Section 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 Ⅰ by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points) Example: I have been to the Great Wall three times [] 1979. [A]from[B]after[C]for [D]since The sentence should read, I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.” Therefore, you should choose [D]. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1、Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery [] just around the corner was untrue.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查动名词的用法。从句中的谓语是WAS,在填入部分中需用现在分词BEING,作定语,修饰名词RECOVERY。
[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.
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【正确答案】 B [注释]本题考查倍数表达问题。该句是个比较级,比……多7倍用SEVEN TIMES MORE ...THAN...。
[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 everchanging world.
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【正确答案】 A [注释]本题考查非谓语动词的用法。TAKE PLACE需用主动态。在这里应选择现在分词。该句意思是,“人们之间交谈的减少应怪罪现代生活的节奏以及在这个世界中莫名其妙的变化”。
[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.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题考查关系代词用法知识。ONE指的是“研究领域”,在这个领域中几乎每天可以发现新的应用。所以需用IN WHICH。
[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.
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【正确答案】 A [注释]本题考查关系代词的用法。AS引导的非限制性定语从句,通常修饰整个主句或主句的部分内容。相同的句子有,AS IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE,THE U.S.A IS THE MAJOR COPPERPRODUCING COUNTRY.
[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.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查介词与名词的固定搭配。ON SHORT NOTICE是一个习惯表达方式,意思是“得到通知的时间很短”。需选择ON。
[A]to [B]in [C]with [D]on
7、California has more light than it knows [] to do with but everything else is expensive.
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【正确答案】 B [注释]本题考查“连接词+不定式”的结构用法。KNOW后面是由WHAT引出的不定式。该句意思为,“加利福尼亚拥有的太阳光要比已知可利用的多,但除此之外,一切都很昂贵。”
[A]how [B]what [C]which [D]where
8、The solution works only for couples who are selfemployed,dont have small children and get along [] to spend most of their time together.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查副词的用法。GET ALONG WELL是“相处很好”,ENOUGH在修饰副词和名词时,一般位于后面,相似的例子有,“IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO...”。
[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.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题考查固定搭配知识。BE (NOT) ABOUT TO DO 表示“即将做……”。所以,[C]是正确的答案。
[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.
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【正确答案】 A [注释]本题涉及THAN引导的比较状语从句的省略问题。在GREATER...THAN的结构中,THAN引导的是限制性定语从句,相等于THAN THOSE WHICH EXIST IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA.
[A]exist [B]exists [C]existing [D]to exist
Section 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 Ⅰ by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(5 points) Example: A number of[A] foreign visitors were taken[B] to the industrial exhibition, which[C] they saw[D] many new products. Answer [C] is wrong. The sentence should read, A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition, where they saw many new products.” So you should choose [C]. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C][D] 11、Your math instructor would have been [A] happy to give you a makeup examination had you gone [B] and explained [C] that your parents had been [D] ill at the time.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查时态问题,解题关键在于考生能否排除句中虚拟语气的干扰。HAD BEEN改为WERE.表示过去的动作或状态,需用过去时,该句中“父母生病”不用虚拟语气,只是过去发生过的一件事情。
[A] [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 [D] for the retirement years.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查动名词用法。TO SAVE改为TO SAVING.FROM…TO的词组中,TO是介词,不是引出不定式的TO。所以需将SAVE改成SAVING。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
13、Were [A] the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it could [B] dramatically transform a family-ran [C] enterprise that still gets 90%of its [D] revenues from newspapers.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题考查现在分词与过去分词作定语时的区别。A FAMILYRAN改成A FAMILYRUN。应该用过去分词,修饰后面的ENTERPRISE。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
14、Symposium talks will cover a wide range [A] of subjects from [B] overfishing to physical and environment [C] factors that affect the populations [D] of different species.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题要求考生辨析代词ONE和THAT的用法。ONE改为THAT。THAT指的是前面的ROLE。不是泛指的某一个。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
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.
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【正确答案】 B
[A] [B] [C] [d]
16、If two theories are equal to [A]their ability to account for [B]a body of data,the theory that does so [C] with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred.[D]
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【正确答案】 A [注释]本题涉及固定搭配问题。TO改为IN,表示“某……方面”是相同的。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
17、The Committee adopted a resolution requiring [A] the seven automakers selling [B] the most cars in the state making [C]2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free [D] by 1998.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题考查考生对REQUIRE SB. TO DO STH. 这一结构的熟识程度。MAKING改为TO MAKE。REQUIRE要求后面的宾语补足语应是不定式。全句意思是:“委员会通过一项决议,要求在本州销售大部分汽车的七名汽车厂商,在1998年之前应使其产生的汽车中的2%成为排放清洁尾气的汽车。”
[A] [B] [C] [d]
18、As long as [A] poor peolpe, who in general are colored, are in conflict with [B] richer people who in general are lighter [C]skin,[D]theres going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查句子的平行结构。SKIN改为SKINNED。需用形容词SKINNED,表示“具有……的皮肤”。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
19、All those left undone [A] may sound greatly [B] in theory,but even the truest believer [C] has great difficulty when [D] it comes to specifics.
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【正确答案】 B [注释]本题考查实义动词作系动词用时的区别。GREATLY改为GREAT。SOUND是系动词,后面应用形容词。
[A] [B] [C] [d]
20、Even if[A] automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on [B]alternative fuels,[C]the cars wont catch on in a big way when [D] drivers can fill them up at the gas station.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题考查连词的使用问题。WHEN改为UNLESS。主句意思是,“采用替代燃料的汽车无法大量生产,除非开车人能够在加油站用这种燃料装满油箱。”
[A] [B] [C] [d]
Section 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 Ⅰ by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points) Example: The lost car of the Lees was found in the woods off the highway. [A]vanished [B]scattered [C]abandoned [D]rejected The sentence should read, The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose [C]. Sample Answer[A] [B] [C] [D] 21、An important property of a scientific theory is its ability tofurther research and further thinking about a particular topic.
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【正确答案】 A [注释]本题考查词义的使用辨析。STIMULATE 是激发。[B] RENOVATE “更新,修理”;[C] AROUSE 是“唤起,引起”;[D] ADVOCATE 是“拥护,提倡”。
28、As a way ofthe mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.
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【正确答案】 B[注释]本题考查动词短语的用法。COPING WITH 是“处理”。[A] PICKING UP 是“拾起”;[C] PASSING OUT 是“昏倒;死”;[D] GETTING ACROSS 是“使通过”。
[A] picking up [B] coping with [C] passing out [D] getting across
29、Toms mother tried hard to persuade him tofrom his intention to invest his savings in stock market.
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【正确答案】 D [注释]本题涉及动词短语及其搭配用法。BACK DOWN 是“放弃”。[A] PULL OUT 是“拔出,挖出”;[B] INTERRUPTION 是“中断,打断”;[C] DRAW IN 是“到站”。
[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.
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【正确答案】 C [注释]本题考查词义辨析。INTERVENTION 是“介入”。[A] INTERFERENCE “干涉,干预”,[B] INTERRUPTION 是“中断,打断”;[D] INTERACTION 是“相互作用”。
40、Fuel scarcities and price increasesautomobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.
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【正确答案】 B [注释]本题考查动词词义辨析。PROMPT 是“促使,激励”。[A] PERSUADE 是“劝告”;[C] IMPOSE 是“把……加强”;[D] ENLIGHTEN 是“启发,开导”。