清华大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题.docx

1、清华大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题清华大学2003-2006年博士研究生入学考试英语真题清华大学2003年博士研究生入学考试英语真题Part Vocabulary (10%)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one that completes the sentence and then mark the corresponding letter on

2、the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. Written at least 100 years ago, the handwriting faded and certainly became _. A. infinite B. illegible C. infectious D. immune2. It is doubtful whether anyone can be a truly _ observer of events. A. inadequate B. impassive C. genius D. impart

3、ial3. She was _. by the lack of appreciation shown of her hard work. A. frustrated B. dispersed C. functioned D. displaced4. The shuttle exploded in the air suddenly and broke into _ at once. A. diversity B. fragments C. doctrine D. drought5. As the society has rigid social _, everyone knows his rol

4、e in the society. A. hemisphere B. contempt C. controversy D. hierarchy6. Three years have _ since we last met at the conference for Internet communication in Beijing. A. elapsed B. discerned C. discontented D. electrified7. It turned out that he had _ the whole story just to cheat his friends. A. d

5、issipated B. diverged C. detached D. fabricated8. He had a clear _ of what was wrong with the machine and fixed it in a short time. A. debris B. deficiency C. perception D. persecution9. For ten years the problem about the water has not been solved, we came to think that it has been a _ problem in t

6、his area. A. perpetual B. persuasive C. picturesque D. possessive10. He was _ by the noise outside yesterday evening and could not concentrate on his study. A. pecked B. oriented C. perturbed D. paddled11. He is often inclined to _ in other peoples affairs, which is none of his business. A. manipula

7、ted B. lumbered C. meddle D. littered12. He practiced _ on her and managed to get $ 2, 000. A. linen B. deception C. longitude. D. paradise13. He was _ to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age. A. deduced B. damped C. diminished D. destined14. Such questions shoul

8、d be approached honestly and in full awareness that _ loan agreements will cost money due to cancellation or other charges. A. compressing B. terminating C. conforming D. contending15. The room was full of people and smoke. She started to feel _ with the heat inside. A. oppressed B. congested C. con

9、fronted D. craned16. The language experts believe that the _ age for learning a foreign language is 6 years old. A. conceptual B. considerate C. optimal D. component17. She got very angry and _ her clothes about in the room. A. flung B. flew C. clamped D. clashed18. He knew that he would be punished

10、 severely because of his serious error. Therefore he _ away the day before yesterday. A. cautioned B. fled C. chattered D. civilized19. The evil manners would be _ root and branch due to the forceful action taken by the local government. A. exterminated B. exemplified C. facilitated D. emitted20. We

11、 all know that it is very hard to _ him to give his plan up. A. endeavor B. reduce C. assert D. inducePart Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices ma

12、rked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. A scorching sun, an endless sea of sand and a waterless, forbiddingly lonely land-that is the image most people have of deserts. But how true is

13、this picture? Deserts are drylands where rainfall is low. This is not to say rain never falls in deserts. It may fall once or twice a year in a fierce torrent that fades almost as soon as it has begun, or which evaporates in the hot air long before it has got anywhere near the earth. It may fall in

14、a sudden sweeping flood that carries everything in its path. Rains may only come once in five or six years or not fall for a decade or more. The Mojave desert in the United States remained dry for twenty-five years. Without water no living thing can survive, and one feature of the desert landscape i

15、s the absence of vegetation. With little rain and hardly any vegetation the land suffers under the sun. There are virtually no clouds or trees to protect the earths surface and it can be burning hot. Under the sun, soils break up and crack. Wind and torrential rain sweep away and erode the surface further. Eight million square kilometers of the worlds land surface is desert. Throughout history deserts have been expanding and retreating again. Cave paintings show that parts of the Sahara Desert were green and fertile about 10, 000 years ago, and even animals like elephants and giraffes roam