中国科学院2016年考博英语真题及答案

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Part I Vocabulary (15 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 point each)

Directions: Choose the word or expression below each sentence that best completes the statement, and mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER

1.Google is not the only search utility in town, but it comes with such a(n) collection of tools to focus your search that it is the engine of choice for many of us.

A.comparable B.formidable C.innumerable D.compatible

2.The defect in David’s character has him from advancement in his career.

A.exempted B.forbidden C.undermined D.hindered

3.The theory that business could operate totally without the aid of government has proved to be a

A.allusion B.seclusion C.illusion D.confusion

4.The closer one can get to reality, the easier the learning by the student, that the necessary knowledge has been given previously to facilitate comprehension.

A.so B.despite C.such D.provided

5.I looked at Mum and thought she was as nice as she looked maybe all our lives would have been better.

A.only if B.if only C.even if D.even though

6.In spite of the attractions, Guide has not adopted this uniform approach, mainly because unifying rather different types of objects does not simplicity.

A.make for B.make up C.make off D.make out

7.As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who it.

A.innovate B.inhabit C.integrate D.inherit

8.Judges must be firm, fair and in their application of the law.

A.normal B.virtual C.consistent D.incessant

9.The most feature of the building is its enormous dome-shaped roof.

A.distinctive B.instinctive C.definite D.infinite

10.As quickly as possible，the doctor applies ice packs to your injury.Ice swelling and inflammation.

A.fastens B.deters C.encourages D.fixes

11.we continue to work hard, we can finish the task ahead of schedule.

A.As soon as B.As far as C.So long as D.So far as

12.This is such a formidable list that we might be tempted to assume that research and higher education must at least be species of the same genus of activity, even if not actually .

A.ideological B.identical C.practical D.methodical

13.We can broadly between the intention of knowing, and the intention of doing, which correspond roughly to the conventional distinction between pure and applied mathematics.

A.separate B.extinguish C.distinguish D.disguise 

14.Of course, there are pictures which can be interpreted in more than one way, and even pictures for which there is no interpretation.

A.plausible B.applicable C.reliable D.comprehensible

15.His fame proved to be a flash in the pan—his first book was popular but he hasn’t written anything since.

A.innovative B.descriptive C.intangible D.intelligible

16.Many foreign students have the belief that British English is somehow more pure and perfect than American English.

A.indistinct B.subjective C.erroneous D.communistic

17.The small birds native central and eastern Europe used to migrate southwest to spend the winter in southern France, Spain and northern Africa.

A.in B.onto C.with D.to

18.A gust of wind blew open the windows and the papers all over the floor.

A.scattered B.spit C.split D.spread

19.lack of evidence, the prisoner had to be released after staying in jail for six months.

A.In B.For C.On D.With

20.You could argue that many artists have become more happiness because modern times have seen so much misery.

A.confident in B.skeptical of C.realistic about D.incapable of

Part II Cloze Test (15 minutes, 15 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the four choices given below.Mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

Explosions.Radiation.Evacuations.More than 30 years after Three Mile Island, the 21 crisis in Fukushima, Japan, has brought back some of the worst 22 surrounding nuclear power—and restarted a major debate about the merits and the 23 of this energy source.Does nuclear energy offer a path away from carbon-based fuels? Or are nuclear power plants too big a threat? It’s time to 24 myth from reality.

One myth is that the biggest problem with nuclear energy is safety.Safety is certainly a critical issue, 25 the tragedy in Japan is making clear.But for years, the biggest challenge to sustainable nuclear energy hasn’t been safety, 26 cost.

In the United States, new nuclear construction was already slowing down even before the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979.The disaster 27 sealed its fate.The last nuclear power plant to come online started 28 power in 1996—but its construction began in 1972.Today, nuclear power remains 29 more expensive than coal- or gas-fired electricity, 30 because nuclear plants are so expensive to build.31 are slippery, but a plant can cost $5 billion.A 2009 MIT study estimated that the cost of producing nuclear energy was about 30 percent higher than 32 of coal or gas.

Of course, cost and safety aren’t 33 Concerns about safety lead to extensive regulatory approval processes and add uncertainty to plant developers, calculations, both of 34 boost the price of financing new nuclear plants.It’s not clear how much these construction costs would 35 if safety fears subsided and the financing became cheaper—and after the Fukushima catastrophe, we’re unlikely to find out.

22.A.spirits B.crimes C.nightmares D.intentions

23.A.faults B.obstacles C.objections D.drawbacks

24.A.separate B.remove C.exchange D.prevent

25.A.if B.as C.yet D.although

26.A.only B.nor C.but D.or

27.A.regularly B.severely C.invariably D.merely

28.A.transcending B.dispatching C.delivering D.saving

29.A.exclusively B.considerably C.deliberately D.conversely

30.A.interestingly B.roughly C.mainly D.surprisingly

31.A.Surpluses B.Consumptions C.Deficits D.Estimates

32.A.those B.that C.both D.either

33.A.unreleased B.unmatched C.unrelated D.unmarked

34.A.which B.them C.that D.whom

35.A.remain B.fall C.flow D.sway

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