1996 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
the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5
points)
1.
Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ________, or better
than an actual performance.
[A] as good as
[B] as good
[C] good
[D] good as
2.
My pain ________ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man
I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”
[A] must be
[B] had
[C] must have been
[D] had to be
3.
The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me
________ she could remember who last borrowed it.
[A] ever since
[B] much as
[C] even though
[D] if only
4.
Observations were made ________ the children at the beginning and at the end
of preschool and first grade.
[A] towards
[B] of
[C] on
[D] with
5.
The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each
________ one major point in contrast with the other.
[A] makes
[B] made
[C] is to make
[D] making
6.
A safety analysis ________ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately,
it was never done.
[A] would identify
[B] will identify
[C] would have identified
[D] will have identified
7.
The number of registered participants in this year ’ s marathon was half
________.
[A] of last year’s
[B] those of last year’s
[C] of those of last year's
[D] that of last year’s
8.
For there ________ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and
involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
[A] is
[B] to be
[C] will be
[D] being
9.
There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read
recently
American
characteristic.
________
thought
a
reason
for
this
what
he
was
[A] giving
[B] gave
[C] to give
[D] given
10. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ________
going on in the world.
[A] it is
[B] as is
[C] there is
[D] what is
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. I ’ d rather you would go
by train, because I can’t bear
the idea of
A
B
your being
in an airplane in such
bad weather.
C
D
12. It ’ s essential that people be
A
psychological
able to resist the impact
B
brought about
by the transition from planned
economy to market economy.
C
D
13. Some bosses dislike to allow
people to share
their responsibilities; they
A
B
keep all
important matters tightly
in their own hands.
C
D
14. Each cigarette which a person smokes does
some
harm, and eventually you
may
A
B
C
get a serious disease from its
effect.
D
15. On the whole
, ambitious students are much likely
to succeed in their studies
A
B
than are those
with
little ambition.
C
D
16. Despite
A
much research, there are still certain elements in
B
the life cycle of
the insect that is
C
not fully understood
.
D
17. In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honored
in Germany until
A
the rise
of Nazism then
he was driven from
Germany because he was a Jew.
B
C
D
18. The data received
from the two spacecrafts
whirling around Mars indicate
A
B
C
that there is much evidence that huge thunderstorms are occurring
about the
D
equator of the planet.
19. Generally speaking, the bird flying across
our path is observed, and the one
A
B
staying on the tree near at hand
is passed by without any notice taking
of it.
C
D
20. Mercury’s velocity is so much
greater than the Earth’s
that it completes
A
B
more than four revolutions around the Sun in the time that
takes the Earth to
C
complete one
.
D
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)
21. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were ________.
[A] hung up
[B] hung back
[C] cut down
[D] cut off
22. She wondered if she could have the opportunity to spend ________ here so that
she could learn more about the city.
[A] sometimes
[B] some time
[C] sometime
[D] some times
23. Ms. Green has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be ________
with everyone who comes to the store.
[A] accepted
[B] admitted
[C] admired
[D] acquainted
24. He does not ________ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
[A] equal
[B] match
[C] qualify
[D] fit
25. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ________ the goal of
a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.
[A] pursuing
[B] chasing
[C] reaching
[D] winning
26. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ________ the speakers
stopped for refreshments.
[A] at large
[B] at intervals
[C] at ease
[D] at random
27. When travelling, you are advised to take travellers’ checks, which provide
a secure ________ to carrying your money in cash.
[A] substitute
[B] selection
[C] preference
[D] alternative
28. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ________ character.
[A] gracious
[B] suspicious
[C] unique
[D] particular
29. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near
it, and this ________ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
[A] absorption
[B] transition
[C] consumption
[D] interaction
30. I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely ________ my ideas
to prove your point.
[A] revising
[B] contradicting
[C] distorting
[D] distracting
31. Language, culture, and personality may be considered ________ of each other
in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
[A] indistinctly
[B] separately
[C] irrelevantly
[D] independently
32. Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought
hard to ________ her laughter.
[A] hold back
[B] hold on
[C] hold out
[D] hold up
33. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ________
attitude toward customers.
[A] impartial
[B] mild
[C] hostile
[D] opposing
34. I ________ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this
new column.
[A] express
[B] confess
[C] verify
[D] acknowledge
35. It is strictly ________ that access to confidential documents is denied to all
but a few.
[A] secured
[B] forbidden
[C] regulated
[D] determined
36. The pollution question as well as several other issues is going to be discussed
when the Congress is in ________ again next spring.
[A] assembly
[B] session
[C] conference
[D] convention
37. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th ________
the birth of Jesus Christ.
[A] in accordance with
[B] in terms of
[C] in favor of
[D] in honor of
38. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ________ to carrying out the
plan.
[A] obliged
[B] committed
[C] engaged
[D] resolved
39. It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ________
as well as we had hoped.
[A] came off
[B] went off
[C] brought out
[D] made out
40. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must ________
the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world-market demand.
[A] improve
[B] enhanced
[C] guarantee
[D] gear
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)
Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the
normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.
They do not provide energy, 大 41 家 do they construct or build any part of
the body. They are needed for 大 42 家 foods into energy and body maintenance.
There are thirteen or more of them, and if 大 43 家 is missing a deficiency disease
becomes 大 44 家 .
Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements -- usually
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and 大 45 家 nitrogen. They are different 大 46 家
their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin 大 47 家 one or more
specific functions in the body.
大 48 家 enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no
nutritional use for 大 49 家 vitamins. Many people, 大 50 家 , believe in being
on the “safe side” and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet
will usually meet all the body’s vitamin needs.
41. [A] either
[B] so
[C] nor
[D] never