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English Qualifying Test for Ph. D. Candidates }z/Y
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Part I Listening Comprehension (15%) w{HDCPuS
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Section A 注;请将70 至100字的概要用中文写在答题纸上。 , id`=L=
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Section B 注;请将答案用英文写在答案纸上。 vA(')"DDT
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Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%) U_/<tWl\[3
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
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1. The opinions of his peers are more important to her than her parents' idea. @uWPo2
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2. After we join the WTO, the situation that our automobile industry, depends for its survival on government subsidies will be changed. ,XZ[L?
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3. My salary has been raised to 100,000 yuan a year. but there is a proportionate increase in my income tax. MvO!p
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4. Henry David Thoreau used to ramble through the woods before he wrote his most famous book Walden (1854). R^i8AbFW
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5. Despite the pressure from the president, the provincial government insisted on its autonomous jurisdiction. 4/rdr80
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6. All programs celebrating the Spring Festival in the CCTV have been relayed to even' part of the world through satellites. otsINAizgS
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7. You must be drunk last night. Otherwise how did you manage to drive into a stationary vehicle? lIN`1vX(
A) official B) police
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8. To create a democratic atmosphere in the company, the manager should always be accessible to his staff. #hBDOXHPf
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9. The newly imported machine doesn't work in ambient humidity of 50 degrees. 8#Q=CTjF
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10. Many students are signing the petition against building a steelworks near the school. wHQyMq^
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11. Your appraisal of the current situation is quite different from mine. j
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12. They are boycotting the store because the workers are on strike. & >AXB6
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13. In the final contest, two athletes are contending for the championship. .1yp}&e#
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14. The computer's value will depreciate by half in the first year. (8<U+)[tPy
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15. China Telecom is about to embark on a major program of computerization. k,xY\r$
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l6. The candidate has given a pledge that he will improve the local environment and invest doubly in education. `0tzQ>ZQq
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17. There has always been an epldemic or bike stealing in schools. /q4<ZS#
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18. It is in Chongqing that the next international symposium on environmental protection will be held. ^D(N_va<
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19. Many people suspected the existence of extraterrestrial life. KZ/U2.{O<
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20. In case your liabilities outrun your assets, you may go bankrupt. wRL=9/5(8
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21.After the fierce quarrel, they began to have a __________ loathing for each other. `}ak;^Me
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22. On the stage many pieces of blue silk were fluctuated to ________the sea waves. CwQgA%)!i
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24. Though the policies of racial ________had been abolished, many whites in the South were still dubious about the safety of the communities. N\ ?%944R
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25. The proposal was accepted with ________ approval. Everybody believed it would help revive the national economy. AAjsb<P
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27. In the packed hall, the people sitting close to me _________ me into the corner little by little. :nYl]Rm
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30. The prodigal son ________his large inheritance in a few years of heavy spending. TB9{e!4
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3l. In ancient India, there used to be a very formidable ________ in religious and social life. s7=CH
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34. She has always been a conscientious secretary since the gal, she entered my company. Tine suggestion that I wanted her to resign is quite __________ 0nUcUdIf+
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36. When I stayed in the country, I used to walk in the fields at night and to see ________ of stars. ;NNYJqWd^]
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37. Ringing church bells sets up ________ in the Alpine valleys. I/YBL
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38. The students are all from ________ countries, such as Singapore. India Korean, and Japan. qe.
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39. Wouldn't it be easier to move about on the ________ of the mobbed crowd than to squeeze in tile middle? 'T=$Q%Qv
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Part III Reading Comprehension (50%) h>0R!Rl8
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Section A 1#nR$
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Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. 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 loeide on the best choice. TNi4H:\
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In the years following the Second World War, the youth hostel idea spread to other parts of the world and the same spirit was maintained. The International Youth Hostel Federation, IYHF, which was to co-ordinate activities in the various national associations, incorporated in its constitution the principle that in youth hostels "there shall be no distinctions of race, nationality color, religion, class or political opinions. This, it should be noted, was at a time when the principles of racial equality and brotherhood were by no means so widely acknowledged as they are now." m!'moumL;
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There is normally no age bar at youth hostels. Exceptions are Switzerland and Bavaria. Where there is a maximum age of 25 and I7 years respectively. Generally, however, the hostels are intended to meet the needs of two main groups: senior secondary school children, university and schoolchildren travelling with a teacher on educational visits, and aged between about 11 and I8. Kivr)cIG
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The principal contribution of the youth hostel movement to the attack on racism is the fact that in the 4,364 hostels throughout the world the brotherhood of man is taken for granted and practiced quietly and without any ostentation.
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If you walk into the common-room of a big youth hostel in Gracow or Munich, Lahore of Canberra, you will find young people of' every race and nationality sitting down together to share their experiences and discuss the world's problems. As a Malaysian boy recently remarked:" youth hostel is a place where you will never feel lost" $m
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In accordance with its constitution, the IYHF has never admitted to membership youth hostel associations in South Africa and Rhodesia, because legislation in those countries makes it impossible for people of different races to share youth hostel facilities. N~=,RPjq
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But an interesting new project is under way in Lesotho, with the financial and technical support of the Federation: the construction of a south hostel specifically designed to carry out an educational task in southern Africa by opening its doors to young people of all races from neighboring and more distant countries. Situated just outside the capital, Maseru, the youth hostel will also provide accommodation for young people of Lesotho attending study and training courses. b-/8R|Mem
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The very, comprehensive statistics maintained by the IYHF show tile movement of young people form country, to country in some detail, it can be seen, for instance, that 10,828 "overnights" were recorded in 1972 by young Americans in tile hostels of Japan. and 3.643 by young visitors form India in the youth hostels of West Germany. Although these figures are small in absolute terms, they represent a network of individual human contacts among young people which can influence outlooks and opinions at the grass roots. H$@5\pP>
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