1998年考研英语试题及答案

1998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 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].

1. I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time

________ the last bus.

[A] to have caught [B] to catch [C] catching [D] having caught

2. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ________ so formally.

[A] needn’t dress up

[B] did not need have dressed up [C] did not need dress up [D] needn’t have dressed up

3. I apologize if I ________ you, but I assure you it was unintentional.

[A] offend [B] had offended [C] should have offended [D] might have offended

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4. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ________ what to do and what

not to do.

[A] to be told [B] having been told [C] being told [D] to have been told

5. Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if

food shortage ________ avoided.

[A] is to be [B] can be [C] will be [D] has been

6. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and

this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.

[A] before [B] as [C] since [D] when

7. There are over 100 night schools in the city, making it possible for

a professional to be reeducated no matter ________ he does.

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

8. I’ve kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was at school ________

twenty years ago.

[A] about [B] since [C] till [D] with

9. He wasn’t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ________

insufficiently popular with all members.

[A] being considered [B] considering

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[C] to be considered [D] having considered

10. ________ for the timely investment from the general public, our

company would not be so thriving as it is.

[A] Had it not been [B] Were it not [C] Be it not [D] Should it not be 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)

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. According to Darwin,random changes that enhance a species’

A

ability for survivingare naturally selected and passed on

BC

to succeeding generations.

D12. Neither rain nor snow keeps the postman from delivering our letters

A

which we so much look forward to receive. BCD13. If they will not accept a check, we shall have to pay the cash,

ABC

though it would be much trouble for both sides.

D

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14. Having been robbed off economic importance,those states are not

ABClikely to count for very much in international political terms.

D15. The message will bethat neither the market nor the government is

AB

capable of dealing with all of their uncontrollable practices.

CD16. The logic of scientific development is such that separates groups

AB

of men working on the same problem in far-scattered laboratories

CD

are likely to arrive at the same answer at the same time. 17. Yet not all of these races are intellectual inferior to the

A

European races, and some may even have a freshness and vitality

BC

that can renew the energies of more advanced races.

D18. The more than 50,000 nuclear weapons in the hands of various nations

A

today are more than ample destroying every city in the world

BC

several times over.

D19. The universe works in a way so far remove from what common sense

A

would allow that words of any kind must necessarily be inadequate BCto explain it.

D20. The integration of independent states could best be brought about

A

by first creating a central organization with authorities over

BCtechnical economic tasks.

D

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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)

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. The machine needs a complete ________ since it has been in use for

over ten years.

[A] amending [B] fitting [C] mending [D] renovating

22. There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds,

so I only caught a ________ of him.

[A] glance [B] glimpse [C] look [D] sight

23. I don’t think it’s wise of you to ________ your greater knowledge

in front of the director, for it may offend him.

[A] show up [B] show out [C] show in [D] show off

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