考研英语模拟试题[1]

Simulated Test


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)
1. Mr.Jones, I am really pleased _____ you. And I hope we will be able to see each other in not long time.
A) to meet
B) to have met
C) at meeting
D) having met
2. The two astronauts _____ someday hope it is to fly the craft into earth orbit were fighttesting.
A) that
B) whom
C) whose
D) who
3. The meeting _____ in October, but the plan has been put off again and again.
A) was to have been held
B) ought to have held
C) was to be held
D) must have been held
4. It's true that the old road is less direct and a bit bumpy. We won't take the new one _____ because we feel as safe on it.
A) however
B) though
C) nevertheless
D) whatsoever
5. Every device _____ in the spacecraft must be designed and made with great care so as to be sure that nothing goes wrong in operation.
A) to be fitted
B) fitted
C) fitting
D) to have been fitted
6. There are many kinds of synthetic materials, _____ plastics are the most common.
A) between which
B) of which
C) in which
D) among which
7. I don't believe you are going to have the matter looked into today, _____?
A) are you
B) do you
C) aren't you
D) don't you
8. _____ that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children is still needed in a civilized country.
A) How does it come
B) How it comes
C) How did it come about
D) How did it come
9. When we encounter more difficulties, we should be more spirited, and we should be more courageous _____.
A) the more danger we are in
B) the more in danger we are
C) we are in more danger
D) we are in danger more
10. While the total number of farmers engaged in the agriculture production is barely half _____ it used to be in 1959, the size of the average farm has tripled.
A) that
B) what
C) which
D) how

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)
11. I often wonder(A) what(B) my life would be like if I didn't go(C) to the beach that afternoon when I was 14(D).
12. After teaching(A) in Renmin University's MBA center for five years, I come(B) to realize that even if(C) political and economic barriers are overcome(D) a major hurdle remains - culture!.
13. Since the United States and Canada academic exchanges(A) in 1979, colleges sand universities in America have responded with(B) great enthusiasm, as(C) has(D) their counterparts from the PRC.
14. Many young consumers do not have(A) steady incomes, so(B) they might have difficulty to borrow(C) money from an agency in business to make loans(D).
15. I cannot come to your dinner party tonight. I was(A) really glad to(B), but I have(C) a precious engagement(D).
16. Panic increased the(A) number of casualties as people jumped into the frozen(B) water or fought to be(C) among the few to board(D) the lifeboats.
17. He often advised Tom not to(A) smoke more cigarettes than is(B) good for(C) his health, but all his efforts ended in vain(D).
18. Change purse, cosmetics, and whatever(A) a woman thinks has(B) to carry, I hide in(C) several paper bags in a see-through(D) shopping bag.
19. There is always resistance to the idea that(A) it is because the birth rate fell earlier in western and nothwestern Europe than elsewhere(B), rather than because(C) if any change in the death rate, which(D) a nation has grown so old.
20. I'll be much obliged(A) if you will be(B) so kind enough(C) as to make suggestions as to(D) how we may improve our work.
Section C
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.(10 points)
21. To acquire education is principal way of gaining status in a culture that generally stresses achievement, skillfulness, and upward _____.
A)mobility
B)motivation
C)ambition
D)promotion
22. In order to convince the director to agree on their plan, they _____ a number of reports which supported their argument.
A)brought out
B)brought forth
C)call forth
D)put forward
23. These young people have much to be dissastisfied with, and they sometimes do _____, but on the whole they study hard, knowing the problems the states is facing.
A)grumble
B)frustrate
C)frown
D)perplex
24. Members of the party all appreciate Jackson's wanting to help them _____ their difficulties.
A)come over
B)tide over
C)take over
D)smooth over
25. I have offered a prediction that the reforms run a very high risk of being _____ by a general collapse of confidence in the ruble.
A)set back
B)let down
C)hold back
D)run down
26. This apartment could _____ a family of ten in a minimal space by using sofas，and dual-purpose furniture，all built－in.
A)reside
B)posses