1986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
No doctors could cure the patient ________ his strange disease.
He was his wits’ end ________ what to do.
Section I: Structure and Vocabulary
In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if
inserted at the place marked. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (15 points)
EXAMPLE:
I was caught ________ the rain yesterday.
[A] in
[B] by
[C] with
[D] at
ANSWER: [A]
1.
[A] with
[B] of
[C] from
[D] off
2.
[A] in
[B] on
[C] at
[D] of
3.
[A] to
[B] of
[C] in
[D] from
4.
[A] up
[B] back
Prior ________ his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter.
The driving instructor told me to pull ________ at the post office.
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When there’s a doubt, the chairman’s decision is ________.
We can rely on William to carry out this mission, for his judgment is always ________.
[C] round
[D] along
5.
[A] right
[B] definite
[C] fixed
[D] final
6.
[A] unquestionable
[B] sound
[C] subtle
[D] healthy
7.
[A] away
[B] out
[C] down
[D] off
8.
[A] takes away
[B] takes in
[C] takes over
[D] takes up
9.
[A] dropped in
[B] dropped down
[C] dropped off
[D] dropped out
10.
[A] away
The noise of the plane died ________ in the distance.
Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work ________ all their time.
Attendances at football matches have ________ since the coming of television.
After the death of their parents, the sisters got well ________ and never quarreled.
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They always give the vacant seats to ________ comes first.
Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ________ the advertiser
[B] in
[C] along
[D] out
11.
[A] who
[B] whom
[C] whoever
[D] whomever
12.
pays for the message to be delivered.
[A] in that
[B] in which
[C] in order that
[D] in the way
13.
[A] anybody
[B] anyone
[C] somebody
[D] something
14.
[A] for to be unable
[B] that he was unable
[C] to be unable
[D] for being unable
15.
[A] Because she was a few minutes late
[B] Owing to a few minutes being late
[C] The fact that she was a few minutes late
[D] Being a few minutes late
He is ________ of an actor.
The captain apologized ________ to tell us more about the accident.
________ is no reason for discharging her.
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Section II: Close Test
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices labeled [A], [B], [C] and
[D]. Choose the best one and put your choice in the brackets below the passage. Read the whole
passage before making your choices. (10 points)
On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or
__16__ she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there,
and __17__ a sharp lookout for the bargains that were sometimes to be had. And then, with all the
things she needed __18__ she would leave the market for the streets of the town to spend another
hour __19__ she liked best: looking in furniture shop windows.
One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things, with a notice inviting
anyone to walk in and look __20__ without feeling they had to buy something. Annie hesitated for a
moment before stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped __21__ before a
green armchair. There was a card on the chair which said: “This fine chair is yours __22__ less than
a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a
week... __23__, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it! A voice
at her shoulder made her __24__. “Can I help you, Madam?” She looked round at the assistant who
had come softly to her __25__.
“Oh, well, no,” she said. “I was just looking.” “We’ve chairs of all kinds in the showroom. If you’ll
just come up, you will find something to suit you.”
Annie, worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she didn’t need, left the shop
hurriedly.
16.
[B] more
[C] else
[D] another
17.
[B] making
[C] fixing
[D] keeping
[A] taking
[A] so
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[A] buy
[A] behind
[A] doubted
18.
[B] bought
[C] buying
[D] to have bought
19.
[A] in a way
[B] by the way
[C] in the way
[D] on the way
20.
[B] round
[C] back
[D] on
21.
[B] wondered
[C] puzzled
[D] delighted
22.
[A] at
[B] for
[C] with
[D] in
23.
[B] When
[C] How
[D] What
24.
[B] leap
[C] laugh
[D] wonder
25.
[A] Why
[A] jump
[A] place
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[B] back
[C] side
[D] front
Section III: Reading Comprehension
Each of the two passages below is followed by five questions. For each question there are four
answers. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Put your
choice in the brackets on the left. (10 points)
Text 1
There are a great many careers in which the increasing emphasis is on specialization. You find these
careers in engineering, in production, in statistical work, and in teaching. But there is an increasing
demand for people who are able to take in great area at a glance, people who perhaps do not know
too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a demand for people who are capable of
seeing the forest rather than the trees, of making general judgments. We can call these people
“generalists.” And these “generalists” are particularly needed for positions in administration, where it
is their job to see that other people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize
other people’s work, to begin it and judge it.
The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools. He is a “trained” man;
and his educational background is properly technical or professional. The generalist -- and especially
the administrator -- deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with
direction giving. He is an “educated” man; and the humanities are his strongest foundation. Very
rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist also a
good specialist in particular field. Any organization needs both kinds of people, though different
organizations need them in different proportions. It is your task to find out, during your training
period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your career accordingly.
Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you -- but this is pure accident. Certainly you
should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job.
At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job; it is primarily a training job, an
opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.
26.
There is an increasing demand for ________.
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The specialist is ________.
The administrator is ________.
[A] all round people in their own fields
[B] people whose job is to organize other people’s work
[C] generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional
[D] specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others
27.
[A] a man whose job is to train other people
[B] a man who has been trained in more than one fields
[C] a man who can see the forest rather than the trees
[D] a man whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matters
28.
[A] a “trained” man who is more a specialist than a generalist
[B] a man who sees the trees as well as the forest
[C] a man who is very strong in the humanities
[D] a man who is an “educated” specialist
29.
[A] to try to be a generalist
[B] to choose a profitable job
[C] to find an organization which fits you
[D] to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist
30.
[A] is never the right job for him
[B] should not be regarded as his final job
[C] should not be changed or people will become suspicious of his ability to hold any job
[D] is primarily an opportunity to fit himself for his final job
Test 2
At the bottom of the world lies a mighty continent still wrapped in the Ice Age and, until recent
times, unknown to man. It is a great land mass with mountain ranges whose extent and elevation are
still uncertain. Much of the continent is a complete blank on our maps. Man has explored, on foot,
less than one per cent of its area. Antarctica differs fundamentally from the Arctic regions. The
During your training period, it is important ________.
A man’s first job ________.
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The best title for this selection would be ________.
Arctic is an ocean, covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe,
Asia, and North America. The Antarctic is a continent almost as large as Europe and Australia
combined, centered roughly on the South Pole and surrounded by the most unobstructed water areas
of the world -- the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high in its centre, thus, the air over the Antarctic is
far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions. This cold air current from the land is so
forceful that it makes the nearby seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions
whose counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited. Thus, more than a million persons
live within 2,000 miles of the North Pole in an area that includes most of Alaska, Siberia, and
Scandinavia -- a region rich in forest and mining industries. Apart from a handful of weather stations,
within the same distance of the South Pole there is not a single tree, industry, or settlement.
31.
[A] Iceland
[B] Land of Opportunity
[C] The Unknown Continent
[D] Utopia at Last
32.
[A] very limited
[B] vast
[C] fairly rich
[D] nonexistent
33.
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Indian Ocean
[C] Atlantic Ocean
[D] All three
34.
[A] cold air
[B] calm seas
At the time this article was written, our knowledge of Antarctica was ________.
Antarctica is bordered by the ________.
The Antarctic is made uninhabitable primarily by ________.
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