1、北京大学真题 2004 年及答案解析(总分：95.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Structur(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.The beauty of the reflected images in the limpid pool was the poignant beauty of things that are _, exist only until the sunset.（分数：1.00）A.equitableB.ephemeralC.euphoniousD.evasive2.Brooding and hopelessness are the _ of India
2、ns in the prairie reservations most of the time.（分数：1.00）A.occupationsB.promisesC.frustrationsD.transactions3.What _ about that article in the newspaper was that its writer showed an attitude cool enough, professional enough and, therefore, cruel enough when facing that disaster-stricken family.（分数：
3、1.00）A.worked me outB.knocked me outC.brought me upD.put me forward4._ considered the human body aesthetically satisfactory.（分数：1.00）A.Neither prehistoric cave man nor late-industrial urban manB.Nor prehistoric cave man or late-industrial urban manC.No prehistoric cave man nor late-industrial urban
4、manD.Neither prehistoric cave man or late-industrial urban man5.Not until the 1980s _ in Beijing start to find ways to preserve historic buildings from destruction.（分数：1.00）A.some concerned citizensB.some concerning citizensC.did some concerning citizensD.did some concerned citizens6.The buttocks ar
5、e _ most other parts in the body.（分数：1.00）A.likely less to cause fatale damage thanB.likely less causing fatal damage toC.less likely to cause fatal damage thanD.less likely to cause fatal damage to7.The concept of internet, _ has intrigued scientists since the mid-20th century.（分数：1.00）A.the transm
6、ission of images, sounds and messages over distancesB.transmitting of images, sounds and messages along distancesC.to transmit images, sounds and messages on distanceD.the transmissibility of images, sounds and messages for distances8.Because of difficulties in getting a visa, the students had to _
7、the idea of applying for study in the United States.（分数：1.00）A.reduceB.yieldC.relinquishD.waver9.His request for a day off _ by the manager of the company.（分数：1.00）A.was turned offB.was turned downC.was put downD.was put away10.The index of industrial production _ last year.（分数：1.00）A.raised up by 4
8、 percentB.rose up with 4 percentC.arose up with 4 percentD.went up by 4 percent11.Please _ if you ever come to Sydney.（分数：1.00）A.look at meB.look me upC.look me outD.look to me12.British hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered _ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during the prelimi
9、nary heats.（分数：1.00）A.a sharp set-backB.severe set-backC.a severe blown-upD.sharp blown-up13.By the end of the year 2004, he _ in the army for 40 years.（分数：1.00）A.will have servedB.will serveC.will be servingD.will be served14._ there was an epidemic approaching, Mr. smith _ the invitation to visit
10、that area.（分数：1.00）A.If he knew, would have declinedB.If he had known, would declineC.Had he known, would declineD.Had he known, would have declined15.In the dark they could not see anything clear, but could _.（分数：1.00）A.hear somebody mournB.hear somebody mourningC.hear somebody mournedD.hear somebo
11、dy, had been mourning16.The team leader of mountain climbers marked out _.（分数：1.00）A.that seemed to be the best routeB.what seemed to be the best routeC.which seemed to be the best routeD.something that to be the best route17.The scheme was so impracticable that I refused even _.（分数：1.00）A.to consid
12、er supporting itB.considering to support itC.to considering to support itD.considering supporting it18.Among the first to come and live in North America _, who later prospered mainly in New England.（分数：1.00）A.had been Dutch settlersB.Dutch settlers were thereC.were Dutch settlersD.Dutch settlers had
13、 been there19.The cargo box has a label _ on it. Please handle it with care.（分数：1.00）A.“flexible“B.“break“C.“fragile“D.“stiff“20._ we wish him prosperous, we have objections to his ways of obtaining wealth.（分数：1.00）A.Much asB.As muchC.More asD.As well as二、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：30.00)BSection A/BBD
14、irections:/B Each of the passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Put your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. BPassage OneWhat Makes a “Millennial Mind“?/B(1) Since 1000 AD, around 30 billion p
15、eople have been born on our planet. The vast majority have come and gone unknown to all but their friends and family. A few have left some trace on history: a discovery made, perhaps, or a record broken. Of those, fewer still are remembered long after their death. Yet of all the people who have live
16、d their lives during the last 1000 years, just 38 have achieved the status of “Millennial Minds“ thats barely one in a billion. Those whose lives Focus has chronicled have thus become members of possibly the most exclusive list of all time. And choosing who should be included was not easy.(2) From t
17、he beginning, the single most important criterion was that the “Millennial Minds“ are those who did more than merely achieve greatness in their own time, or in one field. Thus mere winners of Nobel Prizes had no automatic right to inclusion, nor artists who gained fame in their own era, but whose re
18、putation has faded with changing fashion. The achievements of the genuine “Millennial Mind“ affect our lives even. now, often in ways so fundamental that it is hard to imagine what the world was like before.(3) Not even transcendent genius was enough to guarantee a place in the Focus list. To rate a
19、s a “Millennial Mind“, the life and achievements also had to cast light on the complex nature of creativity: its origins, nature and its personal cost.（分数：8.00）(1).The first paragraph tells us that _.（分数：2.00）A.Focus had a list of “Millennial Minds“ worked out in secretB.Focus had compiled a biograp
20、hical book of the lives of “Millennial Minds“C.Focuss list of the “Millennial Minds“ consists of a strictly selected fewD.Focus tried hard to exclude most of the famous lives from the list of the “Millennial Minds“(2).According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：2
21、.00）A.Nobel Prize winners are not qualified for the “Millennial Minds“.B.A “Millennial Mind“ needs only to have a great influence on the lives of the people of his time.C.Only those whose achievements still greatly affect our lives today can be included in the list of the “Millennial Minds“.D.The “M
22、illennial Minds“ are those who have changed human lives so much that people of later generations can not remember what things were like in the past.(3).In the first sentence of the third paragraph, “transcendent genius“ means _.（分数：2.00）A.people who are exceptionally superior and great in talentB.pe
23、ople whose achievements are not forgotten by later generationsC.people whose genius has been passed down to the present timeD.people who have guaranteed themselves a place in the Focus list(4).In the third paragraph, the phrase “cast light on“ can be replaced by _.（分数：2.00）A.shine overB.light upC.sh
24、ed light onD.brighten upBPassage TwoTribute to Dr. Carlo Urbani, Identifier of $ARS/B(1) On the 29th of March, 2003, the World Health Organization doctor Carlo Urbani died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the fast-spreading pneumonia that had killed 54 people worldwide.(2) The 46-year-old Itali
25、an doctor was the first WHO officer to identify the outbreak of this new disease in an American businessman. Dr. Urbani first saw the US businessman on Feb. 28, two days after the patient had been admitted to a hospital in Hanoi. Although Urbani had worn a mask, he lacked goggles and other protectiv
26、e clothing. He began demanding that Hanoi hospitals stock up on protective gear and tighten up infection control procedures. But he was frustrated at how long it was taking to teach infection-control procedures to people in hospitals. There were shortages of supplies, like disposable masks, gowns, g
27、loves.(3) After three weeks of round-the-clock effort, Urbanis superior urged him to take a few days off to attend a medical meeting in Bangkok, where he was to talk on childhood parasites. The day after he arrived, he began feeling ill with symptoms of the new disease. He called his wife, now livin
28、g in Hanoi with their three children. He said: “Go back to Italy and take the children, because this will be the end for me.“ Dr. Urbani developed a fever and was put into isolation where he remained until his death. The WHO representative in Hanoi said: “He was very much a doctor, and his first goa
29、l was to help people.“(4) He was buried on April 2, 2003 in Castelplanio, central Italy, leaving behind his wife and children. The measures he helped put in place before his death appear to have doused the SARS wildfire in Vietnam.（分数：6.00）(1).Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（分数：2.00）A
30、.Dr. Urbani caught SARS from an American businessman who was hospitalized in Hanoi.B.There were not enough disposable masks, gowns, gloves and protective equipment.C.He knew he had little hope to survive after he was found infected.D.Dr. Urbani had helped combating the new disease by putting in plac
31、e a series of infection-control measures.(2).In the third paragraph, “three weeks of round-the-clock effort“ means _.（分数：2.00）A.for three weeks the hospital was taking in SARS patients without stoppingB.Dr. Urbani worked day and night for three weeks, trying to get SARS under controlC.for three week
32、s Dr. Urbani did not have any time to sleep, trying hard to fight the new diseaseD.After three weeks hard work to control SARS, the hospital superior thought it was time to stop the clock(3).According to the context, the word “doused“ in the last sentence of this passage could be best replaced with
33、_.（分数：2.00）A.extinguishedB.eliminatedC.solvedD.delugedBPassage ThreeGlass/B(1)Since the Bronze Age, about 3000 B. C, glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, lime, and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredien
34、ts of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century.(2) When heated the mixture becomes soft and moldable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to m
35、ost materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a ne
36、twork of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow.(3) Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or “
37、freeze“ at specific temperatures, glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying moldable stages until it flows like a thick syrup. Each of these stages allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object reta
38、ins the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus open to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.（分数：6.00）(1).According to the passage glass cools and becomes rigid differently from metals because _.（分数：2.00）A.it has an unusually low melting temperatureB.it does not
39、set up a network of interlocking crystalsC.it has a random molecular structure of a liquidD.it is made from a mixture of silica, lime, and soda(2).In the phrase “without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process“ in the second paragraph, a substitute for
40、the word “customarily“ may be _.（分数：2.00）A.continuouslyB.certainlyC.eventuallyD.usually(3).Glass can be easily molded into all kinds of forms because _.（分数：2.00）A.it melts like liquid when heatedB.it softens gradually through varying stages when heatedC.it retains the shape at the point when it is s
41、uddenly cooledD.various heating techniques can be used in making glassBSection B/BBDirections:/B Read the following passage carefully and then explain in your own English the exact meaning of the numbered and underlined parts. Put your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.No one gets out of this world alive,
42、 and few people come through life without at least one serious illness. (31) UIf we are given a serious diagnosis, it is useful to try to remain free of panic and depression./U Panic can constrict blood vessels and impose an additional burden on the heart. (32) UDepression, as medical researchers wa
43、y back to Galen, that ancient Greek doctor, have observed, can set the stage for other illnesses or intensify existing ones./U It is no surprise that so many patients who learn that they have cancer or heart disease or any other catastrophic disease become worse at the time of diagnosis. (33) UThe m
44、oment they have a label to attach to their symptoms, the illness deepens./U All the terrible things they have heard about disease produce the kind of despair that in turn complicates the underlying condition. (34) UIt is not unnatural to be severely apprehensive about a serious diagnosis, but a reas
45、onable confidence is justified./U Cancer today, for example, is largely a treatable disease. A heavily damaged heart can be reconditioned. (35) UEven a positive HIV diagnosis does not necessarily mean that the illness will move into the active stage./U（分数：10.00）(1).（分数：2.00）_(2).（分数：2.00）_(3).（分数：2.
46、00）_(4).（分数：2.00）_(5).（分数：2.00）_三、BPart Cloze Te(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BDirections:/B Fill in each numbered blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. Put your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%)BFlowers for the Dead/BSince flowers symbolize new life, it may seem inapprop
47、riate to have them at funerals. Yet people in many cultures top coffins or caskets with wreaths and garlands and put blossoms on the graves of theU (36) /U. This custom is part of a widespread, long-lived pattern. Edwin Daniel Wolff speculated that floral tributes to the dead are an outgrowth of the grave goods of ancientU (37) /U. In cultures that firmly believed in anU (38) /U, and that believed further that the departed could enter that afterli
