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1、陕帀擁天學SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY2007年招收博士研究生入学考试试题考试科目名称：英 语 考试科目代码：201注意事项：'1、本考试包括词汇与语法结构、阅读理解、英译汉、汉译英和写作五个部分；共11页，考试时间为180分钟。.;2、答案一律写在答题纸上，否则答案无效。客观选择题在对应题号下所 选的字母中间用钢笔或圆珠笔涂黑；主观题答案写在答题纸上对应题号所留位 置，不得错位、隔行或跳行，尽可能做到字迹清晰，书写工整。3、考试时间由考生自行掌握。考试终了时间一到，考生一律停笔，将试卷及答题纸留在座位上，待监考教师收点无误后，经主考教师宣布考试结束后方 可离开考

2、场。.PART I: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (30%)Directions: In each of the following sentences, select the best choice that fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a whole.尿.1 Ifs an awfulthat your wife couldn't come I was looking forward to meetingher.A, harnv B. sorrow C shame D. shock2. Such eup

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7、settlers first occupied this country, English has been thelanguage in the United States.A. practicable B. prevalent C. predominant D. popular13. The lawyer promised to go to greatto defend him.A. lengths B. measures C. efforts D. endeavors 户e ,14. Doctors usually try tothe gravity of illness if a pa

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14、5. It is due to the invention of the computer that man has been able to work so manywonders in the past few years. A caseis the successful launching of spaceshuttle.A. in poiri B in question £ in a26. Sometimes the tension produced by fears is so great that we cannot suppress it. Atsuch timeA.

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16、it is a favorite choice for wedding gown. A. Unpopular has as white beenB. White has been as unpopularC. Unpopular has been as whiteH Unpopular as white has been29. for a long time, the fields are all dried up.” A. There has been no rainB. Having no rainC. There having been no rainD. There being no

17、rain30. Televisions enable us to see things happen almost at the exact moment. A. which they are happeningB they are happeningC. which they happenD. they have happenedPATRII READING COMPREHENSION (25%)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five passages for you to read. Read each passage ca

18、refully and then choose one of the answers to each question that follows it on the answer sheet.Passage 1Are you aware that you actually possess six senses? The sixth is a muscular sense responsible for directing your muscles intelligentlyto the exact extent necessary for each action you perform. Fo

19、r exar; pie, when you reach for an object, the sensory nerves linking the muscles to the brain stop your muscles in relation to the object is your muscular sense in action.Muscles are stringy bundles of fibers varying from one five-thousandth of an inch to about three inches. They have three unique

20、characteristics: they can become shorter and thicker; they can stretch to their original position. Under a high-powered microscope, muscle tissue is seen as long, slender cells with a grainy texture likewood.More than half of a persons body is composed of muscle fibers, most of which involuntaryin o

21、ther words, work without conscious direction. The v(untary muscles, those that we move consciously to perform particular action, number more than five hundred. Women have only 60 to 70 percent as much muscle as men for their body mass. That is why an average woman can't lift as much, throw as fa

22、r, or hit as hard as an average man.1. Intelligent use of the muscles means thatA. one always knows what his muscles are doingB. one performs simple actions without workingC one's muscles are used only to the extent necessary for each action they performD. one improves muscular action consciousl

23、y2. According to the selection, more than half of a person's body is composed ofA. voluntary musclesB muscle fibersC. involuntary musclesD sensory nerves3. An average woman is weaker than an average man because she hasA more voluntary muscles than an average manEL only 60 to 70 percent as much m

24、uscle for her body massC 60 to 70 percent less muscle for her body massD. less muscle fiber for her body weight4. It is implied but not stated thatthe muscular sense is more important than any other sensesB. muscular sense involves automatic perceptionC. there are many more than 500 involuntary musc

25、les in the bodyD muscle tissue is inflexible5. According to the selection, the muscular sense is responsible for.A the efficiency of our musclesB. the normal breathing function directing our muscles intelligentlyD. the work of only our involuntary musclesPassage 2detrimental to teaching that he reco

26、mmends that the two functions be physically and financially separated by setting up research institutes. £ suggested that the development of a sound program of educational research would be much moreProfessor Kline concludes that competition with research in the universities is so2 ”help profes

27、sors attain them. Educational research should bg required to meet the sameonsequence of trivialcomparable support and conunitment Competent educational research is no.rngre a part-time activity than conetent scientific research. The relatively trivial educationalresearch, the professors e. think tha

28、t educationalresearch is easy: it is concerned with no less than uffielii$1the complexities of the human mind. There is no reason to believe that an effective theory and technology of instruction is any easier to achieve than controlled nuclear fusion. It is certainly everybit as worthy.6. Professor

29、 Kline believes that competition with research in the universitiesA. leads to the establishment of separate research institutesE is harmful to teaching、C. functions well in the universitiesD is financially unsound7. The author wants to improve.A research institutesB. development programsCoeducationa

30、l researchD. part-time activity8.The author believes that scientific research.A. is not necessarily easier than educational researchB has standardjthat educational research cannot attainC. is giyiaf純 with educational researchJX must be relegated to a part-time activity9.According to the author educa

31、tional research.A is relatively easyB is quite complexC is often trivialD. should have lower standards9. Educational researglvin most universities today./receives adeq/support B. is no longer a part-time activityC. is easy to achieveD. needs more commitmentPassage 3When the Group of Seven formed in

32、1920, the artists hoped for recognition of their works and ideas In the catalog to their first exhibition, they actually invited adverse criticismbut only because what they feared most was indifference. At a time when Canada was coming into its own, they felt that a major factor in the development o

33、f a strong and healthy nation was a vital and relevant art. They hoped that their works would make a significant contribution to the ion of a truly Canadian art tradition. Therefore, behind the Group's desire to the Canadian landscape lay the genuine conviction that it was the northern landscape

34、 that repr ted and expressed the country's unique character. It was this concept that was to e the imagination of so many Caoiadians.Today there is every indication that the Group has attained its goals These artists have achieved widespread popular success and acclaim, and their works have been

35、 heralded as one of the basic symbols of Canadian culture. They have been honored with exhibitions, degrees and medals; reproductions of their works can be found on everything from posters to postage stamps.As frequently happens with popular trends, there has been a tendency to romanticize the accom

36、plishments of the Group, which has inevitably caused many misconceptions to develop. The most common of these is the popular belief that the Seven were violently criticized in the first Group shows. However, the truth of the matter is that the reviews for these early shows were nearly all favorableW

37、hat does the passage mainly discuss?丿2 ”A. The origin of Canadian traditionsB The seven symbols of CanadaC. Popular trends in Canadian art.Ek A group of seven Canadian artists.10. The author implies that the Group of Seven welcomed adverse criticism because it would.A. help them to improve as artist

38、s“B： mean that their work was being noticed.C. increase the market value of their workD gain support for them as victims of unfair criticism观#.卷职e author implies that the members of the Group of Seven were. A. portrait painters.卫 landscape artistsc. art critics -D. art deakis.疥闻、14. According to the

39、 passage, all of the following were major goals of the Group of Seven EXCEPTAroducing art with the intent of selling it quicklyB. having their work recognizedC having their ideas about art acceptedD. contributing to the growth of a uniquely Canadian art15. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as

40、a way in which the Group of Seven was honored?A Degrees were conferred on them.B. Their work was exhibited. C. Monuments were dedicated tojjjem.D. They were awarded medals.Passage 4On the fateful night in 1930 when tlie first German bombs fell on Poland, young Nina Novak, one of Poland's most pr

41、omising dancers, was performing in the Opera House in Warsaw. Two days later the Opera House was destroyed by bombs. Ninas whole life had been devoted to ballet. Now her world collapsed around her. In the dark years that followed, it seemed that she would never dance again, much less become one of t

42、he worlds leading ballerinas But Nina had courageand a dream that began when she was very young.Nina was bom in Warsaw and spent the early years of her childhood there Her first schoolteacher noticed little Nina's grace and told her she should study dancing. Nina delightedly reported the teacher

43、s words at home, but her mother fought the idea, saying that no daughter of hers was going to be a dance匚 Nina, however, was a determined child. She had made up her mind to be a really great ballerina no matter what the cost, and she worked toward this goal with her whole being. She coaxed and raged

44、 until her mother finally gave in and let her enroll at the Polish Opera Ballet School.Her first appearance on stage came three years later, when she was allowed todance the part of a slave girl in the opera Aida. Shortly after this, Nina became a real professional, dancing for two years as prima ba

45、llerina of the Children's Ballet'oF'When she was thirteen, she was taken into the Polish Opera Company. She was the youngest dancer ever to become a member of its coms N 几赢市詡Ecwi吒 year, she started out with the company on a long European tour. She spent two exciting years dancing in the

46、capitals of Europe, and she rose from her humble place in the corps de ballet all the way to soloist.She had just returned to Warsaw after this toyr when the Polish State Ballet was invited to dance at tljg卫uld's Ficin New Ybrk early in 1929. But while she was dancing gaily in New York, war clou

47、ds were darkening over her native country. Nina had been home for only a month when Hitler marched into Poland.The invading Germans decreed that anyone who did not have a job would be sent to a work camp. At geat risk, Nina refused to dance at the large theater that the Germans had taken over. Inste

48、ad, she joined a group of Polish dancers in a small, ill-equipped theater where they gave performances only for their own countrymen.1 he dark years oi World War II wore on. One by one, the members of Nina's large and wealthy family were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Her adored older

49、 brother was taken first, then her father, then Nina and her other brothersand sisters. They were separated and sent to different camps. Nina frantically asked for news of her family from each prisoner who came to her camp. Dreary months dragged by before the tragic news reached her that her beloved

50、 brother had been killed fro anti-Nazi activities. Her father, too, was deadof starvation.Dazed with grief； she no longer cared whether she lived or died. Six months later, when liberating troops arrived and threw open the prison gates, she was so thin that she could hardly walk.Barely aware that th

51、e war was over, Nina listlessly began to pick up the threads of her life. She was reunited with what was left of her family, and they tried to make some sort of life for themselves in war-tom Poland. She began to feel vague stirrings of the old, familiar desire to dance, but she was still too depres

52、sed and weak to practice. Her younger brother tried to encourage her. He began to practice with her, and soon they had built up a charming little dance routine of their.own. Together they found dancing engagements in many Warsaw night spots. The family decided that the best future for Nina as a danc

53、er was in the United Sates, and they started saving money for her to make the trip.Nina arrived in New York in 1947-a slight girl whose tragic dark eyes held the only hint of the heartbreak she had been through. She sent about learning to speak English and took intensive ballet lessons to retrain he

54、r still-frail body. She applied for a position in the corps de ballet of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1948, and was accepted. She worked hard, determined to rise to the top. Four years later, she had made the gradeshe was the top-ranking ballerina with the Ballet Russe de MonteCarlo.Wl RH-翼賈二T

55、lic bitier war had brought Nina heartbreak and had driven her to the verge of physical collapse. But in spite of this, she says today, uAlways in life, I have luckIreally have luck!” She insists that it was luck that brought her two of her greatest roles. The first was Swan-hilda in Coppelia. Nida d

56、anced that role on three days notice when the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was in Chicago Replacing Danilova, who was ill, she danced so well that she got rave notices from tlie Chicago critics.It was luck again, according to Nina that brought her the role in Mute wife for which she is best known. Th

57、e leading ballerina had an argument with the choreographer and walked out Nina stepped inShe has won a leading role in almost every ballet of he Ballet Russe. Still driven by ambition, she is so dedicated to her profession that nothing else matters to her. Nina Novak has taken for her creed the word

58、s of her teacher of long ago: "If people tell you that you cannot dance, do not believe them, for you can. But if they say that you are wonderful, do not believe them either, for you must always improve：16. When Nina was taken into the Polish Opera Company, she was .A. the star, or prima ballerinaB the youngest dancerC. still a beginnerD the leading professional danc