2008 Shanxi University
General English Admission Test for Non-English Major PH.D. Program
PARTI VOCABULARY(10 points)
Directions: There are 20 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence .Then put the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. Retail sales volume in local urban都市的and rural乡下的areas rose 57.8 percent and 46.8 percent, D over February 1995.
A. individually分别地 B. accordingly因此，相应地
C. correspondingly相对地，比照地 D. respectively各自地，各个地 2. The attic阁楼was full of D a bronze buffalo水牛, a glass colt小雄马, and a lifelike peacock孔雀.
A. deception骗局 B. deletion删除 C. digestion消化 D. decoration装饰 3. Few companies can afford to hire the most A people. A. eminent杰出的 B. emergent紧急的 C. emphatic着重的 D. envious嫉妒的
4. The fact that the earth‘s surface heats C provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions.
A. irregularly不规则地 B. infrequently嫉妒的
C. unevenly不规则地，不均匀地 D. unsteadily不稳定地 5. It is rare for so D an old man to get angry. 我觉得选B
A. warlike好战的 B. temperate有节制的；（气候）温和的；适度的 C. vocational职业的 D. vulgar庸俗的
6. They need a couple of D young fellows to move the piano. B A. spacious宽敞的 B. stout强壮的 C. sullen 愠怒的 D. strenuous费力的
7. He was arrested because the police had found a large sum of B money in his suitcase. A. illiterate文盲的 B. forged 文盲的 伪造；假冒 C. hypothetical假设的 D. lethal致命的
8. These guitar players enjoyed success on a scale D by any precious group. A. unintentional 无意的 B. unnecessary不必要的
C. unworthy不值得的 D. unparalleled 无比的，空前的
9. A period of five days C before local fight escalated（战争）逐步升级into a full-scale war.
A. engraved（使）铭记，雕刻 B. exterminated消灭；根除 C. elapsed消逝；时间过去 D. endorsed签署，批准
10. There is no evidence whatsoever无论什么of popular A with our donation捐赠 A. discontent不满 B. discourse论述，交谈 C. disillusion觉醒，幻灭 D. distribution分配，分布
11. This experienced author was able to the lifetime‘s work of Jefferson into one volume.
A. suppress镇压，压制 B. express表达；快递 C. compress压紧；压缩；精简 D. depress压低；使沮丧
12. It took this disabled boy a long time to D the fact that he was not qualified for（使）有…资格admission准许进入；承认to college.
A. come up with比得上；想出；准备好（钱等） B. come down with付钱，染上（病）
C. come up to达到；将近；来到近旁；比得上 D. come to terms with与…达成协议；忍受，对待
13. Some teenagers are so crazy about video games as to play them many hours if possible D . A. on purpose 故意地 B. on hand在手边，在附近，在场 C. on credit赊账 D. on end连续地；直立着
14. One of the main purposes of using slang俚语；黑话is to consolidate加强one‘s D with a group.
A. identification鉴定，识别 B. specification规格；详述 C. notification 通知 D. unification统一，联合
15. The chairman said that he was prepared to B the younger people in the decision making.
A. put up with忍受，将就 B. make way for让路给，为…开路 C. shed light on为…提供线索，阐明… D. take charge of掌管
16. The so-called ―brain drain 智囊流失‖ refers to the fact people carrying heavy responsibilities become disillusioned大失所望的 and end up by D . A. immigrating 移入 B. migrating迁移
C. integrating使一体化 D. emigrating 移居国外
17. As fulfillment完成，实现 seldom B to anticipation期待，希望, there is no need to feel upset.
A. amounts等于，接近 B. corresponds符合，一致 C. adds增加 D. contributes贡献出；捐赠
18. When I was at school I thought that what my teachers told me was the C truth. A. glamouring迷惑；迷住 B. eccentric 古怪的 C. gospel传播福音的 D. cryptic(al) 神秘的 （the gospel truth福音书中的真理）
19. There are vast tracts大片土地 of land, A or never cultivated 耕作. A. abandoned被遗弃的 B. scattered 分散的；零散的 C. rejected拒绝 D. vanished消失；突然不见 20. The boy‘s back was B with sweat. A. glittering辉煌的；闪闪发光的 B. glistening（湿物）闪耀的，反光的 C. glimmering微光，隐约的一瞥 D. gleaming闪闪发光的
PART II READING COMPREHENSION (40 points)
DIRECTIONS: In this part there are 5 passages followed by questions or unfinished Statements, each with 4 suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one You think is the correct answer and put your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.
Passage One
Some economists have suggested that the U.S. distribution of income is somehow naturally
more unequal than of other countries. After all, the U.S. is geographically and racially more diverse than Europe. Nevertheless, it is noted that even the highest income regions of the U,S, have significantly higher rates of poverty than all but the poorest nations of Europe. Romania or Bulgaria might have similar percentages of poverty but theirs is hardly a standard for the world‘s richest nation to aspire to.
Even if blacks, the racial group with the highest poverty level, are eliminated from the calculations, the U.S. still has twice the European rate of poverty. And American poor work just as much as the poor of European nations, if not more .More single mothers in the U.S. for example, have jobs than in Great Britain (although family and employment).
If the exodus from the bottom of the middle class can be traced to a lack of government support for the working poor, that still leaves departures at the top to be explained. Although income from two careers is pushing an increasing number of households over the threshold to the upper class, higher salaries earned by men account for the bulk of upward mobility. In addition, many are moving up simply because the salary of the top 10 percent of wage earners is now at least 3.8times that of the bottom 20 percent, as compared with 2.6 only 25 years ago.
Will the middle class eventually become a minority in the U.S.? Current numbers suggest there is no danger of that before the turn of the century at least. Nevertheless, the trend seems ominous. As long as the work force is increasingly segregated into professionalized, high-paying jobs and less skilled, low-paying ones, the middle will be threatened.
1. The highest-income regions of the U.S. have higher rates of poverty than .
A. all European nations B. Romania and Bulgaria
C. the poorest nations of Europe D. all except the poorest Europe nations
2. The U,S, distribution of income is more unequal than that of European countries because . A. the U.S. has twice the European rate of poverty B. the U.S. is one of the world‘s richest nations
C. Europe is geographically and racially less diverse than the U.S.
D. the American poor people work as much as the poor people of European nations.
3. By saying ―the salary of the top 10 percent of wage earners is now at least 3.8 times that of the bottom 20 percent, as compared with 2.6 only 25 years ago‖, the author means . A. the gulf between earners and bottom earners has considerably widened in 25 years. B. the number of the top 10precent of wage earners has increased. C. the number of the bottom 20 percent of wage earners has decreased. D. more people are neither rich nor poor.
4. Frp, the passage, it can be concluded that . A. the middle class will eventually become a minority in the U.S.
B. most of the middle class people will move into the upper class before the end of this century. C. the proportion of the middle class population will decrease if the gap between the working rich and the working poor further widems.
D. professionalized, high- paying jobs will comprise the bulk of work force in the U.S.
Passage Two
This is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldn‘t think so if you could hear what the average man thinks of the average women. Women won their independence years ago. After a long, bitter struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field. The hard-fought battle for recognition has been won, but it is by no means over. It is men, not women who still carry on the sex war because their attitude remains basically hostile. Even in the most progressive societies, women continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, you‘d think that women belonged to a different species!
On the surface, the comments made by these men about women‘s abilities seem light-hearted. The same tired jokes about women drivers are repeated day in, day out. This apparent light-heartedness does not conceal the real contempt that many men feel for women. However much men sneer at women. Their claims to superiority are not born out by statistics. Let‘s consider the matter of driving, for instance. We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men. They are too conscientious and responsible to drive like maniacs. But this is minor quibble. Women have succeeded in any job you care to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, factory-hands, university professors, farmers, managers, company directors , lawyers,