哈工大考博英语真题含答案-2

1、GeneralEnglishAdmissionTestForNon-EnglishMajorPh.D.program(HarbinInstituteofTechnology)PassageOneQuestions1-7arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Accordingtoarecenttheory,Archean-agegold-quartzveinsystemswereformedovertwobillionyearsagofrommagmaticfluidsthatoriginatedfrommoltengranitelikebodiesdeepbeneaththesurfaceoftheEarth.Thistheoryiscontrarytothewidelyheldviewthatthesystemsweredepositedfrommetamorphicfluids,thatis,fromfluidsthatformedduringthedehydrationofwetsedimentaryrocks.Therecentlydevelopedth。

2、eoryhasconsiderablepracticalimportance.MostofthegolddepositsdiscoveredduringtheoriginalgoldrusheswereexposedattheEarth’ssurfaceandwerefoundbecausetheyhadshedtrailsofalluvialgoldthatwereeasilytracedbysimpleprospectingmethods.Althoughthesesamemethodsstillleastoanoccasionaldiscovery,mostdepositsnotyetdiscoveredhavegoneundetectedbecausetheyareburiedandhavenosurfaceexpression.Thechallengeinexplorationisthereforetounravelthesubsurfacegeologyofanareaandpinpointthepositionofburiedminerals.Methodswidelyu。

3、sedtodayincludeanalysisofaerialimagesthatyieldabroadgeologicaloverview,geophysicaltechniquesthatprovidedataonthemagnetic,electrical,andmineralogicalpropertiesoftherocksbeinginvestigated,andsensitivechemicalteststhatareabletodetect:thesubtlechemicalhalosthatoftenenvelopmineralization.However,noneofthesehigh-technologymethodsareofanyvalueifthesitestowhichtheyareappliedhavenevermineralized,andtomaximizethechancesofdiscoverytheexplorermustthereforepayparticularattentiontoselectingthegroundformations。

4、mostlikelytobemineralized.Suchgroundselectionreliestovaryingdegreesonconceptualmodels,whichtakeintoaccounttheoreticalstudiesofrelevantfactors.Thesemodelsareconstructedprimarilyfromempiricalobservationsofknownmineraldepositsandfromtheoriesofore-formingprocesses.Theexplorerusesthemodelstoidentifythosegeologicalfeaturesthatarecriticaltotheformationofthemineralizationbeingmodeled,andthentriestoselectareasforexplorationthatexhibitasmanyofthecriticalfeaturesaspossible.1.Theauthorisprimarilyconcernedwi。

5、th.A.advocatingareturntoanoldermethodology.B.explainingtheimportanceofarecenttheory.C.enumeratingdifferencesbetweentwowidelyusedmethodsD.describingeventsleadingtoadiscovery2.Accordingtopassage,thewidelyheldviewofArchean-agegold-quartzveinsystemsisthatsuchsystemsAwereformedfrommetamorphicfluids.BoriginatedinmoltengranitelikebodiesCwereformedfromalluvialdepositsDgenerallyhavesurfaceexpression3.Thepassageimpliesthatwhichofthefollowingstepswouldbethefirstperformedbyexplorerswhowishtomaximizetheircha。

6、ncesofdiscoveringgold?ASurveyingseveralsitesknowntohavebeenformedmorethantwobillionyearsago.BLimitingexplorationtositesknowntohavebeenformedformmetamorphicfluid.CUsinganappropriateconceptualmodeltoselectasiteforfurtherexploration.DUsinggeophysicalmethodstoanalyzerocksoverabroadarea.4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutdiscoveriesofgolddepositsissupportedbyinformationinthepassage?AThenumberofgolddiscovermadeannuallyhasincreasedbetweenthetimeoftheoriginalgoldrushesandthepresentBNewdiscoveriesofgold。

7、depositsarelikelytobetheresultofexplorationtechniquesdesignedtolocateburiedmineralizationCItisunlikelythatnewlydiscoveredgolddepositswilleveryieldasmuchasdidthosedepositsdiscoveredduringtheoriginalgoldrushes.DModernexplorersaredividedonthequestionoftheutilityofsimpleprospectingmethodsasasourceofnewdiscoveriesofgolddeposits.5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatwhichofthefollowingiseasiesttodetect?AAgold-quartzveinsystemoriginatinginmagmaticfluids.BAgold-quartzveinsystemoriginatinginmetamorphicfluid。

8、s.CAgolddepositthatismixedwithgranite.DAgolddepositthathasshedalluvialgold.6.ThetheorymentionedinlineIrelatestotheconceptualmodelsdiscussedinthepassageinwhichofthefollowingways?AItmayfurnishavalidaccountofore-formingprocesses,andhence,cansupportconceptualmodelsthathavegreatpracticalsignificance.BItsuggeststhatcertaingeologicalformations,longbelievedtobemineralized,areinfactmineralizedthusconfirmingcurrentconceptualmodels.C.ItsuggeststhattheremaynotbeenoughsimilarityacrossArchean-agegold-quartzve。

9、insystemstowarranttheformulationofconceptualmodels.DItcorrectsexistingtheoriesaboutthechemicalhalosofgolddeposits,andthusprovidesabasisforcorrectingcurrentconceptualmodels.7.Accordingtothepassagemethodsofexploringforgoldthatarewidelyusedtodayarebasedonwhichofthefollowingfacts?AMostoftheEarth’sremaininggolddepositsarestillmolten.BMostoftheEarth’sremaininggolddepositsareexposedatthesurface.CMostoftheEarth’sremaininggolddepositsareburiedandhavenosurfaceexpressionDOnlyonetypeofgolddepositwarrantsexp。

10、loration.sincetheothertypesofgolddepositsarefoundinregionsdifficulttoreachPassageTwoQuestions8-15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Inchoosingamethodfordeterminingclimaticconditionsthatexistedinthepast,paleoclimatologistsinvokefourprincipalcriteria.First,thematerial—rocks,lakes,vegetation,etc.—onwhichthemethodreliesmustbewidespreadenoughtoprovideplentyofinformation,sinceanalysisofmaterialthatisrarelyencounteredwillnotpermitcorrelationwithotherregionsorwithotherperiodsofgeologicalhistory.Secondinthepro。