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1、. . .北京大学博士研究生英语水平考试(PKU-GATE)2015年12月27日说明:考试总共180分钟,试题题型包括五大题型,主要是常规性题目和新题型,常规题目包括听力、阅读理解,新题型有材料听写、比较写作;外文书籍阅读与写作;转译。试题共有试题册和答题卡组成,还会发下自己的条形码(不愧为帝国最高学府,科研开发制作技术高端大气上档次!)第一大题:听力(分值20%)记得是三段材料(或两段),前两段材料是选择题,下面给出3-4个问题,供选择。某不才听的材料不够准确,第一段材料大约是讨论美国楼市关键词有zombie house、us hosing market。坚持使用美国等国外原汁原味的材料,
2、勇气可嘉,与从小到大听Chinglish的某不习惯,但是趣味性强。还有一题是听力默写,材料中空出了十个空,每个空去掉不止一个词汇,让你填。听力材料大约长800-1000个词(a4纸的基本上都是这个材料)。这段材料关于智能医学的似乎,关键词是autogenic training。听力播放的时间:14点-14点25分。朗读人员:一男一女,女的是Chinese、男的是foreigner(似乎),地道的美式发音。第二大题:阅读理解(分值40%)。共四篇阅读材料,每一篇阅读下有五个题目,和高考、硕考没大区别,但是材料明显要长,每篇材料大约有1000-1200个单词,生词量也大,平均每1-2句就有个生词。
3、每篇的题目中有单词理解、有细节理解、有main idea等。Passage one :似乎是关于伦理学的学术论文,题目的中关键词和生词有:turn the other cheek、ethical precept、moral urge、morality、moral precepts、give without thought of reward、altruistic、ironically、selfish agendas 、kin、等,经过多方搜索没有搜集到原文出处。似乎是这篇论文:Morality as the substructure of social justice: religion in
4、education as a case in point,(South African Journal of Education Copyright 2011 EASA Vol 31:394-406)(百度文库能找到)Passage two:关于美国的public policies,某一位经济学在媒体上大放厥词,然后向观众道歉的新闻报道,最后说明这些都无关紧要,因为米国人民并不看电视、看新闻(O(_)O玩笑),可能是说美国人民并不是太关注新闻媒体,多数政治冷漠。关键词和生词有:MIT.Jonathan Gruber(麻省理工学院的经济学家乔纳森格鲁伯(参与起草奥巴马医改方案,并发表了讲话视频。
5、)、House committee on oversight and Government reform、Affordable care Act(ACA)、linguistic、congressional Budge office hurts their own pocketbooks 、bread and circus games(Juvenal:尤维纳利斯,又译朱文纳尔)、profusely、warrant、Third Reich deathparels。不才没找到原文。参考背景文章:据美国赫芬顿邮报11月12日报道,近日,美国福克新闻频道主持人、时事评论员梅金凯利(Megyn Kelly
6、)就奥巴马总统推进的医改与来访嘉宾进行辩论,痛批奥巴马医改是骗局。据了解,前不久,麻省理工学院的经济学家乔纳森格鲁伯(Jonathan Gruber)参与起草奥巴马医改方案,并发表了讲话视频。针对该视频,凯利与民主党战略家、民意测验专家伯纳德惠特曼(Bernard Whitman)在节目中展开辩论,双方各执一词。凯利称,美国选民的愚蠢使得奥巴马医改方案在2010年顺利通过。惠特曼则表示,平价医疗法已经奏效,群众也从中受益。对于惠特曼的说法,凯利难掩愤怒,连呼“真的吗?群众们真的知道吗?你觉得观众能够相信吗?”凯利的质疑与争论贯穿节目始终,他批评道:“平价医改是一个骗局,政府欺骗了我们!”(ht
7、tp:/ Gruber Apologizes For Glib And Insulting Comments About Obamacare文章地址:http:/ - Economist Jonathan Gruber testified before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday morning, where he apologized for saying that the stupidity of the American voter” helped pass the Affordable Care Act. The Massachusett
8、s Institute of Technology professor also denied the notion that he was the architect of the law.In some cases I made uninformed and glib comments about the political process behind health care reform, Gruber said in his opening statement. I am not an expert on politics and my tone implied that I was
9、, which is wrong. In other cases I simply made insulting and mean comments that are totally uncalled for in any situation. I sincerely apologize both for conjecturing with a tone of expertise and for doing so in such a disparaging fashion.“I did not draft Gov. Mitt Romneys health care plan, and I wa
10、s not the architect of President Obamas health care plan, Gruber added, referring to his past consulting work on both the Massachusetts health care law and the Affordable Care Act.Republicans have seized on recently unearthed videos of Gruber discussing that work disparagingly, which theyve attempte
11、d to use to delegitimize the law. The economist, who was consulted by the White House on the bill in 2009, said in 2013 that theinability of the American voter to understand the contentof the Affordable Care Act had helped the bill pass. The Obama administration and numerous Democrats involved in th
12、e laws drafting have awkwardly tried to distance themselves from the economist.House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Grubers comments revealed a pattern of intentionally misleading the public about the law. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the committee, als
13、o chastised Gruber for stupid, I mean absolutely stupid comments, adding that it gave Republicans a “public relations gift” in their campaign to repeal the law.At one point in the hearing, Issa asked Gruber, Are you stupid?No, I dont think so, the economist said.So youre a smart man who said some st
14、upid things, Issa responded.In one video, Gruber said subsidies to help low-income Americans buy insurance arelimited to state-established exchanges. Federally run Obamacare exchanges currently operate in more than 30 states. The video of Grubers remarks has been used to bolster aserious legal chall
15、engeto the law that will be heard before the Supreme Court.But Gruber claimed he was taken out of context.The point I believe I was making was about the possibility that the federal government, for whatever reason, might not create a federal exchange, he said on Tuesday. If that were to occur, and only in that context, then the only way that states could guarantee that their citizens would receive tax credits would be to set up their own exchang