南京农业大学2016年博士研究生入学考试英语试题.doc

南京农业大学2016年博士研究生入学考试英语试题

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PART I Vocabulary (15points)
Section A
Directions: Choose the word that is the closest synonym to the underlined word.
1. The government slated new elections in the spring, largely as a result of the public clamor.
A. demand B. view C. request D. opinion
2. The most prolific writer is not necessarily the best.
A. written-about B. productive C. artful D. religious
3. Imagine my vexation when they said they would come to dinner and then didn't show.
A. enlightenment B. astonishment C. annoyance D. contrariness
4. Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily.
A. fearlessly B. confidently C. silently D. prudently
5. There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.
A. recommended B. reproached C. recompensed D. reversed
6. Archaeologists are interested in pottery, figurines and other vestiges of ancient civilizations.
A. traces B. shards C. products D. artifacts
7. Packaging is designed so as to encourage impetuous shopping.
A. extravagant B. careful C. impotent D. impulsive
8. Pan of his general thrift is to be meticulous in verifying monthly expenses.
A. painstaking B. dilatory C. meretricious D. gaudy
9. The jurors came to a deadlock in the defendant's trial for murder.
A. a decision of guilty B. a decision to punish by electrocution
C. an impasse D. an unusual verdict
10. Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.
A. guidance B. sovereignty C. authority D. suzerainty
11. A mistake is rarely atoned for by a single apology, however profuse.
A. extravagant B. produced C. divergent D. repetitious
12. Her office in the First National Bank building is provisional.
A. permanent B. temporary C. corrupt D. craven
13. The burglars ransacked the room taking anything of value they found.
A. demolished B. took over C. inhabited D. thoroughly searched
14. The whole of the endowment was used to refurbish the school gymnasium.
A. millionaires B. endorsements C. governments D. donations
15. The massacre of innocent people cannot ever be condoned.
A. overlooked B. praise C. condemned D. satisfied
Section B
Directions: Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
16. When he realized the true nature of the proposal, he ________ all communication with the group.
A. convert B. averted C. severed D. make
17. The worsening financial situation made it obvious that an economic depression was _____.
A. attainable B. remote C. imminent D. eminent
18. All of the dental instruments need to be _______ before the next patient is seen.
A. heated B. scalded C. sterilized D. burned
19. Rock climbing is so popular now that many people are able to ________ the steepest face with great agility.
A. scale B. surpass C. overcome D. mount
20. If you call the 911 emergency number, they will ________ firemen, policemen, and paramedics immediately.
A. assign B. detach C. attach D. dispatch
21. His evident _______ to his wife despite her indiscretion proved him to be a man of integrity.
A. personality B. character C. fidelity D. morality
22. I don't know why he has been given ________. It wasn't his accomplishment but his wife's.
A. acclaim B. confidence C. reimbursement D. robustness
23. After a concert tour in Asia, Canada and the U. S., he will _______ work on a five-language opera.
A. confine B. indulge C. resume D. undergo
24. When Ph. D candidates ______ their impending professorships, they consider housing benefits offered by the prospective universities.
A. anticipate B. assume C. apply D. demand
25. My supply of confidence slowly ________ as the deadline approached.
A. withdrew B. eliminated C. exterminated D. diminished
26. The battle is of great significance when viewed in the ________ of the progress of the war.
A. prospective B. respective C. perspective D. prescriptive
27. It has long been known that total sleep ________ is 100 percent fatal to rats, yet, upon examination of the dead bodies, the animals look completely normal.
A. deposition B. destruction C. deprivation D. reduction
28. In that country, hospital doctors don't go sightseeing very often because their work ________ almost all their time.
A. takes up B. takes off C. takes apart D. takes over
29. According to the law of that country, the Parliament will have to be ________ before the General Election.
A. decomposed B. dispersed C. dissolved D. disintegrated
30. He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ________ the consequences.
A. answer for B. run into C. abide by D. step into

PART Ⅱ Grammar (15 points)
Section A
Directions: Choose the letter that indicates the error in the sentence.
31. Switzerland is best known for its majesty mountain range and thousands flock to the Alps
A B C
each year to take advantage of their ideal skiing conditions.
D
32. Police were sent to disperse the crowds but ended up by shooting down protesters and it
A B
was in this chaos that the seeds of political liberation were sown.
C D
33. Even today, through the hustle and bustle of Nevsky Prospect, St Petersburg's main street,
A B
the classical beauty of the city mesmerizes the eye
C D
34. She is furious of her son's grades in school, which explains why Mark is jealous of Julia's high A B C
marks on the exam.
D
35. Smog-choked Southern California demands them. It's a car for people who never want to go
A
to a gas station again. But the fact is, for all the talk, selling gas-less machines has been a
B C
hard-sell.
D
36. People thought: Hey, eat a carp and you will be taking in what it is that gives you these fish
A B
their long life-span. Of course, it hasn't done a lot of good for these carp.
C D
37. In deciding to undertake dangerous pursuits, people usually strive for their maximum
A
personal ability rating, when they are challenged but can he victorious, rather than merely
B C
surmounting the mediocre.
D
38. In proposing such philanthropic donations, the director of the company certainly spoke from
A B
a genuine concern for the needy and not any desire for personal accolades.
C D
39. The armor, infantry and other military forces were held up by the enemy counter attack,
A B C
thus caused the delay in the advance.
D
40. Just as children the world over like Christmas rooming, adults so like Christmas evening
A B C
when peace and calm return to the household.
D
41. Each employee with a modicum of intelligence would be able to undertake such a basic process.
A B C D
42. The economic situation will improve given that there is forecast to be less unemployment
A B
and closures than in previous years.
C D
43. The three most important issues of concern to citizens today are prison reform,
A B
abusing children and toxic waste.
C D
44. I was on the verge of incurring Mr. Rochester's wrath by not listening to his prohibitions,
A B
while a ray once more shone almost imperceptibly on the hallway wall and I heard his muffled
C D
step on the carpet.
45. The above is the most important aspect which apes can be told from more primitive social
A B C D
groupings.
Section B
Directions: Choose the answer that best fills in the blank.
46. ________ that the earth was flat?
A. Used it to be thought B. Did it used to be thought
C. Was it need to being thought D. Does it used to be thought
47. It is most inappropriate ________ in the college VIP lounge.
A. for any students to be there B. for there to be any students
C. to be any students there D. to have there any students
48. She ________ much more accurate responses now, had she taken more pains in devising the questions.
A. got B. would have got C. had got D. would be getting
49. An extensive foundation in the basic sciences should be required of all science students, ________.
A. whether they are future physicists or chemists.
B. be they future physicists or chemists.
C. they are future physicists or chemists.
D. they should be future physicists or chemists.
50. The general opinion is that he is ________ to complain.
A. so much a milquetoast B. too a milquetoast
C. too much of a milquetoast D. so much of a milquetoast
51. Although of course there are exceptions, it seems reasonably dear that in certain countries - Rwanda, Somalia and parts of the former Yugoslavia come to mind-hunger is less a result of an absolute food shortage, ________ a policy decision or the political situation.
A. than of B. rather than C. but the result of D. than is
52. The ozone layer plays as great a role in the suability of spaceship Earth as ________ the waters of its lakes, ponds, oceans, rivers, and streams.
A. do B. does C. play D. are
53. Perhaps I should not have done so, but I changed my mind about the new job even though I was ________ last week.
A. to be started B. to have started C. to have been starting D. start
54. Despite an overlay of quasi-literary French vocabulary stemming from the Norman Invasion of 1066, the daily vocabulary of English remained Germanic, _______ its grammatical structure.
A. the same are B. and so are C. as did D. and so were
55. Although money is always useful, it isn't all ________.
A. what there is to life B. to which there is in life C. there is to life D. that is in life
56. ________ ever so humble, there's no plane like home.
A. It be B. Be it C. It was D. Was it
57. ________ all customs, no matter how sacrosanct, are essentially learned reactions appropriate, perhaps only to the holders thereof is a basic assumption of anthropologists.
A. Nearly B. It is nearly C. That nearly D. When nearly
58 Although women cluster to him like moths around a flame, he is none ______ happier for it.
A. but B. the C. match D. any
59. The major reason why Americans enjoy an abundant food supply is that the arable land at their disposal for food production is ________.
A. three times more the world average B. three times as much the world average
C. three times the world average D. the world average is three times
60. The sound of the roaring of a tiger is ________ heard by jungle dwellers ________ feelings of unease, for a year does not elapse without victims falling to the tiger's ferocity.
A. always...with B. ever...without C. ever...with D. never...without
PART Ⅲ Clone test (10 points)
Directions: Choose the word that best completes the meaning.
One of the basic characteristics of capitalism is the private ownership of the major means of production-capital. The ownership of large amounts of capital can bring __61__ profits, as well as economic and political power. Some recent theorists, 62 have argued that our society has moved to a new stage of 63 _that they call "postindustrial" society. One important change in such society is that the ownership of 64 amounts of capital is no longer the only or even the most important 65 of profits and influence; knowledge as well as 66 capital brings profits and influence.
There are many 67 with the thesis above, not the least of 68 is that wealthy capitalists can buy the experts and knowledge they need to keep their profits and influence. But this does not 69 the importance of knowledge in an advanced industrial society, as the 70 of some new industries indicates. 71 , genetic engineering and the new computer technology have 72 many new fines and made some scientists quite rich. In 73 with criticism of the postindustrial society thesis, however, it must also be 74 that those already in control of huge amounts of capital (i.e., major corporations) soon 75 to take most profits in these industries based on new knowledge.
Moving down from the level of wealth and power, we still find knowledge increasingly 76 . Many new high-tech jobs are being created at the upper-skill, low-paying service 77 . Something like a caste line is emerging centered around knowledge. Individuals who fall too far behind in the 78 of knowledge at a young age will find it almost impossible to catch up later, no matter how hard they try. Illiteracy in English language has been a severe 79 for marry years in the United States, but we are also moving to the point when computer illiteracy will hinder many more people and 80 them to a life of low-skill and low-paid labor.
61. A. quantitative B. extensive C. comprehensive D. sophisticated
62. A. moreover B. however C. therefore D. nevertheless
63. A. aggression B. proficiency C. productivity D. evolution
64. A. dominant B. impressive C. magnificent D. significant
65. A. source B. factor C. component D. element
66. A. adequate B. profitable C. material D. spiritual
67. A. advantages B. consequences C. problems D. potentials