1997年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案

Sections 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 the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)

Example:
The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A)vanishedB)scattered C)abandonedD)rejected
The sentence should read, “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose C).

When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them _____.
A)off
B)aside
C)out
D)down

The wealth of a country should be measured _____ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A)in line with
B)in terms of
C)in regard with
D)by means of

He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.
A)faith
B)belief
C)credit
D)reliance

My students found the book _____ it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject.
A)enlightening
B)confusing
C)distracting
D)amusing

Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will _____ down the economy.
A)put
B)settle
C)drag
D)knock

In this factory the machines are not regulated _____ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
A)independently
B)individually
C)irrespectively
D)irregularly

Every chemical change either results from energy being sued to produce the change, or causes energy to be _____ in some form.
A)given off
B)put out
C)set off
D)used up

If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually _____ .
A)shrink
B)delay
C)disperse
D)sink

American companies are evolving from massproduction manufacturing to _____ enterprises.
A)moveable
B)changing
C)flexible
D)varying

If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to _____ the situation?
A)simplify
B)modify
C)verify
D)rectify

I can't _____ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
A)figure out
B)draw out
C)look out
D)work out

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _____ .
A)disapproval
B)rejection
C)refusal
D)decline

From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.
A)derive
B)discern
C)diminish
D)displace

She had clearly no _____ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.
A)tendency
B)ambition
C)intention
D)willingness

What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become _____ a third time.
A)clean and measurable
B)notable and systematic
C)pure and wholesome
D)clear and organic

The public opinion was that the time was not _____ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
A)reasonable
B)ripe
C)ready
D)practical

Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the _____ of hunger.
A)sensation
B)cause
C)purpose
D)motive

For the new country to survive, _____ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
A)to name a few
B)let alone
C)not to speak
D)let's say

Foreign disinvestment and the _____ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
A)displacement
B)elimination
C)exclusion
D)exception

When a number of people _____ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
A)pad
B)pack
C)squeeze
D)cluster