1、1北京理工大学2005 年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试题Part I Listening Comprehension(20points)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third voice will ask a question about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will b
2、e spoken only once. Chose the best answer from the four choices A, B, C, and D by marking the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A: At the office. B: In the waiting room C: At the airport. D: In a restaurantSample Answe
3、r: A B C DFrom the conversation we know that the two speakers are talking about ordering food. This is the most likely to have taken place in a restaurant. Therefore, D “In the restaurant” is the best answer. You should choose D on the ANSWER SHEET and mark it with a single line through the centre.1
4、. A yes, because she got some while she was shopping.C no, because shes already spent most of it.B yes, because she wants to help him.D no, because she already lent it to a friend.2. A Yesterday. B Two ago. C Three days ago. D Early last week.3. A In the hospital. B At an appointment. C In his offic
5、e. D Out of town.4. A On the hour. B Within an hour. C By the next day. D Before five.5. AAt a service station. B On a hill. C In an emergency room. D In a parking lot.6. A That the woman come to the party.C That the woman cook for the party.B A date with Barbara.D Take a nap.7. A Have dinner. B Tak
6、e a nap. C Read the newspaper. D Watch television.8. A Shes taking an exam on Friday.C She doesnt enjoy tours very much.B She has to study on Friday.D She likes staying at home better.9. A He is a mailman. B He is a writer. C He is a telephone repairman. D He is a dairy farmer.Section BDirections: I
7、n this section, you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the question and the passage will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices A, B, C, and D by marking the corresponding lette
8、r on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.10. A How the man is doing at his studies.C The town they live in.B The way time passes.D The things they like to do.11. A It always goes too fast.C It seems slower when one has too much to do.B It always goes too slowly.D It seems slower w
9、hen one has little to do.12. A Write a paper. B Do an experiment. CBe patient. D Get rid of the files.13. A As intelligent. B As typical. CAs tall. D As old.14. A Teach it to his daughter.C Write in his native language.B Become a Cherokee leader.D Fight for his tribe.15. A A United States historian.
10、C A Cherokee language teacher.B A member of his own family.D A leader of the Cherokees.Section C Spot Dictation2Direction: In this section you will hear a passage for three times. The passage is printed below with some words missing. You must fill in the blanks with what you hear. First, the whole p
11、assage will be read at normal speed for you to get a general idea of it. Then, in the second reading, it will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with interval of 15-20 seconds in which you can write down the missing part. The last reading will be read at normal speed again for you to
12、 check your work. You are to write down the missing words on your ANSWER SHEET.Turning to the local scene, the strike by the city bus drivers has just gone into its third day. And those 16_are continuing between the city officials and representatives of the bus drivers union. No settlement is in sig
13、ht. The drivers say that salaries are not the main issue 17_,that working conditions and employee 18_ plans will have to be improved before they return to their jobs. In the mean time, city residents are coping as best they can with the city transportation company. Many people are reported to be sha
14、ring cars to and from work.And many others have 19_the pleasure of working. Mr. Smith said that he didnt think he would go back to 20_the buses after the strike is over, for he thought it was healthier to walk.Part II Reading Comprehension(30points)Directions: In this part there are four passages fo
15、r you to read. After each passage there are five questions, below each of whom there are four answers marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneGranted, its a pretty serious time to be living on t
16、his planet. Insane terrorists, political finger-pointing, a string of awful hurricanes, you name it, all filling the headlines with grim reminders that life arent so peachy. Even reading the smaller stories in national publications seems to indicate that the world is run by grownups, and theyre busy
17、 taking the fun out of everything.The other day I was browsing through one of those magazines that explain serious science news to us dumbbells, and came across an item which announced that two different companies have perfected a pill that contains all the good-for-you stuff found in a glass of red
18、 wine and is completely non-alcoholic.Now Im sure there are other adults out there who, like me, were pleasantly surprised to learn that a little tipple of pinot noir with the roast duckling might not turn one into a slobbering drunk but may actually be beneficial to your health. The news was a sing
19、le candle, lit in a world of darkness, easing a tiny part of that big rock of guilt we constantly lug uphill. Of course, the minute the news got around, some Italian scientists began putting that age-old innocent beverage through a freeze-drying process that preserved the benefits while removing the
20、 alcohol along with all that unnecessary enjoyment. Swell news for teetotalers, but just another indication that our main focus is on getting through each grim day without a moment of relief.Sound far-fetched? Even comic books(a main source of amusement, when I was a tad) have become literary vehicl
21、es for philosophical messages. I figure its all a big plot. Something probably cooked up by mommies and dictators and insurance companies and people who play their boom boxes too loudly. Just to make sure that you and I are prevented from squeezing a dollop of guilt-free enjoyment from a modest amou
22、nt of fermented grape juice.Mark my words, the next great leap in science wont be in the field of cloning or DNA research or rocket science. What theyll do is develop a way to turn a big juicy standing rib roast into a pinch of tasteless grey protein-packed powder you can sprinkle on a piece of whit
23、e bread and have for dinner. Remembers: just because were paranoid dont mean they arent out to get us.When the author says,“the world is run by grownups, and theyre busy taking the fun out of everything,”he means to say _ .21.A. they are busy making fun to their peopleB. they have become more and mo
24、re friendly to their peopleC. they are doing things disregard of the ways things develop themselvesD. they are occupied everyday with trivial instead of key issues of the world22. In Paragraph 2 and 3 the author wants to say that _ .3A. people nowadays become more interested in science mattersB. the
25、 researchers nowadays are more interested in developing all the good-for-you stuffC. some people want to find things which are beneficial the their healthD. people nowadays tend to overstate and publicize what they have doneThe word“cooked up”(in Paragraphs 5) probably is used in the context means _
26、 .23.A. food-prepared B. falsely-prepared C. concocted D. carefully doneWhich of the following can be a proper summary of the last paragraph of the passage?24.A. The world will soon be made unbelievable by the groundless cooked-up miracles and wonders.B. There will be more and more people in the wor
27、ld who will become cheaters.C. There will be more and more people who will be able to create what seemed impossible years ago.D. Nobody knows what the future world would be like with the fast development of modern science and technology.The tune of the author in this passage sounds _ about what he s
28、ays.25.A. fully confident B. highly positive C. fully suspicious D. emotionally discriminativePassage TwoOne hundred boats bearing one million desperate uninvited immigrants set sail from the Ganges(恒河)for the fabled coast of the French Riviera. They are totally destitute and have decided that their
29、 only chance of survival is in a country with a conscience that traditionally welcomes refugees from the Third World. Their journey will take 50 days.In France, the news is trumpeted with pride by the liberal media, churchmen and the left-wing activists. Favorable media echoes are heard all over Eur
30、ope. Political leaders and the armed forces fumble for the common policies. Publicly, French authorities praise the intrepid voyagers. Privately, they exchange ideas on how they can divert one million hungry souls to other shores.A trendy French radio journalist, Albert Dufort, sees the makings of a
31、 historical redistribution of wealth between the First and Third Worlds. “Were all from the Ganges now,” he proclaims. Schoolchildren write essays eulogizing latter day “sans culottes.” The theme is picked up and sweeps across the continent.As the armada makes it through the Straits of Gibraltar, pa
32、nic sets in. The inhabitants of the French Riviera begin to flee north. The president of France orders the armed forces deployed along the coast. They are told their mission is to defend the country against the now imminent invasion of one million poverty-stricken people from the Ganges. But with ea
33、rs glued to their transistor radios, they heed Duforts call not to oppose the landings. They desert en masse. Police open jail cells before shedding their uniforms and hotfooting it home to take care of their families.Terrified by what he was wrought, Dufort heads for Switzerland in his expensive sp
34、orts car, but he is recognized en route and murdered. As hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of coastal towns and the surrounding Provence country move north, tens of thousands of revolutionary students travel south to greet their Ganges brothers.Unbeknownst to the welcoming throngs of idealists, t
35、he Ganges multitudes are coming to settle scores with the wealthy West that has kept them subjugated without hope of better life. They hate the West their leaders said had robbed them of the higher standard of living they are entitled to.The one million Ganges folk are not alone. Millions of others
36、are monitoring their progress from all over the Third World and plan to follow them to the Promised Land. Thus the Third World conquers modern industrialized societies, but not before much mayhem and unspeakable carnage and atrocities.That part of the sentence“a country with a conscience that tradit
37、ionally welcomes refugees from the Third World”probably means _.26.A. a country showing sympathy for the refugees from the Third WorldB. a place with clean conscience that all men in the world should be equal in every wayC. a nation that shares the same tradition with the third world countriesD. a s
38、tate that strongly believes that all refugees should be treated as human being27. From Paragraph Two it can be inferred that _.4A. France is the unique country that shows unconditional sympathy for the Indian refugeesB. France intends to make the refugee problem politically publicized for its own be
39、nefitC. Some French people actually hate the intrusion of so many refugees form the GangesD. Political leaders and the armed forces are particularly enthusiastic in receiving the refugeesAll of the following about Paragraph 3 are true EXCEPT that _ .28.A. Albert Dufort sees the large size emigration
40、 from the Ganges is a historical redistribution of wealth between the First and Third WorldsB. The theme on the large size emigration from Ganges is reported widely across the European continentC. Albert Dufort believes that even his own country-fellows are also originated from the GangesD. Schoolch
41、ildren write compositions showing their shock at the historical move of immigrantsWhat happened to the trendy French radio journalist, Albert Dufort, according to the passage?29.A. He was recognized as a famous reporter after the historical move of immigrantsB. He was killed for some unknown reasonC
42、. He believed that he was also an immigrant from IndiaD. Tens of thousands of students travel south to greet himFrom the last paragraph it can be concluded that _ .30.A. the author of the passage believes that the Third World will conquer the modern industrialized societies in the near futureB. the
43、author of the passage reveals his doubtful attitude toward the historical move of the Indian emigrantsC. the author of the passage thinks that there wont be any more large-scaled move from the Third World to the industrialized countriesD. the author of the passage thinks highly of what France has do
44、ne in receiving the one million desperate uninvited immigrantsPassage ThreeBack in Seattle, around the corner from the Discovery Institute, Stephen Meyer offers some peer-reviewed evidence that there truly is a controversy that must be taught. “The Darwinists are bluffing,” he says over a plate of o
45、ysters at a downtown seafood restaurant. “They have the science of the steam engine era, and its not keeping up with the biology of the information age.”Meyer hands me a recent issue of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews with an article by Carl Woese, an eminent microbiologist at the Univers
46、ity of Illinois. In it, Woese decries the failure of reductionist biology-the tendency to look at systems as merely the stum of their parts-to keep up with the developments of molecular biology. Meyer says the conclusion of Woeses argument is that the Darwinian emperor has no clothes.Its a page out
47、of the antievolution playbook: using evolutionary biologys own literature against it, selectively quoting from the likes of Stephen Jay Gould to illustrate natural selections downfalls. The institute marshals journal articles discussing evolution to provide policymakers with evidence of the raging c
48、ontroversy surrounding the issue.Woese scoffs at Meyers claim when I call to ask him about the paper. “To say that my criticism of Darwinists says that evolutionist have no clothes,” Woese says, “is like saying that Einstein is criticizing Newton, therefore Newton physics is wrong.” Debates about ev
49、olutions mechanisms, he continues, dont amount to challenges to the theory. And intelligent design “is not science. It makes no predictions and doesnt offer any explanation whatsoever, except for God did it.”Of course Meyer happily acknowledges that Woese is an ardent evolutionist. The institute doesnt need to impress Woese or his peers; it