1996 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. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ________, or better
than an actual performance.
[A] as good as
[B] as 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
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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
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[B] as is
[C] there is
[D] what is
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)
11. I’d rather you would go [A] by train, because I can’t bear [B] the idea of your
being [C] in an airplane in such [D] bad weather.
12. It’s essential that people be [A] psychological [B] able to resist the impact
brought about [C] by the transition form planned [D] economy to market
economy.
13. Some bosses dislike to allow [A] people to share [B] their responsibilities; they
keep all [C] important matters tightly [D] in their own hands.
14. Each cigarette which a person smokes does [A] some [B] harm, and eventually
you [C] may get a serious disease from its [D] effect.
15. On the whole [A], ambitious students are much likely [B] to succeed in their
studies than are those [C] with [D] little ambition.
16. Despite [A] much research, there are still certain elements in [B] the life cycle
of the insect that is [C]not fully understood [D].
17. In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honored [A] in Germany until
the rise [B] of Nazism then [C] he was driven from [D] Germany because he
was a Jew.
18. The data received [A] from the two spacecrafts [B] whirling around Mars
indicate [C] that there is much evidence that huge thunderstorms are occurring
[D] about the equator of the planet.
19. Generally speaking, the bird flying across [A] our path is observed, and the one
[B] staying on the tree near at hand [C] is passed by without any notice taking
[D] of it.
20. Mercury’s velocity is so much [A] greater than the Earth’s [B] that it completes
more than four revolutions around the Sun in the time that [C] takes the Earth to
complete one [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
ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a
pencil. (10 points)
21. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were ________.
[A] hung up
[B] hung back
[C] cut down
[D] cut off
22. She wondered if she could have the opportunity to spend ________ here so that
she could learn more about the city.
[A] sometimes
[B] some time
[C] sometime
[D] some times
23. Ms. Green has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be
________ with everyone who comes to the store.
[A] accepted
[B] admitted
[C] admired
[D] acquainted
24. He does not ________ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
[A] equal
[B] match
[C] qualify
[D] fit
25. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ________ the goal of a
practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.
[A] pursuing
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[B] chasing
[C] reaching
[D] winning
26. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ________ the speakers
stopped for refreshments.
[A] at large
[B] at intervals
[C] at ease
[D] at random
27. When travelling, you are advised to take travellers’ checks, which provide a
secure ________ to carrying your money in cash.
[A] substitute
[B] selection
[C] preference
[D] alternative
28. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ________
character.
[A] gracious
[B] suspicious
[C] unique
[D] particular
29. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it,
and this ________ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
[A] absorption
[B] transition
[C] consumption
[D] interaction
30. I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely ________ my ideas to
prove your point.
[A] revising
[B] contradicting
[C] distorting
[D] distracting
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31. Language, culture, and personality may be considered ________ of each other
in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
[A] indistinctly
[B] separately
[C] irrelevantly
[D] independently
32. Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought
hard to ________ her laughter.
[A] hold back
[B] hold on
[C] hold out
[D] hold up
33. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ________
attitude toward customers.
[A] impartial
[B] mild
[C] hostile
[D] opposing
34. I ________ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new
column.
[A] express
[B] confess
[C] verify
[D] acknowledge
35. It is strictly ________ that access to confidential documents is denied to all but
a few.
[A] secured
[B] forbidden
[C] regulated
[D] determined
36. The pollution question as well as several other issues is going to be discussed
when the Congress is in ________ again next spring.
[A] assembly
[B] session
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[C] conference
[D] convention
37. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th
________ the birth of Jesus Christ.
[A] in accordance with
[B] in terms of
[C] in favor of
[D] in honor of
38. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ________ to carrying out the
plan.
[A] obliged
[B] committed
[C] engaged
[D] resolved
39. It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ________ as
well as we had hoped.
[A] came off
[B] went off
[C] brought out
[D] made out
40. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must
________ the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world-market
demand.
[A] improve
[B] enhanced
[C] guarantee
[D] gear
Section II: Close 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)
Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the
normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.
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They do not provide energy, __41__ do they construct or build any part of the
body. They are needed for __42__ foods into energy and body maintenance. There
are thirteen or more of them, and if __43__ is missing a deficiency disease becomes
__44__.
Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements -- usually
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and __45__ nitrogen. They are different __46__ their
elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin __47__ one or more specific
functions in the body.
__48__ enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional
use for __49__ vitamins. Many people, __50__, believe in being on the “safe side”
and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet will usually meet all the
body’s vitamin needs.
41. [A] either
[B] so
[C] nor
[D] never
42. [A] shifting
[B] transferring
[C] altering
[D] transforming
43. [A] any
[B] some
[C] anything
[D] something
44. [A] serious
[B] apparent
[C] severe
[D] fatal
45. [A] mostly
[B] partially
[C] sometimes
[D] rarely
46. [A] in that
[B] so that
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[C] such that
[D] except that
47. [A] undertakes
[B] holds
[C] plays
[D] performs
48. [A] Supplying
[B] Getting
[C] Providing
[D] Furnishing
49. [A] exceptional
[B] exceeding
[C] excess
[D] external
50. [A] nevertheless
[B] therefore
[C] moreover
[D] meanwhile
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
ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a
pencil. (40 points)
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Tight-lipped elders used to say, “It’s not what you want in this world, but what
you get.”
Psychology teaches that you do get what you want if you know what you want
and want the right things.
You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a
house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of
everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a
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