1996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 the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)
1. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ________, or better than an actual performance.
[A] as good as
[B] as good
[C] good
[D] good as
2. My pain ________ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”
[A] must be
[B] had
[C] must have been
[D] had to be
3. The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me ________ she could remember who last borrowed it.
[A] ever since
[B] much as
[C] even though
[D] if only
4. Observations were made ________ the children at the beginning and at the end of pre-school and first grade.
[A] towards
[B] of
[C] on
[D] with
5. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ________ one major point in contrast with the other.
[A] makes
[B] made
[C] is to make
[D] making
6. A safety analysis ________ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
[A] would identify
[B] will identify
[C] would have identified
[D] will have identified
7. The number of registered participants in this year’s marathon was half ________.
[A] of last year’s
[B] those of last year’s
[C] of those of last year
[D] that of last year’s
8. For there ________ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
[A] is
[B] to be
[C] will be
[D] being
9. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently ________ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic.
[A] giving
[B] gave
[C] to give
[D] given
