1999年硕士研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案

Part One:
l . 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 automo- bile 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 discov- ered 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 informa- tion than __ in traditional media.
[A]exist [B]exists [ C]existing [D]to exist
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 independent of the family, the emphasis on family fi-
[A] [B] [C]
nancial security will shift from protection to save for the retirement years.
[D]
13. Were the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it
[A]
could dramatically transform a family-ran enterprise that still gets 90% of its revenues
[B] [C] [D]
from newspapers .
14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range of subjects from overfishing to physical and
[A] [B]
environment factors that affect the populations of different species.
[C] [D]
15 . Convenation calls for a willingness to alternate the role of speaker with one of listener , and
[A] [B] [C]
it calls for occasional ' digestive pauses' by both.
[D]
16. If two theories are equal to their ability to account for a body of data, the theory that
[A] [B]
does so with the smaller nomber of assumptions is to be preferred.
[c] [D]
17. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring the seven automakers selling the most cars in
[A] [B]
the state making 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free by 1998.
[C] [D]
18. As long as poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict with richer people, who in
[A] [B]
general are lighter skin, there' s going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.