2003-2009年北京大学博士研究生入学英语考试真题+答案+听力材料.pdf

北京大学北京大学 2003 年博士研究生入学考试试题年博士研究生入学考试试题 考试科目：英语 考试时间：2003 年 3 月 Part One Structure and Written Expression Direction: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put the letter of your choice in the ANSWER SHEET.（（20%）） 1. Recognizing the shortage of time available to spend with their children, working mothers sometimes take ______ in the concept of “quality time”. A. refuge B. pride C. place D. action 2. The term “New Australians” came into vogue in the 50s and 60s, which implied that the goal of immigration was assimilation and that migrants would place their new-found Australian identity ahead of the _______ context from which they had come. A. athletic B. ethic C. aesthetic D. ethnic 3. Scholarships are too few to _______ the high-school graduates who deserve a college education. A. meet B. accommodate C. compromise D. adopt 4. The study shows that laying too much emphasis on exams is likely to _______ students’ enthusiasm in learning English. A. hold back B. hold off C. hold down D. adopt 5. The robber tried to _______the stolen goods from the house he had broken into, but was caught by the guards. A. make away with B. make off for C. get out D. get through 6. The editors said they must report to the world how Beijing has _______ pollution and improved the quality of the environment. A. cut up B. cut off C. cut down D. cut out 7. If drug abuse, prostitution, pollution, environmental decay, social inequality, and the like _______, more is required than an increased police presence or a fresh coat of paint. A. are to eliminate B. are eliminated C. are to be eliminated D. are being eliminated 8. This toothed whale has a large, square head with _______ the so-called spermaceti. A. cavity to contain B. cavity containing C. the cavity for containing D. a cavity that contains 9. _______, the market will have to overcome some of the highest hurdles it’s seen in a long time. A. But to happen in that order B. But for that in order to happen C. But in order that to happen D. But in order for that to happen 10. With its anti-terrorism campaign taking _______ over anything else, the government is extending its job and running in more affairs. A. superiority B. priority C. majority D. polarity 11. The gap between those at the lowest level and those at the highest level of income had increased_______, and is continuing to increase. A. substantially B. successfully C. succinctly D. sufficiently 12. China’s economic reform is aimed at separating enterprises from the government. It has been implemented for almost 20 years, but breakthroughs _______. A. have been made yet B. have yet to make C. have yet to be made D. to have yet made 13. Several trial efforts in the 1980s proved that it was financially _______ to restore old buildings. A. feasible B. probable C. beneficiary D. passable 14. Unloved and unwanted youngsters may be tempted to run away from home to escape their problem, _______ bigger ones in cities plagued with crime, drugs, and immorality. A. have only found B. only finding C. only found D. only to find 15. If the struggle for a sustainable society _______, we must have some vision of what we are aiming for. A. is to succeed B. has succeeded C. succeeds D. succeeded 16. A trap _______ disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse, from the ancient story of the gift of the wooden horse from the Greeks. A. offered as a gift in B. offers a gift in C. offering a gift to D. offered a gift of 17. Telecommuting is a new form of work _______ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work while remaining at home. A. that affording those unable previously B. affords those who were previously unable C. affording those previously unable D. afforded those previously unable 18. ______ the passage of light, many new plastics are processed using technologies rivaling those used in the manufacture of computer chips. A. For the better of B. Permitting better C. To better permit D. It is better for 19. The Flower Market in San Francisco is ______, and it was established in the 1930’s. A. home of the second largest flower market in the country B. home to the country’s second largest flower market C. the second flower market in the country’s home D. the home to the second country’s large flower market 20. The loyalty of dogs to their masters has earned _____ “man’s best friend.” A. the nickname of B. them the nickname C. a nickname D. nicknames Part Two Reading Comprehension ⅠⅠ. Direction: Each of the passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question.。