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1997 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 1 1997 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section I Structure and Vocabulary Part A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points) 1. The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, ________ could go penniless by next year. [A] the larger one [B] the larger of which [C] the largest one [D] the largest of which 2. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ________ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen. [A] combined [B] having combined [C] combine [D] being combined 3. Andrew, my father’s younger brother, will not be at the picnic, ________ to the family’s disappointment. [A] much [B] more [C] too much [D] much more 4. I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I ________ fully occupied the whole of last week. [A] were [B] had been [C] have been [D] was 1997 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 2 5. Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be ________ near what’s needed. [A] everywhere [B] somewhere [C] nowhere [D] anywhere 6. The chief reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates ________ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care. [A] and [B] as [C] but [D] or 7. He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. ________ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate. [A] What little [B] So much [C] How much [D] So little 8. Although...