华南理工大学博士入学考试英语题样

华南理工大学2006年攻读博士学位研究生入学考试英语题型 1．英语知识运用：一段文章，共10 小题，每小题1 分，共10 分。 2．阅读 A：5 篇短文，共20 小题，每题2 分，共40 分。 3．阅读 B：一篇文章，其中有 5 个空白，在文章后面的 6~7 个选段中选择最适合的内容分别填进空白处。每小题3 分，共15 分。 4．英译汉：一篇文章，有 5 段划线句子，要求译成汉语。每小题3分，共15 分。 5．写作：依据所提示信息写一篇 200－250 词（标点符号不计在内）的短文，20 分。 华南理工大学 攻读博士学位研究生入学考试英语样题 Part I. Use of English (l0 points) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and marked A, B C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. Unlike many ants, trees grow slowly. Thirty to eighty years are necessary before a tree grows to the right size for harvesting as lumber or pulpwood. But a tree crop can be a good investment for a landowner or farmer, since trees will grow on the parts of his land where ordinary crops will not grow. Trees 1 much more than provide lumber for home building. They provide raw materials for making paper, plastics, synthetics, turpentine, and other products. Even more important, trees protect the nation‟s water supply by holding 2 erosion and keeping water in the soil. America once had huge natural forests. To start their 3 , pioneers cleared many trees. Later, logging crews 4 by lumber companies moved into other forests. They cut all the valuable trees, and then moved on.. There were few 5 to protect our forests or to plant new ones until the beginning of the present century. Then, 6 with forest experts, government officials, and landowners, the lumber companies began planning to support the planting of new forests. The American Tree Far System, begun during World War II, is one of the plans t...