最新完整版北京大学考博英语真题及详解.docx

1、最新完整版北京大学考博英语真题及详解北京大学2008年考博英语Part 1：Listening Comprehension（20 POINTS）Section ADirections：In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and answer the questions that follow. Then mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. Passage A01Members of the club are

2、required to _. Aregister when they arrive Bbring up to three guestsCregister their guests Dshow membership cards on arrival02Which of the following details about the changing rooms is NOT correct? AThere is a charge for the use of the lockers. BShowers are installed in the changing rooms. CLockers a

3、re located in the changing rooms. DLockers are used to store personal belongings. 03According to the clubs rules, members can play _. Afor 30 minutes only Bfor one hour onlyCwithin the booked time only Dlonger than the booked time04Which of the following details is NOT correct? APlayers can eat in t

4、he club room. BPlayers have to leave the club room by ten oclock. CThe courts are closed earlier than the club room. DPlayers can use both the club room and the courts. Passage B05At the university, Mr. Robinson specialized in _. Amaths BphysicsCwater management Dgeography06Mr. Robinson worked for t

5、he Indian Government because of _. Auniversity links Bgovernment agreementCcompany projects Ddegree requirement07After Mr. Robinson returned from India, he _. Achanged jobs several times Bwent to live in ManchesterCdid similar work as in India Dbecame head of a research teamPassage C08Which of the f

6、ollowing statements is INCORRECT about Kathys work? AShe presents the current affairs program. BShe telephones the viewers the day before the show. CShe hosts stories in the news. DShe interviews some people on TV. 09The following statements are all true about a good host EXCEPT that _. Ahe/she has

7、to be able to answer questionsBhe/she has to look straight into the cameraChe/she has to know how to respond to unexpected situationsDhe/she should have a nice-sounding voice10One of the advices Kathy gives to young people is that _. Athey need to have a list of questions at the back of their mindBt

8、hey have to learn to be good speakersCthey have to be able to look straight into the cameraDthey should be able to communicate well with other peoplePassage D11Companies approach KMP for advice on choosing _. Athe right product to export Bthe most suitable foreign marketCthe best plan for future dev

9、elopment Dthe best way of entering a market12The safest method for a company to meter a foreign market is _. Ahaving an agreement with a local companyBsetting up its own local productionCsharing the cost of production facilitiesDfinding a joint venture partner13What is the main advantage of joint ve

10、ntures? AIt is the cheapest way of entering a market. BIt is a risk-free way of doing business. CIt is a cost-free way of doing business. DIt provide important market knowledge. 14The danger with a joint venture is that one company might _. Arefuse to share know-how with the other partnerBuse the ar

11、rangement as the basis for takeoverCrefuse to learn from each otherDexploit and then leave the other partnerSection BDirections：In this section, you will hear some people discussing the effect that computers have had on their working lives. While listening, focus on the major points and match the na

12、mes of the speakers with their occupations first and then read the statements and match the viewpoints with the names of the speakers. Youll be given One minute to complete the work. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET. 15(1) Anita (A) office administrator _(2) Peter (B) office design consultant _(3)

13、 Roberta (C) bank teller _(4) Andrew (D) typist _(5) Edward (E) clerk _(6) Monica (F) personal assistant _(7) William (G) secretary _16(1) Without reorganizing jobs, introducing computers doesnt help.(2) Computers have made life much more difficult.(3) Computers reduce everything to numbers and typi

14、ng in numbers all day long is too boring. (4) People begin to feel like machines. (5) Future office work will be unrecognizable. (6) Computer systems do not always function. (7) The purpose of computerization is not always clear. (A) Anita (B) Peter (C) Roberta (D) Andrew(E) Edward (F) Monica (G) Wi

15、lliam01. _ 02. _ 03. _ 04. _ 05. _ 06. _ 07. _Section CDirections：Now you are going to hear a talk on sub health. While listening, focus on the major points. The talk will be read Twice. After hearing the talk, complete the following chart. There will be One Minute pause between the first and the se

16、cond reading. You will have another 50 Seconds to check your work after the second reading. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET. 17PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO BE SUB HEALTHY(01) middle-aged people (03) people in _ positions(02) _ people (04) students around _ time18SUB HEALTH SYMPTOMS(01) lack of _ (02) _(

17、03) slow _ (04) insominia(05) agitation19(01) poor memory (02) _of breath(03) _ (04)aching in the _ and legs(05) cardiovascular diseases20THE KEY TO PREVENTING AND RECOVERING FROM SUB HEALTH(01) forming good living habits (03) exercising _(02) alternating work with rest (04) taking part in _ activit

18、iesPart 2：Structure and Written Expression（20 POINTS）Directions：For each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place markeDMark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET. 01“What courses are you going to do next semester?” “I dont know. Bu

19、t its about time _ on something.”AId decide BI decided CI decide DIm deciding02_ a ticket for the match, he can now only watch it on TV at home. AObtaining not BNot obtainingCNot having obtained DNot obtained03How can I ever concentrate if you _ continually _ me with silly questions? Ahave, interrup

20、ted Bhad, interruptedCare, interrupted Dwere, interrupted04As it turned out to be a small house party, we _ so formally. Aneed not have dressed up Bmust not have dressed upCdid not need to dress up Dmust not dress up05_ is often the case with a new idea, much preliminary activity and optimistic disc

21、ussion produced no concrete proposals. AThat BIt CThis DAs06It is not so much the language _ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understanDAbut Bnor Cas Dlike07_ human problems that repeat themselves in _ life repeat themselves in _ literature. A/, /, the B/, the, / CThe, /,/ DT

22、he, the, the08He is not under arrest, _ any restriction on him. Aor the police have placed Bor have the police placedCnor the police have placed Dnor have the police placed09He was _ to tell the truth even to his closest frienDAtoo much of a coward Btoo much the cowardCa coward enough Denough of a c

23、oward10I couldnt sleep because the tap in the bathroom was _. Adraining Bdropping Cspilling Ddripping11We have been hearing _ accounts of your work. Afavored Bfavorable Cfavorite Dfavoring12Please put your empty cigarette packets and paper bans in the _ bins provideDAjunk Blitter Cscrap Ddeposit13At

24、 first, the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was _ reviseDAsubsequently Bsuccessively Cpredominantly Dpreliminarily14Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite _. Ainvaluable Bpriceless Cunworthy Dworthless15The local authorities realized the need to make

25、_ for elderly people in their housing programs. Apreparation Brequirement Cspecification Dprovision16Most people cant get _ the day without at least one cup of tea or coffee. Aon Bthrough Cat Dby17As the director cant come to the reception, Im representing the company _. Aon his account Bon his beha

26、lf Cfor his part Din his interest18The award ceremony will be the _ of the inaugural Singapore International Water week that is held from 23 to 27 June 2008. Atwilight Binsight Chighlight Dhighland19There is a conspicuous lack of public debate about how this insular country should _ the reality that

27、 more immigrants are coming and that those already here are changing Japan. Aabide by Baccount for Cact on Dadjust to20Nobody knows what triggered the event, which _ a million cubic meters of water per second, obliterating the barrier between Britain and France. Areleased Brelieved Crestored Dretain

28、edPart 3：Reading Comprehension（25 POINTS）Directions: Each of the following three passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET. Passage AThe British aris

29、tocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in the development of mining, canals, and railways. It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion: most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial boardIt also shored up its fo

30、rtunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States: the best-known example was the marriage of the duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt. By these means, many of the great aristocratic estates were preserved despite agricultural decline. But they were pl

31、aythings as well as engines of wealth, and came to be treated as such. The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chiefly through their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure: racing, hunting, shooting, and fisting in the country, gambling and attendin