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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)
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. 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
[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
[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
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[B] had to
[C] cannot but
[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
[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
[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] 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] 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
[D] With
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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
[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
[D] are
Part B
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 rackets 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.” There fore, you should choose [C].
Sample Answer
[A] [B] [■][D]
11. He is too young to be able to ________ between right and wrong.
[A] discard
[B] discern
[C] disperse
[D] disregard
12. It was no ________ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the
robbery.
[A] coincidence
[B] convention
[C] certainty
[D] complication
13. One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships
________ follow traffic rules in busy harbors.
[A] cautiously
[B] dutifully
[C] faithfully
[D] skillfully
14. The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians
but seems to be ________ the welfare of his animals.
[A] critical about
[B] indignant at
[C] indifferent to
[D] subject to
15. The chairman of the board ________ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing
good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.
[A] compelled
[B] posed
[C] pressed
[D] tempted
16. It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is
faced with ________.
[A] for long
[B] in and out
[C] once for all
[D] by nature
17. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in
________ and lack of unity in style.
[A] conflict
[B] confrontation
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[C] disturbance
[D] disharmony
18. The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in
two eastern states in which it once ________.
[A] thrived
[B] swelled
[C] prospered
[D] flourished
19. However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to ________ some
of the decline in the iron and steel industry.
[A] overturn
[B] overtake
[C] offset
[D] oppress
20. Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is
________.
[A] firm
[B] company
[C] corporation
[D] enterprise
21. When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately
recognizes it as ________.
[A] novel
[B] remote
[C] distant
[D] foreign
22. My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I
________ at a garage sale.
[A] trifled with
[B] scraped through
[C] stumbled upon
[D] thirsted for
23. Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that
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the need for any common second language could ________.
[A] descend
[B] decline
[C] deteriorate
[D] depress
24. Equipment not ________ official safety standards has all been removed from
the workshop.
[A] conforming to
[B] consistent with
[C] predominant over
[D] providing for
25. As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________ electronics in dollar volume
and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
[A] contend
[B] contest
[C] rival
[D] strive
26. The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective
national government while preserving ________ for the states and liberty for
individuals.
[A] autonomy
[B] dignity
[C] monopoly
[D] stability
27. For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________ as
microorganisms.
[A] precisely
[B] instantly
[C] initially
[D] exclusively
28. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________,
particularly in Western Europe.
[A] obscure
[B] obsolete
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[C] optional
[D] overlapping
29. Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________
and needs proving.
[A] spontaneous
[B] hypothetical
[C] intuitive
[D] empirical
30. The future of this company is ________: many of its talented employees are
flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.
[A] at odds
[B] in trouble
[C] in vain
[D] at stake
Section II: Cloze 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)
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy
up people involved in prominent cases __31__ the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant __32__ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord
Chancellor, will introduce a __33__ bill that will propose making payments to
witnesses __34__ and will strictly control the amount of __35__ that can be given to
a case __36__ a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media
Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he __37__ with a committee report this year
which said that self regulation did not __38__ sufficient control.
__39__ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a __40__ of media
protest when he said the __41__ of privacy controls contained in European
legislation would be left to judges __42__ to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which __43__
the European Convention on Human Rights legally __44__ in Britain, laid down that
everybody was __45__ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect
themselves and their families.
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“Press freedoms will be in safe hands __46__ our British judges,” he said.
Witness payments became an __47__ after West was sentenced to 10 life
sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were __48__ to have received payments for
telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised __49__ witnesses might be
encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to __50__ guilty verdicts.
31. [A] as to
[B] for instance
[C] in particular
[D] such as
32. [A] tightening
[B] intensifying
[C] focusing
[D] fastening
33. [A] sketch
[B] rough
[C] preliminary
[D] draft
34. [A] illogical
[B] illegal
[C] improbable
[D] improper
35. [A] publicity
[B] penalty
[C] popularity
[D] peculiarity
36. [A] since
[B] if
[C] before
[D] as
37. [A] sided
[B] shared
[C] complied
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[D] agreed
38. [A] present
[B] offer
[C] manifest
[D] indicate
39. [A] Release
[B] Publication
[C] Printing
[D] Exposure
40. [A] storm
[B] rage
[C] flare
[D] flash
41. [A] translation
[B] interpretation
[C] exhibition
[D] demonstration
42. [A] better than
[B] other than
[C] rather than
[D] sooner than
43. [A] changes
[B] makes
[C] sets
[D] turns
44. [A] binding
[B] convincing
[C] restraining
[D] sustaining
45. [A] authorized
[B] credited
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[C] entitled
[D] qualified
46. [A] with
[B] to
[C] from
[D] by
47. [A] impact
[B] incident
[C] inference
[D] issue
48. [A] stated
[B] remarked
[C] said
[D] told
49. [A] what
[B] when
[C] which
[D] that
50. [A] assure
[B] confide
[C] ensure
[D] guarantee
Section III: Reading Comprehension
Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there
are four answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and
choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on
ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a
pencil. (40 points)
Text 1
Specialization can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing
accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller
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