2000年考研英语真题（Ⅰ）

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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 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. 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 boss 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 divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone ________ one.

[A] getting

[B] to get

[C] gotten

[D] get

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.

Answer [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].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [C] [D]

11. Having isolatedA on a remote island, withB little work to occupyC them, the soldiers suffered from boredom and low spiritsD.

12. If the letter to be mailedA was placedB on the writing table an hour ago, it isC certain beingD there now.

13. The rulingA party could even lose itsB majority in the lower house of parliament, startedC a period of prolonged strugglingD.

14. The mechanisms atA work are manifestB in the tendency for such physical activity toC utilize the potentialD harmful constituents of the stress response.

15. InA the long run, however, this hurry to shedB full-time staff may be moreC harmful to industry as it is toD the workforce.

16. See to itA that you include inB the examination paper whateverC questions they didn't know the answerD last time.

17. Most newspapers, while devotingA the major part of itsB space to recent events, usually manage to find roomC on the inside pages for articles onD some interesting topics.

18. One sign by whichA you are making progress in an artB such as painting or photography is thatC you begin to realize how much there isD to learn.

19. The ideal listener stays both inside and outsideA the music at the moment it is played and enjoyingB it almost as much asC the composer at the moment he composesD.

20. ContinuedA exposure to stress has been linked to worsenedB functioning of the immune system, leavingC a person more liable forD infection.

Part C

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there 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. (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] [C][D]

21. He spoke so ________ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.

[A] bluntly

[B] convincingly

[C] emphatically

[D] determinedly

22. France's ________ of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.

[A] assumption

[B] consumption

[C] presumption

[D] resumption

23. The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, ________ an outburst of interest.

[A] flared

[B] glittered

[C] sparked

[D] flashed

24. His efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two Parties ________.

[A] came off

[B] came on

[C] came round

[D] came down

25. The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually ________ it in a profitable direction.

[A] adapt

[B] control

[C] install

[D] steer

26. The capital intended to broaden the export base and ________ efficiency gains from international trade was channeled instead into uneconomic import substitution.

[A] secure

[B] extend

[C] defend

[D] possess

27. It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be ________ at the manager's office.

[A] declared

[B] obtained

[C] reclaimed

[D] recognized

28. When I ________ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with Grandma bending over me.

[A] woke up

[B] took to

[C] picked up

[D] came to

29. The American society is ________ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natural resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.

[A] established on

[B] affiliated to

[C] originated from

[D] incorporated with

30. I am not ________ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.

[A] concerned

[B] compatible

[C] considerate

[D] complied

31. At first, the ________ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible, but, with painstaking efforts and at great expense, it became a reality.

[A] transaction

[B] transmission

[C] transformation

[D] transition

32. When the committee ________ to details, the proposed plan seemed impractical.

[A] got down

[B] set about

[C] went off

[D] came up

33. ________ to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.

[A] Orientation

[B] Access

[C] Procession

[D] Voyage

34. Mr. Smith had an unusual ________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.

[A] profession

[B] occupation

[C] position

[D] career

35. The mayor is a woman with great ________ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.

[A] intention

[B] instinct

[C] integrity

[D] intensity

36. The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest ________ to everyone.

[A] speculation

[B] attribution

[C] utilization

[D] proposition

37. The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ________ it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.

[A] renders

[B] reckons

[C] regards

[D] relates

38. To impress a future employer, one should dress neatly, be ________, and display interest in the job.

[A] swift

[B] instant

[C] timely

[D] punctual

39. You don't have to install this radio in your new car, it's an ________ extra.

[A] excessive

[B] optional

[C] additional

[D] arbitrary

40. We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didn't ________ to the traffic jam of the busy city.

[A] aid

[B] amount

[C] add

[D] attribute

Section II Cloze Test

Directions:

For each numbered blank in following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain __41__ consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family __42__ he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance __43__ the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to __44__ old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to __45__ the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation __46__ and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be __47__. He must either sell some of his property or __48__ extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low __49__ of interest, but loans of this kind are not __50__ obtainable.

41. [A] other than

[B] as well as

[C] instead of

[D] more than

42. [A] only if

[B] much as

[C] long before

[D] ever since

43. [A] for

[B] against

[C] of

[D] towards

44. [A] replace

[B] purchase

[C] supplement

[D] dispose

45. [A] enhance

[B] mix

[C] feed

[D] raise

46. [A] vessels

[B] routes

[C] paths

[D] channels

47. [A] self-confident

[B] self-sufficient

[C] self-satisfied

[D] self-restrained

48. [A] search

[B] save

[C] offer

[D] seek

49. [A] proportion

[B] percentage

[C] rate

[D] ratio

50. [A] genuinely

[B] obviously

[C] presumably

[D] frequently

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