【正文】 which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one39。s one?s experience A. tempo with B. time with C. place of D. proportion to 9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment. A. interrupt B. bother C. interfere D. intervene 10. His ______ with puters began six months ago. A. imagination B. invocation C. observation D. obsession 11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. A. vulnerable B. allergic C. inclined D. hostile 12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have bee______ and are no longer used in the present days. A. obsolete B. obscene C. obvious D. oblique 13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. A. manner B. position C. profile D. station 14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. A. provisional B. sensational C. sentimental D. potential 15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always e up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation39。TIIE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIE}ICE5 ENGLISH ENTRANCE EJCAMINATION FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 14farch 2022 PAPER ONEPAPER ONE PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, point each) 1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously 2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit 3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and prehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech “the______ problem.” A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact 4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect 5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment。 this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. 6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness 7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called hot and later swing. A. shortly B. initially C. actually D. literally 8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one39。s marketing strategies. A. integral B. instinctive C. intangible D. ingenious l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. A. in pace B. out of focus C. in step D. out of tune 17. Surely it doesn39。s leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. 21. A. for B. than C. as D. that 22. A. if B. when C. because D. though 23. A. rise B. existence C. occurrence D. increase 24. A. what B. where C. how D. why 25. A. care B. choice C. concern D. fort 26. A. upright B. tight C. fast D. stiff 27. A. armchair B. throne C. altar D. couch 28. A. moving B. keeping C. remaining D. lasting 29. A. traveling B. staying C. wandering D. reclining 30. A. fortunately B. frankly C. accordingly D. apparently 31. A. in B. on C. to D. at 32. A. responsible B. incorrect C. immoral D. imperfect 33. A. hold B. sit C. behave D. conduct 34. A. conditions B. situations C. occasions D. instances 35. A. culture B. confidence C. morality D. modesty PART III READING COMPREHENSION Section A (60 minutes, 30 points) Passage One Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must face the courts if they handle things badly. But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which health care is anized and financed. Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free petition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not looking after the less fortunate and the elderly. But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up billion dollarsmore than 10 percent of the . budgetlarge numbers of Americans are left out. These include about half the I1 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits on ine fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can. The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control over the health system. There is no limit to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services. Over than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up. Twothirds of the populations are co