北京大学2002年博士研究生入学考试试题Part One: Structure and Written ExpressionDirection: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put the letter of your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (20%)1 .The doctor's ____ is that she'll soon be as good as new if she takes insulin and watches her diet.A. agnosticism B. anticipation C. diagnosis D. prognosis2. It is ____ understood by all concerned that the word no one who visits him ever breathe a syllable of m his hearing will remain forever unspoken.A. uncommunicatively B. acceptablyC. tacitly D. taciturnly3. ____ springs not out of true and deep admiration, but more often out of a self-seeking wish to identify with someone important or famous.A. A compliment B. An adulatoryC. Flattery D. Praise4. Leaving for work m plenty of time to catch the train will ___worry about being late.A. rule off B. prevent C. avoid D. obviate5. Nicholas Chauvin, a French soldier, aired his veneration of Napoleon Bonaparte so _____ and unceasingly that he became the laughingstock of all people in Europe.A. vociferously B. patrioticallyC. verbosely D. loquaciously6. People suffering from ____prefer to stay shut in their homes and become panic-stricken m large public buildings and open fields.A, acrophobia B. agoraphobiaC. claustrophobia D. xenophobia7. All normal human beings are ____ at least to a degree --they get a feeling of warmth and kinship from engaging in group activities.A. segregated B. congregationalC, gregarious D. egregious8. He is ___ drinker, who has been imbibing for so long that he has figuratively speaking, grown old with the vice.A. an inveterate B. an incorrigibleC. a chronic D. an unconscionable9. We listened dumb-struck, full of_____, to the shocking details of the corruption of the ex-president of the compare.A. incredality B. ingenuityC. ingenuousness D. incredibility10. Too much ___ can possibly lead to unhappiness, even to thoughts of suicide as few people have the courage to analyze themselves objectively and minutely.A. retrospect B. retrospectionC. perspicacity D. perspicuity11 .Hydrocarbons, ___ by engine exhausts, react with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight to form complex toxic gases.A. are given off B. give offC. they are given off D. given off12. He could hardly _____his temper when he saw the state of his office.A. hold in B. hold up C. hold off D. hold out13.The statesman was evidently ____by the journalist's questions and glared at him for a few seconds.A. put down B. put out C. put across D. put away14. ____ , it is widely used in making flares and fireworks.A, As the brilliant white light that burning magnesium producesB. Because of the brilliant white light of burning magnesiumC. The brilliant white light of burning magnesiumD. Burning magnesium produces a brilliant white light15.____ to tell us that the interest of the inpidual should be subordinate to that of the collective?A. Were you used B. Are you usedC. Did you use D. Do you used16.I would have gone to the lecture with you ____ I was so busy.A. except that B. provided that C. but that D. only that17.The detective watched and saw the suspect _____ a hotel at the comer of the street.A. getting off the taxi and walking intoB. got off the taxi and walked intoC. get off the taxi and walk intoD. got off the taxi to walk into18. The child is ____ all the evidence for his opinion.A. not encouraged either to be critical or to examineB. encouraged either to be critical nor to examineC. either encouraged to be critical or to examineD. neither encouraged to be critical nor to examine19. To be sure, there would be scarcely no time left over for other things if school children __ all sides of every matter on which they hold opinions.A. would have been expected to have consideredB. were expected to considerC. will be expected to have been consideredD. were expected to have considered20. Whenever work is being done, energy___ from one form into another.A. converts B. converted C. is converted D. is being converted Part Two : Reading ComprehensionI. Direction: Each of the passages is followed by some questions For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Pat your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (10%)Passage OneThe Aerospace Bicycle That Fell to Earth (1)A radical new bicycle had its first public showing at the National British Cycling Championships in Shrewsbury last weekend. Based on the gold medal-winning design from the Barcelona Olympics, it is the first commercial mountain bike made of a single piece of carbon fibre. (2) Bicycles for amateurs have up to now nom made of steel aluminium or magnesium tubes welded together into the conventional "A-flame" shape. But last year, the British competitor Chris Boardman set world re。