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	考研英语-考研英语―考试中心―天天英语 1999年全国研究生入学考试英语试题（上） Part I Structure and Vocabulary 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. (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) (D) 　 1. 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 automobile 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 discovered 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 information than ________- in traditional media. 　 (A) exist (B) exists (C) existing (D) to exist 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 foreign visitors were taken to the 　　(A)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（B) industrial exhibition, which they saw many new products. 　　　　　　　　　　　　（C）　　　（D）　　 Part C is wrong. The sentence should read, "A number of foreign visitors were taken to the in austral exhibition, where they saw many new products." So you should choose C. Sample Answer (A) (B) (O) (D) 　　11. Your math instructor would have been (A) happy to give you a makeup examination had you gone (B) and explained (C) that your parents had been (D) ill at the time 　　12. As the children become financially (A) independent of (B) the family, the emphasis on (C) family financial security will shift from protection to save (D) for the retirement years. 　 13. Were (A) the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it could (B) dramatically transform a family-ran (C) enterprise that still gets 90% of its (D) revenues from newspapers. 　 14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range (A) of subjects from (B) over fishing to physical and environment (C) factors that affect the populations (D) of different species. 　 15. Conversation calls for a (A) willingness to alternate the role of speaker with one (B) of listener (C), and it calls for occasional digestive pauses by (D) both. 　 16. If two theories are equal to (A) their ability to account for (B) a body of data, the theory that does so (C) with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred (D). 　 17. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring (A) the seven automakers selling (B) the most cars in the state making (C) 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free (D) by 1998. 　 18. As long as (A) poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict with (B) richer people, who in general are lighter (C) skin (D), there's going to be a constant racial conflict in the world. 　 19. All those left undone (A) may sound greatly (B) in theory, but even the truest believer (C) has great difficulty when (D) it comes to specifics. 　 20. Even (A) if automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on (B) alternative fuels (C), the cars won't catch on in big way when (D) drivers can fill them up at the gas station. Section 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) 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) (O) (D) 　 21. An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to _____ further research and further 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 practical _______. 　 (A) obligation (B) regulations (C) observations (D) considerations 　 23. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ______ the breadwinner'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 contribute 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 generated 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 ____ populated 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 higher education from the mid-1860's to the mid-1880's. 　 (A) branch (B) category (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) prescribes 　 37. Corporations and labor unions have __________ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public. 　 (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 (D) assessed 　 39. The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ____ to the issue at hand. 　 (A) irrational (B) unreasonable (C) invalid (D) irrelevant 　 40. Fuel scarcities and price increases ______ automobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely lines of small cars and trucks. 　 (A) persuaded (B) prompted (C) imposed (D) enlightened Part II Cloze Test Directions: 　　For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points) 　　Industrial safety does not just happen. Companies 41 low accident rates plan their safety programs, work hard to organize them, and continue working to keep them 42 and active. When the work is well done, a 43 of accident free operations is established 44 time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum. 　　 Successful safety programs may 45 greatly in the emphasis placed on certain aspects of the program. Some place great emphasis on mechanical guarding. Others stress safe work practices by 46 rules or regulations. 47 others depend on an emotional appeal to the worker. But, there are certain basic ideas that must be used in every program if maximum results are to be obtained. 　　 There can be no question about the value of a safety program. From a financial standpoint alone, safety 48 . The fewer the injury 49 , the better the workman's insurance rate. This may mean the difference between operating at 50 or at a loss. 　　 41. (A) at (B) in (C) on (D) with 　　 42. (A) alive (B) vivid (C) mobile (D) diverse 　　 43. (A) regulation (B) climate (C) circumstance (D) requirement 　　 44. (A) where (B) how (C) what (D) unless 　　 45. (A) alter (B) differ (C) shift (D) distinguish 　　 46. (A) constituting (B) aggravating (C) observing (D) justifying 　　 47. (A) Some (B) Many (C) Even (D) Still 　　 48. (A) comes off (B) turns up (C) pays off (D) holds up 　　 49. (A) claims (B) reports (C) declarations (D) proclamations 　　 50. (A) an advantage (B) a benefit (C) an interest (D) a 　profit 相关主题：考研英语英语专业考研北京自考英语专业考研英语