[外语类试卷]2008年3月中国科学院考博英语真题试卷(无答案).doc
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1、2008 年 3 月中国科学院考博英语真题试卷(无答案)一、Structure and Vocabulary1 In a materialistic and_society peoples interest seems to be focused solely on monetary pursuit.(A)adaptive(B) addictive(C) acquisitive(D)arrogant2 Even if I won a million-dollar lottery, I would continue to live_.(A)subtly(B) frugally(C) explic
2、itly(D)cautiously3 Doctors must inform_parents about the low odds of success in fertility treatments.(A)protective(B) respective(C) prospective(D)perspective4 Moshe Katzma, 24, denied any_with the beating given to the homeless man, who was found outside a National Headquarters office.(A)involvement(
3、B) admission(C) isolation(D)access5 There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to _income tax.(A)reclaim(B) recover(C) restore(D)return6 As the sky lightened even more, they began to _ their surroundings more clearly.(A)fall out(B) fall into(C) make up(D)make out7 C
4、hinas_cultural heritage should be better protected through increased efforts to preserve endangered art.(A)inalienable(B) intangible(C) intelligible(D)indivisible8 The matter is_ settled; we may look upon it as being settled.(A)as long as(B) for good(C) for sure(D)as good as9 An announcement of furt
5、her cuts in government expenditure is_.(A)imminent(B) eminent(C) illiterate(D)emergent10 The_in our soaps should come only from essential oils, which are steamed or pressed from plants.(A)scents(B) scenarios(C) scenes(D)scales11 A_of this approach is that the variables are visually presented in a st
6、yle that can be understood by generalists and specialists alike.(A)value(B) merit(C) factor(D)worth12 Desperation, hunger, thirst, and resentment all make it more likely that people will_a more powerful figure who promises them help and/or salvation.(A)be prone to(B) give in to(C) live up to(D)put a
7、n end to13 The sentence given to the criminal was much too_; murder should carry the maximum penalty.(A)negligent(B) solitary(C) lenient(D)tedious14 Though it was less attractive, Ralph knew the metal box would be more_ than the wooden box.(A)terminal(B) durable(C) persistent(D)bearable15 In China,
8、although people in many regions earn much less than those in prosperous regions, they also pay much less for_commodities, such as housing.(A)disposable(B) redundant(C) equivalent(D)interchangeable16 This leads record companies to treat musicians as contracted artists who are not paid a fixed sum for
9、 their labor-time, but instead receive royalties in_ to their success.(A)addition(B) relation(C) percentage(D)proportion17 Terrorists will go to any length to _their evil ends, and pay no attention to the basic living rights of other peace-loving people.(A)reach(B) gain(C) achieve(D)succeed18 Austra
10、lia continued the fight to end Japans annual whale hunts, warning that its plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctica could_outrage.(A)spark(B) lead(C) result(D)involve19 At the moment every culture in Britain has a similar philosophy as far as size _; if you want to look good and be desirable, youv
11、e got to be thin.(A)shows(B) states(C) says(D)goes20 Women who entered voluntary work during the inter-war years did so largely because it provided them with_from household routine.(A)distortion(B) diversion(C) dissipate(D)discount二、Cloze20 There are so many new books about dying that there are now
12、special shelves set aside for them in bookshops, along with the health-diet and home-repair paperbacks. Some of them are so【C1 】_with detailed information and step-by-step instructions for performing the function, that youd think this was a new sort of【C2】_which all of us are now required to learn.
13、The strongest impression the casual reader gets is that proper dying has become an extraordinary, 【C3】_an exotic experience, something only the specially trained can do.【C4 】_, you could be led to believe that we are the only【C5】_capable of being aware of death, and that when the rest of nature is e
14、xperiencing the life cycle and dying, one generation after【C6】_, it is a different kind of process, done automatically and trivially, or more “natural“, as we say.An elm in our backyard【C7】_the blight (枯萎病) this summer and dropped stone dead, leafless, almost overnight. One weekend【C8】_was a normal-
15、looking elm, maybe a little bare in spots but【C9】_alarming, and the next weekend it was gone, passed over, departed, taken. Taken is right, for the tree surgeon came by yesterday with his【C10】_of young helpers and their cherry picker, and took it down branch by branch and carted it off in the back o
16、f a red truck, everyone【C11】_.The dying【 C12】_a field mouse, at the jaws of an amiable household cat, is a spectacle I have beheld many times. It【C13】_to make me wince. However, early in life I gave up throwing sticks【C14】_the cat to make him drop the mouse, 【C15 】_the dropped mouse regularly went a
17、head and died anyway.21 【C1 】(A)contained(B) embraced(C) packed(D)littered22 【C2 】(A)ability(B) skill(C) quality(D)technology23 【C3 】(A)and(B) even(C) yet(D)but24 【C4 】(A)Furthermore(B) However(C) Even so(D)Since then25 【C5 】(A)races(B) creatures(C) people(D)human26 【C6 】(A)the other(B) another(C) t
18、he next(D)the following27 【C7 】(A)caught(B) held(C) took(D)picked28 【C8 】(A)that(B) which(C) it(D)this29 【C9 】(A)something(B) anything(C) nothing(D)everything30 【C10 】(A)crew(B) members(C) corps(D)fellows31 【C11 】(A)sings(B) sang(C) sung(D)singing32 【C12 】(A)to(B) in(C) for(D)of33 【C13 】(A)was(B) wa
19、s used(C) used(D)was about34 【C14 】(A)into(B) on(C) at(D)off35 【C15 】(A)but(B) because(C) while(D)in order that三、Reading Comprehension35 Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, or so the saying goes. Sometimes attributed to Frank Zappa, other times to Elvis Costello, this quote is us
20、ually intended to convey the futility of such an endeavor, if not the complete silliness of even attempting it. But Glenn Kurtzs graceful memoir, Practicing: A Musicians Return to Music, turns the expression on its head, giving it a different meaning by creating a lovely, unique book.Kurtz picked up
21、 the guitar as a kid in a music-loving family, attended the Long Island music school, and went on to play on Merv Griffins TV show before graduating from Tufts University. Motivating the young Kurtz was the dream of reinventing classical guitar, as if by his great ambition alone he could push it fro
22、m the margins of popular interest to center stagesomething not even accomplished by the late Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia, perhaps the only artist of the form ever to reach anything resembling widespread celebrity.This book reads like a love story of sorts: Boy meets guitar. Boy loves guitar. Gu
23、itar breaks boys heart or, more precisely, the ordinariness of a working musicians life does so. “Id just imagined the artists life naively, childishly, with too much longing, too much poetry and innocence and purity,“ Kurtz writes. “The guitar had been the instrument of my dreams. Now the dream was
24、 over. “Boy leaves guitar. Were the story to end here, this book would be a tragedy, but after nearly a decade the boy returns to guitar, and although he has lost the enthusiasm he had in his youth, he finds his love of the guitar again in a way he never could have appreciated before.Although Kurtz
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