北京大学2006年博士研究生入学考试试题

考试时间: 2006年3月18日

Part Two: Structure and Written Expression 20%

Directions: In each question decide which of four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET.

21.The nuclear family __________ a self-contained, self-satisfying unit composed of father, mother and children.

A. refers to B. defines C. describes D. devotes to

22. Some polls show that roughly two-thirds of the general public believe that elderly Americans are ________ by social isolation and loneliness.

A. reproached B. favored C. plagued D. reprehended

23. In addition to bettering group and individual performance, cooperation ________ the quality of interpersonal relationship.

A. ascends B. compels C. enhances D. prefers

24. In the past 50 years, there ________ a great increase in the amount of research _____ on the human brain.

A. was…did B. has been…to be done

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C. was…doing D. has been…done

25. “ I must have eaten something wrong. I feel like _____.”

“We told you not to eat at a restaurant. You’d better _______ at home when you are not in the shape.”

A. to throw up…to eat B. throwing up…eating

C. to throw up…eat D. throwing up…eat

26. Parents have to show due concerns to their children’s creativity and emotional output; otherwise what they think beneficial to the kids might probably _______ their enthusiasm and aspirations.

A. hold back B. hold to C. hold down D. hold over

27. According to psychoanalysis, a person’s attention is attracted ________ by the intensity of different signals ________ by their context, significance, and information content.