2000年全真试题

Part ⅠClose Test

Directions：

For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked ［A］, ［B］, ［C］ and ［D］. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

①If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. ②He must store a large quantity of grain  1  consuming all his grain immediately. ③He can continue to support himself and his family  2  he produces a surplus. ④He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance  3  the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to  4  old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to  5  the soil. ⑤He may also need money to construct irrigation  6  and improve his farm in other ways. ⑥If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be  7  . ⑦He must either sell some of his property or  8  extra funds in the form of loans. ⑧Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low  9  of interest, but loans of this kind are not  10  obtainable. ［139 words］

1.［A］ other than  ［B］ as well as  ［C］ instead of  ［D］ more than

2.［A］ only if ［B］ much as ［C］ long before ［D］ ever since

3.［A］ for ［B］ against ［C］ of ［D］ towards

4.［A］ replace ［B］ purchase ［C］ supplement ［D］ dispose

5.［A］ enhance ［B］ mix ［C］ feed ［D］ raise

6.［A］ vessels ［B］ routes ［C］ paths ［D］ channels

7.［A］ self-confident  ［B］ self-sufficient

［C］ self-satisfied  ［D］self-restrained

8.［A］ search ［B］ save ［C］ offer ［D］ seek

9.［A］ proportion ［B］ percentage ［C］ rate ［D］ ratio

10.［A］ genuinely ［B］ obviously ［C］ presumably ［D］ frequently