中国地质大学(北京)1994-1997年考博英语试题及答案

CHINAUNIVERSITYOFGEOSCIENCESPhDEntranceExaminationinEnglish11May1994PART3.Thesentencesbelowcontainoneormoreblanks.Writeoneappropriatewordineachblank.Theremaybeseveralappropriatechoices,butyoumustwriteonlyone.Yourchoicemustbelogical,grammaticallycorrectandproperlyspelled.Inotherwords,itmustbeacceptablerealEnglish.AnyansweringoodEnglishiscorrect.PutonlyONEwordineachblank.Contractionslikehe’sorthey’veareconsideredoneword.Ifyouputmorethanonewordinablank,youranswerwillautomaticallybewrong.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++1.YesterdayIgavemymother____an_______orangesweaterfor____her_____birthday.2.Iwashungry,______so___Iwentintoarestaurantandordered___some_____food.Thewaiter__took_____alongtimetobringme___what____Ihadordered.Whenhefinallybroughtit,he__apologize_____forthedelay.3.Someone__have______justgivenmeatypewriter.Doyouthinkyoucould___teach____metotype?4.Lookatthetime!It’salready5:10,andwehavetobeatthestationby5:45!Ifwedon’t__get_____up,we’ll_____miss____ourtrain.5.Thestoresaresocrowdedtodayandthefileatthetheatreisterrible.__Please_____juststayhomeand_____watch___televisioninstead.Ofcourse,ifyou’dreally__rather______goout,wecandothat.I’llleaveituptoyou.6.ThesedocumentsareallinChinese.Weneedto__have_____themtranslated_into______Englishintime___by______themeetingwiththeforeignbusinessmen___next______Friday.7.Myparentshavebeen__urging________meto___get________marriedforthelasttwoyears,butIstillhaven’tmadeupmy___family________.8.__Linsen________totheweatherreportontheradio,it’sraininginShanghai,butthat__won’t______betrue.Iwasjustonthephonetoshanghaiandthe__person_______Ispokewithsaiditwassunnythere.9.AfterI__took______theuniversityentranceexamIwasextremelyupset,becauseIwasalmostsureIhad___failed______thetest.Tomy_surprise_______,it___turned_______outthatIhadgottenthehighestscoreintheprovince!10.Thismanclaimsthathe’sfromBeijing,buthespeakswithastrongsouthern_accent_______.It’sobviousthatheisjust___pretending_____tobefromBeijing.I__wonder______wherehe’sreallyfrom.11.I___used_______tospeakRussianfluently,butthat’snottruenow.Infact,Icanno__longer______carryonevenasimpleconversationinthelanguage.I___should______beabletogetbackmyformerfluencyifIstayedinRussiafora___few_______months.12.Ourresearchteamis__going_______tocompleteamajorproject.Ourfindingswillbe___published______inaseriesofarticlesscheduledtoappearnextyear.Iwillalso__announce_______theresultsataconferencebeing___held______inSydneylaterthisyear.13.Wearehavingsome__trouble_______withthemachinethatweimported__from________Japanlastyear.Ithas__broken________downtwicealready.Eachtimewehave___had_____toaskatechniciantocometoBeijingto____repair______it.Thegoodnewsisthatourtechnicianshave___already_______completedtheirtraininginTokyo.Thenexttimewehavea__breakdown________,wewon’tneedtosendforaJapanesespecialist.14.___Although_______hestudiedinAmericaforthreeyears,hecan’twriteEnglishverywell.Heisratherembarrassedbythisnow.He___said______hehadspentmoretime___on________hiswrittenEnglishwhilehewasabroad.(spendon)15.YouandIdon’tneedanyoneelse’sassistance.Wecansolvetheseproblemsby__ourselves________.CHINAUNIVERSITYOFGEOSCIENCESPHDENTRANCEEXAMINATIONINENGLISHMAY1995PART3.Eachquestioninthispartconsistofoneormoresentencesinwhichfourwordsorphrasesareunderlined.ThefourunderlinedpartsofthesentencearemarkedA,B,C,D.DecidewhichoneofthefourpartsisnotgoodEnglish.Thenwritetheletterunderthatpartinthespaceontheleftsideofthepage.IfthefourunderlinedpartsareallgoodEnglish(inotherwords,ifthereisnoerrorinthesentence),writeEinthespace.REMEMBER:Youhavefivepossiblechoices—A,B,C,DorE(=noerror).ANSWERS1______Ihopethebosswillagreetoreplacethefurnituresinourofficesoon.TheofficeshouldABClookmoremodern.D2______YouaresupposetofinishwritingyourreportbyFridayifyouwantittobeprintedinABCtimefortheconference.D3_______Eventhoughheisalreadyhalfanhourlate,don’tyouthinkitwouldbeagoodideatoABCwaitafewminutesbeforewegiveuponhim.D4_______ThereisachartatthebottomofthepageillustratesthesurprisingdiscrepanciesintheABCfindingsofthetworesearchteams.D5________NextweekIamscheduledtoflytoStPetersburgforafive-daysinternationalABconferenceonkeyrecentdevelopmentingeophysics.CD6________Becauseresearchfundshavebecomemuchhardertoobtaininthepasttwoyears,soABCwehavedecidedtofocusonsmallerprojects.D7________Themineralsthatthehumanbodyrequireareusuallyobtainedfromplantsand,toaABClesserextent,fromanimals.D8________AlthoughI’veoftenseenhimonourcampus,butI’mnotsurewhoheis.ABCD9________OneofthemostinterestingthingsaboutSanFranciscoisthewaythecity’sstreetsgoABCupanddownoveritsnumeroushills.D10_______ThelaboratoryinwhichwedomostofourexperimentsislocatedonthethirdfloorofABCthebuildingacrossthestreet.D11_______ToimprovemyEnglish,IeverreadscientificarticlesandjotdownusefulwordsandABCphrasesinanotebookIkeepjustforthatpurpose.D12_______YesterdayIhadsomefreetime,soItookabusdowntownandwenttoanexhibitionABCofChinesenewproducts.D13_______Idon’tthinkitwouldbeagoodideaformetodofieldworkthissummer,sincemyABCwifeis