2001年考研英语（一）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（C）
[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（B）
[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）
[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（A）
[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（B）
[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）
[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）
[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（A）
[D] With
9. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to ________________________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
[A] as
[B] which
[C] that（C）
[D] what
10. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, ________________________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
[A] be
[B] being
[C] were（A）
[D] are
Part B
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 rackets with a pencil. (10 points)
Example:
The lost car of the Lees was found ________________________ in the woods off the highway.
[A] vanished
[B] scattered
[C] abandoned
[D] rejected
The sentence should read. “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” There fore, you should choose [C].
Sample Answer
[A] [B] [■][D]
11. He is too young to be able to ________________________ between right and wrong.
[A] discard
[B] discern
[C] disperse（B）
[D] disregard
12. It was no ________________________ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.
[A] coincidence
[B] convention
[C] certainty（A）
[D] complication
13. One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ________________________ follow traffic rules in busy harbors.
[A] cautiously
[B] dutifully
[C] faithfully（B）
[D] skillfully
14. The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be ________________________ the welfare of his animals.
[A] critical about
[B] indignant at
[C] indifferent to（C）
[D] subject to
15. The chairman of the board ________________________ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.
[A] compelled
[B] posed
[C] pressed（C）
[D] tempted
16. It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with ________________________.
[A] for long
[B] in and out
[C] once for all（C）
[D] by nature
17. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in ________________________ and lack of unity in style.
[A] conflict
[B] confrontation
[C] disturbance（D）
[D] disharmony
18. The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once ________________________.
[A] thrived
[B] swelled
[C] prospered（A）
[D] flourished
19. However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to ________________________ some of the decline in the iron and steel industry.
[A] overturn
[B] overtake
[C] offset（C）
[D] oppress
20. Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is ________________________.
[A] firm
[B] company
[C] corporation（B）
[D] enterprise
21. When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as _________________
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