南开大学2010年英语专业研究生考试基础英语真题.pdf

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices Marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. Sometimes the single building is not particularly historic, but in with other buildings it takes on meaning. A. distinction B. correlation C. design D. conjunction 2. The interior of the concert hall is a feast, with a modem stateliness of line and color reigning throughout. A. remarkable B. visual C. glowing D. delicious 3. The accelerated growth of public employment the dramatic expansion of budgets and programs. A. parallels B. contains C. revolves D. escapes 4. The board of the company has decided to its operation to include all aspects of the clothing business. A. extend B. enlarge C. expand D. amplify 5.1 would scribble nil over this book than I would write on a valuable painting. A. rather not B. no more C. never D. not 6. She will see to it that every Party member a copy of this document. A. will get B. get C: would get D. gets 7. Is it true that those old houses are being pulled down new office blocks? A. to accommodate B. to provide for C. to increase D. to make room for 8. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make details that are otherwise impossible to observe. A. it visible B. visibly C. visible D. they are visible 9. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than eastern Nebraska. A. does B. in C. it does in D. in it does 10. A historical novel may do more than mirror history, future events. A. even influencing B. it may even influence C. may even influence D. that it may even influence Part II Cloze (10 points) Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose