中南大学2002级博士生英语考试试卷

Non-English Major Doctorate English Qualifying Examination

(January 12, 2003)

Part I Listening Comprehension (15%)

Section A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested choices marked A, B, C or D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

I.

1. A. On Thursday night.

B. On Monday night.

C. On Friday morning.

D. On Thursday morning.

2. A. Show him the way to Imperial Hotel.

B. Check to see if there are any vacancies in her hotel.

C. Let him move to a room with two single beds.

D. Try to help him find rooms in another hotel.

3. A. Robust.

B. Brave.

C. Generous.

D. Dangerous.

4. A. He loves his present job.

B. He is going to open a store.

C. He is about to retire.

D. He works in a repair shop.

5. A. She has confidence in him.

B. She has also won a scholarship.

C. She is surprised at the news.

D. She is not interested in the news.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C or D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.

Passage 1 (Questions 6 to 7 are based on this passage.)

6. A. They should respect the young people.

B. They should try to go into the youth’s world.

C. They’d better not be gossips.

D. They forget how they themselves felt when they were young.

7. A. Parents have no sense of humor.

B. Old people like to make several plans ahead.

C. In order to challenge their parents, young people refuse to plan ahead.

D. All young people drive too fast and refuse to study.

Passage 2 (Questions 8 to 10 are based on this passage.)

8. A. It was settled more than 300 years ago.

B. Alexander Graham Bell visited there.

C. A large number of its residents were deaf.

D. Each family living there had many children.

9. A. To establish his laboratory.

B. To have a vacation.

C. To study deafness among the families.

D. To examine deafness among his family members.

10. A. The patterns of marriage have changed.

B. Many deaf people have regained their hearing.

C. Most of the original population has left the island.

D. The island has become famous for its research facilities.

Section C

Directions:In this section, you will hear a short passage. It will be spoken twice. After you hear the passage, write a summary of it in about 60 words on Answer Sheet II.

Part II Cloze Test (10%)

Directions:There are 20 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark your answer by drawing a single bar across the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.

When Christopher Columbus landed the New World, the north American continent was an area of astonishing ethic and 11 diversity. North of the North Grande, which now marks the 12 between the United States and Mexico, 13 a population of over 12 million people representing 14 400 distinct cultures, 500 languages, and a remarkable 15 of political and religious institutions of physical and ethic types. 16 to the Europeans, the Indian peoples were extraordinarily 17 , and they often viewed these Europeans as just another 18 .

These varied tribal cultures were as 19 as the land the Indians 20 . In the high 21 of the Dakotas, the Mandan developed a 22 communal