241 2002 年 05 月语法题 1.__of pottery is dependent on the durability of clay after firing. (A)To make (B)The making (C)When to make (D)It is making 2.Pig iron, wrought iron, and steel contain iron carbides made up of __ of carbon. (A)amounts are different (B)different amounts that (C)different amounts (D)which amounts are different 3.The Arctic fox is found throughout the Arctic, usually on tundra or mountains __ the sea. (A)by which near (B)near of (C)because near (D)near 4.The midge __ to any of several species of small flies, refers to a mosquito-like insect with slender wings and body, long legs, and antennae. (A)which a term applied (B)a term applied (C)is a term applied (D)applied a term 5. The face is the most __ of a human being. (A)part is distinctly (B)distinction in part (C)distinctive part (D)part of distinction 6.The chemical facts __ as a by-product of their search for gold became the basis for modem chemistry. (A)that had been accumulated by alchemists (B)were accumulated by alchemists (C)alchemists accumulating them (D)had been accumulated by alchemists 7.The fluoroscope makes __ for medical doctors to view a silhouette of the bones and internal organs of a patient’s body. (A)being possible (B)possibly (C)it is possible (D)it possible 242 8.The second-oldest continuously occupied governor’s mansion in the United States __ Jackson, Mississippi. (A)the location in (B)is the location (C)is located in (D)located in 9.A television camera produces an image by convening __ receives into a series of bright and dark dots. (A)and it (B)it (C)what it (D)that it 10.In so-called nonfiction novels, a documentary style is combined with fictional techniques __actual events and people. (A)that they describe (B)to describe (C)and in describing (D)are describing 11.Managers often receive considerable training in the “technical” aspects of their jobs __ very little in the “people management” aspects. (A)so (B)just as (C)yet (D)and that 12.Areas of fertile soil called deltas, usually __ are formed by mud deposited at the mouth of a river. (A)triangular in shape (B)their shape is triangular (C)they have a triangular shape (D)triangular shape 13.Though a respected educator, Alexander Graham Bell __ the inventor of the telephone. (A)as is best known (B)best known as is (C)is best known as (D)best is known as 14. Not until the First World War __ to improve the road system in the United States. (A)a determined effort was made (B)made a determined effort (C)when a determined effort was made (D)was a determined effort made 15. Often invisible, always in motion, gas is __ of matter. (A)the state is most energetic 243 (B)stating the most energetic (C)the most energetic state (D)the state that most energetic 16. Some fish have whiskers, which are sensory organs used for touching and tasting, and which are helpful when are they searching for food in sand and mud. 17.Cement is produced commercially by to heat a mixture of limestone and clay in a large,slowly rotating cylindrical furnace. 18.In addition to appropriating the subject matter of mass culture, the pop art movement of the 1950‘s utilized various technique of mass production. 19. Practical problems limit the ability of astronomers to determine the mass of asteroids,who are small planetary bodied orbiting the Sun. 20.An accomplished saxophonist and composer, John Coltrane begun his career playing in the big bands of the early 1950‘s. 21.Bacteria and similar one-celled organisms reproduce by cell division, each of the daughter cell then beginning a new life as a distinct organism. 22.Many species of birds that breed in temperate latitudes often show particular patterns of migration while the year. 23.Quebec, the most oldest city in Canada, lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. 24.Because of the need to maintain the correct balance of salts and minerals in the water, keeping saltwater fish in aquariums requires more work that keeping freshwater fish. 25. Addressing themes that were unique American, the poet Walt Whitman celebrated the lives of ordinary people. 26.Many museums have been founded by private benefactors, and a few have received endowments that help to support theirs routine operations. 244 27.The Bessemer process for converting iron to steel was invention of enormous importance because it led to many significant changes in industrial processes. 28. Painters have been portraying the sea for centuries, and in the United States a rich tradition of marine painting been developed during the nineteenth century. 29.The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was a important Confederate military center during the American Civil War and served as the temporary state capital in 1862. 30. Although all sedimentary rocks contain iron, but the deposits that are richest in iron consist predominantly of minerals such as iron oxides, carbonates, silicates, and sulfides. 31.In the United States, the attorney general is a cabinet member in charge with the administration of the Department of Justice. 32.The Atlantic cable, which began to operating in 1866,linked the United States to London and to another cable stretching eastward to India and beyond. 33. Many folk songs were originated to accompany manual work or to mark a specific ceremonies. 34.The shell of the abalone, a marine snail, is especially suited by its hardness and various of colors for the manufacture of jewelry. 35.Geraldine Farrar, who debuted as an opera singer in 1901,later appeared both on stage and in several silent film. 36.The migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North in the early 1900‘s were the biggest internal migration in American history. 37.Searching for alternate forms of energy does not necessary mean the abandonment of fossil fuels as an energy source. 38. The flamingo constructs a cylindrical mud nest for its egg, which both parents care for it. 245 39. Due to persistent inbreeding, self-pollinating plants have genetically more uniform than cross- pollinated plants,which harbor more genetic variability. 40. Metaphysical philosophy is concerned with the principles, structures, and meaningful that underlie all observable reality. 246 2002 年 10 月语法题 1. Among the 450 artworks in the White House art collection __ (A) as is Mary Cassatt‘s Young Mother and Two Children (B) is Mary Cassatt‘s Young Mother and Two Children (C) which is Mary Cassatt‘s Young Mother and Two Children (D) Mary Cassatt‘s Young Mother and Two Children 2. An unconsolidated aggregate of silt particles is also termed silt, __ a consolidated aggregate is called siltstone. (A) which (B) why (C) whereas (D) whether 3. In 1864 the American Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth gained critical acclaim when he __ Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. (A) perform (B) performed (C) had been performing (D) having performed 4. -- are chiefly derived from petroleum. (A) Plastics today (B) There are plastics today (C) Because today plastics today (D) Due to plastics today 5. Most tangerine trees and their flowers and fruits resemble __ the orange, although tangerines are generally smaller. (A) of those (B) which of those (C) those of (D) which are of 6. Ohio. the center of __ the Hopewen culture, has the greatest concentration of ancient burial mounds in the United States. (A) called (B) what is called (C) that is called (D) is called 7. __, such as jazz, are often played from memory rather than from a written score. (A) Of some types music (B) Music some of types (C) Some types of music (D) Types of music some 8. During the 1850‘, reform movements __ temperance and the abolition of slavery gained strength in the United States. (A) advocating (B) they had advocated (C) to advocating (D) to advocate when 9. Many meteorites are thought to have originated from __ that once existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. 247 (A) where a planet or planets (B) a planet or planets so (C) which a planet or planets (D) a planet or planets 10.The modem automobile is a __ composed of more than 14,000 parts. (A) complex technical system (B) system of complex technical (C) complex technical system that (D) system is technically complex 分析：划线部分所填内容的中心词应该为 system ，后面 composed of more than 14,000 parts 为过去 分词做定语。11. __ over 100 years since the invention of the square-bottomed paper bag. (A) Now is (B) Now it has (C) There is now (D) It is now 12.The novelist John Dos Passos developed a style of fiction incorporating several documentary devices __ to his works. (A) lent realism (B) that lending realism (C) to lend realism (D) of whose realism lent 13.In Earth‘s infancy, its surface was warm enough for life __ the young Sun was fainter than it is today. (A) in spite of (B) whether (C) neither of which (D) even though 14.The invention of the compound microscope (which allowed much higher magnification through multiple lenses) made __ the great strides in life sciences. (A) it possible (B) possibly (C) possible (D) it was possible 15.Hares generally have longer ears and hind legs than rabbits and move by jumping __ running (A) rather to be (B) rather than (C) are rather (D) as rather 16. Lake trout, fish usually finding in deep, cool lakes, are greenish gray and are covered with pale spots. 17. During the first 20 years of the space age, the United States spent more than 90 billion dollars onto its civilian and military space programs. 18. Vitamin A and C and most of the B vitamins are retain in foods that have been canned. 248 19. Ella Baker spent her adult life working for social change by lecturing, writing, teacher,and organizing adult literacy programs. 20. Gold can combined with silver in any proportion, but alloys with 50 to 60 percent silver are the strongest. 21. The camera obscure, a lensless precursor of the photographic camera, consists of a darkened chamber, with light pass into it through a single tiny hole. 22. Lumber production was the main industry in Michigan until the early 1900`s, which the automobile industry was established in Detroit. 23. Twenty minutes of vigorous exercise every day is very effect in helping a person to maintain physical fitness. 24. It was not until after Emily Dickenson‘ s death in 1886 that, hidden away in her bureau, overly one thousand unpublished poems were discovered. 25. Rocks form within Earth are called intrusive or plutonic rocks because the magma form which they form often intrudes into neighboring rock. 26. Most fish swim by moving their tails from side to side, with little relatively body undulation. 27. In its life expectancy, although in most other things, the Sun is a typical star. 28. Machines need energy to function, whether it is animal or human muscle, wind or waters currents, or heat-generated energy, such as steam. The modern violin, the smallest and versatile instrument in the violin family, is tuned in fifths and produces tones ranging over four and a half octaves. 30 Norman Rockwell was a meticulous artist who paintings portrayed family incidents and well- defined characters with a wealth of supporting details. 249 31 By the late twelve century, stained glass had emerged in Europe as an integral part of Gothic architecture. 32 The United States, a nation with a highly diversified economy, is a major exporter of grain, fruit, chemical, aircraft, and cars. 33 Canada began cultivation wheat intensively in 1910, which led to a demand for tools, machines, housing, and building supplies. 34 Magnesium has little structural strength and must be alloyed with another metals such as aluminum and zinc when it is to be subjected to stress. 35 Orchid seeds take up to eighteen months to mature before they sprout, and the young plants may need another two years to reach at the flowering stage. 36 The oldest public edifice in Washington D.C, the White House was originally constructed in the 1790`s, also has been rebuilt or extensively remodeled three times since. 37 Mitosis is the normal process by which a cell divides, each new cell ending up wich a same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. 38.There are a series of large-scale wind patterns all over Earth are called prevailing winds that have a direct effect on weather and climate. 39.In June, 1846, near Sacramento, California, a number of new settlers rebelled in the Bear Flag Revolt and proclaiming California an independent republic. 40.A mutation is result of a definite biochemical change in a gene that causes the offspring to vary in some characteristic from the parents. 250 2002 年 08 月语法题 1. Over the centuries, ____ that try to explain the origins of the university. (A) although many theories (B) many theories (C) have many theories been (D) there have been many theories 2. The planet Venus is almost exactly the same size and mass _____ Earth, with a similar interior, including a nickel-iron core. (A) to (B) as (C) is (D) than 3. George Washington Carver ____ international fame for revolutionizing agriculture research in the southern United States during the early twentieth century. (A) won (B) winning (C) who has won (D) the winner of 4. Constituting one of the earliest engineering techniques, ______ in Paleolithic time was done in order to extend natural caves. (A) tunnels were built (B) which built tunnels (C) the building of tunnels (D) tunnels whose building 5. The tulip tree is native to the eastern United States, _____ the tallest and largest broadleaf tree. (A) where (B) where it is (C) it is where (D) is where 6. Elementary schools in the United states provide formal education ______ arithmetic, science, social science, and communication skills that including reading, writing, spelling, and speaking. (A) such subjects as basic in (B) as basic subjects in such (C) in such basic subjects as (D) as in such basic subjects (包括读,写,拼,说) 7. ______ land and money enabled construction of the Union Pacific railroad to begin from Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1865. (A) By the government granting of (B) Government grants of (C) For the government to grant (D) Government grants so that . The face is the most __ of a human being. (A )part is distinctly (B)distinction in part (C)distinctive part (D )part of distinction 6.The chemical facts __. latitudes often show particular patterns of migration while the year. 23.Quebec, the most oldest city in Canada, lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence