2014年博士研究生入学考试英语试题样题

天津大学博士研究生入学考试非英语专业考试大纲样题（

2014

）

Part I. Listening Comprehension

(10 %)

Directions

:

In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,

a

question

will

be

asked

about

what

was

the

conversation

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. A) He has proved to be a better reader than the woman.

B) He has difficulty understanding the book.

C) He cannot get access to the assigned book.

D) He cannot finish his assignment before the deadline.

2. A) She will drive the man to the supermarket.

B) The man should buy a car of his own.

C) The man needn't go shopping every week.

D) She can pick the man up at the grocery store.

Part IV Banked Cloze

(10 %)

Directions

:

Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word

Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.

You

have

seen

a

friend

succeed.

No

doubt

you

feel

joy

at

love

your

friend,and

maybe

you

even

helped

him

accomplish

his

goal.

____1____,

there

is

another

feeling,

a

dark

feeling, within you. You begin to wish that it was you who was enjoying success, and you begin to

even dislike your friend. At first this envious feeling starts off like a tiny seed. But then, like a

seed, it grows. It threatens to ____2____ you.

Of

course

you

feel

bad

about

your

feelings,

as

they

have

become

a(n)

____3____ to

your

friendship. Still, there doesn't seem to be anything that you can do. Facing your friend invariably

leads to more ____4____ between you. Avoiding him just seems to ____5____ the gulf between

you.

Instead

of

feeling

____6____

about

your

envy

or

hating

your

friend,

you

should

take

a

different ____7___. Use your friend's success as a challenge. He has succeeded. This means that

you can succeed as well. By thingking this way, you are ____8____ your feelings and redirecting

them into a course of action that won't ruin your friendship.

Remember

that

friendships

can

____9_____

friendly

competitiion.

You

cannot,

however,

maintain your friendship if you ____10____ envy.

A) approach

F) survive

K) establish

B) goal

G) harnessing

L) still

C) tension

H) widen

M) guilty

1

D) harbor

I) overwhelm

N) responsible

E) remain

J) overtake

O) handicap

Part III. Reading Comprehension (40%)

Part A.

Directions

:

In this part there are three passages followed by questions or unfinished statements,

each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D.

Choose the one that you think is the

correct answer.

（

1

）

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage

:

A

report

consistently

brought

back

by

visitors

to

the

US

is

how

friendly,

courteous

and

helpful

most

Americans

were

to

them.

To

be

fair,

this

observation

is

also

frequently

made

of

Canada

and

Canadians,

and

should

best

be

considered

North

American.

There

are,

of

course,

exceptions.

Small-minded

officials,

rude

waiters,

and

ill-mannered

taxi

drivers

are

hardly

unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment. For a

long

period

of

time

and

in

many

parts

of

the

country,

a

traveler

was

a

welcome

break

in

an

otherwise dull existence.

Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant

from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news

of the outside world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality.

Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the

nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable

impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the hars

hness of daily life: if you didn’t take in the

stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you

might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in

helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in

the US, especially

in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails.

traveling

through,

got

talking

with

this

American,

and

pretty

soon

he

invited

me

home

for

dinner

—

amazing.

not always understood properly.

The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as

artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed

society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all

social

interrelationships.

And,

of

course,

speaking

a

language

does

not

necessarily

mean

that

someone

understands

social

and

cultural

patterns.

Visitors

who

fail

to

cultural

meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word

the

cultural

implications

of

the

word

may

be

quite

different

from

those

it

has

in

the

visitor’s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between

courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans

value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.

1

、

In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ___________.

2

A. rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US

B) small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

C) Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

D. most Americans are ready to offer help

2

、

It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ___________.

A) culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship

B) courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated

C) various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends

D) social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions

3

、

Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ___________.

A) to improve their hard life

B) in view of their long-distance travel

C) to add some flavor to their own daily life

D) out of a charitable impulse

4

、

The tradition of hospitality to strangers ___________.

A) tends to be superficial and artificial

B) is generally well kept up in the united States

C) is always understood properly

D) has something to do with the busy tourist trails

5

、

What’s the author’s attitudes toward the American’s friendliness?

A) Favorable.

B) Unfavorable.

C) Indifferent.

D) Neutral.

Part B

Directions:

In

the

following

article,

some

sentences

have

been

removed.

For

Questions

1-5,

choose the most suitable one from the list A-H to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are

three

extra

choices, which you

do

not

need

to

use. Mark

your

answers

on ANSWER

SHEET

1.

(10%)

From her vantage point she watched the main doors swing open and the first arrivals pour in.

Those who had been at the head of the line paused momentarily on entry, looked around curiously,

then quickly moved forward as others behind pressed in. Within moments the central public area

of the big branch bank was filled with a chattering, noisy crowd. The building, relatively quiet less

than

a

minute

earlier,

had

become

a

Babel.

Edwina

saw

a

tall

heavyset

black

man

wave

some

dollar bills and declare loudly,

1.

It seemed as if the report about everyone having come to open an account had been accurate

after all.

Edwina

could

see

the

big

man

leaning

back

expansively,

still

holding

his

dollar

bills.

His

voice cut across the noise of other conversations and she heard him proclaim,

in no hurry.

There's something I'd like you to explain.

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