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1、1997年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I: Structure and VocabularyPart ADirections: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 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the bracket
2、s. (5 points)1.The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _ could go penniless by next year.A the larger oneB the larger of whichC the largest oneD the largest of which2.Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _ with other elements, most commonly with
3、 oxygen.A combinedB having combinedC combineD being combined3.Andrew, my fathers younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _ to the familys disappointment.A muchB moreC too muchD much more4.I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I _ fully occupied the whole
4、 of last week.A wereB had beenC have beenD was5.Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _ near whats needed.A everywhereB somewhereC nowhereD anywhere6.The chief reason for the population growth isnt so much a rise in birth rates _ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical
5、 care.A andB asC butD or7.He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. _ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.A What littleB So muchC How muchD So little8.Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconcil
6、ed _ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.A forB onC toD in9.Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone _ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.A addingB to have addedC to addD added10.The vocabulary and gram
7、matical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly _.A noticedB to be noticedC being noticedD to noticePart BDirections:Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark
8、your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)Example:A number of A foreign visitors were taken B to the industrial exhibition which C they saw D many new products.Part C is wrong. The sentence should read, “A number of foreign visitors were taken
9、to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products.” So you should choose C.11.Although Professor Greens lectures usually ran over A the fifty minute B period, but none C of his students even D objected as they found his lectures both informative and interesting.12.When A Edison died, it
10、was proposed that the American people turned off B all power C in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor of D this great man.13.They pointed out A the damage which B they supposed that C had been done by last nights D storm.14.Because of A the recent accidents, our parents
11、forbid my brother and me from swimming B in the river unless C someone agrees to watch D over us.15.A great many A teachers firmly B believe that English is one of the poorest taught C subjects in high schools at present. D16.In this way these insects show an efficient use of their sound produced A
12、ability, organizing B two sounds delivered C at a high rate as one call. D17.I thought the technician was to blame A for the blowing B of the fuse, but I see now how C I was D mistaken.18.For him to be re elected, A what is essential is not that his policy works, B but that C the public believe that
13、 it is. D19.As far as A I am concerned, his politics are B rather conservative compared C with other politicians. D20.Id say whenever you are going A after something that is belonging B to you, anyone who is depriving C you of the right to have it is criminal. DPart CDirections:Beneath each of the f
14、ollowing sentences, there are four choices marked A, B), C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)Example:The lost car of the Lees was found _ in the woods off the highway.A vanis
15、hedB scatteredC abandonedD rejectedThe sentence should read, “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose C.21.When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them _.A offB asideC outD down22.The wealth of a country
