《北京大学2016年博士研究生入学考试英语试题》.pdf

2009年北京大学博士入学考试英语试题 一、听力（原2008英语专业四级听力原题和答案） TESTFOR ENGLISHMAJORS(2008)-GRADEFOUR- TIMELIMIT:135MIN PARTI DICTATION [15MIN] Listen tothefollowingpassage. Altogetherthepassagewillberead toyou fourtimes.Duringthe firstreading, which willbedoneatnormal speed,listenandtrytounderstand themeaning.Forthe second andthirdreadings, thepassagewillbereadsentencebysentence, orphrasebyphrase, with intervals of15seconds. Thelastreading willberead atnormalspeed againand duringthistimeyou shouldcheckyourwork. Youwillthenbegiven 2minutestocheckthroughyour workoncemore. PleasewritethewholepassageonANSWERSHEETONE. ChoosingaCareer Whenstudentsgraduatefromcollege, //manyofthemdonotknowhowtheywanttospendtheir workinglives. //Andthey sometimesmovefrom jobtojob//untiltheyfindsomethingthatsuits them,//andofequal importancetowhichtheyaresuited.//Othersneverfindajobinwhich they arereallyhappy. //They remainalltheirlivessquarepegsinroundholes. //Whenwechooseour careers,weneed toask ourselves twoquestions.//First,whatdowethinkwewouldliketobe?// Second, whatkindofpeoplearewe?//Theidea,forexample,ofbeingapainteroramusicianmay seem veryattractive, //butunlesswehavegreattalent,and arewillingtoworkvery hard, //weare certaintofailintheseoccupations.//Andfailurewilllead tounhappinessinlife.//Soitis importanttoassessoursuitabilityforacertain careerinjobsearch. (152words) PARTII LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN] In Sections A,Band Cyou willheareverything ONCEONLY. Listen carefullyandthen answer thequestionsthatfollow.Mark thecorrect answertoeach questiononyour answersheet. SECTION ACONVERSATIONS In thissectionyou willhearseveralconversations.Listen totheconversationscarefullyandthen answerthequestionsthatfollow. Questions1to3arebased onthefollowingconversation.Attheendoftheconversation,you will begiven 15secondstoanswerthequestions. Nowlistentotheconversation. -1 - 1. WhenisAnneavailableforthemeetin