1999年考研英语真题及答案.pdf

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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！1999 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 blackeni

2、ng the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(5 points)l.Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery _ just around the corner was untrue.A would be B to be C was D being 2.Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills _ pe

3、ople each year than automobile accidents.A seven more times B seven times more C over seven times D seven times 3.Its easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes _ place in our ever-changing world.A taking B to take C take D taken 4.This is an exciti

4、ng area of study,and one _ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.A from B by C in D through 5._ can be seen from the comparison of these figures,the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.A As B What C That D It 6.Although I

5、 had been invited to the opening ceremony,I was unable to attend _ such short notice.A to B in C with D on 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！7.California has more light than it knows _ to do with but everything else is expensive.A how B what C which D where 8.The solution works only for

6、 couples who are self-employed,dont have small children and get along _ to spend most of their time together.A so well B too well C well as D well enough 9.Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about _ compliments to his political leaders.A paying B having paid C to pay D to have

7、paid 10.These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than _ in traditional media.A exist B exists C existing D to exist Part B Directions:Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C,and D.Identify the part of the senten

8、ce that is incorrect and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(5 points)11.Your math instructor would have been A happy to give you a makeup examination had you gone B and explained C that your parents had been D ill at the time.12.A

9、s the children become financially A independent of B the family,the emphasis on C family financial security will shift from protection to save D for the retirement years.13.Were A the Times Co.to purchase another major media company,there is no doubt that it could B dramatically transform a family-r

10、an C enterprise that still gets 90%of its D revenues from newspapers.14.Symposium talks will cover a wide range A of subjects from B over-fishing to physical and environment C factors that affect the populations D of different species.15.Conversation calls for a A willingness to alternate the role o

11、f speaker with one B of listener C,and it calls for occasional digestive pauses by D both.16.If two theories are equal to A their ability to account for B a body of data,the theory that does so C with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred D.17.The Committee adopted a resolution requir

12、ing A the seven automakers selling B the most cars in the state making C 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free D by 1998.18.As long as A poor people,who in general are colored,are in conflict with B richer people,欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！who in general are lighter C skin D

13、,theres going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.19.All those left undone A may sound greatly B in theory,but even the trust believer C has great difficulty when D it comes to specifics.20.Even if A automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on B alternative fuels C,the cars wont

14、 catch on in a big way when D drivers can fill them up at the gas station.Part 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 t

15、he brackets with a pencil.(10 points)21.An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to _ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.A stimulate B renovate C arouse D advocate 22.Although architecture has artistic qualities,it must also satisfy a number of importan

16、t practical _.A obligations B regulations C observations D considerations 23.Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss _ the bread-winners death.A at the cost of B on the verge of C as a result of D for the sake of 24.In education there should be a good _ among the branches

17、of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.A distribution B balance C combination D assignment 25.The American dream is most _ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.A plausible B patriotic C primitive D partial 26.Poverty is not _ in

18、 most cities although,perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas,it is more visible there.A rare B temporary 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！C prevalent D segmental 27.People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in _ populated areas.A dens

19、ely B intensely C abundantly D highly 28.As a way of _ the mails while they were away,the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.A picking up B coping with C passing out D getting across 29.Toms mother tried hard to persuade him to _ fro

20、m his intention to invest his savings in stock market.A pull out B give up C draw in D back down 30.An increasing proportion of our population,unable to live without advanced medical _,will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.A interference B interruption C intervention D inter

21、action 31.These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the _ of higher education from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s.A branch B category C domain D scope 32.Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the _ in the financial system will drag down the economy.A shallowness B s

22、hakiness C scantiness D stiffness 33.Crisis would be the right term to describe the _ in many animal species.A minimization B restriction C descent D decline 34.The city is an important railroad _ and industrial and convention center.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！A conjunction B net

23、work C junction D link 35.Prof.White,my respected tutor,frequently reminds me to _ myself of every chance to improve my English.A assure B inform C avail D notify 36.Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that _ disease resistance in neighboring plants.A contracts B

24、activates C maintains D prescribe 37.Corporations and labor unions have _ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public.A conferred B granted C flung D submitted 38.The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month,which was _ from one new moon to

25、the next.A measured B reckoned C judged D assessed 39.The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was _ to the issue at hand.A irrational B unreasonable C invalid D irrelevant 40.Fuel scarcities and price increases _ automobile designers to scale down the largest models

26、 and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.A persuaded B prompted C imposed D enlightened Section II:Cloze Test Directions:For each numbered blank in 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 blackenin

27、g the corresponding 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！letter in the brackets with a pencil.(10 points)Industrial safety does not just happen.Companies _41_ low accident rates plan their safety programs,work hard to organize them,and continue working to keep them _42_ and active.When the

28、 work is well done,a _43_ of accident-free operations is established _44_ time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.Successful safety programs may _45_ greatly in the emphasis placed on certain aspects of the program.Some place great emphasis on mechanical guarding.Others stress safe work pract

29、ices by _46_ rules or regulations._47_ others depend on an emotional appeal to the worker.But,there are certain basic ideas that must be used in every program if maximum results are to be obtained.There can be no question about the value of a safety program.From a financial stand-point alone,safety

30、_48_.The fewer the injury _49_,the better the workmans insurance rate.This may mean the difference between operating at _50_ or at a loss.41.A at B in C on D with 42.A alive B vivid C mobile D diverse 43.A regulation B climate C circumstance D requirement 44.A where B how C what D unless 45.A alter

31、B differ C shift D distinguish 46.A constituting B aggravating C observing D justifying 47.A Some B Many C Even D Still 48.A comes off B turns up C pays off 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！D holds up 49.A claims B reports C declarations D proclamations 50.A an advantage B a benefit C

32、an interest D a profit 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 SHE

33、ET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(40 points)Text 1 Its a rough world out there.Step outside and you could break a leg slipping on your doormat.Light up the stove and you could burn down the house.Luckily,if the doormat or stove failed to warn of coming disast

34、er,a successful lawsuit might compensate you for your troubles.Or so the thinking has gone since the early 1980s,when juries began holding more companies liable for their customers misfortunes.Feeling threatened,companies responded by writing ever-longer warning labels,trying to anticipate every pos

35、sible accident.Today,stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn,among other things,that you might-surprise!-fall off.The label on a childs Batman cape cautions that the toy“does not enable user to fly.”While warnings are often appropriate and necessary-the dangers of drug interactions,fo

36、r example-and many are required by state or federal regulations,it isnt clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured.About 50 percent of the companies lose when injured customers take them to court.Now the tide appears to be turning.As person

37、al injury claims continue as before,some courts are beginning to side with defendants,especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldnt have changed anything.In May,Julie Nimmons,president of Schutt Sports in Illinois,successfully fought a lawsuit involving a football player who was paralyz

38、ed in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet.“Were really sorry he has become paralyzed,but helmets arent designed to prevent those kinds of injuries,”says Nimmons.The jury agreed that the nature of the game,not the helmet,was the reason for the athletes injury.At the same time,the American Law Instit

39、ute-a group of judges,lawyers,and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight-issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones.“Important information can get buried in a sea of trivi

40、alities,”says a law professor at Cornell law School who helped draft the new guidelines.If the moderate end of the legal community has its way,the information on products might actually be provided for the benefit of customers and not as protection against legal liability.51.What were things like in

41、 1980s when accidents happened?A Customers might be relieved of their disasters through lawsuits.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！B Injured customers could expect protection from the legal system.C Companies would avoid being sued by providing new warnings.D Juries tended to find fault

42、 with the compensations companies promised.52.Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to _.A satisfy customers by writing long warnings on products B become honest in describing the inadequacies of their products C make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability D feel obliged to view cu

43、stomers safety as their first concern 53.The case of Schutt helmet demonstrated that _.A some injury claims were no longer supported by law B helmets were not designed to prevent injuries C product labels would eventually be discarded D some sports games might lose popularity with athletes 54.The au

44、thors attitude towards the issue seems to be _.A biased B indifferent C puzzling D objective Text 2 In the first year or so of Web business,most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.More recently,as the Web proved to be more than a fashion,companies have started to bu

45、y and sell products and services with one another.Such business-to-business sales make sense because business people typically know what product theyre looking for.Nonetheless,many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts about its reliability.“Businesses need to feel they can trust

46、 the pathway between them and the supplier,”says senior analyst Blane Erwin of Forrester Research.Some companies are limiting the risk by conducting online transactions only with established business partners who are given access to the companys private intranet.Another major shift in the model for

47、Internet commerce concerns the technology available for marketing.Until recently,Internet marketing activities have focused on strategies to“pull”customers into sites.In the past year,however,software companies have developed tools that allow companies to“push”information directly out to consumers,t

48、ransmitting marketing messages directly to targeted customers.Most notably,the Pointcast Network uses a screen saver to deliver a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to subscribers computer monitors.Subscribers can customize the information they want to receive and proceed directly

49、 to a companys Web site.Companies such as Virtual Vineyards are already starting to use similar technologies to push messages to customers about special sales,product offerings,or other events.But push technology has earned the contempt of many Web users.Online culture thinks highly of the notion th

50、at the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific request.Once commercial promotion begins to fill the screen uninvited,the distinction between the Web and television fades.Thats a prospect that horrifies Net purists.But it is hardly inevitable that companies on the Web will need to