2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

Part Two: Structure and Written Expression20

Directions: In each question decide which of four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWERSHEET.

21.The nuclear family __________ a self-contained, self-satisfying unit composed of father, mother and children.

A. refers to B. defines C. describes D. devotes to

22.Some polls show that roughly two-thirds of the general public believe that elderly Americans are________ by social isolation and loneliness. A. reproached B. favored C. plagued D. reprehended 23.In addition to bettering group and individual performance, cooperation ________ the quality of interpersonal relationship. A. ascends B. compels C. enhances D. prefers 24.In the past 50 years, there ________ a great increase in the amount of research _____on the human brain. A. was…did B. has been…to be done C. was…doing D. has been…done 25.“I must have eaten something wrong. I feel like _____ .” “We told you not to eat at a restaurant. You’d better _______ at home when you are not in the shape.” A. to throw up…to eat B. throwing up…eating C. to throw up…eat D. throwing up…eat

2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

26. Parent shave to show due concerns to their children’s creativity and emotional output; otherwise what they think beneficial to the kids might probably _______ their enthusiasm and aspirations. A. hold back B. hold to C. hold down D. hold over

27. According to psychoanalysis, a person’s attention is attracted ________ by the intensity of different signals ________ by their context, significance, and information content.

A. not less than…as B. as…just as C. so much…as D. not so much…as

28.They moved to Portland in1998 and lived in a big house, _______ to the south.

A. the windows of which opened B. the windows of it opened C. its windows opened D. the windows of which opening 29.The lady who has_______ for a night in the dead of the winter later turned out to be a distant relation of his. A. put him up B. put him out C. put him on D. put him in 30.By standers,_______,_________ as they walked past lines of ambulances.

A. bloody and covered with dust, looking dazed B. bloodied and covered with dust, looked dazed C. bloody and covered with dust, looked dazed D. bloodied and covered with dust, looking dazed 31. Hong Kong was not a target for terror attacks, the Government insisted

2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

yesterday, as the US________ closed for an apparent security review. A. Consulation B. Constitution C. Consulate D. Consular

32. American fans have selected Yao in a vote for the All-Star game ______the legendary O’Neal, who ______ the “Great Wall” at the weekend as the Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers.- A. in head of, ran on B. in head of, ran into C. ahead of, ran onto D. ahead of, ran into

33. Professional archivists and librarians have the resources to duplicate materials in other formats and the expertise to retrieve materials trapped in _________ computers. A. abstract B. obsolete C. obstinate D. obese

34. She always prints important documents and stores a backup set at her house. “I actually think there’s something about the______ of paper that feels more comforting.” She said. A. tangibility B. tangledness C. tangent D. tantalization 35.“They said what we always knew,” said an administration source,___________.

A. he asked not to be named B. who asked not to be named C. who asked not be named D. who asked not named 36.In Germany, the industrial giants Daimler Chrysler and Siemens recently_______ their unions into signing contracts that lengthen work hours without increasing pay. A. muscled B. moved C. mushed D. muted

2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

37. He argues that the policy has done little to ease joblessness, and has left the country_______.

A. energized B. Enervated C. Nerved D. enacted

38. The more people hear his demented rants, the more they see that he is a terrorist_______.

A. who is pure and simple B. being pure and simple C. pure and simple D. as pure and simple

39. This expansion of rights has led to both a paralysis of the public service and to a rapid and terrible ________ in the character of the population.

A. determination B. deterioration C. desolation D. desperation 40._______ a declining birthrate, there will be an over-supply of 27,000 primary school places by 2010, _______ leaving 35 school sidle. B. Coupling with, equivalent to

C. Coupled with, equivalent to D. Coupling with, equals to

Part Three: Reading Comprehension 10 Passage One The Hero

My mother’s parents came from Hungary, but my grandfather could trace his origin to Germany and also he was educated in Germany. Although he was able to hold a conversation in nine languages, he was most comfortable in German. Every morning, before going to his office, he read the German language newspaper, which was American owned and published in New York.

2019年西南大学博士研究生入学考试《英语》试题及答案详解

My grandfather was the only one in his family to come to the United States with his wife and children. He still had relatives living in Europe. When the first world war broke out, he lamented the fact that if my uncle, his only son had to go, it would be cousin fighting against cousin. In the early days of the war, my grandmother begged him to stop taking the German newspaper and to take an English language newspaper, instead. He scoffed at the idea, explaining that the fact it was in German did not make it a German newspaper, but only an American newspaper, printed in German. But my grandmother insisted, for fear that the neighbors may see him read it and think he was German. So, he finally gave up the German newspaper.

One day, the inevitable happened and my uncle Milton received notice to join the army. My grandparents were very upset, but my mother, his little sister, was excited. Now she could boast about her soldier brother going off to war. She was ten years old at the time, and my uncle, realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and her friends, went out and bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted. When the day came for him to leave, his whole regiment, in their uniforms, left together from the same train station. There was a band playing and my mother and her friends came to see him off. Each one wore her service pin and waved a small American flag, cheering the boys, as they left. The moment came and the soldiers, all very young, none of whom had had