西电博士学位英语写译考题样例

1.Multiple Choice

(1)”If you’d better here ten minutes earlier, you could have seen the doctor.”

“But I couldn’t help ____C__.Traffic was heavy.”

A.to be late

B.that I am late

C.being late

teness

(2)”Do you want Mary to help you with your letters?”

“Y es,please____B__type these for me?”

A.her to

B.have her

C.she has

D.has she

(3)”Y our radio doesn’t work.”

“Y es it does.The plug___D___.Just plug it in.”

A.isn’t connecting

B.doesn’t connect

C.hasn’t connection

D.isn’t connected

(4)”Will college close down because of the strike?”

“Nobody knows.___C___made a statement about it.”

A.The administration,and not the students either,have

B.Both the administration and students have

C.Neither the administration nor the students have

D.Either the administration or the students haven’t

(5)”What kinds of people have you been interviewing for the position?”

“Mostly young women___C___graduate school.”

A.just away from

B.recently being from

C.just out of

D.recently of

(6)”How did you feel after the car nearly hit you?”

“I__A____for several moments.”

A.stood shaking

B.stood in shaking

C.was standing and shaken

D.was standing

shaken

(7)”Why is he stopping the car?”

“He says it will___A____to get out and stretch our legs.”

A.do us good

B.be better of us

C.do us well

D.be fine of us

(8)After practicing for several weeks. Pete decided he was ready to__D___in the race.

A.contrive

B.confound

prise D compete

(9)Not wanting to be seen by the man he was following,Mr.Steed moved____A_____.

A.stealthily（偷偷地，隐秘地）

B.snugly（紧紧地，贴身地）

C.moodily（喜怒无常地）

D.modestly(谨慎地，适当地)

(10)The author of the article____B____Dr.Bemand as a very unusual man.

A.acquainted

B.depicted（描绘，描述）

C.disposed

D.addicted

2.Mistake Detection and Correction

(1)Diego Rivera live more than a decade in Europe ,in which he could be in close personal contact with Cubist and Expressionist. (A has lived)

A B C D

(2)If traffic problems are not solved soon,driving in cities becomes impossible.(D will become)

A B C D

(3)After reviewing the troops, the visiting general commented that he had finally seen the kind of a

A B C

soldier that the nation needs.(C a kind)

D

(4)Because John’s parents did not approve of him going on an automobile trip out west he took a

D A B C

summer job as a lifeguard.(A his)

(5)The purpose of the organization is greeting all newcomers to the city and to provide them with

A B C

any necessary information.(B to greet)

D

(6)It usually takes much less time to fly from one country to another than traveling by train.

A B C D

(C to travel)

(7)The extensive research done by social scientists have given us a much wider understanding of

A B C D

the complex modern world.(B has given)

(8)In many states the law forbids citizens carrying pistols or rifles without first having obtained a

A B C D special permit.(B to carry)

(9)Comparative anatomists(解剖学家)have recently shown that man’s vocal apparatus is in

A

B

several respects simpler than the great apes.(D that of the great apes)

C D

(10)Their ability to glide is the basis for the popular belief that an albatross(信天翁)leaps in the

A B C D

air.(A as)