1998年全國碩士研究生入學考試英語試題及答案

Part I Structure and Vocabulary

Sections A

Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A),B),C)andD).Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET I 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)fromB)afterC)forD)since

The sentence should read,"I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979."Therefore, you should choose D).

I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time _____ the last bus .

A)to have caught

B)to catch

C)catching

D)having caught

As it turned out to be a small house party, we _____ so formally.

A)needn`t dress up

B)did not need have dressed up

C)did not need dress up

D)needn`t have dressed up

I apologize if I _____ you, but I assure you it was unintentional .

A)offend

B)had offended

C)should have offended

D)might have offended

Although a teenager, Fred could resist _____ what to do and what not to do .

A)to be told

B)having been told

C)being told

D)to have been told

Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage _____ avoided .

A)is to be

B)can be

C)will be

D)has been

Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests .

A)before

B)as

C)since

D)when

There are over 100 night schools in the city, making it possible for a professional to be re-educated no matter _____ he does .

A)how

B)where

C)what

D)when

I`ve kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was at school _____ twenty years ago .

A)about

B)since

C)till

D)with

He wasn`t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _____ insufficiently popular with all members .

A)being considerd

B)considering

C)to be considered

D)having considered

_____ for the timely investment from the general public,our company would not be so thriving as it is .

A)Had it not been

B)Were it not

C)Be it not

D)Should it not be

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 ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (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 to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products.” So you should choose C).

According to Darwin,randon changes that enhance a species` A) ability for surviving B) are C) naturally selected and passed on to succeeding D) generations.

Neither rain nor snow keeps A) the postman from delivering our letters which B)we so much C) look forward to receive D) .

If they will not accept A) a check, we shall have B)to pay the cash C) , though it would be D) much trouble for both sides .

Having been A) robbed off B)economic importance,those states are not C) likely to count for very much D) in international political terms.

The message will be A) that B)neither the market nor the government is capable of dealing with all of their C) uncontrollable practices D) .

The logic of scientific development is such A) that separates B)groups of men working on C) the same problem in far-scattered D) laboratories are likely to arrive at the same answer at the same time.

Yet not all of these races are intellectual inferior to A) the European races, and B)some may even have a C) freshness and vitality that can renew the energies D) of more advanced races.

The A) more than 50,000 nuclear weapons in the hands of various nations today are more than B)ample destroying C) every city in the world several times over D) .

The universe works in a way so far remove A) from what common sense would B)allow that C) words of any kind must necessarily be inadequate to explain it D) .

The integration of independent states could best be A) brought about by first B)creaing a central organization with authorities C) over technical D) economic tasks.

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 ANSWER SHEET I 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)vanishedB)scattered C)abandonedD)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).

The machine needs a complete _____ since it has been in use for over ten years .

A)amending

B)fitting

C)mending

D)renovating

There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so I only caught a _____ of him .

A)glance

B)glimpse

C)look

D)sight

I don`t think it`s wise of you to _____ your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it may offend him .

A)show up

B)show out

C)show in

D)show off

The returns in the short _____ may be small,but over a number of years the investment will be well repaid .

A)interval

B)range

C)span

D)term

A thorough study of biology requires _____ with the properties of trees and plants,and the habit of birds and beasts .

A)acquisition

B)discrimination

C)curiosity

D)familiarity

She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would _____ her long effort .

A)justify

B)testify

C)rectify

D)verify

I`m very glad to know that my boss has generously agreed to _____ my debt in return for certain services .

A)take away

B)cut out

C)write off

D)clear up

Some journalists often overstate the situation so that their news may create a great _____ .

A)explosion

B)sensation

C)exaggeration

D)stimulation

According to what you have just said,am I to understand that his new post _____ no responsibility with it at all? .

A)shoulders

B)possesses

C)carries

D)shares

Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _____ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied .

A)comment

B)reaction

C)impression

D)comprehension

Please _____ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places,since the law fotbids them .

A)restrain

B)hinder

C)restrict

D)prohibit

Without telephone it would be impossible to carry on the functions of _____ every business operation in the whole country .

A)practically

B)preferably

C)precisely

D)presumably

Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress .

A)in proportion to

B)in reply to

C)in relation to

D)in contrast to

He is planning another tour abroad,yet his passport will _____ at the end of this month .

A)expire

B)exceed

C)terminate

D)cease

All the off-shore oil explorers were in high spirits as they read _____ letters from their families .

A)sentimental

B)affectionate

C)intimate

D)sensitive

Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to _____ ,or at least weaken,the trends that emerged in the 1980s .

A)revolt

B)revolve

C)reverse

D)revive

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