北京大学考博英语真题及答案.doc

1、Part Two: Structure and Written Expression20Directions: In each question decide which of four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWERSHEET.21.The nuclear family _ a self-contained, self-satisfying unit composed of father

2、, mother and children.A. refers toB. definesC. describesD. devotes to22.Some polls show that roughly two-thirds of the general public believe that elderly Americans are_ by social isolation and loneliness.A. reproachedB. favoredC. plaguedD. reprehended23.In addition to bettering group and individual

3、 performance, cooperation _ the quality of interpersonal relationship.A. ascendsB. compelsC. enhancesD. prefers24.In the past 50 years, there _ a great increase in the amount of research _on the human brain.A. wasdidB. has beento be doneC. wasdoingD. has beendone25.“I must have eaten something wrong

4、. I feel like _ .” “We told you not to eat at a restaurant. Youd better _ at home when you are not in the shape.”A. to throw upto eatB. throwing upeatingC. to throw upeatD. throwing upeat 26. Parent shave to show due concerns to their childrens creativity and emotional output; otherwise what they th

5、ink beneficial to the kids might probably _ their enthusiasm and aspirations.A. hold backB. hold toC. hold downD. hold over27. According to psychoanalysis, a persons attention is attracted _ by the intensity of different signals _ by their context, significance, and information content.A. not less t

6、hanasB. asjust asC. so muchasD. not so muchas28.They moved to Portland in1998 and lived in a big house, _ to the south.A. the windows of which openedB. the windows of it opened C. its windows openedD. the windows of which opening29.The lady who has_ for a night in the dead of the winter later turned

7、 out to be a distant relation of his.A. put him upB. put him outC. put him onD. put him in 30.By standers,_,_ as they walked past lines of ambulances.A. bloody and covered with dust, looking dazedB. bloodied and covered with dust, looked dazedC. bloody and covered with dust, looked dazedD. bloodied

8、and covered with dust, looking dazed31. Hong Kong was not a target for terror attacks, the Government insisted yesterday, as the US_ closed for an apparent security review.A. ConsulationB. ConstitutionC. ConsulateD. Consular32. American fans have selected Yao in a vote for the All-Star game _the leg

9、endary ONeal, who _ the “Great Wall” at the weekend as the Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers.A. in head of, ran onB. in head of, ran intoC. ahead of, ran ontoD. ahead of, ran into33. Professional archivists and librarians have the resources to duplicate materials in other formats and the expertise

10、 to retrieve materials trapped in _ computers.A. abstractB. obsoleteC. obstinateD. obese34. She always prints important documents and stores a backup set at her house. “I actually think theres something about the_ of paper that feels more comforting.” She said.A. tangibilityB. tanglednessC. tangentD

11、. tantalization35.“They said what we always knew,” said an administration source,_.A. he asked not to be namedB. who asked not to be namedC. who asked not be namedD. who asked not named36.In Germany, the industrial giants Daimler Chrysler and Siemens recently_ their unions into signing contracts tha

12、t lengthen work hours without increasing pay.A. muscledB. movedC. mushedD. muted37. He argues that the policy has done little to ease joblessness, and has left the country_.A. energizedB. EnervatedC. NervedD. enacted38. The more people hear his demented rants, the more they see that he is a terroris

13、t_.A. who is pure and simpleB. being pure and simpleC. pure and simpleD. as pure and simple39. This expansion of rights has led to both a paralysis of the public service and to a rapid and terrible _ in the character of the population.A. determinationB. deteriorationC. desolationD. desperation 40._

14、a declining birthrate, there will be an over-supply of 27,000 primary school places by 2010, _ leaving 35 school sidle.B. Coupling with, equivalent toC. Coupled with, equivalent toD. Coupling with, equals to Part Three: Reading Comprehension10Passage OneThe HeroMy mothers parents came from Hungary,

15、but my grandfather could trace his origin to Germany and also he was educated in Germany. Although he was able to hold a conversation in nine languages, he was most comfortable in German. Every morning, before going to his office, he read the German language newspaper, which was American owned and p

16、ublished in New York.My grandfather was the only one in his family to come to the United States with his wife and children. He still had relatives living in Europe. When the first world war broke out, he lamented the fact that if my uncle, his only son had to go, it would be cousin fighting against

17、cousin. In the early days of the war, my grandmother begged him to stop taking the German newspaper and to take an English language newspaper, instead. He scoffed at the idea, explaining that the fact it was in German did not make it a German newspaper, but only an American newspaper, printed in Ger

18、man. But my grandmother insisted, for fear that the neighbors may see him read it and think he was German. So, he finally gave up the German newspaper.One day, the inevitable happened and my uncle Milton received notice to join the army. My grandparents were very upset, but my mother, his little sis

19、ter, was excited. Now she could boast about her soldier brother going off to war. She was ten years old at the time, and my uncle, realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and her friends, went out and bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All

20、the little girls were delighted. When the day came for him to leave, his whole regiment, in their uniforms, left together from the same train station. There was a band playing and my mother and her friends came to see him off. Each one wore her service pin and waved a small American flag, cheering t

21、he boys, as they left.The moment came and the soldiers, all very young, none of whom had had any training, but who had never the less all been issued uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. The train groaned as if it knew the destiny to which it was taking its passengers,

22、 but it soon began to move. Still cheering and waving their flags, the band still playing, the train slowly departed the station.It had gone about a thousand yards when it suddenly ground to a halt. The band stopped playing, the crowd stopped cheering. Everyone gazed in wonder as the train slowly ba

23、cked up and returned to the station. It seemed an eternity until the doors opened and the men started to file out. Someone shouted, “Its the armistice. The war is over.” For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers. The men lined up and formed into two li

24、nes. They walked down the steps and, with the band playing behind, paraded down the street, as returning heroes, to be welcomed home by the assembled crowd. The next day my uncle returned to his job, and my grandfather resumed reading the German newspaper, which he read until the day he died.41. Whe

25、re was the narrators family when this story took place?A. In Germany.B. In Hungary.C. In the United StatesD. In New York.42.His grandfather _.A. could not speak and read English well enoughB. knew nine languages equally wellC. knew a number of languages, but felt more kin to GermanD. loved German be

26、st because it made him think of home43. His grandmother did not want her husband to buy and read newspapers in German, because _.A. it was war time and Germans were their enemyB. the neighbors would mistake them as pro-GermanC. it was easier to get newspapers in English in AmericaD. nobody else read

27、 newspapers in German during the wartime44. The narrators mother wanted her brother to go to fight in the war, because_.A. like everybody else at the wartime, she was very patrioticB. she hated the war and the Germans very muchC. all her friends had relatives in war and she wanted to be like themD.

28、she liked to have a brother she could think of as a heroPassage Two Waking Up from the American Dreams There has been much talk recently about the phenomenon of “Wal-Martization” of America, which refers to the attempt of Americas giant Wal-Mart chain store company to keep its cost at rock-bottom le

29、vels. For years, many American companies have embraced Wal-Mart-like stratagems to control labor costs, such as hiring temps (temporary workers) and part-timers, fighting unions, dismantling internal career ladders and outsourcing to lower paying contractors at home and abroad.While these tactics ha

30、ve the admirable outcome of holding down consumer prices, theyre costly in other ways. More than a quarter of the labor force, about 34 million workers, is trapped in low-wage, often dead-end jobs. Many middle-income and high-skilled employees face fewer opportunities, too, as companies shift work t

31、o subcontract or sand temps agencies and move white-collar jobs to China and India. The result has been an erosion of one of Americas most cherished value: giving its people the ability to move up the economic ladder over their life times. Historically, most Americans, even low-skilled ones, were able to find poorly paid janitorial or factory jobs, then gradually climbed into the middleclass as they gained experience and moved up the wage curve. But the number of workers progressing upward began to slip in 19