2001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section I: Structure and Vocabulary
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)
1. If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my head in my hands for a cry.
[A] bury [B] am burying [C] buried(C) [D] would bury
2. Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port ________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.
[A] to announce [B] announced [C] announcing(B) [D] was announced
3. According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ________ wait instead of searching for it.
[A] would rather [B] had to [C] cannot but(D) [D] had best
4. She felt suitably humble just as she ________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.
[A] had [B] had had [C] would have and(A) [D] has had
5. There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite ________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.
[A] being resigned [B] having resigned [C] going to resign(B) [D] resign
6. So involved with their computers ________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
[A] became the children [B] become the children [C] had the children become(D)
[D] do the children become
7. The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
[A] everything except [B] anything but [C] no less than(D) [D] nothing more than
8. One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. ________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.
[A] By [B] In [C] For(A) [D] With
9. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to ________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
[A] as [B] which [C] that(C) [D] what
10. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, ________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
[A] be [B] being [C] were(A) [D] are