中国地质大学考博英语试卷答案01年

1、PART 2. In each of the ten sentences below there is an underlined words (or words). Decide which of the words in the list at the bottom of the page can be used to replace the underlined words without changing the meaning of the sentence. The underlined words and the words that you choose must be syn

2、onyms. In each case, writer the number found next to the synonym in the appropriate blank on your answer sheet.A. We need to economize, so we are trying to cut down on49.reduce waste in our lab.B. Our situation is likely to deteriorate25. get worse if we do not receive help soon.C. You will notice t

3、hat this material can easily be seen through. 33. is transparentD. John thinks he may be laid off38. lose his job when the firm reorganizes.E. Does anyone know who is in charge of51.responsible for this part of the project?F. How soon do you think they will exhaust their supply of 53.run out of oxyg

4、en?G. Was there any feedback 5.advice or criticism after you made your presentation?H. We need to keep track of 42.monitor any changes in soil in the area around the factory.I. This plastic looks good, but I think we need something more durable.J. Please hurry. This matter requires immediate attenti

5、on34. is urgent.The five sentences below also contain underlined words. Find the words in the list at the bottom of the page that mean the OPPOSITE of these underlined words. Again, write the number found next to each item you choose in the appropriate space on your answer sheet.K. Quite a few 1.a h

6、andful of observers have reported changes in the quality of the air.L. The telescope they are using now is a state-of-the-art 6.antiquated device.M. There has been a minor 18.dramatic improvement in his condition since he started to take the new drug.N. On the basis of the study, the committee has d

7、ecided that the dam project is feasible29. impracticable.O. Their experiments will probably shed light on 15.counteract this puzzling phenomenon.+POSSIBLE SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS (=OPPOSITES)1. a handful of21. exacerbate41.modify2. a host of22. extremely advanced42.monitor3. advanced23. facilitate43.m

8、ore abundant4. advancing24. get a raise44.optional5. advice or criticism25. get worse45.other choice6. antiquated26. greater46.perilous7. authorize27. identical47.preserve8. be promoted28. imply48.questionable9. be transferred29. impracticable49.reduce10. become tired of30. improve50.refreshments11.

9、 challenging31. is emergent51.responsible for12. compatible32. is invisible52.responsible to13. constitute33. is transparent53.run out of14. contain34. is urgent54.safer15. counteract35. is visible55.similar16. designate36. less prone to wear56.snacks17. do little to explain37. less tough57.to blame

10、 for18. dramatic38. lose his job58.unprecedented19. dwindle39. many59.versatile20. eliminate40. meal60.very attractivePART 3. Each question in this part consists of one or more sentences in which four words or phrases are underlined. The four underlined parts are marked A, B, C or D. Decide which on

11、e of the four parts is not good English. Then write the letter found under that part in the proper space on your answer sheet.If the four underlined parts are all good English and there is no error in the sentence, then write E in the space on your answer sheet. REMEMBER! You always have FIVE possib

12、le choices: A, B, C, D or E (= no error).1 Despite the claims of later researchers, it was two roman ancient scholars who first noticed the similarity A B Cin the structure of these crystals. D2 How likely is the current campaign against spitting to success? To answer this question we must look at A

13、 B Cthe achievements of earlier efforts of this sort. D3 This afternoon I forgot stopping to check the mail. I think an important letter from the U.K. may have A B Carrived today, so Im going to the mailroom the first thing in the morning. D4 No sooner had she agreed to marry him than she began to h

14、ave serious doubts about the wisdom of the A B C Dmatch.E5 This diagram is illustrating the difference between our data and the findings of the two earlier A B Cinvestigations. You will note that the discrepancies are quite marked, especially in sector F. D6 I do a lot of traveling for my job. For e

15、xample, once every two or three months I fly to Chongqing and A Bthen drive from town to town in east of Sichuan to talk to our clients. C D7 I think we should all insure our bikes in case they will be stolen, but my wife doesnt think the trouble A B and expense are worth it. As a result, my bike is

16、 insured against theft, but not hers. C D8 A number of the people came to the lecture were unable to get seats in Room 315, so Professor Klein A Bdecided to ask everyone to move to Room 403, which is much bigger. C D9 There are only two methods for dealing with this problem: one is expensive but qui

17、ck, which another is A B Ccheap but unfortunately takes a rather long time to be effective. D10 Toward the end of the twentieth century a new means of communication was invented the Internet. By A B Cthe year 2000 the Internet had spread to every part of the globe. D11 Hardly anybody passed the most

18、 recent physics exam, so Professor Klein has set up a series of make-up A Bclasses to help people who have fallen behind in their work to master the key concepts. C D12 After the seminar in Shanghai this September, I will accompany with some of the participants on a tour A B Cof geological points of

19、 interest in Yunnan and Guizhou. Would you like to come with us? D13 We are awaiting a shipment of new equipments that is scheduled to arrive in Tianjin very soon. A B C D14 My boss knew that I was eager to return to my hometown to see my family, but he let me analyse all 400 A Bof the rock samples

20、anyway. C D15 There is a rumor on campus that Wang Ping is about to be appointed minister of Ministry of Land and A B CResources. Do you think theres any truth in the rumor? D16 He has some experience in writing articles for publication, but not a great deal of it. Specifically, I A Bbelieve he has

21、ever written three pieces that have appeared in professional journals, none of them in C DEnglish.17 Yesterday afternoon I was busy reading a long article in the financial pages of the newspaper. At the A B Csame time, the doorbell rang, and I sprang from my chair to answer it. D18 If I realized tha

22、t the trip to South America was going to cost so much, I would almost certainly have A Bbacked out of it and instead gone to a less distant spot to do my fieldwork. C D19 Everyone regards it as a honor to be chosen to give the opening address at so important a conference. A B C D20 Were headed downt

23、own on Saturday to see whats being shown in the main art galleries. Im told that A B CAnne is very interested in modern art, so I hope she would join our group. DPART 4. The sentences below contain one or more blanks. In each blank you must write ONE appropriate word. There may be several appropriat

24、e choices, but you must write only one. Your choice must be logical, grammatically correct and properly spelled. In other words, it must be acceptable real English. Any answer in good English is correct.Put one and only one word in each blank. If you put more than one word in a blank, your answer is

25、 automatically wrong. Putting nothing in a blank also counts as an error. 50 points+1. Youre going to the party? Have fun_!2. Do you want to eat now or would you rather_ wait a little while?3. I was surprised_ when I opened the letter and discovered a check for $2,000.4. I have a_good news for you.

26、Your salary is going to be raised_, starting next month.5. Do the investigators have any idea what cause_ the oil rig to collapse?6. The experiment will be over in_ three hours. Before_ then I have to stay in the lab and make sure everything goes according to plan.7. Because_ they didnt understand a

27、 word of what a foreign visitor was saying, theykept _ on smiling and nodding as if they did. It was very odd.8. Were not very satisfied_ with the condition of our lab, but we lack_ the funds that would be needed to renovate it properly.9. You may not find_ our campus very impressive to look at. How

28、ever_, the university does have a number of genuinely distinguished researchers as_ its staff.10. Many earth researchers_ want to do research in Tibet, but being_ there is not a good idea unless you are in excellent preparation_.11. When John went out_ this morning, he said he would arrive_ around 2

29、:30. Shall_I tell him to give you a call_ later this afternoon?12. John got stuck_ in traffic on his way_ to the campus this morning. By the time he arrived, the meeting was_ already over and everyone had_ gone back to work.13. Its true that second-hand cars are cheaper than new cars, but they tend_

30、 to use more fuel. Besides_, they break down themselves_ more often. Of course, if youre a good mechanic, perhaps thats not such a problem_, but I cant recommend buying_ an older car to anyone who isnt good at repairing _ them.14. Im upset because Ive just witnessed an_ accident. It involved a bus,

31、a taxi and a bike. The man on the bike and the cab driver were both dead_, the first instantly. The cab driver stopped breathing just as the ambulance arrived.15. John liked_ to smoke but he quitted_ after his father, a lifelong heavy smoker, got lung cancer_. Seeing_ him die of the disease was a te

32、rrible experience for John. Nowadays he gets angry whenever he sees an advertisement_ for cigarettes.16. Professor Smiths lecture was so boring_ that half of the audience had to struggle not to fall_ asleep. John was one of the few people who were not bored_. He thinks Smiths research is fascinating

33、.17. If you plan to attend_ the conference in Sydney next month, you should book_ a seat as soon as possible. I traveled to Australia at this time last year, and I had a lot of troubles_ getting a plane ticket.18. All of Li Bos friends are supporting_ him to take the job that the new computer compan

34、y has offered_ him, but thus far he has refused_ to leave his current job. Nobody_ can understand why he is so reluctant to change it_, especially since he often complains about he firm he works for now.PART 5. First read the article below carefully and completely. (Notice that the paragraphs are nu

35、mbered from 1 to 11.) Then answer the questions on its content. In each case write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. Each answer is worth three points.You are not allowed to use a dictionary. However, we have provided a short list of difficult words with their definitions to hel

36、p you read the text. Read this vocabulary list before you begin the article.VOCABULARY FOR THE ARTICLEacute (adj.): sharp; causing difficult problemsto assimilate A: to make A similar to the other people in a new environment or societya buffer: something that reduces the shock of conflict or misunde

37、rstandinga C: a merely passing mark in the usual US grading system (A-B-C-D-F, with A as the high grade)a chasm: a wide, deep gapa corollary: a result of something else; a principle derived from another principlea curriculum: a list of courses taught in a schoolcuts far deeper = is more profound in

38、its effectsa delicatessen: a store where ready-to-eat foods prepared in the store are sold and taken elsewheredespondent (adj.): discouraged and unhappydevastating (adj.): disastrousexotic (adj.): mysteriously foreigna family dynamic a psychological term: a pattern of authority and emotion inside a

39、familya go-between: a middlemanto hammer X to A: to emphasize X by constant repetitionHispanic (adj.): from any of the countries in which Spanish is the main languagea privation: a lack of something importantself-esteem: self-respect, related to self-confidenceseventh grade: grade 7 of the 12 grades

40、 in US schools (like “CHU-YI” in China)to take a toll on X: to damage Xa toddler: a young child who can walk, but not yet very well (age 2-5)virtually: almost1Korean-born Sung Jong Chang and her 16-year-old American son have trouble talking to each other. they barely communicate, in fact. The reason

41、 cuts far deeper than the Normal parent-teenager divide in Western societies. Mrs Chang, a Korean immigrant who works seven days a week in the familys restaurant business, speaks almost no English. Her son, John Kim, who came to the United States as a toddler, knows little Korean. At home in a Virgi

42、nian suburb of Washington, Mrs Chang watches Korean television and videotapes. In the car she listens to Korean radio. At work and church, she speaks Korean with her friends and colleagues. Working twelve hours a day, she has little opportunity or even need to learn a new language.2John, on the othe

43、r hand, is 100 percent Americanized. His friendships, his classes at school, his tastes in music, in clothes, in recreation all are firmly rooted in the English language and American culture, especially as represented by the programs that he sees on TV. Television has also had an enormous influence

44、on his spoken English had how he uses it. The direct input from his parents seems to have shrunk to little more than preferences in food and a habit of diligence.3In a society that insistently hammers into parents the importance of talking to children and spending time with them, many immigrants can

45、 hardly do either. Holding down one or more jobs to provide for their families leaves little time for family life, much less for attending language classes. At the same time, there is evidence that the children of todays immigrants are losing their parents language a good deal faster than second-gen

46、eration children did years ago.4The result, say sociologists and others who study the effects of immigration, is a troubling new family dynamic on the rise: a generation of children growing up almost strangers to their parent. “For most of us, it would be an easy choice,” said Kathleen Harris, a soc

47、iology professor at the University of North Carolina. “Of course you would learn to communicate with your child but not if it meant having to do without food on the table.”5Twelve years after arriving in the US, Mrs Chang has come to believe that she is losing her son across a great cultural chasm.

48、It pains her greatly, but she lacks the means to tell him even that much. Instead she relies on her daughter to speak for her. Sun Mi Kim, 18 years old, who grew up speaking English and a childs oral Korean and is only now striving to learn the spoken and written Korean of an adult, serves as a go-b

49、etween for her mother and brother, translating nearly everything that passes between the, even during their occasional angry shouting matches. Because Sun Mis Korean is limited, however, much is left unspoken and many feelings unexplored in the family. Subtlety is lost. Now, when Mrs chang sees her

50、son despondent when she comes home at night after her long workday, she wonders if their language barrier has taken its toll on more than ease of communication within her family. “Im afraid that by now my son may have given up trying to communicate and maybe not just with me,” the 47-year-old mother said through a translator one recent afternoon while taking a break from her kitchen duties at one of the familys two restaurants.6Previous waves of American immigrants switched over from their ancestral languages to English in a more gradual fashion, over the course of three or f