2017年中山大学考博英语真题

2017年中山大考博英语真题

Directions: In each question, decide which of the choices given will most suitably complete the sentences if inserted at the place marked. Write your choices on the Answer Sheet.

31. The secretary was harshly——by her boss for misplacing some important files.

A) rebuked B）teased C) washed D) accused

32. The jet airliner has ——from the Wright brothers’ small airplane.

A) Involved B) evolved C) devolved D) revolved

33. Chinese products enjoy high international prestige because of their, quality.

A) Indistinctive B) indisputable C) indispensable D) indistinguishable

34. This can something that the students may not have comprehended in English.

A) Signify B) specify C) clarify D) testify

35. I must you on your handling of a very difficult situation.

A) meditate B) complement C) elaborate D) compliment

36. I've had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to the problem.

A) deduce B) notify C) highlight D) pinpoint

37. Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of eighteenth century houses from _

A) abolition B) demolition C) disruption D) dismantling

38.Having decided to rent a flat, we____ contacting all the accommodation dt, agencies in the city.

A) set out B) set to C) set about D) set off

39. The police decided to the department store after they had received a bomb warning.

A) evict B) expel C) abandon D) evacuate

40. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to your authority so often,

A) affirm B) restrain C) assert D) maintain

41. Miss Rosemary Adang went through the composition carefully to all errors from it.

A) eliminate B) terminate C) illuminate D) alleviate

42. Several months previously, the workers had petitioned the company for a 25 percent wage increase and of stricter safety regulations.

A) implement B) endowment C) enforcement D) engagement

43. The rebel army __ the democratic government of the, country lawlessly.

A) overthrew B) overtook C) overturned D) overruled

44. Judges are ____increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences

A). B) demanding C) imparting D) imposing

45. The of all kinds of necessary goods was caused by natural calamity.

A) variety B) scarcity C) solidarity D) commodity

46. It is essential to be on the for any signs of movement in the undergrowth since there are poisonous snakes in the area.

A) guard B) care C) alert D) alarm

47. She took up so many hobbies when she retired that she had hardly any time

A) in hand B) at hand C) on her hands D) at her hand

48. Working with the mentally handicapped requires considerable -`_ of patience; and understanding.

A) means B) stocks C) provisions D) resources

49. He still suffers from a rare t2-opical disease which he, while working to Africa.

A) infected B) incurred C ) contracted D) infested

50. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to heart diseases.

A) ward off C) push off B) put off D) throw off

51. There is no for hard work and perseverance of you want to succeed.

. A) alteration B) equivalent C) alternative D)substitute

52. What the film company needs is an actor who can take on any kinds of roles.

A) diverse B) versatile C) variable D) changeable

53. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon the older vessels in the race.

A) overran B) exceeded C) outstripped D) caught up

54. Research suggests that, heavy penalties do not act as a to potential criminals. .

A) deterrent B) prevention C) safeguard D) distraction

55. There has been so much media of the coming election that people have got bored with it.

A) circulation B) concern C) broadcasting D) coverage

A) applications B) connotations C) implications D) complications

64. I thought 1 saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical

A) perception B) delusion C) illusion D) deception

61. He was intensely_____ by the way the shop assistant spoke to him.

A) intervened C) injected B) irritated D) insulated

62. The people who were _ hurt in the accident were taken to the only hospital in the immediate_________

A) vicinity B) mobility C) velocity D) integrity

63. With all his experience abroad he was a major to the company.

A) attendant B) asset C) attachment D) attribute

64. Don't thank me for helping in the garden. It was pleasure to be working out of doors.

A) mere B) sheer C) plain D) simple

65. The peace of the public library was by the sound of a transistor radio.

A) shuttered B) shattered C) smashed D) fractured

66. It is doubtless that those who wish to succeed should be

A) aggressive B) possessive C) cooperative D) conventional

56. You've done more of the work than I have recently so I'll give up my day off' in

A) offset B)redress C)herald D) compensate

with the usual formalities since we all know each other