2005 年上海海事大学英语语法考研真题 I. Fil in each blamkwith an appropriate preposition or adverb particle:(15%) 1. We were greatly taken____by his caprice. 2.I have no time to cultivate a hobby or new foms of interest; I am_____to my ears in work, the shock of his being worked to death. 3.I felt would never get 4. Perhaps because of his Anglo-American parentage he could look__national interest, 5.Both were masterly writcis. ： _a sense of history and patriotic inspiration. 6. So long as we have Jim,a man with exceptional ability in management, things will be working well even if we come up_____ nexpected dificulties. 7. Nowadays population growth is already _____proportion to the available natural resources. 8. The film "A Room___a View",based on E.M. Foster's thid novel, was probal.ly conceived in Italy, 9.We are eager to know what is _____the whaler'spractice of discarding the fins. 10.Frequent hiccups and sweating are complaints Betty has learned to live Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences without altering the basic intended meaming. Leave out thase yow deem acceptable: (15%) 1.They all considered him to act disgracefully. 2.Drug abuse is one of the problems confronted with modem Western society. 3.Acting on the informmation received, the police have arested two suspects. 4.A good theory is characteristic of the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. 5. They would say that God, omnipotent, could start the universe of any way he wanted. 6. A physical theory is always provisional although it becomes invalid when disproved. 7.At least until recently, most of the hackers invading government computers are jus teenagers. 

8.The sudden rise in oil prices led to an economic crisis. 9. Yet they will not offer specific details, government investigators hint at some serious cyber raids. 10.But eventuality can be cold comfort in an era when tomorow is radically different from today and unrecognized compared to yesterday. 11.Never has technology or our relationship to it been such an onus. 12. Computer ownership and Intemnet access are highly stratified in line with wealth, race, education and geography. 13.Man about to bury in his own waste is caught in a vicious cycle. 14. Scientists are doing research into cancer and other diseases which causes are stil unknoW. 15,He dared not go near Ruth's neighbourhood in the day time,but night found that he was lurking like a thief around the Morse home stealing glances at the windows. Put the verbs(in the brackets)into the proper forms:(30%) 1.Afer the data____(be) gathered and analyzed, you can decide whichelements arc most essential to your study. 2,One third of the population of India_(be)illterate. 3.Neither your aunt nor __(have) any other thought but what is best for you. 4.By the tine he retires, Profcssor Baker_(teach) for almost forty years. 5.I___(write) to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards. 6.You___(write) such a long essay. The tcachcr only asked for 300 words,ankl you havc written 600 7. Something must be done quickly if endangered species____(save). 8. We can go when the ground________(dry). 9. Sunbelt cities like Atlanta and Houston _(never mushroom) so prosperously without air conditioning. 10.While it is essential that the text _(cover) the subject adequately it is also important that it ____(be) neither too detailed nor too complex for the intended readcr. 11.Supposing this ferry___(sink), what would we do? 

12. A new technique ____(work out), the yields as a wholc_(increase) by 30 percent in this area. 13.The standard of cooking here leaves a lot(desire). IV.Comhine cach group of sentences into one by means of subordination in thc m0st ogical and coherent way:(15%) 1.Aristotle bclicvedt that cvcrything was made oHt of four clements, earth, ait,fre and Water. Aristotle's thery was sinpie enough te qualify. but it did not make any prexdictions, 2.Newton's theory of gravity was based on even simpler model In this model bodies attracted cach other with a force that was proportional to a quantity caled their mass. 3.We view these trcndis as favorabie without the slightest quesion. We see cOmputer technology as empOwcring 4.His parents allowed him to go swimming. ffe had to kecp near the other boys. 5.They all scemcd afraid to say what was in their minds. They feared it might star trouble. V. Rewrite the following using non-fizite clauses,verbles clauses,or absolute construction3 (20%) 1.They knew he was an experienced seedling grower and so they often asked him for help 2. Once or twice,Tom was diven beyond endurance and he ran away from the plantation. 3.AsI was young and short, Iwas afraid they wouldn'? let me go. 4.He groaned and fell to the floor and blood was streaming from his nose. 5.The sun shone again as the dark clouds had dispersed. VI.Transiate the following intfo Chinese: (20%) I can't overcmphasize how important the relationships are that you establish within the company. The best stratcgy is to have a mix of friends. Don't limit 

associations te employes o your ow: level. This risks devcloping an atitude ihal puts management on one side and the employee on the other. Cuftivate with people on higher levels who can help you understand a management pcrspective. And deveion reationships with positive pcoplethose who think weli of thc company. other emplayees and themselves.Avrid the crmp!;iners Hfcy just diministh yot own optimisni.Arnd one fina werd.Don't air your day-to fay grips wih fricnds at wOrk. Tthey can cone back to haunt you. VIi. Write a short es5ay entitiedf"anw f Improve the Communieative Conapetecc in E 推 glish".Iry te demonstrate Vour good command of the English synfactic deviees of co0rdination and suhordination;(35%)