1994年考研英语试题及答案

1994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 the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)

1. By the time you arrive in London, we ________ in Europe for two weeks.

[A] shall stay [B] have stayed [C] will have stayed [D] have been staying

2. I appreciated ________ the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.

[A] having been given [B] having given [C] to have been given [D] to have given

3. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ________

obtaining water is not the least.

[A] of which [B] for what [C] as [D] whose

4. The heart is ________ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both

controlled by the brain.

[A] not so [B] not much [C] much more [D] no more

5. ________ the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Prof.

White persisted in his research. [A] Because of [B] As to [C] In spite of [D] In view of

6. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of

Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ________ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

[A] is to be analyzed [B] has been analyzed [C] be analyzed

[D] should have been analyzed

7. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand,

________ all practical value by the time they were finished.

[A] could lose [B] would have lost [C] might lose [D] ought to have lost

8. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ________ earned by his own labour.

[A] one [B] that [C] such [D] what

9. It isn’t cold enough for there ________ a frost tonight, so I can

leave Jim’s car out quite safely.

[A] would be [B] being [C] was [D] to be

10. Scientists generally agree that the Earth’s climate will warm up

over the next 50 to 100 years ________ it has warmed in the 20,000 years since the Ice Age.

[A] as long as [B] as much as

[C] as soon as [D] as well as Part 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 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)

11. Similar elements in the prehistoric remainsfrom both areas suggest

AB

that Indians and their neighbours had maintaineddistant but real

C

connections everbefore 1500 B. C.

D12. It soon became obviouslythat instead of being trainedto sing she

AB

wouldbe trained asthe astronomer’s assistant. CD13. He also conceivedthat the solar system and the universe would come

AB

into existence bya natural process and would disappearone day.

CD14. The moon has a mass that is nearly one hundred times lessthan

A

the earth; in consequence,the force ofgravity at the moon’s

BCD

surface is only one-sixth of that at the earth’s surface. 15. “The Bunsen burner is sonamed because it is thoughtto be invented

ABC

by Robert Bunsen, who was Germanbybirth.

D16. Much althoughI have traveled, I have never seen anyone to equalher

ABin thoroughness, whateverthe job.

CD

17. The weedsand tall grass in that yard makesthe house lookas if it

ABC

had been vacantfor quite some time.

D18. If onlythe nature of the aging process isbetter understood, the

ABpossibility of discoveringa medicine that can block the fundamental

C

process of aging seemsvery remote.

D19. When I consider how talented he isas a painter, I cannot

AB

helpbut believingthat the publicwill appreciate his gift.

CD20. Allen has statedthat he has always hada great interestand ABC

admiration forthe work of the British economist Keynes.

DPart C 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. (10 points)

21. Please do not be ________ by his bad manners since he is merely trying

to attract attention.

[A] disregarded [B] distorted [C] irritated [D] intervened

22. Craig assured his boss that he would ________ all his energies in

doing this new job.

[A] call forth [B] call at [C] call on