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1999.5 国内考试真题 SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. (A) The woman doesn’t drive often. (B) Traffic is better than it used to be. (C) Taking public transportation saves time. (D) The subway is crowded. 2. (A) Wear a heavy sweater to the game. (B) Exchange the tickets. (C) Take care of his cold. (D) Watch the game at home. 3. (A) He dropped out of Professor Johnson’s class. (B) He’ll probably take another class with Professor Johnson. (C) Professor Johnson’s lectures were boring. (D) Students weren’t allowed to bring drinks into Professor Johnson’s class. 4. (A) She hasn’t received any mail yet. (B) She doesn’t know where the post office is. (C) She thinks the post office is nearby. (D) A new post office has just opened. 5. (A) Someone else told him Fred had called. (B) The man looked for Fred at they gym. (C) It wasn’t really Fred who called. (D) Fred probably 3borrowed someone else’s sleeping bag. 6. (A) She hasn’t gone hiking in three years. (B) She plans to visit her relatives. (C) Her sister’s children love to hike in the mountains. (D) Her sister may move back to Colorado someday. 7. (A) He’s planning to move to a new house. (B) He hopes to change jobs. (C) He likes to keep his house clean. (D) He’s too busy to clean the house. 8. (A) Her coat is similar to the man’s. (B) She needs to buy a new coat. (C) Her sweater is not warm enough. (D) The man should have worn a sweater. 9. (A) Ask the people in the lounge to be quiet. (B) Try to find another place to study. (C) Move the party to the dining room. (D) Turn on another light. 10. (A) Pick up the package at the post office. (B) Deliver the package in person. (C) Ask to have the package delivered to his home. (D) Find out the hours the post office is open. 11. (A) The committee is discussing it. (B) It received a low grade. (C) It hasn’t been graded. (D) The woman hasn’t submitted it. 12. (A) He’ll see the doctor if he’s not better soon. (B) He has had worse colds in the past. (C) He’ll feel better once he sees the doctor. (D) His cold will go away by itself. 13. (A) Get his shower fixed. (B) Find out when the gym is open. (C) Take a shower at the gym. (D) Ask to be moved to another buidling. 14. (A) Make sure the registration office didn’t make a mistake. (B) Decide whether to drop the course next week. (C) Find out if a place opens up in the course later. (D) Take the course next year. 15. (A) He doesn’t think the room is too cold. (B) He’s already wearing a sweater. (C) He can’t address the problem right now. (D) He’ll turn up the heat as soon as class is over. 16. (A) Make a copy of the key for the woman. (B) Give the woman her key at her class. (C) Put the key in the woman’s mailbox. (D) Unlock the woman’s door. 17. (A) He recently spent a month in Chicago. (B) He can recommend many things to do. (C) Chicago is an expensive place to have fun. (D) He’s going on the trip, too. 18. (A) She likes the design of the car. (B) Someone famous is riding in the car. (C) She collects pictures of cars. (D) The car is in front of something interesting. 19. (A) The bus is usually late when it snows. (B) She’s not sure where her schedule is. (C) She can’t give the man a ride to work. (D) The times on her bus schedule may no longer be correct. 20. (A) She has trouble concentrating. (B) She’ll return the book if she doesn’t like it. (C) She is a fast reader. (D) She’ll lend the man the book when she’s finished. 21. (A) Pay the extra postage. (B) Send the package third-class. (C) Wait a few days to mail the package. (D) Deliver the package himself. 22. (A) He’s not very hungry. (B) He really wants to eat at the restaurant. (C) The restaurant is too expensive. (D) He knows a better place to go for a meal. 23. (A) Speak to his professor about the condition of the lecture hall. (B) Organize a team of students to clean the lecture hall. (C) Find out who has been making the mess. (D) Wait to see if the problem goes away. 24. (A) She’d like to go although she has little experience. (B) She doesn’t enjoy camping. (C) She’d rather go swimming than hiking. (D) She needs to buy a canoe before the trip. 25. (A) She couldn’t get a ticket for the exhibit. (B) She doesn’t like crowded events. (C) She knows a lot of people who went to the exhibit. (D) She doesn’t like modern art. 26. (A) Arrive at the presentation after breakfast. (B) Talk to the dean before the presentation. (C) Call the woman early in the morning. (D) Eat breakfast at the presentation. 27. (A) Ruth earned the award. (B) Ruth helped plan the award ceremony. (C) Ruth should work more for the community. (D) Ruth served as chairperson of the committee. 28. (A) She cannot go with the man to Smithville. (B) There is a new art supply store downtown. (C) The store’s location has changed. (D) The store went out of business. 29. (A) She hopes the man can remember her phone number. (B) She’s willing to help the man solve the puzzle. (C) She hopes the man will call her when he’s finished. (D) She’s going out of town soon. 30. (A) It is difficult getting an appointment with her. (B) She is a good doctor. (C) She used to be his doctor. (D) She is fairly old. 31. (A) She attended one of their meetings. (B) Her roommate is a member. (C) She saw them protesting. (D) She read about them in the newspaper. 32. (A) Secure more student parking spaces. (B) Preserve an open space on campus. (C) Get more funding for their group. (D) Schedule a meeting with college administrators. 33. (A) Go to class. (B) Go on a picnic. (C) Attend a meeting. (D) Attend the rally. 34. (A) Help the man plan a student rally. (B) Use the student parking lot. (C) Make a donation to support the group. (D) Sign a petition. 35. (A) In the student recreation center. (B) In the campus dining hall. (C) In the university bookstore. (D) In a classroom. 36. (A) Studying. (B) Preparing snacks. (C) Playing cards. (D) Learning how to play bridge. 37. (A) Watch her partner. (B) Play her cards in cooperation with her partner. (C) Quit the game. (D) Teach the man how to play bridge. 38. (A) Miss her card game. (B) Stay up too late. (C) Take too heavy a work load next semester. (D) Neglect her studies to play bridge. 39. (A) He already knows how to play. (B) He doesn’t like to play games. (C) He doesn’t have a partner. (D) He doesn’t have enough free time. 40. (A) To emphasize the hazards of wooden buildings. (B) To explain why certain building techniques started in Chicago. (C) To warn against building skyscrapers close together. (D) To explain how Chicago’s early skyscrapers were destroyed. 41. (A) It was constructed without bricks. (B) It was the tallest early skyscraper. (C) It contained offices where victims of the fire could get help. (D) It had an internal metal skeleton. 42. (A) It was the first skyscraper with walls of glass. (B) It did not have enough support for its height. (C) It was not built by an architect from Chicago. (D) It was the tallest skyscraper built in the 1800’ s. 43. (A) The mass production of communications devices. (B) The early history of a major communication medium. (C) The life of a famous inventor. (D) The impact of radio broadcasting on the music industry. 44. (A) Few people owned the necessary equipment. (B) The music selection was not very popular. (C) Few ships came into New York harbor. (D) The radio signal was too weak to reach a mass audience. 45. (A) Military communications officers. (B) People who treated radio technology as a hobby. (C) People who lived in big cities. (D) People with an interest in music. 46. (A) They would get smaller in size. (B) Their signals would travel further. (C) They would become less popular than television. (D) They would be common household items. 47. (A) Differences between the planets in the solar system. (B) Methods of determining the composition of Earth and the Moon. (C) Why Earth has an iron core. (D) The origin of the Moon. 48. (A) The Moon has no water. (B) The Moon contains almost no iron. (C) Thy Moon is the largest moon in the solar system. (D) The Moon does not have a molten core. 49. (A) Earth’s moon used to orbit Mars. (B) Mars was captured by the gravitational field of the Sun. (C) A planet the size of Mars collided with Earth. (D) Mars is larger than Earth. 50. (A) The Moon formed from pieces of Earth’s crust. (B) The Moon was struck by another planet. (C) The Moon’s composition resembles that of Mars. (D) The Moon’s mineral content has changed over time. Section Two: Structure and Written Expression 1.Classical logic is characterized by a concern for the structure and elements of argument_______that thought, language, and reality are interrelated. (A) based on the belief (B) on the belief based (C) belief based on the (D) the based belief on 2.Adult fleas_______ only blood and are external parasites of mammals and birds. (A) eat (B) having eaten (C) that eat (D) to eat 3.Heat energy may be absorbed or released when_______ while work is done on or by the system. (A) changes in the internal energy of a system (B) by changing the internal energy of a system (C) the internal energy of a system that changes (D) the internal energy of a system changes 4.Methods of measuring mass, time, and distance are_______ of human culture. (A) among the oldest skills (B) they are among the oldest skills (C) what among the oldest skills (D) the skills that among the oldest 5._______ they sometimes swim alone, dolphins usually congregate in large groups, often numbering in the hundreds. (A) Why (B) Although (C) Even (D) Nevertheless 6._______ plays an important part in commercial art, illustrating advertisements, textbooks, brochures, and articles in magazines and periodicals. (A) Drawing and (B) Because drawing (C) Drawing, which (D) Drawing 7.Goldfinches build compact_______ nests, which they line with soft vegetable down. (A) shaped like a cup (B) cup-shaped (C) cup shapes (D) shape of a cup 8.Louisa May Alcott published her first book, Flower Fables_______ of fairy tales, in 1854. (A) which a collection (B) a collection was (C) a collection (D) in which a collection 9._______ understanding of weather and its variability, it has been difficult to prove that weather can be controlled. (A) Since incomplete (B) Because of incomplete (C) Incomplete (D) Why is incomplete 10.Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program included_______ designed to provide relief and counteract the effects of the economic depression that had begun in 1929. (A) measures were temporary (B) in temporary measures (C) temporary and measures (D) temporary measures 11.Current health guidelines recommend that people restrict their consumption_______ . (A) foods of high in fat (B) of foods in fat high (C) of foods high in fat (D) in foods high of fat 12.Walt Whitman originated a distinctive form of free verse that sets his work apart from_______ of all other poets. (A) what (B) that (C) how (D) it 13._______ economic change by investigating the fluctuations in the relationship between workers’ wages and their buying power. (A) Economists gauging (B) Economists gauge how (C) Economists gauge (D) Whenever economists gauge 14.Although the many hours of summer sunshine in Canada’s Klondike region produce good vegetable crops, the long winters rarely permit_______ . (A) grain crops ripen (B) grain crops are ripe (C) the ripening of grain crops (D) to ripen grain crops 15.Tools, a workshop, and some storage space were_______ for early experiments in aviation. (A) required all that (B) all that was required (C) all the requirements that (D) such that all the requirements 16. A major railroad junction in Illinois, Decatur has became an important commercial hub for A B the region’s farm products and livestock. C D 17. People use muscles to make various movements, such as walk, jumping, or throwing. A B C D 18. Emily Dickinson unmistakably fixed her own highly individually and revolutionary personality A B in her elliptical and provocative poems. C D 19. The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones of difference sizes and shapes. A B C D 20. One of the earliest strike in United States history occurred in 1740 when bakers refused A B C to work until their wages were increased. D 21. Count Basie’s distinctive piano style and band arrangements of the late 1930’s earned his A B C an important place in jazz history. D 22. The wide range of elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains allows for the A B great diverse of plant life found there. C D 23. Four huge shield volcanoes have been observed on Mars, as well as a great number of A B smaller ones like found those on the Earth. C D 24. The 1897 discover of gold in the Klondike hastened the commercial development of A B Washington State, as did the increasing trade with Pacific Islands. C D 25. The Saint Lawrence River is young relatively by geological standards, as it was formed A B C D during the last ice age. 26. With the ability produce and control fire, early humans could make heat and light and could A B cook foods that were difficult to eat raw. C D 27. Only the female and the worker wasps are equipped with a sting, which they use it to A B C attack their prey or to protect themselves against enemies. D 28. Compared with another breeds, quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and A B run faster over short courses. C D 29. Stars emit radio waves, which they may be detected and studied using radio telescopes. A B C D 30. A glider is a type of aircraft resembling an airplane but often having not means of A B C D propulsion at all. 31. A matrilineal extended family consists of core group of males, their wives, and their A B C D unmarried daughters. 32. Herons inhabit marshy areas or the shores along fresh or salt water, which they find fishes, A B C frogs, crustaceans, and other aquatic animals to eat. D 33. A computer program that communicates with the user solely by choices providing from interlined A B C menus is said to be menu-driven. D 34. In the 1930’s few major orchestras in the United States hired woman, so many chose to perform A B C in amateur musical groups as an alternative. D 35. Complex spacecraft are characterized by a various of supporting systems, including A B communications, guidance and navigation, altitude control, and ,in some cases, life-support systems. C D 36. When a piano keyboard is substituted for buttons on right side of an accordion, the instrument A B C is known as a piano accordion. D 37. Today’s lunar and solar eclipses can be predicted to within seconds of its occurrence, and A B C interest in them is scientific as well as aesthetic. D 38. The windowless inner rooms of the Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico served for the storage of A supplies, while the brighter outer rooms were using for living quarters. B C D 39. Ultrasonic is concerned with sound vibrates or waves of a frequency above 20,000 cycles per A B second, the upper range audible to the human ear. C D 40. Freesia plants reach a height of two and one-half feet and thrive best at temperature A B C D of 50 degrees to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. 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(line 30) Questions 34-44 Matching the influx of foreign immigrants into the larger cities of the United States during the late nineteenth century was a domestic migration, from town and farm to city, within the United States The country had been overwhelmingly rural at the beginning of the century, with less than 5 percent of Americans living in large towns (5) or cities The proportion of urban population... such cities in 1900 Of these, 26 had a population of more than 100,000 including 3 that held more than a million people Much of the migration (10) producing an urban society came from smaller towns within the United States, but the combination of new immigrants and old American "settlers" on America's "urban frontier" in the late nineteenth century proved extraordinary (15) (20) (25) The growth of... challenging Questions 45-50 The nervous system of vertebrates is characterized by a hollow, dorsal nerve cord that ends in the head region as an enlargement, the brain Even in its most primitive form this cord and its attached nerves are the result of evolutionary specialization, and their further evolution from lower to higher vertebrate classes is a process that (5) is far from fully understood Nevertheless, . 1999. 5 国内考试真题 SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. (A) The woman doesn’t drive often. (B) Traffic