全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题（十四）

Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section 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.（5 points）
　
They must have been enjoying themselves there，or they _____ so long.
A)can't have stayed
B)wouldn't have stayed
C)needn't have stayed
D)couldn't stay

No two people can be half an hour together _____ one shall gain an evident superiority over the other.
A)but
B)when
C)if
D)because

By the time you arrive home，I _____ for several hours，so please don't make a noise when you come in.
A)shall be sleeping
B)shall have slept
C)shall sleep
D)shall have been sleeping

Just as no two words are truly synonoyms， _____ no two different expressions，or ways of expressions，can mean exactly the same thing.
A)so
B)as
C)that
D)therefore

One should never lose one's heart when _____ with temporary difficulties.
A)being confronted
B)confronted
C)having been confronted
D)confronting

Rather than _____ everything to the last minute，he always prefers to start early.
A)leave
B)to leave
C)leaving
D)leaves

_____ about one million years ago，the fossil record shows an accelerating growth of human brain.
A)Starting
B)Having started
C)Having been started
D)Being started

Public goods are those commodities _____ enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded.
A)in which
B)whose
C)from whose
D)in whose

Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level of sophistication _____ to follow other pursuits.
A)it was possible for humans
B)was it possible for humans
C)were humans possible
D)possible for humans it was

Very few will doubt that it is science that has at once quickened the demand for general education in modern times _____ made the education itself effective.
A)as well as
B)but also
C)and also
D)and

Section B
Directions： Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A，B，C and D)Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.（5 points）

You can't avoid stress in modern life. Attempting (A) to do it (B) would (C) create stress by yourself (D) .But you can find better ways to cope with it.

Neither the President nor (A) the members of the Cabinet wishes (B) to comment (C) on the matter at this moment (D) .

Opposed to (A) the idea that we use (B) gasoline for rapid transit development gives (C) me a springboard for (D) my candidacy.

He visited (A) the British Museum， where (B) he spent half his time not attracted (C) by the museum itself，but by its extensive library facilities for (D) scientific research.

I couldn't live (A) till today without my grandmother and she would not (B) survive in her later days (C) without me.Both my grandmother and I rely on each other so as to (D) exist in this world.

Proof-reading is uninteresting (A) ， still less (B) so (C) when it is one's (D) own work.

One third (A) of cancers are (B) preventable，while a further third can be routinely (C) cured if it is detected (D) early，according to a recent WHO report.

To quote from (A) Albert Einstein，science is the attempt (B) to make the chaotic diversity (C) of our sense experience correspond to a logical uniform (D) system of thought.

Iron (A) is not the most abundant metal on earth (B) nor is one (C) with (D) the oldest tradition.

Teachers themselves (A) are often judged by examination results and，instead of teaching their subjects，they are reduced (B) to train (C) their students in (D) exam techniques.

Section C
Direction： 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.（10 points）

The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son _____ him.He has already been in the courts for stealing.
A)seeks after
B)takes after
C)gets the best of
D)counts on

I took the children to the Zoo today to _____ the party they missed the other day.
A)provide for
B)look for
C)take delight in
D)make up for

They were having a violent quarrel but _____ when I came in.
A)broke up
B)cut off
C)broke off
D)hung up

Children used to _____ their parents；now they are inclined to regard them as equals.
A)turn on
B)look up to
C)stand up for
D)hang on to

In some child-centered families，the children and their possessions take over most of the house，and the younger ones often make _____ demands upon their parents' money and time.
A)exceeding
B)extensive
C)exclusive
D)excessive

You may as well visit Japan in April，when cherry flowers are _____ .
A)in good season
B)in full bloom
C)in nature
D)in great demand

The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hair is to _____ enthusiasm.
A)reserve
B)persist
C)preserve
D)retail

It was because the ten major building projects were designed，built and fully completed _____ ten months that it was considered to be a miracle.
A)in a matter of
B)ahead of time
C)at most
D)in advance

Whatever the reason，once you find yourself in a bookstore，the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cove