地大北京考博2011英语题.doc

CHINAUNIVERSITYOFGEOSCIENCES

PhDEntranceExaminationinEnglish

16April2011

LISTENTOTHIS!

Goodmorning!YouareabouttotaketheEnglishtestfor
peoplewhowishtoenteroneofthedoctoralprograms
atthisuniversity.

Thetestmayberatherdifferentfromanyexamyou’ve
takeninthepast.Thefirstpartisatimedlisteningexercise.
Theotherthreesectionstestyourknowledgeofgrammar,
elementarywritingskillsandbasicvocabulary,plusyour
readingability.

Youcanhaveasmuchtimeasyoulikeforthelastthree
partsofthetest--withinreason,ofcourse.

Thetesthasfoursections.Theanswersforparts1,2and3(in
otherwords,everypartexcept4)shouldbemarkedonyouranswer
sheet.Theanswersforpart4shouldbewrittendirectlyonthe
pagesforthatpartoftheexam.

MakesureyouREADANDFOLLOWTHEDIRECTIONS
foreachpartofthetest!

Theuseofdictionaries(printedorelectronic)is
ABSOLUTELYFORBIDDEN.

Theresultsofthisexamwillenableustocompareyour
preparationinEnglishwiththatoftheothercandidates.The
“passing”gradeisrelative;inotherwords,itwilldependonthe
scoresforthewholebodyoftest-takers.Justrelaxanddoas
wellasyoucan.

Weshallnowbegin.Turnthepagetopart1.Goodluck!

PART2Eachquestioninthispartconsistsofoneormoresentencesinwhichfourwordsorphrasesareunderlined.ThefourunderlinedpartsaremarkedA,B,CorD.DecidewhichoneofthefourpartsisnotgoodEnglish.Thenwritetheletterfoundunderthatpartintheproperspaceonyouranswersheet.

IfthefourunderlinedpartsareallgoodEnglishandthereisnoerrorinthesentence,thenwriteEinthespaceonyouranswersheet.REMEMBER!YoualwayshaveFIVEpossiblechoices:A,B,C,DorE(=noerror).

1 Althoughtherehasbeenagreatdealofconstructionattheuniversityinthelastfewyears,
A B
butthecampusstillfeelsfairlyopenanduncluttered.
C D

2 I’msureyou’llagreethatwhenapersonisasambitiousasLiFei,noonecanstophim
A B C
toachievehiscareerobjectives.
D

3 TheChinagovernmenthasannounceditsintentiontodoublethecountry’sinvestment
AB
inresearchonsolarpoweroverthenextthreeyears.
CD

4 Asyou