北京外国语大学考博英语真题0820Word格式文档下载.docx

1、”“I dont know. But its about time_on something”AId decide BI decided CI decide DIm deciding 22_a ticket for the match, he can now only watch it on TV at homeAObtaining not BNot obtaining CNot having obtained DNot obtained 23How can I ever concentrate if you_continually_me with silly questions?Ahave,

2、 interupted Bhad, interrupted C are, interrupting Dwere, interrupted 24As it turned out to be a small house party, we_so formallyAneed not have dressed up Bmust not have dressed up Cid not need to dress up Dmust not dress up 25_is often the case with a new idea, much preliminary activity and optimis

3、tic discussion produced no concrete proposalsAThat BIt CThis DAs 26It is not so much the language_the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understandAbut Bnor Cas Dlike 27_human problems that repeat themselves in_life repeat themselves in_literatureA/ , / , the B/ , the, / CThe, / ,

4、/ DThe, the, the 28He is not under arrest, _any restriction on himAor the police have placed Bor have the police placed Cnor the police have placed Dnor have the police placed 29He was_to tell the truth even to his closest friendAtoo much of a coward Btoo much the coward Ca coward enough Denough of

5、a coward 30I couldnt sleep because the tap in the bathroom was_Adraining Bdropping Cspilling Ddripping 31We have been hearing_accounts of your workAfavored Bfavorable Cfavorite Dfavoring 32Please put your empty cigarette packets and paper bags in the_bins providedAjunk Blitter Cscrap Ddeposit 33At f

6、irst, the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was_revisedAsubsequently Bsuccessively Cpredominantly Dpreliminarily 34Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite_Ainvaluable Bpriceless Cpredominantly Dpreliminarily 35The local authorities realized the need to m

7、ake_for elderly people in their housing programsApreparation Brequirement Cspecification Dprovision 36Most people cant get_the day without at least one cup of tea or coffeeAon Bthrough Cover Dby 37As the director cant come to the reception, Im representing the company_Aon his account Bon his behalf

8、Cfor his part Din his interest 38The award ceremony will be the_of the inaugural Singapore International Water Week that is held from 23 to 27 June 2008Atwilight Binsight Chighlight Dhighland 39There is a conspicuous lack of public debate about how this insular country should_the reality that more i

9、mmigrants are coming and that those already here are changing JapanAabide by Baccount for Cact on Dadjust to 40Nobody knows what triggered the event, which_a million cubic meters of water per second, obliterating the barrier between Britain and FranceAreleased Brelieved Crestored Dretained Part Read

10、ing ComprehensionDirections: Each of the following three passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and carefully and choose the best answere to each question. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET. （10%）Passage OneThe 19th-Century B

11、ritish AristocracyThe British aristocracy 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 manage

12、rial board. It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States; the besk-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 ag

13、ricultural decline. But they were playthings 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 fish

14、ing in the country, gambling and attending the season in London. In a population for which leisure was becoming increasingly important, this did not make the aristocracy unpopular.41. In the second sentence of this passage, “had a lord on the managerial board” means that Athe banks and insurance companies would hire a lord on the board to