1998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section I: Structure and Vocabulary Part 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 1 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].
1. 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
2. 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 3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. He wasn’t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ________ insufficiently popular with all members. [A] being considered [B] considering [C] to be considered [D] having considered
10. ________ 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 Part 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 1 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].
11. According to Darwin, random changes that enhance a species’[A] ability for surviving [B] are [C] naturally selected and passed on to succeeding [D] generations.
12. Neither rain nor snow keeps [A] the postman from delivering our letters which [B] we so much [C] look forward to receive [D].
13. 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.
14. Having been [A] robbed off [B] economic importance, those states are not [C] likely to count
for very much [D] in international political terms.
15. 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].
16. 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.
17. 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. 18. 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].
19. 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].
20. The integration of independent states could best be [A] brought about by first [B] creating a central organization with authorities [C] over technical [D] economic tasks. Part 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 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].
21. The machine needs a complete ________ since it has been in use for over ten years. [A] amending [B] fitting [C] mending [D] renovating 22. 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
23. 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
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