2001年全国硕士研究生考试英语试题含答案

2001年全国硕士研究生考试英语试题含答案 

 

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］［■］

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 ti
..............................