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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR {uL<$;#i
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES j7xoe9;TxI
March 2007 YCj"^RC^
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) TCX*$ac"
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. @7"xDgA
A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously M9_
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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. I$n 0aR6
A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit ^a[7qX_B
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech “the______ problem.” <[Q#}/$"
A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact w_ kHy_)
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. e/6WhFN#
A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect ]sd|u[:k
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. (i.MxGDd
A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. "
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. !<h*\%;
A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness T8Gx oNm
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." Tt`|26/
A. shortly B. initially C. actually D. literally J*-m!0 5
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience E&Pv:h,pV&
A. tempo with B. time with C. place of D. proportion to eZ[CqUJ&