四川大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题.docx

1、四川大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题四川大学2013年博士研究生入学考试英语真题Part I: Reading Comprehension (30%)Direction：Read the following six passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosingA，B，C or D. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.Passage 1Over the past several decades, the U. S.，Canada, and Europe have receive

2、d agreat deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolvedmysteries. These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with “nonhuman crea-turessuch as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Only recently has Latin America begunto receive some attention as well. Although

3、 the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Incacivilizations have been known for centuries, now the public is also becoming aware of unu-sual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru.The Nazca “lines” of Peru were discovered in the 1930s. These lines are deeplycarved into a flat, stony plain, an

4、d form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such asbirds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled senselessmess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1，000 feel meaning from an aircraft. Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B. C. ，when i

5、t is judged thedesigns were made. Nor were there then, or are there now，any nearby mountain rangesfrom which to view them. So how and why did the native people of Nazca create thesemarvelous designs? One answer appeared in 1969, when the German researcher and writ-er Erich von Daniken proposed that

6、the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways fortheir aircraft. The scientific community did not take long to scoff at and abandon vonDanikens theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth, but none hasbeen accepted by the scientific community.Today there is a new and hei

7、ghtened interest in the Nazca lines. It is direct result ofthe creation of the Internet. Currently there are over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery fromLatin America past, and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms.Will the Internet help explain these uns

8、olved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the rightdirection.1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Latin America has long received attention for unusual phenomena.巳.Public attention is now directed towards countries like Peru.0. Public interest usually focuses on North America and Euro

9、pe.D. Some ancient civilizations have unsolved mysteries.2. According to the passage, the Nazca lines were found .A. in mountains 巳.Pin stones C. on animals D. on a plain3. We can infer from the passage that the higher the lines are seen, the theimages they present.A. smaller 巳.larger C. clearer D.

10、brighter4. There has been increasing interest in the Nazca lines mainly becauseof .A. the participation of scientistsB. the emergence of the Internet0. the birth of new theoriesD. the interest in the Internet5. The author is about the role of the Internet in solving mysteries.A. cautious. B. pessimi

11、stic 0. uncertain D. optimisticPassage 2Social circumstances in Early Modern England mostly served to repress womensvoices. Patriarchal culture and institutions constructed them as chaste, silent, obedient,and subordinate. At the beginning of 17th century, the ideology of patriarchy, political ab-so

12、lutism, and gender hierarchy were reaffirmed powerfully by King James in The Trew Lawof Free Monarchie and the Basilikon Doron； by that ideology the absolute power of God thesupreme patriarch was seen to be imaged in the absolute monarch of the state and in thehusband and father of a family. Accordi

13、ngly, a womans subjection, first to her father andthen to her husband, imaged the subjection of English people to their monarch, and of allChristians to God. Also, the period saw an outpouring of repressive or overtly misogynistsermons, tracts, and plays, detailing womens physical and mental defects

14、, spiritual evils,rebelliousness, shrewishness, and natural inferiority to men.Yet some social and cultural conditions served to empower women. During the Eliza-bethan era (15581603) the culture was dominated by a powerful Queen, who providedan impressive female example though she left scant cultura

15、l space for other women. Eliza-bethan women writers began to produce original texts but were occupied chiefly with trans-lation. In the 17th century, however, various circumstances enabled women to write origi-nal texts in some numbers. For one thing, some counterweight to patriarchy was providedby

16、female communities mothers and daughters, extended kinship networks, close fe-male friends, the separate court of Queen Anne (King Jamesconsort) and her often op-positional masques and political activities. For another, most of these women had a rea-sonably good education (modern languages, history,

17、 literature, religion, music, occasion-ally Latin) and some apparently found in romances and histories more expansive terms forimagining womens lives. Also, representation of vigorous and rebellious female charactersin literature and especially on the stage no doubt helped to undermine any monolithi

18、c socialconstruct of womens nature and role.Most important, perhaps, was the radical potential inherent in the Protestant insistenceon every Christians immediate relationship with God and primary responsibility to follow hisor her individual conscience. There is plenty of support in St Pauls epistle

19、s and elsewherein the Bible for patriarchy and a wifes subjection to her husband, but some texts (notablyGalatians 3: 28) inscribe a very different politics, promoting womens spiritual equality:“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor fe-male: for ye

20、 are all one in Jesus Christ. ” Such texts encouraged some women to claim thesupport of God the supreme patriarch against the various earthly patriarchs who claimed tostand toward them in his stead.There is also the gap or slippage between ideology and common experience. Englishwomen throughout the

21、17th century exercised a good deal of actual power； as managers ofestates in their husbandsabsences at court or on military and diplomatic missions； asmembers of guilds； as wives and mothers who sometimes dominated their men by sheerforce of personality or outright defiance. Their power reached its

22、apex during the EnglishCivil War and Interregnum (164060) as the execution of the King and the attendant dis-ruption of social hierarchies led many women to seize new roles as preachers, as proph-etesses ,as deputies for exiled royalist husbands, as writers of religious and politicaltracts.6. What i

23、s the best title for this passage?A. Womens Position in the 17th Century.巳.Womens Subjection to Patriarchy.C. Social Circumstances in the 17th Century.D. Womens Objection in the 17th Century.7. What did the Queen Elizabeth do for the women in culture?A. She set an impressive female example to follow

24、.巳.She dominated the culture.C. She did little.D. She allowed women to translate something.8. Which of the following is not mentioned as a reason to enable women to originaltexts?A. Female communities provided some counterweight to patriarchy.B. Queen Annes political activities.C. Most women had a g

25、ood education.D. Queen Elizabeths political activities.9. What did the religion do for the women?A. It did nothing.B. It too asked women to be obedient except some texts.C. It supported women.D. It appealed to the God.10. What does the word “apex” mean in the last paragraph?A. the lowest point B. th

26、e end C. ultimate D. summitPassage 3I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tiredthat, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me； itis the reality I took with me into sleep. I try to think of something else.Immediat

27、ely the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her. She was selling skirts. Shemoved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long blackhair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair,

28、she wore threesilk ribbons, blue, green，and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girl-friends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.I dont know the word for “ribbons”，so I put my hand to my own hair and, with threefingers against my head； I looked at her ribbons and

29、said “Beautiful. ” She lowered hereyes and said nothing. I wasnt sure if she understood me (I dont speak Laotian verywell).I looked back down at the skirts. They had designs in them: squares and triangles andcircles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts,

30、and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laosbargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few wordsi was able to say in her language, altho

31、ugh they were mostly numbers, and she saw that Iunderstood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in dis-agreement over the price； then, immediately, we made another offer and then anothershake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last o

32、ffer Imade. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous andwouldnt make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid forall three at the price set； that way i was able to pay her three times as much before shehad a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, forthe first time in months, my spirit l