2001年全国硕士研究生考试英语试卷及答案

　　2001年全国硕士研究生考试英语试卷及答案

　　Part Ⅰ Structure and Vocabulary

　　Section 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 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］.

　　Sample Answer

　　［A］［B］［C］［D］

　　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

　　Section B

　　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 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the rackets 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." There fore, you should choose ［C］.

　　Sample Answer

　　［A］［B］［C］［D］

　　11.He is too young to be able to _________ between right and wrong.

　　［A］discard ［B］discern ［C］disperse ［D］disregard

　　12.It was no _________ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

　　［A］coincidence ［B］convention ［C］certainty ［D］complication

　　13.One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships _________ follow traffic rules in busy harbors.

　　［A］cautiously ［B］dutifully ［C］faithfully ［D］skillfully

　　14.The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be _________ the welfare of his animals.

　　［A］critical about［B］indignant at ［C］indifferent to［D］subject to

　　15.The chairman of the board _________ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.

　　［A］compelled ［B］posed ［C］pressed ［D］tempted

　　16.It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with _________,

　　［A］for long ［B］in and out ［C］once for all ［D］by nature

　　17.Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in _________ and lack of unity in style.

　　［A］conflict ［B］confrontation［C］disturbance ［D］disharmony

　　18.The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once _________.

　　［A］thrived ［B］swelled ［C］prospered ［D］flourished

　　19.However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to _________ some of the decline in the iron and steel industry.

　　［A］overturn