1、 专业 权威 轻松 快乐 北大考博英语历年真题 1/24北京大学北京大学 2013 年博士研究生入学考试英语试题年博士研究生入学考试英语试题 Part One:Listening Comprehension Section A(10%)Directions:In this section you will hear 3 passages.Each passage will be read only ONCE.At the end of each passage,there will be a pause.Listen carefully to the passages and then ans
2、wer the questions that follow.Mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.Passage One Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.1.Which of the following statements is true about heart disease?A.It kills 2.6 million people all over the world each year.B.It is a major disease in Western c
3、ountries.C.It is caused by the blood supply that nourishes the heart muscle.D.It can cause the blood vessels to become blocked.2.What can we learn from the study in England and Scotland?A.There are more meat and fish eaters than vegetarians in the study.B.32%of the people in the study are vegetarian
4、s.C.People who have normal blood pressure and a healthy weight-are eligible for the study.D.No vegetarians died from heart disease in the study.3.What did Tracy Parker from the British Heart Foundation suggest?A.Eating more vegetables would result in a healthy heart.B.Vegetarians should eat foods hi
5、gh in saturated fat and salt,too.C.We should try to avoid meat in our diet.D.Vegetarians had better eat meat to compensate for any lost vitamins and minerals.Passage Two Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard.4.Which of the following statements in NOT true about the Chinese ve
6、rsion of James Joyces novel Finnegans Wake?A.It took the translator 8 years to translate.B.It was so popular among readers that a second edition was being printed.C.The first run of 8,000 copies sold out in less than a month.D.It was one of the bestsellers in Shanghai last week.5.What did the transl
7、ator Ms.Dai say about her work?A.Her work was not faithful to the original intent of the novel.B.She had tried to make her work as complex as the original.C.She had tried to make her work easy to understand.D.She was not surprised that her work had become a hit in the country.6.How did some critics
8、explain the“Finnegans Wake”phenomenon in China?A.Its because the stream of consciousness style was warmly received by Chinese readers.B.Its because the demand for translation of foreign-language novels exploded.C.Its because the translation of the highbrow novel tickled some Chinese readers vanity.专
9、业 权威 轻松 快乐 北大考博英语历年真题 2/24 D.Its because Chinese readers were interested in the novelist who was mentally ill.Passage Three Questions 7 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.7.Talking about the worlds most prolific killers,which of the following is NOT mentioned by the speaker?A.Sharks
10、B.Lions C.Cats D.Rodents 8.How many birds do domestic cats kill each year?A.Between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion B.20 billion C.33 bird species D.14%of all bird species 9.Why have researchers called on authorities to deal with cats?A.Because the population of cats is increasing.B.Because cats are fin
11、ely tuned killers under the guise of cute,cuddly friends.C.Because cats have caused species extinctions and affect the integrity of our ecosystems.D.Because cats dont play integral roles in our ecosystems.10.Which of the following statements is true about free-ranging domestic cats?A.They have the s
12、ame hunting strategies as lions and tigers do.B.They are allowed to leave home and go anywhere they want.C.Their owners usually watch over them.D.Their owners are pleased when they take dead animals home.Section B(10%)Directions:In this section you will hear a talk about American literature.While li
13、stening,focus on the major points and do not forget to take notes.After that,complete the following outline by filling in the blanks numbered from B1 to B20 with key words.The talk will be read TWICE.There will be a One Minute pause between the first and the second reading.Then you will have another
14、 One Minute to check your work after the second reading.Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET(2).-OUTLINE Movement Title Time Period Origins Core Beliefs and Important Figures Transcendentalism B1 s 1860s New B2 ,the north eastern part of the US The writers showed a difference from British writers,Brit
15、ish cultural tradition and B3 .Individuals did not need B4 B5 .Individuals were encouraged to be B6 on themselves.Ralph Waldo Emerson:published Nature in B7 .Romanticism 1830s 1870s British and B8 It is centered on strong B9 and imagination rather than B10 thought.American works also focus on the B1
16、1 and on human B12 .Edgar Allen Poe:best known for tales filled with B13 .We might now call his work B14 stories.专业 权威 轻松 快乐 北大考博英语历年真题 3/24 B15 1870s 1920s France The writers focused on events that were usual and typical rather than B16 or B17.Many writers wrote about real conditions of real people
17、 to educate the B18 B19.Mark Twain:wrote about everyday life in the B20 states of the US.Part Two:Structure and Written Expression(15%)Directions:For each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked.Mark your choices on the
18、 ANSWER SHEET.11.Prince Charles,the longest-waiting to the throne in British history,has spoken of his“impatience”to get things done.A.heir B.heirship C.heritage D.heiress 12.Love was in the air in a Tokyo park as normally staid Japanese husbands gathered to scream out their feelings for their wives
19、,promising and extra tight hugs.A.attitude B.multitude C.gratitude D.latitude 13.The number of stay-at-home fathers reached a record high last year,new figures show,as families saw a in female breadwinners.A.raise B.rise C.arise D.increase 14.The market for dust masks and air purifiers is in Beijing
20、 because the capital has been shrouded for several days in thick fog and haze.A.booming B.looming C.dooming D.zooming 15.Traditional fairytales are being ditched by parents because they are too for their young children,a study found.A.scarce B.scary C.scared D.scarred 16.It has been revealed that ne
21、arly one in five degree courses has been since the tripling of tuition fees to 9,000 a year.A.scratched B.scraped C.scrabbled D.scrapped 17.Microsoft founder Bill Gates has about being a parent,stating that 13 is an appropriate age for a childs first cell phone.A.opened up B.taken up C.put up D.held
22、 up 18.Sales of mushrooms have hit an all-time high as Britons increasingly turn to the cheap and foodstuff for their cooking.A.versatile B.multiple C.manifold D.diverse 19.“Gangnam Style”,the popular song form South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever.
23、A.sanely B.insanely C.rationally D.insatiably 20.The British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking once said in an interview that heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.A.imposing B.lofty C.prominent D.eminent 21.Some might consider it an ugly truth that attractive people are often mo
24、re successful than 专业 权威 轻松 快乐 北大考博英语历年真题 4/24those_ blessed with looks.A.less B.more C.most D.least 22.they think it will come to an end through the hands of God,or a natural disaster or a political event,whatever the reason,nearly 15 percent of people worldwide think the end of the world is coming
25、,according to a new poll.A.Either B.Whether C.Neither D.If 23.The European Parliament has banned the terms“Miss”and“Mrs.”they offend female members.A.as long as B.the moment C.so that D.in case 24.Packed like sardines into sweaty,claustrophobic subway carriages,passengers can barely breathe,move abo
26、ut freely.A.as well as B.disregard for C.let alone D.not mentioning 25.Japan is one of only three countries that now hunt whales and the government says it is an important cultural tradition.A.that B.which C.whose D.where Part Three:Cloze Test 15%)Directions:Read the following passage carefully and
27、decide the best choice for each numbered blank.Mark your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.Ironically,the intellectual tools currently being used by the political right to such harmful effect originated on the academic left.In the 1960s and 1970s a philosophical movement called postmodernism developed amon
28、g humanities professors(26)being deposed by science,which they regard as right-learning.Postmodernism(27)ideas from cultural anthropology and relativity theory to argue that truth is(28)and subject to the assumptions and prejudices of the observer.Science is just one of many ways of knowing,the argu
29、ed,neither more nor less(29)than others,like those of Aborigines,Native Americans or women.(30),they defined science as the way of knowing among Western white men and a tool of cultural(31).This argument(32)with many feminists and civil-rights activists and became widely adopted,leaking to the“polit
30、ical correctness”justifiably(33)by Rush Limbaugh and the“mental masturbation”lampooned by Woody Allen.Acceptance of this relativistic worldview(34)democracy and leads not to tolerance but to authoritarianism.John Locke,one of Jeffersons”trinity of three greatest men,”showed(35)almost three centuries
31、 ago.Locke watched the arguing factions of Protestantism,each claiming to be the one true religion,and asked:How do we know something to be true?What is the basis of knowledge?In 1689,he(36)what knowledge is and how it is grounded in observations of the physical world in An Essay Concerning Human Un
32、derstanding.Any claim that fails this test is“but faithful,or opinion,but not knowledge.”It was this ideathat the world is knowable and that objective,empirical knowledge is the most(37)basis for public policythat stood as Jeffersons foundational argument for democracy.By falsely(38)knowledge with o
33、pinion,postmodernists and ant science conservatives alike collapse our thinking back to a pre-Enlightenment ear,leaving no common basis for public policy.Public discourse is(39)to endless warring opinions,none seen as more valid than another.Policy is determined by the loudest voices,reducing us to a world in which might(40)rightthe classic definition of authoritarianism.专业 权威 轻松 快乐 北大考博英语历年真题 5/2
