中共中央党校2013年博士入学考试试题及答案解析

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2013年中央党校博士研究生入学考试英语试题

Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Direction: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

1. Reaching a deal on tax reform would be a huge undertaking, with potential political pitfalls that could doom it.

A. trite B. rife C. reveling D. trifling

2. Much as officials still say that China cannot carry the burden of international governance, they are the idea that it should sign up as a stakeholder in a set of rules made in Washington. A. dismissive of B. disincentive to C. disturbing D. dissipating

3. David Cameron put Britain’s future , in an audacious gamble that united his Conservative Party but which could have profound implications for the party and the country.

A. in line B. in the line C. on line D. on the line

4. The Malaysian government announced in a written statement last week that the policy to restructure society in 1970 would come to an end by the end of the year. A. to formulate B. to be formulated C. as formulated D. so as to formulate

5. Development programs initiated in the tribal-dominated areas often adversely affected the tribal way of life and economy, which was frequently followed by the on traditional tribal areas or land by non-tribals.

A. encroachment B. expansion C. enormity D. elevation

6. Nye argues that the interests of the international community are not illusory, that they are of our national interests, which can not be achieved without help from other nations.

A. particle B. part and parcel C. particles D. parts and parcels

7. Ethnicity should not be the sole criteria in the restructuring process because it has the power to lull consciousness of the implementers and make them those who are from different groups.

A. dominant … bear the sight of B. disproportionate … set their sights on C. uncanny … lose sight of D. inherent … catch sight of

8. Americans have a profound longing for heroes—now perhaps more than ever. On some level, we still the myth of the man in the white hat. A. succeed to B. subscribe to C. succeed against D. subside into

9. A landscape architect must be familiar with mathematics, science, engineering, art and technology. He must also be at dealing with politicians, public interest groups and government agencies.

A. enthusiastic B. reluctant

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C. adapt D. adept

10. The nutrition of a common-wealth the plenty, and distribution of materials conducing to life.

A. consists of B. consists in C. is consistent with D. is composed of

11. She is a living proof that a TV celebrity with the highest aspirations can survive in a medium that too often seem to be racing . A. out of bottom B. at the bottom C. to the bottom D. on the bottom

12. Ms. Turkle can sound primly , complaining that the sight at a local café of people focusing on their computers as they drink their coffee bothers her.

A. sanctimony B. sanctity C. sanctimonious D. sanctuary

13. We are in the midst of a great investigation of those environmental questions. We do the Earth and ourselves the greatest in imaging that addressing them lies outside our lives and choices.

A. gratitude B. benefits C. disservice D. favor

14. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him won’t be able to throw away his life. He knows the “ “ for his existence, and will be able to bear any “ “. A. how … why B. why … how C. when … what D. where … how

15. Hope helps. It keeps us going in bleak times and amid news. But hope has more credibility when we can point to the reason for it.

A. disheartened B. disheartening C. enlightening D. enlightened

16. Their solution was to enroll their children in private schools, which, because they received no tax money, were free to operate without being subject to racial .

A. discrimination B. segregation C. controversy D. apportionment

17. If no acquisition was organized as rightful even in a provisional way entering the civil condition, the civil condition itself would be impossible.

A. anterior before B. posterior to C. prior before D. prior to

18. He was the king of farce and the most influential neoclassical playwright. His characters were used to real people, and he was interested in showing the reality of human weakness as much as possible.

A. depict B. ridicule C. amuse D. imitate

19. Examine the data over time, and you’ll find irrefutable evidence of progress: the decline of war, the increase in life span; of literacy, democracy, and equal rights, of privilege based on race, gender, heredity and beliefs.

A. the spread … the waning B. the spreading … the wane

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C. the spreads … the wanes D. the spreading … the waning

20. The audience cheered as Number three had rowed himself out and was slumped over his oar at the .

A. dead line B. finished line C. finishing line D. finish line

Ⅱ Cloze (10 points)

Directions: For each of the blanks, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best fits the blank and mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter on the Machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Broadly speaking, I 21 the experience of would-be public intellectuals into two forms. In the period of the 1960s and 1970s, those working for social justice 22 intellectual work against the background of a “world under construction”—thought and action remained allied and the link to policy remained 23 for intellectuals to move beyond mere word games. In the 1980s and early 1990s, those intellectuals working for social justice in education faced a “world under deconstruction”—many of 24 projects were dismantled or came under sustained attack. In this later period, detached from action and divorced from policy, the public intellectual was force into an increasingly abstract position of arguing though words for policies and activities that 25 discourses of disavowal, displacement and derision. This is a harsh terrain to occupy and yet there are many examples of people who continued to 26 social justice in race, gender and class terms. I am reminded of a film I watch on the American Civil War. As the South was progressively defeated, 27 land was occupied—just a few towns and strips of land. In the end, the commentator said all that was left was a “confederacy of the mind”—a collective memory of an aspiration. 28 , that has been the fate of movements for social justice and of associated intellectual work 29 the past two decades. But we should not underestimate the confederacy of mind”. For one 30 I will make with great force is that the largest problem the attempted reconstruction of the past two decades 31 --the attempt to demolish the welfare state—is people’s “collective memory” of good public service, of commitments to provision for all, 32 it be schools or hospitals. The vital task now is to 33 , reenergize and reinvent new projects and programs for social justice, for memories and predispositions in Britain remain 34 resilient. We should now be 35 define a new role for the educational researcher in 36 Britain, and do so in ways informed by collective memories of social justice initiatives. This should, hopefully, presage a new investigation of the role of educational researcher as public intellectual, moving us 37 a new phase after the hopeful years of the 1960s and early 1970s and the reversal in the two decades that followed. Now we can hope again there are postmodern prospects 38 . I should note that I am not 39 re-establishing some old master narrative of social justice—more 40 voices and visions, a moving mosaic of intentions and plans. 21. A. had divided B. divided C. had been dividing D. have been dividing 22. A. undertook B. undertake C. accepted D. accept 23. A. far enough B. enough far C. close enough D. enough close

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24. A. the dearly B. the most dearly C. dearly D. the more dearly 25. A. were subject B. were subjected to C. are subject to D. are subjected to 26. A. argue against B. argue for C. argue with D. argue to 27. A. more and more B. more C. less D. less and less 28. A. In some way B. In some ways C. In a way D. In ways 29. A. of B. for C. in D. by 30. A. assertion B. announcement C. allege D. assessment 31. A. will face B. face C. faced D. has faced 32. A. rather

B. whether

C. either

D. even

Reentrant B. reinvigorate C. reinforce D. reeducate 33. A.

34. A. remarkably 35. A. looking into millenarian 36. A.

B. remarking C. remarked D. remarkable

B. looking onto C. looking to D. looking forward to B. millennium C. millennial D. millenary

37. A forward to B. away to C. into D. onto

38. A. for exploring B. to explore C. with exploration D. for exploration 39. A. talking with B. talking about C. talking over D. talking to 40. A. a lot of B. a bit of C. a number of D. a set of

Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 points) Section A (30 points)

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Machine-scoring Answer sheet.

Passage 1 Why pick up what literary history so resolutely discards? Any study of bestsellers confronts the same question as does the decaf, no-fat latte drinker in Starbucks: “Why bother?” One justification, and the easiest demonstrated, is their interesting peculiarity. Like other ephemera of past times, bestsellers offer the charm of antiquarian quaintness. And, so short is their lifespan, that today’s bestsellers become yesterday’s fiction almost as soon as one had read them.

Looking back through the lists is to uncover delightful cultural oddities. Consider, for example, the top-selling novel of 1923 in the United States, Black Oxen, by Gertrude Atherton. Recall too that the discriminating reader of that year had James Joyce’s Ulysses, T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. The allusion signals grand literary pretension; pretension absurdly unmerited. None the less, the novel’s theme was, for the first time, both topical and sensational—rejuvenation. For humans, that is, not cattle. The narrative opens in a New York theatre. A brilliant young newspaperman, Lee Clavering, is struck by a beautiful woman in the audience. Investigation reveals that she is facially identical with a young “belle” of thirty years before, Mary Ogden. Miss Ogden married a Hungarian diplomat, Count Zattiany, and has never been heard of since. Speculations rages, but eventually

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