四川大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题.docx
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四川大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题
四川大学2005年博士研究生入学英语考试题
Passage1
Asthehorizonsofsciencehaveexpanded,twomaingroupsofscientistshaveemerged.Oneisthepurescientist;theother,theappliedscientist.
Thepureortheoreticalscientistdoesoriginalresearchinordertounderstandthebasiclawsofnaturethatgovernourworld.Theappliedscientistadaptsthisknowledgetopracticalproblems.Neitherismoreimportantthantheother,however,forthetwogroupsareverymuchrelated.Sometimes,however,theappliedscientistfindsthe"problem"forthetheoreticalscientisttoworkon.Let'stakeaparticularproblemoftheaircraftindustry:
heat-resistantmetals.Manyofthemetalsandalloyswhichperformsatisfactorilyinacarcannotbeusedinajet-propelledplane.Newalloysmustbeused,becausethejetengineoperatesatamuchhighertemperaturethananautomobileengine.Theturbinewheelinaturbojetmustwithstandtemperaturesashighas1,600degreesFahrenheit,soaircraftdesignershadtoturntotheresearchmetallurgistforthedevelopmentofmetalsandalloysthatwoulddothejobinjet-propelledplanes.
Dividingscientistsintotwogroupsisonlyonebroadwayofclassifyingthem,however.Whenscientificknowledgewasverylimited,therewasnoneedformentospecialize.Today,withthegreatbodyofscientificknowledge,scientists
specializeinmanydifferentfields.Withineachfield,thereisevenfurthersubdivision.And,withfinerandfinersubdivisions,thevariousscienceshavebecomemoreandmoreinterrelateduntilnoonebranchisentirelyindependentofthe'others.Manynewspecialties--geophysicsandbiochemistry,forexample--haveresultedfromcombiningtheknowledgeoftwoormoresciences.
1.Theappliedscientist______.
A.isnotalwaysinterestedinpracticalproblemsB.providesthe
basicknowledgeforpractice
C.appliestheresultsofresearchtopracticeD.doesoriginal
researchtounderstandthebasiclawsofnature
2.Theexamplegiveninthepassageillustrateshow___.
A.purescienceoperatesindependentlyofappliedscienceB.theapplied
scientistdiscoversthebasiclawsofnature
C.appliedsciencedefinesalltheareasinwhichbasicresearchisdoneD.
appliedsciencesuggestsproblemsforthebasicscientist
3.Theproblemdiscussedinthesecondparagraphcalledfor____.
A.selectingthebesthear-resistantmetalfromexistingmetals
B.developingaturbinewheelcapableofgeneratingheatupto1,600degreesFahrenheit
C.developingmetalsandalloysthatwouldwithstandterrifictemperatures
D.causingthejetenginetooperateathighertemperatures
4.Finermadfinersubdivisioninthefieldofsciencehasresultedin_____.
A.greaterindependenceofeachscience
B.greaterinterdependenceofallthevarioussciences
C.theeradicationoftheneedforspecialistsD.theneedforonly
onclassificationofscientists
5."Thehorizonsofsciencehaveexpanded"meansthat____.
A.thehorizonchangesitssizefromyeartoyearB.sciencehas
developedmorefieldsofendeavor
C.scientistshavemadegreatprogressinstudyingthehorizon
D.scientistscanseefurtheroutintospace
chowPassage2
InTheDisunitingofAmerica:
ReflectionsonaMulticulturalSociety,RevisedandEnlargedEdition(W.W.Norton)SchlesingerprovidesdeepinsightsintothecrisesofnationhoodinAmerica.AnewchapterassessestheimpactbothofradicalmulticulturalismandradicalmonoculturalismontheBillofrights.Writtenwithhisusualclarityandforce,thebookbringsanotedhistorian'swisdomandperspectivetobearonAmerica's"culturewars".
Schlesingeraddressesthequestions:
Whatholdsanationtogether?
AndwhatdoesitmeantobeanAmerican?
Describingtheemergingcultofethnicity,Schlesingerpraisesitshealthyeffectonanationlongshamedbyahistoryofprejudiceandnarrow-mindedness.Buthewarnsagainstthecampaignofmulticulturaladvocatestodividethenationintoseparateethnicandracialcommunities.Fromthestart,heobserves,theUnitedStateshasbeenamulticulturalnation,richinitsdiversitybutheldtogetherbyasharedcommitmenttothedemocraticprocessandbythefreedomofintermarriage.ItwasthisnationaltalentforassimilationthatimpressedforeignvisitorslikeAlexisdeTocquevilleandJamesBryce,anditisthishistoricgoalthatSchlesingerchampionsasthebesthopeforthefuture.Schlesingeranalyzeswhat
heseesasgrimconsequencesofidentitypolitics:
thewideningofdifferences.AttacksontheFirstAmendment,heargues,threatenintellectualfreedomand,ultimately,thefutureoftheethnicgroups.Hiscriticismsarenotlimitedtotheleft.AsaformertargetofMcCarthyism,heunderstandsthattheradical
rightisevenmorewillingthantheradicallefttorestrictandweakentheBillofRights.
Theauthordoesnotminimizetheinjustices
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