北京大学2011年考博英语真题

　　Part Five Proofreading (15%)

　　Directions: In the following passage, there are altogether 15 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 answer on the ANSWER SHEET (2).

　　Examples:

　　eg. 1 (61) The meeting begun 2 hours ago.

　　Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2): (61) begun began

　　eg. 2 (62) Scarcely they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre when the curtain went up.

　　Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2): (62) (Scarcely)4iad- (they)

　　eg. 3 (63) Never will I not do it again.

　　Correction put on the ANSWER SHEET (2): (63)^ro^

　　Wal-Mart announced Thursday afternoon that it would introduce a program nationwide called (61) “Pick Up Today” that allows customers to submit orders online and pick up their items few hours later in their local store. (62) The move is not revolutionary — Sears and Nordstrom，as instance，already have similar programs. (63) Retailers say that tying online and in-store inventory together lets them to sell more products. (64) Nordstrom recently combined its inventory so that if the online stockroom is out of a jacket，a store that has it can ship to the Web customer. (65) Encourage customers to retrieve items they have ordered online in a store increases visits to the stores，which usually increases sales. (66) Best Buy offers both store pickup and “ship to store, where items are shipped free from a local store. Ace Hardware, J. C. Penney and Wal-Mart itself are among the others offering “ship to store” programs. In Wal-Mart5s program, (67) that is expected to be nationwide by June, customers can select from among 40, 000 items online. (68) They will send a text message or e-mail alerting them when the order is ready，which usually takes about four hours. (69) “ Not only we see it as a nice convenience for customers，but we also saw it as a way to drive incremental traffic to the stores，and incremental sales,” said Steve Nave, senior vice president and general manager of Walmart. Com. (70) The program will include about 40, 000 items likewise electronics，toys, home decor and sporting goods. (71) As of now，it does not include groceries，though Mr. Nave did dismiss that possibility.

　　(72) “We’re not ready to talk today about everything that’s going on in grocery，” he said. “What we，ve tried to do is (73) focus on those categories where customers are most likely to be willing to make the purchase after they touch it or look at it. (74) This is a convenient play，trying to figure out what are the things that are going to drive more customers into the stores. ” Wal-Mart also announced that (75) it was shortened the time customers would have to wait for ship-to-store items，to four to seven days, from seven to 10 days.

　　Part Six Writing (15%)

　　Directions: Read the following paragraph and then write a response paper of about 250 to 300 words. Write it nearly on the ANSWER SHEET (2 ).

　　In China, minimum wage becomes higher in many places. But people disagree over its benefits and drawbacks. Supporters say it increases the worker’s standard of living, while opponents say it increase unemployment. What do you think?

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