英语1997考研真题.doc

 PAGE １７ Section IStructure 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.The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, ________ could go penniless by next year. [A] the larger one [B] the larger of which [C] the largest one [D] the largest of which 2.Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ________ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen. [A] combined [B] having combined [C] combine [D] being combined 3.Andrew, my father’s younger brother, will not be at the picnic, ________ to the family’s disappointment. [A] much [B] more [C] too much [D] much more 4.I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I ________ fully occupied the whole of last week. [A] were [B] had been [C] have been [D] was 5.Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be ________ near what’s needed. [A] everywhere [B] somewhere [C] nowhere [D] anywhere 6.The chief reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates ________ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care. [A] and [B] as [C] but [D] or 7.He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. ________ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate. [A] What little [B] So much [C] How much [D] So little 8.Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled ________ the decision made by our fellow countrymen. [A] for [B] on [C] to [D] in 9.Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone ________ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out. [A] adding [B] to have added [C] to add [D] added 10.The vocabulary and grammatical differ