TIIE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE K`1\3J)
ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR STB=#z
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES \h"QgHzp
March 2007 Wc_Ph40C<_
PAPER ONEPAPER ONE C31SXQ
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) ji2if.t@
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. .,x08M
A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously D058=}^HE
2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. S*CRVs
A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit U=%S6uL\bx
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech “the______ problem.” ,k@fXoW
A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact aX1|&erI
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. FUm-Fp
A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect A\.M/)Qo
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. W#0pFofXw
A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. `h
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. U1rh[A>
A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness +3t(kQ
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." Ty]CdyL$
A. shortly B. initially C. actually D. literally } `
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience jvm
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A. tempo with B. time with C. place of D. proportion to DjL(-7'p
9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment. lTdYPqMi
A. interrupt B. bother C. interfere D. intervene )CXJRo`j0
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. <v[,A8Q
A. imagination B. invocation C. observation D. obsession }kXF*cVg
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. 1rE hL
A. vulnerable B. allergic C. inclined D. hostile g[@]OsX
12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. F=^vu7rf
A. obsolete B. obscene C. obvious D. oblique vC J
13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. T?7ZF+yo6
A. manner B. position C. profile D. station 7,jh44(\=
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. n&[U/`o
A. provisional B. sensational C. sentimental D. potential lcIX
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