中国矿业大学2007年博士研究生入学考试英语试题.doc

中国矿业大学2007年博士研究生入学考试英语试题 Part One Cloze (15 points) Directions: Fill each of the blanks in the passage with one suitable word. The Indians rise soon as it is light, the children run down to the river to swim, the woman go to the creek to bring fresh water. Soon maize soup is being prepared for (1) ______. Before noon they will eat again, usually fish, meat and bananas, the fruit of the “chontadure” palm and a drink of “chicha”. When the sun has (2) ______ over the river, some of the younger women go (3) ______ their children by canoe to their forest plantation to (4) ______ maize, bananas and wild fruits. The older women stay in the house making pots which are (5) ______ for drinking water and for “chicha”. Later they have to (6) ______ the evening meal and look after the children. The women do most of the daily work and each (7) ______ day involves much the same (8) ______. The men, who may have been hunting during the night, (9) ______ the day repairing nets, replacing an arrow lost while hunting, fishing with hook and line or “atarraya” net. In January after the rains, (10) ______ men and women go to the forest plantation to sow maize. (11) ______, in August and September, they sow a (12) ______ crop. Four months after each (13) ______, the maize is ready for harvesting by the women. At nightfall the family congregates once (14) ______, and after the babies are (15) ______ in their hammocks they discuss the days events. Part Two Reading Comprehension (40 points) Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: The energy crisis, which is being felt around the world, has dramatized how the careless use of the earths resources has brought the whole world to the brink of disaster. The over-development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near destruction of our cities. The disaster has arrived in the form of the energy crisis. Our present situation i