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1、EntranceExaminationofEnglishforPh.DCandidatesatCUMTB(March,2011)(A)提示:请将所有答案写在答题纸上,写在试卷上无效PartOneCloze(15points)Directions:Filleachoftheblanksinthepassagewithonesuitableword.Onewordthatyoumighthavelearnedwhenyouwerestudyingaboutsoundisfrequency.Frequencymeans1fastthesoundwavevibrates.Fastervibratio
2、nsproduce2pitchedsounds.Thenotesinamusicalscaleindicatethe3orfrequencyofthesound.4wordthatcandescribeasoundisintensity.Intensity5totheamountofenergyinasoundwave,andit6asound’sloudness.Printedmusicwilloftenincludenotesabouthowloudor7toplayeachsectionofthemusic.Timbreisanother8usedtodescribemusicalso
3、unds.Itdescribeshowthesamenotewillhave9soundswhenplayed10differentinstruments.Forexamplethesamenotemaysoundsoftandprettywhenplayedonaflute,11strongandbrassywhenplayedonatrumpet.Thetimbreofanotecomesfromboththeactualnote12isplayed13alsoitsovertones,14areotherhigherandlowersoundsthatareproduced15thes
4、ametime.PartTwoReadingComprehension(40points)Directions:Inthisparttherearefivepassages,eachfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Choosethebestone.PassageOneQuestions16to18arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Thelastofthedinosaurslivedduringatimecalledt
5、heCretaceousperiod.Thistimeperiodlastedfromabout135millionto65.5millionyearsago.Somesourcesgivetheyearsof146,145,or144millionto65millionyearsago.IntheCretaceousperiod,themiddleofNorthAmericawascoveredbyashallowsea.TheAtlanticOceanbeganopeningupbetweenEuropeandNorthAmericaasthosecontinentsrifted.Oth
6、ercontinentsthathadbegunpullingawayfromeachotherintheJurassiccontinueddriftingapart.Indiawasanislandbyitself.Evergreentrees,mosses,andfernshadbeenthemaintypesofplants,butnowintheCretaceous,floweringplantsappeared.Beesdid,too.Hardwoodtreeslikeoaksandmaplesfirstappearedinthefossilrecord.Modembirdsand
7、mammalscameintothefossilrecord.TyrannosaurusandTriceratopscameintoexistence.Sodidotherceratopsiandinosaurs,relativesofTriceratops,withtheirwidevarietyoffacialhornsandneckfrills.Greatherdsofperhaps10,000Tric