北京化工大学博士研究生英语入学考试试题(样题)

1、北京化工大学博士研究生英语入学考试试题（样题）试卷一Part I  LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 minutes, 20 points)Section ADirections:  In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken

2、 only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example: You will hear:   

3、;     You will read: A) 2 hours.  B) 3 hours.  C) 4 hours.  D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o'clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) "5 hours"

4、 is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A. She knows where Martha has gone.  B. Martha will go to the concert by herself.  C. It is quite possible for the man to find Martha.  D. The man is going to mee

5、t Martha at the concert.  2. A. The air pollution is caused by the development of industry.   B. The city was poor because there wasn't much industry then.  C. The woman's exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution.    D. He might move to another city very soon.&#

6、160;3. A. The man should work harder to improve his grades.  B. The man will benefit from the effort he's put in.    C. It serves the man right to get a poor grade.   D. It was unfair of the teacher to give the man a C. 4. A. She can make a reservation at the restaurant.

7、  B. The man should decide where to eat.     C. She already has plans for Saturday night.             D. The man should ask his brother for suggestions. 5. A. The man deserved the award.  B. The woman helped the man

8、 succeed.  C. The man is thankful to the woman for her assistance.  D. The woman worked hard and was given an award.  6. A. Voluntary work can help the man establish connections with the community.  B. The man's voluntary work has left him little room in his schedule.  C

9、. Voluntary work with the environment council requires a time commitment.    D. A lot of people have signed up for voluntary work with the environment council.7. A. The patient must receive treatment regularly.  B. The patient can't leave the hospital until the bleeding stops.

10、0;   C. The patient's husband can attend to the business in her place.  D. The patient must take a good rest and forget about her business. 8. A. Alice does not know much about electronics.  B. Alice is unlikely to find a job anywhere.  C. Alice is not interested in anyt

11、hing but electronics.  D. Alice is likely to find a job in an electronics company. 9. A. Jimmy is going to set out tonight.  B. Jimmy has not decided on his journey.  C. There is no need to have a farewell dinner.  D. They may have a dinner when Jimmy's back. 10. A.

12、 The woman had been planning for the conference.   B. The woman called the man but the line was busy.   C. The woman didn't come back until midnight.   D. The woman had guests all evening.    Section BDirections:  In this section, you will hear 3 shor

13、t passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a s

14、ingle line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A. They are delighted because they can enjoy the scenery while driving.    B. They are frightened because traffic accidents are frequent.   C. They are irritated because

15、the bridge is jammed with cars.     D. They are pleased because it saves them much time.   12. A. They don't have their own cars to drive to work.   B. Many of them are romantic by temperament.   C. Most of them enjoy the drinks on the boat.  

16、60; D. They tend to be more friendly to each other.  13. A. Many welcome the idea of having more bars on board.   B. Many prefer the ferry to maintain its present speed.    C. Some suggest improving the design of the deck.   D. Some object to using larger luxury bo

17、ats.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A. Coca Cola.     B. Sausage.  C. Milk.       D. Fried chicken.            15. A. He has had thirteen deca

18、yed teeth.    B. He doesn't have a single decayed tooth.     C. He has fewer decayed teeth than other people of his age.    D. He never had a single tooth pulled out before he was fifty.  16. A. Brush your teeth right before you go to bed in the evening.&#

19、160;  B. Have as few of your teeth pulled out as possible.   C. Have your teeth X-rayed at regular intervals.   D. Clean your teeth shortly after eating. Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A. A visit to a prison.  

20、; B. The influence of his father.   C. A talk with some miserable slaves.    D. His experience in the war between France and Austria. 18. A. He sent surgeons to serve in the army.   B. He provided soldiers with medical supplies.   C. He recruited voluntee

21、rs to care for the wounded.   D. He helped to flee the prisoners of war. 19. A. All men are created equal.   B. The wounded and dying should be treated for free.   C. A wounded soldier should surrender before he receives any medical treatment.   D.A suffe

22、ring person is entitled to help regardless of race, religion or political beliefs. 20. A. To honor Swiss heroes who died in the war.   B. To show Switzerland was neutral.   C. To pay tribute to Switzerland.    D. To show gratitude to the Swiss government for its fi

23、nancial support. Part II  Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Directions: In this section, there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence or replaces the underlined part. Then mark the c

24、orresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 21. After the gunshot at Columbine in Colorado, the _ suggested that many schools in the United States were full of drugs and weapons.  A. press          B. medium

25、60;  C. channel          D. media22. Thanks to modern technology, these results could prove _ in establishing the criminals identity.  A. decisive      B. exact       C. destructive 

26、60;   D. definite23. We were most flattered to find that we had a wonderfully _ audience for last nights performance. A. responsive      B. responsible      C. reflected        D. reactive24. The

27、 recent fraud scandal involved and discredited a number of the countrys most _ politicians.   A. imminent   B. superior   C. prominent          D. inferior25. Some journalist had written a(n) _ about him in which some of the

28、facts were untrue.   A. outlook     B. profile     C. appearance        D. performance26. According to the recent census, under-18s _ nearly 95% of the single children in Chinese families.   A. compose

29、0;  B. institute   C. propose          D. constitute27. The professor found himself constantly _ the question: “How could anyone do these things?”      A. presiding       B. poring 

30、;      C. pondering    D. presuming28. Weeks _ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.      A. terminated      B. elapsed     C. overlapped   D. expired29.  In o

31、rder to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which _ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.      A. relieve         B. reconcile   C. reclaim    

32、0;   D. rectify30.  How much of your countrys electrical supply is _ from water power?      A. deduced        B. detached   C. derived         D. declined31.  She had rec

33、ently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the companys client data, which she intended to _ in starting her own business.      A. dwell on       B. come upon           C. base on  

34、; D. draw upon32. His attempts to _ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.   A. alienate     B. abuse      C. alleviate                D. abando

35、n33. As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to _ at an increasing rate. A. bring up      B. build up           C. spring up   D. strike up34. Many patients insist on

36、 having watches with them in hospital, _ they have no schedules to keep.    A. even though        B. for       C. as if             D. since35. Grand Teton Aational Park embraces t

37、he most scenic portion of the glaciated, snow-covered Teton Range.   A. constitutes     B. consists       C. preserves       D. includes36. Malaria is an infectious parasitic disease that can be either acu

38、te or chronic and is frequently recurrent.  A. recovering     B. recycling      C. rebounding     D. revitalizing37. The only safe way of distinguishing between edible and poisonous mushrooms is to learn to identify the indiv

39、idual species.   A. assure       B. classify          C. confirm   D. recognize38. When an aircraft travels at subsonic speeds the sounds that it generates extend in all directions.   A. gives ou

40、t   B. gives away     C. gives off           D. gives about39. Lovebirds are noted for their pretty colors and affectionate response to each other.   A. fond         B. b

41、enevolent      C. intimate   D. attached40. Our new boss is a real joy to work for. She is so appreciative of anything you do for her. A. indebted to      B. appealing to    C. grateful for    D. obliged to

42、0;Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points)Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You must decide one the best choice and mark the corresponding let

43、ter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One      Americans today dont place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practic

44、al education not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools arent difficult to find. “Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual,” says education writer Diane Ravitch.    “Schools c

45、ould be a counterbalance.” Ravitchs latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.    But they could and should be. En

46、couraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, “

47、We will become a second-rate country. We will have a less civil society.”    “Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege,” writes historian and professor Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectuali

48、sm in US politics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicality, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you

49、could learn from a book.     Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children: “We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful

50、of words and do not know a thing.” Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized going to school and learning to read so he can preserve his innate goodness.    Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligen

51、ce, a quality we reluctantly admire. Intellect is the critical, creative, and contemplative side of the mind. Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines.     School remains a place where

52、 intellect is mistrusted. Hofstadter says our countrys educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.” 41. What do American parents expect their chi

53、ldren to acquire in school?    A. The habit of thinking independently.    B. Profound knowledge of the world.    C. Practical abilities for future career.    D. The confidence in intellectual pursuits. 42. We can learn from the text that Americans have a

54、history of _.   A. undervaluing intellect   B. favoring intellectualism    C. supporting school reform       D. suppressing native intelligence 43. The views of Ravitch and Emerson on schooling are _.   A. identical   B. simi

55、lar     C. complementary         D. opposite44. Emerson, according to the text, is probably  A. a pioneer of education reform.              B. an opponent of intellectualism.  

56、;C. a scholar in favor of intellect.        D. an advocate of regular schooling. 45. What does the author think of intellect?   A. It is second to intelligence.        B. It evolves from common sense.    C. It is to be p

57、ursued.            D. It underlies power. Passage Two     Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.

58、60; Located on the shore of Sullivan's Island off the coast of South Carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 h

59、omes in the state.           Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina's shoreline were poorly constructed, and enforcement of building codes wasn't strict, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverly-designed beac

60、h house. In Hugo's wake, all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, better-enforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivan's Island should be able to withstand a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour. At first sight, the house on Sullivan's I

61、sland looks anything but hurricane-proof. Its redwood shell makes it resemble "a large party lantern" at night, according to one observer. But looks can be deceiving. The house's wooden frame is reinforced with long steel rods to give it extra strength.    To further protect

62、the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings - long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand. Pilings might appear insecure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. They also elevate the house above storm surges. The pil

63、ings allow the surges to run under the house instead of running into it. "These swells of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beach-front buildings," said Huff.     Huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed by the hous

64、e's ground-to-roof shell. "The shell masks the pilings so that the house doesn't look like it's standing with its pant legs pulled up," said Huff. In the event of a storm surge, the shell should break apart and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained. 46. Af

65、ter the tragedy caused by Hurricane Hugo, new houses built along South Carolina's shore line are required_.    A. to be easily reinforced         B. to look smarter in design    C. to meet stricter building standards     

66、       D. to be designed in the shape of cubes 47. The award-winning beach house is quite strong because_.    A. it is strengthened by steel rods        B. it is made of redwood    C. it is in the shape of a shell &

67、#160; D. it is built with timber and concrete 48. Huff raised the house 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings in order to _.    A. withstand peak winds of about 200 km/hr    B. anchor stronger pilings deep in the sand C. break huge sea waves into smaller ones  D. preve

68、nt water from rushing into the house 49. The main function of the shell is _.   A. to strengthen the pilings of the house   B. to give the house a better appearance   C. to protect the wooden frame of the house   D. to slow down the speed of the swelling water 50. It can be infer

69、red from the passage that the shell should be_.  A. fancy-looking   B. waterproof   C. easily breakable  D. extremely strong Passage Three  Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II, an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormously productive economy . demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption. . W