中国社会科学院2006年博士研究生入学考试试题

1、中国社会科学院2006年博士研究生入学考试试题PART I: VocabularySection A (10 points)Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word.1. With computers doubling in speed and power every couple of years and with genetic engineering s dazzling feats grow ing more and more routi ne, the bat

2、tered America n faith in tech no logical progress has bee n grow ing stron ger and giddier of late.A. in trigu ingB. orn ateC. brillia ntD. obsess ing2. One suggested method of containing the fires was prese nted by Cary Colaizzi of the engin eeri ng firm Goods on, which has developed a heat-resista

3、 nt grout (a thi n mortar used to fill cracks and crevices), which is desig ned to be pumped into the coal fire to cut off the oxyge n supply.A. restra iningB. compris ingC. embrac ingD. releas ing3. The two fan atic Puerto Rica n n ati on alists who tried to assass in ateHarry Truma n in 1950 attac

4、kedhim whe n he was livi ng across the street in Blair House while the White House was bein g renovated. A. refurbishedB. refur ni shedC. reiteratedD. repa in ted4. But by the time we are adult, the childhood hid ing which dwi ndled to adolesce nt shyn ess, is expected to disappear altogether, as we

5、 bravely stride out to meet our guests, hosts, compa nions, relatives, colleagues, customers, clie nts, or frie nds.A. succumbedB. restoredC. adaptedD. dimini shed5. The Taga nka product ion Poslushaite ( Liste n”，culled from stateme nts and works of Vladimir Mayakovsky, proved to be a sin gular exc

6、epti on.A. rejectedB. desce ndedC. con firmedD. selected6. Many feel Kennedy commitment was a desperate political maneuver to lift himself out of the calamity of the Bay of Pigs.A. limelightB. ployC. bidD. threshold7. Some in dustrial workers were trying, quietly and peacefully, to create a n etwork

7、 of free trade unions, modeled presumably on Pola ncfsfamous Solidarity, which was an anathema to the regime.A. a curseB. a coupC. a spumeD. a sinew8. In many simple organisms, including bacteria and various protests, the life cycle is completed within a sin gle gen erati on: an orga nism begi ns wi

8、th the fission of an existi ng in dividual; the new orga nism grows to maturity; and it then splits into two new individuals, thus completing the cycle.A. splitB. fusi onC. explosi onD. modificati on9. Some pun dits are worried that these can didate Q-and-A sessi ons have supplanted regular n ewscas

9、ts with someth ing less rigorous journalistically, but the carp ing seems misguided.A. succeededB. supersededC. distortedD. completed10. On any corner, sane men, fanatics and demagogues could secure audiences to listen to their oratory,in which they adjured their hearers to rise in their might and d

10、rive the invader from their sacred soil. A. abjuredB. appealedC. repudiatedD. refutedSection B (10points)Directions: Choose the word that best completes the sentence.11. At the outset, Nixon warned, too, that a great effort would be needed to meet the Communistchalle nge. But his audie nces seemedin

11、 such warnin gs, preferri ng to be reassured.A. i nterestedB. dis in terested C. unin terestedD. i nteresti ng12. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel regard Iran as a rogue state that seeds to export terror, build nuclear weapons and the Middle East peace process.A. conspire B. deviate C. distort D. sabo

12、tage13. The slogan “scientific truth is a matter of social authority ”has become dogma to many academic interest groups who have been themselves to substitute their authority for that of thepracticing scientists.A. grudging B. exerting C. swarming D. detesting14. None of these is an end in itself. T

13、hey are tentative, experimental. They are movements nottowards something definite but away from something definite.A. assurance B. expedients C. awareness D. doubts15. Nxele denounced sorcery, adultery, , incest, extortion, and murder; he would not eatprepared food, which he said was unclean, and st

14、opped drinking milk.A. monogamy B. monologue C. polygamy D. polygene16. “The foreign teachers wondered what we Chinese teachers do in political meetings and I told them that we had to go through the of lengthy formalities”.A. rigmarole B. significance C. commiseration D. implication17. According to

15、the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1995, the wealthiest 10 percent of Chinas population received 30.9 percent of the income, while the poorest 10 received only 2.2 percent. Such in income and wealth are found in both citiesand rural areas.A. identicalness B. disparities C.

16、egalitarianism D. curmudgeons18. In addition to the Mandarin dialects, there are six other Chinese dialect groups, spoken mainly in southern and southeastern China. This linguistic , particularly in southeastern China, hasprovided the basis for strong regional identity and some ethnic variation with

17、in the larger Han community.A. fragmentation B. unanimity C. lethargy D. apotheosis19. Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well as to Japanese and Brazilian music, part of approach that is winning her fans around the world.A. a heterogeneous B. an eclectic C. a homogeneous D

18、. a monotonous20. is practiced to some extent by the adherents of every religion. It often requires abstinencefrom food, drink, or sexual activity, as in fasting or celibacy and it may also require physical pain or discomfort, such as endurance of extreme heat or cold or self-punishment.A. Extravaga

19、nce B. Opulence C. Deterioration D. AsceticismPARTU : GrammarSection A (10 points)Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank.21. The buffalo which the lion fells provokes his aggression as little as the appetizing turkey which I hvae just seen hanging in the larder provokes .A. me B.

20、 them C. it D. mine22. Here, so profligate has its use become the air conditioner is almost the automobile of thenational tendency to overindulge in every technical possibility, to use every convenience to such excess that country looks downright coddled.A. as glaring symptom asB. as glaring a sympt

21、om asC. as symptom glaring asD. as glaring as a symptom23. The touch excites no defensive response unless the approach is from above where the spider cansee the moti on,on its hind legs, lifts its front legs, ope ns its fangs and holds this threate ningposture as long as the object con ti nues to mo

22、ve.A. in which case it risesB. in that case it risesC. in which case does it riseD. such being the case it rises24. As main stream chip product ion tech no logy shifts from on e gen erati on to the n ext every three to fiveyears, pla nts with new tech no logy can make more powerful chips at lower co

23、sts,pla nts withoutdated equipme nt, which ofte n cost billi ons of dollars to build, will be margi nalized by the maker A. becauseB. eve n though C. whileD. since25. from her con tract, De Havilla nd sued the studio and, after a two-year battle, won her case ina Ian dmark decisi on that ben efited

24、all con tract actors.A. Determ ined being releasedB. Determ ining to be releasedC. Determ ined to be releasedD. Determ ining to be releas ing26. The game of golf became so popular in Scotland in order to keep people from playing golf when theyarchery, a military n ecessity, the Scottish parliame nt

25、passed a special law in 1457. The Scottish people, however, largely ignored these similar laws.A. should have bee n practici ngB. should be practic ingC. had bee n practici ngD. were practic ing27. If at some point they do import Christianity, it isthat it will be absorbed and adaptedstre ngth the c

26、on ti nuing core of Chin ese culture.A. more tha n likelyin such a manner as toB. more likely tha nin such a manner so as toC. likely more tha nin a manner so as toD. more likelyto such a manner as28. A rogue loose called a hacker could take control of the entire system by implanting his ownin struc

27、ti ons in the software and the n he could program the computer to erase any sig n.A. of his being ever thereB. he ever has bee n thereC. of his hav ing ever bee n thereD. of him hav ing ever bee n there29. at the outset,in stead of shift ing thing about may be phero mones released whe nthey reach co

28、mmittee size.A. The stimuli set them offbuild collectivelyB. The stimuli that set them offbuilding collectivelyC. The stimuli setting them offthey build collectivelyD. Being set off by stimulitheir building collectively30. When we stereotype people, we use a less mature form of thi nking (not uni ik

29、e the immaturethinking of a very young child) that makes simplistic and categorical impressi ons of others.about the depth and breadth of people-their history, in terest, values, stre ngths and true character-we categorize them as jocks, geeks or freaks.A. Rather tha n lear nB. To make sure to lear

30、nC. As soon as lear ningD. As a replaceme nt for lear ningSection B (10 points)Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence.31. Such an extravaganee merely to provide comfort is peculiarly America and striking at odds withall the recent rhetoric about national sacrifice in

31、a period of menacing energy shortages.D32. Other moder n in dustrial n ati ons such as Japa n. Germa ny and France have man aged all lo ng to Athrive with mere fractions of man-made coolness used in the U.S, and precious little of that inBCDprivate dwelli ngs.33. Thousa nds of tired, un derfed, poor

32、ly clothed Con federate soldiers, l ong since past the simpleABen thusiasm of the early days of the struggle somehow con sidered Lee the symbol of everythi ng Cthat they had been willing to die.D34. It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill,ABtha

33、t you begi n to see the whole beast, and now you observe it to think, pla n, and calculate.CD35. Although postmoder nism in corporates large help ings of Freudia nism and the more credulous kindAof cultural an thropology, it remai ns a fun dame ntally left ” phe nomena, in the sense of mai ntai ning

34、 BCan implacable hostility to market economics and traditional social structures.D36. Restrained from the slave-trade-the favorite traffic of the chiefsopposed in their maraudingAprope nsity, and threate ned by the deserti on of their slaves and wome n, who beg in to un dersta nd that by flight into

35、 the tow ns of the Republic they can free themselves from the domestic in stituti ons of slavery and polygamy, it is not probable that heathen princes and chiefs would beBfavorable to the government which they imagine is operating detrimentally in these respects toCits in terest.D37. After 1945 both America scholarship and a resurge nee of Marxist thought in creas in gly pen etratedAEuropean sociology, which expanded considerably. To a growing extent in both the United States Band Western European, the three dominating figures of Marx, Durk