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清华大学博士考试英语试题及答案清华大学博士考试英语试题及答案 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20%)(略）Part Ⅱ Vocabulary (10%)　Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one that completes the sentence and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWET SHEET with a single line through the center.21. The__________of the spring water attracts a lot of visitors from other parts of the country.A. clash　　　　　　　　　　　　B. clarify　　　　　　　　　　　C. clarity　　　　　　　　　　　D. clatter22. Business in this area has been__________because prices are too high.A. prosperous　　　　　B. secretive　　　　　　 C. slack　　　　　　　 D. shrill23. He told a story about his sister who was in a sad__________when she was ill and had no money.A. plight　　　　　　　 B. polarization　　　　C. plague　　　　　　　D. pigment24. He added a__________to his letter by saying that he would arrive before 8 pm.A. presidency　　　　　B. prestige　　　　　 C. postscript　　　　 D. preliminary25. Some linguists believe that the__________age for children learning a foreign language is 5 to 8.A. optimistic　　　　　 B. optional　　　　　　 C. optimal　　　　　 D. oppressed26. It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the__________of their cities.A. paradises　　　　　　　　 B. omissions　　　　 C. orchards　　　　　D. outskirts27. The meeting was__________over by the mayor of the city.A. presumed　　　　 B. proposed　　　　　C. presented　　　　　　　　 D. presided28. The crowd__________into the hall and some had to stand outside.A. outgrew　　　　　　　　　B. overthrew　　　　 C. overpassed　　　　D. overflew29. It was clear that the storm__________his arrival by two hours.A. retarded　　　　　　B. retired　　　　　　　C. refrained　　　　　D. retreated30. This problem should be discussed first, for it takes__________over all the other issues.A. precedence　　　　B. prosperity　　　　 C. presumption　　　　D. probability31. Her sadness was obvious, but she believed that her feeling of depression was__________.A. torrent　　　　　　 B. transient　　　　　 C. tensile　　　　　　　D. textured32