2014年解放军信息工程大学考博英语真题

2014年解放军信息工程大学考博英语真题

I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. To meet the ever increasing demand ______ oil-refining equipment, the company will produce more of such equipment.

A. for B. on C. with D. of

2. The numerals have become, _______, his friends, and he knows all their relations and acquaintances.

A. as it is B. as it was C. as it were D. as they are

3. Every boy and girl must have ______ hair neatly combed.

A. his B. her C. its D. their

4. “I’m surely dirty, ______?”

A. am I B. isn’t I C. aren’t I D. am not I

5. The theme of the novel is that a person’s fate ______ that of the whole country.

A. is closely linked up with B. is closely dealt with

C. is closely taken as D. is closely tied up with

6. You’d better let me know as soon as there is a (n) ______ position in the branch office.

A. vacant B. vacuum C. hollow D. empty

7. After traveling in the desert for many days, they found a tiny oasis, where there was a well and ______green grass.

A. a patch of B. a bunch of C. a pinch of D. a packet of

8. Having been discussed, the proposal was ______ unanimously.

A. adapted B. adopted C. admitted D. adjoined

9. Generally, prompt cooling and proper refrigeration of foods can hold ______ bacteria in foods to a safe level.

A. a number of B. the number of C. an amount of D. a quantity of

10. Having been discussed, the proposal was ______ unanimously.

A. adapted B. adopted C. admitted D. adjoined

11. This is the _______ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

A. actual B. real C. original D. genuine

12. The children were having a wonderful time _______ on the frozen lake.

A. slipping B. slithering C. skidding D. sliding

13. He made a quick ______ from his illness.

A. relief B. recovery C. survival D. relaxation

14. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ______ at the dirty remark.

A. protection B. offense C. defense D. guard

15. They agreed to share in common any ______ of funds after all expenses were paid in full.

A. sufficiency B. surpass C. excess D. surplus

16. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such a (an) ______ plan.

A. bright B. clever C. brilliant D. ingenious

17. To an especially sensitive child, a simple scolding can be a ______ experience.

A. hysterical B. grievous C. gracious D. sensible

18. We cannot ______ on the question of the party’s leadership.

A. lead B. vacillate C. check D. repeat

19. When he first started in university, he really felt at _______ with his major—economics.

A. shore B. bank C. ocean D. sea

20. She was standing outside in the snow, ______ with cold.

A. spinning B. shivering C. shaking D. staggering

II. Cloze (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage and decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide—the division of the world into the info (information) rich and the info poor. And that (1) does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less (2) then, however, were the new, positive (3) that work against the digital divide. (4), there are reasons to be (5).

There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more (6), it is in the interest of business to universalize access—after all, the more people online, the more potential (7) there are. More and more (8), afraid their countries will be left (9), want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be (10) together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will (11) rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for (12) world poverty that we’ve ever had.

Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to (13) poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has (14) potential.

To (15) advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices (16) respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an (17) of their sovereignty might well study the history of (18) (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn’t have the capital to do so. And that is (19) America’s Second Wave infrastructure—(20) roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on—were built with foreign investment.

1. A. divide B. information C. world D. lecture

2. A. obscure B. visible C. invisible D. indistinct

3. A. forces B. obstacles C. events D. surprises

4. A. Seriously B. Entirely C. Actually D. Continuously

5. A. negative B. optimistic C. pleasant D. disappointed

6. A. developed B. centralized C. realized D. commercialized

7. A. users B. producers C. customers D. citizens

8. A. enterprises B. governments C. officials D. customers

9. A. away B. for C. aside D. behind

10. A. netted B. worked C. put D. organized

11. A. decrease B. narrow C. neglect D. low

12. A. containing B. preventing C. keeping D. combating

13. A. win B. detail C. defeat D. fear

14. A. enormous B. countless C. numerical D. big

15. A. bring B. keep C. hold D. take

16. A. at B. with C. of D. for

17. A. offence B. investment C. invasion D. insult

18. A. construction B. facility C. infrastructure D. institution

19. A. why B. where C. when D. how

20. A. concerning B. concluding C. according D. including

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