[考博英语]华东师大博士生英语入学试卷二_考博_旭晨教育

华东师大博士生英语入学试卷二

41. Although Jack and I had not met for over 20 years I recognized him I saw him.
A just as B even though C the minute D as long as
42. for his illness, he would have come to help you paint your house.
A Not being B Not having been C Had it not been D Having it not been
43. The father, who was illiterate, said to his son that he was dog to learn new tricks.
A too old a B a too old C so old a D a so old
44.Although he is very fat, Jack doesn’t fancy on a strict diet.
A to put B putting C to be put D being put
45. Much I liked Mary, I hated the superior tone that she sometimes took with me.
A while B as C since D for
46. she was living in London that she met her husband Terry.
A Just when B During the time when C Soon after D It was while
47. The waves violently against the shore, people couldn’t hear them crying for help.
A beating B had beaten C beat D were beating
48. Mary would rather her boyfriend in the same college as she does.
A studies B studied C study D to study
49. It is well known that everything on earth is subjected the law of nature.
A by B with C to D from
50. You’re responsible to is in charge of sales.
A who B whom C whoever D that

Part III Error Identification (5%)
Directions: There are four underlined words or parts marked A, B, C and D in each of the following entences.
Choose the one that you think incorrect, and write the corresponding letter on Answer SheetⅠ.
51. Using the new digital tools available makes this process more easier since the data can be transferred
A B C D
directly to the computer.
52. One of the most common and serious problems facing by the aged is that of making ends meet from one
A B C
day to the next.
D
53. If the number of smoking keep on rising, by the second or third decade of the next century there could be
A B C
10 million deaths each year from smoking-related illness.
D
54. The temperature in the coastal city this summer hit a record high for the year, peaked at a scorching 37.1
A B C D
degree centigrade.
55. It is important that students will know how to deal with multi-sense words in English.
A B C D
56. At no time in history there has been such a mass migration of people from countryside to city as is
A B C D
happening now.
57. She as well as the other students have learned how to install this electric equipment.
A B C D
58. Manufacturing companies spend millions of pounds trying to convince customers that their products are
A B C
superior than those of other companies.
D
59. It was not until the end of Second World War when petroleum and natural gas liquids took the lead as
A B C
number one fuel.
D
60. Were it not for her lack of experience she will be the ideal person for the job.
A B C D

Part IV Reading Comprehension (25%)
Directions: Read the following five passages carefully, choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below, and then write the corresponding letter on Answer SheetⅠ.
Passage One
For much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement wondered if it didn’t also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave?
Pat, Nixon’s wife of 53, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of a spouse particularly a wife is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Buckminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence?
“Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us,” says Knul Helsing, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, “that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don’t know how to take care of ourselves.” In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who’d never been widowed.
Women’s health and resilience may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.
For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. “All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened,” says Gerald Davison, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for example, may see it rise. In Nixon’s case, Davison speculates, “the stroke, although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it.” Depression can affect the surviving spouse’s will to live; suicide rates are elevated in the bereaved, along with accidents not involving cars.
Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Blazer, is higher in older people without a good social-support system, who don’t feel they’re part of a group or a family, that they “fit in” somewhere. And that’s a more common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health hazard, says Blazer. “A person who loses a spouse shows deterioration in normal habits like sleeping and eating,” he says. “They don’t have the other person to orient them, like “When do you go to bed, when do you wake up, when do you eat, when do you take your medication, when do you go out to take a walk?” Your pattern is no longer locked into someone else’s pattern, so it deteriorates.”
While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year – or even first week – were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability in this initial period. Most men and women, of course do not as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and above all, feeling needed and appreciated.
61. It is known from the passage that Richard Nixon died at the age of .
A 73 B 81 C 77 D 65
62. According to researchers who study bereavement, Richard Nixon’s death might be .
A caused by his heart disease B indirectly linked to his wife’s death
C the inevitable result of old age D caused by an unexplainable accident
63. In his research on bereavement, Helsing found that .
A remarried men live healthier lives B unmarried men have the longest life expectancies
C remarried widowers do not have higher mortality rates than those who have never been widowed
D widows were unaffected by their spouses’ death
64. According to the passage a spouse’s death can lead the surviving one to .
A lose his or her friends B diminish social activitiesC be vulnerable to illness D reject his or her children’s care
65.It is suggested in the passage that widowers or widows suffer from the death of their spouses because they are .
A unprepared for independence during the marriage B incapable of taking care of themselves during the marriage
C unwilling to socialize with others during the marriage D too indulgent during the marriage