2005年考博英语题

2005年考博英语题

一、Use of English

1. Photographic film is made in _____ and width.

A. variety is the length

B. the length is varied

C. a variety of lengths

D. it has varied lengths

答案：C. a variety of lengths

2. The costs of distribution and sales make up a large part of the prices that _____.

A. are paid for all products

B. all products are paid for

C. for which all products are paid

D. for all products paid

答案：A. are paid for all products

3.______has not attained a state of complete coherent is true.

A. cultural anthropology

B. that cultural anthropology

C. anthropology that is cultural

D. since cultural anthropology

答案：B. that cultural anthropology

4. The suggestion that everybody_____ one poor pupil had been adopted.

A. subsidizes

B. will subsidize

C. subsidize

D. would subside

答案：C. subsidize

5. _______the severe cold, tourism was ____full swing

A. though, on

B. despite, on

C. though, in

D. despite, in

答案：D. despite, in

6. there is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, ____ they can limit how much water you drink.

A. much more than

B. any more than

C. no less than

D. no more than

答案：B. any more than

7. have you ever wondered _____?

A. how did these people get their names on the ballot

B. how these people got their names on the ballot

C. how have these people got their names on the ballot

D. how these people get their names on the ballot

答案：B. how these people got their names on the ballot

8. The present wave of strikes ____discontent among the lower-paid.

A. stems from

B. grow out of

C. comes out of

D. s connected with

答案：A. stems from

9. People always regard a man of ____ and fairness as a reliable friend.

A. robustness

B. integrity

C. temperament

D. compactness

答案：B. integrity

10. the football players in the team tried to keep themselves _____in order to win the game.

A. on a diet

B. on guard

C. on the sly

D. in shape

答案：D. in shape

11. in the past men generally preferred that their wives _____ in the home.

A. work

B. worked

C. would work

D. were working

答案：A. work

12. the conveniences that Americans desire _____ not so much a leisurely lifestyle as a busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable to wasted. A. reflecting B. to reflect

C. reflected

D. reflect

答案：D. reflect

13. if the man power line fails, the factory will use its___ generator.

A. auxiliary

B. obedient

C. residual

D. subordinate

答案：A. auxiliary

14. Large areas of land have been ____ by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.

A. contaminated

B. contemplated

C. corrupted

D. contrived

答案：A. contaminated

15. My brother told me to ____ the wheel of my bike once a month.

A. fabricate

B. lubricate

C. illustrate

D. elaborate

答案：B. lubricate

16. ____ in history when remarkable progress was made in relatively short period of time.

A. periods

B. Throughout periods

C. There have been periods

D. periods have been

答案：C. There have been periods

17. Here are some books by Agatha Christie. You can read ____ you like.

A. whichever one

B. whose

C. whatever one

D. what

答案：A. whichever one

18. They climbed to the top of the hill ____ they could get a bird’s-eye view of the city.

A. for fear that

B. in order that

C. in case

D. as a result

答案：B. in order that

19. The Republican Party is one of the ____ parties of the United States.

A. political two principal

B. principal political two

C. two principal political

D. principal two political

答案：C. two principal political