华西03考博英语试题.doc

English Examination Paper (For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates) Dec.2003 PartⅠ. Listening Comprehension (10%) (Omitted) PartⅡ. Vocabulary and Structures(10%) 16. Those who ___ the weather as a conventional opening seem to be ignorant of the reason why human beings wish to talk. A) dispose B)dispatch C)dismiss D)despise 17. Man beings life with a cry and ends it in stillness; in the___ he does all he can to make a noise in the world. A) intervention B) interval C) eclipse D) elapse 18. Cowboy artists____ a romantic vision of the Old West with a historically accurate depiction of that way of life. A) provide B)offer C)blend D)associate 19. As the moist sea air travels inland toward the mountains, ___ occurs. A) prevalence B) precipice C)precipitation D)downpour 20 .If fish were to become curious about the world, it would never ____ to them to begin by investigating water. A) come B)refer C)get D)occur 21. Maturation refers to the ___ of the infant’s biological potential. A) undoing B) unclosing C)unfolding D)unsealing 22. Subordinating individual tastes to harmony of the group is ___ to the Western citizens. A) reflective B) repellent C) redefining D) recoverable 23. A dollar bill is a subjective and unstable token of purchasing power, and not at all ___ with the things it can buy. A) sympathetic B) identical C) unified D)universal 24. The dynamics of the two-party system has been very unhelpful in the search for positions on the middle ground. A) feasible B) liable C) viable D) navigable 25. The casual gang delinquent is less ___ to the gang. His association with the gang is loose. A) compelled B) committed C) compromised D)complied Part Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension (25