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Section I Listening Comprehension
Directions:
This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C.
Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1. Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
Directions:
For questions 1 - 5, you will hear a talk about the geography of Belgium. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. (5 points)
Part B
Directions:
For Questions 6-10, you will hear an interview with Mr. Saffo from the Institute for the Future. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and questions below. (5 points)
What is Saffo according to himself?
The Institute for the Future provides services to private companies and
The Institute believes that to think systematically about the long-range future is
To succeed in anything, one should be flexible, curious and
What does Saffo consider to be essential to the work of a team?
6 7 8 9 10
Part C
Directions:
You will hear three pieces of recorded material. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answers. You will hear each piece once only. (10 points)
Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk about naming newborns. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.
11. What do we often do with the things we love?
[A] Ask for their names. [B] Name babies after them.
[C] Put down their names. [D] Choose names for them.
12. The unpleasant meaning of an old family name is often overlooked if
[A] the family tree is fairly limited. [B] the family tie is strong enough.
[C] the name is commonly used. [D] nobody in the family complains.
13. Several months after a baby’s birth, its name will
[A] show the beauty of its own. [B] develop more associations.
[C] lose the original meaning. [D] help form the baby’s personality.
Questions 14 - 16 are based on the biography of Bobby Moore, an English soccer player. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 - 16.
14. How many matches did Moore play during his professional career?
[A] 90. [B] 108. [C] 180. [D] 668.
15. In 1964, Bobby Moore was made [A] England’s footballer of the year.
[B] a soccer coach in West Germany. [C] a medalist for his sportsmanship.
[D] a number of the Order of the British Empire.
16. After Moore retired from playing, the first thing he did was
[A] editing Sunday Sport. [B] working for Capital Radio. [C] managing professional soccer teams. [D] developing a sports marketing company.
Questions 17 - 20 are based on the following talk on the city of Belfast. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 - 20.
17. Belfast has long been famous for its
[A] oil refinery. [B] linen textiles.
[C] food products. [D] deepwater port.
18. Which of the following does Belfast chiefly export?
[A] Soap. [B] Grain. [C] Steel. [D] Tobacco.
19. When was Belfast founded?
[A] In 1177. [B] In 1315. C In the 16th century. [D] In the 17th century.
20. What happened in Belfast in the late 18th century?
[A] French refugees arrived. [B] The harbor was destroyed.
[C] Shipbuilding began to flourish. [D] The city was taken by the English.
You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
Section II Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories (21) ____ on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior (22) ____ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through (23) ____ with others. Theories focusing on the role of society that children commit crimes in (24) ____ to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status (25) ____ as a rejection of middle-class values.
Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, (26) ____ the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes (27) ____ lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are (28) ____ to criticism.
Changes in the social structure may indirectly (29) ____ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that (30) ____ to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment (31) ____ make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in (32) ____ lead more youths into criminal behavior.
Families have also (33) ____ changes these years. More families consist of one parent households or two working parents; (34) ____, children are likely to have less supervision at home (35) ____ was common in the traditional family (36) ____. This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other (37) ____ causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased (38) ____ of drugs and alcohol, and the growing (39) ____ of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, (40) ____ a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
21.[A] acting [B] relying [C] centering [D] cementing
22.[A] before [B] unless [C] until [D] because
23. [A] interactions [B] assimilation [C] cooperation [D] consultation
24. [A] return [B] reply [C] reference [D] response
25. [A] or [B] but rather [C] but [D] or else
26.[A] considering [B] ignoring [C] highlighting [D] discarding
27. [A] on [B] in [C] for [D] with
28. [A] immune [B] resistant [C] sensitive [D] subject
29. [A] affect [B] reduce [C] chock [D] reflect
30. [A] point [B] lead [C] come [D] amount
31. [A] in general [B] on average [C] by contrast [D] at length
32. [A] case [B] short [C] turn [D] essence
33. [A] survived [B] noticed [C] undertaken [D] experienced
34. [A] contrarily [B] consequently [C] similarly [D] simultaneously
35. [A] than [B] that [C] which [D] as
36. [A] system [B] structure [C] concept [D] heritage
37. [A] assessable [B] identifiable [C] negligible [D] incredible
38. [A] expense [B] restriction [C] allocation [D] availability
39. [A] incidence [B] awareness [C] exposure [D] popularity
40. [A] provided [B] since [C] although [D] supposing
Section III Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your mowers on ANSWER SNEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site’s “personal search agent”. It’s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,’ says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.
With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility.” says one expert.
For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept —— what you think you want to do —— then broaden it. “None of these programs do that,” says another expert. “There’s no career counseling implicit in all of this.” Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job-searching guide.
Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When CareerSite’s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs —— those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them —— and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.
Even those who aren’t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. “You always keep your eyes open,” he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.
41. How did Redmon find his job?
[A] By searching openings in a job database.
[B] By posting a matching position in a database.
[C] By using a special service of a database.
[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.
42. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?
[A] Lack of counseling. [B] Limited number of visits.
[C] Lower efficiency. [D] Fewer successful matches.
43. The expression “tip service” (Line 4, Paragraph 3) most probably means
[A] advisory. [B] compensation.
[C] interaction. [D] reminder.
44. Why does CareerSite’s agent offer each job hunter only three job options?
[A] To focus on better job matches.
[B] To attract more returning visits.
[C] To reserve space for more messages.
[D] To increase the rate of success.
45. Which of the following is true according to the text?
[A] Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.
[B] Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.
[C] Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.
[D] Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.
Text 2
Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zo? Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).
Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.
The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
46. What does the author intend to illustrate with AAA A cars and Zodiac cars?
[A] A kind of overlooked inequality. [B] A type of conspicuous bias.
[C] A type of personal prejudice. [D] A kind of brand discrimination.
47. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?
[A] In both East and West, names are essential to success.
[B] The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo? Zysman.
[C] Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies’ names.
[D] Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.
48. The 4th paragraph suggests that
[A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students.
[B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape form class.
[C] teachers should pay attention to all of their students.
[D] students should be seated according to their eyesight.
49. What does the author mean by “most people are literally having a ZZZ” (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 5)?
[A] They are getting impatient. [B] They are noisily dozing off.
[C] They are feeling humiliated. [D] They are busy with word puzzles.
50. Which of the following is true according to the text?
[A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.
[B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.
[C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.
[D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.
Text 3
When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “I’m a good economic indicator,” she says. “I provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars.” So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too” she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last year’s pace. But don’t sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.
Consumers say they’re not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. Home prices are holding steady in most regions. In Manhattan, “there’s a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,” says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three,” says john Deadly, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job.
Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldn’t mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattan’s hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan & Co. may still be worth toasting.
51. By “Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet”(Line 1, Paragraph 1), the author means
[A] Spero can hardly maintain her business.
[B] Spero is too much engaged in her work.
[C] Spero has grown out of her bad habit.
[D] Spero is not in a desperate situation.
52. How do the public feel about the current economic situation?
[A] Optimistic. [B] Confused.
[C] Carefree. [D] Panicked.
53. When mentioning “the $4 million to $10 million range” (Lines 3-4, Paragraph 3) the author is talking about.
[A] gold market. [B] real estate.
[C] stock exchange. [D] venture investment.
54. Why can many people see “silver linings” to the economic showdown?
[A] They would benefit in certain ways.
[B] The stock market shows signs of recovery.
[C] Such a slowdown usually precedes a boom.
[D] The purchasing power would be enhanced.
55. To which of the following is the author likely to agree?
[A] A now boom, on the horizon. [B] Tighten the belt, the single remedy.
[C] Caution all right, panic not. [D] The more ventures, the more chances.
Text 4
Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education —— not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find.
“Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual,” says education writer Diane Ravitch. “Schools could be a counterbalance.” Razitch’s latest bock, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, “We will become a second-rate country. We will have a less civil society.”
“Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege,” writes historian and professor Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicality, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you could learn from a book.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children:“We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.”Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized —— going to school and learning to read —— so he can preserve his innate goodness.
Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligence, a quality we reluctantly admire. Intellect is the critical, creative, and contemplative side of the mind. Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines.
School remains a place where intellect is mistrusted. Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.”
56. What do American parents expect their children to acquire in school?
[A] The habit of thinking independently.
[B] Profound knowledge of the world.
[C] Practical abilities for future career.
[D] The confidence in intellectual pursuits.
57. We can learn from the text that Americans have a history of
[A] undervaluing intellect. [B] favoring intellectualism.
[C] supporting school reform. [D] suppressing native intelligence.
58. The views of Ravish and Emerson on schooling are
[A] identical. [B] similar. [C] complementary. [D] opposite.
59. Emerson, according to the text, is probably
[A] a pioneer of education reform. [B] an opponent of intellectualism.
[C] a scholar in favor of intellect. [D] an advocate of regular schooling.
60. What does the author think of intellect?
[A] It is second to intelligence. [B] It evolves from common sense.
[C] It is to be pursued. [D] It underlies power.
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(10 points)
The relation of language and mind has interested philosophers for many centuries. (61) The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought, which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be.
Only recently did linguists begin the serious study of languages that were very different from their own. Two anthropologist-linguists, Franz Boas Edward Sapir, were pioneers in describing many native languages of North and South America during the first half of the twentieth century. (62) We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages. Other linguists in the earlier part of this century, however, who were less eager to deal with bizarre data from “exotic” language, were not always so grateful. (63) The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas and Sapir of fabricating their data.. Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code during World War II to send secret messages.
Sapir’s pupil, Benjamin Lee Whorf, continued the study of American Indian languages. (64) Being interested in the relationship of language and thought, Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society. He reasoned that because the structure of habitual thought in a society. He reasoned that because it is easier to formulate certain concepts and not others in a given language, the speakers of that language think along one track and not along another. (65) Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society. Later, this idea became to be known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, but this term is somewhat inappropriate. Although both Sapir and Whorf emphasized the diversity of languages ,Sapir himself never explicitly supported the notion of linguistic determinism.
Section Ⅳ Writing
66. Directions:
Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should
1) describe the drawing.
2) interpret its meaning, and.
3) support your view with examples.
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)
2004年全国硕士学位研究生入学统一考试英语试题参考答案和评分标准
sectionI Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Part A (5 points)
1. highlands; 2. 20; 3. mild; 4. November; 5. 22.
Part B (5 points)
6. A (technology)forecaster; 7. government agencies; 8. (a)meaningful(exercise); 9. open to change;
10.Trust and cooperation.
Part C (10 points)
11.D 12.B 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.A 20.C
sectionII Use of English(10 points)
21.C 22.D 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.D 29.A 30.B 31.A 32.C 33.D 34.B 35.A 36.B 37.B 38.D 39.A 40.C
sectionIII Reading Comprehension(50 points)
Part A (40 points)
41.C 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.B 50.D 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.A 55.C 56.C 57.A 58.D 59.B 60.C
Part B (10 points)
61. 希腊人认为，语言结构与思维过程之间存在着某种联系。这一观点在人们尚未认识到语言的千差万别以前就早已在欧洲扎下了根。
62. 我们之所有感激他们（两位先驱），是因为在此之后，这些（土著）语言中有一些已经不复存在了，这是由于说这些语言的部族或是消亡了，或是被同化而丧失了自己的本族语言。
63. 这些新近被描述的语言与已经得到充分研究的欧洲和东南亚地区的语言往往差别显著，以至于有些学者甚至指责Boas和Sapir编造了材料。
64. Whorf对语言与思维的关系很感兴趣，逐渐形成了这样的观点：在一个社会中，语言的结构决定习惯思维的结构。
65. Whorf进而相信某种类似语言决定论的观点，其极端说法是：语言禁锢思维，语言的语法结构能对一个社会的文化产生深远的影响。
sectionIV Writing(20 points)
评分标准： I 听力： A节：5小题，每题1分，共5分。B节：5小题，每题1分，共5分。
C节：10小题，每题1分，共10分。 A、B两节对大、小写（专有名词除外）和标点符号不做要求，英、美拼法均可接受，但拼写错误不给分。
II 英语知识运用：20小题，每题0.5分，共10分。
III 阅读理解： A节：20小题，每题2分，共40分。B节：5小题，每题2分，共10分。
如果句子译文扭曲原文意思，该句得分最多不得超过0.5分。
如考生就一道题目给出两种或两种以上的译法，若均正确，给分：若其中译法错误，应酌情扣分，扣分不得超过1分。
汉语错误字，不个别扣分，按整篇累计扣分。在不影响意思的前提下，满三个错别字扣0.5分，无0.25扣分。
IV 写作：1题，20分。
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1. If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I _________ my head in my hands for a cry.
［A］bury ［B］am burying ［C］buried ［D］would bury
2.Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port _________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.
［A］to announce ［B］announced ［C］announcing ［D］was announced
3.According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one _________ wait instead of searching for it.
［A］would rather ［B］had to ［C］cannot but ［D］had best
4.She felt suitably humble just as she _________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.
［A］had ［B］had had ［C］would have and ［D］has had
5.There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite _________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.
［A］ being resigned ［B］having resigned
［C］going to resign ［D］resign
6.So involved with their computers _________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
［A］became the children ［B］become the children
［C］had the children become ［D］do the children become
7.The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is _________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
［A］everything except ［B］anything but
［C］no less than ［D］nothing more than
8.One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. _________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.
［A］By ［B］In ［C］For ［D］With
9.Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
［A］as ［B］which ［C］that ［D］what
10.Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, _________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
［A］be ［B］being ［C］were ［D］are
1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B6.D 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.A
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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 boos 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 divouced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divouce, let alone___ one.［A］getting ［B］to get ［C］gotten ［D］get
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C
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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
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A
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1.I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time _____ the last bus .
A)to have caughtB)to catchC)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 upD)needn't have dressed up
3.I apologize if I _____ you, but I assure you it was unintentional .
A)offendB)had offendedC)should have offendedD)might have offended
4.Although a teenager, Fred could resist _____ what to do and what not to do .
A)to be toldB)having been toldC)being toldD)to have been told
5.Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage _____ avoided .
A)is to beB)can beC)will beD)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)beforeB)asC)sinceD)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)howB)whereC)whatD)when
8.I've kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was at school _____ twenty years ago .
A)aboutB)sinceC)tillD)with
9.He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _____ insufficiently popular with all members .A)being considerdB)consideringC)to be consideredD)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 beenB)Were it notC)Be it notD)Should it not be
BDBCA DCDAA
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1.The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _____ could go penniless by next year. A)the larger oneB)the larger of which C)the largest oneD)the largest of which
2.Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.A)combinedB)having combinedC)combineD)being combined
3.Andrew, my father's younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _____ to the family's disappointment. A)muchB)moreC)too muchD)much more
4.I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I _____ fully occupied the whole of last week.A)wereB)had beenC)have beenD)was
5.Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _____ near what's needed.
A)everywhereB)somewhereC)nowhereD)anywhere
6.The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates _____ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care. A)andB)asC)butD)or
7.He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. _____ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
A)What littleB)So muchC)How muchD)So little
8.Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled _____ the decision made by our fellow countrymen. A)forB)onC)toD)in
9.Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone _____ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
A)addingB)to have addedC)to addD)added
10.The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly _____ . A)noticedB)to be noticedC)being noticedD)to notice
BDADC BACDB
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1. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _____,of better than an actual performance.
A. as good as Bas good C. good D. good as
2. My pain _____apparent the moment I walked into the room. for the first man I met asked sympathetically: "Are you feeling all right?"
A. must be B. had C. must have been D. had to be
3. The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me ____ she could remember who last borrowed it.
A. ever since B. much as C. even though. D if only
4. Observations were made ____ the children at the beginning and at the end of pre-school and first grade.
A. towards B. of C. on D. with
5. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ____ one major point in contrast with the other.
A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making
6. A safety analysis ___ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
A. would identify B. will identify C. would have identified D. will have identified
7. The number of registered participants in this year's marathon was half _____ .
A. of last year's B. those of last year's C. of those of last year D. that of last year's
8. For there ____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A. is B. to be C. will be D. being
9. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently _____ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic.
A. giving B. gave C. to give D. given
10. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is
l. A 3. D 5. D 7. D 9. A2. C 4. B 6. C 8. B IO. C
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1. Between 1897 and 1919 at least 29 motion pictures in which artificial beings were portrayed _____.
A. had produced B. have been produced C. would have produced D. had been produced
2. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than ___ in the public mind today.
A. exists B. exist C. existing D. existed
3. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds _____ his argument in favor of the new theory.
A. which to base on B. on which to base C. to base on which D. which to be based on
4. ________ can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.
A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Nobody
5. How many of us ___, say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?
A. attended B. Attending C. to attend D. have attended
6. Hydrogen is the fundamental element of the universe ____ it provides he building blocs from which the other elements are produced.
A. so that B. but that C. in that D. provided that
7. We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style ____ in a personal one.
A. rather than B. Other than C. better than D. less than
8. ______ is generally accepted, economical growth is determined by the smooth development of production.
A. What B. That C. It D. As
9. It is believed that today's pop music can serve as a creative force ____ stimulating the thinking of its listeners.
A. by B. with C. at D. on
10. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, _____ the atmosphere.
A. as it is B. the same as C. so is D. and so is
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. A 10.C
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1. By the time you arrive in London, we ___ in Europe for two weeks.
A. shall stay B. have stayed C. will have stayed D. have been staying
2. I appreciated ____ the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.
A. having been given B. having given
C. to have been given D. to have given
3. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ____ obtaining water is not the least.
A. of which B. for what C. as D. whose
4. The heart is ___ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.
A. not so B. not much C. much more D. no more
5. ____ the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Prof. White persisted in his research.
A. Because of B. As to C. In spite of D. In view of
6. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed
7. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand , ____ all practical value by the time they finished.
A. could lose B. would have lost C. might lose D. ought to have lost
8. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as _____ earned by his own labour.
A. one B. that C. such D. what
9. It isn't cold enough for there ___ a frost tonight , so I can leave Jim's car out quite safely.
A. would be B. being C. was D. to be
10. Scientists generally agree that the Earth's climate will warm up over the next 50 to 100 years ____ it has warmed in the 20,000 years since the Ice Age.
A. as long as B. as much as C. as soon as D. as well as
l. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. C6. C 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. B
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