2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section I
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)
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] [■]
1. As I’ll be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate ________ from you now and then telling
me how everyone is getting along.
[A] hearing [B] to hear [C] to be hearing [D] having heard
2. Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ________ to find it locked.
[A] just [B] only [C] hence [D] thus
3. Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent ________ and the
increased number of cases of skin cancer.
[A] to sunbathe [B] to have sunbathed
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[C] having sunbathed [D] sunbathing
4. Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled
________ a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.
[A] to [B] with [C] for [D] on
5. On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ________ I noticed a young man
holding up a sign reading “Boston”.
[A] which [B] where [C] when [D] that
6. Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ________ out of the office.
[A] went [B] gone [C] to go [D] would go
7. The roles expected ________ old people in such a setting give too few psychological
satisfactions for normal happiness.
[A] of [B] on [C] to [D] with
8. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, ________ you’ll soon discover that the science of
genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.
[A] or [B] and [C] for [D] so
9. It wasn’t so much that I disliked her ________ that I just wasn’t interested in the whole
business.
[A] rather [B] so [C] than [D] as
10. Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they
even thought of a divorce, let alone ________ one.
[A] getting [B] to get [C] gotten [D] get 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)
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] [■] [D]
11. Having isolated on a remote island, with little work to occupy them, the soldiers suffered
ABC
from boredom and low spirits.
D
12. If the letter to be mailed was placed on the writing table an hour ago, it is certain being
ABCD
there now.
13. The ruling party could even lose its majority in the lower house of parliament, started a
ABC
period of prolonged struggling.
D
2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
