned not only to be apart sometimes but also to work together when it's time to make decisions. When Ray and I were married, I left all the important decisions to him. He decided how we would spend money, whether we should sell the car or fix it, and where to take a vacation. I know now that I went along with this so that I wouldn't have to take the responsibility when things went wrong. I could alwaysend an argument by saying, "It was your fault!" With my second marriage, I am trying to be a full partner. We ask each other's opinions on major decisions and try to compromise if we disagree. If we make the wrong choice, we're equally guilty. When we rented an apartment, for example, we both had to take the blame for not noticing the drafty windows and the "no pets" clause in our lease.Maybe the most important thing I've learned is to be a grown-up about facing problems. David and i have made a vow to face our troubles like adults. If we're mad at each other or worried and upset, we say how we feel. Rather than hide behind our own misery, we talk about the problem until we discover how to fix it. Everybody argues or has to deal with the occasional crisis, but Ray and I always reacted like children to these stormy times. I would lock myself in the spare bedroom. Ray would stalk out of the house, slam the door, and race off in the car. Then I would cry and worry till he returned.I wish that my first marriage hadn't been the place where I learned how to make a relationship work, but at least I did learn. 1 feel better now about being an independent person, about making decisions, and about facing problems. My second marriage isn't perfect, but it doesn't have the deep flaws that made the first one fall apart.75. Which of the following has contributed to the writer's divorce?A) Her former husband went out to watch football games.B) She started to play racquetball at a health club.C) They spent too much time together and got bored with each other.D) They spent so little time together that they could not talk to each other.76. It can be learned from the passage that the writer, in her first marriage,A) took less responsibility than she should for major decisionB) tool: the same responsibility as her husbandC) took more blame when things went wrongD) felt equally guilty when things went wrong77. Which of the following that the author should have said when shequarrelled with her former husband but she did not.A) "It was your fault!"B) "Maybe you're right."C) "It's none of your business."D) "It's none of my business."78. All the problems between the writer and David can be resolved becauseA) they hide their feelingsB) they lock themselves in their bedroomC) they have promised not to be mad at each otherD) they dare to face them79, The writer's second marriage is different from the first one in all the following ways exceptA) that they share their free timeB) that they make their decisions togetherC) that they talk to each otherD) that they deal with their troubles together80. The best title for the passage isA) First MarriageB) Second MarriageC) DivorceD) Perfect Marriage（3）Classified Advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising. Such groupings as"Help Wanted", "Real Estate," "Lost and Found" are made, the rate charged being less than that for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser. The reader who, is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertiser may, on this account, use a very small advertisement that would be lost if it were placed among larger advertisements in the paper.It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisementsin the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs. As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely to much extent on display type to get the reader's attention.Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is vying with others in the same group for the reader's attention. In many cases the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way the classified advertisement has in reality become a display advertisement. This is particularly true of realestate advertising.81. Classified advertising is different to display advertising becauseA) all advertisements of a certain type are grouped togetherB) it is more distinguishedC) it is more expensiveD) nowadays the classified advertisements are all of the same size82. One of the examples given of types of classified advertisement isA) house for saleB) people who are asking for helpC) people who are lostD) real antiques for sale83. What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classifiedadvertisements, according to the writer?A) They are in the frame of mind to buy anything.B) They are looking for something they need.C) They feel lost because there are so many advertisements.D) They feel the same as when they look at display advertisements.84. What does the writer say about the classified advertisements that used to be put in the papers?A) They used to be voluntary.B) They used to use display type.C) They were all the same size.D) They were more formal.85. Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance, according to thewriter?A) Because people no longer want headlines and pictures.B) Because real estate advertising is particularly truthful now.C） Because the increase in the number of such advertisements means they have to be smaller now.D) Because there are more advertisements now and more competition amongstadvertisers. .（4）Mr Abu, the laboratory attendant, came in from the adjoining store and briskly cleaned the blackboard. He was a retired African sergeant from the Army Medical Corps and was feared by the boys. If he caught any of them in any petty thieving, he offered them the choice of a hard smack on the bottom or of being reported to the science masters. Most boys chose the former as they knew the matter would end there with no long interviews, moral arguments and an entry in the conduct book.The science master, a man called Vernier, stepped in and stood on his small platform. Vernier set the experiments for the day and demonstrated them, then retired behind the "Church Times" which he read seriously in between walking quickly along the rows of laboratory benches, advising boys. It was a simple heat experiment to show that a dark surface gave out more heat by radiation than a bright surface.During the class, Vernier was called away to the telephone and Abu was not about, having retired to the lavatory for a smoke. As soon as a posted guard announced that he was out of sight, minor pandemonium ('N k) broke out. Some of the boys raided the store. The wealthier ones took rubber tubing to make catapults and to repair bicycles, and helped themselves to chemicals for developing photographic films. The poorer boys, with a more determined aim, took only things of strict commercial interst which could be sold easily in the market. They emptied stuff into bottles in their pockets. Soda for making soap, magnesium sulphate for opening medicine, salt for cooking, liquid paraffin for women's hairdressing, and fine yellow iodoform powder much in demand for sprinkling on sores. Kojo objected mildly to all this. "Oh, shut up!" a few boys said. Sorie, a huge boy who always wore a fez indoors, commanded respect and some leadership in the class. He was gently drinking his favourite mixture of diluted alcohol and bicarbonate----which he called "gin and fizz"----from a beaker. "Look here, Kojo, you are getting out of hand. What do you think our parents pay taxes and school fees for? For us to enjoy----or to buy a new car every year for Simpson? " The other boys laughed.Simpson was the European headmaster, feared by the small boys, adored by the boys in the middle school, and liked, in a critical fashion, with reservations, by some of the senior boys and African masters. He had a passion for new motor-cars, buying one yearly."Come to think of it," Sorie continued to Kojo, "you must take something yourself, then we'll know we are safe," "Yes, you must," the other boys insisted. Kojo gave in and, unwillingly, took a little nitrate for some gunpowder experiments which he was carrying out at home. "Someone!" the look-out called.The boys ran back to their seats in a moment. Sorie washed out his mouth, at the sink with some water. Mr Abu, the laboratory attendant, entered andobserved the innocent expression on the faces of the whole class. He lookedround fiercely and suspiciously, and then sniffed the air. It was a physicsexperiment, but the place smelled chemical. However, Vemier came in then.After asking if anyone was in difficulties, and finding that no one could in amoment think up anything, he retired to his chair and settled down to anarticle on Christian reunion.86, The boys were afraid of Mr Abu becauseA) he had been an Army sergeant and had military ideas of disciplineB) he reported them to the Science masters whenever he caught them pettythievingC) he was cruelD) he believed in strict discipline87. When the boys were caught petty thieving, they usually chose to be beatenby Mr Abu becauseA) he gave them only one hard smack instead of the six from their teachersB) they did not want to get a bad reputation with their teachersC) they were afraid of their science mastersD) his punishment was quicker than their teachers'88. Some boys took chemicals like soda and iodoform powder becauseA) they liked to set up stalls in the marked and sell things, like tradersB) they were too poor to buy things like soap and medicineC) they wanted money and could sell such things quicklyD) they needed things like soap and medicine for sores89. A big difference between Kojo and Sorie was thatA) Kojo took chemicals for some useful experiment but Sorie only wasted hisin making an alcoholic drink.B) Sorie was rich but Kojo was poorC) Kojo had a guilty conscience but Sorie did notD) when Kojo objected. Sorie proved that what they were doing was reasonable90. On entering the laboratory, Mr Abu was immediately suspicious becauseA) the whole class was looking so innocentB) he was a suspicious man by natureC) there was no teacher in the roomD) he could smell chemicals and he knew it was a physics lesson ,（5）Alison closed the door of her small flat and put down her briefcase. As usual, she had brought some work home from the travel agency. She wanted to have a quick bite to eat and then, after spending a few hours working, she was looking forward to watching television or listening to some music:.She was just about to start preparing her dinner when there was a knock at the door. `Uli, no! Who on earth could that be?' she muttered to herself. She went to the door and opened it just wide enough to see who it was. A man of about sixty was standing there. It took her a moment before she realized who he was. He lived in the flat below. They had passed each other on the stairs once or twice, and had nodded to each other but never really spoken.`Uh, sorry to bother you, but ...uh...there's something I'd like to talk to you about,' he mumbled. He had a long, thin face and two big front teeth that made himlook rather like a rabbit. Alison hesitated, but then, opening the door wide, asked him to come in. It was then that she noticed the dog. She hated dogs----particularly big ones. This one was a very old, very fat bulldog. The man had already bone into her small living-room and, without being asked, he sat down on the sofa. The dog followed him in and climbed up on the sofa next to him, breathing heavily. She stared at it. It stared back.The man coughed. `Uh, do you mind if I smoke?' he asked. Before she could ask him not to, he had taken out a cigarette and lit it.`I'll tell you why I've come. I ...I hope you won't be offended but, well ...,' he began and then stopped. Suddenly his face went red. His whole body began to shake. Then another cough exploded from somewhere deep inside him. Still coughing, he took out a grey, dirty-looking handkerchief and spat into it. Afterwards he put the cigarette back into his mouth and inhaled deeply. As he did so, some ash fell on the carpet.The man looked around the room. He seemed to have forgotten what he wanted to say. Alison glanced at her watch and wondered when he would get to the point. She waited.'Nice place you've got here,' he said at last.91. How do you think Alison felt when she heard the knock at the door?A) Afraid .B) Irritated.C) Pleased. D) Curious.92. Who was the man at the door?A) Someone from work.B) A friend who needed advice.C) A complete stranger.D) A neighbour she hardly knew.93. What do you think Alison said to herself when she saw the dog?。
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2015 年全国医学博士外语统-入学考试英语试题1 请考生首先将自己的姓名、所在考点、准考证号在试卷一答题纸和试卷二标准答题卡上认真填写清楚，并按”考场指令”要求，将准考证号在标准答题卡上划好。
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国家医学考试中心PAPERONEPart 1 : Listening comprehension (30%)Section ADirections: In this section you will hear fifteen short conversations between two speakers, At the end of each conversation，you will hear a question about what is said，The question will be read only once, After you hear the question，read the four possibleanswers marked A, B, C, and D。
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考博英语(词汇)历年真题试卷汇编20.doc
考博英语(词汇)历年真题试卷汇编20.doc－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－考博英语（词汇）历年真题试卷汇编20(总分：50.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、Structure and Vocabu(总题数：25，分数：50.00)1.It was difficult to see through the ______ fog.（分数：2.00）A.denseB.crowded/doc/ea9fb3a30640be1e650e52ea551810a6f424c811.htmlpressedD.condensed2.Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which ______ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.（分数：2.00）A.deprivesB.restrictsC.rejectsD.denies3.A large shop is divided into______.（分数：2.00）A.divisionsB.sectionsC.departmentsD.categories4.Despite technical progress, food production is still completely______on weather.（分数：2.00）A.reliableB.dependableC.dependentD.inseparable5.He claims that advertising today tends to portray women in traditional roles such as cooking or taking care of the baby.(2004年中国人民大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.depictB.advocateC.criticizeD.analyze6.Baroque has been the term used by art historian for almost a century to______ the dominant style of the period 1600~1750. (2004年西南财经大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.determineB.designateC.deviseD.depict7.Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is ______ in commercials.(2006年中南大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.permeatedB.allegedC.depictedD.drafted8.He knew that the area's rich plant life had been severely______by the huge herds of cows grazing the land.(2013年3月中国科学院考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.depletedB.decomposedC.corrupted9.When the headmaster is away the ______headmaster looks after the school for him.（分数：2.00）A.juniorB.deputyC.authoritativeD.dignified10.I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may still be______ from it.（分数：2.00）A.derivedB.extractedC.abstractedD.adapted11.Advanced mammals such as monkeys, apes and humans have brains ______ from ancestors that took to living in the trees.(2004年武汉大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.derivedB.progressedC.terminatedD.advanced12.On turning round the comer we saw the road______ steeply.（分数：2.00）A.fallingB.decreasingC.descendingD.lowering13.I want to talk about all these points in______order of importance.(2002年武汉大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.decliningB.descendingC.plungingD.falling14.His employer ______ him as lacking in initiative and drive.（分数：2.00）A.accountedB.ascribed/doc/ea9fb3a30640be1e650e52ea551810a6f424c811.htmlmentedD.described15.The soldiers who______ from the army were severely punished.（分数：2.00）A.desertedB.leftC.betrayedD.stayed16.They are taught by their superiors that a soldier who______his post in time of war is to be shot.(2002年厦门大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.desertsB.deflectsC.detainsD.threw17.I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I ______a rest.（分数：2.00）A.deserveB.preferC.entitle18.The school has been ______ as the meeting place for the evening art club.(2007年中国矿业大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.designedB.designatedC.divertedD.diagnosed19.We're moving to a more ______ neighborhood.（分数：2.00）A.desirousB.desirableC.preferableD.respectful20.Alone in London, without friends, work or money, Shelley fell into______.（分数：2.00）A.despairB.disappointmentC.dissatisfactionD.disgust21.If you call the 911 emergency number, they will______ firemen, policemen, and paramedics immediately.(2002年中国社会科学院考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.assignB.detachC.attachD.dispatch22.A______man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.（分数：2.00）A.distressedB.wretchedC.miserableD.desperate23.We travel from our starting point to our______.（分数：2.00）A.endB.conclusionC.destinationD.terminal24.The bus moved slowly in the thick fog. We arrived al our______ almost two hours later.(2003年上海交通大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.designationB.destinyC.destinationD.dignity25.He was______ to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age.(2003年清华大学考博试题)（分数：2.00）A.deducedB.dampedC.diminishedD.destined感谢阅读，欢迎大家下载使用！。
上海交通大学考博英语真题及答案
上海交通大学考博英语真题及答案Part II vocabularysection A31.There was no_____but to close the road until February.A.dilemmaB.denyingC.alternativeD.doubt32.I______when I heard that my grandfather had died.A.fell apartB.fell awayC.fell outD.fall back33.I’m_____passing a new law that helps poor children get better medicine.A.taking advantage ofB.standing up forC.looking up toD.taking hold of34.In front of the platform,the students were talking with the professor over the quizzes oftheir_____subjects.pulsorypulsiveC.alternativeD.predominant35.The tutor tells the undergraduates that one can acquire____in a foreign language through morepractice.A.proficiencyB.efficiencyC.efficacyD.frequency36.The teacher explained the new lesson_____to the students.A.at randomB.at a lossC.at lengthD.at hand37.I shall ___the loss of my reading-glasses in newspaper with a reward for the finder. A.advertisermC.announceD.publish38.The poor nutrition in the early stages of infancy can ___adult growth. A.degenerateB.deteriorateC.boostD.retard39.She had a terrible accident,but___she was’t killed.A.at all eventsB.in the long runC.at largeD.in vain40.His weak chest___him to winter illness .A.predictsB.preoccupiesC.prevailsD.predisposesSection B41.The company was losing money,so they had to lay off some of its employees for three months.A.oweB.dismissC.recruitD.summon42.The north American states agrreed to sign the agreement of economical and military union inOttawa.A.conventionB.convictionC.contradictionD.confrontation43 The statue would be perfect but for a few small defects in its base.A.faultsB.weaknessesC.flawsD.errors44.When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days.John was startlingly pale. A.amazinglyB.astonishinglyC.uniquelyD.dramatically45.If you want to set up a company,you must comply with the regulations laid down by theauthorities.A.abide byB.work outC.check outD.succumb to46.The school master applauded the girl’s bravery in his opening speech.A.praiseB.appraisedC.cheeredD.clapped47.The local government leaders are making every effort to tackle the problem of poverty.A.abolishB.addressC.extinguishD.encounter48.This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.A.intelligentprehensivepetentprehensible49.Reading a book and listening to music simultaneously seems to be mo problem for them.A.intermittentlyB.constantlyC.concurrentlyD.continuously50.He was given a laptop computer in acknowledgement of his work for the company.A.accomplishmentB.recognitionC.apprehensionmitmentPart III CloseIn Mr.Allen’s high school class,all students have to “get married”.However,the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but 51 .These mock ceremonies sometimes become so 52 that the loud laughter drowns out the voive of the “minister”.Even the two students getting married often begin to giggle.The teacher Mr. Allen,believes that marriage is a difficult and serious business.He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that 53 take place after marriage.He believes that the need for these psychological and financial 54 should be understood before people marry.Mr.Allen does’t only introduce his students to major problems 55 in marriage such as illness or unemployment.He also expose them to nitty-gritty problems they will face every day.He wants to introduce young people to all the trials and 56 that can strain a marriage to the breaking point .He even 57 his students with the problems of divorced men must pay child support money for their wives.It has been upsetting for some of the students to see the problems that a married couple often faces. 58 they took the course,they had not worried much about the problems of marriage.However,both students and parents feel that Mr.Allen’s course is valuable and have 59 the course publicly.There statements and letters supporting the class have, 60 the school to offer the course again,51. A.duplications B.imitations C.assumption D.fantasies52. A.noisy B.artificial C.graceful D.real53. A.might B.would C.must D.need54. A.issues B.adjustments C.matters D.expectancies55. A.to face B.facing C.having faced D.faced56. A.tribulations B.errors C.triumphs D.verdicts57. rms B.concerns C. triumphs D.associates58. A.Until B.Before C.After D.As.59. A.taken B.suggested C.endorsed D.reproched60. A.confined B.convinced promised D.conceivedpassage oneWhy do people always want to get up and dance when they hear music? The usual explanation is that there is something embeded in every culture-----that dancing is a “cul tural universal”. A researcher in Manchester thingks the impulse may be more deeply rooted than that.He says it may be a reflex reaction.Neil Todd,a psychologist at the University of Manchester. told the BA that he first got an inkling that biology was the key after watching people dance to deafeningly loud music.“There is a compulsion about it.”he says.He reckoned there might be a more direct,biological,explanation for the disre to dance,so he started to look at the inner ear.The human ear has two main functions:hearing and maintaining balance.The standard view is that these tasks are segregated so that organs for balance,for insance,do not have an acoustic function.But Todd says animal studies have shown that the sacculus,which is part of the balance---regulating vestibular system,has retain some sensitivity to sound.The sacculus is especially sensitive to extremely loud noise,above 70 decibel.“There’s no question that in a contemporary dance environment,the sacculus will be stimulated.”says Todd.The av erage rave,he says,blares music at a painful 110 to 140 decibels.But no one really knows what an acoustically stimulated sacculus does.Todd speculates that listening to ex tremely loud music is a form of “vestibular self-stimulation”:it gives a he ightened sensation of motion. “We don’t know exactly why it causes pleasure.”he says.”But we know that people go to extraordinary length to get it.”He list bungee jumping,playing on swings or even rocking to and fro in a rocking chair as other example of pursuits designed to stimulate the sacculus.The same pulsing that makes us feel as though we are moving may make us get up and dances as well,says Todd.Loud music sends signals to the inner ear which may prompt reflex movement. “The typical pulse rate of dance musi c is around the rate of locomo tion.”he says,“It’s quite possible you’re triggering a spinal reflex.”61.The passage begins with______A. a new explanation of musicB. a cultural universal questionedC. a common psychological abnormalityD. a deep insight into human physical movenents62.What intrigued Todd was ______A.human instinct reflexesB.people’s biological heritagesC.people’s compulsion about loud musicD.the damages loud music wrecks on human hearing63.Todd’s biological e xplanation for the desire to dance refers to_____A.the mechanism of hearing soundsB.the response evoked from the sacculusC.the two main functions performed by the human earD.the segregation of the hearing and balance maintaining function64.When the sacculus is acoustically stimulated,according to Todd_____A.functional balance will be maintained in the earB.pleasure will be arousedC.decibel will shoot upD.hearing will occur65.What is the passage mainly about?A.The human ear does more than hearing than expcted.B.Dancing is capable of heighten the sensation of hearingC.Loud music stimulates the inner ear and generates the urge to danceD.The human inner ear does more to help hear than to help maintain balance.passage 2Have you switch off your compter? How about your television? Your video? Your CD player? And even your coffee percolator? Really switched them off,not just pressed the button on some conrtol panel and left your machine with a telltale bright red light warning you that it is ready to jump back to life at your command?Because if you haven’t,you are one of the guilty people who help pollute the planet.It does’t matter if you’ve joined the neighborhood recycling scheme,conscientiously sorted your garbage and avoided driving to work.You still can’t sleep easy while just one of those little red lights is glowing in the dark.The awful truth is that household and office electrical appliances left on stand-by mode are gobbling up energy,even though they are doing absolutely nothing.Some electronic products-----such as CD players----can use almost as much energy on stand-by as they do when running.Others may use a lot less,but as your video player spend far more hours on stand-by than playing anything,the wastage soon adds up.In the US.alone,idle electronic devices consume enough energy to power cities with the energy needs of Chicago or London----costing consumers around ＄1 billion a year.Power stations fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide just to do absolutely nothing.Thoughtless design is partly responseble for the waste.But manufactures only get away with desinging products that waste energy this way because consumers are not sensitive enough to the issue,indeed,while recycling has caught the public imagination ,reducing waste has attracted much less attention.But “source reduction”,as the garbage experts like to call the art of not using what you don’t need to use,offers enormous potential for reducing waste of all kinds.With a little intelligent shopping,you can cut waste long before you reach the end of the chain.Packaging remains the big villain.One of the hidden consequences of buying products grown or made all around the world,rather than produced locally,is the huge amount of packaging.To help cut the waste and encourage intelligent manufacturers the simplest trick is to look for ultra-light package.The same arguments apply to the very light but strong plastic bottles that are replacing heavier glass alternatives,thin-walled aluminum cans,and cartons made of composites that wrap up anything drinkable in an ultra-light package.There are hundreds of other tricks you can discuss with colleagues while gathering around the proverbial water cooler—filling up,naturally,your own mug rather than a disposable plastic cup.But you don’t need to go as far as one website which tells you how to give your friends unwrapped Christmas presents.There are limits to source correctness.66. Fron the first two paragraphs,the author implies that______A.hitch has made life easy everywhereB.nobody seems to be innocent in polluting the planetC.recycling can potentially control environmental deteriorationD.everybody is joining the global battle against pollution in one way or another67.The waste caused by household and office electrical appliances on stand-by mode seemsto_____A.be a long-standing indoor problemB.cause nothing but troubleC.get exaggeratedD.go unnoticed68.By idle electronic devices,the author means those appliances_____A.left on stand-by modeB.filling the atmosphere with carbon dioxideed by those who are mot energy-conscioused by those whose words spesk louder than actions69.Ultra-light packaging______A.is expected to reduce American waste bu one-thirdB.is an illustration of what is called “source reduction”C.can make both manufacturers and consumers intelligentD.is a villain of what the garnage experts call “source reduction”70.The conclusion the author is trying to draw is that______A.one person cannot win the battle against pollutionB.anybody can pick up tricks of environmental protection on the webC.noybody can be absolutely right in all the tricks of environmental protectionD.anybody can present or learn a trick of cutting down what is not neededpassage 3You can have too much of a good thing,it seems---at least when it comes to physiotherapy after a stroke. Many doctors believe that it is the key to recovery:exetcising a partially paralyzed limb can help the brain “rewire”itself and replace neural co nnections destroyed by a clot in the brain.But the latest animal experiments suggest that too much exercise too soon after a brain injury can make the damage worse. “It’s something that clinicians are not aware of,”says Timothy Schallert of the University at Austin,who led the research.In some trials,stroke victims asked to put their good arm in a sling---to force them to use their partially paralyzed limb---had made much better recoveries than those who used their good arm. But these patients were treated many months after their strokes.Earlier intervention,Schallert reasoned,should lead to even more dramatic improvements.To test this theory,Schallert and his colleagues placed tiny casts on the good forelimbs of rats for two weeks immediately after they were given a small brain injury that partially paralyzed one forelimb.Several weeks later, the researchers were astonished to find that brain tissue surruouding the original injury had also died. “The size of the injury doubled. It’s very dramatic effect.”says Schallert.Brain-injured rats that were not forced to overuse their partially paralyzed limbs showed no similar damage,and the casts did not cause a dramatic loss of brain tissue in animals that had not already suffered minor brain damage.In subsequent experiments,the researchers have found that the critical period for exercise-induced damage in rats is the first week after the initial brain injury.The spreading brain damage witnessed by Schaller’s team was probably caused by the releaseof glutamate,a neurotransmitter,from brain cells stimulated during limb movement.At high doses,glutamate is toxic even to healthy nerve cells.And Schallert believes that a brain injury makes neighboring cells unusually susceptible to the neurotransmitter’s toxic effects.Randolph Nudo of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,who studies brain injury in primates,agrees that glutamate is the most likely culprit.In experiments with squirrel monkeys suffering from stroke-like damage,Nudo tried beginning rehabilitation within five days of injury.Although the treatment was bebeficial in the long run,Nudo noticed an initial worsening of the paralysis that might also have been due to brain damage brought on by exercise.Schallert stresses that mild exercise is likely to be beneficial however soon it begins.He adds that it is unclear whether human victims of strokes,like brain -injured rats,could make their problems worse by exercising too vigorously,too soon.Some clinics do encourage patients to begin physiotherapy within a few weeks of suffering a traumatic head injury or stroke,says David Hovda,director of brain injury research at the University of California,Los Angeles.But even if humans do have a similar period of vulnerability to rat,he speculates that it might be possible to use drugs to block the effects of glutamate.71. Schallert issued a warning to those who____A.believe in the possibility of rewiring the brainB.are ignorant of physiotherapy in the clinicC.add exercise to partially paralyzed limbsD.are on the verge of a stroke72.Which of the following is Schallert’s hypothesis for his investigation.?A.Earlier intervention should lead to even more dramatic improvements.B.The critical period for braim damage is one week after injury.C.A partially paralyzed limb can cause brain damagesD.Physiotherapy is the key to brain recovery.73.The results from Schallert’s rese arch____A.reinforced the singificance of physiotherapy after a strokeB.indicated the fault with his experiment designC.turned out the oppsiteD.verified his hypothesis74.The results made Schallert’s team aware of the fact that____A.glutamate can have toxic efforts on healthy nerve cellsB.exercise can boost the release of glutamateC.glutamate is a neurotransmitterD. all of the above75.Schallert would probably advise clinicians____A.to administer drugs to blick the effects of glutamateB.to be watchful of the amount of exercise for stroke victimsC.to prescribe vigorous exercise to stroke vivtims one week after injuryD.to reconsider the significance of phusiotherapy to brain damagePssage FourOur understanding of cities in anything more than casual terms usually starts with observationsof their spatial form and structure at some point or cross-section in time.This is easiest way to begin,for it is hard to assemble data on how cities change through time,and, in any case,our perceptions often betray us into thinking of spatial structures as being resilient and long lasting.Even where physical change is very rapid,this only has an impact on us when we visit such places infrequent －ly ,after years away. Most of our urban theory,whether it emanates from the social sciences or engineering,is structured around the notion that spatial and spatial and social structures change slowly,and are sufficiently inert for us to infer reasonable explanations from cross-sectional studies.In recent years,these assumptions have come to be challenged,and in previous editorials I have argued the need for a more temporal emphasis to our theories and models,where the emphasis is no longer on equilibrium but on the intrinsic dynamics of urban change.Even these views,however,imply a conventional wisdom where the real focus of urban studies is on processes that lead to comparatively slow changes in urban organization,where the functions determining such change are very largely routine,accomplished over months or years,rather than any lesser cycle of time.There is a tacit assumption that longer term change subsumes routine change on a day-to-day or hour-basis,which is seen as simply supporting the fixed spatial infrastructures that we perceive cities to be built around .Transportation modeling,for example,is fashioned from thes standpoint in that routine trip-making behavior is the focus of study,its explanation being central to the notion that apatial structures are inert and long lasting.76.We ,according to the passage,tend to observe citiesA.chronologicallyB.longitudinallyC.sporadicallyD.horizontally77.we think about a city as____A.a spatial eventB.a symbolica worldC.a social environmentD.an intertelated system78.Cross-sectional studies show that cities ____A.are structured in three dimensiosB.are transformed rapidly in any aspectC.are resilient and long lasting rhrougy timeD.change slowly in spatial and social structrues79.The author is drawing our attention to ____A.the equilibrium of urban spatial structuresB.the intrinsic dynamics of urban changeC.the fixed spatial infrastructureD.all of the above80.The conventional notion,the aurhor contends,____A.presents the inherent nature of a cityB.underlies the fixed spatial infrastructuresC.places an emphasis on lesser cycles of timeD.hinders the physical change of urban structurePassane fiveWhen it is sunny in June,my father gets in his first cutting of hay.He starts on the creek meadows,which are flat,sandy,and hot.They are his driest land.This year,vacationing from my medical practice,I returned to Vermont to help with the haying.The heft of a bale through my leather gloves is familiar:the tautness of the twine,the heave ofthe bale,the sweat rivers that run through the hay chaff on my arms.This work has the smell of sweet grass and breeze.I walk behind the chug and clack of the baler,moving the bales into piles so my brother can do the real work of picking them up later.As hot as the air is,my face is hotter.I am surprised at how soon I get tired.I take a break and sit in the shade,watching my father bale,trying not to think about how old he is,how the heat affects his heart,what might happen.This is not my usual work,of course.My usual work is to sit with patients and listen to them.Occasionslly I touch them,and am glad that my hands are soft.I don’t think my patients would like farmer callouses and dirty hands on their tender spots.Reluctantly I feel for lumps in breasts and testicles,hidden swellings of organs and joints,and probe all the painful places in my patients’lives.There are many,Perhaps I am too soft,could stand callouses of a different sort.I feel heavy after a day’s work ,as if my pat ients were inside me,letting me carry them.I don’t mean to.But where do I put their stories? The childhood beatings,ulcers from stress, incapacitating depression,fears,illness? These are not my experiences,yet I feel them and carry them with me.Try to find healthier meanings,I spent the week before vacation crying.The hay field is getting organized.Piles of three and four bales are scattered around the field.They will be easy to pick up.Dad climbs,tired and lame,from the tractor.I hand him a jar of ice w ater,and he looks with satisfaction on his job just done.I’ll stack a few more bales snd maybe drive the truck for my brother.My father will have some appreciative customers this winter,as he sells his bales of hay.I’ve needed to feel this heaviness in my muscles,the heat on my face.I am taunted by the simplicity of this work,the purpose and results,the definite boundaries of the fields,the dimensions of the bales,for illness is not defined by the boundaries of bodies;it spills into families ,homes, schools,and my office,like hay tumbling over the edge of the cutter bar.I feel the rough stubble left in its wake.I need to remember the stories I’ve helped reshape,new meanings stacked against the despair of pain,I need to remember the smell of hay in June.81.Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?A.The muscular work in the field has an emotional impact on the narrator.B.The narrator gets tired easily working in the field.C.It is the first time for the narroator to do hayingD.The narrator is as physician82.In retrospection ,the narrator___A.feels guilty before his father and brotherB.defends his soft hands in a meaningful wayC.hates losing his muscular power before he knows itD.is shamed for the farmer callouses he does not possess83.As a physician,the narrator is ___A.empathicB.arrogantC.callousD.fragile84.His associations punctuate_____A.the similarities between medicine and agricultureB.the simplicity of muscular workC.the hardship of life everywhereD.the nature of medical practice85.The narrator would say that____A.it can do physicians good to spend a vacation doing muscular workB.everything is interlinked and anything can be anythingC.he is a shame to his fatherD.his trip is worth itPassage SixEveryone has seen it happen,A colleague who has been excited,involved,and productive slowly begins to pull back,lose energy and interest,and becomes a shadow or his or her former self.Or,a person who has been a beacon of vision and idealism retreats into despair or cynicism.What happened? How does someone who is capable and committed become a person who functions minimally and does not seem to care for the job or the people that work there?Burnout is a chronic state of depleted energy ,lack of commitment and involvement,and continual frustration,often accompanied at work by physical symptoms,disability claims and performance problem.Job burnout is a crisis of spirit,when work that was once exciting and meaningful becomes deadening. An organization’s mo st valuable resource---the energy ,dedication,and creativity of its employees---is often squandered by a climate that limits or frustrates the pool of talent and energy available.Milder forms of burnout are a problem at every level in every type of work.The burned-out manager comes to work,but he brings a shell rather than a person.He experiences little satisfaction,and feels uninvolved,detached,and uncommitted to his work and co-workers.While he may be effective by external standards,he works far below his own level of productivity. The people around him are deeply affected by his attitude and energy level,and the whole community begins to suffer.Burnout is a crisis of the spirit because people who burn out were once on fire.It’s especially scary …………….some of the most talented .If they can’t maintain their fire,others ask who can? Are these people lost forever,or can the inner flame be rekindled? People often feel that burnout just comes upon them and that they are helpless victims of it. Actually,the evidence is growing that there were ways for individuals to safeguard and renew their spirit,snd more important,there are ways for organizations to change conditions that lead to burnout.86.The passage begins with____A.a personal transitionB.a contrast between two types of peopleC.a shift from conformity to individualityD.a mysterious physical and mental state87.Which of the following is related with the crisis of spirit?A.Emotional exhaustionB.DepersonalizationC.Reduced personal accomplishmentD.All of the above88.Job burnout is a crisis of spirit,which will result in ___A.a personal problemB.diminished productivityC.an economic crisis in a countryD.a failure to establish a pool of talent and energy89.Burnout can be ___A.fatalB.staticC.infectiousD.permanent90.Those who are burned-out,according to the passage,are potentially able___A.to find a quick fixB.to restore what they have lostC.to be aware of their status quoD.to challenge their organization A.B.C.D. A.B.C.D. A.B.C.D.。
上海交通大学临床基础B2015年考博真题试卷
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2015年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试题
考试科目：临床基础B 注意：所有答案一律写在答题纸上，写在试题纸上或其他地方一律不给分。 一、名词解释： 遗传性受体病
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疾病 氧化应激 凋亡（英文） 肝肾综合征（英文） 纤维修复 肺肉质变 间变 透壁性心肌梗死 膜性肾 病生就两个英文 病理无英文 简答题： 病生 1. 上皮细胞间充质转化的定义，特点和意义 2. 肾病造成高血压的原因 3. 高低动力性休克的血动力学异同点 病理 1. AS的斑块硬化期的镜下表现 2. 慢性萎缩性胃炎的特点及恶变机制 3. 肿瘤异型性与分化程度的关系，有哪些表现。 选择题：各占25道， 有紧紧考察定义的，也有相对综合一点的，综合去年的真题，个人感觉病理选 择题参照贺银成的西综视频准备单，比较基本，复习到了就会，没看到就很难
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上海交通大学考博英语2009年真题_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
上海交通大学考博英语2009年真题(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)Part Ⅰ VocabularyDirections: There are 40 incomplete sentences in the part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that **pletes the sentence. Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1.Without outside ______ China"s advertising cannot really mature and obtain a foothold in the global ads market.SSS_SINGLE_SELA prestigeB consumptionC pressureD controversy分值: 0.5答案:D[解析] 名词词义辨析。
prestige“威望，声望”；consumption“消费，耗费”；pressure“压力，压迫”；controversy“争论；争战”。
根据句意，耍想mature and obtain a foothold，就必须有controversy。
故答案为D。
2.Our program is different ______ it stresses the technical skills that business and industry seek as they incorporate the internet intotheir enterprise systems.SSS_SINGLE_SELA now thatB in thatC in caseD regardless of分值: 0.5答案:B[解析] 逻辑关系。
2015年全国医学统考考博博士英语真题与答案
2015年全国医学统考考博博士英语真题与答案目录医学考博英语历年真题 (2)2015年全国医学博士英语统一入学考试试卷 (2)2015年全国医学博士英语统一入学考试试题答案 (17)2015年全国医学博士外语统一考试英语试卷录音原文 (19)医学考博英语历年真题2015年全国医学博士英语统一入学考试试卷Part I Listening Comprehension(30%)Section ADirections:I n this section you will hear fifteen short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation,you will hear a question about what is said.The question will be read only once.After you hear the question,read the four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.Listen to the following example.You will hear:Woman:I fell faint.Man:No wonder You haven't had a bite all day.Question:What's the matter with the woman?You will read:A.She is sick.B.She is bitten by an ant.C.She is hungry.D.She spilled her paint.Here C is the right answer.Sample AnswerA B●D Now let's begin with question number1.1. A.How to deal with his sleeping problem. B.The cause of his sleeping problem.C.What follows his insomnia.D.The severity of his medical problem.2. A.To take the medicine for a longer time. B.T o discontinue the medication.C.To come to see her again.D.To switch to other medications.3. A.To tale it easy and continue to work. B.To take a sick leave.C.To keep away from work.D.To have a follow-up.4. A.Fullness in the stomach. B.Occasional stomachache.C.Stomach distention.D.Frequent belches.5. A.extremely severe. B.Not very severe.C.More severe than expected.D.It's hard to say.6. A.He has lost some weight. B.He has gained a lot.C.He needs to exercise more.D.He is still overweight.7. A.She is giving the man an injection. B.She is listening to the man's heart.C.She is feeling the man's pulse.D.She is helping the man stop shivering.8. A.In the gym. B.In the office.C.In the clinic.D.In the boat.9. A.Diarrhea. B.Vomiting.C.Nausea.D.A cold.10. A.She has developed allergies. B.She doesn't know what allergies are.C.She doesn't have any allergies.D.She has allergies treated already.11. A.Listen to music. B.Read magazines.C.Go play tennis.D.Stay in the house.12. A.She isn't feeling well. B.She is under pressure.C.She doesn't like the weatherD.She is feeling relieved.13. A.Michael's wife was ill B.Michael's daughter was ill.C.Michael's daughter gave birth to twins.D.Michael was hospitalized for a check-up.14. A.She is absent-minded. B.She is in high spirits.C.She is indifferent.D.She is compassionate.15. A.Ten years ago. B.Five years ago.C.Fifteen years ago.D.Several weeks ago.Section BDirections:In this section you will hear one conversation and two passages'after each of which,you will hear five questions.After each question,read the four possible answers marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best answer and mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.Dialogue16. A.A blood test. B.A gastroscopy.C.A chest X-ray exam.D.A barium X-ray test.17. A.To lose some weight. B.To take a few more tests.C.To sleep on three pillows.D.To eat smaller,lighter meals.18. A.Potato chips. B.Chicken. C.Cereal. D.fish.19. A.Ulcer B.Cancer C.Depression. D.Hernia.20. A.He will try the diet the doctor recommended.B.He will ask for a sick leave and relax at home.C.He will take the medicine the doctor prescribed.D.He will take a few more tests to rule out cancer.Passage One21. A.A new concept of diabetes.B.The definition of Type1and Type2diabetes.C.The new management of diabetics in the hospital.D.The new development of non-perishable insulin pills.22. A.Because it vaporizes easily.B.Because it becomes overactive easily.C.Because it is usually in injection form.D.Because it is not stable above40degrees Fahrenheit.23. A.The diabetics can be cured without taking synthetic insulin any longer.B.The findings provide insight into how insulin works.C.Insulin can be more stable than it is now.D.Insulin can be produced naturally.24. A.It is stable at room temperature for several years.B.It is administered directly into the bloodstream。
华慧上海交通大学考博英语完型填空题型介绍
上交大考博英语完形填空题型介绍及专项训练完型填空题型主要测试考生对语篇的理解能力和实际运用语言的能力。
它需要考生综合考虑短文的内容安排、结构组织、内在逻辑及语言特色，主要测试内容为词汇辨析、习惯用法、固定搭配、语法结构、逻辑推理等方面的知识和运用能力。
完型填空的考点和词汇题类似，只是考察形式不一样，完型填空不仅要求牢固掌握词汇，还要求考生在语篇理解的基础上拥有良好的整体把握能力。
完型填空题型通常以一篇题材熟悉、难度适中的短文（约300词）为基础，主要以下列三种方式考查考生英语水平（空白数量仅供参考）。
1）有选项完型：文章中留有10-20个空白，要求考生从所给出的四个选择项中选择最佳答案，选择项主要包括单词，短语。
2）选词填空：章中留有15个空白，然后在文章后面附上20个单词，要求考生从中选择15个恰当的词填入空白处，有时侯需要将填入的单词根据时态和语态进行正确的变形。
3）无选项完型：在一篇约250词的文中中，留有10个空白，要求考生就所给篇章中的空白处填入最佳的词或短语，并且每个空白都不提供选项。
上海交通大学考博英语完形填空专项训练及参考答案Exercise TwoAmusable of Rockefeller University in New York，US says the key renewable(可再生的) energy sources，including sun，wind and bibfuls, would all require vast amounts of land developed up to large scale production—unlike nuclear power. That land would be far better__1__alone，he says. Renewable look__2__when they are quite small. But if we start producing renewable energy on a large__3__, thefallout(结果)is going to be horrible.Amusable draws his conclusions by analyzing the amount of energy that renewable natural gas and nuclei(原子核)can__4__in terms of power per square meter of land used. Moreover，he claims that__5__renewable energy use increases this measure of efficiency wail decrease as the best land for wind，bibfuls，and solar power gets used up.Solar power is much more__6__than bibful in used but it wouldstill__7__150 square kilometers terms of the area of land of photovoltaic(光电的) cells to match the energy production of the 1 000 MW nuclear plant. in another example, he says___8___ the 2005 US electricity demand via wind need 780，000 square kilometers，an areathe___9___of Texas power alone would However，several experts are highly critical of Amusable’s__10___.John Turner of the US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory says that even if the US got all of its___11___ from solar energy, it would still need less than half the amount of land that has been __12___ highways. Further，it need not __13__up additional land. The US could get a quarter of its energy just from covering rooftops of existing buildings，he says According to Turner，the same“dual use”also__14__to wind power. footprint for wind is only 5%of the land that it __15__ . Farmers can still farm the land that the turbines are on.1. A left B owned C held D bought2. A fresh B costly C attractive D dirty3. A number B scale C partD extent4. A reduce B increase C consume D produce5. A since B as C because D until6. A effective B important C special D efficient7. A require B show C collect D discover8. A making B Keeping C meeting D creating9. A form B size C region D scope10. A conclusions B decisions C solutions D modifications11. A force B volume C control D power12. A to B in C for D on13. A give B take C set D turn14. A applies B adapts C relates D appeals15. A touches B faces C covers D holds【参考答案】1-5:ACBDB6-10:CACBA11-15:DCBAC【华慧考博独家解析】-详细解析请购买《华慧中科院考博英语一本通》-联系QQ：4006224468上海交通大学考博英语备考专题2016年上海交通大学考博英语VIP保过班-全程1对1辅导考上交大更轻松！2016年上海交通大学考博英语协议全程班-5次1对1辅导考上交大更轻松！2016年上海交通大学考博英语系统全程班-考上交大更轻松！华慧上海交通大学上交大考博英语一本通含独家历年试题答案解析上海交通大学/上交大考博英语历年真题汇总蓝色下划线部分请（按住Ctrl+鼠标单击打开）考博咨询QQ：4006224468考博资料分享QQ群：16731818关注华慧考博微信编辑推荐：考博英语辅导班：/classroom?t=1113.0考博英语专题/kaoboyingyu.html考博英语怎么复习？/yingyu_fuxi.html 考博英语真题汇总专题/kaobo_zhenti. html2016医学考博专题/yixue_kaobo.html。
2022年考研考博-考博英语-上海交通大学考试全真模拟易错、难点剖析AB卷(带答案)试题号：93
2022年考研考博-考博英语-上海交通大学考试全真模拟易错、难点剖析AB卷（带答案）一.综合题(共15题)1.案例题Feeling stressed out lately? Has the doctor said he cannot find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the （1）equipment there show that there is nothing wrong.Then consider this, you might be in a （2） of sub-health. Sub-health, also called the third state, is （3） as a borderline slate between health and disease. According to an investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 per cent of subhealthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management （4） as well as students around exam-time. This may be due to their heightened （5） to stress. Symptoms include a （6） of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia, agitation and （7）memory. Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.According to some medical experts, the （8） to preventing and recovering from sub-health is to form good living habits. （9） work with rest, exercise regularly, and take part in （10）air activities will all help.As for meals, people are （11）to eat less salt and sugar. They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and fish because they are rich in nutritious （12） , such as vitamins, which are （13） to the body.Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause （14） changes in the digestive tract. They also say that a （15） diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health.Directions: Choose one appropriate word from the following word bank to fill in the blanks numbered from 1 to 15 in the passage below, Change the word form where necessary. Remember the bank contains some extra words that may not be used in filling any of the blanks. Write the words in their correct forms with the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.position define forgetful fancy key balance importanceunhealthy lack subject open plenty exposure alternateelement state require poor advis e indispensable【答案】1. fancy 2.state 3. defined 4.position 5.exposure6. lack7. poor8. key9. alternate 10. open11. advised 12. elements 13. indispensable 14. unhealthy 15. balanced【解析】1.根据句意可知，这里需要填入一个形容词来修饰医院的设备，据常识推断，医院的设备都是很昂贵的，fancy有昂贵的意思。
考博英语词汇历年真题试卷汇编57_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
考博英语（词汇）历年真题试卷汇编57(总分50, 做题时间90分钟)1. Structure and Vocabulary1.**ing of the railways in the 1830s______our society and economic life.SSS_SINGLE_SELA transmittedB transportedC transferredD transformed分值: 2答案:D解析：transform(into)vt．改造，改善；使改观；变换，使变样(transform an old house into a showplace；transform heat into power；transform sb．into a responsible person)。
transmit vt．传送，传递，输送；播送，发射。
transport vt.运输，运送。
transfer vt.转移，转换；调动。
2.These technological advances in communication have______ the way people do business.(2006年厦门大学考博试题)SSS_SINGLE_SELA revoltedB adoptedC representedD transformed分值: 2答案:D解析：通信方面的技术进步改变了人们经商的方式。
四个选项中，revolted的意思是“反抗，起义，反叛”；adopted的意思是“采用，收养”：represented的意思是“表现，描绘，声称，象征”：transformed的意思是“转换，改变，改造，使……变形”。
根据题意，D项为正确答案。
3.Planning our vocation we must take the frequent ______ of the weather into consideration.(2008年四川大学考博试题)SSS_SINGLE_SELA transformationB transmissionC transactionD transition分值: 2答案:A解析：transaction交易，处理；transition过度，转变。
2018年上海交通大学博士入学考试英语回忆版附答案
2018 年上海交通大学博士入学考试英语（回想版：附阅读答案）其大作文题目为：大学是硬件重要仍是闻名学者重要？作文波及内容为： Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should spend more money in improving facilities (e.g. libraries and computer labs) than hiring famous teachers.作文字数要求为：300 字左右。
passage 6Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion ， it sorted out people and land uses ， and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion ， the omnibuses， horse railways ， commuter trains ， and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant form city centers than they werein the premodern era. In 1850 ， for example ， the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles fromthe old business district; by the turn of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now thosewho could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there forwork ， shopping ， and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know asurban sprawl. Between 1890 and 1920， for example ， some 250，000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago ， most of them located in outlying areas. Over the same period ，another 550 ， 000 were plotted outside the city limits but within the metropolitan area. Anxiousto take advantage of the possibilities of commuting，real estate developers added 800，000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years–lots that could have housed five to six million people.Of course ， many were never occupied; land around Chicago and other cities.there was always a huge surplus ofThese excesses underscore a featuresubdivided，but vacant ，of residential expansionrelated to the growth of mass transportation：urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or tofuture landlandnearusers. Those who purchasedor outside city bordersand preparedwhere transitland forlinesresidential purposes ， particularly andmiddle-class inhabitants wereanticipated ， did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a prime exampleof this process. Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster than population growth.1.With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?[A]Types of mass transportation.[B]Instability of urban life.[C]How supply and demand determine land use.[D] The effect of mass transportation on urban expansion.2.Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?[A]To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth.[B]To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation.[C]To show mass transportation changed many cities.[D]To contrast their rate of growth.3.According to the passage，what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?[A]It was expensive.[B]It happened too slowly.[C]It was unplanned.[D]It created a demand for public transportation.4. The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city，[A]that is large.[B]that is used as a model for land development.[C]where the development of land exceeded population growth.[D]with an excellent mass transportation system.Passage 5 Antarctica and EnvironmentAntarctica has actually become a kind of space station - a unique observation post for detecting important changes in the world’s environment. Remote from major sources of pollution and thecomplex geological and ecological systems that prevail elsewhere，Antarctica makes possiblescientific measurements that are often sharper and easier to interpret than those made in otherparts of the world.Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a distant-early-warning sensor ， where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north. One promising field of investigation is glaciology. Scholars from the United States ， Switzerland ， and France are pursuing seven separate but related projects that reflect their concern for the health ofthe West Antarctic Ice Sheet - a concern they believe the world at large should share.The Transantarctic Mountain ， some of them more than 14 ，000 feet high ， divide the continentinto two very different regions. The part of the continent to the “ east ” of the mountains isa high plateau covered by an ice sheet nearly two miles thick. “West” of the mountain ， the half of the continent south of the Americas is also covered by an ice sheet ， but there the ice rests on rock that is mostly well below sea level. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared ，the western part of the continent would be reduced to a sparse cluster of island.While ice and snow are obviously central to many environmental experiments ， others focus on the mysterious “dry valley ” of Antarctica ， valleys that contain little ice or snow even in thedepths of winter. Slashed through the mountains of southern Victoria Land ， these valleys once held enormous glaciers that descended 9 ， 000 feet from the polar plateau to the Ross Sea. Nowthe glaciers are gone ， perhaps a casualty of the global warming trend during the 10 ，000 years since the ice age. Even the snow that falls in the dry valleys is blasted out by vicious windsthat roars down from the polar plateau to the sea. Left bare are spectacular gorges ， rippled fields of sand dunes ， clusters of boulders sculptured into fantastic shapes by 100-mile-an-hour winds ， and an aura of extraterrestrial desolation.Despite the unearthly aspect of the dry valleys ， some scientists believe they may carry a message of hope of the verdant parts of the earth. Some scientists believe that in some cases the dryvalleys may soak up pollutants faster than pollutants enter them.1. What is the best title for this passage?[A] Antarctica and environmental Problems.[B]Antarctica：Earth’ s Early-Warning station.[C]Antarctica ： a Unique Observation Post.[D]Antarctica ： a Mysterious Place.2.What would the result be if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared?[A] The western part of the continent would be disappeared.[B] The western part of the continent would be reduced.[C] The western part of the continent would become scattered Islands.[D] The western part of the continent would be reduced to a cluster of Islands.3. Why are the Dry Valleys left bare?[A] Vicious wind blasts the snow away.[B] It rarely snows.[C] Because of the global warming trend and fierce wind.[D] Sand dunes.4. Which of the following is true?[A]The “Dry Valleys ” have nothing left inside.[B]The “Dry Valleys ” never held glaciers.[C]The “Dry Valleys ” may carry a message of hope for the verdant.[D]The “Dry Valleys ” are useless to scientists.5.the meaning of an aura of extraterrestrial desolation我记得有一个选项中含有bleak 这个单词，答案应当是这个应译为：与地球水火不容的一种荒芜隔断的氛围或与世隔断的一种荒芜氛围。
上海交通大学2001-2004历年考博英语试题
武汉大学2004年博士研究生入学考试试题Part ⅠReading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:All types of stress study, whether under laboratory or real-life situations, study mechanisms for increasing the arousal level of the brain.The brain blood flow studies show that reciting the days of the week and months of the year increases blood flow in appropriate areas, whereas problem solving which demands intense concentration of a reasoning type produces much larger changes in the distribution of blood in the brain.Between these basic studies of brain function and real life situations there is still a considerable gap, but reasonable deduction seems possible to try and understand what happens to the brain. Life consists of a series of events which may be related to work or to our so-called leisure time. Work may be relatively automatic—as with typing, for instance, it requires intense concentration and repetition during the learning phase to establish a pattern in the brain. Then the typist's fingers automatically move to hit the appropriate keys as she reads the words on the copy. ？However, when she gets tired she makes mistakes much more frequently. To overcome this she has to raise her level of arousal and concentration but beyond a certain point the automatic is lost and thinking about hitting the keys leads to more mistakes.Other jobs involve intense concentration such as holding bottles of wine up to a strong light and turning them upside down to look for particles of dirt falling down. This sounds quite easy but experience teaches that workers can do this for only about thirty minutes before they start making a mistake. This is partly because the number of occasions with dirt in the bottle is low and the arousal level, therefore, fails. Scientists have shown that devices to raise arousal level will increase the accuracy of looking for relatively rare events. A recent study of the effect of loss of sleep in young doctors showed that in tests involving a challenge to their medical judgment when short of sleep they raised their arousal level and became better at tests of grammatical reasoning as well.1. According to the brain blood flow studies, problem solving ________.A. increases blood flow in some areas of the brainB. causes changes in the distribution of blood in the brainC. demands intense concentration of blood in certain areasD. is based on the ability to recite the time2. The author believes that ________.A. the results obtained in the laboratory exactly reflects the real-life situationsB. the gap between the laboratory studies and real-life situations is too large to fill upC. the gap between the laboratory studies and real-life situations can be closed by proper reasoningD. the difference between the laboratory studies and real-life situations will be reduced3. When a typist gets tired, ________.A. she has to try hard to raise her automaticB. she can type only automaticallyC. she cannot think about what she is doing.D. she can seldom type automatically4. Examining bottles of wine is hard work because ________.A. the bottles must be held upside downB. it is difficult to see the particles of dirt？C. it requires high level of automaticD. most bottles are all right5. According to the author, a key factor in the ability to reason is ________. ？？？？？？A. the subject's knowledge of grammarB. the amount of sleep the subject has hadC. the level of arousal of the subjectD. the extent to which the subject has been taught to reasonQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. ？The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning “increase”. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called sub basra, meaning “under the spear”, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hides, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. The auction rooms at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York are world famous.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold？together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price tha goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a hight price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice that a seller will fix a “reserve” price, that is ,a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop a “knock out”, whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as theonly bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a “knock-out” comes off ,the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.6. A candle used to burn at auction sales ________.A. because they took place at nightB. as a signal for the crowd to gatherC. to keep the auctioneer warmD. to limit the time when offers could be made7. An auction catalogue gives prospective buyers ________.A. the current market values of the goodsB. details of the goods to be soldC. the order in which goods must be soldD. free admission to the auction sale8. The auctioneer may decide to sell the “lots” out of order because ________. ？？A. he sometimes wants to confuse the buyersB. he knows from experience that certain people will want to buy certain itemsC. he wants to keep certain people waitingD. he wants to reduce the number of buyers9. An auctioneer likes to get high prices for the goods he sells because ________.A. then he earns more himselfB. the dealers are pleasedC. the auction-rooms become world famousD. it keeps the customers interested10. A “knock out”？is arranged ________.A. to keep the price in the auction room lowB. to allow one dealer only to make a profitC. to increase the auctioneer's profitD. to help the auctioneerQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Whenever two or more unusual traits or situations are found in the same place, it is tempting to look for more than a coincidental relationship between them. The high Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau certainly have extraordinary physical characteristics and the cultures which are found there are also unusual, though not unique. However there is no intention of adopting Montesquieu's view of climate and soil as cultural determinants. The ecology of a region merely poses some of the problems faced by the inhabitants of the region, and while the problems facing a culture are important to its development, they do not determine it.？The appearance of the Himalayas during the late Tertiary Period and the accompanying further raising of the previously established rages had a marked effect on the climate of the region. Primarily, of course, it blocked the Indian monsoon (季风) from reaching Central Asia at all. Secondarily, air and moisture from other？？Directions were also reduced.Prior to the raising of the Himalayas, the land now forming the Tibetan uplands had a dry, continental climate with vegetation and animal life similar to that of much of the rest of the region on the same parallel, but somewhat differen than that of the areas farther north, which were already drier. With the coming of the Himalayas and the relatively sudden drying out of the region, there was a severe thinning out of the animal and plant population. The ensuing incompletePleistocene glaciations (冰蚀) had a further thinning effect, but significantly did not wipe out life in the area. Thus after the end of the glaciation there were only a few varieties of life extant from the original continental species. Isolated by the Kunlun range from the Tarim basin and Turfan depression, species which had already adapted to the dry steppe climate, and would otherwise have been expected to flourish in Tibetan, the remaining native fauna and flora (动植物) multiplied. Armand describes the Tibetan fauna as not having great variety, but being “striking” in the abundance of the particular species that are present. The plant life is similarly limited in variety, with some observers finding no more than seventy varieties of plants in even the relatively fertile Eastern Tibetan valleys. with fewer than ten food crops. Tibetan “tea” is a major staple, perhaps replacing the unavailable vegetables.The difficulties of living in an environment at once dry and cold. and populated with species more usually found in more hospitable climates, are great. These difficulties may well have influenced the unusual polyandrous (一妻多夫制) societies typical of the region. Lattimore sees the maintenance of multiple-husband households as being preserved from earlier forms by the harsh conditions of the Tibetan uplands, which permitted no experimentation and “froze” the cultures which came there. Kawakita, on the other hand, sees the polyandry as a way of easily permitting the best householder to become the head husband regardless of age. His detailed studies of the Bhotea village of Tsumje do seem to support this idea of polyandry as a method of talent mobility is a situation where even the best talent is barely enought for survival.In sum, though arguments can be made that a pre-existing polyandrous system was strengthened and preserved (insofar as it has been) by the rigors of the land, it would certainly be an overstatement to lay causative factors of any stronger nature to the ecological influences in this case.11. What are the “unusual traits or situations” referred to in the first sentence?A. Patterns of animal and plant growth.B. Food and food preparation patterns of the upland Tibetans.C. Social and familial organization of typical Tibetan society.D. All of the above.12. The purpose of the passage is to ________.A. analyze the possible causal links between Tibetan ecology and societyB. describe the social organization of typical Tibetan villagesC. describe Tibetan fauna and floraD. analyze the mysteries of the sudden appearance of the Himalayas13. The author 's knowledge of Tibet is probably ________.A. based on firsthand experienceB. the result of lifelong studiesC. derived from books onlyD. limited to geological history14. According to the passage, which of the following would probably be the most agreeable to Montesquieu?A. All regions have different soils and thus, different cultures.B. some regions with similar climates will have similar cultures.C. Cultures in the same area, sharing soil and climate, will be essentially identical.D. The plants of a country, by being the food of its people, cause the people to have similar viewsto one another.15. The species of fauna and flora remaining in Tibet after the Pleistocene glaciation can properly be called continental because they ________.A. are originally found in continental climatesB. are the only life forms in Tibet, which is as big as a continentC. have been found in other parts of the Asian continentD. are found in land mass that used to be a separate continentQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:Opponents of affirmative action say the battle over the use of race in college admissions is hardly over, despite the Supreme Court's ruling Monday upholding the goal of a diverse student body. Higher education leaders overwhelmingly hailed the decision, saying it reaffirmed policies used by most selective colleges and universities. But some critics raised the possibility of more lawsuits, and promised to continue pressuring the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to investigate questionable policies.“We're talking about admissions programs, scholarships, any program...only for minorities or in which the standards used to judge admissions are substantially different,” says Linda Chavez, founder and president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative non-profit group.Others say they'll take their case to voters. “We have to seriously contest all this at the ballot box,” says University of California regent Ward Cannerly, who helped win voter approval of California's Proposition 209, which prohibits considering race or gender in public education, hiring and contracting. Because of that law, Monday's ruling had no practical impact in the state. “It may be time for us to...let the (Michigan) voters decide if they want to use race as a factor in admissions,” Connerly said Monday.Meanwhile, U. S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, consistent with President Bush's stance opposing affirmative action, said the Department of Education will “continue examining and highlighting effective race-neutral approaches to ensure broad access to and diversity within our public institutions”. Even Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor, in one of the opinions, recommended that states look for lessons in race-neutral programs being tried in California and elsewhere. While the ruling said admissions officials may consider race in the selection process, colleges and universities are not obligated to do so. “Ultimately in the debate, diversity is a choice, not a legal mandate,” says Arthur Coleman, a former Department of Education official who now helps colleges and universities ensure constitutional policies.The public, too, remains conflicted, largely along racial lines. According to a january poll by the non-profit research organization Public Agenda, 79% of Americans said it is important for colleges to have a racially diverse student body, while just 54% said affirmative action programs should continue. In a Gallup poll conducted days before the ruling, 49% of adults said they favor affirmative action and 43% did not, with blacks and Hispanics far more likely to favor the practice than whites. And some educators doubt that with Monday's ruling, those opposing affirmative action will change their minds.For now, admissions officials and university lawyers are poring over the ruling to determine how or whether to adjust policies. While most tend to be closed-mouthed about admissions policies, many say they don't expect significant changes.16. What the critics said in the first paragraph amounts to the idea that ________.A. no admission policies based on race should be implemented.B. minority applicants should be given favorable considerations.C. different standards for admitting minority students should be set up.D. selective colleges and universities should be punished for their discriminatory policies.17. Connerly insists that the Court's ruling should ________.A. win approval from Californian voters before it is put in effectB. be contested by the Michigan voters with an opinion pollC. be applied in some states before it is extended to other statesD. produce the intended practical effect before it is widely accepted18. What is the attitude of the Department of Education towards affirmative action?A. NeutralityB. ObjectionC. ApprovalD. Indifference19. Which of the following is True about affirmative action according to the text?A. A vast majority of people support it.？B. The minorities claim it to be a discriminatory policy.C. The minority students are more likely to welcome it.D. the Court's decision will certainly change people's attitude to it.20. It can be inferred from the text that one of the major objectives of affirmative action is to ________.A. ensure race-neutral programs are set up in college and universitiesB. adapt the Supreme Court's ruling to college situationsC. formulate the right policies for college admissionsD. discourage the practice of racial discrimination in college admissionsPart ⅡEnglish-Chinese Translation (25%)？Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.Computers are permeating almost every aspect of our lives, including many areas previously untouched by technology. 1. But unlike such other pervasive technologies as electricity, television and the motor car, computers are on the whole less reliable and less predictable in their behavior. This is because they are discrete state digital electronic devices that are prone to total and catastrophic failure. Computer systems, when they are “down,” are completely down, unlike electromechanical devices, which may be only partially down and are thus partially usable. Computers enable enormous quantities of information to be stored, retrieved, and transmitted at great speed on a scale not possible before. 2. This is all very well, but it has serious implications for data security and personal privacy because computers are inherently insecure. The recent activities of hackers and data thieves in the United States, Germany, and Britain have shown how all-too-easy it still is to break into even the most-sophisticated financial and military systems. The list of scares perpetrated by the new breed of hi-tech criminals, ranging from fraud in airline-ticket reservations to the reprogramming of the chips inside mobile phones, is growing daily. Computer systems are often incredibly complex-so complex, in fact, that they are not always understood even by their creators (although few are willing to admit it). This often makes them completely unmanageable. Unmanageable complexity, can result in massive foul-ups or spectacular budget “runaways.” For example, Jeffrey Rothfeder in Business Week reports thatBank of America in 1988 had to abandon a $ 20-million computer system after spending five years and a further $ 60 million trying to make it work. Allstate Insurance saw the cost of its new system rise from $ 8 million to a staggering $ 100 million and estimated completion was delayed from 1987 to 1903. Moreover, the problem seems to be getting worse: in 1988 the American Arbitration. Association took on 190 computer disputes, most of which involved defective systems. The claims totaled 200m i l l i o n—up from only $ 31 million in 1984.3. Complexity can also result in disaster: no computer is 100 percent guaranteed because it is virtually impossible to anticipate all sorts of critical applications, such as saving lives, flying air craft, running nuclear power stations, transferring vast sums of money, and controlling missile systems—sometimes with tragic consequences. For example, between 1982 and 1987, some twenty-two servicemen died in five separate crashes of the United States Air Force's sophisticated Blackhawk helicopter before the problem was traced to its computer-based “fly-by-wire” system. At least two people died after receiving overdoses of radiation emitted by the computerized. There are 25 X-ray machines, and there are many other examples of fatal computer-based foul-ups. Popular areas for less life-threatening computer malfunctions include telephone billing and telephone switching software, bank statements and bank-teller machines, electronic funds-transfer systems, and motor-vehicle license data bases. Although computers have often taken the “blame” on these occasions, the ultimate cause of failure in most cases is, in fact, human error.Every new technology creates new problems—as well as new benefits--for society, and computers are no exception. 4. But digital computers have rendered society especially vulnerable to hardware and software malfunctions. Sometimes industrial robots go crazy, while heart pacemakers and automatic garage door openers are rendered useless by electromagnetic radiation or “electronic smog” emitted from point-of-sale terminals, personal computers, and video games. Automated teller machines (ATMs) and pumps at gas stations are closed down because of unforeseen software snafus.The cost of all this downtime is huge. 5. For example, it has been reported that British businesses suffer around thirty major mishaps a year. revolving losses running into millions of pounds. These are caused by machine or human error and do not include human misuse in the form of fraud and sabotage. The cost of failures in domestically produced software in the United Kingdom alone is conservatively estimated at $ 900 million per year. In 1989, a British Computer Society committee, reported that much software was now so complex that current skills in safety assessment were inadequate and that therefore the safety of people could not be guaranteed.Part Ⅲ？？Chinese-English Translation (25%)？Directions: Translate the following short paragraph into English and write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.1. 一位负责扶贫工作的官员说，到２００４年底，尽管大多数贫困人口将解决温饱问题，还将有一些生活极端贫困的人们，他们还需要政府的资助。
上海交通大学英语水平考试样题及答案
上海交通大学英语水平考试样题学生姓名：________________ 年级：____________学号：学号： _____________ 班级代号：_______________ 考试地点: 授课教师：授课教师： Part I Listening （40％）Section 1 Long Conversations （10％）Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear five questions. Both the conversations and the questions will will be be be spoken spoken spoken ONLY ONLY ONLY ONCE. ONCE. ONCE. After After After you you you hear hear hear a a a question, question, question, you you must must choose choose choose the the the best best answer from the four choices.(注意：请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理) Conversation 1 1. A) It is exaggerated. B) It is self-important. C) It is a move toward the concepts she teaches. D) It doesn’t give a clear idea of what the department does . 2. A) S he didn’t agree with him . B) It illustrates one of her basic ideas. C) The man was an expert on people management. D) It shows how some people do not understand people management. 3. A) Worrying can cause needless stress. B) It is important to remember other things as well. C) They can stop you thinking about more basic things. D) We can’t solve them, so there’s no point in worrying.4. A) Completely. B) In no way at all. C) With respect to relationships. D) With respect to professional questions. 5. A) By giving them a written warning. B) By sacking people who break the rules. C) By following organizational procedures. D) By understanding the employee’s personal circumstances . passage twice.work," said Denise Denise Harris. Harris. Harris. "I still "I still get get seizures. seizures. So So now, now, now, when they remove when they remove the part that the seizure is 2) ____________ from, it's supposed to stop." But while Harris i s is is in the in the hospital, she is also helping helping scientists scientists scientists understand how understand how the brain comprehends and uses uses language. language. For For the study the study , , researchers are researchers are monitoring the the implanted implanted implanted 3) 3) ____________ ____________ on on on a a a part part of of the the the frontal frontal frontal lobe lobe lobe called called called Broca's Broca's Broca's area, area, named after 19th century French physician Pierre Paul Broca. He was the first doctor to recognize the major role of that area in language. Through the implant process, called Intra-cranial Electrophysiology Electrophysiology, or ICE, the , or ICE, the researchers researchers have have have found that found that Broca's area processes three different language language functions functions in 4) ____________ –––– within a quarter of a second. within a quarter of a second. It is the first time the technique has been used to document how the brain processes grammar and produces words.Eric Halgren of the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, is one of the 5) ____________ investigators of the study . "What "What we we we were were were able able able to to to find find find was was was that that that within within within a a a centimeter, centimeter, centimeter, around around around less less less than than than an an inch, certainly, and probably half an inch, there were different regions - perhaps they 6) ____________ ____________ some some some –––– but but they they they were were were doing, doing, doing, at at at different different different times, times, times, different different different processes, processes, all within this small area." The The first first first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context i n a sentence, and the in a sentence, and the third third lets lets lets us 7) ____________ the word by us 7) ____________ the word by speaking. Harvard University brain expert Steven Pinker is another of the study's authors. Ned Ned Sahin, Sahin, Sahin, a a a 8) 8) 8) ____________ ____________ ____________ fellow fellow fellow at at at Harvard Harvard Harvard and and and the the the University University University of of California, San Diego, School of Medicine was the first author of the paper outlining the work, which was published in the journal Science . According to Sahin, 9)___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________. "Nearly every introductory introductory textbook as textbook as well as people practicing in in the the the field field field in in speech pathology , , for for for instance, instance, instance, teach and believe that 10) ______________________ teach and believe that 10) ______________________ ____________________________________________________________________ _______________ –– Broca's area and Wernicke's area, where Broca's area is responsible responsible for for for producing, producing, producing, for for for speaking, speaking, speaking, and and and Wernicke's Wernicke's Wernicke's for for for comprehending," comprehending," comprehending," said said Sahin. This study shows that Broca's area is involved in both speaking and comprehension, illustrating that parts of the brain perform more than one task."Here's "Here's an an an example example example of of of one one one relatively relatively relatively small small small part part part of of of the the the brain brain brain that's that's that's doing doing doing three three very different things at three different times, but all within the space of a quarter of a second." But Eric Halgren points out that despite our growing knowledge, much about the human brain remains unknown. "How does this h unk of hunk of flesh, which is not much different from a muscle muscle –––––– it's it's just a bowl of porridge –––– how does it produce the mind? how does it produce the mind? It's a total mystery". He says 11) ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________. ONLY ONCE.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) It is no coincidence that the relationship between our countries has accompanied a period of positive change. ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) 4) And And yet yet the the the success success success of of that that engagement engagement engagement depends depends upon understanding -- -- on on sustaining sustaining an an an open open open dialogue, dialogue, dialogue, and and learning about about one one one another another and from from one one another. For just as that American table tennis player pointed out, we share much in common as human beings, but our countries are different in certain ways. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) 5) For For For a a a variety variety variety of of of reasons, reasons, reasons, production production production of of of the the the H1N1 H1N1 H1N1 vaccine vaccine vaccine has has has lagged lagged lagged behind behind demand. demand. The The The vaccine vaccine vaccine for the so-called swine for the so-called swine flu flu is is is made made made in in in the the the same way as same way as the seasonal flu vaccine - in chicken eggs. But the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the goal is to perfect new ways to make a vaccine. "What "What we we we really really really want want want to to to do do do is is is get get get away away away from from from that that that and and and get get get it it it to to to be be be 21st 21st 21st century century technology technology - - - molecular molecular molecular biology biology biology, , , recombinant recombinant recombinant DNA DNA DNA technology technology technology, , , where where where you you you have have very very good good good control control control over over over the the the process. process. process. It's It's It's rapid, rapid, rapid, it's it's it's consistent, consistent, consistent, and and and it it it proves proves proves to to to be be something something that that that we we we can can can rely rely rely on." on." on." _____________________________________ _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Part II Integrated Reading (30%)Section 1 Banked Cloze (10%)Directions: In this section, there is a a passagepassage with ten blanks. You are required tochoices. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Give your answers to the questions on your ANSWER popular connect favorite race affect compare decrease deprivation act out signify effect derive increase major concludeY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Attention: For questions 1-7, one more point will be deducted if youdo n’t an swer each one correctly.(注意: 1-7题中每答错一题倒扣1分, 不答不得分,答对得1分; 请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Who are smarter, m en or women? It's a topic of common men or women? It's a topic of common –––– and often comic and often comic –– contemplation, but it has also become a serious policy issue issue for colleges and students for colleges and students in the United States. After After years years years of of of concentrated concentrated concentrated effort effort effort to to to raise raise raise the the the academic academic academic achievement achievement achievement of of of girls, girls, who who in previous decades in previous decades h ad often received had often received l ess attention less attention in the classroom a nd been and been steered away from college-prep courses, the nation can brag that female students have progressed tremendously. Though still underrepresented in calculus and other advanced-level science and math courses in high school, women now outnumber men applying to and g raduating graduating graduating from college from college –––– so so much so that that it appears some colleges it appears some colleges are giving male applicants an admissions boost. As a result, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is examining whether colleges are engaging in widespread discrimination against women in an effort to balance their male and female populations. Consider Consider some some some of of of the the the numbers numbers numbers at at at leading leading leading schools: schools: schools: At At At Vassar Vassar Vassar College College College in in in New New York State, State, a a formerly all-women's all-women's college college college that that is is still still still 60% 60% female, female, more more more than than two-thirds of the applicants last last year year year were women. were women. The college accepted 35% of the men who applied, compared with 20% of the women. women. Locally, elite Pomona College Locally, elite Pomona College accepted accepted 21% 21% 21% of of of male male male applicants applicants applicants for for for this this this year's year's year's freshman freshman freshman class, class, class, but but but only only only 13% 13% 13% of of female female applicants. applicants. applicants. At At At Virginia's Virginia's Virginia's College College College of of of William William William & & & Mary, Mary, Mary, 7,652 7,652 7,652 women women women applied applied for this year's year's freshman class, compared freshman class, compared w ith 4,457 with 4,457 male applicants. Yet the numbers of of each each each who who who gained gained gained admittance admittance admittance were were were nearly nearly nearly the the the same. same. same. That's That's That's because because because the the the college college accepted 45% of the men and only 27% of the women. A A 2007 2007 2007 analysis analysis analysis by by U.S. News & World Report , , based based based on on on the the the data data data sent sent sent by by colleges for the magazine's annual rankings, found that the admissions rate for women averaged 13 percentage points lower lower than that than that for for men. But percentages don't men. But percentages don't tell tell the the whole whole story. story. story. It It It could could could be be that that the the the men men men were were were stronger stronger stronger candidates, candidates, candidates, or or or they they they might might might have have applied applied in in in areas areas areas of of of engineering engineering engineering and and and science science science where where where women's women's women's numbers numbers numbers are are are still still still lower. lower. But But such such such justifications, justifications, justifications, even even even if if if true, true, true, are are are unlikely unlikely unlikely to to to fully fully fully explain explain explain these these these numbers. numbers. numbers. At At schools schools such as the University of California, where admissions rely overwhelmingly such as the University of California, where admissions rely overwhelmingly on on statistical statistical statistical measures measures measures of of of academic academic academic achievement achievement achievement such such such as as as grades grades grades and and and test test test scores, scores, scores, the the disparities disparities don't don't don't appear. appear. appear. Far Far Far more more more women women women than than than men men men applied applied applied to to to UCLA UCLA UCLA –––– the the UC's UC's most selective campus –– last year. The university accepted about the same percentage of each, with a slight edge to the women. As a result, result, the the the freshman class freshman class has close to 800 more women than men. In recent years, several college leaders have admitted that their institutions give a boost boost to to to male male male applicants applicants applicants to to to maintain maintain maintain gender gender gender balance balance balance on on on campus. campus. campus. Most Most Most students students students of of either sex, they point out, prefer such balance. If Vassar accepted equal percentages of each sex, women would outnumber men by more than 2 to 1. Jennifer Jennifer Delahunty Delahunty Delahunty Britz, the dean of admissions at Kenyon College Britz, the dean of admissions at Kenyon College in Ohio, a formerly all-male school, brought the matter to broad public attention in 2006 with an Op-Ed Op-Ed article article article for for for the the New York Times describing describing the the the dilemma dilemma dilemma of of of her her her admissions admissions office. "What "What messages messages messages are are are we we we sending sending sending young young young women women women that that that they they they must . . . must . . . be be even even more more accomplished accomplished accomplished than than than men men men to to to gain gain gain admission admission admission to to to the the the nation's nation's nation's top top top colleges?" colleges?" NewYork Times has long long favored allowing colleges to favored allowing colleges to use race as an admissions factor factor in in order to diversify student populations. She also wrote t hat exposure that exposure to people of different backgrounds and viewpoints better better educates educates educates all all all students students students –––– not not just just just those those those given given given a a a leg leg leg up. up. up. We We We are are are not not not in in in favor favor favor of of accepting accepting underqualified underqualified underqualified or or or clearly clearly clearly inferior inferior inferior students students students for for for the the the sake sake sake of of of diversity. diversity. diversity. But But most colleges are inundated with applications from students who more than meet their standards; the differences among many of them are slight. It makes sense for colleges to to pick pick pick a a a balanced balanced balanced population population population from from from within within within this this this group. group. group. At At At the the the same same same time, time, time, admissions admissions officers should avoid rigid notions of what constitutes enough men on campus. It's not harming harming UCLA, UCLA, UCLA, or or or destroying destroying destroying college college college social social social life, life, life, to to admit admit somewhat somewhat somewhat more more more women women than men. Even Even if if if the the the Civil Civil Civil Rights Rights Rights Commission Commission Commission finds finds finds pervasive pervasive pervasive gender gender gender discrimination discrimination discrimination in in admissions, there's little it could do about the situation. Such discrimination –––– though though not racial discrimination –––– is legal for undergraduate admissions at private, nonprofit is legal for undergraduate admissions at private, nonprofit colleges, colleges, even even even those those those that that that receive receive receive federal federal federal funding. funding. funding. Commission Commission Commission documents documents documents on on on the the inquiry suggest that colleges could find more "gender-neutral" ways of balancing their student student numbers, numbers, numbers, perhaps perhaps perhaps by by by offering offering offering programs programs programs and and and extracurricular extracurricular extracurricular activities activities activities that that attract men. Those Those might might might work work work for for for some some some schools schools schools but but but won't won't won't change change change the the the overall overall overall scenario. scenario. scenario. Not Not with with college college college populations populations populations composed composed composed of of of 57% 57% 57% women women women nationwide. nationwide. nationwide. The The The issue issue issue we'd we'd we'd like like the Commission on Civil Rights to investigate is: What's happening with the education education of of of U.S. U.S. U.S. boys? boys? boys? Why Why Why are are are so so so few few few of of of them them them applying applying applying to to to and and and graduating graduating graduating from from college? Theories Theories and and and arguments arguments arguments abound. abound. abound. Some Some Some say say say that that that boys boys boys are are are more more more active active active and and and thus thus less able to sit still for long periods –––– and as a result, more likely to be categorized as and as a result, more likely to be categorized as having having attention deficit attention deficit / / hyperactivity disorder or needing special hyperactivity disorder or needing special education. A 2008 study by researchers at Northwestern University found that when girls are involved in a language-related task –––– such as reading such as reading –––– they show they show more activity in areas of the brain brain involved involved involved in in in encoding encoding encoding language. language. language. Boys Boys Boys use use use more more more sensory sensory sensory information information information to to to do do linguistic tasks. The study suggests boys might do better if they were taught language and arts in different ways. ways. Race Race Race is a is a factor as well. well. The The The gender gender gender gap gap gap is starker is starker among African American and Latino students. There There may be may be no one reason –––– or solution. But or solution. But figuring out ways ways to to to help boys help boys achieve in school is a better response to the gender gap than making it easier for them to get into college later. 1. As a result of the effort to raise the academic achievement of the girls for years, the girls girls have exceeded boys have exceeded boys t remendously tremendously tremendously in all courses in all courses in colleges except c alculus and calculus and other advanced-level science and math courses. 2. 2. Female Female Female students students students are are are facing facing facing the the the low low low admission admission admission rate rate rate because because because some some some colleges colleges colleges are are engaging engaging in in in discrimination discrimination discrimination against against against women women women to to to achieve achieve achieve the the the balance balance balance of of of their their their male male male and and female populations. 3. 3. Although Although Although the the the men men men were were were traditionally traditionally traditionally considered considered considered stronger stronger stronger candidates candidates candidates in in in areas areas areas of of engineering and science, t he admission the admission rate rate for for for men men men in these areas in these areas is still lower lower than than that for women. 4. Women have outnumbered men men in in in gaining gaining gaining admittance admittance admittance in in in UCLA UCLA UCLA’’s freshman class this this year year year because because because their their their admissions admissions admissions greatly greatly greatly rely rely rely on on on grades grades grades and and and test test test scores scores scores of of of their their applicants. 5. 5. Some Some Some college college leaders hold hold that that most most college college college students students students prefer prefer prefer their their their policy policy policy of of maintaining gender balance by admitting equal percentages of each sex. 6. The dilemma of the dean of admissions at Kenyon College is whether to use gender as as an an an admissions admissions factor in in order order order to to to achieve achieve gender gender balance balance balance or or use use race race as as an an admissions factor in order to diversify student populations. 7. 7. According According to to Jennifer Jennifer Jennifer Delahunty Delahunty Delahunty Britz, Britz, Britz, it it it is is is reasonable reasonable reasonable for for for colleges colleges colleges to to to pick pick pick a a balanced population from the candidates who more than meet their standards. 8. 8. Actually Actually the the Civil Civil Civil Rights Rights Rights Commission Commission Commission can can can do do do little little little to to to change change change the the the situation situation situation of of discrimination in college admission because such discrimination is ____________________________________________________________________. 9. The study shows that in doing linguistic tasks the boys use more sensory information, the girls show more _________________________________________. 10. 10. Despite Despite Despite various various various theories theories theories and and and arguments arguments arguments about about about why why why so so so few few few boys boys boys apply apply apply to to to and and We form many of our opinions 1_____ our our favorite books. favorite books. The author whom we prefer is our most potent teacher; we look at at the the the world world world 2______ 2______ his eyes. If we habitually read books that are elevating in tone, pure in style, 3______ i n reasoning, in reasoning, and and keen keen keen in in in insight, insight, insight, our our our minds minds minds 4______ 4______ the the same same same characteristics. characteristics. characteristics. If, If, If, 5_________, 5_________, we read weak or vicious books, our minds contract the f aults and faults and vices of the books. We cannot escape the influence of what we read any more 6_______ we can escape escape the the the influence influence influence of of of the the the air air air that that that we we breathe. The best books are 7______ which which stir stir us up most and make us the most 8______ to do something and be something something ourselves. ourselves. ourselves. The The The best best best books books books lift lift us us to a to a higher plane 9_____ w e breathe a we breathe a purer atmosphere. As we should associate with people who can inspire inspire us us us to to to nobler nobler deeds, 10______ we should only read those books which have an uplifting power, power, and and and 11______ 11______ 11______ stir stir stir us us us to to to make make make the the most of ourselves and our opportunities. … Good books elevate the character, 12_______ the taste, take the attractiveness attractiveness out out out of of of low low low pleasures, pleasures, pleasures, and and lift us upon a higher plane of thinking and living. It is not easy to be 13______ directly after reading a noble and 1. A) by B) with C) from D) in 2. A) with B) through C) in D) inside 3. A) sound B) good C) beautiful D) hard 4. A) have B) with C) being D) develop 5. A) on the contrary B) however C) on the other hand D) anyway 6. A) however B) than C) as D) but 7. A) them B) they C) theirs D) those 8. A) determining B) determine C) determined D) being determined 9. A) which B) where C) while D) when 10. A) as B) and C) so D) also 11.A) they B) books C) those D) which 12. A) pure B) purify C) pore D) pear 13. A) mean B) meaningful C) meanwhile D) meaning inspiring book. The conversation of a man who reads for improvement or pleasure pleasure will will will be be be flavored flavored flavored 14______ 14______ 14______ his his reading; but it will not be about his reading. 15_______ you read, read with enthusiasm, enthusiasm, with with with energy energy energy, , , read read with with the the whole whole mind, mind, mind, if if if you you you would would would increase increase increase your your mental stature. Learn to absorb the mental mental and and and the the the moral moral moral life life life of of of a a a book, book, book, and and assimilate 16______ into your life. 17_____ is the best reader who consumes the most knowledge and converts it 18______ 18______ character. character. character. Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical readers readers remember words, the h usks of husks of things, but digest 19_______. They cram their brains but starve their 20______. If you are getting getting the the the most most most out out out of of of a a a book, book, book, you you you will will feel feel a a a capacity capacity for for doing doing doing things things things which which you never felt before. 14. A) with B) of C) by D) after 15.A) What B) That C) Books D) Whatever 16. A) them B) it C) which D) life 17. A) It B) He C) None D) Everyone 18. A) by B) with C) in D) into 19. A) things B) something C) nothing D) anything 20. A) hearts B) stomachs C) minds D) tastes 。
考博英语词汇历年真题试卷汇编46_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
考博英语（词汇）历年真题试卷汇编46(总分50, 做题时间90分钟)1. Structure and Vocabulary1.It is not too late, but ______ action is needed.(2002年春季上海交通大学考博试题)SSS_SINGLE_SELA fightB urgentC hurryD prompt分值: 2答案:D解析：本题空格处是说需要立即行动。
D项“prompt迅速的、及时的”，如：This mechanic is always prompt in his duties．(这个机修工人做工作一向是迅速爽快的。
)其他三项“right对的、恰当的；urgent紧急的：hurry匆忙、仓促”都不正确。
2.In November 1987 the government ______ a public debate on the future direction of the official sports policy.(2008年四川大学考博试题) SSS_SINGLE_SELA initiatedB designedC inducedD promoted分值: 2答案:D解析：initiate开始，创始，design设计，induce 引诱，招致，promote促进，发起。
根据后面的a public debate可知，正确答案为D，即“发起公众讨论”。
3.The______action of the policemen saved the people in the house from being burnt. (厦门大学2011年试题)SSS_SINGLE_SELA supremeB significantC promptD vital分值: 2答案:C解析：句子的大意为：警察迅速的行动救了房子中的人，使他们免受烧伤。
A项supreme“最高的，至高的，最重要的”；B项significant“重大的，有效的，有意义的”；C项prompt“及时的，迅速的，敏捷的”：D项vital“至关重要的，生死攸关的，有活力的”。
2007年上海交通大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2007年上海交通大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Structure and V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Cloze 4. Word Formation 5. WritingStructure and V ocabulary1．She is a woman of______who has never abandoned her principles for the sake of her own benefits.A．dignityB．scarcityC．integrityD．stability正确答案：C解析：各项的意思是：dignity尊严，高贵；scarcity稀少，缺乏，不足；integrity 正直，诚实，完整；stability稳定性，稳定。
2．Many important mistakes have been escaping______, and a lot of money has been lost as a result.A．detectionB．commissionC．compensationD．precaution正确答案：A解析：各项的意思是：detection察觉，发觉，侦查；scarcity缺乏，不足；integrity 正直，诚实；stability稳定性。
3．I don’t say that to persuade you, but merely to______my conscience.A．revolveB．relieveC．retrieveD．revive正确答案：B解析：各项的意思是：revolve旋转；仔细考虑；revolve around围绕；relieve 减轻(痛苦，焦虑，困扰等)；retrieve找回；revive复活，使再生。
4．When he left high school, he______to go to college and study for a degree, rather than get a job straight away.A．optedB．forwentC．indulgedD．excelled正确答案：A解析：各项的意思是：opt决定，opt to do sth．决定做某事：forgo放弃；indulge 放纵，indulge in sth．沉湎于某事：excel擅长，excel at／in sth．擅长做某事。
2015年博士生入学考试外语真题
2015年博士生入学考试外语真题中国社会科学院研究生院2015年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试卷英语2015年3月14 日8:30 – 11:30PART I: Vocabulary and GrammarSection A (10 points)Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank.1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out.a. prudentb. reversiblec. diffused. mandatory2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their history, some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily accounted for, others are difficult to _______________.a. refineb. discernc. embedd. cluster3. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by T ony Blair, wasdesigned to give the other members of the club a bigger ______________ and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union.a. sayb. transmissionc. decayd. contention4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖in a myriad of ways other than through the public airwaves.a.i rrefutableb. concretec. inevitabled. haphazard5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is, treat the contract as discharged or terminated.a. repudiateb. spurnc. declined. halt6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message. a. as the way by which b. by the way in whichc. as to the way in whichd. in the way of which7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics.a. has… hadb. had…hadc. has…hasd. have…had8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve into different species.a. did not move and intermingle…would continueb. would not move and intermingle…had continuedc. had not moved and intermingled…would have continuedd. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued9. It was ______________ the last time around the track ______________ I really kicked itin--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving friends for the next few days.a. not until…whenb. not until…thatc. until…whend. until…that10．One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact ______________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is learnt deliberately and consciously.a. in…whichb. of …in whichc. on…thatd. to…thatSection B (5 points)Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word.11. It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizensbetween India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947.a. divisionb. turmoilc. fusiond. consolidation12. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective;for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking.a. inebriatesb. forsakesc. relatesd. emaciates13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show.Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating，if not preventing, change.a. promotingb. impedingc. temperingd. arresting14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopiapresented by the players and the evil empires portrayed bytheir critics.a. collaborationb. worthc. triumphd. defect15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of otherartists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspir ed outbursts of creative energy.Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against nearly insurmountable odds.a. insuperableb. unsurpassablec. uncountabled. invaluableSection C (5 points)Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence.16.One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S. Congress is the power toinvestigate, which is usually delegated to committees—either standing committees, specialA Bcommittees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees consisting of members of bothC Dhouses.17.One of the important corollaries to the investigative power is the power to publicizeinvestigations and their results. Most committee hearings areopen to public and are reportedA Bwidely in the mass media. Congressional investigations thus represent one important toolCavailable to lawmakers to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interest in national issues.D18.It is not a voice we recognize at once, whereas our own handwriting is something which weA Balmost always know. We begin the natural learning of pronunciation long before we start Clearning to read or write, and in our early years we go on unconsciously imitating andDpracticing the pronunciation of those around us for many hours everyday.19. It had happened too often that the farmers sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debtsAwere coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions,Bproducer groups, asked firmer control, but the government had no wish to become involved, atCleast not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild.D20.Detailed studies of the tribe by the food scientists at the University of London showed thatAgathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields onB Caverage about 100 edible calories as an hour of gathering produces 240.DPART II: Reading comprehension (30 points)Directions: Choose the best answers based on the information in the passages below. Passage 1Plato’s Republic has been the source of great consternation, especially in literary circles, for itsattack on the poets. Socrates in fact asserts that they should have no place in the ideal state. Eric Havelock suggests that there are several misunderstandings in this regard, and in his Preface to Plato he identifies the issues, explains the historical context.Havelock opens his discussion by suggesting that the very title of the Republic is the source of much confusion. The book is commonly understood to be a treatise on the ideal political entity, but even a casual analysis will show that only one-third of the text is concerned with statecraft. The other two-thirds cover a variety of su bjects, but the thrust of Plato’s argument amounts to an attack on the traditional Greek approach to education.The educational methods still in use in the 4th century BC had their origins in what has been called the Greek Dark Age beginning around 1200 BC when the Mycenaean era collapsed. Very little is known about the whys and wherefores of this collapse, but it wasn’t until around 700 BC that the Phoenicianalphabet began to be adapted and used in the Greek-speaking world. During the intervening centuries, all knowledge concerning Greek history, culture, mores and laws were orally transmitted down through the generations. The most effective device in aid of memorizing vast amounts of information was rhyme. The epic form we see in Homer’s Iliad grew out of the need to preserve the Greek cultural memory. Havelock takes the reader through Book 1 of The Iliad and dissects it in detail to show how this cultural, historical and ethical heritage was conveyed. The Iliad takes on new and significant meaning to the reader of this minute examination.The Iliad and presumably other poetic vehicles were taught to children from an early age. The whole of the Greek-speaking world was immersed in the project of memorizing, and out of the masses arose those individuals with superior memories and theatrical skills who became the next generation of minstrels and teachers. Education was thus comprised of memorization and rote learning, and the people enjoyed constant reminders through public readings and festivals.Plato’s focus in the Republic and elsewhere is on Homer and Hesiod and to some extent the dramatists which at the time were the centerpieces of the educational regime. Their works presented gods and heroes as fundamentally immoral and thus bad examples for youth. The overall result is that the Greek adolescent is continually conditioned to an attitude which at bottom is cynical. It is more important to keep up appearances than to practice the reality. Decorum and decent behavior are not obviously violated, but the inner principle of morality is. Once the Republic is viewed as a critique of the educational regime, Havelock says that the logic of its total organization becomesclear.What Pl ato was railing against was an ―oral state of mind‖ which seems to have persisted even though the alphabet and written documentation had been in use for three centuries. Illiteracy was thus stil l a widespread problem in Plato’s time, and the poetic state of mind was the main obstacle to scientific rationalism and analysis. This is why Plato regarded the poetic or oral state of mind as the arch-enemy. In his teachings he did the opposite. He ask ed his students to ―think about what they were sa ying instead of just saying it.‖The epic had become, in Plato’s view, not ―an act of creation bu t an act of reminder and recall‖ and cont ributed to what Havelock terms ―the Homeric state of mind.‖It was So crates’project (and by extension Plato’s) to reform Greek education to encourage thinking and analysis. Thus all the ranting and railing about the ―poets‖ in Plato’s Republic was limited basically to Homer and Hesiod because of what he viewed as a wholly inadequate approach to education of which these particular poets were an integral part.Unfortunately, Western culture has misconstrued wh at Plato and Socrates meant by ―the poets.‖And because we view poetry as a highly creative and elevated form of expression, our critics have failed to recognize that Plato’s diatribe had a very specific and limited target which had nothing to do with high-minded creativity, of which there is plenty, by the way, in the proscribed poet s. It wasn’t really the poets who were the problem; it was the use of them that was deemed unacceptable.Post-Havelock, we can now read the Republic with the scales lifted from our eyes and see it for what it really was: an indictment of an antiquated educational regime which had no place in a democratic society.Comprehension Questions:21. The mistaken understanding of Plato's Republic consists in the widespread belief that it consistsof _______________.a.literary criticismb. a treatise on the ideal polityc. a critique of rationalismd. an indictment of an obsolete pedagogy22. According to Havelock, Plato’s anger with the poets arose from:I: Their representation of gods and heroes as fundamentally immoral and thus bad examples for youth.II: Their transmission of culture, mores and laws.a. I.b. II.c. Both I and II.d. Neither I nor II.23. Prior to the 4th century BC, recitation was considered the best educational method because______________.a.poetry was seen as a highly creative and elevated form of expressionb.rhyme was the most effective device in aid of memorizing vast amounts of informationc.there was no writing systemd.the people enjoyed constant reminders through public readings and festivals24. In Plato's diatribe the poetic or oral state of mind is the arch-enemy of _______________.a.democratic societyb. the Mycenaean Republicc .the Phoenicians d. literacy25. A common critique of the present-day Chinese educational system resembles the educationalsystem that Plato fulminated against in that it often _______________.a.asks students to think about what they were saying instead of just saying it/doc/8e18884558.htmlprises of memorization and rote learningc.has a very specific and limited targetd.encourages thinking and analysisPassage 2To govern is to choose how the revenue raised from taxes is spent. So far so good, or bad. But some people earn more money than others. Should they pay proportionately more money to the government than those who earn less? And if they do pay more money are they entitled to more services than those who pay less or those who pay nothing at all? And should those who pay nothing at all because they have nothing get anything? These matters are of irritable concern to ourrulers, and of some poignancy to the rest.Although the equality of each citizen before the law is the rock upon which the American Constitution rests, economic equality has never been an American ideal. In fact, it is the one unmentionable subject in our politics, as the senator from South Dakota recently discovered when he came up with a few quasi-egalitarian tax reforms. The furious and enduring terror of Communism in America is not entirely the work of those early cold warriors Truman and Acheson.A dislike of economic equality is something deep-grained in the American Protestant character. After all, given a rich empty continent for vigorous Europeans to exploit (the Indians were simply a disagreeable part of the emptiness, like chiggers), any man of gumption could make himself a good living. With extra hard work, any man could make himself a fortune, proving that he was a better man than the rest. Long before Darwin the American ethos was Darwinian.The vision of the rich empty continent is still a part of the American unconscious in spite of the Great Crowding and its attendant miseries; and this lingering belief in the heaven any man can make for himself through hard work and clean living is a key to the majority’s prevailing and apparently unalterable hatred of the poor, kept out of sight at home, out of mind abroad.Yet there has been, from the beginning, a significant division in our ruling class. The early Thomas Jefferson had a dream: a society of honest yeomen, engaged in agricultural pursuits, without large cities, heavy industry, banks, military pretensions. The early (and the late) Alexander Hamilton wanted industry, banks, cities, and a military force capable of making itself felt in world politics. It is a nice irony that so many of toda y’s laissez-faire conservatives think that they descend from Hamilton, the proponent of a strong federal government, and that so many liberals believe themselves to be the heirs of the early Jefferson, who wanted little more than a police force and a judiciary. Always practical, Jefferson knew that certain men would rise through their own good efforts while, sadly, others would fall. Government would do no more than observe this Darwinian spectacle benignly, and provide no succor.In 1800 the Hamiltonian view was rejected by the people andtheir new President Thomas Jefferson. Four years later, the Hamiltonian view had prevailed and was endorsed by the reelected Jefferson. Between 1800 and 1805 Jefferson had seen to it that an empire in posse had become an empire in esse. The difference between Jefferson I and Jefferson II is reflected in the two inaugural addresses.It is significant that nothing more elevated than greed changed the Dr. Jekyll of Jefferson I into the Mr. Hyde of Jefferson II. Like his less thoughtful countrymen, Jefferson could not resist a deal. Subverting the Constitution he had helped create, Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon, acquiring its citizens without their consents. The author of the Declaration of Independence was quite able to forget the unalienable rights of anyone whose property he thought should be joined to our empire—a word which crops up frequently and unselfconsciously in his correspondence.In the course of land-grabbing, Jefferson II managed to get himself into hot water with France, England, and Spain simultaneously, a fairly astonishing thing to do considering the state of politics in Napoleonic Europe.Comprehension Questions:26. The author believes that Americans ________________.a. still believe America to be largely unpopulatedb. largely believe in lower taxationc. are in favor of taxation without representationd. should reconsider the Louisiana purchase27. From the passage, we may assume that the senator from South Dakota _______________.a. opposed tax reformb. was Thomas Jeffersonc. failed in his attempt to reform tax lawd. was Alexander Hamilton28. Jefferson made it possible for ________________.a. a potential empire to become a real oneb. tax laws to reflect the will of the peoplec. France, England, and Spain to simultaneously vacillate upon their mutual feelings towardsthe United States.d. Darwinian social theories to be accepted without question29. Jefferson’s early political writings espoused what would today b e called _______________.a. collectivismb. libertarianismc. socialismd. liberalism30. The author holds that Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territories _______________.a. may be seen as a hypocritical actb. rigorously held with his previous views of inalienable rightsc. cannot be seen as an act of empire-expansiond. was an act meant to lower taxes and improve the wealth of the nationPassage 3If, besides the accomplishments of being witty and ill-natured, a man is vicious into the bargain, he is one of the most mischievous creatures that can enter into a civil society. His satire will then chiefly fall upon those who ought to be the most exempt from it. Virtue, merit, and everything that is praiseworthy, will be made the subject of ridicule and buffoonery. It is impossible to enumerate the evils which arise from these arrowsthat fly in the dark; and I know no other excuse that is or can be made for them, than that the wounds they give are only imaginary, and produce nothing more than a secret shame or sorrow in the mind of the suffering person. It must indeed be confessed that a lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murder; but at the same time, how many are there that would not rather lose a considerable sum of money, or even life itself, than be set up as a mark of infamy and derision? And in this case a man should consider that an injury is not to be measured by the notions of him that gives, but of him that receives it. Those who can put the best countenance upon the outrages of this nature which are offered them, are not without their secret anguish. I have often observed a passage in Socrates’ behavio r at his death in a light wherein none of the critics have considered it. That excellent man entertaining his friends a little before he drank the bowl of poison, with a discourse on the immortality of the soul, at his entering upon it says that he does not believe any the most comic genius can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such at a time. This passage, I think, evidently glances upon Aristophanes, who write a comedy on purpose to ridicule the discourses of that divine philosopher. It has been observed by many writers that Socrates was so little moved at this piece of buffoonery, that he was several times present at its being acted upon the stage, and never expressed the least resentment of it. But, with submission, I think the remark I have here made shows us that this unworthy treatment made an impression uponhis mind, though he had been too wise to discover it. When Julius Caesar was lampooned by Catullus, he invited him to a supper, and treated him with such a generous civility, that hemade the poet his friend ever after. Cardinal Mazarine gave the same kind of treatment to the learned Quillet, who had reflected upon his eminence in a famous Latin poem. The cardinal sent for him, and, after some kind expostulations upon what he had written, assured him of his esteem, and dismissed him with a promise of the next good abbey that should fall, which he accordingly conferred upon him in a few months after. This had so good an effect upon the author, that he dedicated the second edition of his book to the cardinal, after having expunged the passages which had given him offence. Though in the various examples which I have here drawn together, these several great men behaved themselves very differently towards the wits of the age who had reproached them, they all of them plainly showed that they were very sensible of their reproaches, and consequently that they received them as very great injuries. For my own part, I would never trust a man that I thought was capable of giving these secret wounds; and cannot but think that he would hurt the person, whose reputation he thus assaults, in his body or in his fortune, could he do it with the same security. There is indeed something very barbarous and inhuman in the ordinary scribblers of lampoons. I have indeed heard of heedless, inconsiderate writers that, without any malice, have sacrificed the reputation of their friends and acquaintance to a certain levity of temper, and a silly ambition of distinguishing themselves by a spirit of raillery and satire; as if it were not infinitely more honourable to be a good-natured man than a wit. Where there is this little petulant humor in an author, he is often very mischievous without designing to be so.Comprehension Questions:31. According to the author, those who want to trivializesatire tend to suggest that_______________.a. the damage is immaterialb. the effect is mere buffooneryc. wit is a streak of geniusd. the mischief must be taken in a spirit of raillery32. What would be the best strategy for the object of satire to adopt, according to the author?a. To take no heed.b. To placate the author.c. To take offence.d. To suffer the consequences.33. The main purpose of this article is ________________.a. the derision of the perpetrators of satireb. a warning against mischievous scribblersc. creating understanding of the genred. reproaching fellow satirists34. When the author speaks of ―this little petulant humor‖it is evident that he means________________.a. good-natured witb. the choleric temperc. a silly ambitiond. submission35. In view of the opinion of the author, it is unlikely that the author is a ________________.a. man of lettersb. satiristc. witd. a good-natured man Passage 4Alexander the Great’s conquests in the Eastern Mediterranean initiated a series of profound cultural transformations in the ancient centers of urban civilization of the Fertile Crescent. The final destruction of native rule and the imposition of an alien elite culture instigated a cultural discourse—Hellenism—which irrevocably marked all participants, both conquerors and conquered. This discourse was particularly characterized by a transformation of indigenous cultural traditions, necessitated by their need to negotiate their place in a new social order. As Bowerstock has argued, the process of Hellenization did not accomplish the wholesale replacement of indigenous cultural traditions with Greek civilization. Instead, it provided a new cultural vocabulary through which much pre-existing cultural tradition was often able to find new expression. This phenomenon is especially intriguing as it relates to language and literacy. The ancient civilizations of the Syro-Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultural spheres were, of course, literate, possessing indigenous literary traditions already of great antiquity at the time of the Macedonian conquests. The disenfranchisement of traditional elites by the imposition of Greek rule had the related effect of displacing many of the traditional social structures where in indigenous literacy functioned and was taught—in particular, the institutions of the palace and the temple. A new language of power, Greek, replaced the traditional language of these institutions. This had the unavoidable effect of displacing the traditional writing systems associated with these indigenous languages. Traditional literacy’s longstanding association with the centers of social and political authority began to be eroded.Naturally, the eclipse of traditional, indigenous literacy did not occur overnight. The decline of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphicliteracies was a lengthy process. Nor was the nature of their respective declines identical. Akkadian, the ancient language of Mesopotamian court and temple culture, vanished forever, along with cuneiform writing, in the first century CE. Egyptian lived on beyond the disappearance of hieroglyphic in the fourth century CE in the guise of Coptic, to succumb as a living, spoken language of daily social intercourse only after the Islamic conquest of Egypt. Even then, Coptic survives to this day as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This latter point draws attention to an aspect of the decline of these indigenous literacies worthy of note: it is in the sphere of religion that these literacies are often preserved longest, after they have been superseded in palace circles—the last dated cuneiform text we have is an astrological text; the last dated hieroglyphic text a votive graffito. This should cause little surprise. The sphere of religion is generally one of the most conservative of cultural subsystems. The local need to negotiate the necessities of daily life and individual and collective identity embodied in traditional religious structures is slow to change and exists in ongoing dialogue with the more readily changeable royal and/or state ideologies that bind various locales together in an institutional framework.The process of ―Hellenization‖ of the an cient cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean provides us, then, with an opportunity to observe the on-going effect on traditional, indigenous literacy of the imposition of a new status language possessed of its own distinct writing system. The cultural politics of written and spoken language-use in such contexts has been much discussed and it is clear that the processes leading to the adoption of a new language—in written form, or spoken form, or both—in some cultural spheres and the retention of traditional languages inothers are complex. Factors including the imposition of a new language from above, adoption of a new language of social prestige from below, as well as preservation of older idioms of traditional statusin core cultural institutions, must have affected different sectors of a conquered society in different fashions and at different rates.Comprehension Questions:36. The languages that have to some extent managed to survive Hellenization did so in what area?a. In palace circles.b. In governmental institutions.c. In the religious sphere.d. In philological circles.37. Which aspect of society, according to the passage, is one of the most resistant to change?a. Monarchical institutions.b. Religious institutions.c. Linguistic norms.d. State ideologies.38. In the first paragraph, you saw the underlined word disenfranchisement. Choose, among thefollowing expressions, the closest in similar meaning.a. the removal of power, right and/or privilegeb. a strong sense of disappointmentc. the prohibition of the right to conduct businessd. the loss of social position39. Who was the leader of the Macedonian Conquest?a. King Philip of Macedon.b. Pericles of Athens.。