1998年全國碩士研究生考試英語試題含答案

1998年全國碩士研究生考試英語試題含答案

Part I Structure and Vocabulary

Sections A

Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A),B),C)andD). Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the correspondingletter in the brackets. (5 points)

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

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

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

I would have gone to visit him in the hospital hadITbeen at all possible, but I _____ fully occupIEd the whole of last week.

A)were

B)had been

C)have been

D)was

Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _____ near what's needed.

A)everywhere

B)somewher
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