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南开大学2005年硕士研究生入学考试试题

考试科目：基础英语

专业：英语语言文学，外国语言学及应用语言学

Part I V ocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices Marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. Sometimes the single building is not particularly historic, but in _______ with other buildings it takes on meaning.

A. distinction B. correlation C. design D. conjunction

2. The interior of the concert hall is a_________ feast, with a modem stateliness of line and color reigning throughout.

A. remarkable B. visual C. glowing D. delicious

3. The accelerated growth of public employment _______ the dramatic expansion of budgets and programs.

A. parallels B. contains C. revolves D. escapes

4. The board of the company has decided to __________ its operation to include all aspects of the clothing business.

A. extend B. enlarge C. expand D. amplify

5. I would _______ scribble all over this book than I would write on a valuable painting.

A. rather not B. no more C. never D. not

6. She will see to it that every Party member_________ a copy of this document.

A. will get B. get C. would get D. gets

7. Is it true that those old houses are being pulled down _________ new office blocks?

A. to accommodate B. to provide for C. to increase D. to make room for

8. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make _________ details that are otherwise impossible to observe.

A. it visible B. visibly C. visible D. they are visible

9. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _________ eastern Nebraska.

A. does B. in C. it does in D. in it does

10. A historical novel may do more than mirror history; _________ future events.

A. even influencing B. it may even influence

C. may even influence D. that it may even influence

11. This missile is designed so that once ___________ nothing can be done to retrieve it.

A. fired B. having fired C. they fired D. firing

12. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems,_________ obtaining water is not the least.

A. of which B. for which C. as D. whose

13. The New Testament was not only written in the Greek Language, but ideas derived from Greek philosophy were __________ in many parts of it:

A. altered B. criticized C. incorporated D. translated

14. That sound doesn’t __ in his native language, so it is difficult for him to pronounce it.

A. happen B. occur C. have D. take place

15. His sister had become a professor, _________ he wanted to be.