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1、2004年北京清华大学考博英语真题及答案(总分100, 考试时间90分钟)Part VocabularyDirections: 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
2、 through the center.1.Her sadness was obvious, but she believed that her feeling of depression was _.AtorrentBtransientCtensileDtextured该问题分值: 1 答案:B2.Nobody knew how he came up with this _ idea about the trip.AwearyBtwilightCunanimousDweird该问题分值: 1 答案:D3.The flower under the sun would _ quickly wit
3、hout any protection.AwinkBwithholdCwitherDwidower该问题分值: 1 答案:C4.The _ of gifted children into accelerated classes will start next week according to their academic performance.AsegregationBspecificationCspectrumDsubscription该问题分值: 1 答案:A5.He _ himself bitterly for his miserable behavior that evening.
4、ArepealedBresentedCrelayedDreproached该问题分值: 1 答案:D6.Any earthquake that takes place in any area is certainly regarded as a kind of a event.AcholesterolBcharcoalCcatastrophicDchronic该问题分值: 1 答案:C7.He cut the string and held up the two _ to tie the box.AsegmentsBsedimentsCseizuresDsecretes该问题分值: 1 答案:
5、A8.All the musical instruments in the orchestra will be _ before it starts.AcivilizedBchatteredCchamberedDchorded该问题分值: 1 答案:D9.When the air in a certain space is squeezed to occupy a smaller space, the air is said to be _.AcommencedBcompressedCcompromisedDcompensated该问题分值: 1 答案:B10.She made two cop
6、ies of this poem and posted them _ to different publishers.AsensationallyBsimultaneouslyCstrenuouslyDsimply该问题分值: 1 答案:B11.The _ of the spring water attracts a lot of visitors from other parts of the country.AclashBclarifyCclarityDclatter该问题分值: 1 答案:C12.Business in this area has been _ because price
7、s are too high.AprosperousBsecretiveCslackDshrill该问题分值: 1 答案:C13.He told a story about his sister who was in a sad _ when she was ill and had no money.AplightBpolarizationCplagueDpigment该问题分值: 1 答案:A14.He added a _ to his letter by saying that he would arrive before 8 pm.ApresidencyBprestigeCpostscr
8、iptDpreliminary该问题分值: 1 答案:C15.Some linguists believe that the _ age for children learning a foreign language is 5 to 8.AoptimisticBoptionalCoptimalDoppressed该问题分值: 1 答案:C16.It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the _ of their cities.AparadisesBomissionsCorchardsDoutskir
9、ts该问题分值: 1 答案:D17.The meeting was _ over by the mayor of the city.ApresumedBproposedCpresentedDpresided该问题分值: 1 答案:D18.The crowd _ into the hall and some had to stand outside. A. outgrew B, overthrew C. overpassed D. overflewABCD该问题分值: 1 答案:C19.It was clear that the storm _ his arrival by two hours.
10、AretardedBretiredCrefrainedDretreated该问题分值: 1 答案:A20.This problem should be discussed first, for it takes _ over all the other issues.AprecedenceBprosperityCpresumptionDprobability该问题分值: 1 答案:APart Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed b
11、y 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 then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Governments that want their people to prosper in the burgeoning world economy should guarantee two
12、 basic rights: the right to private property and the right to enforceable contracts, says Mancur Olson in his book Power and Prosperity. Olson was an economics professor at the University of Maryland until his death in 1998. Some have argued that such rights are merely luxuries that wealthy societie
13、s bestow, but Olson turns that argument around and asserts that such rights are essential to creating wealth. Incomes are low in most of the countries of the world, in short, because the people in those countries do not have secure individual rights, he says. Certain simple economic activities, such
14、 as food gathering and making handicrafts, rely mostly on individual labor; property is not necessary. But more advanced activities, such as the mass production of goods, require machines and factories and offices. This production is often called capital-intensive, but it is really property-intensive, Olson observes. No one would normally engage in capital-intensive production if he or she did not have rights that kept the valuable capital from being taken by bandits, whether roving
