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Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
English Entrance Examination for
Doctorate Candidates (1997)
Part
Ⅰ
Structure
and Written Expression (40%)
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
there
are
15
incomplete
sentences.
Under
each
sentence,
you
will
see
four
words
or
phrases,
marked
A,
B,
C
and
D.
Choose
the
one
word or phrase that completes the sentence
correctly. Then on your
answer
sheet,
find the
number
of the
question
and
mark
your
choice
on
the corresponding letter
.
1.
Experiments
in
the
photography
of
moving
objects______
in
both
the
United
States and Europe
well before 1900.
A.
have been conducing
B. was conducted
C. had been
conducted
D. being conducted
2.
All
the
many
different
parts
of
the
body
,
large
and
small,
______
to
perform
the
processes essential to life.
A. they combine
B. which combine
C. combining
D. combine
3.
______
the
earth’s
mass
twice
as
great
as
it
is,
it
would
attract
an
object
twice______ as it does.
A.
Were
…
as strongly
B. If
…
as strongly
C.
Had been
…
as strong
D. If
…
as strong
4. Slavery was
unknown
in
English common
law, and black
laborers at
first occupied
a legal
status similar______.
A. to those of
white servants
B. as the white servant
C.
with that of white servants
D. to that of white
servants
5. ______ the sun is not
shining?
A. What do
B.
What if
C. What about
D. what is the result that
6. Today
, formal education
primarily______ memorizing data.
A.
consists
B.
consists in
C.
in comprised by
D. composes
7. To keep
from______ at jobs_____
he had no
interest, he went to
live
for two years
in the woods.
A. being
worked
…
in that
B.
working
…
which
C.
having to work
…
in which
D. having been
worked
…
that
8. It
is_____ doubt that his conclusion is correct.
A. above
B. out of
C. no
D. beyond
9.
______your timely advice, I might not have
succeeded.
A. Thanks to
B.
With
C. For
D.
But for
10. Y
ou will have
some nice lecture. The names of the lectures are
______.
A. as follows
B. such as
following
C. as
following
D. as
follows
11. It is foolish______ to make
such a blunder.
A. of him
B. to him
C. for him
D. on him
12. Continuing
deterioration of
the
earth
’
s ozone shield
would expose
human beings
to increased ultraviolet radiation,
______of many serious skin cancers.
A.
is the cause
B. has been
the cause
C. the cause
D. that is the
cause
13. ______your hand in
front of your face, and you can feel the air
moving.
A. To wave
B. If wave
C.
Waving
D. Wave
14.
Despite the pill my doctor prescribed, I still
have trouble______.
A. to sleep
B. for sleeping
C.
sleeping
D.
to sleeping
15. The volume of the sun
is about 1,300,000 times______.
A. the
earth
B. as
that of the earth
C. that of the earth
D. one of the earth
Section B
Directions:
Identify the
part of the sentence that is incorrect from the
four underlined
parts marked A, B, C
and D. Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
16. One of the most famous of ancient
times Socrates was, whose teachings are
A
B
C
D
reflected in
Plato
’
s writings.
17. When a spider catches an insect, it
releases some poison into an insect with its
A
B
C
fangs, but the poison of most spiders
is harmless to man.
D
18. It is generally known
that the natural habitat of these types of monkeys
are the
A
B
C
D
central and eastern forest of Africa.
19. Bats are able to guide them by
producing sound waves too high for us to hear.
A
B
C
D
20. Government authorities said tonight
that as many as 10,000 people were now
A
B
believed missing and feared to die
after a cyclone devastated the area over the
C
D
weekend.
21. Nowhere we have seen the results
more clearly than in Europe, which really have
A
B
C
surprised us
all.
D
22.
Y
esterday afternoon, walking along the
road, a small flower pot fell from the
A
B
C
balcony of a house, and
knocked him unconscious.
D
23. Kenneth had his heart set on owing
one of the new sports cars, but he finally
A
B
C
succeeded in buying one.
D
24. Mr. Smith is well
known as a poet, and he is only three years senior
than I.
A
B
C
D
25. To such an
extent did his health deteriorate that he forced
A
B
C
D
26. A turtle differs from all other
reptiles that it has its body encased in a
protective
A
B
C
D
shell of its
own.
27. The process of graduate
education and the process of basic research
reinforce each
A
B
other in a great variety
of ways, and each is weakened when carrying on
without
C
D
the other.
28.
The point here is, to understand what you are
reading, you must think about what
A
B
you are reading, you must make sense
the message conveyed by the words.
C
D
29. We intend to move that our
committee appoints Prof. Bacon as chairman, and we
A
B
hope that you
will second our motion.
C
D
30. Although Mary was not
invited to the wedding, she would very much have
liked
A
B
C
to have gone.
D
31. In a day
’
s
work a police office often deals with a wide
panorama of problems
A
B
from the
pursuing of suspecting criminals to the rescuing
of a trapped kitten.
C
D
32. If you
were awarded a prize of ten thousand dollars, what
would you do with it if
A
B
you had to spend in a
day
.
C
D
33. He wanted more out of life, not
just working at high-paid jobs or spending nights
A
B
C
on the street playing games and asked
for a better one.
D
34. It is encouraging to note that in
recent years, cigarette smokers have been in the
A
B
C
decline,
especially among older people.
D
35. Beethoven, the great musician,
wrote nine symphonies in his life, most of them
A
were written after he had lost his
hearing.
B
C
D
36. The new hotel has erected a
beautiful building with recreation areas and
A
B
conference
facilities on the top floor in which the finest
view of the city can be
C
D
obtained.
37.
Despite much research, there are still certain
elements in the life cycle of the
A
B
insect that is not fully understood.
C
D
38. On the
whole, ambitious students are much likely to
succeed in their studies than
A
B
are those with little ambition.
C
D
39. He got up, walked across the room,
and with a sharp quick movement flung the
A
B
C
door widely open.
D
40. The parcel
you post must be well packed. Inadequate packing
can mean delay
A
B
damage or loss
at your own expenses.
C
D
Part
Ⅱ
Vocabulary
and Reading Comprehension (60%)
Section A
Directions:
In questions 1-30 each sentence has a
word or phrase underlined.
Below
each sentence are four other words or
phrase, marked A, B, C and D. You
are
to choose the one word or phrase that best keeps
the meaning of the
original
sentence
if
it
is
substituted
for
the
underlined
word
or
phrase.
Then,
on your answer sheet find the number of the
question and blacken
the space that
corresponds to the letter you have chosen so that
the letter
inside the oval cannot be
seen.
1.
Punctuality is imperative in your new
job.
A. Being efficient
B. Being courteous
C. Being on
time
D. Being
cheerful
2.
Egyptian
authorities
are
trying
to
prevent
their
historical
monuments
from
succumbing to the ravages of time.
A. standing by
B. counting on
C. yielding to
D. holding up
3. The few
Americans at the party seemed just as inhibited as
the rest of the guests.
A. restrained
B. tedious
C.
comfortable
D.
delighted
4. From an
airplane, the grasslands of the western prairie
appear almost as
uniform as
a placid sea.
A. fake
B. seedy
C. hilly
D. calm
5. By
the
time
that dispute
was
resolved, relations
between Severo and
management
had been poisoned.
A.
disdained
B. retained
C. tainted
D. stained
6. No
remnants of the settlement of
Roanoke,
Virginia, were
found by
the
next
group
of colonists.
A. traces
B. survivors
C.
buildings
D. implements
7.
The climate in the great plains is arid.
A. hot and dry
B. hot and wet
C. cold and wet
D. cold and dry
8. Mr. Del
Rio was asked to condense
his report
in order to allow
his
audience some
time to ask question.
A. abbreviate
B. expand
C.
continue
D. delay
9. Can this be a
duplicate of the document?
A. a summary
B.
a revision
C.
an outline
D. a
copy
10. Sometimes a psychological
problem will trigger a physical reaction.
A. release
B. initiate
C.
perform
D. settle
11. He is infamous
for his dishonesty in business matters.
A. notorious
B. dreaded
C. loathed
D. investigated
12. Toddlers sometimes require special
attention.
A. Elderly people
B.
Babies
C. Pets
D.
Houseplants
13. The soldier rashly
agreed to lead the dangerous expedition.
A. resignedly
B. heroically
C. recklessly
D. reluctantly
14. The old
widow
must
have
liked the
young soldier,
for when she died she
left
him
most of her fortune.
A. taken after
B. taken up
C. taken to
D. taken on
15.
The
hotel
was
a
four-story
building
away
from
the
university
where
most
competitors were
accommodated.
A. put up
B. put down
C. put in
D. put over
16.
The
manic-
depressive
usually
fluctuates
between
great
excitement
and
deep
depression.
A. recovers
B. falls
C. improves
D.
alternates
17. The
first
major outburst of
musical
creativity
in
the United
States occurred at
the
end
of the nineteenth century
.
A. surge
B. round
C. outcome
D.
performance
18. Little Rock is the hub
of the federal interstate highways that cross
Arkansas.
A. highpoints
B. summit
C. path
D. center
19.
The world is on the threshold of a new
century
.
A. realizing the
importance of
B. at the beginning of
C. expecting
D. establishing
goal for
20. Though I am good at my
job, it sure grinds me down sometimes.
A. oppresses me
B. disappoints
me
C. bores me
D. troubles me
21.
The
president
’
s
compassion
for
the
neighboring
refugees
caused
him
to
admit
a
very large number of them
into his country
.
A.
friendship
B. pity
C. respect
D. hostility
22. The gunfire was sporadic.
A. intermittent
B. frequent
C. continuous
D. distant
23. The Ford Foundation is one of the
world
’
s wealthiest
philanthropic organizations.
A.
profligate
B.
governmental
C.
humanitarian
D.
multinational
24. The criminal
insinuated that he had been roughly treated by the
arresting officers.
A. suggested
indirectly
B. denied positively
C. argued convincingly
D.
stated flatly
25.
Minoan
kings
had
such
strong
navies
that
they
were
able
to
build
unfortified
palaces.
A. unprotected
B. undeveloped
C. unequaled
D. unidentified
26.
Realizing
that
many
readers
find
long
descriptive
passages
uninteresting,
Bruce
began his story with
an exciting conflict.
A. melancholy
B.
tedious
C. incredible
D.
offensive
27. In the Navajo household,
grandparents and other relatives play
indispensable roles
in
raising children.
A. dominant
B. exemplary
C. essential
D. demanding
28.
For several
years the
lives
of the two old
ladies continued to
revolve
in
intimate
enmity around each
other.
A. companionship
B. hospitality
C. amiability
D. hostility
29.
The weather forecast was only for the metropolitan
area, not for the outlying farm
communities.
A. residential
B. geographical
C. city
D.
industrial
30. Automation has done away
with much of the drudgery of work.
A.
uniqueness
B. dirtiness
C.
unpleasantness
D. slowness
Section B
Directions:
The rest of this section is based on a
variety of reading material followed
by
questions about the meaning of the material. For
questions 31-60, you
are to choose the
one best answer A, B, C or
D to each
question. Then ,
on
your
answer
sheet,
find
the
number
of
the
question
and
blacken
the
space that corresponds to the letter of
the answer you have chosen.
Questions 31-33
The library
of Congress in Washington, D.C., which houses the
largest collection
of books in the
world, is fighting a battle against paper
deterioration. The pages of old
books,
often yellowed and torn, sometimes crumble when
they are touched. The main
culprit
in the battle
is the acidic
paper that has been
used
for
making books since the
nineteenth century
.
Air pollution and
moisture
have added to
the problem.
Strangely
,
the books that
are
most
in
danger
of
destruction
are
not
the
oldest
books.
The
paper
in
books
produced
before
the
last
century
was
made
from
cotton
and
linen
rags,
which
are
naturally
low
in acid.
And the Gutenberg
Bible, printed
five
centuries ago, was
made
of
thin calfskin, and
is
in
remarkably
good shape. But
in the
nineteenth century
, with
widespread
literary
bringing
a
demand
for
a
cheaper
and
more
plentiful
supply
of
paper, the
industry began
using
chemically treated
wood pulp
for
making paper.
It
is
the
chemical in this paper that is causing
today
’
s problem.
This
problem
of
paper
deterioration
is
one
of
global
concern.
France,
Canada,
and
has
been
developed
recently
,
in
fact,
that
allows
for
mass
deacidification
of
thousands of books at the same time. It
costs less than microfilming and still preserves