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For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates }Gmwm|`*
Paper One
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Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 20 minutes) pSM\(kVKa
Section A K.k%Tg[ ~
Directions: In this section you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked (A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 9os>k*
1. A) To cancel his trip B) To go to bed early. kk6Af\NZ
C) To catch a later flight D) To ask for a wake-up call N#(p_7M
2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next. Z(F`M;1>xI
B) They have to pay for the house by installments. L1'R6W~%dN
C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom. u >R2:i
D) The man's attitude is more sensible than the woman's. 0Z. b
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3. A) She will save the stamps for the man's sister. {9>LF
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada. T0=8 U;
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C) She can't give the stamps to the man's sister. aj>6q=R
D) She has given the stamps to the man's roommates. XxXMtiZ6
4. A) Visiting the Brownings B) Writing. %ZT@&
C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form. cj=6_k
5. A) The man should work with somebody else K"lZwU\:On
B) The man should meet his partner's needs. ;Mzy>*#$Q
C) They should come to a compromise. NJ6*
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D) They should find a better lab for the project. -+9,RtHR7
6. A) She can't finish her assignment, either. 2y"]rUS`
B) She can't afford a computer right now. BO6u<cu"-
C) The man can use her computer. a!iG;:K
D) The man should buy a computer right away. 7RE
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7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures. v[P
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B) The guest lecturer's opinion is different from Dr.Johnson's. 'JA<q-Gn
C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates. h^Bp^V5#
D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college. >fX_zowX
8. A) She's never watched a better game. s48 { R4
B) Football is her favorite pastime. 2<"kfan
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D) Their team played very badly. >St]MS
Section B Dht,!LVb;
Directions: In this section, you will hear three short passage. At the end of each passage, there will be two or three questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. %yr(i 6L
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Passage 1 (fSpY\JPI
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B) He raised dogs. 2.6F5&:($
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10. A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany. LBCat=d<
B) Because people thought they contained dog meat. PPj_NV
C) Because people had to get used to their taste. .YYLMI
D) Because it was too hot to eat right away. U/p|X)
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B) They make noises to drive away insects. bOvMXj/HV=
C) They extend their water pipes. B '@a36
D) They become elastic like rubber bands. s]lIDp}
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D) They could build devices to trap insects. #<4/ * < 5
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13 A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves $$GmundqB
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B) It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge. @y+Hb@ >.
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points, 45 minutes) YtWO=+rX
Directions: In this part there are several passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked (A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. [=otgVteN"
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Every year scientists open more doors that lead to the secrets of O0i)Iu(J7;
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infections, began to search for the chemical that does this. In the Ck;>9>
hospital they examined badly infected wounds of people who had been yM}Wg~:D:
hurt in accidents and made tests of the blood and the infected tissue. .8I\=+Zi
Finally, in the wound of a girl who had broken a leg bone, they b;AGw3SF
found the useful germs which seemed to be fighting the poisonous N-~Uu6zr
infection. They took some of these into the laboratory and from them z;F6:aBa
developed cultures; that is, larger masses of the germs with which to bL)7/E
experiment. At last, after long and painstaking work, they were able |;[%ZE"
to draw from these germs a substance which is a germ destroyer. Dr. ,{tK{XpS
Meleney and Miss Johnson named it bacitracin-baci because the germ is, ^#Ruw?D
in scientific language, a bacillus and tracin for Margaret Tracy, U
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Bacitracin at first was used only locally; later the drug was FU~xKNr
developed into a solution that can be used to fight germ through the e=yQFzQT)
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C)once every ten years. D)frequently. $}* bZ~
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D)poisonous germs. Bc^%1
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C)restores broken bones. D)develops germs. ;g:!WXd
21. To say that a drug was used locally is to say that it was . L355uaj
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D)used only in hospitals. T&ECGF;Y/
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A)many scientific discoveries are due to chance. f4h|Nn%;
B)every year scientists discover new beneficent drugs. E/OJ}3Rf
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D)culture are large masses of germs. &J
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Our echo sounder located the wreck of a French submarine that had z`?{5v -Qs
foundered during the war in seventy-five feet of water outside Dakar 4GiHp7Y&A
harbor. Dumas and I plunged down and found the vessel lying clean and em@bxyMm
upright, surrounded by such clouds of fish as we had rarely seen-small :cvZk|b%
silver fingerlings and dark metals. As Dumas swam into the shadow of +# 38
the port propeller, he came face to face with a gigantic fish, grouper 7eM:YqT/#
variety, cousin to our familiar Mediterranean meroblast-fish. This "M GX(SQ
specimen was ten times the size of our old acquaintances: he weighed {hXIP`
at least four hundred pounds. The wide, flat head and tiny eyes XMR$I&;G8
advanced on Dumas; the ugly mouth yawned open, wide enough to admit tU5Z?QS
him. Dumas knew that sedentary groupers have no teeth to speak of; it |>Q]q
seemed, however, that this individual might wish to swallow him Xf4
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taking in whole octopuses(章鱼). M;96Wm
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grouper exchanged mutual stares of revulsion for a seemingly c]eDTbXd
interminable period while Dumas was steadily pressed back. Then the ;2NJkn
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the lost submarine. Dumas surfaced in a reflective mood: "Imagine ^P
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A)trying to locate an old wreck. /M0A9ZT[
B)skin fishing in Dakar harbor. w$D&LA}(M
C)swimming near a foundered submarine. K;,_P5J%
D)attempting to salvage a submarine. d*Wg>8|
24. The gigantic fish was actually . }o'WR'LX
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26. Dumas regarded the fish with . "%mu~&Ga
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B)swallow him whole. 'X$J+s}6&
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D)force him to surface. fH>I/%
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B)shame at his reaction to the fish. @[s+5_9nk
C)the unreasonableness of the situation. dw"Tv~
D)revulsion for the fish. GY~Q) Z
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A)intended to eat Dumas. KkCA*GS
B)acted out of simple curiosity. ;ATn&
C)lived under the submarine. &|LP>'H;
D)had been misidentified by Dumas. Cb1fTl%
Passage 3 PlX6,3F
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Reruns of situation comedies from the fifties and early sixties dramatize the kinds of problems that parents used to have with their children. The Cleavers scold Beaver for not washing his hands before dinner, the Andersons punish Bud for not doing his homework; the Nelsons dock little Ricky’s allowance because he keeps forgetting to clean his room. But times have changed dramatically. Being a parent today is much more difficult than it was a generation ago. '1Z3MjX
Today’s parents must try, first of all, to control all the new distractions that tempt children away from schoolwork. At home, a child may have a room furnished with a stereo and television. Not many young people can resist the urge to listen to an album or watch MTV-especially if it is time to do schoolwork. Outside the home, the distractions are even more alluring, children no longer “hang out” on a neighborhood corner within earshot of Mom or Dad’s reminder to come in and do homework.. Instead,, they congregate in vast shopping malls, buzzing video arcades and gleaming fast-food restaurants. Parents and school assignments have obvious difficulty competing with such enticing alternatives. )M:pg%
Besides dealing with these distractions, parents also have to shield their children from a flood of sexually explicit materials. Today, children can find sex magazines and pornographic paperbacks in the same corner store that once offered only comics and candy. Moreover, the movies young people attend often focus on highly sexual situations. It is difficult to teach children traditional values when films show teachers seducing students and young people treating sex as a casual sport. An even more difficult matter for parents is the heavily sexual content of programs on television. pAm
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Most disturbing to parents today, however, is the increase in life-threatening dangers that face young people. When children are small, parents fear that their youngsters may be victims of violence. Every news program seems to carry a report about a mass murderer who preys on young girls, a deviant who has buried six boys in his cellar, or an organized child pornography ring that molests preschoolers. When children are older, parents begin to worry about their kids’ use of drugs. Peer pressure to experiment with drugs is often stronger than parents’ warnings. This pressure to experiment can be fatal if the drugs have been mixed with dangerous chemicals. "h84D&V
Within one generation, the world as a place to raise children has changed dramatically. One wonders how yesterday’s parents would have dealt with today’s problems. Could the Andersons have kept Bud away from MTV? Could the Nelsons have shielded little Ricky from sexually explicit material? Could the Cleavers have protected Beaver from drugs? Parents must be aware of all these distractions and dangers, yet be willing to give their children the freedom they need to become responsible adults. It is not an easy task.. aOOkC&%
30. Parents today must protect their children from all of the following except_______ . jx?"m=`s:
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31. Traditional values become more difficult for younger generation to accept because ________ . jW<aAd
A)Teachers set bad examples for students "(QI7:iM
B) Bad side effects on children from TV and films outweigh the traditional education P*kKeMl
C) Parents failed in educating their children -:P`Rln
D)The younger generation can not resist the temptation from all sorts of distractions X^%E"{!nU
32. According to the author, what the parents now most fear for about their children is ________. 7XDze(O5
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C) Enticing alternatives D). Sex magazines }vof| (Yh
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34. It can be inferred from the passage that parents today ________. ]ICBNJ
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B)Comparing education of yesterday with that of today SaA9)s
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D)Stating her own points with vivid examples Z7@~#)3
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necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to 4 -dV%DgC
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time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small U if61)+!i
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worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. TM1D|H
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of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious 01-n_ $b
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risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. ?g5u#Q>!
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Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, 1~x=bphS
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it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this pJK}9p=4`
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comparison right through to the provision for spare parts. But never forget o9Z!Z^
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forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed VS:UVe
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to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as .kGlUb?^Q
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