北京大學——英語2000年博士研究生入學考試試題

北京大學——英語2000年博士研究生入學考試試題

北京大學2000年博士生入學考試試題

Part One: Structure & Written Expression

Direction: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put the letter of your choice in the

ANSWER SHEET. (25%)

1. Thomas Wolfe portrayed people so that you came to know their yearnings, their impulses, and

their warts----this was effective _____.

A. motivation B. point of view C. characterization D. background

2. The appeal to the senses known as ______ is especially common in poetry.

A. imaginative B. imaginable C. ingenious D. imagery

3. If you've got a complaint, the best thing is to see the person concerned and _____ with him.

A. tell it B. have it out C. say it D. have it known

4. There have been several attempts to introduce gayer colours and styles in men's clothing , but

none of them____

A. ha caught on B. has caught him out, C. has caught up D. take roots

5.The retired engineer plunked down $ 50,000 in cash for a mid-size Mercedes as a present for his wife --a purchase ______ ,with money made in the stock market the week before.

A. paid off B. paid through C. paid cut D. paid for

6.He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found

sadly_____.

A. lack it B. absent C. in need of it D. wanting

7. Danis Hayes raised the essential paradox and asked how people could have fought so hard

against environmental degradation _____ themselves now on the verge of losing the war.

A. only found B. finding only C. only to find D, have only found

8.The once separate issue of environment and development are now ____ linked.

A. intangible B. indispensable C. inextricably D. incredibly

9.The need to see that justice is done ____ every decision made in the courts.

A. implants into B. imposes on C. impinges upon D. imprecates upon

10. Two thirds of the US basketball players are black, and the number would be greater__

the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the sake of balance.

A. was it not because of B. had it not been for

C. ware it not for D. would it not have been for

11. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.

A. it is B. there is C. as is D. what is

12. If there is the need to compete in a crowd, to battle ______ the edge the surest strategy is to

develop the unexpected.

A. on B. for C. against D. with

13. Just as there are occupations that require college or even higher degrees _____.

occupations for which technical training is necessary .

A. so too there are B. so also there are