苏州大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题.docx

1、苏州大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题 博士研究生入学考试英语试题 考生答题须知Part L Listening Comprehension ( 25) Section A: Spot DictationDirections: In this section, you are going to hear a passage. The passage will he read only once. As you listen to the passage, fill in the blanks with the words you hear. After the passage, there wil

2、l be a 3-minute pause. During the pause, you must write the words on the Answer Sheet.A recent university research project investigated the attitudes of postgraduate science students (1) _the learning of English vocabulary. The results were urprising. Ill (2) _three of them.firstly, most of the stcr

3、deaats think that (3) _every word ill English has just one meaning. This is, of course:, completely (4) _to the facts. A glance at any English dictionary will show this. The student will (5) _find seven or eight meanings listed for (6) _simple words.Why, then, have these students made such a mistake

4、: One reason irnay be that theyre .ill (7) _. students. Scientists try to use words ill their special subject which have one meaning, and one meaning only. Another reason., of course,could be the way in Which these Student, Were They may have used vocabulary lists when they first learner English. (M

5、 one side of the page is the word in Iaaglish-, on the other sloe, a single tiord in the (Q) native language.lhe second attitude that (10) _from the findings isequally mistaken. (11) _all the students think that every word in English has an exact (12) _equivalent. Again, this is far from the trijth.

6、 Sometimes one word in Iinglish can only be translated by a (13) _in the students native languial c. there are other (l4) _ill translation which we wont mention here. (:ertainly the idea of a one word for one word translation (15) _is completely false. Translation machines, which tried to work on th

7、is (16) _failed completely.The third resultof the investigation showed another (17) _in the students thinking. They believe that as soon as they know the meaning of a word, theyre in a (18) _to use it correctly. This is untrue for any language but is perhaps particularly (19) _for English. The stude

8、nt has to learn when to use a word as well as to know what it means. Some words in English mean almost the same but they can only be used in certain situations.What, then, is the best way to increase ones vocabulary? This can be answered in three words-observation, (20) _and repetition.Section B: Mu

9、ltiple ChoiceDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear S questions. The passage and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D an

10、d decide which is the best answer. Then write your choice on the Answer Slicet.21. A) It had no efFect on living cells. 13) It had effects on living cells. C) It had effects only on children. I) It had effects only on adults.22. A) An increasing number of cancers in children.I3) A link between an el

11、ectric current and the energy fold.C) A causal link between the power-line or device and the energy field.1) A Small increased chance ofcancer in children living near electric power-line.23. A) 446. 13) 464. C ) 223. 1)234.24. A) Because he doesnt have enough evidence.R) Because other scientists hav

12、e not studied his results yet. C.) Because he discovered no direct link between disease and electricity.D) Because the link between cancer and electricity has not yet beenproved.25. A) Health and environment.B) Electric current and the energy field. C) Electricity and cancer.D) Electrical workers an

13、d cancer.Section C: Question and AnswerDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage. The passage will be read only once. Then try to answer the following questions according to what you have heard. Remember you should write your answer on the Answer Sheet.26. Why arent most new doctors inter

14、ested in beginning work in a small town?27. Why do many small town doctors work long hours? 28. What is the growing problem in the United States? 29. How many new doctors did the National Health Service Corps produce in 1979?30. Whom did a hospital in Parkersprary offer a reward o 5,000 dollar to?Pa

15、rt 11. Vocabulary (20%) ,Directions: In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.31. To qualify for such a position, the native would first have to receive specialized trainin

16、g, and this is_A) refused B) discouragedC) denied D) forbidden32. The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudden gust of cold wind made her_A) whirl B) shiftC) shiver D) shake33. Presently, there are nine teachers in my team, who have_the task of teaching advanced English to more than 500 non-Engli

17、sh majors.A) inclined B) hesitatedC) afforded D) undertaken34. The press demands that politicians_the sources of their income.A) betray B) concealC) disclose D) renew35. Having gone through all kinds of hardships in life, he became a m with a strong_A) philosophy B) idealismC) morality D) personalit

18、y36. One new_to learning a foreign language is to study the language in its cultural context.A) approach B) solutionC) manner D) road37. To maintain public_is not only the policemens duty but f every citizens responsibility.A) custom B) confidenceC) security D) simplicity38. All was dark in the dist

19、rict except for a candle_through th curtains in one of houses.A) glimmering B)glitteringC) flaming D) blazing39. One of the stands_and dozens of people were either killer or injured.A) destroyed B) collapsedC) corroded D) ruined40. Me, afraid of him? he said with a(n) _smile, Not me!A) contemptible

20、B) amusingC) contagious D) contemptuous41. He will simply no listen to anybody; he is_to argument.A) impervious B) imperceptibleC) impassable D) blunt42. Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to beA) inquisitive B) impatientC) acquisitive D) informative43. He_between life and d

21、eath for a few days but then he pul:A) hovered B) lurchedC) wavered D) fluctuated44. We are prepared to satisfy all your_claimA legitimate B) legibleC) intimate D) legislative 45. There is not a Greek word which is the exact_of the English word stile.A) equivalent B) copyC) counterpart D) meaning46.

22、 The prizes will be_at the end of the school year.A) distributed B) attributedC) granted D) contributed47. During our stay in Paris we were splendidly_by the Italian Ambassador.A) sustained B) maintainedC) retained D) entertained48. On leaving, we thanked him most warmly for the hospitality_to us an

23、d our friends.A) extended B) expandedC) expended D) awarded49. If the dispute is not settled in a(n) _ way soon, the two countries will certainly go to war.A) amiable B) amicableC) inimical D) unfriendly50, If I may be so_as to advise you, my opinion is that you should not reply to his letter.A) gen

24、erous B) humbleC) proud D) bold51. If you take a(n) _course like her you can learn English in less than two years.A) intensive B) extensiveC) expansive D) retentive 52. After a years hard work I think I am_to a long holiday. 10,A) entailed B) deservedC) entitled D) satisfied53. Thousands of people_f

25、rom Greece every year to work in West Germany.A) emigrate B) leaveC) abandon D) immigrate54, lie was a member of the Hillary_that conquered MountEverest.A) mission B) invasionC) experiment D) expedition55. It was my sad duty to_the news of Johns death to his family.A) submit B) breakC) say D) procla

26、im56. He_himself as a war correspondent in Vietnam.A) discerned B) distinguishedC) discriminated D) extinguished57. She_his invitation to dinner as she was on a diet.A) inclined B) declinedC) denied D) disinclined58. He was_with attempted robbery and held in custody.A) accused B) prosecutedC) charge

27、d D) arrested59. What the witness said in court was not_with the statement he made to the police.A) prevalent B) relevantC) consistent D) coincident60. Molly has always beep a(n) _child; she becomes ill easily.A) delicate B) gloomyC) energetic D) confident61. There are some very beautifully_glass wi

28、ndows in the church.A) designed B) drawn C) marked D) stained62. The man who never tries anything new is a(n) _on the wheels of progress.A) obstacle B) brakeC) break D) block63. There is a sale at Hamfridges next week with_in all departments.A) decreases B) subtractionsC) reductions D) accounts64. D

29、octors have long known that if a patient is_that he will recover and is treated with sympathy, his pain will often disappear. A) assumed B) assuredC) informed D) proved65: Although most birds have only a_sense of smell, they have acute vision.A genuine. B) negativeC) negligible D) condensed66. We ar

30、e sorry to say that Mary is not the very person who can be_with either money or secret information.A）entrusted B) committed C)consigned D) assigned67. If you never review your lessons, you will only have yourself to_if you fail in your examination.A) complain B) blameC) mistake D) fault68. We were f

31、our scores left behind with five minutes to go, so the game looked completely_A) irresistible B) irremissibleC irreplaceable D) irretrievable69. Had the explosion broken out, the passagers in the plane should have been killed, for it was_timed with the planes take-off.A) spontaneously B) instantaneouslyC simultaneously D) conscientiously70. The two witnesses who saw the shootings were able to_who hard fired first.A) encounter B) high