华南师范大学考博英语试题.docx

1、华南师范大学考博英语试题华南师范大学2012年考博英语试题华南师范大学2012年考博英语试题Section I Vocabulary (20 points)Directions: There are 40 sentences in this section. Each sentence has something omitted. Choose theword or words from the four choices given to best complete each sentence.1. Conscience _ him day and night after he saw the

2、 miseries other child which was caused by his misdoings with his own eyes. A. racks B. persecutes C. maltreats D. abuses2. Her professional ethics is now being questioned since she often _ her reports to suit the people she is speaking to. A. disfigures B. deforms C. misshapes D. distorts3. The deve

3、loped countries are urging the developing countries to adopt a strategy that can _ the twin needs of development and preservation of nature. A. assimilate B. correspond C. coincide D. reconcile4. Venice _ as the major sea power of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages, which was erne mentioned by

4、 some writers, such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, etc. A. prevailed B. reigned C. presided D. restrained5. Terrorists _ to bombing city centers as a means of achieving their political aims. A. resorted B. took C. saw D. looked6. The dilemma I was caught in several years ago bears a close _ to the one you

5、 are involved in today, so perhaps I can give you some advice. A. likeness B. resemblance C. analogy D. familiarity7. As civilization _ in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life- food, shelter and clothes. A. processes B. precedes C. proceeds D

6、. exceeds8. In most cases politicians are _ as they seldom tell the truth. A. skeptical B. pessimistic - C. incredulous D. incredible9. He _ his children nothing and gave them whatever they wanted A. rejected B. denied C. deprived D. restrictedl 0. He _ of having missed a good opportunity to study a

7、broad but he knew it was no use crying over spilt milk. A. wept B. mourned C. grieved D. repented11.The work is not very profitable_cash, but I am getting valuable experience from it A. in accordance with B. on the basis of C. in terms of D. in the light of12. When the hostess received my compliment

8、 on her new car, she responded with great pleasure protested but A. to naught B. to nothing C. to no avail D. to void27. This countrys development of science was greatly undermined for large numbers of scientific were ejected from their motherland since the dictator came into power. A. galaxy B. eli

9、te C. personnel D. swarm28. The university an honorary doctors degree on the distinguished scholar who was generally regarded as a credit to his own country. A. donated B. conferred C. subscribed D. granted29. The people of this country have entrenched themselves to any invaders who refuse to give u

10、p their evil intention. A. ward off B. cut off C. work off D. lay off30. The mob was by the fiery speech and then they marched down the main street, and set many Chinese stores on fire. A. wakened B. aroused , C. inspired D. agitated31. The politician is shrewd and deep; he was him. seldom on what h

11、e expected others to do for A. transparent B. explicit C. prominent D. conspicuous32. In the eyes of the linguists, there exists no among the languages in the world. A. status B. scale C. hierarchy D. gauge33. The radio program was presented a joint venture which was registered several months ago. A

12、. by courtesy of B. on account of C. by virtue of D. in terms of34. Some historians are convinced that Rome was a corrupt kingdom that deserved to A.die B. expire C. perish D. cease35. In the end they came to the conclusion that the evidence produced by the plaintiff was A. scarce B. rare C. scanty

13、D. deficient36. The conductor of the orchestra was not satisfied with the ballet for the steps of the dancer was not with the rhythm of the music. A. coordinated B. corresponded C. synchronized D. reconciled37. It is natural for me to on his motives for the visits for we have not been on speaking te

14、rms for many years. A. reflect B. suppose C. speculate D. meditate38. The president placed a wreath on the monument to the heroes and then made a speech to pay to the great achievements of the martyrs. A. compliment B. gratitude C. tribute. D. commendation39. Bribery the confidence that must exist b

15、etween buyer and seller. A. aggravates B. deteriorates C. corrodes D. degenerates40. By evacuating the inhabitants in the densely populated areas of the city and establishing temporary shelters, the city. itself for a possible new quake. A. bolted B. braced C. reinforced D. strappedSection Use of En

16、glish (20points)Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markedA, B, C or D on the answer sheet. The salmon is one of our most valuable fish. It offers us food, sport , and profit. Ever5, ),earcommercial fishing 41 a harvest of over a billion pounds of

17、 salmon from the sea. Hundreds ofthousands of salmon are caught each year by eager 42 fishers. In autumn, the rivers of the Northwestern United States come 43 with salmon. Thesalmon have left the ocean and are 44 their yearly run up river to spawn. Yet today, there arefar fewer salmon than 45 becaus

18、e the salmon 46 has suffered from many perils of themodem age. Water pollution has killed many salmon by 47 them of oxygen. Over - fishing has further decreased their numbers. Dams are another 48 because they lock migration paths. Fishladders, 49 of stepped pools, have been built so that salmon can

19、swim 50 over the dams.But young salmon swimming to the ocean have trouble 51 the ladders. Often they 52 their deaths over the dam or are killed in giant hydroelectric turbines. 53 America will continue to have plenty of salmon, conservationists have planned several. lays to 54 the salmon population.

20、 Conservation officials have had some success 55 salmon in hatcheries and stocking salmon rivers with them. Salmon are also being 56 into new areas. In 1996, hundreds of thousands of young Coho salmon were planted in streams off Lake Michigan. The adults were expected to migrate to the lake and 57 a

21、n undesirable fish. The Cohoes 58 so well on this kind of fish in Lake Michigan 59 Cohoes are being planted in other Great Lakes. Thanks to the foresight and 60 of conservationists, the valuable salmon should be aroundAmerican shores, rivers, and lakes for a long time to come41. A. results in B. res

22、ults from C. results at D. resulted in42. A. commerce B. sports C. salmon D. kindness43. A. alive B. active C. live D. about-44. A. at B. in C. on D. by45. A. ever so B. ever since C. ever after D. ever before46. A. production B. population C. family D. growing47. A. forbidding B. exploiting C. robb

23、ing D. endangering48. A. danger B. obstacle C. problem D. element49. A. made up for B. made Up to C. made up D. made up of50. A. properly B. safely C. quickly D. frequently51. A. discover B. to climb C. finding D. measuring52. A. fall to B. fall back C. fall across D. fall away53. A. So that B. So f

24、ar as C. So much as D. So long as54. A. explode B. develop C. increase D. catch55. A. supporting B. raising C. keeping D. resulting56. A. invaded B. introduced C. found D. given57. A. live on B. feed in C. feed upon D. feed back58. A. activate B. grow C. thrived D. developed59. A. in which B. that C

25、. where D. which60. A. objectives B. planning C. invention D. arrangementSection Reading Comprehension (30 points)Direction: In this part of the test, there are six short passages for you to read. Read each passagecarefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

26、 and mark thecorresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. TEXT A It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the lives of the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines has been introduced. For example, it has been suggested

27、 that the employment of women in industry took them out of the household, their traditional sphere, and fundamentally altered their position in society. In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician, warned that by doing so, women would give up thei

28、r femininity. Friedrich Engels, however, predicted that women would be liberated from the social, legal, and economic subordination of the family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of the whole female sex into public industry. Observers thus differed concerning the soci

29、al desirability of mechanization s effects, but they agreed that it would transform womens lives. Historians, particularly those investigating the history of women, now seriously question this assumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations as the spinnin

30、g jenny, the sewing machine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resulted in equally dramatic social changes in womens economic position or in the prevailing evaluation of womens work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolution was largely an extensio

31、n of an older pattern of employment of young, single women as domestics. It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previously seen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880% created a new class of deadened

32、jobs, thenceforth considered women s work. The increase in the numbers of married women employed outside the home in the twentieth century had less to do with he-mechaniZafi6n of housework and an increase in leisure time for these w0men-than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool of single