1999年考研英语真题及参考答案

1999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)
l. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery ________ just around the corner was untrue.
[A] would be
[B] to be
[C] was
[D] being
2. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________ people each year than automobile accidents.
[A] seven more times
[B] seven times more
[C] over seven times
[D] seven times
3. It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ________ place in our ever-changing world.
[A] taking
[B] to take
[C] take
[D] taken
4. This is an exciting area of study, and one ________ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.
[A] from
[B] by
[C] in
[D] through
5. ________ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.
[A] As
[B] What
[C] That
[D] It
6. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to attend ________ such short notice.
[A] to
[B] in
[C] with
[D] on
7. California has more light than it knows ________ to do with but everything else is expensive.
[A] how
[B] what
[C] which
[D] where
8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don’t have small children and get along ________ to spend most of their time together.
[A] so well
[B] too well
[C] well as
[D] well enough
9. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ________ compliments to his political leaders.
[A] paying
[B] having paid
[C] to pay
[D] to have paid