PDF《O一四年湖北省博士生入学考试》

iew.ing the actress Jenny Seagrove, snapped the stnngs of a hammock-type chair in her garden. It is not eas;

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iewee to take you seriously after your vasr bulk has beerL plunged suddenly on to their manicured lawn. l. The best title of this passage might be A. Poor Qualir,v of Chairs B. Trouble rvith Being Tall C. Embarrassment of Being Rejected D. Difficulties in Takinq Planes and Buses 2. What is tone of the writer when he is deprcting his recent travel in an easyJet plane? A. Angry. B. Sarcastic. C. Humorous. D. Envious. 3. According to the context, the word gnomes (Para.5) might be A. people of vast bulk B. people of small size C. representatives of Americans D. representatives of baseball players 4,VVhat happcned to t∷ hc vJriter、vhⅡ c he、 Ⅴas intcI/icvvring Jcnny Seagrovc? A.He suddenly fel1dO、 vn on the la、 vn, B.Hc prctendcd tO be vcEy scHous, C Hernade a foolc)f hirnsclf on purpOse D,He hiled to丘nish his interview, Questions5ˉ 8are based on the following passage: Graphene rnust su1・ cly bc Onc ofthc rnost exciting dcvclopmcnts in modcm science. Indeed,thc substance is sO extraordinary that it sounds too good to be tRlc a supcr-llcxil冫le shect of carbon,just a single atom thick,w11ich is not Only the thinnest and strongest rnaterial yet knOwn but a1so conducts heat,light and electricity、 vhⅡ e being impassablc tO gas. We haⅤ e t、Ⅴo scientists at thc Univcrsity Of Manchcstcr tO thank for graphcnc.Ⅳ Vhat began、 vith z`ndrc GciFn and Kostya l`OⅤ osclov playing arOund 、 、 hth Scotch tapc and a block of carbon graphitc tumcd into the discoveγ ofthc 英语联考试卷 ・ 第 2页 (共12页|so-called miracle material (and a joint Nobel Prize in Physics in 20i0). Now, of course, the race is on to put graphene to use. Even the more sober predictions read like science fiction. From cheap desalination filters to solve the world'

s creeping water crisis, to next-generation electronics with foldable touch-screens and ultra-speedy biodegradable pr,rcessors, to super-strong but super-lightweight cars and airplanes, if just a fraction of graphene'

s potential is fulfilled it will change the world. And that is wir:hout even considering either the biomedical or the military possibilities. Nor are researchers hanging back;

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2012 alone, some 10,000 papers were published orL the subject. Britain may be the birthplace of graphene, but we will still have to work hard to hang on to our global lead as scientists and enffepreneurs across the world dash for competitive advantage. The good news is that real efforts are being made to bridge the long-standing gap benveen university research and commercial products that so often leaves the UK lagging behind, for example, the US. The Government has given more than f 60m, and graphene research centers are under construction in both Manchester rlnd Cambridge. But there are already signs of progress. \-esterday, Applied Graphene Materials-a spin-off from Durham Univer:sity-became the second manufacfurer of the material to list successfully on the stock market this year. Both its founders'

ambitions and investors'

belief in them are wholly iustified. Graphene'

s potential is limited only by our imaginittions. 5. The article is written mainly to A. urge Britons to hold the lead in graphene B. introduce the new material graphene to readr:rs C. inform readers of the limitless potentials of graphene D. report the construction of UK'

s graphene res;

earch centres 6. Which is NOT a property of graphene according to the passage? A. It is the thinnest and strongest substance. B. It is a superb conductor of gas. C. It is one of the most stretchable materials. D. It is a special kind of carbon. J .It can be inferred that the past graphene research in the UK was A. put to dash for competitive advantage B. far ahead of the U. S. in marketing C. turned into a lot of science fiction D. isolated in universitv experiment labs 英语联考试卷 ・ 第 3页 (共12页)8, There are good reasons for investors to beiieve in the founders'