2001年考研英语真题及参考答案

20xx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 blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)
Example:
I have been to the Great Wall three times ________ 1979.
[A] from
[B] after
[C] for
[D] since
The sentence should read, “I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.” Therefore, you should choose [D].
Sample Answer
[A] [B] [C] [■]
1. If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my head in my hands for a cry.
[A] bury
[B] am burying
[C] buried
[D] would bury
2. Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port ________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.
[A] to announce
[B] announced
[C] announcing
[D] was announced
3. According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ________ wait instead of searching for it.
[A] would rather
[B] had to
[C] cannot but
[D] had best
4. She felt suitably humble just as she ________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.
[A] had
[B] had had
[C] would have and
[D] has had
5. There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite ________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.
[A] being resigned
[B] having resigned
[C] going to resign
[D] resign
6. So involved with their computers ________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
[A] became the children
[B] become the children
[C] had the children become
[D] do the children become
7. The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
[A] everything except
[B] anything but
[C] no less than
[D] nothing more than
8. One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. ________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.
[A] By
[B] In
[C] For
[D] With