1999年全國碩士研究生考試英語試題含答案

1999年全國碩士研究生考試英語試題含答案

Part One:

l . Anyone wITh half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery __ just around the corner was untrue.

[A]wouLd be [B]to be [C]was [D]being

2. Smoking is so harmful to personal health thatITkills __ people each year than automo-bile accidents.

[A]seven more times [B]seven times more [C]over seven times [D]seven times

3.IT' s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes __ place in our ever-changing world.

[A] taking [B]to take [C]take [D]taken

4. This is an exciting area of study, and one __ which new applications are being discov- ered almost daily.

[A] from [B]by [C] in [D] tHRough

5 . __ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patIEnt in the modification of his condITion.

[A]As [B]What [C]That [D]IT

6. Although I had been invITed to the opening ceremony , I was unable to attend __ such short notice.

[A]to [B]in [C]wITh [D]on

7. California has more light than it knows __ to do wITh but everything else is expensive.

[A] how [ B] what [ C] which [D] where

8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don' t have small children and get along __ to spend most of their time together.

[A]so well [B]too well [C]well as [D]well enough

9. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about __ compliments to his polITical leaders .

[A]paying [B]having paid [C]to pay [D] to have paid

10. These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital informa- tion than __ in tradITional media.

[A]exist [B]exists [ C]existing [D]to exist

11. Your math instructor would have been happy to give you a makeup examination

[A]

had you gone and explained that your parents had been ill at the time.

[B] [C] [D]

12. As the children become financially independent of the family, the emphasis on family fi-

[A] [B] [C]

nancial securITy will shift from protection to save for the retirement years.

[D]

13. Were the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt thatIT

[A]

could dramatically transform a family-ran entERPrise that still gets 90% ofITs revenues

[B] [C] [D]

from newspapers .

14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range of subjects from overfishing to physical and

[A] [B]

environment factors that affect the populations of different species.

[C] [D]

15 . Convenation calls for a willingness to alternate the role of speaker wITh one of listener , and

[A] [B] [C]

ITcalls for occasional ' digestive pauses' by both.

[D]

16. If two theorIEs areEQual to their abilITy to account for a body of data, the theory that

[A] [B]

does so wITh the smaller nomber of assumptions is to be preferred.

[c] [D]

17. The CommITtee adopted a resolution rEQuiring the seven automakers selling the most cars in

[A] [B]

the state making 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free by 1998.

[C] [D]

18. As long as poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict wITh richer people, who in

[A] [B]

general are lighter skin, there' s going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.

[C] [D]

19 . All those left undone may sound greatly in theory, but even the trust belIEver has great dif-

[A] [B] [C]

ficulty whenITcomes to specifics.

[D]
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