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THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
FOR
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

PAPER ONE
   
PART I VOCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 point each)
Directions: Choose the word or expression below each sentence that best completes the statement, and mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

1. Ten years ago, a house with a decent bathroom was a __________ symbol among university professors.
A. post                 B. status
C. position               D. place

2. It would be far better if collectors could be persuaded to spend their time and money in support of ___________ archaeological research.
A. legible                           B. legitimate
C. legislative                     D. illicit

3. We seek a society that has at its __________ a respect for the dignity and worth of the individual.
A. end                           B. hand
C. core                           D. best

4. A variety of problems have greatly _________the country’s normal educational development.
  A. impeded                     B. imparted
  C. implored                     D. implemented

5. A good education is an asset you can ________for the rest of your life.
  A. spell out                     B. call upon
  C. fall over                     D. resort to

6. Oil can change a society more ____________ than anyone could ever have imagined.
A. grossly                           B. severely
C. rapidly                           D. drastically

7. Beneath its myriad rules, the fundamental purpose of ___________ is to make the world a pleasanter place to live in, and you a more pleasant person to live with.
A. elitism                     B. eloquence  
C. eminence                 D. etiquette

8. The New Testament was not only written in the Greek language, but ideas derived from Greek philosophy were _____________ in many parts of it.
A. altered                           B. criticized
C. incorporated                     D. translated

9. Nobody will ever know the agony I go __________ waiting for him to come home.
A. over                           B. with
C. down                           D. through

10. While a country’s economy is becoming the most promising in the world, its people should be more ____________ about their quality of life.
  A. discriminating                 B. distributing
  C. disagreeing                     D. disclosing

11. Cheated by two boys whom he had trust on, Joseph promised to ____________ them.
A. find fault with                 B. make the most of
C. look down upon                 D. get even with

12. The Minister’s _________ answer let to an outcry from the Opposition.
    A. impressive                     B. evasive
    C. intensive                     D. exhaustive

13. In proportion as the ____________ between classes within the nation disappears the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.
A. intolerance                 B. pessimism
C. injustice                     D. antagonism

14. Everyone does their own thing, to the point where a fifth-grade teacher can’t __________ on a fourth-grade teacher having taught certain things.
A. count                           B. insist
C. fall                           D. dwell

15. When the fire broke out in the building, the people lost their __________ and ran into the elevator.
A. hearts                           B. tempers
C. heads                           D. senses

16. Consumers deprived of the information and advice they needed were quite simply ___________ every cheat in the marketplace.
A. at the mercy of                 B. in lieu of
C. by courtesy of                 D. for the price of

17. In fact the purchasing power of a single person’s pension in Hong Kong was only 70 per cent of the value of the _________ Singapore pension.
A. equivalent                     B. similar    
C. consistent                     D. identical

18. He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to talk ____________.
A. honestly                     B. graciously  
C. coherently                   D. flexibly

19. The novel, which is a work of art, exists not by its _____________ life, but by its immeasurable difference from life.
A. significance in                 B. imagination at
C. resemblance to                 D. predominance over

20. She was artful and could always ____________ her parents in the end.
A. shout down                     B. get round  
C. comply with                   D. pass over