1998年全国硕士研究生考试英语试卷及答案（一月）考研

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1998年全国硕士研究生考试英语试卷及答案

　　Part I Structure and Vocabulary

　　Sections A

　　Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A),B),C)andD). 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)

　　The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _____ could go penniless by next year.
　　A)the larger one
　　B)the larger of which
　　C)the largest one
　　D)the largest of which

　　Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
　　A)combined
　　B)having combined
　　C)combine
　　D)being combined

　　Andrew, my fathers younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _____ to the familys disappointment.
　　A)much
　　B)more
　　C)too much
　　D)much more

　　I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I _____ fully occupied the whole of last week.
　　A)were
　　B)had been
　　C)have been
　　D)was

　　Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _____ near whats needed.
　　A)everywhere
　　B)somewhere
　　C)nowhere
　　D)anywhere

　　The chief reason for the population growth isnt so much a rise in birth rates _____ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
　　A)and
　　B)as
　　C)but
　　D)or

　　He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite　ignorant on the subject. _____ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
　　A)What little
　　B)So much
　　C)How much
　　D)So little

　　Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled _____ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
　　A)for
　　B)on
　　C)to
　　D)in

　　Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone _____ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
　　A)adding
　　B)to have added
　　C)to add
　　D)added

　　The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly _____ .
　　A)noticed
　　B)to be noticed
　　C)being noticed
　　D)to notice