1997考博英语地大.docx

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1997考博英语地大

CHINAUNIVERSITYOFGEOSCIENCES

PhDEntranceExaminationinEnglish

May1997

LISTENTOTHIS!

Goodmorning!

YouareabouttotaketheEnglishtestforpeoplewhowishtoenterthedoctoralprogramintheearthscienceatthisschool.Thetestmayberatherdifferentfromanyexamyou’vetakeninthepast.Thefirsttwopartsaretimedlisteningexercises.Theremainingthreesectionstestgrammar,elementarywritingskills,basicvocabularyandreadingability.Youcanhaveasmuchtimeasyouwishforlastthreepartsofthetest–withinreason,ofcourse.

Thetesthas130pointsinall（theanswerinpart5counttwopointseach）.Theanswersforparts4shouldbewrittendirectlyonthetestpaper.

Makesureyoureadandfollowthedirectionsforeachpartoftest!

TheresultsofthisexamwillenableustocompareyourpreparationinEnglishwiththatoftheothercandidates.The“passing”gradeisrelative;inotherwords,itwilldependonthescoresforthewholebodyoftest-takers.Youshouldjustrelaxanddoaswellasyoucan.

Weshallnowbegin.Turnthepagetopart1.Goodluck!

PART1.Onyourpaperyouseealistof48objects（=things）fromeverydaylife.Youwillhearshortdescriptionsof15oftheseobjects.Afterlisteningtoeachdescription,decidewhichobjectisbeingdescribed.Thenwritethenumbernexttoyourchoiceintheappropriatespaceonyouranswersheet.

Forexample,supposeyouhearthis:

”ObjectPisadeviceforcleaningclothes.Youfillitwithwater,addsoap,thenthedirtyclothes,andturnthecontroldial.Theclotheswillbeswirledroundandroundinthesoapywater,firstinonedirection,thenintheother,Usuallythereisalsoacompartmentthatyoucanusetospintheexcesswateroutoftheclothes.”YoudecidethatobjectPisawashingmachine.YoulookforWASHINGMACHINEonyourlist.YouseethatnumbernexttoWASHINGMACHINEis46.Youthenwrite“46”nexttoPonyouranswersheet,（YouractualanswersheetonlygoesasfarastheletterO）.

Youwillnowhavethreeminutestolookoverthelistofobjects.

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1.AIRCONDITIONER17FORK33SCISSORS

2.ALARMCLOCK18GUITAR34SCREWDRIVER

3.ARMCHAIR19HAMMER35SPOON

4.BED20LIGHTBULB36STOVE

5.BICYCLE21MIRROR37TABLELAMP

6.CAMERA22MOP38TAPERECORDER

7.CANDLE23MOTORCYCLE39TELEPHONE

8.CAR24PAGER40TELEVISION

9.CARPET25PERSONALCOMPUTER41THERMOMETER

10.CHOPSTICKS26PHONOGRAPH42THERMOSBOTTLE

11.COMB27PHOTOCOPIER43TYPEWRITER

12.DESK28PIANO44VACUUMCLEANER

13.DOORKNOB29RADIATOR45VCR

14.ELECTRICFAN30RADIO46WASHINGMACHINE

15.FAXMACHINE31RAZOR47WATERHEATER

16.FLASHLIGHT32REFRIGERATOR48WRISTWATCH

PART2.Onyourtestpaperyousee15groupsoflettersandnumbers.TheyarearrangedinRowsformlefttorightandinCOLUMNSupanddown.Youwillhearaquestionabouteachgroup.Writeyouranswerintheappropriatespaceontheanswersheet.Youranswersshouldbeasshortaspossible;anumber,letterorwordorafewoftheseareenough.Donotwritewholesentences.

Listentothequestionscarefully.Youwillhearthemonlyonce,andthenyouwillhave20secondsinwhichtomarkyouranswer.Beforeyoubegin,lookatthisexample:

AB12CDEF45

N54P3QZZAB

Supposeyouhearthisquestion:

”Howmanylettersarethereintheupperrow?

”

Youobservethattherearesixlettersinthetoprow（A,B,C,D,E,F）,soyouwrite6inthespaceonyouranswersheet,Youdon’twriteawholesentence,justthenumber6.

Youwillnowhavetwominutestoreadtheseinstructionsagain.Makesureyouunderstandthemclearly.

Nowlet’sbegin.

1）

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2）

59B-4FWJ62T

HCB-38A106BT

29BX5NJ6Q7

3）

JKLLJKLAJK

SVATBEVTSE

4）

B7MNQ6R5DA

RFZ35L-1X20F

5）

3KNWDDWTLG

J54A6F7S24

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6）

ABCAXBAABA

BBAABCCAMN

AATSBAFSTC

7）

H-4T88RA7E5

CH52IN66A-3

8）

FYIELDWORK

WRESEXARCH

ZZSURVEYTU

9）

A1B2C3D4F5

FF5GG6HH77

X8X9Y2ZZX8

10）

B-1147M-453OL

11）

8159434031271592-5

12）

GL73X8JQ614

JIHGFEDCBA

13）

FORETYNATE

HEOPGYSICS

14）

101732498-4705

15）

GX5A7F-2M4P

2P9F-5BC8DL

4Q-3T4S-7U6N

PART3.Eachquestioninthispartconsistsofoneormoresentencesinwhichfourwordsorphrasesareunderlined.ThefourunderlinedpartsofthesentencearemarkedA.B.C.D.DecidewhichoneofthefourpartsisnotgoodEnglish.Thenwritetheletterunderthatpartintheproperspaceonyouranswersheet.

IfthefourunderlinedpartsareallgoodEnglish（inotherwords,ifthereisnoerrorinthesentence）,thenwriteEinthespace.

REMEMBER:

YouhaveFIVEpossiblechoices–A.B.C.DorE（=noerror）.

1.YesterdayallofushadtoworklateinordertosetupthenewequipmentsthathadjustarrivedfromJapan.

2.SinceMr.JohnsoncannotspeakChinese,hewouldlikemetocompanyhimtogoshopping.Heisafraidthatotherwisehewillenduppayingtoomuchforwhathebuys.

3.Evenourbudgetiscut,Ihopewecancontinueourresearchprogram.Ofcourse,wemayhavetoscaleitbacksubstantially,butIbelievewecouldstillgetsomeimportantworkdone.

4.Thegovernmenthasdeclared1997theyearoftourism.BecausetourismissuchanexcellentsourcesofincomeforChina.Theauthoritieshopetoattractmanyforeignertouriststhisyear.

5.OnereasonforthefameofHangzhoucookeryisundoubteditslonghistory,HangzhoucuisinewasfirstmentionedinaHanDynastytextbelievedtohavebeenwritteninthefirstcenturyBC.

6.Theworldischangingsofastnowadays.Itisveryhardtokeepupwiththelatesttechnologicalinnovations.

7.There’saclassmateofminewhoisdevouttoBuddhist.OnedayIsawwhatshewaseatingandIsaid,“Youdon’teatmeat,doyou?

”Shereplied,”Yes,Idon’teatmeat.NotrueBuddhistshould.”

8.SincethecompanyweboughtourspectrometerfromisinCaliforniaIhavehadtoflytoSanFranciscoforfivetimesinthelastoneyearandahalf.

9.Recentlywehavebeenhavingalotoftroublewithourcomputer.Severalofmycolleaguesthinkitishightimewegotanewone,butIthinkquiteabitofthetroublestemsfromthepoorsoftwareweareusing.

10.Whatisthedifferenceofthesetwoinstruments?

Iamsupposedtoselectthemoreefficientoneforuseinourlab.

11.Atonepointduringthefilmwasbeingshownsomepeopleinthebackofthetheatresuddenlystartedtomakealotofnoise.Itwasturnedoutthattheywereshoutingataratrunningundertheseats.

12.TheChinesescholar-officialSuDongpowasresponsibleforthecreationofseveralrenowneddishes.Whilethisparticulardishdoesnotbearhisname,butapoemhewrotewastheinspirationforthedish.

13.Imyselfdon’tmuchcareforcooking,butmywifeenjoysitverymuch.Wheneverwehavecompanyfordinner,theguestsalltellherthatsheisawonderfulcooker.

14.AtaconferenceinMoscowlastmonththerewasagooddealofheateddiscussionofanewtheoryputforwardinarecentbookbyProfessorGeorgiiSokolovofStPetersburgUniversity.Thetheoryinquestionconcernstheoriginofthesolarsystem.

15.Itisessentialthathestudyhardifhewishestolandagoodjoboncehegraduates.Hehasoftentoldmethathehopestoearnmuchmoneyinfuture.

16.Giventhecompany’scurrentshortageofcash,Idonotthinkitisadvisableforustoinvestinnewofficefurnitureunlessthiswillhaveasignificantimpactoncustomerrelations.

17.Iamhappytoreportthatthee-mailmessageIreceivedfromParisthismorningcontainsagoodnews:

UNESCOhasagreedtocontributeoverhalfamilliondollarstoourresearchfund.

18.WearedelightedthatyouhavedecidedtovisitChinainearlyfall.MycolleaguesandIhopethatyouwouldgiveashortseriesoflecturesonourcampusbeforeyoureturntoCanada.

19.OurdirectorislettingusdofieldworkintheTakliMakanthissummerwehavemadeitveryclearthatnoneofuswantstogo,butheinsiststhattheresearchcannotbedoneanywhereelseinChina.

20.IrememberthefirsttimeIvisitedTaishan.MyclassmateandIclimbedthemountaininthedarksowecouldbeatthesummitintimeforthesunrise.WhenwefinallyreachedthetopIwassoexcitedthatIcouldhardlysitdown.

PART4.Thesentencesbelowcontainoneormoreblanks.Writeoneappropriatewordineachblank.Theremaybeseveralappropriatechoices,butyoumustwriteonlyone.Yourchoicemustbelogical,grammaticallycorrectandproperlyspelled.Inotherwords,itmustbeacceptablerealEnglish.AnyansweringoodEnglishiscorrect.

Youmustputoneandonlyonewordineachblank.Morethanonewordisanerror.Puttingnothinginblankisalsoanerror.

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1.IneedabsolutequietwhileIam_____sitting______forexams.

2.Mybestfriendis______an______economist.HehasworkedfortheBankofChina______since_______hisgraduationin1992.

3.I______was______borninZhengzhoubutI__grew_______upinShanghai.

4._____similarto______mostChinese.Iamnotveryfondofcheese.

5.Itwasvery__kind______ofyoutohelpthem.

6.WhoknowswhenJohnwillcomeback?

Henever__told______ushistravelplans.He’salready____went______awayforthreemonths.

7.Wheniceisnear__toa__substance_____abovezerodegreesCelsius,it_turned_intowater.

8.Wereallydon’thave__enough___moneytoeatinthatrestauranttoday.____therefore____eatinthischeaperonetoday,allright?