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华东师范大学博士学位研究生入学考试英语真题2014年
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[简答题]Somepeoplefeelthatinordertoimprovethequalityofoureducation,weshouldencouragestudentstoevaluateandcriticizetheirteachers.Othersfeelitwillcausethelossofrespectanddisciplineintheclassroom.WhatisyouropinionUsespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouropinion.
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[单项选择]________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.
A. In case of
B. In spite of
C. Because of
D. But for
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[单项选择]In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom.
A. skeptical
B. faithful
C. obedient
D. subsidiary
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[单项选择]Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ________.
A. in between
B. among them
C. far apart
D. from each other
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[单项选择]The travelers ________ their journey after a short break.
A. recovered
B. resumed
C. renewed
D. restored
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[多项选择]1995年,第四次世界妇女大会在北京召开,这使得中国妇女的状况备受世界关注。1949年新中国的成立标志了中国妇女开始在各方面均享有和男子平等的权利。今天的中国妇女已做到了同工同酬,她们不再像以前一样要依靠她们的丈夫。她们可以做过去只是男子做的工作,不少人甚至成为领导干部。虽然中国妇女在平等方面取得了巨大的进步,但还未完全实现平等就业机会。例如,在工作中她们往往最后被雇佣,而当就业形势下滑时,她们又常常是第一个下岗。显然,在争取平等的努力中,她们还有很长的路要走
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[单项选择]After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A. deteriorated
B. dispersed
C. dissipated
D. drained
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[单项选择]The ratio of the work done by the machine ________ the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine.
A. against
B. with
C. to
D. for
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[单项选择]The old building is in a good state of ________ except for the wooden floors.
A. observation
B. preservation
C. conservation
D. compensation
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[单项选择]No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal.
A. respective
B. respectable
C. respectful
D. realistic
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[单项选择](3)
Whatmostpeopledon’trealizeisthatwealthisn’tthesameasincome.Ifyoumake$1millionayearandspend$1million,you’renotgettingwealthier,you’rejustlivinghigh.Wealthiswhatyouaccumulate,notwhatyouspend.
Themostsuccessfulaccumulatorsofwealthspendfarlessthantheycanaffordonhouses,cars,vacationsandentertainment.WhyBecausethesethingsofferlittleornoreturn.Thewealthywouldratherputtheirmoneyintoinvestmentsortheirbusinesses.It’sanattitude.
Millionairesunderstandthatwhenyoubuyaluxuryhouse,youbuyaluxurylifestyletoo.Yourpropertytaxesskyrocket,alongwiththecostofutilitiesandinsurance,andthepricesofnearbyservices,suchasgrocerystores,tendtobehigher.
Therichman’sattitudecanalsobeseeninhiscar.Manydriveoldunpretentioussedans.SamWalton,billionairefounderoftheWal-MartStore,Inc.,droveapickuptruck.
Mostmillionairesmeasuresuccessbynetworth,notincome.Insteadoftakingtheirmoneyhome,theyplowasmuchastheycanintotheirbusinesses,stockportfoliosandotherassets.WhyBecausethegovernmentdoesn’ttax
A. Wealth is judged according to the life style one has.
B. Inheritance builds an important part in one’s wealth.
C. High income may make one live high and get rich t the same time.
D. Wealth is more of what one has made than anything else.
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[单项选择]Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A. harnessed
B. hatched
C. motivated
D. geared
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[单项选择]____in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for the wedding gown.
A. Unpopular has as white been
B. White has been as unpopular
C. Unpopular has been as white
D. Unpopular as white has been
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[单项选择]Gasoline is ________ by the spark plugs in the engine.
A. ignited
B. inspired
C. excited
D. illuminated
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[单项选择]The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.
A. spot
B. locate
C. place
D. situate
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[单项选择]Televisions enable us to see things happen almost at the exact moment____.
A. which they are happening
B. they are happening
C. which they happen
D. they have happened
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[单项选择]Whydoesacompanywantto31itsmoneywithotherpeopleThereareseveralreasons.First,thecompanymay32verywell.Itmayneedmoneyto33.Bysellingsharesof34,thecompanycangetthemoneyitneeds.Sometimes,itis35forthecompanytogopublicfortaxreasons.Becauseofthetax36,thecompanymaysavemoneyontaxesbysellingsharesonthestockexchange.Sometimes,acompanymayowealotofmoney37banks.Bysellingsharesofstock,itmaybeabletopaythebanks.Manycompaniessellstockforthisreason.However,thereasonswhycompaniesselltheirstocksonthestockexchangeareoften38.Ingeneral,allcompanies39sellsharesofstockonthestockexchangeneedto40moneyforonereasonoranother.
Investors41buysharesofstockinacompanymaymakemoneyintwoways.Theymaybegintomakemoney42.Supposethatapersoninvestsinacompany,andthecompanymakesmoney.Thecompanysharesthismoneywiththe43.Thismoneythatissharediscalleda44.Dividendsareusuallysenttoinvestorsonceeverythreemonthswhilethey45thestock.Asecondwaythatinvestorsmay46istosellthestockatahigherpricethanthey47whentheyboughtit.The48ofeachshareofsto
A. distract
B. permeate
C. share
D. recede
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[单项选择]____for a long time, the fields are all dried up.
A. There has been no rain
B. Having no rain
C. There having been no rain
D. There being no rain
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[单项选择]I ________ to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.
A. ought to have written
B. must have written
C. couldn’t have written
D. needn’t have written
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[单项选择]Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ________.
A. precious
B. rewarding
C. worth
D. challenging
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[单项选择](1)
OurculturehascausedmostAmericanstoassumenotonlythatourlanguageisuniversalbutthatthegesturesweuseareunderstoodbyeveryone.Wedonotrealizethatwavinggood-byeisthewaytosummonapersonfromthePhilippinestoone’sside,orthatinItalyandsomeLatin-Americancountries,curlingthefingertooneselfisasignoffarewell.
ThoseprivatecitizenswhosentpackagestoourtroopsoccupyingGermanyafterWorldWarIIandmarkedthemGIFTtoescapedutypaymentsdidnotbothertofindoutthat“Gift”meanspoisoninGerman.Moreover,weliketothinkofourselvesasfriendly,yetweprefertobeatleast3feetoranarm’slengthawayfromothers.LatinosandMiddleEasternersliketocomecloserandtouch,whichmakesAmericansuncomfortable.
Ourlinguisticandculturalblindnessandthecasualnesswithwhichwetakenoticeofthedevelopedtastes,gestures,customsandlanguagesofothercountries,arelosingusfriends,businessandrespectintheworld.
EvenhereintheUnitedStates,wemakefewconcessionstotheneedsofforeignvisitors.Therearenoinformationsignsinfourlanguagesonourpublicbuildingsormo
A. stand still
B. jump aside
C. step forward
D. draw back
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[单项选择]The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A. provoked
B. irritated
C. inspired
D. hoisted
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[单项选择]Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________ which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.
A. in
B. of
C. with
D. at
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[单项选择]You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________ undrinkable by now.
A. became
B. had become
C. has become
D. becomes
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[单项选择]We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.
A. justifications
B. illusions
C. manifestations
D. specifications
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[单项选择](4)
Seekingacompetitiveadvantage,someprofessionalservicefirms(forexample,firmsprovidingadvertising,accounting,orhealthcareservices)haveconsideredofferingunconditionalguaranteesofsatisfaction.Suchguaranteesspecifywhatclientscanexpectandwhatthefirmwilldoifitfailstofulfilltheseexpectations.Particularlywithfirst-timeclients,anunconditionalguaranteecanbeaneffectivemarketingtooliftheclientisverycautious,thefirm’sfeesarehigh,thenegativeconsequencesofbadservicearegrave,orbusinessisdifficulttoobtainthroughreferralsandword-of-mouth.
However,anunconditionalguaranteecansometimeshindermarketingefforts.Withitsimplicationthatfailureispossible,theguaranteemay,paradoxically,causeclientstodoubttheservicefirm’sabilitytodeliverthepromisedlevelofservice.Itmayconflictwithafirm’sdesiretoappearsophisticated,ormayevensuggestthatitisbeggingforbusiness.Inlegalandhealthcareservices,itmaymisleadclientsbysuggestingthatlawsuitsormedicalprocedureswillhaveguaranteedoutcomes.Indeed,professionalservicefirm
A. account for the popularity of a practice
B. evaluate the usefulness of a practice
C. demonstrate how to institute a practice
D. explain the reasons for pursuing a strategy
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[简答题]Faithandsciencehaveatleastonethingincommon:botharelifelongsearchesfortruth.Butwhilefaithisanunshakablebeliefintheunseen,scienceisthestudyoftestable,observablephenomena.Thetwocoexist,andmayattimescomplementeachother.Butneithershouldbeaskedtovalidateorinvalidatetheother.ScientistshavenomorebusinessquestioningtheexistenceofGodthanthetheologianshadtellingGalileotheEarthwasatthecenteroftheuniverse.
Scienceisinaperpetualstateofbecoming.Yesterday’sobservationsgiverisetotoday’stheories,whichwillbetestedthroughpainstakingresearch.Justasanygoodscientistmustbereadytoabandonabadidea,heorshemustcontinuetosupporttheresultsofunbiasedevidenceandexperimentation.
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[单项选择]____ me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen with his feet.
A. That amazed
B. It amazed
C. Which amazed
D. What amazed
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[单项选择](2)
YourfriendsmightbeinAustraliaormaybejustdowntheroad,buttheyarealljustafewclicksaway.Lifehaschangedformillionsofteenagersacrosstheworldwhonowmakefriendsonline.Whetheryouusechatrooms,QQ,MSNorICQ,youarepartofavirtualcommunity.
“Irarelytalkwithmyparentsorgrandparents,butItalkalotwithmyoldfriendsonQQ,”saidFox’sShadow,theonlinenicknameusedbyaSenior2girlinChina.“EightypercentofmyclassmatesuseQQafterschool.”
QQisthebiggestmessagingserviceinChina.Arecordshows4millionpeopleuseditoneSaturdaynightinOctober,accordingtoTencent,thecompanywhichdevelopedQQ.
AndFox’sShadowmightwellhavebeenoneofthem.“IloginonFridaynights,andSaturdaysorSundayswhenIfeelbored.Iusuallyspendabout10hourschattingonlineeveryweek,”shesaid.“ButIrarelytalkwithstrangers,especiallyboysormen.”
Eventhoughshelikeschatting,sheiscarefulaboutmakingfriendswithstrangersonline.“Youdon’tknowwhoyou’retalkingto.Youshouldalwaysbecarefulaboutwhoyoutrustonline.”
Manypeoplewouldliketomeetofflinewhentheyf
A. teenagers making friends online
B. the advantages of the Internet
C. the functions of chat rooms, QQ, MSN, or ICQ
D. the internet changing your life
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[单项选择]The city has decided to ________ smoking.
A. do away with
B. take away
C. get away with
D. put away
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[单项选择]Joseph’s car has a flat tire. now is to walk to the nearest telephone.
A. That he can do
B. All what he can do
C. All that he can do
D. He can do something
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[单项选择]No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ________ is this more true than in Europe.
A. hardly
B. little
C. seldom
D. nowhere
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[单项选择]You can’t be ________ careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.
A. very
B. quite
C. too
D. so
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[单项选择]For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A. depressed
B. immersed
C. oppressed
D. cursed
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[单项选择](5)
Recentstudiesonthemale-femalewagegappredictthateventhoughentry-levelsalariesformalesandfemalesinthesameoccupationarenearlyequalbecausewomen’smarketskillshaveimprovedvastly,thechancesoftheoverallgapclosingintheforeseeablefutureareminimal.Thisisduetoseveralfactorsthatarelikelytochangeveryslowly,ifatall.Animportantreasonisthatwomenareconcentratedinoccupation—serviceandclerical—thatpaylessthantraditionalmalejobs.Itispossiblethatmorewomenthanmenintheirtwentiesarehesitanttocommitthemselvestoayear-roundlifetimecareerorjobformanyreasons.Thereislingeringattitudeonboththepartofwomenandtheiremployersthatwomenarenotcutoutforcertainjobs.Notonlydoesthisattitudechannelwomenintolower-payingwork,butitalsoservestokeepthemfromtopmanagementpositions.
Anothersignificantfactorinthewideningwagegapbetweenmenandwomenafterenteringtheworkforce,evenincomparablejobs,isthatwomenoftendropoutatcriticalpointsintheircareerstohaveafamily.Womenstillhavetheprimaryresponsibilityforchildrearing;eveniftheyc
A. there is much hope of narrowing the male-female wage gap in the near future
B. workingwomenwillhavemanyopportunitiestoholdhigh-payingjobsinthenearfuture
C. women’spaywillstillstayatalevelbelowthatofmeninthenearfuture
D. salaries for males and females in the same occupation will be equal in the near future
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[单项选择]Codes are a way of writing something in secret; ________, anyone who doesn’t know the code will not be able to read it.
A. that is
B. worse still
C. in short
D. on the other hand
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[单项选择]Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ________ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.
A. one
B. the one
C. that
D. such
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[单项选择]Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.
A. translation
B. transition
C. transmission
D. transaction
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[单项选择]Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage they can do.
A. cumulative
B. destructive
C. turbulent
D. prevalent