1999年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)試題及答案

Part One:

l . Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic

recovery __ just around the corner was untrue.

[A]wouLd be [B]to be [C]was [D]being

2. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills __ people each year than automo-

bile accidents.

[A]seven more times [B]seven times more [C]over seven times [D]seven times

3. It` s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague

changes __ place in our ever-changing world.

[A] taking [B]to take [C]take [D]taken

4. This is an exciting area of study, and one __ which new applications are being discov-

ered almost daily.

[A] from [B]by [C] in [D] through

5 . __ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active

participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.

[A]As [B]What [C]That [D] It

6. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony , I was unable to attend __ such

short notice.

[A]to [B]in [C]with [D]on

7. California has more light than it knows __ to do with but everything else is expensive.

[A] how [ B] what [ C] which [D] where

8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don` t have small children and get

along __ to spend most of their time together.

[A]so well [B]too well [C]well as [D]well enough

9. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about __ compliments to his

political leaders .

[A]paying [B]having paid [C]to pay [D] to have paid

10. These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital informa-

tion than __ in traditional media.

[A]exist [B]exists [ C]existing [D]to exist

11. Your math instructor would have been happy to give you a makeup examination

??????????????[A]

had you gone and explained that your parents had been ill at the time.

?? [B]??????[C]???????????? [D]

12. As the children become financially independent of the family, the emphasis on family fi-

???????????????[A]?????????[B]???????????? [C]

nancial security will shift from protection to save for the retirement years.

??????????????????????? [D]

13. Were the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it

??[A]

could dramatically transform a family-ran enterprise that still gets 90% of its revenues

?[B]???????????????[C]???????????????????[D]

from newspapers .

14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range of subjects from overfishing to physical and

????????????????? [A]?????????[B]

environment factors that affect the populations of different species.

? [C]????????????????? [D]

15 . Convenation calls for a willingness to alternate the role of speaker with one of listener , and

?????????????[A]?????????????????????????[B]??? [C]

it calls for occasional ` digestive pauses` by both.

????????????????????? [D]

16. If two theories are equal to their ability to account for a body of data, the theory that

???????????????[A]???????????? [B]

does so with the smaller nomber of assumptions is to be preferred.

? [c]????????????????????????? [D]

17. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring the seven automakers selling the most cars in

?????????????????????[A]????????????? [B]

the state making 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free by 1998.

?????[C]?????????????????? [D]

18. As long as poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict with richer people, who in

??? [A]?????????????????????????????[B]

general are lighter skin, there` s going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.

???????[C]? [D]

19 . All those left undone may sound greatly in theory, but even the trust believer has great dif-

??????????[A]????????[B]????????????????? [C]

ficulty when it comes to specifics.

???? [D]

20 . Even if automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on alternative fuels, the cars

??? [A]??????????????????????????? [B]?????? [C]

won` t catch on in a big way when drivers can fill them up at the gas station.

???????????????[D]

21 . An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to ___ further research and fur-

ther thinking about a particular topic.

[ A] stimulate [ B] renovate [ C] arouse [ D] advocate

22 . Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practi-

cal __.

[ A] obligations [B] regulations [ C ] observations [ D] considerations

23 . Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss __ the bread-winner` s

death .

[A]at the cost of [B]on the verge of [C]as a result of [D]for the sake of

24. In education there should be a good __ among the branches of knowledge that con-

tribute to effective thinking and wise judgment .

[ A] distribution [ B] balance [ C] combination [ D] assignment

25 . The American dream is most __ during the periods of productivity and wealth generat-

ed by American capitalism.

[A] plausible [B] patriotic [ C] primitive [D] partial

26 . Poverty is not __ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in

certain areas, it is more visible there.

[ A] rare [ B] temporary [ C] prevalent [ D] segmental

27. People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in __ popu-

lated areas.

[A] densely [ B] intensely [ C] abundantly [D] highly

28. As a way of __ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady

to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.

[A]picking up [B]coping with [C]passing out [D]getting across

29 . Tom` s mother tried hard to persuade him to __ from his intention to invest his savings

in stock market .

[A]pull out [B]give up [C]draw in [D]back down

30. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical

__ , will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.

[ A] interference [ B] interruption [ C] intervention [ D] interaction

31 . These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the __ of high-

er education from the mid-1860`s to the mid-1880`s.

[ A] branch [ B]category t C] domain [D] scope

32 . Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the __ in the financial system will drag

down the economy.

[ A] shallowness [ B] shakiness [ C] scantiness [ D] stiffness

33 . Crisis would be the right term to describe the __ in many animal species. .

[ A] minimization [ B] restriction [ C] descent [ D] decline

34 . The city is an important railroad __ and industrial and convention center.

[A] conjunction [ B] network [ C]junction [D] link

35. Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to __ myself of every chance

to improve my English.

[ A] assure [ B] inform [ C] avail [D] notify

36. Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that __ disease

resistance in neighboring plants.

[ A.] contracts [ B] activates [ C] maintains [ D] prescribe

37 . Corporations and labor unions have __ great benefits upon their employees and mem-

bers as well as upon the general pubtic.

[A] conferred [ B]granted [ C] flung [D] submitted

38. The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was __

from one new moon to the next.

[ A] measured [ B] reckoned [ C]judged [

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