171 36.Entomologists, scientists who study insects, are often concerned with the fungus, poisonous, or virus carried by a particular insect. 37.The eight stripes of red, white, and blue on state flag of Hawaii represent Hawaii‘s eight major islands. 38. Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the presence of dead organic material provide the ideal living conditions for mushrooms. 39. Metalworkers use the term ―machine tool‖ to refer to a piece of an equipment used for shaping metal. 40. In pools, goldfish are not just ornamental: since they feed on mosquito larva they are also benefit. 172 1998 年 08 月语法题 1．Because air is highly compressible, ____ to define a clear upper boundary of the atmosphere. (A) it is impossible (B) impossible is (C) so the impossibility (D) is the impossibility 2．BASIC, the acronym for Beginner‘s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, is a high - level Instruction Code, is a high - level computer programming language______. (A) learning relatively simple (B) related it simply to learning (C) simple and relative to learn (D) that is relatively simple to learn 3. ____ Frances Perkins held the post of labor secretary for twelve years. (A) The first woman appointed by a United States President to a cabinet position was (B) The first woman appointed by a United States President to a cabinet position (C) Appointed by a United States President to a cabinet position was the first woman who (D) The first woman was appointed by a United States President to a cabinet position who 4. ____ at the turn of the century, the Minnesota State Capitol building is made of white granite and marble. (A) Erected (B) Was erected (C) To erect it (D) Erecting it 5. A stream of volcanic lava flows differently, -- on the sort of ground it flows over. (A) to depend (B) depending (C) that dependent (D) when it depended 6. ____ large amounts of vitamin E found in green leaves, such as lettuce, and in cereals, especially in wheat germ. (A) The (B) They have (C) There are (D) Because of 7. A popular belief ____ radio and television have homogenized the language of the United States. (A) states that (B) that is stated (C) that states (D) stating that 8. The astronomical unit is the average distance of the Earth from the Sun ____ is the standard of distances in the Solar System. (A) and (B) also (C) in addition (D) because 173 9. In 1952 Ernest Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea ____. (A) won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 (B) and the Nobel Prize for Literature won in 1954 (C) in 1954 won the Nobel Prize for Literature for this work. (D) a work that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 10. Many birds have feathers____-with their surroundings. (A) colors blend (B) that colors to blend (C) whose colors blend (D) of which the colors that blend 11. Mosaic is the art of closely setting small, colored pieces, such as stone or glass, into a surface --. (A) and create a decorative design (B) and a decorative design creates (C) to create a decorative design (D) that a decorative design is created 12.____ that distinguish human beings from mother primates are related to the ability of people to stand upright and walk on two legs. (A) Many of the physical characteristics (B) Of the many physical characteristics (C) The physical characteristics are many (D) There are many physical characteristics 13.The letters of Abigail Adams to her husband and future President, John, ____ during the American Revolution, conveyed a vivid picture of the times (A) were written (B) which written (C) written (D) written when 14. The lenses in an optical microscope bend the light passing through a specimen to form an image of that specimen that is much larger ____ actually viewed. (A) than it (B) than the one (C) one than (D) than one which 15. Not only ____ as a cooked dish the world over, but it is also used as the base of many other foods, condiments, and even beverages. (A) eating rice (B) rice is eaten (C) people eat rice (D) is rice eaten 16．According to modern astronomers, the space between the planets and stars is not empty; rather he is filled with something called dark matter. 17.In the late nineteenth century, journalist and publisher William Randolph Hearst established a vast publishing empire that included Eighteen newspapers in twelve city. 174 18. Because the diamond is the hardest naturally substance, it is used in industry for to cut, grinding, and boring other hard materials. D 20. Being chemical compounds, minerals have characteristic shapes and colors, whereas do rocks not. 21. Some of the first aerial photographs were taken from a balloon while the Civil War in the United States. 22．Beyond their importance as a source of food for both people and animals, corn is also used to produce alcohol-based fuels. 把 their 改成 its 23. The Bollingen Prize in poetry established of the Bollingen Foundation, is a $1,000 award for the year‘s highest achievement in poetry in the United States. 1000 美圆. 24. For more eighty years, scientists have argued over whether life exists on the planet Mars. 25. Ludmilla Turkevich, known as a translator and scholar in the field of Russian literature, she became a member of the faculty of Princeton University during the Second World War. 26. The Architectural History Foundation was established in 1977 to support the publication of important book on architecture. 27. Wildlife photographers are involved of a new government project to docum the 50 most endangered species in the United States. 28.Most bats roost in crevices, caves, or building by day and are active at night or twilight. 29．hanges within the chemist structure of single genes may be induced by exposure to radiation and extreme temperatures. 175 30. A landmark famous, the Brooklyn Bridge in New Yolk was one of the first woven wire cable suspension bridges ever constructed. 31 Industry‘s need for more and minerals is a constant challenge to the mining industry to make new discoveries. 的发现. proposal } 32. The waters of Hanauma Bay in Oahu, Hawaii, are known for the color, diversity and abundant of their tropical fish. 33. The United States government program Head Start prepares children for school encourages the involvement of local communities in the children‘s Development. encourages 34．Brown rice has great nutritional value than white rice because the nutrient-rice outer layers of the rice kernel are not removed from brown rice. 35．After 1845, pestilence spread in Boston, but before then, Boston was a city in which the life span of its citizens was long and disease was rarely. 36.Entomologists, scientists who study insects, are often concerned with the fungus, poisonous, or virus carried by a particular insect. 37.The eight stripes of red, white, and blue on state flag of Hawaii represent Hawaii‘s eight major islands. 38. Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the presence of dead organic material provide the ideal living conditions for mushrooms. 39. Metalworkers use the term ―machine tool‖ to refer to a piece of an equipment used for shaping metal. 40. In pools, goldfish are not just ornamental: since they feed on mosquito larva they are also benefit. 176 1998 年 08 月北美语法题 1 Dairy farming is _____ leading agricultural activity in the Unites States. (A) a (B) at (C) then (D) none 2 Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster ____, so we see the lightning before we hear the under. (A) than sound waves do (B) than sound waves are (C) do sound waves (D) sound waves 3 Beef cattle ____ of all livestock for economic growth in certain geographic regions. (A) the most are important (B) are the most important (C) the most important are (D) that are the most important 4 The discovery of the halftone process in photography in 1881 made it ____ photographs in books and newspapers. (A) the possible reproduction (B) possible to reproduce (C) the possibility of reproducing (D) possibly reproduced 5 Flag Day is a legal holiday only in the state of Pennsylvania, ____ Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. (A) which (B) where (C) that (D) has 6 ____ vastness of the Grand Canyon, it is difficult to capture it in a single photograph. (A) While the (B) The (C) For the (D) Because of the 7 Speciation, ___, results when an animal population becomes isolated by some factor, usually geographic. (A) form biological species (B) biological species are formed (C) which forming biological species (D) the formation of biological species 8 In this pure state antimony has no important uses, but ___ with other substances, it is an extremely useful metal. (A) When combined physically or chemically (B) combined when physically or chemically (C) the physical and chemical combination (D) it is combined physically and chemically 9 The dawn redwood appears _____ some 100 million years ago in northern forests around the world. (A) was flourished 177 (B) having to flourish (C) to have flourished (D) have flourished 10 Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of Western music used a system of notating their compositions _____ be performed by musicians. (A) will (B) that (C) and when to (D) so they could 11 Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights ____ as a member of a community, state or nation. (A) may have person (B) may have a person who (C) a person may have (D) and a person may have 12 Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence ____ among Black American writers if his era. (A) were unparalleled (B) are unparalleled (C) unparalleled (D) the unparalleled 13 ____ of large mammals once dominated the North American prairies the American bison and the pronghorn antelope. (A) There are two species (B) With two species (C) Two species are (D) Two species 14 Franklin D. Roosewelt was ____ the great force of radio and the opportunity it provided for taking government policies directly to the people. (A) as the first President he understood fully (B) the first president that to fully understand (C) the first President fully understood (D) the first President to understand fully 15 During the late fifteenth century ____ of the native societies of America had professions in the fields of arts and crafts. (A) only a few (B) a few but (C) few, but only (D) a few only 16 The firstly naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off the coast of Machias, Maine in June, 1775. 17 The public ceremonies of the Plains Indians are lesser elaborate than those of the Navajo, in the Southwest. 18 In some species of fish, such the three-spined stickleback, the male, not the female, performs the task of caring for the young. 178 19 When she retires in September 1989, tennis champion Christine Evert was the most famous woman athlete in the Unites States. 20 The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting their armies. 21 Dinosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, but recent evidence based on eating habits, posture and skeletal structural suggests some may have been warm-blooded. 22 Since the Great Depression of the 1930‘s, social programs such as Social Security have been built into the economy to help avert severity business declines. 23 In the 1970‘s consumer activities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety standards for automobiles, children‘s clothing and a widely range of household products. 24 Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have become biological parks where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat. 25 In human beings as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears and in the nose prevent dust, insects, and other matter from entering these organs. 26 The Rocky Mountains were explored by fur traders during the early 1800‘s, in a decades preceding the United States Civil War. 27 The works of the author Herman Melville are literary creations of a high order, blending fact, fiction, adventure, and subtle symbolic. 28 Each chemical element is characterized to the number of protons that an atom of that element contains, called its atomic number. 29 The body structure that developed in birds over millions of years is well designed for flight, being both lightly in weight and remarkably strong. 179 30 From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing career, publishing of her three most famous novels. 31 In the early twentieth century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in the fact that in the United States the family was losing its traditional roles. 32 Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other material it may appear in various color, ranging from pastels to opaque black. 33 Comparative anatomy is concerned to the structural differences among animal forms. 34 A seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic waves, vibrations that travel from its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface. 35 Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900‘s and have replaced other type of fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost every purpose. 36 Located in Canada, the Columbia Ice field covers area of 120 square miles and is 3,30 feet thick in some places. 37 Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein Ⅱ brought to the musical Oklahoma! extensive musical and theatrical backgrounds as well as familiar with the traditional forms of operetta and musical comedy. 38 Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one of the lowest population density in the world. 39 Rice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world‘s population,grows best in hot, wet lands. 40 Government money appropriated for art in the 1930‘s made possible hundreds of murals and statues still admiration in small towns all over the Unites States. 180 1998 年 10 月语法题 1.The socialization process explains _____ of societies through successive generations but also the ability of a society‘s members to have meaningful interactions. (A) that continuity, only not (B) continuity, only not that (C) the only continuity not (D) not only the continuity 2.Heat transfer takes place when _____ with a warmer substance. (A) is there a colder substance (B) a colder substance comes into contact (C) does the colder substance contact (D) contacts a colder substance 3.Formerly called natural philosophy, physics has retained _____ of understanding the structure of the natural world and explaining natural phenomena. (A) its original aim (B) it aimed originally (C) its original aim was (D) aiming originally 4.Some bird species have a song that is totally uninfluenced _____ environment during their development, whereas other species learn from other birds while young. (A) the (B) yet the (C) since the (D) by the 5.Prior to the eighteenth century,_____ storms formed and died out at the same location. (A) a common belief that (B) that a common belief (C) it was commonly believed that (D) because it was commonly believed 6.Grown widely in Iowa and Illinois, the soybean provides one of the world‘s _____ sources of protein. (A) useful and cheaper mostly (B) cheapest and most useful (C) cheapest and useful mostly (D) most cheaply and usefully 7.Copper _____ used by humans and is second only to iron in its utility through the ages. (A) the first metal (B) was the first metal (C) the first metal that (D) being the first metal 8._____ are inert outside living cells, but within the appropriate cells they can replicate, causing viral diseases in the host organism. (A) Viruses (B) That Viruses (C) Viruses, which (D) Despite viruses 9.The United States Constitution provides for a count of the population _____ a census, every ten years. . insects, are often concerned with the fungus, poisonous, or virus carried by a particular insect. 37.The eight stripes of red, white, and blue on state flag. vast publishing empire that included Eighteen newspapers in twelve city. 174 18. Because the diamond is the hardest naturally substance, it is used in industry