1997 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
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 the
ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)
1. The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds,
________ could go penniless by next year.
[A] the larger one
[B] the larger of which
[C] the largest one
[D] the largest of which
2. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ________ with
other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
[A] combined
[B] having combined
[C] combine
[D] being combined
3. Andrew, my father’s younger brother, will not be at the picnic, ________ to the
family’s disappointment.
[A] much
[B] more
[C] too much
[D] 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] were
[B] had been
[C] have been
[D] was
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5. Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be ________ near what’s needed.
[A] everywhere
[B] somewhere
[C] nowhere
[D] 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] and
[B] as
[C] but
[D] 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 ________ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.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 little
[B] So much
[C] How much
[D] So little
8. Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become
reconciled ________ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
[A] for
[B] on
[C] to
[D] 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] adding
[B] to have added
[C] to add
[D] added
10. The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American
English are so trivial and few as hardly ________.
[A] noticed
[B] to be noticed
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[C] being noticed
[D] to notice
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 the
ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)
Example:
A number of [A] foreign visitors were taken [B] to the industrial exhibition
which [C] they saw [D] many new products.
Part [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].
11. Although Professor Green’s lectures usually ran over [A] the fifty minute [B]
period, but none [C] of his students even [D] objected as they found his lectures
both informative and interesting.
12. When [A] Edison died, it was proposed that the American people turned off [B]
all power [C] in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor
of [D] this great man.
13. They pointed out [A] the damage which [B] they supposed that [C] had been
done by last night’s [D] storm.
14. Because of [A] the recent accidents, our parents forbid my brother and me from
swimming [B] in the river unless [C] someone agrees to watch [D] over us.
15. A great many [A] teachers firmly [B] believe that English is one of the poorest
taught [C] subjects in high schools at present. [D]
16. In this way these insects show an efficient use of their sound produced [A]
ability, organizing [B] two sounds delivered [C] at a high rate as one call. [D]
17. I thought the technician was to blame [A] for the blowing [B] of the fuse, but I
see now how [C] I was [D] mistaken.
18. For him to be re elected, [A] what is essential is not that his policy works, [B]
but that [C] the public believe that it is. [D]
19. As far as [A] I am concerned, his politics are [B] rather conservative compared
[C] with other politicians. [D]
20. I’d say whenever you are going [A] after something that is belonging [B] to you,
anyone who is depriving [C] you of the right to have it is criminal. [D]
Part 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 the
ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (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].
21. When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them
________.
[A] off
[B] aside
[C] out
[D] down
22. The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness
of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
[A] in line with
[B] in terms of
[C] in regard with
[D] by means of
23. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ________ on what he
promises.
[A] faith
[B] belief
[C] credit
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[D] reliance
24. My students found the book ________: it provided them with an abundance of
information on the subject.
[A] enlightening
[B] confusing
[C] distracting
[D] amusing
25. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial
system will ________ down the economy.
[A] put
[B] settle
[C] drag
[D] knock
26. In this factory the machines are not regulated ________ but are jointly
controlled by a central computer system.
[A] independently
[B] individually
[C] irrespectively
[D] irregularly
27. Every chemical change either results from energy being used to produce the
change, or causes energy to be ________ in some form.
[A] given off
[B] put out
[C] set off
[D] used up
28. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work
hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually ________.
[A] shrink
[B] delay
[C] disperse
[D] sink
29. American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to
________ enterprises.
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[A] moveable
[B] changing
[C] flexible
[D] varying
30. If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to ________ the
situation?
[A] simplify
[B] modify
[C] verify
[D] rectify
31. I can’t ________ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly
picked this morning.
[A] figure out
[B] draw out
[C] look out
[D] work out
32. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat
________.
[A] disapproval
[B] rejection
[C] refusal
[D] decline
33. From this material we can ________ hundreds of what you may call direct
products.
[A] derive
[B] discern
[C] diminish
[D] displace
34. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was very well
paid.
[A] tendency
[B] ambition
[C] intention
[D] willingness
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35. What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become ________ a
third time.
[A] clean and measurable
[B] notable and systematic
[C] pure and wholesome
[D] clear and organic
36. The public opinion was that the time was not ________ for the election of such
a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
[A] reasonable
[B] ripe
[C] ready
[D] practical
37. Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the ________ of hunger.
[A] sensation
[B] cause
[C] purpose
[D] motive
38. For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity,
new economic policies will be required.
[A] to name a few
[B] let alone
[C] not to speak
[D] let’s say
39. Foreign disinvestment and the ________ of South Africa from world capital
markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
[A] displacement
[B] elimination
[C] exclusion
[D] exception
40. When a number of people ________ together in a conversational knot, each
individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
[A] pad
[B] pack
[C] squeeze
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[D] cluster
Section II: Cloze Test
Directions:
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked
[A], [B], [C], [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER
SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)
Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world’s largest temporary
employment agency. Every morning, its people __41__ into the offices and factories
of America, seeking a day’s work for a day’s pay. One day at a time. __42__
industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive __43__ reducing
the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.
__44__ its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a
nation of part timers and temporary workers. This __45__ work force is the most
important __46__ in American business today, and it is __47__ changing the
relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for
companies to remain globally competitive __48__ avoiding market cycles and the
growing burdens __49__ by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans.
For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of __50__ that
came from being a loyal employee.
41. [A] swarm
[B] stride
[C] separate
[D] slip
42. [A] For
[B] Because
[C] As
[D] Since
43. [A] from
[B] in
[C] on
[D] by
44. [A] Even though
[B] Now that
[C] If only
[D] Provided that
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45. [A] durable
[B] disposable
[C] available
[D] transferable
46. [A] approach
[B] flow
[C] fashion
[D] trend
47. [A] instantly
[B] reversely
[C] fundamentally
[D] sufficiently
48. [A] but
[B] while
[C] and
[D] whereas
49. [A] imposed
[B] restricted
[C] illustrated
[D] confined
50. [A] excitement
[B] conviction
[C] enthusiasm
[D] importance
Section III: Reading Comprehension
Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there
are four answers marked [A], B), [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and
choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the
ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (40 points)
Text 1
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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of
arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern
Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the
lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing
vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked
up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die
Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says
Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just
something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally III
law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical
implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to
life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the
haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia -- where an
aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have
all played their part -- other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal
with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering
strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death --
probably by a deadly injection or pill -- to put an end to suffering. The patient must
be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven
days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death
can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung
cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without
the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition.
“I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was
how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and
clawing at their masks,” he says.
51. From the second paragraph we learn that ________.
[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law
[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage
52. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling,
he means ________.
[A] observers are taking a wait and see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
[B] similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries
[C] observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
[D] the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop
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