复旦大学考博英语试题2004(缺第13、14页).doc

复旦大学2004年招收攻读博士学位研究生入学考试试题Part Listening Comprehension (15%) 略Part Vocabulary and Structure (10%)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in the part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.21. The children greeted each other with _ of joy when they came back to school from the Christmas holidays. A) shrink B) sheen C) shiver D) shriek22. In my opinion, constant arguing doesnt _ a happy marriage.A) pass for B) pay for C) make for D) stand for23. Although it is only a small business, its _ is surprisingly high.A) turn-on B) turnover C) turn-about D) turn-up24. It _ two choices: you either improve your work or you leave.A) results in B) sums up C) comes down to D) adds up to 25. Fat as she is, Mary doesnt fancy _ on a strict diet.A) being put B) putting C) to be put D) to put26. After speaking for two hours, the lecture found he could scarcely talk, as he had became _.A) tongue-tied B) hoarse C) inarticulate D) dumb27. As my exam is next week, Ill take advantage of the day off to _ on some reading.A) make up B) hurry up C) pick up D) catch up 28. Since 1945 the rivalry in military strength between the worlds great powers has produced a _ balanced peace.A) precociously B) deviously C) devastatingly D) precariously29. It was obvious that he had been drinking far too much from the way he came _ down the street.A) toddling B) staggering C) hobbling D) loping30. He has a strong _ to give a talk about his experiences because he doesnt like the limelight.A) reticence B) dissension C) disinclination D) notoriety31. We believe that the cumulative effects of renewed prosperity will _ expectations.A) surpass B) overcome C) cripple D) undermine 32. Im afraid, Mr Jones, that the bank is obliged to refuse your application for an extend _.A) balance B) overdraft C) equilibrium D) compensation33. “It doesnt pay to be dishonest, does it?” “_ !”A) By all means B) Of course C) Certainly D) Not at all34. She looks _ since her children married and moved away. A) ruthless B) incredulous C) forlorn D) resilient35. If you know that what youre doing will serve to improve human life, then work becomes respected, even _.A) revered B) retained C) retrieved D) resuscitated 36. Our stance is quite clear: _ rumours that have surrounded him since he took office.A) hoard B) interrogate C) instigate D) demolish37. These tests will give too much importance to written exams to the _ of other skills.A) mutation B) distribution C) detriment D) futility 38. There was concern in the city that police were making little _ in the investigation.A) conclusion B) headway C) impact D) concession39. He had hoped Johns appetite had been curbed but he seemed both _ and unable to learn from previous experience.A) insatiable B) miniscule C) zealous D) implausible40. Lack is an introverted young man; it is impossible to tell whether he has _ your sister Jane or not.A) taken on B) taken to C) taken up D) taken offPart Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this pall. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.(1)Thanks to an army agents and informers; the Emperor Rudolph was informed of every opportunity. He knew the most desirable old masters were hung, and what pressure, or what event, would detach them, while other princes enriched churches, he did not hesitate to denude them of coveted alter-pieces. And even if some great works seemed firmly held by jealous rival, he would watch and wait: for while there was death, there was hope.In his last years, the Emperors gallery was famous throughout Europe, and artists and connoisseurs vied for the privilege of seeing it. But even if a man could penetrate the gallery, would he see its imperial owners? That was less certain. Rudolph had by now become a legend, a living legend, living a secret life of voluntary solitude in his husband palace, closeted with painters and scientists. On the table before him stood two globes, terrestrial and celestial, and dog-eared astrological books, with whose aid he defied divine jealously and penetrated the darkest secrets of nature, seeking to extract the souls of metals, and to distil the elixir of life. Hard at hand, in his laboratory, his chemical workers were busy with burners, crucibles and retorts, under the direction of a white-robed figure who would come furtively to his master, bringing the precious extract.Such was the legend of Rudolph in his last years. It was not far from the reality. For with the passage of time his eccentricities had become more marked. In 1600 he went through a severe crisis of melancholy, due, it was said, to his long involvement in necromancy and alchemy, his hatred of the Church, and his growing conviction that he was a damned soul. Certainly, he had renounced real wordly power. When James I of England, that other erudite monarch, was dedicating to Rudolph, as the greatest prince in Christendom, his defence of Iay monarchy against the claims of the Pope, the Emperor was politically impotent, having ruined all by his excessive zeal in the study of art and nature. He had deserted the affairs of state, for alchemists laboratories, painters studies, and the workshops of clockmakers. He had given over his whole palace to such researchers, diverted all his revenues to them, estranged himself completely from humanity. Two years later the final revolt began. His outraged family resorted to arms, the Emperor was deposed, and his brother was elected to his throne. Ten months later, Rudolph was dead.Finally, in 1648, came the great disaster. After thirty years of war, on the very eve of peace, a Swedish army stormed and sacked the city. By that brutal and unnecessary act, the richest and most fantastic collection that Europe had known was pillaged and scattered. The bulk of it was sent off to Sweden to fill the castles of the nobles and to gratify their vulturine queen. 41. It can be concluded from the passage that as he grew old, Rudolph became _.A. less interested in the study of art and natureB. convinced he was the son of GodC. wildly unpredictableD. bed-ridden and impotent42. Rudolph acquired his works of art by _.A. waiting for the owners of paintings to lieB. theft C. paying huge sums of moneyD. any means43. Rudolph was dethroned partly because _.A. he was deranged B. he hated his familyC. his soul was family D. he had spent all his revenues on art and researches44. What eventually happened to Rudolphs art collection?A. It was looted and redistributed.B. It was lost in a great disaster.C. It was ruined by the Swedish army.D. It was buried with Rudolph when he died.45. Judging by the context the word “sacked” in the last paragraph most probably means _.A. occupied B. destroyed C. besieged D. assaulted(2) Mark and Janet had been given four different sets of place mats as wedding presents. They had been given two more as subsequent anniversary and Christmas presents. And the formica table was in fact heatproof, and that was why they had bought it. Six brown and gold mats on the white circular top looked very good. She added six hand-cut crystal goblets, and paused. Would Anthea prefer those chunky Italian glasses with thick bottoms? Maybe. But the cut glass ones looked so lovely, winking and glittering and jeweled in the orange light. (She pulled the lamp over the table down, on its extending cord, so it gave a more discreet, intimate glow.) She would leave the goblets. They couldnt possibly be the wrong thin, they were so staggeringly expensive. There was no problem with the cutlery, as they had only the one set, a stainless steel set specially designed to go in the dishwasher they couldnt yet afford. (Janet presented she didnt want a dishwasher, and really didnt want one either. She wondered how the two attitudes to dishwashers could be combined in one person, sometimes.) But choice arose again when it came to a question of plates. They had two dinner services, the best and the everyday. The everyday was quite attractive and she had always rather liked it(shed chosen it herself, after all, as her present Auntie Barbara from Lincoln) until one day she saw a rather similar though not identical set in the local supermarket, and ever after shed wondered if it hadnt after all looked rather cheap. In fact, she wouldnt even have thought of using it, had it not been for the fact that the best set had two pieces missing. The best set was Royal Worcester, white, with a thin gold band round the edges, but the last time shed used it, somebody (had it been Jackie Price?) had one herself at her husbands head only a week before, and Janet had been deeply unset, because she would at that stage simply never have been able to throw a plate at Marks head, and did not believe that other people did either, she thought that throwing plates was just a convention of marriage a film convention, a romantic notion, like happy union, or eternal love. She was beginning to wonder about this nowshe had doubted her certainties, ever since she had first like sticking a knife in her husband - but nevertheless, indeed all the more, she did not want any more jokes about broken plates.However, her social doubts about the ordinary set were by now so profound that she used the Royal Worcester after all, giving herself the odd side plate, and covering them all with brown napkins. Then she stood back, and surveyed her arrangement. She was pleased with it. If only there werent any guests involved guests involved, she would be quite happy, setting tables.46. According to the passage, since getting married to Mark, Janets love for him has _.A. apparently grown strongerB. deepened immeasurablyC. occasionally turned to hateD. not changed at all47. It can be inferred from the passage that Janet _.A. is terrified of social embarrassmentB. is a neurotic bag of nerves C. loves to lay tables in interesting waysD. is a social climber with a scheming mind48. As for Janet is concerned, dinner parties are _.A. a chance to spend time with friendsB. an opportunity to display cutleryC. a time of anxiety D. a way of finding out the latest gossip49. The true meaning of Jackie prices remark is _.A. even happy homes will have accidentsB. plate throwing is a tradition among married couplesC. there is no such a thing as a happy marriage D. all marriage have problems sometimes50. The word “staggeringly” in paragraph 2 can be replaced with _.A. chillingly B. stunningly C. blithely D. sturdily (3)Mr Da Costa is a strange gentleman, if you dont mind my saying so, sir.Why? said Lushington.He disliked the idea of prolonging the conversation with Pope but at the same time felt himself unable to resist possible intimate revelations about so old a friend.He spends all his time reading. Pope said. He shuddered.Expectantly, Lushington said.He had always read a good deal. Ever since I have known him.Curious books, sir.Are they?Im a great reader myself, Pope said. I always have been. But it doesnt do to read too much. Otherwise you dont have a healthy mind in a healthy body.I suppose not.I like reading serious books, sir. Books that really teach you something. Books on economics especially. Science. Statistics. Nature study.Yes, yes, said Lushington.A straight talk on Popes literary tastes had been just what he had wanted to avoid, but self-respect prevented him from returning of his own accord to the subject of Da Costas vagaries.Pope stood, resting his hands on the table, starting in front of him with his eyes-that-look- beyond-the-grave expression. He had got started. He rapidly sketched in the plots a few books he had enjoyed during the previous eighteen months,Yes said Lushington, yes yes yes yes yes.Art and letters exhausted, Pope began to roam among the litter of his personal reminiscence, exploring the cramped furtive lanes of memory, winding this way and that through the tinsel by-ways past, petting and cosseting his ego, warming it at the glow of innumerable self-congratulatory episodes that had, it seemed, lighted the road Lushington, realizing now that he would hear nothing of Da Costas secret life, no longer paid attention to the humming cadences of Popes saga. Pope pursued his course: during the war when I was in the army, attached, as it happened, to the Dental Department, one of the officers had remarked that I was good with my hands, he used to say that no one was use to him after he had employed me, somehow it had spoiled 缺第13页cause or not, is quite clearly one of the fastest-moving topics of the decade. On those grounds alone it is worth a page in a newspaper. If we were in the throes of re-writing the language or being colonized by Martians I have no doubt that the editor in his wisdom would institute a Guardian Esperantists or a Green Man Guardian in the interests of topicality.56. The writer has changed her mind about having a womens page in the Guardian because she feels that _.A. the womens movement has not achieved enoughB. the Guardian needs to retain its good reputationC. a womens page in the Guardian would attract more female readersD. she has not thought things through properly 57. It is clear from the passage that the writer tries to influence the opinions of her readers by _.A. using strong emotive languageB. roughly attacking members of the feminist movementC. using humor as a disarming deviceD. shaming male readers58. Which of the following does the writer not use as an argument for a womens page?A. Feminism is a hot topic.B. Women are like Martians and need a page that speaks their own language.C. The Guardian is associated with the womens movement.D. Women will become more interesting if they burst out of the kitchen.59. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the statement a vested interest makes for undue flexibility?A. An interest in vests sometimes makes people usually flexible.B. People change their minds more easily when they stand to gain something.C. The ability to change ones opinions is an investment in the future.D. The opinions of most people are easily changed.60. The phrase “in the throes of” in the last paragraph means _.A. deviating from B. doing away with C. keeping abreast D. struggling with the task of Part Cloze (10%)Direction: Fill in each of the following blanks with ONE word to complete the meaning of the passage. Write your answer on Answer Sheet In the nineteenth century, the ideal of self-improvement degenerated into a cult of compulsive industry. P.T. Barnum, who made a fortune in a calling, the very nature of which the Puritans would have condemned, delivered many times a lecture frankly entitled “The Art of Money-Getting,” which epitomized the nineteenth-century conception of wordly success. Barnum quoted freely from Franklin but without Franklins 61)_ for the attainment of wisdom or the promotion of useful knowledge. “Information” interested Barnum merel