上海社会科学院2004考博英语试题 OvAhp&k
Section I 听力 20% 15分钟 m>%b4M
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For questions 8— 19 decide whether the statements are true or false. Write “T” for “true”, “F” for “false”. y{S8?$dU$:
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8 Young people go to nomadic clubs just to drink. RFMPh<Ac
9 The Circus has been going for less than three years. |~r-VV(=
10 Jeremy. the DJ, plays highly original discs. @^A5{qQ\
11 The clubs are held in unusual places. '`3#FCg
12 The Circus advertises to keep itself exclusive. odCt6Du
13 The Dirtbox has only a small following. yEq7ueJ'
14 Phil and Bob do not bother to decorate their club.
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16 The Substation thinks that luxury is unimportant. =eDI
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17 You can watch silent films at The Substation. _p^"l2%D/
18 You can stay at the club until breakfast time. |M7cB$y
19 It is difficult for the police to find the clubs. hbJ>GSoZ,
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Section II Grammar and Vocabulary 10% (15 minutes) 9@lWI
In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. For each question, 1 to 20, indicate on your answer sheet the letter [A],[Bj[C] or [D] against the number of the question. JVYH b 60Z
I It is against the _________ not to wear seat belts in a car. Ho>Np&
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2 All those old houses in Church Street are being pulled ________ [A] away `gX@b^
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5 The fishermen were ________ the sinking boat by helicopter ?sf<cFF
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9 Johnny’s parents always let him have his own ________ HA6tGZP*L
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16 I can never touch lobster because I’m ______to shellfish. ,Oo`*'a[o7
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17 All the food in that little cafe is {Jr1K,
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18 Please inform the college secretary if you ________ your address. _3IT3mb2n
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Section III Reading Comprehension 30% (80 minutes) UiU/p
In this section you will find afier each of the passages a nwnber of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four suggested answers or ways offinishing You must choose the one which you think fits best. For each question, 1 to 30, indicate on your answer sheet the letter [A],[B],[C] or [D] against the number of the question. T!/o^0w
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Passage 1
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Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is a registered charity dedicated to assisting development in the world’s poor countries. It is an independent non-sectarian organisation. VSO is a direct response to an urgent need. Each year about 450 volunteers are sent to work on projects in 36 developing countries. Each volunteer goes overseas in response to a specific appeal from a developing country. Over the past 23 years more than 20,000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. Together they have contributed over 30,000 man-years to development. wd:Yy
But VSO volunteers gain as well as give. They gain responsibility, experience and a personal viewpoint on development. On their return they can make an effective contribution to the development debate. Above all, VSO is aid that the Third World needs. For this reason the Third World countries themselves pay almost half the cost of each VSO volunteer h!tpi`8\z
When VSO was established over 20 years ago, the first volunteers were school-leavers. However, increasingly the demand was for skilled and professional people. Today, all VSO volunteers are skilled and/or qualified people — teachers and doctors, mechanics and electricians, accountants and civil engineers. Why do they volunteer? To make a personal contribution, to take on extra responsibility, to gain overseas work experience, to work within a community —often for all these reasons. The task of VSO is to match these specialists with particularvacancies, notified to them by overseas countries. Then, having made the match, they prepare the volunteer to work for two years in a very different environment. , ['}9:f9
I The work of VSO is concerned with _______ .AN1Yt
[A] helping the poor in all parts of the world 8W3zrnc
[B] giving practical assistance to poor countries AKk=XAG W
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[D] increasing the need for development in the Third World Mi]^wCF
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2 The experience gained by VSO volunteers working abroad ________ tSy 9v
[A] provides the basic training they need %9YY \a {
[B] increases their understanding of particular problems u|KjoO
[C] helps them to deal with their own problems Kebr>t8^
[D] encourages them to contribute to Third World appeals ,#;hI{E
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3 The majority of VSO volunteers today are ________ !'_7MM
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4 People who volunteer for VSO do so ________ yjT>bu]
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5 A volunteer who is accepted must be prepared to ________ !h1:AW_iz
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William Shakespeare is commemorated in Southwark Cathedral today by the modern memorial window in the south aisle. The window was designed by Christopher Webb in 1954, after an earlier window had been destroyed in the war, and depicts characters from Shakespeare’s plays. Beneath it is a recumbent alabaster figure of Shakespeare, carved by Henry McCarthy in 1912, set against a background of seventeenth-century Southwark in relief, showing the Globe Theatre, Winchester Palace and the Tower of St. Saviour’s Church. This memorial was provided by public subscription and was dedicated in 1911, and every year a birthday service, attended by many great actors and actresses, is held here in honour of Shakespeare’s genius. Shakespeare’s brother Edmund was buried here in 1607, and, although the position of Edmund’s grave is unknown, he is commemorated by an inscribed stone in the paving of the choir.
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6 In Shakespeare’s lifetime Bankside in Southwark was notable for ________ *%/O (ohs@
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7 The original memorial window to Shakespeare in Southwark Cathedral was [A] designed in 1954 3!8(A/YP;
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8 Underneath the window there is a ________ :!MEBqcU
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9 In Southwark Cathedral, on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, there is ________ 7SS#V
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Americans are people obsessed with child-rearing. In their books, magazines, talk shows, parent training courses, White House conferences, and chats over the back fence, they endlessly debate the best ways to raise children. Moreover, Americans do more than debate their theories; they translate them into action. They erect playgrounds for the youngster’s pleasure, equip large schools for their education, and train skilled specialists for their welfare. Whole industries in America are devoted to making children happy, healthy and wise. joskKik^
But this interest in childhood is relatively new. In fact, until very recently people considered childhood just a brief, unimportant prelude to adulthood and the real business of living. By and large they either ignored children, beat them, or fondled them carelessly, much as we would amuse ourselves with a liner of puppies. When they gave serious thought to children at all, people either conceived of them as miniature adults or as peculiar, unformed animals. lGr=I-=
Down through the ages the experiences of childhood have been as varied as its duration. Actions that would have provoked a beating in one era elicit extra loving care in another Babies who have been nurtured exclusively by their mothers in one epoch are left with day-care workers in another In some places children have been trained to straddle unsteady canoes, negotiate treacherous mountain passes, and carry heavy bundles on their heads. In other places they have been taught complicated piano concerti and long multiplication tables. n[0u&m8
But diverse as it has been, childhood has one common experience at its core and that is the social aspect of nurture. All children need adults to bring them up. Because human young take so long to become independent, we think that civilization may have grown up around the need to feed and protect them. Certainly, from the earliest days of man, adults have made provision for the children in their midst. &u
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11 The present day American obsession with child-rearing has ________ `$Rgn3
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12 Children in the past were ill-treated or petted because they were ________ wp&G