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
C. so there are too D. so too are there
14. It is a myth that the law permits the Food and Drug Administration to ignore requirements for
______ drugs while brand-name drugs still must meet these rigid tests.
A. specific B. generic
C. intricate D. acrid
15. The very biggest and most murderous wars during the industrial age were intra-industrial
-wars that ____ Second Wave nations like Germany and Britain against one another
A. pitted B. drove C. kept D. embarked
16.The private life of having each individual make his or her own choice of beliefs and interest
_______ without the overarching public world of the state, which sustains a structure of law appropriate to a self-determining association.
A. is not possible B. would not be possible
C. will not be possible D. cannot be possible
17.From Christianity and the barbarian kingdoms of the west emerged the medieval version of
politics_____ in ,turn evolved the politics of our modern world.
A. of which B. from which C. on which D. by which
18. The Portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel, that man____ Prince Henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.
A. was B. was called D. calling D. being
19.Grant was one of a body of men who were self-reliant _______ , who cared
北京大学2000年英语博士入学试题与答案
