财政部财政科研所2006年博士研究生入学考试英语试题附答案和详解.docVIP

财政部财政科研所2006年博士研究生入学考试英语试题Part One Vocabulary and Structure (15 points) Directions: For each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences, choose a word or from the four choices given, then mark out your choice. 1．Humans should not develop their economy at the ______ of the ecological environment. A．destruction B．pollution C．expense D．mercy 2．The police inspector, having received new information from a confidential source, decided to enlarge the ______ of his enquiry. A．scope B．magnitude C．dimension D．volume 3．The shock given by this arrangement is not so strong as the other two, but is ______ unpleasant. A．much less B．still less C．none the less D．more or less 4．It is a better job ______ money, but it does not carry the same prestige. A．for the purpose of B．in regard to C．in terms of D．with reference to 5．Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of ______ reality. A．that is conceived B．that is being conceived of C．what it is conceived D．what is conceived to be 6．It may be that in the industrial districts the high wages that can be obtained at an early age have reduced the attractions of postponing wage earning ______ a university education. A．in favor of B．in return for C．in exchange for D．in place of 7．I can follow his career up to 1958, but quite abruptly I lose ______ of him. A．count B．sight C．trace D．track 8．Brunners ______ to become the second woman ever to hold Cabinet rank was scuttled by the overwhelmingly male parliament, apparently because of sexual politics. A．bet B．bit C．bid D．bat 9．There are probably very few cases in which different races have lived in complete ______ in a single country for long periods. A．success B．revenge C．harmony D．conscience 10．Even 30 years later, he still ______ the memory of his happy and care-free childhood spent in that small woode