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1、清华大学英语博士研究生入学考试试题清华大学英语2000年5月博士研究生入学考试试题清华大学2000年5月考博英语真题 English Qualifying Test for Ph. D. Candidates (May, 2000) Part I Listening Comprehension (15%) Section A 注；请将70 至100字的概要用中文写在答题纸上。 Section B 注；请将答案用英文写在答案纸上。 Section C 注 请将答案用英文填写在答题纸的表格上。 Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%) Directions: T

2、here are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.1. The opinions of his peers are more important to her than her parents idea.A) friends B) equalsC) enemies D) bosses2. After we join the WTO,

3、 the situation that our automobile industry, depends for its survival on government subsidies will be changed.A) financial aid B) personnel supportC) spiritual encouragement D) partial taxation3. My salary has been raised to 100,000 yuan a year. but there is a proportionate increase in my income tax

4、. A) dramatic B) undesirableC) perpetual D) proportional4. Henry David Thoreau used to ramble through the woods before he wrote his most famous book Walden (1854).A) study B) liveC) read aloud D) wander5. Despite the pressure from the president, the provincial government insisted on its autonomous j

5、urisdiction.A) regional B) obstinateC) willful D) legal6. All programs celebrating the Spring Festival in the CCTV have been relayed to even part of the world through satellites.A) received B) reservedC) rebroadcast D) enjoyed7. You must be drunk last night. Otherwise how did you manage to drive int

6、o a stationary vehicle?A) official B) policeC) parked D) running 8. To create a democratic atmosphere in the company, the manager should always be accessible to his staff.A)fair B) equalC) acceptable D) approachable9. The newly imported machine doesnt work in ambient humidity of 50 degrees.A) approx

7、imate B) surroundingC) convenient D) high10. Many students are signing the petition against building a steelworks near the school.A) names B) agreementC) request D) disapproval11. Your appraisal of the current situation is quite different from mine.A) optimistic B) complimentC) agreement D) estimate

8、12. They are boycotting the store because the workers are on strike.A) looting B) banningC) protecting D) destroying13. In the final contest, two athletes are contending for the championship.A) satisfying B) happyC) competing D) quarreling14. The computers value will depreciate by half in the first

9、year.A) decrease B) increaseC) keep low D) fluctuate15. China Telecom is about to embark on a major program of computerization.A) propaganda B) finishC) purchase D) undertakel6. The candidate has given a pledge that he will improve the local environment and invest doubly in education.A) promise B) d

10、eclarationC) proposal D) possibility17. There has always been an epldemic or bike stealing in schools. A) a theft B) a punishmentC) a plague D) a crime18. It is in Chongqing that the next international symposium on environmental protection will be held.A) debate B) conferenceC) seminar D) negotiatio

11、n19. Many people suspected the existence of extraterrestrial life.A) snowman B) outside the earthC) spiritual D) underworld20. In case your liabilities outrun your assets, you may go bankrupt.A) debt B) enterpriseC) controversy D) bondage21.After the fierce quarrel, they began to have a _ loathing f

12、or each other.A) boring B) reciprocalC) friendly D) standing22. On the stage many pieces of blue silk were fluctuated to _the sea waves.A) simplify B) simulateC) help D) like23. The government lacked money because of biting oil_.A) prices B) stationsC) buildings D) revenues24. Though the policies of

13、 racial _had been abolished, many whites in the South were still dubious about the safety of the communities.A) segregationB) regulationsC) communismD3 extinction25. The proposal was accepted with _ approval. Everybody believed it would help revive the national economy.A) unanimous B) doubtfulC) ple

14、asant D) searching26. Many social services are provided by _ societies and organizations that do not expect any material payment.A) wealthyB)voluntaryC) helpfulD)spiritual27. In the packed hall, the people sitting close to me _ me into the corner little by little.A) dragged B) drewC) frightened D) w

15、edged28. The police, trying to _exactly who was at the party are investigating every person concerned.A) ascertainB) arrestC) imagine D) count29. If everybody has arrived the meeting may_ now.A) commence B) criticizeC) comment D) conclude30. The prodigal son _his large inheritance in a few years of

16、heavy spending.A) inheritedB) receivedC) accumulatedD) dissipated3l. In ancient India, there used to be a very formidable _ in religious and social life.A) hierarchy B) powerC) despot D) president32._ delinquency refers to law-breaking by young people.A) JuvenileB) Green-handC) Amateur D) Institute3

17、3. Its necessary to make your handwritings _ when you fill in an official form.A) reconcilableB) legitimateC) legibleD) formal34. She has always been a conscientious secretary since the gal, she entered my company. Tine suggestion that I wanted her to resign is quite _A) thoughtful B) reasonableC) u

18、nfounded D) early35. The _ meaning of yellow is a color, but it can also mean cowardly.A) positiveB) negativeC) underlying D) literal36. When I stayed in the country, I used to walk in the fields at night and to see _ of stars.A) the circulation B) a clusterC) the fallingD) myriads36. When I stayed

19、in the country, I used to walk in the fields at night and to see _ of stars.A) the circulation B) a clusterC) the fallingD) myriads37. Ringing church bells sets up _ in the Alpine valleys.A) resonance B) forestsC) church building D) priests38. The students are all from _ countries, such as Singapore

20、. India Korean, and Japan.A) developing B)orientalC) islandD) Christian39. Wouldnt it be easier to move about on the _ of the mobbed crowd than to squeeze in tile middle?A) consent B) headsC) fringe D) recreation40. When the new immigration law came into effect, the old one was naturallyA) validated

21、B) put offC) repealedD) put upPart IIIReading Comprehension(50%)Section ADirections: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You loeide on the best choice.Passage IIn

22、 the years following the Second World War, the youth hostel idea spread to other parts of the world and the same spirit was maintained. The International Youth Hostel Federation, IYHF, which was to co-ordinate activities in the various national associations, incorporated in its constitution the prin

23、ciple that in youth hostels there shall be no distinctions of race, nationality color, religion, class or political opinions. This, it should be noted, was at a time when the principles of racial equality and brotherhood were by no means so widely acknowledged as they are now.There is normally no ag

24、e bar at youth hostels. Exceptions are Switzerland and Bavaria. Where there is a maximum age of 25 and I7 years respectively. Generally, however, the hostels are intended to meet the needs of two main groups: senior secondary school children, university and schoolchildren travelling with a teacher o

25、n educational visits, and aged between about 11 and I8.The principal contribution of the youth hostel movement to the attack on racism is the fact that in the 4,364 hostels throughout the world the brotherhood of man is taken for granted and practiced quietly and without any ostentation.If you walk

26、into the common-room of a big youth hostel in Gracow or Munich, Lahore of Canberra, you will find young people of every race and nationality sitting down together to share their experiences and discuss the worlds problems. As a Malaysian boy recently remarked: youth hostel is a place where you will

27、never feel lostIn accordance with its constitution, the IYHF has never admitted to membership youth hostel associations in South Africa and Rhodesia, because legislation in those countries makes it impossible for people of different races to share youth hostel facilities.But an interesting new proje

28、ct is under way in Lesotho, with the financial and technical support of the Federation: the construction of a south hostel specifically designed to carry out an educational task in southern Africa by opening its doors to young people of all races from neighboring and more distant countries. Situated just outside the capital, Maseru, the youth hostel will also provide accommodation for young people of Lesotho attending study and training courses.The very, comprehensive statistics maintained by the IYHF show tile movement of young people form country, to country in some detail, it can be s