Part Ⅴ Proofreading
Directions: This part consists of two short passages, In each, there are ten mistakes, one in each underlined sentence or part of a sentence. You may have to change a word, add a word or just delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out with a slash (□ and write the correct word near it. If you add a word, write the missing word between the words (in brackets) immediately be f ore and after it. If you delete a word, cross it out with a slash (□ Put your answers in the ANSWER SHEET.(20%)
Passage 1
How to Get Preserved as a Fossil
(56)
Unfortunately the chances of any animal become a fossil are not very great, and(57) the chances of a fossil then being discovered many thousand of years later are even less.(58) It is not surprising that all the millions of animals that have lived in the past.(59) we actually have fossils of only very few．

(60)
There are several ways into which, animals and plants may become fossilized.(61) First, it is essential that the remains are buried, as though dead animals and plants are quickly destroyed (62) if they remain exposed the air. Plants rot, while insects and hyenas eat the flesh and bones of animals.(63) Finally, the few remaining bones soon disintegrate the hot sun and pouring rain. If buried in suitable conditions, however, animal and plant remains will be preserved.(64) The same chemicals change sand and silt into hard rock will also enter the animal and plant remains and make them hard too.(65)When this happens, we say that they become fossilized．


Passage 2
Earthquakes

(66) At two minutes to noon in September 1 of 1923, the great clock in Tokyo stopped.
(67) Tokyo Bay shook as if huge rug had been pulled from under it.(68) Towered, above the bay, the 4,000meter Mount Fuji stood above a deep trench in the sea.(69) It was from this trench where the earthquake came at a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale．
Huge waves swept over the city.(70) Boats were driven inland, and buildings and people were dragged out sea.(71) The tremors dislodged part of a hillside, which gave way, brushing trains, stations and bodies the wafer below.(72) Three massive shocks wrecked the of Tokyo and Yokohama and, during the next six hours, there were more than 100 aftershocks．
The casualties were enormous, but there were also some lucky survivors.(73) The most remarkably was a woman who was having a bath in her room at the Tokyo Grand Hotel.(74) As for the hotel collapsed, she and her bath gracefully descended to the street,(75) leave both her and the bath water intact．
Part Writing
Directions: Write a short composition of about 250 to 300 words on the topic given below. (15%)
Topic: Write in 250—300 words about your own academic ambition(s)．
参考答案
Part Ⅱ Structure & Written Expression
1．A2. C3. D4. B5. C6. D7. A8. D9. C 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. A 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. B
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
26．C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. A 36.
D     37. D 38. D 39. C 40. B 41～45略 Part Ⅳ Cloze Test
46．between 47. for 48. another 49. as/ though 50. how 51. there 52. parents
53. importance/ significance 54. likely 55. than Part Ⅴ Proofreading
56．become→ becoming     66．in September → on September

57．thousand→ thousands     67．if huge → if a huge

58．all → of all     68．Towered→ Towering

59．only very few → only a very few 69．where → there

60．into→ in     70．out sea → out to sea

61．though→去掉     71．bodies the → bodies into the

62．exposed the air → exposed to the air 72．the of → he cities of

63．disintegrate the → disintegrate in the 73 remarkably→ remarkable

64．chemicals change → chemicals that change 74．as for the→ as the

65．they become → they have become 75．leave → leaving
PartⅥ Writing
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2014年中国人民大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题
Part Ⅱ Structure and Written Expression
Directions: For each question decide which of the four choices given will must suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET．
21．“What courses are you going to do next semester?”
“I don't know. But it's about time______on something”

A．I'd decide B．Idecided C．I decide D．I'mdeciding
22．______ a ticket for the match, he can now only watch it on TV at home．
A．Obtaining not B．Not obtaining C．Not having obtained D．Not obtained
23．How can I ever concentrate if you______continually______me with silly questions?
A．have, interupted B．had, interrupted C．are, interrupting D．were, interrupted
24．As it turned out to be a small house party, we______so formally．
A．need not have dressed up B．must not have dressed up

C．id not need to dress up D．must not dress up


25．______
is often the case with a new idea, much preliminary activity and optimistic discussion produced no concrete proposals．

A．That B．It C．This D．As

26．It is not so much the language______the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand．

A．but B．nor C．as D．like

27． ______human problems that repeat themselves in______life repeat themselves in______literature．


A．/ , / , the B．/ , the,/ C．The,/,/ D．The, the, the
28．He is not under arrest, ______any restriction on him．
A．or the police have placed B．or have the police placed

C．nor the police have placed D．nor have the police placed


29．He was______to tell the truth even to his closest friend．
A．too much of a coward B．too much the coward

C．a coward enough D．enough of a coward


30．I couldn't sleep because the tap in the bathroom was______．
A．draining B．dropping C．spilling D．dripping
31．We have been hearing______accounts of your work．
A．favored B．favorable C．favorite D．favoring
32．Please put your empty cigarette packets and paper bags in the______bins provided．
A．junk B．litter C．scrap D．deposit
33． At first, the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was______revised．

A．subsequently B．successively C．predominantly D．preliminarily
34．Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite______．
A．invaluable B．priceless C．predominantly D．preliminarily

35．The local authorities realized the need to make______for elderly people in their housing programs．

A．preparation B．requirement C．specification D．provision
36．Most people can't get______the day without at least one cup of tea or coffee．
A．on B．through C．over D．by
37．As the director can't come to the reception, I'm representing the company______．
A．on his account B．on his behalf C．for his part D．in his interest

38．The award ceremony will be the______of the inaugural Singapore International Water Week that is held from 23 to 27 June 2008．

A．twilight B．insight C．highlight D．highland

39． There is a conspicuous lack of public debate about how this insular country should______the reality that more immigrants are coming and that those already here are changing Japan．

A．abide by B．account for C．acton D．adjust to

40．Nobody knows what triggered the event, which______a million cubic meters of water per second, obliterating the barrier between Britain and France．


A．released B．relieved C．restored D．retained Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Ⅰ． Directions: Each of the following three passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and carefully and choose the best answere to each question. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET.(10%)
Passage One
The 19th-Century British Aristocracy

The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in the development of mining, canals, and railways. It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion. most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board. It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States; the besk-known example was the marriage of the Duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt. By these means, many of the great aristocratic estates were preserved despite agricultural decline. But they were playthings as well as engines of wealth, and came to be treated as such. The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chiefly through their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure: racing, hunting, shooting, and fishing in the country, gambling and attending the season in London. In a population for which leisure was becoming increasingly important, this did not make the aristocracy unpopular.41. In the second sentence of this passage, “had a lord on the managerial board” means that
A．the banks and insurance companies would hire a lord on the board to give advice to their management．