博士入学考试天津大学考博英语真题.docx

1、博士入学考试天津大学考博英语真题2014年天津大学考博英语真题Part I. Listening Comprehension (10 %)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question

2、there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) He has proved to be a better reader than the woman. B) He has difficult

3、y understanding the book. C) He cannot get access to the assigned book. D) He cannot finish his assignment before the deadline.2. A) She will drive the man to the supermarket. B) The man should buy a car of his own. C) The man neednt go shopping every week. D) She can pick the man up at the grocery

4、store.Part IV Banked Cloze (10 %)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once. You have seen a friend succeed. No doubt you feel joy at this.You love your friend,and maybe you even helped him a

5、ccomplish his goal. _1_, there is another feeling, a dark feeling, within you. You begin to wish that it was you who was enjoying success, and you begin to even dislike your friend. At first this envious feeling starts off like a tiny seed. But then, like a seed, it grows. It threatens to _2_ you.Of

6、 course you feel bad about your feelings, as they have become a(n) _3_ to your friendship. Still, there doesnt seem to be anything that you can do. Facing your friend invariably leads to more _4_ between you. Avoiding him just seems to _5_ the gulf between you.Instead of feeling _6_ about your envy

7、or hating your friend, you should take a different _7_. Use your friends success as a challenge. He has succeeded. This means that you can succeed as well. By thingking this way, you are _8_ your feelings and redirecting them into a course of action that wont ruin your friendship.Remember that frien

8、dships can _9_ friendly competitiion. You cannot, however, maintain your friendship if you _10_ envy.A) approachB) goalC) tensionD) harborE) remainF) surviveG) harnessingH) widenI) overwhelmJ) overtakeK) establishL) stillM) guiltyN) responsibleO) handicapPart III. Reading Comprehension (40%)Part A.

9、Directions: In this part there are three passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.（1）Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:A report consistently brought back by vi

10、sitors to the US is how friendly, courteous and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered ta

11、xi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment. For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence.Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who ge

12、nerally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality.Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn excep

13、t to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didnt take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, y

14、ou might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. I was just

15、 traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinneramazing. Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly.The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial n

16、or as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean t

17、hat someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to translate cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word friend, the cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitors language an

18、d culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.1、In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, _.A. rude taxi

19、 drivers are rarely seen in the USB) small-minded officials deserve a serious commentC) Canadians are not so friendly as their neighborsD. most Americans are ready to offer help2、It could be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A) culture exercises an influence over social interrelationshipB) cou

20、rteous convention and individual interest are interrelatedC) various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friendsD) social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions3、Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers _.A) to improve their hard lifeB) in view

21、 of their long-distance travelC) to add some flavor to their own daily lifeD) out of a charitable impulse4、The tradition of hospitality to strangers _.A) tends to be superficial and artificialB) is generally well kept up in the united StatesC) is always understood properlyD) has something to do with

22、 the busy tourist trails5、Whats the authors attitudes toward the Americans friendliness?A) Favorable.B) Unfavorable.C) Indifferent.D) Neutral.Part BDirections: In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A-H to fit into ea

23、ch of the numbered gaps. There are three extra choices, which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10%)From her vantage point she watched the main doors swing open and the first arrivals pour in. Those who had been at the head of the line paused momentarily on entry, looked

24、around curiously, then quickly moved forward as others behind pressed in. Within moments the central public area of the big branch bank was filled with a chattering, noisy crowd. The building, relatively quiet less than a minute earlier, had become a Babel. Edwina saw a tall heavyset black man wave

25、some dollar bills and declare loudly, I want to put my money in the bank.1.It seemed as if the report about everyone having come to open an account had been accurate after all. Edwina could see the big man leaning back expansively, still holding his dollar bills. His voice cut across the noise of ot

26、her conversations and she heard him proclaim, Im in no hurry. Theres something Id like you to explain.Two other desks were quickly manned by other clerks. With equal speed, long wide lines of people formed in front of them. Normally, three members of staff were ample to handle new account business,

27、but obviously were inadequate now. Edwina could see Tottenhoe on the far side of the bank and called him on the intercom. She instructed, Use more desks for new account and take all the staff you can spare to man them.2. Tottenhoe grumbled in reply, You realize we cant possibly process all these peo

28、ple today, and however many we do will tie us up completely.I ve an idea, Edwina said, thats what someone has in mind. Just hurry the processing all you can. 3.First, an application form called for details of residence, employment, social security, and family matters. A specimen signature was obtain

29、ed. Then proof of identity was needed. After that, the new accounts clerk would take all documents to an officer of the bank for approval and initialing. Finally, a savings passbook was made out or a temporary checkbook issued. Therefore the most new accounts that any bank employee could open in an

30、hour were five, so the three clerks presently working might handle a total of ninety in one business day, if they kept going at top speed, which was unlikely. 4.Still the noise within the bank increased. It had become an uproar. A further problem was that the growing mass of arrivals in the central

31、public area of the bank was preventing access to tellers counters by other customers. Edwina could see a few of them outside, regarding the milling scene with consternation. While she watched, several gave up and walked away. Inside the bank some of the newcomers were engaging tellers in conversation and the tellers, having nothing else to do because of the melee, chatted back. Two assistant managers had gone to the central floor area and were trying to regulate the flood of people so as to clear some space at counters. They were having small success.5.She decided it was time for her own