北京大學2001年博士研究生入學考試試題

Part One: Structure Written Expression

Directions: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place (s) marked. Put the letter choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (25%)

1.The university board of trustees deemed it urgent that a provost _____ to replace Mr Dannison who had been diagnosed with cancer.
[A]be selected [B]should be selected
[C]must be selected [D]was selected
2.With prices _____ so much, it is impossible for the company manager to stick to the original budget.
[A]waving [B]swinging [C]fluctuating [D]vibrating
3.Edmund likes to drive at a speed _____ the traffic limit. I wonder how always manages to escape _____.
[A]having exceeded, to be fined [B]exceeded, having heen fined
[C]to exceed, to fine [D]exceeding, being fined
4.All the references she has obtained for her doctoral dissertation _____ about twenty iterns.
[A]maker up for [B]add up to [C]come up with [D]put up with
5.Professor Jeffrey’s lecture on the recycling of waste paper and other garbage will show _____ can still be improved.
[A]that the municipal authorities have done
[B]how those the municipal authorities have done
[C]how what the municipal authorities have done
[D]that how the municipal authorities have done
6.Most insulation devices of this kind, _____ manufactured for such purposes, are extremely expensive to install.
[A]that are [B]which is [C]those are [D]as are
7.The English vocabulary is known for a (an) _____ of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversations.
[A]multitude [B]altitude [C]latitude [D]platitude
8.John Locke, the well-known 18th-century English thinker, emphasized experience as the _____ condition for expansion of human knowledge.
[A]incompatible [B]incredible [C]indefinite [D]needn’t to do
9.The examination has been cancelled. You _____ all that review, after all.
[A]didn’t need to do [B]needn’t do