2001年全国硕士研究生英语试题及参考答案

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　　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 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]stabilit

　　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　　 [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

　　Part 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.