清华大学2003年考博英语真题及答案解析
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Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear three people discussing university life. Listen to the discussion about reading assignments, essays, lectures and seminars. Complete the table by writing in the difficulties they have with reading, writing essays, listening to lectures and having seminars. Write no more than three words for each answer in the Answer Sheet. Circle the letters of your choices for questions 9 and 10, and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. You will hear the recording twice.
Lisa | Sasha | Olaf | |
Reading | too interesting | 1 | 2 |
Essays | hand writing word limit | 3 | Plagiarism |
Lectures | 4 | 5 | × |
Seminars | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9. Who are Lisa, Oalf and Sasha?
A Lisa is a lecturer. Olaf and Sasha are students.
B They are all lecturers.
C Olaf and Lisa are first year students. Sasha is their tutor.
D They are all college students.
10. What does Lisa think of Sasha's last seminar paper?
A It was like a lecture. B It was professional.
C It was rather boring. D She couldn't believe it.
Section B
Directions: In this section you will hear a long talk about non-verbal communication. As you listen to the talk you should take brief notes to answer the five questions below, and then put your answers on the Answer Sheet. Try to answer the questions as clearly as possible. Remember, you may have different answers to some of the questions. You will hear the recording twice.
11. What is kinesics?
12. Raymond Birdwhistle said that the meaning of non-verbal behavior depends on the context. Give two examples of the meaning of smile.
13. Give two examples of universal emotions.
14. Give two examples of how non-verbal communication can differ from one culture to another.
15. List two ways in which verbal and non-verbal communication differ.
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary (10%)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one that completes the sentence and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through center.
16. Written at least 100 years ago, the handwriting faded and certainly became__________.
A. infinite B. illegible
C. infectious D. immune
17. It is doubtful whether anyone can be a truly__________observer of events.
A. inadequate B. impassive
C. genius D. impartial
18. She was__________by the lack of appreciation shown of her hard work.
A. frustrated B. dispersed
C. functioned D. displaced
19. The shuttle exploded in the air suddenly and broke into__________at once.
A. diversity B. fragments
C. doctrine D. drought
20. As the society has rigid social__________, everyone knows his role in the society.
A. hemisphere B. contempt
C. controversy D. hierarchy
21. Three years have__________since we last met at the conference for Internet communication in Beijing.
A. elapsed B. discerned
C. discontented D. electrified
22. It turned out that he had__________the whole story just to cheat his friends.
A. dissipated B. diverged
C. detached D. fabricated
23. He had a clear__________of what was wrong with the machine and fixed it in a short time.
A. debris B. deficiency
C. perception D. persecution
24. For ten years the problem about the water has not been solved, we came to think that it has been a __________problem in this area.
A. perpetual B. persuasive
C. picturesque D. possessive
25. He was__________by the noise outside yesterday evening and could not concentrate on his study.
A. pecked B. oriented
C. perturbed D. paddled
26. He is often inclined to__________in other people's affairs, which is none of his business.
A. manipulated B. lumbered
C. meddle D. littered
27. He practiced__________on her and managed to get 2,000.
A. linen B. deception
C. longitude D. paradise
28. He was__________to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age.
A. deduced B. damped
C. diminished D. destined
29. Such questions should be approached honestly and in full awareness that__________loan agreements will cost money due to cancellation or other charges.
A. compressing B. terminating
C. conforming D. contending
30. The room was full of people and smoke. She started to feel__________with the heat inside
A. oppressed B. congested
C. confronted D. craned
31. The language experts believe that the__________age for learning a foreign language is 6 years old.
A. conceptual B. considerate
C. optimal D. component
32. She got very angry and__________her clothes about in the room.
A. flung B. flew
C. clamped D. clashed
33. He knew that he would be punished severely because of his serious error. Therefore he__________away the day before yesterday.
A. cautioned B. fled
C. chattered D. civilized
34. The evil manners would be__________root and branch due to the forceful action taken by the local government.
A. exterminated B. exemplified
C. facilitated D. emitted
35. We all know that it is very hard to__________him to give his plan up.
A. endeavor B. reduce
C. assert D. induce