2017年遼寧工程技術大學考博英語真題

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Direction: In this section there are 30 sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence. Then mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET 1.

1. His few failings, such as they are, do not _____ from his greatness.

A. distract B. contract C. subtract D. detract

2. He was awarded the Military Cross for _____ in combat.

A. gallantry B. gravy C. glossary D. gazelle

3. In a _____, the desert will mimic a lake.

A. mockery B. module C. mirage D. morale

4. He _____ the horse’s rope over the pole.

A. hunched B. hitched C. thatched D. hatched

5. The party appeared ______ to the mounting for political reform.

A. oblivious B. obtrusive C. omniscient D. obsolete

6. I’m going to be ______ from district office to the headquarters.

A. transmitted B. transformed C. transplanted D. transferred

7. Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of ______.

A. extinction B. extraction C. extravagance D. externalization

8. The International Monetary Fund has done a lot to ______ the exchange rate and to ease the problems of the member countries with deficit.

A. demobilize B. polarize C. stabilize D. mobilize

9. Many houses in the north are warm in winter because they are _____ so that the heat is not lost.

A. initiated B. insulated C. infiltrated D. intervened

10. For those people who missed the opportunity for higher education at the age of eighteen, a major _____in the academic world now provides a second chance.

A. innovation B. inflation C. indignation D. inflammation

11. In 1954 a survey _____ that nearly two out of every three men, women, and children in the United States now are protected by health insurance.

A. inhibited B. induced C. indicated D. inherited

12. Two of the most important new buildings in London were designed: a new apartment house in Highpoint, and the Health Center, _____ dramatically in one of the worst slum sections of the city.

A. gleaming B. glittering C. glistening D. glaring

13. When a machine analyses the frequencies used by a particular voice and draws a graph of them, sound is ______ electronically into a pattern of lines.

A. converted B. contrived C. manifested D. magnified

14. Radio reception wasn’t very good because of a disturbance in the atmosphere; the announcer’s voice sounded very _____.

A. twisted B. distorted C. virtual D. virtuous

15. The reported mortality rates from contemporary African famines are inaccurate, due partly to the difficulties of collecting such information, but also to international agencies’ tendency to ______ figures in order to emphasize need for support.

A exaggerate B. exemplify C. exempt D. evaporate

16. There is no doubt ______ the company has made the right decision on the sales project.

A. why B. that C. whether D. when

17. Intellect is to the mind ______ sight is to the body.

A. what B. with C. that D. like

18. ______ I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of the difficulties.

A. As long as B. As C. While D. Even

19. Barry had an advantage over his mother ______ he could speak French.

A. since that B. in that C. at that D. so that

20. ______ is not a serious disadvantage in life.

A. To be not tall B. Not to be tall C. Being not tall D. Not being tall

21. You needn’t worry ______ regards the cost of the operation.

A. with B. which C. as D. about

22. There is an illness that can result in total blindness ______ left untreated.

A. after B. if C. since D. unless

23. The central provinces have floods in some years, and ______.

A. drought in others B. droughts are others C. while other droughts D. others in drought

24. There ______ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.

A. to be B. to have been C. being D. be

25. You ______ Jim anything about it. It was none of his business.

A. needn’t have told B. needn’t tell C. mustn’t have told D. mustn’t tell

26. ______ for his timely help, I could not have completed my project in time.

A. If it was not B. Was it not C. Had it not been D. Were it not

27. How about us ______ a concert at the weekend?

A. to go to B. going to C. go to D. to be going to

28. The drunkard was found ______ under the bench in the park.

A. to lie dead B. lying dead C. lie dead D. lying died

29. A hundred dollars ______ not buy as much as _____ used to.

A. do...they B. does...it C. does...that D. do...it

30. Child ______ she is, the girl is quite independent.

A. like B. when C. for D. as

Part II Cloze

Directions: There are 20 blanks in this passage. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark it on the ANSWER SHEET 1.

Cheques have __31__ replaced money as a means of exchange, for they are widely accepted everywhere. Though this is very __32__ for both the buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that cheques are not real money: They are quite __33__ in themselves. A shopkeeper always runs a certain __34__ when he accepts a cheque and he is quite __35__ his rights if, on occasion, he refuses to do so.

People do not always know this and are __36__ if their good faith is called __37__. An old and very wealthy friend of mine told me he had had an extremely unpleasant __38__. He went to a famous jewelry shop which kept a large __39__ of precious stones and asked to __40__ some pearl necklaces. After examining several trays, he decided to buy a particularly fine string of pearls and asked __41__ he could pay by cheque. The assistant said that this was quite __42__, but the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager’s office.

The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone __43__ exactly the same name had presented them with a worthless cheque not long ago. My friend got very angry when he heard this and said he would buy a necklace __44__. When he got up to go, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay __45__ he wanted to get into serious trouble. __46__, the police arrived soon afterwards. They apologized to my friend for the __47__, but explained that a person who had used the same name as his was responsible for a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to copy out a note __48__ had been used by the thief in a number of shops. The note __49__: “I have a gun in my pocket. Ask no questions and give me all the money in the safe.” Fortunately, my friend’s handwriting was quite __50__ the thief’s. He was not only allowed to go without further delay, but to take the string of pearls with him.

31. A. exactly B. really C. largely D. thoroughly

32. A. convenient B. favorite C. popular D. profitable

33. A. unimportant B. valueless C. dangerous D. meaningless

34. A. opportunity B. chance C. risk D. danger

35. A. within B. beyond C. without D. out of

36. A. ashamed B. puzzled C. unhappy D. shocked

37. A. in difficulty B. in problem C. in earnest D. in question

38. A. event B. accident C. experience D. matter

39. A. amount B. stock C. deal D. store

40. A. give B. show C. be given D. be shown

41. A. if B. when C. that D. what

42. A. in order B. in need C. in use D. in common

43. A. named B. used C. with D. by

44. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. somewhere else

45. A. where B. if C. otherwise D. unless

46. A. Really B. Sure enough C. Certainly D. However,

47. A. treatment B. manner C. inconvenience D. behavior,

48. A. it B. the same C. which D. what

49. A. read B .told C. wrote D. informed

50. A. unlike B. different C. dissimilar D. dislike

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