2000年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题与参考答案

2000年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题与参考答案
Part I Structure and Vocabulary

Section A

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 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 Points)

Example:
I have been to the Great Wall three times _____ 1979.
A)from
B)after
C)for
D)since
The sentence should read, "I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979."
Therefore you should choose (D).
Sample Answer: (A)(B)(C)(●)

1. As I'll be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate ____ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along.
A) hearing
B) to hear
C) to be hearing
D) having heard

2. Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ___ to find it locked.
A) just
B) only
C) hence
D) thus

3. Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent ___ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
A) to sunbathe
B) to have sunbathed
C) having sunbathed
D) sunbathing

4. Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled ____ a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.
A) to
B) with
C) for
D) on

5. On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ____ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading "Boston".
A) which
B) where
C) when
D) that

6. Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ____ out of the office.
A) went
B) gone
C) to go
D) would go

7. The roles expected ___ old people in such a setting give too few psychological satisfactions for normal happiness.
A) of
B) on
C) to
D) with

8. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, ____ you'll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.

A) or
B) and
C) for
D) so

9. It wasn't so much that I disliked her ____ that I just wasn't interested in the whole business.
A) rather
B) so
C) than
D) as

10. Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone ____ one.
A) getting
B) to get
C) gotten
D) get

Section B

Directions:
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 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:
A)A number of foreign visitors B)were taken to the industrial exhibition C)which they D)saw many new products.
Answer(C)is wrong. The sentence should read, "A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products." So you should choose (C).
Sample Answer: (A)(B)(●)(D)

11.A) Having isolated on a remote island,B) with little workC) to occupy them, the soldiers suffered from boredom and low D) spirits.

12. If the letterA) to be mailedB) was placed on the writing table an hour ago, itC) is certainD) being there now.

13. The A) ruling party could even loseB)its majority in the lower house of parliament, C) started a period of D) prolonged struggling.

14. The mechanismsA) at workB) are manifest in the tendency for such physical activity C) to utilize the D) potential harmful constituents of the stress response.

15.A) In the long run, however, this hurryB) to shed full-time staff may be C) more harmful to industry as it isD) to the workforce.

16. See toA) it that you includeB) in the examination paper C) whatever questions they didn't knowD) the answer last time.

17. Most newspapers,A) while devoting the major part of B) its space to recent events, usually manage to findC) room on the inside pages for articles D) on some interesting topics.

18. One signA) by which you are making progress in B) an art such as painting or photography isC) that you begin to realize how muchD) there is to learn.

19. The ideal listener stays both A) inside and outside the music at the moment it is played andB) enjoying it almostC) as much as the composer at the moment he D) composes.

20.A) Continued exposure to stress has been linked to B) worsened functioning of the immune system, (C) leaving a person more liable D) for infection.

　
Sections C

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 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

Example:
The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A)vanished
B)scattered
C)abandoned
D)rejected
The sentence should read, “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose (C).
Sample Answer: (A)(B)(●)(D)

21. He spoke so ____ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.
A) bluntly
B) convincingly
C) emphatically
D) determinedly

22. France's ____ of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.
A) assumption
B) consumption
C) presumption
D) resumption

23.The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, ____ an outburst of interest.
A) flared
B) glittered
C) sparked
D) flashed

24. His efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two Parties ___.
A) came off
B) came on
C) came round
D) came down

25.The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually ____ it in a profitable direction.
A) adapt
B) control
C) install
D) steer

26. The capital intended to broaden the export base and ____ efficiency gains from international trade was channeled instead into uneconomic import substitution.

A) secure
B) extend
C) defend
D) possess

27. It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be ____ at the manager's office.
A) declared
B) obtained
C) reclaimed
D) recognized

28. When I ____ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with Grandma bending over me.
A) woke up
B) took to
C) picked up
D) came to

29. The American society is ____ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natural resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.
A) established on
B) affiliated to
C) originated from
D) incorporated with

30. I am not ____ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.
A) concerned
B) compatible
C) considerate
D) complied

31. At first, the ____ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible, but, with painstaking efforts and at great expense, it became a reality.
A) transaction
B) transmission
C) transformation
D) transition

32. When the committee _____ to details, the proposed plan seemed impractical.
A) got down
B) set about
C) went off
D) came up

33. ____to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.
A) Orientation
B) Access
C) Procession
D) Voyage

34. Mr. Smith had an unusual _____: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.
A) profession
B) occupation
C) position
D) career

35. The mayor is a woman with great ____ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
A) intention
B) instinct
C) integrity
D) intensity

36. The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest ____ to everyone.
A) speculation
B) attribution
C) utilization
D) proposition

37. The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ____ it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.

A) renders
B) reckons
C) regards
D) relates

38.To impress a future employer, one should dress neatly be ____, and display in the job.
A) swift
B) instant
C) timely
D) punctual

39.You don't have to install this radio in your new car, it's an _____ extra.
A) excessive
B) optional
C) additional
D) arbitrary

40.We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didn't _____ to the traffic jam of the busy city.
A) aid
B) amount
C) add
D) attribute

Part II Cloze Test

Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A),B),C),D). Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain 41 consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family 42 he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance 43 the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to 44 old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to 45 the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation 46 and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be 47 . He must either sell some of his property or 48 extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low 49 of interest, but loans of this kind are not 50 obtainable.

41.
A) other than
B) as well as
C) instead of
D) more than

42.
A) only if
B) much as
C) long before
D) ever since

43.
A) for
B) against
C) supplement
D) dispose

44.
A) replace
B) purchase
C) supplement
D) dispose

45.
A) enhance
B) mix
C) feed
D) raise

46.
A) vessels
B) routes
C) paths
D) channels

47.
A) self-confident
B) self-sufficient
C) self-satisfied
D) self-restrained

48.
A) search
B) save
C) offer
D) seek

49.
A) proportion
B) percentage
C) rate
D) ratio

50.
A) genuinely
B) obviously
C) presumably
D) frequently　

Part III Reading Comprehension

Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A),B),C)and D). Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points)