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厦门大学
2013
年博士研究生入学考试英语真
题
Part I: Vocabulary and
structure
(15%)
Directions:
There
are
30
incomplete sentences
in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A
，
B
，
C
，
an
d D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the
sentence. Then mark
the corresponding
letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line
through the center.
1.
________
one time, Manchester was the
home of the most productive cotton
mills
in the world.
A. On
B. By
C. At
D. Of
2.
If you
come to Tokyo, i can put you ____________ in an
apartment near my
company.
A. across
B. down
C. out
D. up
3.
It seems oil
_
_________
f
rom this pipe for some
time. Well have to take the
machine
apart to put it right.
A.
had leaked
been lea-
king
4.
He will agree to do what
you require ___________ him.
A. of
B. from
C. to
D.
for
B. is leaking
C. leaked
D. has
5.
Though
he was born and brought up in America, he can
speak _________________ Chi-
nese.
A. fluid
flowing
A.
invite
invited
B. smooth
C. fluent
D.
6.
We look
forward to
_
__________
to the opening ceremony.
巳
.
be invited
C. having been inviteEI. being
7.
If people feel hopeless,
they don’t bother to
____________
t
he
skills
they
need to suc-
cess.
A.
adopt
巳
.
acquire
C. accumulate D. assemble
8.
Professor Wang,
_________ for
his
informative
lectures,
was
warmly
received by
his students.
A. knowing
B.
known
having known
C.
to be known
D.
9.
She just had
no faith in me. It was William
_____________
s
he
still
had
her
faith.
A. that
A. must have
of
him”
A. her
does
A. got up
round
B. hers
B.
who
in whom
lasted
巳
.
will have
has lasted
'
C.
she
D.
she
lasted
C.
whom
D.
10.
The
conference __________ a full week by the time it
ends.
C.
would last
D.
11.
“
Bob
certainly has a low
opinion of Sue. It can’t be any worse
than
________________
12.
The woman has not yet
__________ the loss of her son
巳
.
got by
C. got over
D.
got
13.
Eighty
percent of mothers cradle their ___________ in
their
left
arms,
holding them a-
gainst the
left side of their bodies.
A. infants
巳
.
hoses
C. handkerchiefs D. fences
14.
The explorers came
forward with gifts of ducks and flour-cakes and
_
_______________
troughs of water for the horses to
drink.
A. held in
A. offer
help to
C. have a part in
B.
held with
C. held under D. held up
B. get mixed up in
D. make a
fuss over
15.
He like to
_________
everything, even those that
hardly concern him.
16.
a
_
_______
examination for
the
post
of
department
manager
will
be
held
next
Tuesday.
A.
classifying
B. comparing
0.
contrasting D. competitive
17.
Mother was so weak after her operation
that the doctors wondered if they
would
be
able to
_________
her through.
A. pull
B. cure
C. push
now.
C. about
D. save
D. busy
every minute of
D. on foot
a teacher, has written four
18. Go and see what your
mother is
A. for
B. at
the day.
A. walking
novels.
A. lately
19. With these young
children to take care
of
，
Cathy is kept
B. at full speed
C. busy
20.
Since his retirement, Peter Smith,
w
ho was
B.
usually
C. formerly
D.
already
21.
We must
_
_________ on our reputation
to expand the business.
A.
improve
weigh
22.
_________
i
t or not, his discovery has
created a stir in scientific circles.
A.
Believe
Believed
23.
_________
d
oes
business with that fellow is bound to lose money.
A.
Whoever
However
24.
Ann
never dreams of __________ for her to be sent
abroad very soon.
A. there being a
chance
C. there be a chance
B. there to be a chance
D.
being a chance
B.
Who
C.
No matter who
D.
B.
To believe
C.
Believing
D.
巳
.
build
C.
develop
D.
25.
Frequently
single-parent children
_
___________
s
ome
of
the functions that
the
absent
adult in the house would have
served.
A. take off
take on
26.
Whenever a big company
__________ a
small
one,
the
product
almost
always gets
worse.
A. gets on with B.
cuts down
puts up with
27.
Samuel
_
_______
to compromise on lesser questions.
A. was compelled
B. was
delighted
0. takes over
D.
B. take after
C. take in
D.
C. was prepared
D. was only too ready
28.
Children tend to __________
while
playing,
even
if
they
make
a
promise
before.
A. lose all count of
time
C. be aware of the passage of time
巳
.
keep all count
of time
D. waste time
29.
a survey was carried out on the death
rate of new-born babies in that region,
were surprising
A. as results
C. the results
of it
B. which results
D.
the results of which
30.
Our
manager is so __________ in
his
thinking,
he
never
listens
to
new
ideas.
A.
stiff
tight
B. rigid
C. tense
D.
Part
II: Reading comprehension
(40%)
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Directions:
There are
3
passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by some questions or
un-
finished statements. For each of them
there are four choices marked A
、
B
、
C
、
and D. You should de-
cide on the
best choice and mark the corresponding letter on
the ANSWER SHEET with a single line
through the center.
Passage
1
Statuses are marvelous human
inventions that enable us to get along with one
another
and
to
determine
where
we
“fit”
in
society.
As
we
go
about
our
everyday
lives,
we
mental-
ly
attempt
to
place
people
in
terms
of
their
statuses.
For
example,
we
must
judge
whether
the
person in the library is a reader or a librarian,
whether the telephone caller is a
friend or
a salesman,
whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a
thief or a meter reader,
and
so on.
The statuses we
assume often vary with the people we encounter,
and change
throughout life. Most of us
can, at a very high speed, assume the statuses
that various
sit-
uations
require. Much of social interaction consists of
identifying and selecting among
ap-
propriate statuses and allowing other
people to assume their statuses in relation to us.
This
means that we fit our
actions to those of other people based on a
constant mental
process
of
appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us
find the task more difficult than
others,
most of us perform
it rather effortlessly.
A
status
has
been
compared
to
ready-made
clothes. Within
certain
limits,
the
buyer
can
choose style and fabric. But an American is not
free to choose the costume of a
Chi-
nese
peasant
or
that
of a
Hindu
prince. We
must
choose
from
among
the
clothing
presen-
ted by our society.
Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that
will fit, as well as by
our
pocketbook. Having made a choice within
these limits we can have certain alterations
made, but apart from minor adjustments,
we tend to be limited to what the stores have
on
their racks. Statuses,
too, come ready made, and the range of choice
among them is
lim-
ited.
31.
In the first paragraph,
the writer tells us that Lotuses can help us
______________
.
A. determine whether a person is jar a
certain job
巳
.
behave
appropriately in relation to other people
C.
protect ourselves in
unfamiliar situations
D.
make friends with other people
32.
According to the writer,
people often assume different statuses
______________ .
A.
in order
to identify themselves with others
B.
in order to better identify others.
C.
as their mental processes
change.
D.
as the situation
changes.
33.
The word
“appraisal”
(
Para. 2) most
probably means _______________ .
A.
involvement B. appreciation
presentation
34.
In the last sentence of the second
paragraph, the pronoun “it” refers
to
_________ .
A.
fitting our actions to those of other people
appropriated
巳
.
identification
of other people’s statuses
C.
assessment
D.
C.
selecting one’s
ow
n statuses
D.
constant mental process
35.
By saying that “an American is not free
to choose the costume of a Chinese
peas-
ant or that of a Hindu
prince” (Para. 3)
，
the writer
means
_______________ .
A.
different people have different styles of clothes
巳
.
ready-made
clothes may need alterations
C.
statuses come ready made just like
clothes
D.
our choice of
statuses is limited
Passage 2
Humanity
uses
a
little
less
than
half
the
water
available
worldwide.
Yet
occurrences of
shortages and droughts are causing
famine and distress in some areas, and industrial
and
agricultural acts are
polluting water supplies. Since the world’s
population is expected
to
double in the next 50 years, many
experts think we are on the edge of a widespread
water
crisis.
But
that doesn’t have to be the outcome.
W
ater shortages do not have to trouble
the
world
—
if we start valuing water
more than we have in the past. Just as we began to
ap-
preciate petroleum more
after the 1970 oil crisis, today we must start
looking at water
from
a
fresh economic perspective. We can no longer
afford to consider water a virtually
free re-
source which we can
use as much as we live in any way we want.
Instead,
for
all
uses
except
the
domestic
demand
of
the
poor,
governments
should
price water to reflect its actual
value. This means charging a fee for the water
itself as
well
as for the
supply costs.
Governments
should
also
protect
this
resource
by
providing
water
in
more,
economi-
cally and environmentally sound ways.
For example, often the cheapest way to provide
irri-
gation water in the
dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such
as gathering rainfall
in
depressions and pumping it to nearby
cropland.
No matter what steps
governments take to provide water more
efficiently, they
must
change
their
institutional
and
legal
approaches
to
water
use.
Rather
than
spread
control a-
mong hundreds or even thousands of
local, regional, and national agencies that watch
va-
rious aspects of water
use, countries should set up central authorities
to coordinate
water
policy.
36.
What is the real cause
of the potential water crisis?
A.
Only half of the world’s water can be
used.
B.
The
world population is increasing faster and faster.
C.
Half of the world’s water
resources hackle been seriously
polluted.
D.
Humanity has not placed sufficient
value on water resources.
37.
As indicated in the passage, the
problem
A. is already serious in
certain parts of the world
巳
.
has been
exaggerated by some experts in the field
.
C.
poses a
challenge to the technology of building reservoirs
D.
is underestimated by
government organizations at different levels
38.
According to the author,
the water price should
_
____________ .
A. be reduced to the minimum
巳
.
stimulate
domestic demand
C.
correspond to its real value
D.
take into account the
occurrences of droughts
39.
The author says that in some hot and
dry areas, it is advisable to
______________ .
A. build
big lakes to store water
巳
.
construct big
pumping stations
C.
build
small and cheap irrigation systems.
D.
channel water from nearby rivers to
cropland
40.
In order to
raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures
should be taken
to
_________
.
A.
guarantee full
protection of the environment
B.
centralize the management of water
resources
0. increase the sense of
responsibility of agencies at all
levels
D. encourage local
and regional protection of water
resources
Passage 3
Every night she listened to her father
going around the house, locking the doors
and
windows. She listened:
the back door clog
；
could hear the fastener of the kitchen
window’s
click,
and the restless pad of as feet going back to try
the front door. It wasn’t only the
out-
side doors he
locked
；
he locked
the empty kitchen too. He was looking something
out,
but
obviously it was
something capable of entering into his first
defenses. He raised his
second
line all the way up to bed.
In
fourteen
years,
she
thought
unhappily,
the
home
will
be
his
，
he
had
paid
twenty-
five pounds down and the rest he was
paying month by month as rent. “Of
course,
v
he
by
the habit of saying, “I’ve improved the
property. ” “Yes,” he repeated, “I’ve
improved
the
property
，
” looking around
for a nail to
drive in weed to uproot.
It was more than a
sense of
property
；
it was
a sense of honesty. Some peace who bought their
homes
through the society let them go
to rack and ruin and then cleared out.
She
stood
with
her
ear against
the
wall,
a
small
dark,
angry,
immature figure.
There
was no more to be
heard from the other room
；
but in her inner ear she still heard
the