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1、武汉大学2011年博士研究生入学考试题考试科目：英语PartIReadingComprehension(2*20=40%)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,therewillbe5passagesforyoutoread.Eachpassageisfollowedby4questionsorunfinishedstatements,andeachquestionorunfinishedstatementisfollowedbyfourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Yo
2、uaretodecideonthebestchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEETPassageOneWallsandwallbuildinghaveplayedaveryimportantroleinChineseculture.Thesepeople,fromthedimmistsofprehistoryhavebeenwall-conscious;fromtheNeolithicperiod—whenrampartsofpoundede
3、arthwereused—totheCommunistRevolution,wallswereanessentialpartofanyvillage.Notonlytownsandvillages,thehousesandthetempleswithinthemweresomehowwalled,andthehousesalsohadnowindowsoverlookingthestreet,thusgivingthefeelingofwanderingaroundahugemaze.Thenamefor"cit
4、y"inChinesemeanswall,andoverthesewalledcities,villages,housesandtemplespresidesthegodofwallsandmounts,whosedutieswere,andstillare,toprotectandberesponsibleforthewelfareoftheinhabitants.Thusagreatandextremelylaborioustasksuchasconstructingawall,whichwassuppose
5、dtorunthroughoutthecountry,mustnothaveseemedsuchanabsurdity.However,itisindeedacommonmistaketoperceivetheGreatWallasasinglearchitecturalstructure,anditwouldalsobeerroneoustoassumethatitwasbuiltduringasingledynasty.Forthebuildingofthewallspannedthevariousdynas
6、ties,andeachofthesedynastiessomehowcontributedtotherefurbishingandtheconstructionofawall,whosefoundationshadbeenlaidmanycenturiesago.ItwasduringthefourthandthirdcenturyB.C.thateachwarringstatestartedbuildingwallstoprotecttheirkingdoms,bothagainstoneanotherand
7、againstthenorthernnomads.Especiallythreeofthesestates:theQin,theZhaoandtheYan,correspondingrespectivelytothemodernprovincesofShanxi,ShanxiandHebei,overandabovebuildingwallsthatsurroundedtheirkingdoms,alsolaidthefoundationsonwhichQinShihHuangDiwouldbuildhisfir
8、stcontinuousGreatWall.TherolethattheGreatWallplayedinthegrowthofChineseeconomywasanimportantone.Throughoutthecenturiesmanysettlementswereestablishedalongthenewborder.Thegarrisontroopswere
