1999同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试真题
Paper One  试卷一
(90 minutes)
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) (略)
Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
I6. Courageous people think quickly and act without hesitation.
   A. complaint      B. consideration  C. delay      D. Anxiety
17. I've only recently explored Shakespeare with profit and pleasure.
  A. followed  B. evaluated      C. acted      D. studied
18. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 yeas ago.
  A. hard to invent      B. hard to understand   
C. hard to imagine                D. hard to believe
19. You have to pay a (n) premium for express delivery.
   A. extra charge      B. extra price            C. extra tip            D. extra bonus
20. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily put up for a month or a year for a single day.
  A. arrange    B. manage          C. last        D. stay         
21. The salesman approached the house cautiously when he saw the vicious dog at the door.
  A. carefully  B. deliberately    C. nervously        D. bravely
22. A new technological process may be employed to ~ this abundant supply directly.
  A. produce          B. reserve          C. exploit          D. search  同等学力申请硕士学位考试报名
23. An international treaty signed several years ago bans trade in plants and animal of endangered species.
  A. forbids          B. eliminates      C. promotes      D. protects     
24. It is not easy to remain tranquil when events suddenly change you life.
   A. calm              B. upset              C. steady          D. severe     
25. When faced with doubts from some advisers on the attempted invasion, Kennedy ignored them.
   A. failed to understand    B. put up with
   C. stood up for            D. refused to consider
Section B
Directions: In this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
26. Don't _______while I'm talking. You can ask what you want later.                   
   A. cut out        B. cut in        C. cut off        D. cut down         
27. He misled management by giving it the idea that the older and more experienced men were not an _______ but a liability.
   A. assistance      B. advantage      C. asset            D. award       
28. In 400 A.D. Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that span upwards and fell back to earth as ______ceased.
  A. rotation    B. suspension    C. emission          D. motivation   
29. As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who ______ it.
  A. innovate          B. inhabit          C. integrate        D. inherit       
30. Children in the United States are exposed to many influences _______those of their families.
  A. rather than          B. better than            C. more than    D. other than     
31. The fact that the earth's surface heats _______provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions.
  A. unsteadily          B. unevenly        C. infrequently      D. irregularly 
32. You may never experience an earthquake or a volcanic eruption in your life, but you will _____changes in the land.
    A. adapt          B. adopt  C. witness        D. define
33. It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not _______ to be delayed.
    A. easy            B. available        C. great      D. likely
34. The first step before making any decision to
    A. interact  B. integrate        C. intervene        D. intensify
35. The television station is supported by
    A. donations          B. advertisements        C. pensions          D. accounts