1999 年
Part Ⅰ Structure and Vocabulary
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 the ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets with pencil. (5 points)
1. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery
______ just a round the comer 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 automobile 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 over-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 discovered 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 information than
______ 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 the ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter
in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)
11. Your math instructor would have been happy to give you a makeup examination had you gone and
explained that your parents had been ill at the time.
A. would have been B. had you gone C. explained D. had been
12. As the children become financially independent of the family, the emphasis on family financial security
will shift from protection to save for the retirement years.
A. financially B. of C. on D. to save
13. Were the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it could
dramatically transform a family - ran enterprise that still gets 90% of its revenues from newspapers.
A. Were B. could C. a family – ran D. its
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