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考博英语-350
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[简答题]Write an essay in no tess than 200 words with the title "What Can I Offer to Sciety"
First, write an outline for your essay, and then according to your outline, write your essay. Both your outline and your essay should be written clearLy on your ANSWER SHEET.
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The crucial years of the Depression, as they are brought into historical focus, in creasingly emerge as the decisive decade for American art, if not for American culture in general. For it was during this decade that many of the conflicts which had blocked the pro gress of American art in the past came to a head and sometimes boiled over. Janus-faced, the thirties look backward, sometimes as far as the Renaissance; and at the same time for ward, as far as the present and beyond. It was the moment when artists, like Thomas Hart Benton, who wished to turn back the clock to regain the virtues of simpler times came into direct conflict with others, like Stuart Davis and Frank Lloyd Wright, who were ready to come to terms with the Machine Age and to deal with its consequences.
America in the thirties was changing rapidly. In many areas the past was giving way to the present, although not without a struggle. A Predominantly rural and sm
A. uniquely America
B. uniquely European
C. imitative of European modernism
D. counter to American regionalism
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[单项选择]Although this book claims to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are imaginary.
A. fascinating
B. factitious
C. fastidious
D. fictitious
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The next time the men were taken up onto the deck, Kunta made a point of looking at the man behind him in Mine, the one who May beside him to the left when they were be low. He was a Serer tribesman much older than Kunta, and his body, front and back, was creased with whip cuts, some of them so deep and festering that Kunta, felt badly for having wished sometimes that he might strike the man in the darkness for moaning so steadily in his pain. Staring hack at Kunta, the Serer’s dark eyes were full of fury and defi ance. A whip lashed out even as they stood looking at each other this time at Kunta, spurring him to move ahead. Trying to roll away, Kunta was kicked heavily in his ribs. But somehow he and the gasping Wolof managed to stagger back up among the other men from their shelf who were shambling toward their dousing with bucked of seawater.
A moment later, the stinging saltiness of it was burning in Kunta’s wounds, and his scr
A. adequate but primitive
B. inhumane and inadequate
C. humane but crowded
D. similar to the crew’s quarters
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[单项选择]The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great man was lost.
A. casualty
B. catastrophe
C. catalogue
D. crusade
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[单项选择]All specialists agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully ______the risks and benefits.
A. valuing
B. evaluating
C. estimating
D. weighing
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[单项选择]The purchaser of this lorry is protected by the manufacturer's warranty that he will replace any defective part for five years or 50,000 miles.
A. prohibition
B. insurance
C. prophecy
D. guarantee
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The blue, mystic Lake Ellsinore lies in an inland California valley, which is teeming and steaming with hot springs. Rimmed by shaggy mountains whose forested crests are re flected in its clear waters, Lake Ellsinore is the very personification of peace—but on it rests the curse of Tondo.
The lake had a colorful history. Much of it lies buried in legend, and it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. There have been stories of underground volcanoes on the lake bottom, erupting, killing fish and discoloring the water. There have been stories of a play ful sea serpent that lived in its depths.
Long noted for its scenic beauty and health-giving waters, the lake was a famous re sort in the Nineties. But long before the first white man had set foot along the shore of the lake, this part of California had been the home of the Soboba Indians. Their chief was Ton do, a stern and unforgiving man.
He had a daughter, Morning S
A. It is considered by legend to be rich in gold.
B. It was once famous as a beautiful resort.
C. It is located in a volcanic crater in California.
D. It used to be the center of a mining villag
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[单项选择]Because of its excellence in quality, for the last two years, Audi car has______ Germany's Touring Car Championship.
A. conquered
B. contested
C. dominated
D. determined
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[单项选择]The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.
A. withdraw
B. emerge
C. recover
D. uncover
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[单项选择]Chinese often shake my hand and don't let go. They talk away contentedly, ______of my discomfort and struggle to disengage my hand.
A. oblivious
B. patent
C. obvious
D. pernicious
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[单项选择]We were discussing the housing problem when a middle-aged man cut in and said, "There's no point in talking about impossibilities. "
A. intersect
B. interject
C. penetrate
D. adulterate
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[单项选择]The word "foolish" is too mild to describe your behavior. I would prefer the word______.
A. ideological
B. idyllic
C. idiotic
D. idiomatic
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[简答题]我在这风光奇异的地方待的时间不长,但我的心灵得到了升华。那天晚上,我斗胆来 到宾馆外,去观赏五彩斑斓的极光(northern lights)把夜空照亮。传说如果你对着极光 吹口哨,它们就会落到你的脚下。于是我吹响了口哨,发现它们仍待在原先的地方,在寒 冷贫瘠的土地上空飘舞。一如那些飘舞的极光,这里同样是一片远离尘嚣的净土。
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[单项选择]Trivial breaches of regulations we can pass over, but more serious ones will have to be investigated.
A. exceed
B. wither
C. overpass
D. neglect
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[简答题]This organization is also a manufacturing firm.Here,however,management encoura ges and rewards risk taking and change.Decisions based on intuition are valued as much as those that are well rationalized.Management prides itself on its history of experimenting with new technologies and its success in regularly introducing innovative prod- ucts.Managers or employees who have a good idea are encouraged to“run with it.”and failures are treated as“learning experiences.”The company prides itself on being market driven and rapidly responsive to the changing needs of its customers.
There are few rules and regulations for employees to follow,and supervision is loose because management believes that its employees are hardworking and trustworthy.Management is con cemed with high productivity but believes that this comes through treating its people right.The company is proud of its reputation as being a good place to work.
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[单项选择]Many well-educated people don't believe that______will endanger freedom of speech.
A. censership
B. censureship
C. sensorship
D. censorship
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[单项选择]What we consider a luxury at one time frequently becomes a______; many fami lies find that ownership of two cars is indispensable.
A. fashion
B. necessity
C. proclivity
D. nuisance
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[单项选择]The______of "snake" is simply this: a legless reptile with a long, thin body.
A. connotation
B. denomination
C. donation
D. denotation
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[单项选择]The boy could not reconcile himself to the failure. He did not believe that was his lot.
A. submit
B. commit
C. transmit
D. permit
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[单项选择]When the opposing player fouled, John let his anger______his good sense and hit the boy back.
A. got the feel of
B. got the hang of
C. got the better of
D. got the worst of
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[单项选择]In some cities of North China, the noise pollution is as pronounced as that in Tokyo.
A. contemptuous
B. contagious
C. conspicuous
D. contemplated
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[单项选择]The trade fair is designed to facilitate further cooperation between Chinese auto in- dustries and overseas auto industries.
A. promote
B. protect
C. preserve
D. prolong
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[单项选择]And the topic "fat" is forbidden. Even tile slightest paunch betrays that one is los ing the trim and______of youth.
A. vague
B. vigor
C. vogue
D. vulgar
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[单项选择]Motorways are, no doubt the safest roads in Britain. Mile (21) mile, vehicle for ve hicle, you arc much (22) likely to be killed or seriously injured than on an ordinary road. On (23) hand, if you do have a serious accident on a motorway, fatalities are much more likely to (24) than in a comparable accident (25) on the roads.
Motorways have no (26) bends, no roundabouts or traffic lights and (27) speeds are much greater than on other roads. Though the 70 mph limit is (28) in force, it is of ten treated with the contempt that most drivers have for the 30 mph limit applying in built up areas in Britain. Added to this is the fact that motorway drivers seem to like traveling in groups with perhaps (29) ten meters between each vehicle. The resulting horrific pile-ups (30) one vehicle stops for some reason--mechanical failure, driver error and so on—have become all (31) familiar through pictures in newspapers
A. for
B. after
C. to
D. by
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[单项选择]The chief editor thought he took some liberties with the original in translation. So it was necessary that he make the______suggested.
A. alterations
B. alternatives
C. alternations
D. altercations
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[单项选择]He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.
A. rational
B. obscure
C. worldly
D. eminent
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Large, multinational corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economy’s vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services and facto- ries. Small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 100 workers, now employ nearly 60 percent of the work force and are expected to generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 1989 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own.
Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealists will overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition. Nearly every one will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer execu tives, forced by a takeover or a restructuri
A. the prosperity and decline of the transnational corporations
B. the rise and fall of the markets and products as well as capital
C. the fate of the small businesses such as small plants and restaurants
D. the economic increase and decrease of the large companies