理工大学工程兵工程学院考博英语试题

理工大学工程兵工程学院考博英语试题

English Entrance Examination
　　For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates
　　Paper One
　　Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 20 minutes)
　　Section A          
　　Directions: In this section you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation and question will be spoken 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the 　Answer Sheet.  
　　　1. A) To cancel his trip       B) To go to bed early.
　　　C) To catch a later flight       D) To ask for a wake-up call
　　2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next.
　　　B)     They have to pay for the house by installments.
　　　C)     They will fix a telephone in the bathroom.
　　　D) The man''s attitude is more sensible than the woman''s.
　　3. A) She will save the stamps for the man''s sister.
　　　B) She will no longer get letters from Canada.
　　　C)     She can''t give the stamps to the man''s sister.
　　　D) She has given the stamps to the man''s roommates.
　　4. A) Visiting the Brownings     B) Writing.
　　　C) Looking for a postcard.     D) Filling in a form.
　　5. A) The man should work with somebody else
　　　B) The man should meet his partner''s needs.
　　　C) They should come to a compromise.
　　　D) They should find a better lab for the project.
　　6. A) She can''t finish her assignment, either.
　　　B) She can''t afford a computer right now.
　　　C) The man can use her computer.
　　　D) The man should buy a computer right away.
　　7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures.    
　　B) The guest lecturer''s opinion is different from Dr.Johnson''s.
　　C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates.  
　　D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college.
　　8. A) She''s never watched a better game.
　　B) Football is her favorite pastime.
　　C) The game has been canceled
　　D) Their team played very badly.
　　Section B
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear three short passage. At the end of each passage, there will be two or three questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read to you only once. After each 　　question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
　　9. A) He sold fast food.
　　B) He raised dogs.
　　C) He was a cook.
　　D) He was a cartoonist.
　　10. A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany.
　　B) Because people thought they contained dog meat.
　　C) Because people had to get used to their taste.
　　D) Because it was too hot to eat right away.
　　Passage 2
　　11. A) They give out faint cries.  
　　B) They make noises to drive away insects.
　　C) They extend their water pipes.
　　D) They become elastic like rubber bands.
　　12. A) They could drive the insects away        
　　B) They could keep the plants well watered.
　　C) They could make the plants grow faster
　　D) They could build devices to trap insects.
　　Passage 3
　　13 A) To look for a different lifestyle.     B) To enjoy themselves
　　C) For adventure.           D) For education
　　14     A) It is a city of contrasts
　　B) It possesses many historical sites.
　　C) It is an important industrial center.
　　D) It has many big and beautiful parks.
　　15. A) It helps develop our personalities.
　　B) It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge.
　　C) It makes our life more interesting.
　　D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle.来源:考试大-考博考试
　Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points, 45 minutes)
　　Directions: In this part there are several passages. 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 the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
　　　Passage 1
　　Every year scientists open more doors that lead to the secrets of
　　new beneficent drugs.          
　　There is bacitracin, which was discovered by two scientists at
　　Columbia University''s College of Physicians and Surgeons. These two
　　people, Dr. Frank Meleney and Miss Balbina Johnson, knowing that the
　　human body had some kind of action in itself with which it fights
　　infections, began to search for the chemical that does this. In the
　　hospital they examined badly infected wounds of people who had been
　　hurt in accidents and made tests of the blood and the infected tissue.
　　Finally, in the wound of a girl who had broken a leg bone, they
　　found the useful germs which seemed to be fighting the poisonous
　　infection. They took some of these into the laboratory and from them
　　developed cultures; that is, larger masses of the germs with which to
　　experiment. At last, after long and painstaking work, they were able
　　to draw from these germs a substance which is a germ destroyer. Dr.
　　Meleney and Miss Johnson named it bacitracin-baci because the germ is,
　　in scientific language, a bacillus and tracin for Margaret Tracy,
　　whose broken leg supplied the germ.        
　　Bacitracin at first was used only locally; later the drug was
　　developed into a solution that can be used to fight germ through the
　　blood stream.              
　　16.Today, the discovery of a new drug occurs     .
　　A)very seldom.     B)once in a generation.
　　C)once every ten years.   D)frequently.          
　　17. The scientific term for the action with which the human body
　　fights infection       .
　　A)drug.         B)biotic.
　　C)not mentioned.     D)both A and B.  
　　18. Searching for the fighting chemical, the scientists examined     .
　　A)fresh wounds.       B)infected wounds.
　　C)only infected leg bones.   D)only a few wounds.
　　19. Cultures, as used in this article, are     .
　　A)masses of germs.
　　B)blood tests.
　　C)masses of infected tissue.
　　D)poisonous germs.          
　　20. Bacitracin     .
　　A)is poisonous.       B)destroys germs.
　　C)restores broken bones.   D)develops germs.  
　　21. To say that a drug was used locally is to say that it was     .
　　A)distributed through the whole system.
　　B)used only in the area of infection.
　　C)used only at Columbia
　　D)used only in hospitals.              
　　22. From reading this selection you can infer that
　　A)many scientific discoveries are due to chance.
　　B)every year scientists discover new beneficent drugs.
　　C)behind medical discovery there may be a dramatic story.
　　D)culture are large masses of germs.          
　　Passage 2
　　Our echo sounder located the wreck of a French submarine that had
　　foundered during the war in seventy-five feet of water outside Dakar
　　harbor. Dumas and I plunged down and found the vessel lying clean and
　　upright, surrounded by such clouds of fish as we had rarely seen-small
　　silver fingerlings and dark metals. As Dumas swam into the shadow of
　　the port propeller, he came face to face with a gigantic fish, grouper
　　variety, cousin to our familiar Mediterranean meroblast-fish. This
　　specimen was ten times the size of our old acquaintances: he weighed
　　at least four hundred pounds. The wide, flat head and tiny eyes
　　advanced on Dumas; the ugly mouth yawned open, wide enough to admit
　　him. Dumas knew that sedentary groupers have no teeth to speak of; it
　　seemed, however, that this individual might wish to swallow him
　　unmasticated in the fashion of the mero type which swims agape(大张着嘴),
　　taking in whole octopuses（章鱼）.            
　　The cavernous mouth approached within two feet; Dumas sculled
　　backward, watchfully keeping a modest interval as the monster
　　unhurriedly followed. The knowledge that the species was harmless gave
　　Dumas little comfort as he gazed into the fish''s mouth; he and the
　　grouper exchanged mutual stares of revulsion for a seemingly
　　interminable period while Dumas was steadily pressed back. Then the
　　beast lost interest, turned aside, and returned to its dim home under
　　the lost submarine. Dumas surfaced in a reflective mood: "Imagine
　　being swallowed by a lousy grouper."    
　　23. Dumas encountered the jewfish while     .
　　A)trying to locate an old wreck.
　　B)skin fishing in Dakar harbor.
　　C)swimming near a foundered submarine.
　　D)attempting to salvage a submarine.          
　　24. The gigantic fish was actually       .
　　A)an extraordinarily large pomfret.
　　C)a kind of grouper fish.
　　B)a mero.
　　D)both B and C. 　25. This type of fish was supposed to be     .
　　A) dangerous if provoked.       B) vicious.
　　C) harmless.           D) afraid of man.    
　　26. Dumas regarded the fish with       .
　　A)tolerant amusement.
　　B)immediate terror.
　　C)complete objectivity.
　　D)increasing suspicion.          
　　27. It seemed to Dumas that the fish wished to       .
　　A)drive him away from its home.
　　B)swallow him whole.
　　C)protect itself.
　　D)force him to surface.  
　　28. Dumas'' comment on surfacing expressed       .
　　A)terror at a near escape.
　　B)shame at his reaction to the fish.
　　C)the unreasonableness of the situation.
　　D)revulsion for the fish.                
　　29. Implied but not stated: The fish       .
　　A)intended to eat Dumas.
　　B)acted out of simple curiosity.
　　C)lived under the submarine.
　　D)had been misidentified by Dumas.            
　　Passage 3
　　Reruns of situation comedies from the fifties and early sixties dramatize the kinds of problems that parents used to have with their children. The Cleavers scold Beaver for not washing his hands before dinner, the Andersons punish Bud for not doing his homework; the Nelsons dock little Ricky’s allowance because he keeps forgetting to clean his room. But times have changed dramatically. Being a parent today is much more difficult than it was a generation ago.
　　Today’s parents must try, first of all, to control all the new distractions that tempt children away from schoolwork. At home, a child may have a room furnished with a stereo and television. Not many young 　　people can resist the urge to listen to an album or watch MTV-especially if it is time to do schoolwork. Outside the home, the distractions are even more alluring, children no longer “hang out” on a neighborhood corner within earshot of Mom or Dad’s reminder to come in and do homework.. Instead,, they congregate in vast shopping malls, buzzing video arcades and gleaming fast-food restaurants. Parents and school assignments have obvious difficulty competing with such enticing alternatives.
　　Besides dealing with these distractions, parents also have to shield their children from a flood of ***ually explicit materials. Today, children can find *** magazines and pornographic paperbacks in the same corner store that once offered only comics and candy. Moreover, the movies young people attend often focus on highly ***ual situations. It is difficult to teach children traditional values when films show teachers seducing students and young people treating *** as a casual sport. An even more difficult matter for parents is the heavily ***ual content of programs on television.
Most disturbing to parents today, however, is the increase in life-threatening dangers that face young people. When children are small, parents fear that their youngsters may be victims of violence. Every news program seems to carry a report about a mass murderer who preys on young girls, a deviant who has buried six boys in his cellar, or an organized child pornography ring that molests preschoolers. When children are older, parents begin to worry about their kids’ use of drugs. Peer pressure to experiment with drugs is often stronger than parents’ warnings. This pressure to experiment can be fatal if the drugs have been mixed with dangerous chemicals.
　　　Within one generation, the world as a place to raise children has changed dramatically. One wonders how yesterday’s parents would have dealt with today’s problems. Could the Andersons have kept Bud away from MTV? Could the Nelsons have shielded little Ricky from ***ually explicit material? Could the Cleavers have protected Beaver from drugs? Parents must be aware of all these distractions and dangers, yet be willing to give their children the freedom they need to become responsible adults. It is not an easy task..
　　30. Parents today must protect their children from all of the following except_______ .
　　A)Drug abuse
　　B)Life-threatening situations
　　C)Drinking too much beverage
　　D)Sexually explicit materials
　　31. Traditional values become more difficult for younger generation to accept because ________ .
　　A)Teachers set bad examples for students
　　B) Bad side effects on children from TV and films outweigh the traditional education
　　C) Parents failed in educating their children
　　D)The younger generation can not resist the temptation from all sorts of distractions
　　32. According to the author, what the parents now most fear for about their children is ________.
　　A) Physical dangers       B). Violent TV programs
　　C) Enticing alternatives     D). Sex magazines
　　33. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s attitude towards being a responsible parent?
　　A) Frustrated.         B) Pessimistic.
　　C). Wait-and –see.       D) Positive
　　34. It can be inferred from the passage that parents today ________.
　　A)Must pay much more attention to their children’s behavior
　　B)Have to strengthen the education on traditional values
　　C)Have to strike a balance between their need to provide limitations and their children’s need for freedom
　　D)Must prevent their children from all kinds of seductions of the society
　　35.The author develops her main idea by _________.
　　A)Complaining about some social influences on children
　　B)Comparing education of yesterday with that of today
　　C)Explaining parents’ worries today
　　D)Stating her own points with vivid examples
 

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