He suggested “social activities of any type-joining a book club or bowling league, going to a senior center or gym, taking courses at a local college, hanging out at the coffee shop”．
Bruce suggests taking up a new interest like painting or needlework or volunteering at a place of worship, school or museum．
(55) Brown notes that any activity the person is capable of doing can help to ward off depression and suicidal thinking. And he urges older people to talk to others about their problems．
Part Ⅳ Cloze Test ( 10 %)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.Put your answers on ANSWER SHEET (2)．
Dad Can't Handle These Toys
Any parent with a child (56)______the ages of 3 and 11 can tell you (57)______technology has crept into nearly (58)______aspects of playtime and nearly every type of toy. The Hyper Dash, introduced recently from Wild Planet, is a (59)______in point.“It's the perfect blend of technology, learning and exercise,”says an educational psychologist. Wild Planet has (60)______unveiled a younger version of Hyper Dash, for kids 3 to 5,(61)______Animal Scramble, which is due (62)______stores in September. In (63)______, the firm will soon release Hyper Jump.“Play and technology are (64)______, ”says Claire Green of the nonprofit Parents' Choice Foundation.“There's (65)______putting the genie back in the bottle.”
Part Ⅴ Proofreading ( 10 %)
Directions: In the following passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, ONE in each numbered and underlined part. You may have to change a word, add a word, or just delete a word. If you change a word, cross it with a slash (/) and write the correct word beside it. If you add a word, write the missing word between the words (in brackets) immediately before and after it. If you delete a word, cross it out with a slash (/). Put your answers on ANSWER SHEET (2)．
Examples:
e.g. 1 (66) The meeting begun 2 hours ago．
Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2): (66) began began


e.g. 2 (67) Scarcely they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre when the curtain


went up． Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2): (67)(Scarcely) had (they)
e.g. 3 (68) Never will I not do it again．
Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2):(68) not

(66)
A longtime aide to President Bush who wrote occasional guest columns for his hometown newspaper resigned on Friday evening after admitted that he had repeatedly plagiarized from other writers (67) The White House called his actions unaccepted.(68) The aide, Tim Goeglein worked for Mr. Bush since 2001, as a liaison to social and religious conservatives, an important component of the president's political base.(69) Mr. Goeglein was influential in decisions on a range of question important to that constituency, including stem cell research, abortion and faith-based initiatives. A blogger in Mr. Goeglein's hometown, Fort Wayne, Ind., found he plagiarism.(70)“This is not acceptable, and we are being disappointed in

Tim's actions,”a White House spokeswoman, Emily Lawrimore, said Friday morning, hours before Mr. Goeglein resigned.(71)“He is offered no excuses, and he agrees it was wrong.”

(72)
Mr. Goeglein, 44, is mall known outside Washington.(73)He is a familiar figure to conservatives and evangelical Christians, who knew him as a spokesman for Gary L, Bauer, the conservative who ran as president in 2000.(74) When Mr. Bauer dropped out the race, Mr. Goeglein signed on with Mr. Bush, eventually becoming a top aide to Karl Rove, the chief political strategist.(75) He was the eyes and ears of the White House in the world of religion conservatives and an emissary to that world for Mr. Rove and the president．


Part Ⅵ Writing (15 %) Directions: Read the following paragraph and then write a response paper of about 250 to 300 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET (2)．
Quite a few teachers complain about students reading fewer books than before. In fact, students nowadays spend more time surfing on the internet and watching movies on DVD's. Naturally they spend less time reading books. Do you think that students today are less knowledgeable because they read fewer books?
参考答案
Part Ⅱ Structure and Written Expression
21．B 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. D 31.
B     32. B 33.A 34. D 35．D 36.B 37.B 38. C 39. B 40.A Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
41．B 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. D 46.A 47. A 48. C 49. C 50. B
51．Many people think that depression is a natural thing in the process of getting older, but this is not right

52．She also says,“Many older people lose their hopes in lives at the end of life If their certain body function can't be used or they get sick seriously, we can hardly find older people lose their hopes”

53．He reminded that“It's more difficult for US to find symptoms on depressed older adults than on depressed younger adults”

54．Brown proposed that older adults should arrange their daily life by keeping a regular eycle and joining activities that make them happy, offer them purpose and motive for living

55．Brown indicates that any activity 8 person can help him avoid depression and thought of suicide He also suggests that older people should share their problems with other people


Part Ⅳ Cloze Test
56．between 57. that 58. all 59. case 60. Mready 61. called 62. in 63.
addition     64. merging 65．no Part Ⅴ Proofreading
66．admitted→admitting 67. unaccepted→unacceptable

68．worked→had worked 69. question→questions

70．being disappointed→disappointed

71．is offered→is offering 72. small→little

73．rail as→rail for 74. dropped out→dropped out of


75．religion→religious
Part Ⅵ Writing
Are the students today less knowledgeable?

Students nowadays spend more time surfing on the intemet and watching movies on DVD's, so many teachers complain that students read fewer books than before As far as I am concerned, students today are still knowledgeable although they read fewer books I have soole arguments to support my view．
Firstly, students are getting closer to computers and DVD, and they do leam a lot of things through intemet Resources on the internet are so abundant that students can search for nearly every-thing they need Without teachers'help, the students today can also solve many problems on their study by using internet What's more, materials that are relative to the books they leam can be downloaded at any time Secondly. it is not enough for students to merely leam from books because the society develops rather rapidly The message on the intemet is timely and up to date, which en-sures that the students not only acquire the knowledge they have learnt in the school but also know what has happened in the world Last but not least, the intemet exhibits multi-culturN background of the world, to understand it will facilitate students' participating in global competition in the future Of course, there is also a lot of bad itfformation on the intemet Students need to choose the helpful itfformation To SUIla up, students today get much more knowledge than they did in the past in virtue of the intemet
2013年中国人民大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary (10 points)
Part A (5 points)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on ANSWER SHEET．
1．And the topic “fat” is forbidden. Even the slightest paunch betrays that one is losing the trim and______of youth．
A．vague B．vigor C．vogue D．vulgar
2． All specialists agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully______the risks and benefits．
A．valuing B．evaluating C．estimating D．weighing
3．Chinese often shake my hand and don't let go. They talk away contentedly, ______of my discomfort and struggle to disengage my hand．

A．oblivious B．patent C．obvious D．pernicious

4．The word “foolish” is too mild to describe your behavior, I would prefer the word______．

A．ideological B．idyllic C．idiotic D．idiomatic

5．Because of its excellence in quality, for the last two years, Audi car has Germany's Touring Car Championship．

A．conquered B．contested C．dominated D．determined

6．What we consider a luxury at one time frequently becomes a______, many families find that ownership of two cars is indispensable．

A．fashion B．necessity C．proclivity D．nuisance

7．The chief editor thought he took some liberties with the original in translation. So it was necessary that he make the______suggested．


A．alterations B．alternatives C．alternations D．altercations
8．Many well—educated people don't believe that______will endanger freedom of speech．
A．censership B．censureship C．sensorship D．censorship
9．The______of “snake” is simply this: a legless reptile with a long, thin body．
A．connotation B．denomination C．donation D．denotation
10．When the opposing player fouled John, John let his anger______his good sense and