B．It was once famous as a beautiful resort．

C．It is located in a volcanic crater in California．

D．It used to be the center of a mining village．


52．Probably Tondo's rage was due the fact that______．
A．Morning Star was too young to marry

B．Tondo's tribe and Palas's tribe were enemies

C．Palo mistreated his Soboba girl friend

D．Palas vowed meet Morning Star in secret


53．According to the old-timers, on two occasions______．
A．the water of the lake turned red

B．lake water sprouted into the air

C．the Gnats invaded the countryside

D．fish in the lake suddenly died


54．The word “jinx”(Line 1, Paragraph 6) probably means______．
A．spell of bad luck B．hot air current

C．strange tranquility D．storm of unusual duration


55．Which can be considered the best title for the passage?
A．The Curse of Tondo．

B．The Beautify Lake Elsinore．

C．The Mysterious Indian Tribes．

D．The Tragic Love of Morning Star．


Passage 4
The crucial years of the Depression, as they are brought into historical focus, in creasingly emerge as the decisive decade for American art, if not for American culture in general. For it was during this decade that many of the conflicts which had blocked the progress of American art in the past came to ahead and sometimes boiled over. Janusfaced, the thirties look backward, sometimes as far as the Renaissance; and at the same time forward, as far as the present and beyond. It was the moment when artists, like Thomas Hart Benton, who wished to turn back the clock to regain the virtues of simpler times came into direct conflict with others, like Stuart Davis and Frank Lloyd Wright, who were ready to come to terms with the Machine Age and to deal with its consequences．
America in the thirties was changing rapidly. In many areas the past was giving way to the present, although not without a struggle. A predominantly rural and small town society was being replaced by the giant complexes of the big cities; power was becoming increasingly centralized in the federal government and in large corporations. As a result, traditional American types such as the independent farmer and the small businessman were being replaced by the executive and the bureaucrat. Many Americans, deeply attached to the old way of life, felt disinhereited. At the same time, as immigration decreased and the population became more homogeneous, the need arose in art and literature to commemorate the ethnic and regional differences that were fast disappearing. Thus, paradoxically, the conviction that art, at least, should serve some purpose or carry some message of moral uplift grew stronger as the Puritan ethos lost its contemporary reality. Often this elevating message was a sermon in favor of just those traditional American virtues which were now threatened with obsolescence in a changed social and political context．
In this new context, the appeal of the paintings by the Regionalists and the American Scene painters often lay in their ability to recreate an atmosphere that glorified the traditional American values-self-reliance tempered with good-neighborliness, independence modified by a sense of community, hard work rewarded by a sense of order and purpose. Given the actual temper of the times, these themes were strangely anachronistic, just as the rhetoric supporting political isolationism was equally inappropriate in an international situation soon to involve America in a second world war. Such themes gained popularity because they filled a genuine need for a comfortable collective fantasy of a God-fearing, white-picket-fence America, which in retrospect took on the nostalgic appeal of a lost Golden Age．
In this light, an autonomous art-for-art's sake was viewed as a foreign invader liable to subvert the native American desire for a purposeful art. Abstract art was assigned the role of the villainous alien; realism was to personify the genuine American means of expression. The argument drew favor in many camps: among the artists, because most were realists； among the politically oriented intellectuals, because abstract art was apolitical; and among museum officials, because they were surfeited with mediocre imitations of European modernism and were convinced that American art must develop its own distinct identity. To help along this road to self-definition, the museums were prepared to set up an artificial double standard, one for American art, and another for European art. In 1934, Ralph Flint wrote in Art News, “We have today in our midst a greater array of what may be called second, third, and fourth-string artists than any other country. Our big annuals are marvelous outpourings of intelligence and skill； they have all the diversity and animation of a fine-ring circus.”
56．According to the passage, in the 1930s, abstract art was seen as______．
A．uniquely America

B．uniquely European

C．imitative of European modernism

D．counter to American regionalism


57．The second paragraph deals mainly with______in America．
A．the rapid growth of urban population

B．the impact of industrialization on rural life

C．the disappearance of traditional values

D．the changing scenes in religion and politics


58．According to the passage, the best word to describe America in the 1930s would be______．

A．reactionary B．consistent

C．dynamic D．melancholic



59．“The
artificial standard”(Paragraph 4) refers to the difference between standards of judgement for______．

A．realism and abstract art

B．politically oriented intellectuals and museum officials

C．European art and American art

D．landscape painting and abstract painting




60．The best choice for title of the passage would be______．
A．The Thirties in Art. Reaction and Rebellion

B．America in the Thirties: A Changing Time

C．Thomas Hart Benton and Regionalism
Part Ⅴ Translation ( 20 points)



Part A (10 points)
Directions: Translate the following English into Chinese onto your ANSWER SHEET．
This organization is also a manufacturing firm. Here, however, management encourages and rewards risk taking and change. Decisions based on intuition are valued as much as those that are well rationalized. Management prides itself on its history of experimenting with new technologies and its success in regularly introducing innovative products. Managers or employees who have a good idea are encouraged to “run with it”, and failures are treated as “learning experiences”. The company prides itself on being market driven and rapidly responsive to the changing needs of its customers．
There are few rules and regulations for employees to follow, and supervision is loose because management believes that its employees are hardworking and trustworthy. Management is concerned with high productivity but believes that this comes through treating its people right. The company is proud of its reputation as being a good place to work．
Part B (10 points) Directions: Translate the following Chinese into English onto your ANSWER SHEET．我在这风光奇异的地方所呆的时间不长，但我的心灵得到了升华。那天晚上，我斗胆来
到宾馆外，去观赏五彩斑斓的极光( norternlights)把夜空照亮。传说如果你对着极光吹口哨，它们就会飘落在你的脚下。于是我吹响了口哨，发现它们仍呆在原先的地方，在寒冷贫瘠的土地上空飘舞。一如那些飘舞的极光，这里同样是一片远离尘嚣的净土。
Part Ⅵ Writing (20 points) Directions: A．Write an essay in no less than 200 words with the title “What can I Offer to the Society. ?”
B．First,write an outline for your essay,and then according to your outline,write your essay. Both your outline and your essay should be written clearly on your ANSWER SHEET．
参考答案
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary
Part A

1．B2. B3. A4. C5. A6. B7. A8. D9. B 10. C

Part B

11．D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. B Part Ⅲ Cloze

21．D 22. A 23．D 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C 31.


C     32. A 33. C 34．B 35. D 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. C 40. D Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension Passage 1
41．B 42. D 43. D 44. B 45. D

Passage 2

46．C 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. C

Passage 3

51．B 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. B

Passage 4

56．A 57. C 58. A 59. C 60. A


Part V Translation
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PartⅥWriting
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2012年中国人民大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题
Part Ⅱ Structure & Vocabulary(20%)
Part A

Directions: Questions 31—40 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked A, B, C, and D．Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet．
31．______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated ?
A．Of what use B．What use C．Of which use D．Which use
32．Childless couples sometimes acquire______pets to whom they can give parental love．