2010年中山大学考博英语真题

2010

年中山大考博英语真题

Directions: In each question, decide which of the choices given will most suitably complete the sentences

if inserted at the

place marked. Write your choices on the Answer Sheet.

31. The secretary was harshly

——

by her boss for misplacing some important files.

A) rebuked

B

）

teased

C) washed

D) accused

32. The jet airliner has

——from the Wright brothers’ small airplane.

A) Involved

B) evolved

C) devolved

D) revolved

33. Chinese products enjoy high international prestige because of their, quality.

A) Indistinctive B) indisputable

C) indispensable D) indistinguishable

34. This can something that the students may not have comprehended in English.

A) Signify B) specify

C) clarify D) testify

35. I must you on your handling of a very difficult situation.

A) meditate

B) complement C) elaborate D) compliment

36. I've had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to the problem.

A) deduce

B) notify

C) highlight D) pinpoint

37. Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of eighteenth century houses from _

A) abolition

B) demolition

C) disruption

D) dismantling

decided to rent a flat, we____ contacting all the accommodation dt, agencies in the city.

A) set out B) set to

C) set about D) set off

39. The police decided to the department store after they had received a bomb warning.

A) evict

B) expel

C) abandon D) evacuate

40. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to your authority so often,

A) affirm

B) restrain

C) assert D) maintain

41. Miss Rosemary Adang went through the composition carefully to all errors from it.

A) eliminate

B) terminate

C) illuminate D) alleviate

42. Several months previously, the workers had petitioned the company for a 25 percent wage increase and of stricter safety

regulations.

A) implement

B) endowment

C) enforcement D) engagement

43. The rebel army __ the democratic government of the, country lawlessly.

A) overthrew

B) overtook C) overturned

D) overruled

44. Judges are

____increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences

A). B) demanding

C) imparting D) imposing

45. The of all kinds of necessary goods was caused by natural calamity.

A) variety

B) scarcity

C) solidarity D) commodity

46. It is essential to be on the for any signs of movement in the undergrowth since there are poisonous snakes in the area.

A) guard

B) care

C) alert

D) alarm

47. She took up so many hobbies when she retired that she had hardly any time

A) in hand B) at hand

C) on her hands D) at her hand

48. Working with the mentally handicapped requires considerable -`_ of patience; and understanding.

A) means

B) stocks

C) provisions D) resources

49. He still suffers from a rare t2-opical disease which he, while working to Africa.

A) infected

B) incurred

C )

contracted

D) infested

50. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to heart

diseases.

A) ward off

C) push off

B) put off

D) throw off

51. There is no

for hard work and perseverance of you want to succeed.

. A) alteration B) equivalent

C) alternative D)substitute

52. What the film company needs is an actor who can take on any kinds of

roles.

A) diverse

B) versatile C) variable

D) changeable

53. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon the older vessels in the race.

A) overran

B) exceeded

C) outstripped

D) caught up

54. Research suggests that, heavy

penalties do not act as a

to potential criminals. .

A) deterrent

B) prevention

C) safeguard D) distraction

55. There has been so much media of the coming election that people have got bored with it.

A) circulation

B) concern

C) broadcasting D) coverage

A) applications B) connotations

C) implications D) complications

64. I thought 1 saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical

A) perception

B) delusion C) illusion

D) deception

61. He was intensely_____ by the way the shop assistant spoke to him.

A) intervened

C) injected

B) irritated

D) insulated

62. The people who were _ hurt in the accident were taken to the only hospital in the immediate_________

A) vicinity

B) mobility

C) velocity D) integrity

63. With all his experience abroad he was a major to the company.

A) attendant

B) asset

C) attachment D) attribute

64. Don't thank me for helping in the garden. It was pleasure to be working out of doors.

A) mere

B) sheer C) plain D) simple

65. The peace of the public library was by the sound of a transistor radio.

A) shuttered

B) shattered

C) smashed

D) fractured

66. It is doubtless that those who wish to succeed should be

A) aggressive

B) possessive

C) cooperative D) conventional

56. You've done more of the work than I have recently so I'll give up my day off' in

A) offset

B)redress

C)herald

D) compensate

with the usual formalities since we all know each other

57. I think we can______with the usual formalities since we all know each other already.

A) dispose B) dispatch

C) dispense

D) discharge

58. He joined a computer dating scheme but so far it hasn't a suitable patter.

A) come by

B) some across

C) come up with

D) come round to

59. Have you thought what the _ might be if you didn't win your case in court?

67. The damp and cold weather had painfully the patient's rheumatism.

A) activated

B)aggregatedC) aggravated D) accelerated

68.1 utterly your argument. In my opinion, you have distorted the facts.

A) dispute

B) refute

C) confound

D) decline

69.1 think you will find that the inconvenience of the diet is by the benefits.

A) out looked B) outranked

C) outfought D) outweighed

70. A good friend is one who will you when you arc in trouble.

A) stand for

B) stand by

C) stand up to

D) stand over

Part III. Reading Comprehension (30 paints)

Directions

There

are

6

passages

in

this

pail.

Each

Passage

is

followed

by

some

questions

or

unfinished

statements.

Each

question

or

unfinished statement is given four suggested answers marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the one best answer and

write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Some of the earliest diamonds known came from India. In the eighteenth century they were found in Brazil, and in 1866, huge

deposits were found near Kimberley in South Africa. Though evidence of extensive diamond deposits has recently, been found

in South Africa, the continent of Africa still produces nearly all the world's supply of these stones.

The most valuable diamonds are large, individual crystals of pure crystal lint carbon. Less perfect forms, known as 'boars'

and 'carbonado' arc clusters of tiny crystals. Until diamonds are cut and polished, they do not sparkle lice those you sec on a

ring--they just look like small, blue- grey stones.

In a rather crude form the cutting and polishing of precious stones was an art known to the Ancient Egyptians, and in the

Middle

Ages

it

became

1Lidcspread

iii

north-west

Europe.

However,

a

revolutionary

change

in

the

methods

of

cutting

and

polishing was made in 1476 when Ludwig Van Berquen of Bruges in Belgium invented the use of a swiftly revolving wheel

with its edge faced with fine diamond powder. The name 'boast' is given to this fine powder as well as the natural crystalline

material already mentioned. It is also gimp to badly flawed or broken diamond crystals, useless as jewels, that are broken into

powder for grinding purposes, the so-called `industrial' diamonds.

Diamond itself is the only material hard enough to cut and polish diamonds--though recently, high-intensity light beams

called lasers have been developed which can bore holes in them. It may be necessary to split or cleave the large stones before

they arc cut and polished. Every diamond has a natural line of cleavage, along which it may be split by a sharp blow with a

cutting edge.

A fully cut 'brilliant' diamond has 58 facets, or faces, regularly arranged. For cutting or faceting, the stones arc fixed into

copper holders and held against a wheel, edged with a mixture of Oil and fine diamond dust, which is revolved at about 2,500

revolutions

a

minute.

Amsterdam

and

Antwerp,

in

Holland

and

Belgium

respectively,

have

been

the

centre

of

the

diamond

cutting and polishing industry for over seven centuries.

The

jewel

value

of

brilliant

diamonds

depends

greatly

on

their

colour,

or

`water'

as

it

is

called.

The

usual

colours

of

diamonds are white, yellow, brown, green or blue- Surrounding rocks and take on their color. thus black ,red and even bright

pink diamonds have occasionally been found.

The trade in diamonds Is not only in the valuable gem stones but also in the industrial diamonds mentioned above. Zaire

produces 70% of such stones. They are fixed into the rock drills used in mining and civil engineering, also for edging band

saws for cutting stone. Diamond- faced tools are used for cutting and drilling glass and fine porcelain and for dentists' drills.

They are used as bearings in watches and other finely balanced instruments. Perhaps you own some diamonds without knowing

it-- in your wristwatch!

71. 'Carbonado' is the name given to

A) only the very best diamonds

B) lumps of pure carbon

C) Spanish diamonds

D) diamonds made up of many small crystals

72. The art of cutting and polishing precious stones remained crude until

A) the fourteenth century

B) the fifteenth century

C) the sixteenth century

D) the seventeenth century

73. During faceting, diamonds are held in copper holders

A) to facilitate accurate cutting

B) to make them shine more brilliantly

C) so that they can revolve more easily

D) as a steel holder might damage the diamond

74. The value order of `water' in diamond, _

A) is more important than their colour

B) ranges from blue-white upwards

C) ranges from blue-white downwards

D) has never been reliably established

75. Industrial diamonds are used

A) for a wide range of purposes

B) mainly for dentists' drills

C) for decoration in rings and watches

D) principally in mass-produced jewellery

Passage Two

Just about everyone knows the meaning of `value

campaigns often allowed marketers to charge more for their product and reap ever- higher profits. It worked like a dream until

suddenly,

facing

difficult

economic

times,

consumers

work

up. Now,

to

the

extent that

they're

buying,

many

consumers

are

choosing the car that delivers the most for the money--not necessarily the one they coveted as a status symbol a few years ago,

they are shifting to the

toothpaste that works from the ones with it slickest promotions. Companies that understand this new

consumer have come up wit something new:

A

word

of

caution

is

necessary.

In

marketing,

watchwords

quickly

metamorphos

into

buzzwords--and

value

is

no

exception. We're not taping about ads that merely boast of a product's value or even such legitimate sates tools as price cuts and

discount:

Used

correctly,

value

marketing

amounts

to

much

more

than

just

stashing

prices

distributing

coupons.

It

means

giving the customer an improved product, with adds, features and enhancing the role of marketing itself: