1999 考研英语真题及答案
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
ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.
(5 points)
1.
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 that it kills ________ people each
year than automobile 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 discovered 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 information than ________ in traditional media.
[A] exist
[B] exists
[C] existing
[D] to exist
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)
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
A
independent of
B
the family, the emphasis
on
C
family financial security will shift from protection to save
for the
D
retirement years.
13. Were
the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt
A
that it could
dramatically transform a family-ran
enterprise that still gets
B
C
90% of its
revenues from newspapers.
D
14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range
of subjects from
over-fishing to
A
B
physical and environment
factors that affect the populations
of different
C
D
species.
15. Conversation calls for a
A
willingness to alternate the role of speaker with
one
B
of listener
C
, and it calls for occasional ‘digestive pauses’ by
D
both.
16. If two theories are equal to
A
their ability to account for
a body of data, the
B
theory that does so
with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred
.
C
D
17. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring
the seven automakers selling
the
A
B
most cars in the state making
2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free
by
C
D
1998.
18. As long as
poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict with
A
B
richer people, who in 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
A
B
truest believer
has great difficulty when
it comes to specifics.
C
D
20. Even if
A
automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on
B
alternative
fuels
, the cars won’t catch on in a big way when
drivers can fill them up at
C
the gas station.
Part C
Directions:
D
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)
21. An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to ________ further
research and further thinking about a particular topic.
[A] stimulate
[B] renovate
[C] arouse
[D] advocate
22. Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number
of important practical ________.
[A] obligations
[B] regulations
[C] observations
[D] considerations
23. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ________
the bread-winner’s death.
[A] at the cost of
[B] on the verge of
[C] as a result of
[D] for the sake of
24. In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge
that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.
[A] distribution
[B] balance
[C] combination
[D] assignment
25. The American dream is most ________ during the periods of productivity and
wealth generated by American capitalism.
[A] plausible
[B] patriotic
[C] primitive
[D] partial
26. Poverty is not ________ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded
conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.
[A] rare
[B] temporary
[C] prevalent
[D] segmental
27. People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in
________ populated areas.
[A] densely
[B] intensely
[C] abundantly
[D] highly
28. As a way of ________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the
cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again
later.
[A] picking up
[B] coping with
[C] passing out
[D] getting across
29. Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest
his savings in stock market.
[A] pull out
[B] give up
[C] draw in
[D] back down
30. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced
medical ________, will become progressively more reliant on expensive
technology.
[A] interference
[B] interruption
[C] intervention
[D] interaction
31. These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the
________ of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s.
[A] branch
[B] category
[C] domain
[D] scope
32. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ________ in the financial system
will drag down the economy.
[A] shallowness
[B] shakiness
[C] scantiness
[D] stiffness
33. Crisis would be the right term to describe the ________ in many animal species.
[A] minimization
[B] restriction
[C] descent
[D] decline
34. The city is an important railroad ________ and industrial and convention
center.
[A] conjunction
[B] network
[C] junction
[D] link
35. Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ________ myself of
every chance to improve my English.
[A] assure
[B] inform
[C] avail
[D] notify
36. Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that
________ disease resistance in neighboring plants.
[A] contracts
[B] activates
[C] maintains
[D] prescribes
37. Corporations and labor unions have ________ great benefits upon their employees
and members as well as upon the general public.
[A] conferred
[B] granted
[C] flung
[D] submitted
38. The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was
________ from one new moon to the next.
[A] measured
[B] reckoned
[C] judged
[D] assessed
39. The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was
________ to the issue at hand.
[A] irrational
[B] unreasonable
[C] invalid
[D] irrelevant
40. Fuel scarcities and price increases ________ automobile designers to scale down
the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.
[A] persuaded
[B] prompted
[C] imposed
[D] enlightened
Directions:
Section II Cloze Test
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked
[A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET
1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)
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kept at a minimum.
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Others stress safe work practices by 大 46 家 rules or regulations. 大 47 家
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