Tài liệu luyện thi TOEFL

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1. TOEFL VERSION July 2005 "Business Minds Meet Here. We Succeed Together!"
2. All resources for English learning: 《TOEFL 语法大全》 1 再版小说明 2 序言 3 使用说明 4 1989年 01 月语法题 9 1989年 05 月语法题 14 1989年 08 月语法题 18 1989年 10 月语法题 23 1990年 01 月语法题 27 1990年 05 月语法题 31 1990年 08 月语法题 35 1990年 10 月语法题 39 1991年 01 月语法题 43 1991年 05 月语法题 47 1991年 05 月语法题 51 1991年 10 月语法题 55 1992年 01 月语法题 59 1992年 05 月语法题 63 1992年 08 月语法题 67 1992年 10 月语法题 71 1993年 01 月语法题 75 1993年 05 月语法题 79 1993年 08 月语法题 83 1993年 10 月语法题 87 1994年 05 月语法题 91 2
3. All resources for English learning: 1994年 08 月语法题 95 1994年 10 月语法题 99 1995年 01 月语法题 105 1995年 05 月语法题 109 1995年 08 月语法题 113 1995年 10 月语法题 117 1996年 01 月语法题 122 1996年 05 月语法题 126 1996年 08 月语法题 130 1996年 10 月语法题 134 1997年 01 月语法题 138 1997年 01 月北美语法题 142 1997年 05 月语法题 146 1997年 08 月语法题 150 1997年 10 月语法题 154 1997年 12 月北美语法题 158 1998年 01 月语法题 162 1998年 05 月语法题 166 1998年 08 月语法题 170 1998年 08 月语法题 176 1998年 08 月北美语法题 180 1998年 10 月语法题 184 1999年 01 月语法题 188 1999年 05 月语法题 192 1999年 08 月语法题 197 1999年 10 月语法题 202 2000年 01 月语法题 206 2000年 05 月语法题 210 2000年 08 月语法题 215 3
4. All resources for English learning: 2000年 10 月语法题 220 2001年 01 月语法题 224 2001年 05 月语法题 228 2001年 08 月语法题 233 2001年 10 月语法题 238 2002年 01 月语法题 242 2002年 05 月语法题 247 2002年 10 月语法题 252 2002年 08 月语法题 256 2002年 09 月语法题 260 2003年 01 月语法题 263 1996年 12 月北美语法题 267 2003年 08 月语法题 272 2003年 10 月语法题 277 2004年 01 月语法题 282 2004年 05 月语法题 286 2004年 08 月语法题 291 2004年 10 月语法 题 296 2005年 01 月语法题【 改错部分】 301 PP Test 1 语法题笔记 304 PP Test 2 语法题笔记 320 普林斯顿样题 1 335 普林斯顿样题 2 340 普林斯顿样题 3 344 普林斯顿样题 4 348 4
5. All resources for English learning: 1989年 01 月语法题 1. The flexibility of film allows the artist ___ unbridled imagination to the animation of cartoon characters. (A) to bring (B) bringing (C) is brought (D) brings 2. Traditionally, ___in New England on Thanksgiving Day. (A) when served is sweet cider (B) when sweet cider is served (C) is served sweet cider (D) sweet cider is served 3. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent ___, or pronghorn. (A) it is the American antelope (B) the American antelope is (C) is the American antelope (D) the American antelope 4. Lillian D. Wald, public health nurse and ___, was born in Cincinnati Ohio, in 1867. (A) reforming society (B) social reformer (C) who reformed society (D) her social reform 5. Copper sulfate, spread in judicious amounts, kills algae ___ harming fish or aquatic invert- ebrates. (A) does not (B) but does no (C) except (D) without 6. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people ___long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century. (A) will they live (B) they will be living (C) will live (D) living 7. ___that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions. 5
6. All resources for English learning: (A) Anthropologists have discovered (B) Anthropologists discovering (C) The discovery by anthropologists (D) Discovered by anthropologists 8.In 1964___of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution. (A) was a major collection (B) that a major collection (C) a collection was major (D) a major collection 9. ___irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued. (A) Its (B) Where its (C) Since its (D) Because of its 10.In order to remain in existence,___must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable. (A) a profit-making organization (B) a profit-making organization which (C) therefore a profit-making organization (D) whichever a profit-making organization 11.The greater the population there is in a locality,___for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse. (A) the greater the need there is (B) greater need (C) is there great need (D) the great need 12. 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 13. ___a child, sculptor Anne Whitney showed an eager intellect and artistic talent that her parents recognized and encouraged. (A) Has been (B) It was while (C) She was (D) As 14. It is widely believed that the pull of gravity on a falling raindrop changes___round shape into a teardrop shape. 6
7. All resources for English learning: (A) of the drop (B) the drop’s (C) drop of (D) drops their 15.___modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors. (A) If (B) But (C) With (D) Once 16. Not woman held a presidential cabinet position in the United States until 1933, when Frances Perkins became secretary of labor. 17. The human body relies on certainty nutrients for its survival. 18. Too much electric current may flow into a circuit as a result either of a fault in the circuit and of an outside event such as lightning. 19. The Appalachian Trail, extending approximately 2,020 miles from Maine to Georgia, is the longer continuous marked footpath in the world. 20. For years, elephants were hunted for food and ivory, and as a result theirs numbers have been greatly reduced. 21. Barges which carrier most of the heavy freight on rivers and canals are usually propelled by towing. 22. Although afflicted by serious eyesight problems, Alicia Alonso was one the principal stars of the American Ballet Theater and later formed her own dance company. 23. The ritual combat of animals are triggered by precise signals. 24. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effective than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning. 25. Different species of octopuses may measure anywhere from two inches to over thirty feet in long. 26. According to some theories derived from psychoanalysis, life is supposedly easier and mo re pleasant when inhibitions overcoming. 7
8. All resources for English learning: 27. When rainbows appear, they are always in the part of the sky opposite directly the Sun. 28. Benjamin Franklin drew a political cartoon that is credited raising 10,000 volunteers for the American Revolutionary War. 29. The begins of the modern chemistry laboratory go back to the workrooms of medieval lchemists. 30. In many pieces of music there is a dominant theme on which the restful of the composition is centered. 31. Luminescence refers to the emission of light by means another than heat. 32.In a representative democracy, the people election delegates to an assembly. 33.George Washington Carver found hundred of uses for the peanut, the sweet potato, and the soybean and thus stimulated the cultivation of these crops. 34. A citadel, a fortress designed for the defense of a city, usually standed on top of a hill. 35. Conservative philosophers argue that the very structure of society is threatening by civil disobedience, while humanists stress the primacy of the individual conscience. 36. Since 1971 the regional corporations set up in Alaska by Congress managing everything from fishing to banking. 37. A rocket burns propellant rapidly and most rockets carry a supply that last just a few seconds. 38. Textile art is known for both its tactile and vision qualities. 39. The metal aluminum has been first isolated early in the nineteenth century. 40. Gulls can often be see swooping over large bodies of water. 8
9. All resources for English learning: 1989年 05 月语法题 1. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while___. (A) spoken is slander (B) is spoken slander (C) slander is spoken (D) is slander spoken 2. Great numbers of tiny shelled animals—on the ocean floor. (A) Live (B) Living (C) They will live (D) If they lived 3. The knee is the joint ___the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg. (A) when (B) where (C) why (D) which 4. Closed plane figures like the square or the equilateral triangle can be grouped into a class ___polygons. (A) called (B) to call (C) is called (D) call as 5. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have ___, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red. (A) tastes sharp (B) sharp-tasting (C) a sharp taste (D) tasting sharp 6. ___the history of the tough, strong-willed Nebraska farmer. (A) Not only is much of the history of Nebraska (B) Although it is much of the history of Nebraska that is (C) It is much the history of Nebraska’s being (D) Much of the history of Nebraska is 7. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability ___emotional depth to her songs. (A) be giving (B) are given (C) being given 9
10. All resources for English learning: (D) to give 8. ___1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology. (A) Not until (B) Not since (C) Until (D) In 9. Uniform acceleration occurs ___the rate of change remains the same over successive and equal intervals of time. (A) according (B) if (C) with (D) under 10. People’s expectations for a higher standard of living increase ___. (A) conditions in their community improve (B) since conditions in their improving community (C) conditions improve in their community (D) as conditions in their community improve 11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of ___reality. (A) what it is conceived (B) that is conceived (C) what is conceived to be (D) that is being conceived of 12. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants ___wild. (A) once they grew (B) they grew once (C) that once grew (D) once grew 13. ___relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently. (A) Even (B) It is (C) Even though (D) There is 14. ___images out of clay, stone, and metal. (A) The shaping of sculpture (B) Sculpting the shapes (C) To shape sculpture (D) Sculptors shape 15. ___dates from the end of the eighteenth century. 10
11. All resources for English learning: (A) The modern circus (B) That the modern circus (C) While the modern circus (D) The modern circus that 16. The boiled point of any liquid is determined by the pressure of the surrounding gases. 17. The Ranger spacecraft it provided more than 17,000 pictures of the moon. 18. Many people who live in New York City thinks that life in a large city offers special advantages. 19. The scientific revolution of the early 1900’s affected education by change the nature of technology. 20. Meadowlarks are about the same size than robins, but they have heavier bodies, shorter tails, and longer bills. 21. On May 20,1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 22. Translated into terms of psychological theory, association has been thought of as the basis of to learn, conditioning, and creative thinking. 23. The Statue of Liberty was originally proposed in 1865 to commemoration the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution. 24. Reptiles are widely distributed all over the world, but are much abundant in warm regions and are virtually absent beyond the treeline in the Arctic. 25. Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated. 26. Industrial buyers are responsible for supplying the goods and services that an organization required for its operations. 27. The most easiest process for mining gold is panning, which involves using a circular dish with a small pocket at the bottom. 11
12. All resources for English learning: 28. Farm animals have been regardless by nearly all societies as a valuable economic resource. 29. Although it is any longer the big business that it was in the forties, radio continues to be a medium of essential communication, especially at the local level. 30. The field of dynamics in physics is concerned with a particle’s motion in relation to the forces acting it. 31. In the United States, both the federal and state governments have laws designed to guard consumers against deceptive advertise. 32. Gore Vidal has steadily pursue a literary career remarkable for its productivity, versatility, and unpredictability. 33. When overall exports exceed imports, a country said to have a trade surplus. 34. Instructors at the school of American Ballet first examine a young applicant’s instep to see whether it is pliant and shows promising of a good arch. 35. Anthropologists agree that our primitive ancestors who inhabited the tropics probably have natural protection against the sun. 36. Behavior modification techniques work best with problems that manifest itself in overt actions. 37. Because they are generally taken simply to obtain a recognizable and relatively clear image, most nonprofessional photographs demand few equipment. 38. At birth, an infant exhibits a remarkable number of motor response. 39. Common to North America, those cinnamon fern is found in wet places. 40. The origins of the Democratic party is often traced to the coalition formed behind Thomas Jefferson in the 1790’s to resist the policies of George Washington’s administration. 12
13. All resources for English learning: 1989年 08 月语法题 1. The Cubists were concerned with how___a given subject from different points of view simultaneously. (A) represented (B) do the represent (C) to represent (D) representing 2. Sometimes___to place physics and chemistry into separate categories. (A) difficult (B) is difficult (C) it is difficult (D) that it is difficult 3. Martha Graham, ___, has run her own dance company for half a century. (A) is the great modern choreographer (B) one of the great modern choreographers (C) that the great modern choreographers (D) the modern choreographers were great 4. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, ___communicate through facial expressions and by making noises. (A) however (B) they (C) furthermore (D) who 5. The seating of musicians in an orchestra is arranged ___to produce the desired blend of sounds from the various musical sections . (A) the conductor of (B) from the conductor (C) the conductor and (D) by the conductor 6. The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and ___ few results. (A) yielded (B) yielding (C) yield ha (D) has a yield of 13
14. All resources for English learning: 7. Experiments in the photography of moving objects ___ in both the United States and Europe well before 1900. (A) have been conducting (B) were conducting (C) had been conducted (D) being conducted 8. The University of Georgia, ___ in 1785, was the first state supported university in the United States. (A) chartered (B) was chartered (C) it was chartered (D) to be chartered 9. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once ___ cacti and sagebrush could live. (A) nor (B) not the (C) none other (D) nothing but 10. ___, in the late 1800’s, some libraries had to keep as many as twenty to thirty copies of each of Mary Jane Holmes’s books on hand. (A) Inventories showing (B) That show inventories (C) Inventories show that (D) Showing the inventories 11. The scholarly interest in perception stems largely from questions about the sources and validity of what ___. (A) it is known as human knowledge (B) is known as human knowledge (C) known human knowledge (D) is human knowledge known 12. Because of the Aleuts’ constant exposure to cold weather, they have long recognized ___ . (A) and body needs to be fat (B) body needs the fat (C) how fat the body needs (D) the body’s need for fat 13. Almost all economists agree ___ by trading with one another. (A) nations that are gained (B) nations they gain (C) gaining nations 14
15. All resources for English learning: (D) that nations gain 14. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for ___ with which to regulate them. (A) more accurate than sundials (B) more accurate sundials (C) sundials more accurately (D) more accurately than sundials 15. Anthropology is a science ___anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others. (A) in that (B) that in (C) that (D) in 16.A liquid is similar to a gas because has molecules are not fixed to each other in any specific way. 17.The Conestoga wagon, used for to carry heavy loads over long distances, originated around 1725 in a region of Pennsylvania occupied by the Conestoga Indians. 18.Providence, Rhode Island, is a busy manufacturing city and seaport, as well the state capital. 19.The young of most bird species are totally dependence on parental care after hatching. 20.During most of this century, A. Philip Randolph struggled for Black rights in the United States and becomes an important figure in the labor movement. 21.It has been calculated that the Earth’s circumference around the equator is over forty longer miles than the circumference around the two poles. 22. A fish must constantly to gulp water in order to keep a current flowing through its delicate gills. 23. Maria Martinez, a Pueblo Indian, rediscovered the ancient art of Pueblo black pottery A and, by teaching the process to family and friends, develop a lucrative business. 24. Muscular motion is caused by the stimulate of specific nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. 15
16. All resources for English learning: 25. The first libraries in the North American colonies was established in Massachusetts in the year 1638. 26. When does a neutron from one atom collides with the nucleus of another atom, a chain reaction can occur. 27. Alike other academic disciplines, sociology has several major sub-disciplines. 28. An enormous variety of information may be obtained from a largest daily newspaper. 29. Before the invention of the clock, people had to reliable on the celestial bodies to tell time. 30. How many people remember listening to Orson Welles’1938 radio broadcast. “The War of the Worlds,” Which convince thousands that space aliens had invaded the Earth? 31. Pewter, a metal with an ancient heritage, is still practical medium for the nonprofessional metalworker. 32. According to cognitive theories of emotion, anger occurs when individuals believe that A they have been harmed and that the harm was either avoidable and undeserved. 33. Jackie Mclean’s recordings have shown that he is one of the few jazz musicians who style A B of playing has kept pace with the evolution of modern jazz. 34. How Native Americans developed corn is a puzzling, for no wild corn has ever been discovered, and it grows only where people plant and tend it. 35. A principle of manager is to ensure that every action or decision achieves a carefully planned goal. 36. A good exercise program helps teach people to avoid the habits that might shorten the lives. 37. Classicism as a doctrine seeks what is universally truth and good. 16
17. All resources for English learning: 38. Researchers at the University of Colorado are investigating a series of indicators that A B could help themselves to predict earthquakes. 39.Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decompose animal debris. 40. A common use with gold in the nineteenth century was as a standard for the value of money. 17
18. All resources for English learning: 1989年 10 月语法题 1. Quasars ___ emitting extremely intense radio waves and visible radiation. (A) Star-like objects are (B) Star-like, they are objects (C) are star-like objects (D) are they star-like objects 2. Mary Cassatt specialized ___ mothers with their children. (A) painted (B) who painted (C) paintings (D) in painting 3. Gorillas are quiet animals, ___ they are able to make about twenty different sounds. (A) how (B) in spite of (C) because of (D) even though 4. From 1946 to 1949, ___ William Henry Hastie served as governor of the Virgin Islands. (A) the lawyer (B) he was the lawyer (C) the lawyer who (D) was the lawyer 5. ___ struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time. (A) When is it (B) One is (C) When it is (D) Is one 6. ___ one time, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world. (A) On (B) At (C) By (D) To 7. The edible tube mushroom ___ a cushion-like, moist cap that is light brown or darkish red. (A) which has (B) to have (C) having 18
19. All resources for English learning: (D) has 8. In 1961 the entertainer Chubby Checker introduced a ___ to New York’s rock’n ‘ roll fans. (A) new dance, the twist (B) twist, was the new dance (C) twist, the new dance that (D) new dance is the twist 9. In sculpture ___”modeling” denotes a way of shaping clay, wax, or other pliable materials. (A) to the term (B) is termed (C) the term (D) to term 10. The capacity for flight ___insects from the other invertebrates. (A) to distinguish (B) distinguishes (C) which distinguishes (D) distinguishing 11. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found ___ Ohio and Illinois. (A) far north (B) north as far (C) farthest north (D) as far north as 12. ___ of caffeine can result in restlessness, insomnia, and even delirium. (A) Consuming in excess (B) Excessive consumption (C) To consume excessively (D) The consumption excessive 13. Considered one of the leading poets in America today,___. (A) a number of books and plays have also been written by Sonia Sanchez (B) Sonia Sanchez has also written a number of books and plays (C) A number of Sonia Sanchez books and plays have been written (D) There have been a number of books and plays written by Sonia Sanchez 14. Variables such as individual and corporate behavior ___ nearly impossible for economists to forecast economic trends with precision. (A) make (B) make it (C) it makes (D) makes it 15. ___ by transferring the blame to others is often called scapegoating. 19
20. All resources for English learning: (A) Eliminate problems (B) The eliminated problems (C) Eliminating problems (D) Problems are eliminated 16. Sea turtles date back 100 million year and are the only ancient sea reptiles to survive the present Day. 17. At a first, the scientific method may appear to be a narrow and restrictive way of gaining understanding. 18. Since prehistoric times, artists have portrayed subjects that representative their culture. 20. Mammals lose body heat to them environment in cold weather more quickly than in hot weather. 21. Mahogany is often considered the finest cabinet wood because they has most of the qualities desired for furniture making. 22. The situation comedy has proved to a remarkably durable commercial television format. 23. Calcium, the most abundantly mineral in the body works with phosphorus in maintaining bones and teeth. 24. Soil science begun with the formulation of the theory of humus in1808. 25. Scholars tend to cite 1831 as the started of the United States abolitionist movement. 26. Mary McDowell shared Jane Addam’s interest in social work also was a loyal supprter of the League of Nations. 27. In adolescence, a young person may experience some stress emotional due to conflicting and confusing social demands. 28. Situated in the heart of a grain-farming and livestock-raising region, Abilene, Kansas, is a prosperous trading and distribute center. 20
21. All resources for English learning: 29. A hologram is a pattern usually made on film in that can create a three-dimensional image of a scene. 30. The general sales tax has been a major source of income for state governments, much of which derive more than half of their budgets from it. 31. Principal known for his dictionary, Noah Webster was also the first epidimiologist in the United States. 32. Liquid lubricants contrast widely in weighing, thickness, and boiling point. 33. Interest with major social events led to a period of growth in journalism after 1945. 34. Saint Elmo’s fire is a luminous blue discharge of electricity sometimes seen when a thunderstorm. 35. Almanacs in simple form have been known from the invention of writing. 36. If laid out in straight line, the human digestive tract would measure approximately thirty foot in length. 37. The relationship of Latin American music to Black music in the United States is clearly evident in the unaccented beats that are common to either. 38. Today it is generally recognized as the primary function of the Federal Reserve System is to foster the flow of credit and money that will eventually facilitate a balance in international payments. 39. Pure flint is too hard and even-grained that it chips in smooth curved flakes. 40. The typical Georgian-style house is rectangular in shape, at less two stories high, and designed around a central stairway. 1990年 01 月语法题 1. ratchet is a wheel or bar that can move in only one direction. (A) A 21
22. All resources for English learning: (B) It is a (C) Although a (D) There is a 2. Thomas Jefferson’s achievements as an architect rival his contributions a politician. (A) such (B) more (C) as (D) than 3. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on best in its climate and soil. (A) it grows (B) what grows (C) does it grow (D) what does it grow 4. Possibly the greatest advance in materials came with the invention of a cheap way to make steel. (A) bridge-building (B) building of bridges (C) building a bridge (D) bridges are built 5. , snakes frequently subdue their prey without injecting poison. (A) Contrary to general belief (B) General belief contrary to (C) Belief contrary to general (D) Contrary belief general to 6. Two years after she was chosen president of the Texas State Senate, successfully for a seat in the United States Congress. (A) Barbara Jordan’s campaign being (B) Barbara Jordan campaigned (C) Campaigning for Barbara Jordan (D) Barbara Jordan campaigning 7. The values of a people, their customs, and their perceptions of the world their language. (A) are influenced (B) be influenced (C) influencing (D) influence 8. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s is equal to the probability that it will not occur. (A) occurs (B) will occur (C) can occur (D) occurring 9. fashioned from a wick floating in a bowl of oil functioned according to the principle of capillary action. (A) All lamps early (B) Lamps all early (C) All early lamps (D) Early all lamps 10. Annie Jump Cannon, discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky.” (A) a leading astronomer who (B) who, as a leading astronomer, 22
23. All resources for English learning: (C) was a leading astronomer (D) a leading astronomer, 11. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, to the body. (A) the stress it is greater (B) greater is the stress (C) greater stress is (D) the greater the stress 12. And ideal is a standard people judge real phenomena. (A) how (B) of (C) by which (D) for it 13. Maine has weather than most of the other states in the continental United States. (A) coolest (B) the coolest (C) cooler (D) the cooler 14. Amoebas are small to be seen without a microscope. (A) far too (B) far and (C) so far (D) as far as 15. Graphite conducts electricity does not burn. (A) because (B) if (C) when (D) and 16. The methods of spectrum analysis vary according to the wavelength region were studied. 17. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy-five miles an hour who originate over tropical ocean waters. 18. A great proportion of the seeds of desert flora they possess germination-inhibiting substances. 19. Window treatment, furniture arrangement and color combine all contribute to the overall impression of a room. 20. Harvesting of grains is affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of moisture, but both. 21. Due to its excellent tensile strength, acetate rayon is an important material for products so as balloons, parachutes, fire hoses, and webbing. 23
24. All resources for English learning: 22. It has not been determined how years sea turtles can live in their natural environment, but they will reach a very old age if left undisturbed by humans. 23. A footnote is characteristically employed to give information that is too long or too detailed be included in the body of a text. 24. Watercolors dry more faster than other paints. 25. In mathematical terms, modern algebra is set of objects with rules for connecting or relating those objects. 26. Alike most fruit trees, the quince is normally propagated from shoots or cuttings. 27. A patent gives inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a fix period of time. 28. In 1981 the fossil jaw of a previously unknown small mammal was found onto a Navaho reservation in Arizona. 29. The wild carrot, knew as Queen Anne’s lace, gave rise to the cultivated carrot in its domesticated form. 30. A statue, a monumental, a building, or a park may be dedicated to commemorate a distinguished individual. 31. The Earth’s magnetic poles are not stationary, but slowly shift its position. 32. A emotion is not necessarily aroused by something in the outside world. 33. The elbows are joints that connected people’s up arms with their forearms. 34. Ants have an elaborate structure social, and enjoy a longevity far greater than that of most insects. 35. Municipal planners deal chiefly for the physical layout of communities. 24
25. All resources for English learning: 36. A musician with multiply talents, Aretha Franklin is able to write songs that are unusually consistent in style and content. 37. Whether a healthy adult tends to feel hungry two, three, or four times a daily is a question of physiology and of culture. 38. One of the most distinction dialects of North American English, Gullah is spoken by many people in the South Carolina area. 39. The novels of John Cheever belongs to a literary tradition that is concerned primarily with manners. 40. Pennsylvania has the most institutions of higher learning than any other state has. 25
26. All resources for English learning: 1990年 05 月语法题 1. When in arctic regions, the Aleuts construct igloos as temporary winter shelters. (A) travel (B) to travel (C) traveling them (D) traveling 2. Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance’s solid is of its liquid. (A) than the higher density (B) higher than the density (C) the density is higher than that (D) the higher the density 3. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is clearly understood. (A) none (B) no (C) not (D) nor 4. Desert animals a means of retaining moisture in such a hot, dry climate if they are to survive. (A) need (B) needing (C) to need (D) was needed 5. state of Wyoming is also known as the “Equality State” because Wyoming women were the first in the nation to vote. (A) The (B) There is a (C) That the (D) As the 6. Fructose is a monosaccharide sugar that is much sweeter . (A) than cane sugar does (B) does cane sugar (C) cane sugar (D) than cane sugar 7. Ground plans and contour maps of the Earth from aerial photographs. (A) can be drawn (B) can draw (C) to draw (D) drawn 8. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert over art. (A) influence worldwide a great (B) a great worldwide influence (C) influence a great worldwide (D) a worldwide influence 26
27. All resources for English learning: 9. millions of galaxies exist in the vast space outside the Milky Way. (A) It is estimated that (B) An estimate that (C) That is estimated (D) That the estimated 10. The extent of the harmful effect of locoweeds on animals depends on the soil the plants grow. (A) which (B) which in (C) in which (D) in 11. The operetta first as a popular form of musical theater in the nineteenth century. (A) to emerge (B) emerging (C) has emerged (D) emerged 12. complex organic catalysts originating in living cells. (A) Enzymes (B) Enzymes are (C) Enzymes which are (D) Enzymes while they 13. In the eastern part of New Jersey , a major shipping and manufacturing center. (A) lies the city of Elizabeth (B) the city of Elizabeth lies there (C) around the city of Elizabeth lies (D) there lies the city of Elizabeth around 14. Work in parapsychology, , has attracted a relatively small number of scientists. (A) is a very controversial field (B) which a very controversial field is (C) a very controversial field (D) a field very controversial which 15. , the constitution of the Cherokee Nation provided for a chief executive, a senate, and a house of representatives. (A) In 1827 they drafted (B) The draft in 1827 (C) In 1827 was drafted (D) Drafted in 1827 16. Sociological studies have found that deeply hold values and principles are highly resistant to change. 17. For centuries large communities of people have living on houseboats in parts of the world where the climate is warm and the waters are calm. 18. Benjamin Franklin made the first bifocal spectacles for self by sawing the lenses of his eyeglasses in half. 27
28. All resources for English learning: 19. Not only do artificial reefs provide fish with food and shelter, they also serve as importantly underwater landmarks. 20. The United States Department of Agriculture supervises the quality, clean, and purity of meat. 21. All birds, alike most reptiles and a few primitive mammals, develop from embryos in eggs outside the mother’s body. 22. The expansion of adult training programs has resulted partially from the feminist movement, which encouraging women to improve their skills for the job market. 23. The most significant cosmological characteristic of the galaxies are the red shift in their optical spectra. 24. James Whistler was indifferent to the titles of his painted and even changed the names of some works years after their completion. 25. Duke Ellington’s orchestra, playing his original compositions and arrangements, achieving a fine unity of style and made numerous innovations in modern jazz. 26. Moles are almost completely blind, although its tiny eyes can distinguish light from dark. 27. Noise is a psychological term referring toward unpleasant, unwanted, or intolerable sound. 28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that have always had a completely female medical staff. 29. Criminal contempt, committed in the presence of the court, may consist of disorderly behavior, disrespectful, or disobedience of a judge’s orders. 30. The Cubist movement in art was a reaction against traditional methods of portray reality. 31. During the 1600’s skilled shoemakers scarce were in what is now the United States. 28
29. All resources for English learning: 32. If a atom loses any of its electrons, it becomes positively charged and can combine chemically with other atoms. 33. The National Education Association conduct extensive research on a great many aspects of education. 34. The pain-killing agent most commonly administered in dentistry is the local anesthetic, who produces loss of feeling only in a specific area. 35. Certain types of computers work properly only in environments with controlled precisely temperatures. 36. The gorilla, while not as curious than the chimpanzee, shows more persistence and memory retention in solving a problem. 37. The belief in fairies have existed from earliest times, and the literature of many countries includes tales of fairies and their relationship to humans. 38. Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects. 39. Salt Lake City, Utah’s capital and largest city, is industrial and banking center. 40. A rat’s sharp teeth can gnaw through wood, plaster, or soft metallic such as lead. 29
30. All resources for English learning: 1990年 08 月语法题 1. Resin is a substance that in water. (A) does not dissolve (B) do not dissolve (C) not dissolving (D) not dissolved 2. hardiness, daylilies can be cultivated particularly easily. (A) Their (B) Since their (C) It is their (D) Because of their 3.A biologist does not merely describe organisms, but tries to learn act as they do. (A) what cause them to (B) causes them to what (C) what to cause them (D) what does to them 4.Vaporization in connection with general has a marked effect on long – term climate. (A) atmospheric conditions that (B) conditions are atmospheric (C) are atmospheric conditions (D) atmospheric conditions 5. The oldest city in the state, . (A) the Hudson’s Bay Company founded Vancouver, Washington, in the early nineteenth century (B) the founding of Vancouver, Washington, by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the early nineteenth century (C) Vancouver, Washington, was founded by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the early nineteenth century (D) In the early nineteenth century with the founding of Vancouver, Washington, by the Hudson’s Bay Company 6. raw materials into useful products is called manufacturing. (A) Transform (B) Transforming (C) Being transformed (D) When transforming 7. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf of the telephone. (A) than inventing (B) than as the inventor (C) the invention (D) as the inventor 8. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary associated with the idea of remembrance. (A) and becomes (B) became (C) becoming (D) to become 9. that of iron construction, the technology for constructing buildings with reinforced concrete developed rather rapidly. 30
31. All resources for English learning: (A) Dissimilar (B) Different (C) Not likely (D) Unlike 10. Although adult education in the United States began in colonial times, chief growth has taken place since the 1920’s. (A) its (B) so it (C) but its (D) it is 11. Hot objects emit do cold objects. (A) rays more than infrared (B) rays are more infrared than (C) more than infrared rays (D) more infrared rays than 12. An Olympic marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards, approximately from Marathon to Athens. (A) the distance is (B) that the distance is (C) is that the distance (D) the distance 13. Although rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact. (A) apparently (B) are apparently (C) apparently their (D) are they apparently 14. One of the oldest types of aesthetic theory is that of formism, . (A) reference to the imitation theory is popular (B) the imitation theory is popularly referred to (C) is the reference to the popular imitation theory (D) popularly referred to as the imitation theory 15. A panda’s primary activity is sleep, its waking hours looking for food. (A) that it spends (B) for spending (C) and it spends (D) will spend 16. The unit of measurement known as a “foot” has originally based on the average size of the human foot. 17. Social reformer Florence Kelly played a role in the 1893 decision of the Illinois legislature to prohibition child labor. 18. The term “technology” refers to the discoveries and inventions that help people improve its way of life. 31
32. All resources for English learning: 19. Brooklyn, New York, had a population of about 23,000 when it becomes a city in 1834. 20. People can remember more information for higher periods of time when they use more than one sense in the process of learning. 21. Jazz first flourished in New Orleans, Louisiana, and then spread at cities all across the country. 22. Flower have long been cultivated and bred for their beauty and their fragrance. 23. When a spinning ball bounces, some of the energy contained in its rotation can transferred to its energy of forward motion. 24. One values product of a musk deer is musk, which comes from a gland near the male’s abdomen and is used in medicines and perfumes. 25. The economy of Little Rock, Arkansas, is basis primarily on manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and government functions. 26. The first United States citizen to become a professional sculptor was Patience Lovell Wright, which works were executed in wax. 27. A electric current can consist of charges that are positive, negative, or both. 28. Progress in the field of optically and new kinds of glass have made it possible to construct photographic lenses with a minimum number of materials. 29. In nature, the distributive of plants is obviously related to climate. 30. The United States Constitution requires that the President be a natural-born citizen, thirty-five years of age or be older, who has lived in the United States for a minimum of fourteen years. 31. How many people realize that Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The yearling is a minor literary classic and an important contribute to regional literature? 32
33. All resources for English learning: 32. Ensuring an adequate water supply have been a concern ever since people began to live in towns and cities. 33. The most substances expand in volume when they are heated. 34. Due to sophisticated transportation networks, people can now buy the same types of perishable goods in Toronto like in New York City. 35. Glaciers that develop nearly the North and South Poles advance into the sea, break into pieces, and become icebergs. 36. As inevitably as human culture has changed with the passing of time, so does the environment. 37. For some purposes it is convenient to think of a surface as the locus generated when a line straight or a curve moves through space in a prescribed manner. 38. A significant proportions of the plants and animals of Hawaii exists nowhere else in the World 39. Mass advertising is employed when person – to – person selling is impractical, impossible, or simply inefficiency. 40. Mexican jumping beans are actually seeds in which contain moth larvae whose activity causes the seeds to “jump.” 33
34. All resources for English learning: 1990年 10 月语法题 1. The significance of mythology within a culture is reflected in , the amount of time devoted to this activity, and the relevance of mythology to ceremonials. (A) Storytellers have prestige (B) The prestige of storytellers (C) Telling stories is prestigious (D) Prestige comes with storytelling 2. Although some textile products, it imports many as well. (A) the exports of the United States (B) exporting of the United States (C) exporter of the United States (D) the United States exports 3. Economic goods may take the form of material things or of services. (A) either (B) because (C) as (D) or 4. Ragtime is a kind of music a strongly syncopated melody and a regularly accented accompaniment. (A) has (B) that it has (C) that has (D) it has 5. Historically, chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used. (A) It was the (B) That the (C) There was a (D) the 6. All gases and most liquids and solids expand heated. (A) in (B) how (C) when (D) about 7. Abstraction goes into the making of any work of art, or not. (A) whether the artist being aware of it (B) the artist is being aware whether (C) whether the artist is aware of it (D) the artist is aware whether 8. often added to sauces and soups, is plentiful and relatively inexpensive. (A) Parsley, an herb that is (B) For parsley, an herb to be (C) An herb, parsley is (D) Parsley, is that herb 9. Emily Post’s book Etiquette, in 1922, was an immediate success. (A) published (B) was published 34
35. All resources for English learning: (C) when it published (D) that it published 10. Emily Post’s book Etiquette, in 1922, was an immediate success. (A) published (B) was published (C) when it published (D) that it published 11.A majority of people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies from the food they eat. (A) require (B) requires (C) requiring (D) to require 12. map dates back to about 3,000 B.C. (A) Known to be the oldest (B) It was the oldest known (C) Known as the oldest (D) The oldest known 13. The best way to control rats is by seeing that they have as . (A) possibly little nourishment (B) nourishment possibly little (C) little as possible nourishment (D) little nourishment as possible 14. The small greenish flowers of the American elm tree appear in the spring, . (A) is grown long before the leaves (B) long before the leaves grow (C) the leaves before growing long (D) the growth of leaves before long is 15. In the years between 1937 and 1952, author Margaret Wise Brown more than a hundred books but also wrote the lyrics for 21 children’s records. (A) not only produced (B) only not produced (C) produced only (D) only have produced 17. Doctor are discovering that there is a strong psychological component to chronic pain. 18. With her talent for business promotion, Kate Gleason expansion her family’s small machine-tool company into a major manufacturer of gear – cutting machinery. 19. Using their bills as needles, tailorbirds sew large leaves together with plant fiber to forming their nests. 20. Columns may be circular or polygonal in cross section, and are generally at least four times more taller than they are wide. 35
36. All resources for English learning: 21. The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks demonstrates a major characteristically of twentieth –century writing: the conflict between commitment to a social ideal and commitment to art. 22. Montessori preschools differ than public elementary schools in that the activities focus on the child’s individual abilities and interests rather than academic ones. 23. Josh Billings roamed the country as a laborer when he was a young man, but settled down in his later life to become a humorist and lecturing. 24. Data received from two spacecraft indicate that there is many evidence that huge thunderstorms are now occurring around the equator of the planet Saturn. 25. Every individual cell, whether its exists as an independent microorganism or is part of a complex creature, has its own life cycle. 26. Because aluminum is nonmagnetic, it is value for protecting electrical equipment from magnetic interference. 27. Nitrogen and oxygen are too important that most living organisms cannot survive without these elements. 28. Coal and petroleum resulted when plants become buried in swamps and decayed. 29. Percapita income is a nation’s entire income dividing by the number of people in the nation. 30. Jim Thorpe, a football, track, and baseball stars from Pennsylvania, is considered by many to be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times. 31. For centuries waterwheels were the only sources of power aside from human and animal strong . 32. Proteins form the most of the structure of the body and also act as enzymes. 33. The attorney general of the United States advises the President on any questions of law who may arise in the conduct of administrative affairs. 36
37. All resources for English learning: 34. Many of the science fiction publications by Ray Bradbury display a desire to rebel against society’s depend on machines. 35. The age of a geological sample can be estimated from the ratio of radioactive to nonradioactive carbon present in the object is examined. 36. Dams vary in size from small rock barriers to concrete structures many feet height. 37. Even before the human organism developed into their present stage of home sapiens, the beginnings of culture were already evident. 38. In the United States, sleds for recreation were first produced commercial in the 1870’s or thereabouts. 39. Employments agencies bring together persons qualified for specific jobs and employers who have those jobs available. 40. Salmon spend most of their adult lives in salt water, despite they return to their freshwater birthplaces to spawn and die. 37
38. All resources for English learning: 1991年 01 月语法题 1.Orchestral instruments under the following types: strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion. (A) grouped (B) can group (C) can be grouped (D) to be grouped 2. depressions in the ocean floor are called trenches. (A) There are the deep (B) Are the deep (C) Where deep (D) Deep 3.In the course of her life, Mary Anne Sadlier , some fifty of them original novels and collections of stories. (A) Produced nearly sixty books (B) Produced sixty books nearly (C) Nearly sixty books produced (D) Sixty books nearly produced 4. xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by scientists. (A) For (B) It was (C) That (D) While 5.Eastern meadowlarks abound in places , but eat harmful insects rather than grain. (A) land is cultivated there (B) there is land cultivated (C) where land is cultivated (D) where is cultivated land 6.Amplifiers such as those in computers and sound –reproducing systems are responsible for an erratic input signal. (A) strengthening (B) being strengthened (C) strengthen (D) to strengthen 7. John Aaron Lewis pioneered in the development of “third stream music,”a blend of jazz and classical music. (A) A composer, who was (B) He was a composer (C) As a composer (D) When a composer he 8.In reorganizing the curriculum of Mt. Holyoke College in the late 1800’s Elizabeth Mead laid the foundation the modern college rests. (A) is which (B) on which (C) which is on (D) on it 9.Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events to minimize damage and avoid loss of life. (A) and thus 38
39. All resources for English learning: (B) so (C) however (D) because 10. lived on the North Saskatchewan River long before the Hudson’s Bay Company built a fur trading post there. (A) Cree people (B) For Cree people (C) It was Cree people (D) Where Cree people 11. has been a topic of continual geological research. (A) Did the continents originate (B) How did the continents originate (C) Have the continents originated (D) How the continents originated 12. Because the papaya grows readily from seed, spread from its home in Central America and now grows throughout the tropics. (A) to be (B) it (C) the (D) its 13. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have as the amount of money borrowed. (A) as the same value (B) the same value (C) value as the same (D) the value is the same 14. Futurism, early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion. (A) an (B) was an (C) that it was an (D) that an 15. All living organisms constantly absorb carbon 14 their existence. (A) out (B) about (C) around (D) throughout 16. Porcelain is not a single clay, and a compound of kaolin, ball clay, feldspar, and silica. 17. The bison, know for the hump over its shoulders, is usually called a buffalo in North America. 18. Perspiration, the body’s built-in cooling mechanism occurs as a natural reaction to nervousness, intense heat, or vigorously exercise. 19. Because of the rising cost of fuel, scientists are building automobile engines who will conserve gasoline but still run smoothly. 39
40. All resources for English learning: 20. The primary function of a sonometer is to calculate and demonstrate the relations mathematical of melodious tones. 21. The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of papers, but as a record of geographically organized information. 22. The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of papers, but as a record of geographically organized information. 23. Vitamin A is essential to bone grow and to the healthiness of the skin and mucous membranes. 24. The Moon, being much more nearer to the Earth than the Sun, is the principal cause of the tides. 25. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States are the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected. 26. The dromedary camel is raised especially to racing. 27. The founding of the Boston Library in 1653 demonstrate the early North American colonists interest in books and libraries. 28. Public recognition of Ben Shahn as a major American artistic began with a retrospective show of his work in 1948. 29. The texture of soil is determined by the size of the grains or particles that make up. 29. To produce one pound of honey, a colony of bees must fly a distance equals to twice around the world. 30. The domestic dog, considered to be the first tamed animal, is coexisting with human beings since the days of the cave dwellers. 31. Nature not only gave the Middle Atlantic region fine harbors, however endowed it with a first-class system of inland waterways. 40
41. All resources for English learning: 32. All matter resists any change in their condition of rest or of motion. 33. Swans, noted for graceful movements in the water, have been the subject of many poetry, fairy tales, legends, and musical compositions. 34. Since peach trees bloom very early in the season, they are in danger for spring frosts. 35. Like some other running birds, the sanderling lacks a back toe and has a three-toed feet. 36. Lucretia Mott’s influence was too significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States. 37. Large bodies of water and the prevalence of moisture-bearing winds often produce a condition of tall humidity, affecting the local weather. 38. Manganese does not exist naturally in a pure state because it reacts so easily with other element. 39. Scientists estimate that as many as hundred millions visible meteors enter the Earth’s atmosphere every day. 40. Although not abundant in nature, zinc is important for both the galvanization of iron and the preparation of alloys as such brass and German silver. 41
42. All resources for English learning: 1991年 05 月语法题 1. a bicameral, or two-chamber parliament. (A) Canada has (B) Having Canada (C) Because Canada has (D) That Canada is having 2. time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only three fingers and a thumb. (A) Saved (B) Saves (C) To save (D) The saving 3. The recent discovery of a novel by Harriet Wilson, published in 1859, a landmark in Black American literature. (A) has brought to light (B) light to brought has (C) brought to light has (D) has light to brought 4. telescopes of the 1600’s magnified objects thirty-three times their original size. (A) That the (B) The (C) This is the (D) Being where the 5. Thyme, , yields a medicinal oil containing thymol. (A) a fragrant garden herb (B) garden herb which is fragrant (C) fragrant garden herb (D) is an herb in a fragrant garden 6. Until the ninth century, written words were not actually separated, in some literary writing, dots or points were used to indicate divisions. (A) in spite of (B) contrary (C) contrast to (D) but 7. Nutritionists goat milk to be rich, nourishing, and readily digested. (A) consider (B) is considered (C) are considered (D) considering 8. conventional black ink costs newspapers about thirty cents a pound, most rub-resistant inks add at least ten cents more per pound to the bill. (A) Furthermore (B) Meanwhile (C) Moreover (D) While 9. John Lone’s physical grace and age, sex, and culture make him an extraordinary performer. (A) his ability to transcend (B) is able to transcend the 42
43. All resources for English learning: (C) the transcending ability (D) with his ability transcending 10. Before of synthetic dyes, yarns were often colored by dyes obtained from natural vegetable and mineral matter. (A) introducing (B) introduction (C) the introduction (D) introducing that 11. Ducks have been domesticated for many centuries commercially for their meat and eggs. (A) raised (B) and are raised (C) raised as (D) are raised 12. Maggie Lena Walker, an insurance and banking executive, and spent her entire life in Richmond, Virginia. (A) and was brought up (B) brought up with (C) who was brought up (D) was brought up 13. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than . (A) the domestic marketer has (B) the domestic marketer does (C) those of the domestic marketer (D) that which has the domestic marketer 14. Mercury differs from other industrial metals it is a liquid. (A) whereas (B) in that (C) because of (D) consequently 15. In black verse of ten syllables, five of which are accented. (A) line consists of each (B) consists of each line (C) each line consists (D) it consists of each line 16. Some art historians have say that too many artists have tried only to imitate previous painting styles. 17. Inventor Granville Woods received him first patent on January 3, 1984, for a steam boiler furnace. 18. Throughout history, shoes have been worn not only for protection and also for decoration. 19. Worker bees labor for the good of the hive by collecting food, caring for the young, and to expand the nest. 43
44. All resources for English learning: 20. Pathologists use their knowing of body tissues and body fluids to aid other physicians. 21. Objects falling freely n a vacuum have the same rate of speed is regardless of differences in size and weight. 22. The construction of sundials was considered to be an acceptable part of a student’s educator as late as the seventeenth century. 23. Historians have never reached some general agreement about the precise causes of the Civil War in the United States. 24. Of all the Native Americans in the United States, the Navajos from largest group. 25.A neutron star forms when a star much more massive than the Sun dies and exploded. 26.A thorough study of mythology requires familiarity for the properties of properties of plants and trees, and the habits of wild birds and beasts. 27.Quartz may be transparency, translucent, or opaque, and it may be colorless or colored. 28.In an adult human, the skin weighs about seven pounds and covers it about thirty-six square feet. 29.A leading Canadian feminist and author, Nellie McClung, struggled relentlessly in the early twentieth century to win politically and legal rights for Canadian women. 30.Metabolism consists of a complicated series of chemicals reactions carried out by living cells. 31.Duke Ellington was the first person to compose extended jazz works and gives regular jazz concerts. 32.Seismology has not reached yet the stage where earthquakes can be foretold with a great deal of accuracy. 33.The design of the University of Virginia came at the end of Thomas Jefferson’s long career as theoretician, statesman, and architecture. 44
45. All resources for English learning: 34.At night the desert floor radiates heat back into the atmosphere and the temperature may be drop to near freezing. 35.Although they are in different countries, Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan are close neighbors and cooperate on numerous matters of mutually interest. 36.First incorporated in 1871, Dallas, Texas, had become the seventh largest cities in the United States by 1976. 37.Will Rogers was widely recognized for his daily newspaper column, in which he humorously criticized and commented in the politics of his time. 38.The free silver movement, promoting unlimited silver coinage, gained prominent, in the late 1800’s. 39.The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from it flowing into the Pacific. 40.The Petrified Forest of eastern Arizona are made up of tree trunks that were buried in mud,sand, or volcanic ash ages ago and have turned to stone. 45
46. All resources for English learning: 1991年 05 月语法题 1. a bicameral, or two-chamber parliament. (A) Canada has (B) Having Canada (C) Because Canada has (D) That Canada is having 2. time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only three fingers and a thumb. (A) Saved (B) Saves (C) To save (D) The saving 3. The recent discovery of a novel by Harriet Wilson, published in 1859, a landmark in Black American literature. (A) has brought to light (B) light to brought has (C) brought to light has (D) has light to brought 4. telescopes of the 1600’s magnified objects thirty-three times their original size. (A) That the (B) The (C) This is the (D) Being where the 5. Thyme, , yields a medicinal oil containing thymol. (A) a fragrant garden herb (B) garden herb which is fragrant (C) fragrant garden herb (D) is an herb in a fragrant garden 6. Until the ninth century, written words were not actually separated, in some literary writing, dots or points were used to indicate divisions. (A) in spite of (B) contrary (C) contrast to (D) but 7. Nutritionists goat milk to be rich, nourishing, and readily digested. (A) consider (B) is considered (C) are considered (D) considering 8. conventional black ink costs newspapers about thirty cents a pound, most rub-resistant inks add at least ten cents more per pound to the bill. (A) Furthermore (B) Meanwhile (C) Moreover (D) While 9. John Lone’s physical grace and age, sex, and culture make him an extraordinary performer. (A) his ability to transcend (B) is able to transcend the 46
47. All resources for English learning: (C) the transcending ability (D) with his ability transcending 10. Before of synthetic dyes, yarns were often colored by dyes obtained from natural vegetable and mineral matter. (A) introducing (B) introduction (C) the introduction (D) introducing that 11. Ducks have been domesticated for many centuries commercially for their meat and eggs. (A) raised (B) and are raised (C) raised as (D) are raised 12. Maggie Lena Walker, an insurance and banking executive, and spent her entire life in Richmond, Virginia. (A) and was brought up (B) brought up with (C) who was brought up (D) was brought up 13. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than . (A) the domestic marketer has (B) the domestic marketer does (C) those of the domestic marketer (D) that which has the domestic marketer 14. Mercury differs from other industrial metals it is a liquid. (A) whereas (B) in that (C) because of (D) consequently 15. In black verse of ten syllables, five of which are accented. (A) line consists of each (B) consists of each line (C) each line consists (D) it consists of each line 16. Some art historians have say that too many artists have tried only to imitate previous painting styles. 17. Inventor Granville Woods received him first patent on January 3, 1984, for a steam boiler furnace. 18. Throughout history, shoes have been worn not only for protection and also for decoration. 19. Worker bees labor for the good of the hive by collecting food, caring for the young, and to expand the nest. 47
48. All resources for English learning: 20. Pathologists use their knowing of body tissues and body fluids to aid other physicians. 21. Objects falling freely n a vacuum have the same rate of speed is regardless of differences in size and weight. 22. The construction of sundials was considered to be an acceptable part of a student’s educator as late as the seventeenth century. 23. Historians have never reached some general agreement about the precise causes of the Civil War in the United States. 24. Of all the Native Americans in the United States, the Navajos from largest group. 25.A neutron star forms when a star much more massive than the Sun dies and exploded. 26.A thorough study of mythology requires familiarity for the properties of properties of plants and trees, and the habits of wild birds and beasts. 27.Quartz may be transparency, translucent, or opaque, and it may be colorless or colored. 28.In an adult human, the skin weighs about seven pounds and covers it about thirty-six square feet. 29.A leading Canadian feminist and author, Nellie McClung, struggled relentlessly in the early twentieth century to win politically and legal rights for Canadian women. 30.Metabolism consists of a complicated series of chemicals reactions carried out by living cells. 31.Duke Ellington was the first person to compose extended jazz works and gives regular jazz concerts. 32.Seismology has not reached yet the stage where earthquakes can be foretold with a great deal of accuracy. 33.The design of the University of Virginia came at the end of Thomas Jefferson’s long career as theoretician, statesman, and architecture. 48
49. All resources for English learning: 34.At night the desert floor radiates heat back into the atmosphere and the temperature may be drop to near freezing. 35.Although they are in different countries, Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan are close neighbors and cooperate on numerous matters of mutually interest. 36.First incorporated in 1871, Dallas, Texas, had become the seventh largest cities in the United States by 1976. 37.Will Rogers was widely recognized for his daily newspaper column, in which he humorously criticized and commented in the politics of his time. 38.The free silver movement, promoting unlimited silver coinage, gained prominent, in the late 1800’s. 39.The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from it flowing into the Pacific. 40.The Petrified Forest of eastern Arizona are made up of tree trunks that were buried in mud,sand, or volcanic ash ages ago and have turned to stone. 49
50. All resources for English learning: 1991年 10 月语法题 1. a lonely and rugged life, far from home and family. (A) Wherever the early prospector lived (B) The early prospector lived (C) Not only did the early prospector live (D) The early prospector living 2. Helium is all gases to liquefy and is impossible to solidify at normal air pressure. (A) more than difficult (B) the most difficult of (C) more difficult of (D) most difficult 3. Every year Canadian about 75 percent of their exports to the United States. (A) businesses that sell (B) selling businesses (C) businesses sell (D) that sell to businesses 4. An innovator, ballerina Augusta Maywood was a traveling company. (A) to form the first (B) the first to form (C) who formed the first (D) forming the first 5. When water freezes in the cracks of rocks, expands, causing the rocks to break apart. (A) it (B) but (C) then (D) and 6. With x – ray microscopes scientists can see through live insects even through solid pieces of metal. (A) however (B) nevertheless (C) or (D) yet 7. As resident of New Mexico, Dennis Chavez to the House of Representatives in 1930 and to the Senate in1938. (A) when elected (B) elected (C) who was elected (D) was elected 8. are not leached out of soil, reclamation procedures are needed to restore the land’s productivity. (A) For concentrations of salt (B) Salt concentrations that (C) If salt concentrations (D) With concentrations of salt 9. social crusade aroused Elizabeth Williams’enthusiasm more than the expansion of educational facilities for immigrants to the United States. (A) No (B) Nothing (C) Not 50
51. All resources for English learning: (D) None 10. as 2500 B.C., the Egyptians used mirrors made of highly polished metal. (A) In early (B) As early (C) Early (D) Was as early 11. The quantum theory states , such as light, is given off and absorbed in tiny definite units called quanta or photons. (A) energy that (B) that it is energy (C) it is energy (D) that energy 12. Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable spring into full flight instatly when disturbed in their hiding places. (A) they (B) to their (C) its (D) them to 13. Geysers are found near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil . (A) surface below the deep (B) deep below the surface (C) the deep below surface (D) the deep surface below 14. Algebra generalizes certain basic laws the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of all numbers. (A) govern (B) that govern (C) have governed (D) which they govern 15. Even at low levels, . (A) the nervous system has produced detrimental effects by lead (B) lead’s detrimental effects are producing the nervous system (C) lead produces detrimental effects on the nervous system (D) the detrimental effects produced by lead on the nervous system 16. The culinary expert Fannie Farmer taught dietetics, kitchen management, and to cook at her famous Boston school. 17. The elephant relies more on its sense of smell than for any other sense. 18. A few naturally elements exist in such small amounts that they are known mainly from laboratory- made samples. 19. Some insects hear ultrasonic sounds more than two octaves than higher humans can. 51
52. All resources for English learning: 20. To stay warm in cold weather, cold-blooded animals must expose itself to a source of warmth such as direct sunlight. 21. A severe illness where she was just nineteen months old deprived Helen Keller of both her sight and hearing. 22. Like all ecological systems, a forest is made up of a living environment and a nonliving environment, the latter composed of air, rocks, soiled, and water. 23. The purposeful of the elementary school is to introduce children to the skills, information, and attitudes necessary for a smooth adjustment to society. 25. Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor who has starred in stage, television, and film productions on both sides the Atlantic Ocean. 26. A microphone enables a soft tone to be amplified, thus making it possible the gentle renditions of romantic love songs in a large hall. 27. Atrophy is a decrease in size of a cell, organ, tissues, or other part of the body such as a limb. 28. The poetry of e.e. cummings illustrates the way in which some poets bend grammatical rules as they strive to expression their insights. 30. Accounting is described as art of classifying, recording, and reporting significant financial events. 31. The development of the watch depended upon the invent of the mainspring. 33. Physical fitness activities can lead to an alarming variety of injuries if participants push themselves greatly hard. 34. The structure or behavior of many protozoans are amazingly complex for single-celled animals. 52
53. All resources for English learning: 35. Alaska’s rough climate and terrain divide the state into isolated regions and the difficult of highway maintenance is a troublesome problem. 36. For hundreds of years, sailors relied on echoes to warn them of another ships, icebergs, or cliffs in foggy weather. 37. Although he is employed in the scientific and technical fields, the metric system is not generally utilized in the United States. 38. Prototypical oboes did a loud, harsh tone, but the modern oboe is appreciated for its smooth and beautiful tone. 39. Beneath the deep oceans that cover two-thirds of the Earth, tantalizing secret of the planet are concealed. 40. The pioneer John Chapman received the nickname “Johnny Appleseed” because he planted apple seedlings during him travels in what are now Ohio, Indiana, and Elinois. 53
54. All resources for English learning: 1992年 01 月语法题 1. In the textile industry, the term “gunny” refers to burlap that is not of the best quality. (A) not expensive a (B) expensive, not (C) not an expensive (D) an inexpensive 2. The skyscraper, ,is an architectural form that originated in the United States. (A) is a tall commercial structure (B) a tall commercial structure (C) a tall commercial structure which (D) of which a tall commercial structure 3. were stones piled at intervals. (A) The earliest road markers (B) The earliest road markers, which (C) Road markers were the earliest (D) Until the earliest road markers 4. Some procedures used for laboratory analysis of archaeological specimens are procedures conducted in crime laboratories. (A) resemble (B) similar to (C) same as (D) alike 5. The windmill, which has been used for hundreds of years to pump water and grind grains, redesigned to produce electricity. (A) it is now being (B) it now can (C) is now being (D) now being 6. In 1938, when Benny Goodman’s orchestra presented a concert at the prestigious Carnegie Hall, - was clear that jazz had at last been fully accepted. (A) There (B) Which (C) And (D) It 7. a continuous mass of water on the Earth’s surface, all continents are islands in the strictest sense of the word. (A) The form of the oceans (B) Since the oceans form (C) To form the oceans (D) That the oceans form 8. The spiral threads of a spider’s web have a sticky substance on them insects. (A) traps (B) trap its (C) which traps (D) which it traps 9. in 1635, the Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in the United States. (A) Founded 54
55. All resources for English learning: (B) Founding (C) To found (D) Having founded 10. According to anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans that stood upright resembled chimpanzees , with sloping foreheads and protruding brows. (A) facially (B) their faces (C) having facial (D) they had faces 11. The kettledrum produces different tones depending on whether with sticks that have felt or sponge heads. (A) to strike (B) when struck (C) It is struck (D) striking it 12. in the latter part of the fifteenth century as a substitute for richly embroidered tapestries. (A) Wallpaper that originated (B) The origination of wallpaper (C) Originated the wallpaper (D) Wallpaper originated 13. was the first fully successful transatlantic cable finally laid. (A) Not until 1866 (B) Until 1866, just (C) Until 1866 (D) In 1866, not until 14. Many of the Zuni people in the southwestern United States earn their livelihoods and achieve as professional artists. (A) considered them popular (B) considerably popular (C) considering their popularity (D) considerable popularity 15. The flatter a hair appears under a microscope, wavier it is. (A) although (B) which (C) and (D) the 17. A radio telescope is an instrument that collects and measured faint radio waves given off by objects in space. 18. The private satellite industry sprang up in the mid-1960’s to relay not only television broadcasts but too phone calls and computer data. 19. Yosemite National Park it has many spectacular natural attractions, including Yosemite Falls,One of the world’s highest waterfalls. 55
56. All resources for English learning: 20. During the Colonial days, the Iroquois had an agricultural economy basing mainly on corn with supplementary crops of pumpkins, beans, and tobacco. 21. Before the retina of the eye can be examined, the pupil must to be artificially dilated. 22. The most widely writer praised of the 1960’s in the United States was probably Joyce Carol Oates, who published many novels and short stories. 23. Unlike animals such as cows or horses, human beings are neither able to digest cellulose, the fibrous carbohydrate found in grass. 24. At the age of 94, composer, conductor, arranger, and acting Eva Jessye led her choral group in the first production of the opera Porgy and Bess, written in 1935. 25. In 1987 the states of ice cream in the United States amounted to fifteen quarts per year for every persons in the country. 26. The type of precipitation is affected by electrical conditions, air temperature and the percentage of humid in the air. 27. Almost destroy by fire in 1814, the White House was rebuilt and enlarged over the next three years. 28. A flight recorder shows how aircraft systems behave by giving information such as a plane’s high, direction, and rate of descent. 29. It is not unusual for ballet dancers wear out more than one pair of toe shoes during an evening’s performance. 30. A fable is usually a short tale featuring animals or inanimate objects that can talk and think alike humans. 31. The “ashcan”school in American art being a rebellion against traditional subjects and favored the painting of back-street scenes. 56
57. All resources for English learning: 32. When a magnet is free suspended it becomes a compass. 33. Susan Sontag’s aversion to the traditional critical practice of extracting morals meaning from art is reflected in her novels. 34. Best known for his research in statistical mechanics and meson physics, Chen Ning Yang shared the Nobel Prize in 1957 to another physicist from the United States, Tsung-dao Lee. 35. Those electrons most closely to the nucleus are held there by electromagnetic force. 36. Its tremendous output of dairy products have earned the state of Wisconsin the title of America’s Dairyland. 37. The early use of a complete steel frame for towering buildings appeared in the first skyscraper, built on Chicago in 1883. 38. Some cities have a fire regulations that requires people to put smoke detectors in their houses. 39. Since flounders have markings that blend with their surroundings, it can lie camouflaged on the bottom of the ocean. 40. The determination of the path of Mars’s orbit in1609 became the unifying link among the two formerly separate realms of physics and astronomy. 57
58. All resources for English learning: 1992年 05 月语法题 1. principal types of acceleration: linear and angular. (A) There are tow (B) Two of them (C) The two (D) Two 2. East Liverpool, Ohio, the pottery capital of the United States. (A) and called (B) is called (C) calling (D) to call 3. True hibernation takes place only among animals. (A) whose blood is warm (B) blood warm (C) warm-blooded (D) they have warm blood 4. Like other women in the field of medicine, Sara Mayo found the beginning years difficult. (A) who they pioneered (B) they pioneered (C) who pioneered (D) pioneered 5. In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what the spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and technology. (A) he considers (B) does he consider (C) considers (D) considers it 6. Green have the power to make food from substances found in the air and soil. (A) only plants (B) plants alone (C) the only plants (D) plants are alone 7. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined high levels of self-confidence. (A) possess (B) have possessed (C) to possess (D) possessing 8. Writing pens are made in of shapes, sizes, and colors. (A) endless variety an almost (B) variety an almost endless (C) an almost endless variety (D) almost variety an endless 9. Under the guidance of choreographers, Martha Graham and Jerome Robbins, American dance new levels of artistic achievement. (A) reaching (B) has reached (C) reach 58
59. All resources for English learning: (D) have reached 10. Angiosperms inhabit relatively diverse environments and may be found higher plants can survive. (A) there (B) wherever (C) somewhere (D) then 11. Magnesium has a specific gravity of 1.74, which means that 1.74 times as much as an equal volume of water. (A) it is weighed (B) weighing it (C) its weight (D) it weighs 12. Perhaps the primary of adult education was industrialization, which accelerated the pace of socioeconomic change. (A) causes growth (B) cause of the growth (C) cause was growing (D) caused the growing 13. “as the census taker of the sky”Annie Jump Cannon contributed considerably to the field of astronomy. (A) Known (B) Knowing (C) To know (D) Knowledge 14. During adolescence many young people begin to question held by their families. (A) values (B) of the values (C) the values are (D) are the values 15. Coral reefs are that teem with an abundance of exotic sea life. (A) when underwater landscapes (B) landscapes being underwater (C) underwater the landscapes (D) underwater landscapes 16. Abraham Lincoln delivery his most famous address at the dedication of the soldiers cemetery in Gettysburg. 17. Stalagmites are produced when water to drop directly to the floor of a cave. 18. Regulation of public utilities in the United States is carried out by locally, state, and federal governments. 19. The poet Marianne Moore was initially associated with the imagist movement, but later develops her own rhyme patterns and verse forms. 59
60. All resources for English learning: 20. The most worst economic reversal of the twentieth century, the Great Depression of the 1930’s, began in the United states and spread abroad. 21. Many narcotic plants and its products, such as nicotine, are effective in controlling insects. 22. In some occupations, the computer has already replaced the motor vehicle as the principal conserve of time and laboring. 23. Farming becomes more expensive when farmers are forced to apply greater quantities of costly fertilizers for to sustain yields. 24. The metaphors we use routinely are the means which by we describe our everyday experiences. 25. Scientists finding out that the universe is even larger and more complex than anyone has ever imagined. 26. Because their properties differ from those of their constituents, proper alloys can great increase the corrosion resistance of a metal. 27. The ability to retain a mental record of earlier experiences are referred to as “memory”. 28. The aging process is not entirely determined by heredity, but is influenced by different environmental and social circumstances as good. 29. The waterwheel is a mechanism designed to harness energy from a source instead than animals. 30. If they are prepared skillfully, soybeans they can be appetizing as well as nutritious. 31. Studies of either vision and physical optics began almost as early as civilization itself. 32. James Whitcomb Riley, the “Hoosier Poet,” wrote many of his work in standard English,but he wrote his most popular poems in the dialect of his home state, Indiana. 33. The city of Green Bay, established in 1745, was the first permanent settler in Wisconsin. 60
61. All resources for English learning: 34. Whichever they may differ widely in function, all cells have a surrounding membrane and an internal, water-rich substance called cytoplasm. 35. Booker T. Washington, an educational leader, worked throughout the lifetime to improve economic conditions for Black people in the United States. 36. In the Middle Ages, books called bestiaries were prepared in an attempt to describe animals, real or imagine, that exemplified human traits. 37. Pumps can operate under pressures ranging between a fraction of a pound to more than 10,000 pounds per square inch. 38. Approximately fifty percent of the package utilized in the United States are for foods and beverages. 39. Whether as statesman, scientist, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin was destined to gain lasting honor throughout much of the world. 40. A traditional Halloween decoration is a jack-o-lantern, which is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a scary face cut into them. 61
62. All resources for English learning: 1992年 08 月语法题 1. With affection and humor, poet Phyllis McGinley of ordinary life. (A) the virtues were praised (B) praised the virtues (C) she praised the virtues (D) her praise of the virtues 2. Scientists think helps some tree to conserve water in the winter. (A) when losing leaves (B) leaves are lost (C) that losing leaves (D) the leaves losing 3. The ancient Hopewell people of North America probably cultivated corn and crops, but hunting and gathering were still of critical importance in their economy. (A) another (B) the other’s (C) other (D) other than 4. Lunar eclipses occur each time the Earth blocks the Sun’s light from the Moon the Moon’s full phase. (A) during (B) whether (C) in which (D) whenever 5. all data into electronic pulses. (A) The computer input unit changes (B) Changing input, the computer unit (C) Which changes the computer input unit (D) Changes in the computer input units 6. Robert S. Duncanson was considered a painter of the Hudson River school, on scenes of America’s untamed wilderness. (A) which concentrated (B) which concentrated it (C) which it concentrated (D) and which concentrated 7. their senses, many-celled animals perceive what is happening in their environment. (A) Means of (B) By means of (C) Of the means by (D) By means 8. In central Georgia, archaeological evidence indicates that Native Americans first inhabited the area . (A) since thirteen centuries (B) thirteen centuries ago (C) the previous thirteen centuries (D) thirteen centuries were before 9. The large compound eyes of the dragonfly to see moving objects almost eighteen feet away. (A) to enable it (B) enabling it 62
63. All resources for English learning: (C) it enables (D) enable it 10. Using many symbols makes to put a large amount of information on a single map. (A) possible (B) it possible (C) it is possible (D) that possible 11. Anarchism is a term describing a cluster of doctrines an attitudes principal uniting feature is the belief that government is both harmful and unnecessary. (A) and (B) whose (C) since (D) for 12. After the great blizzard of 1888 in the northeastern United States, it took some the snow away from their homes. (A) days to shovel people several (B) people several days to shovel (C) several days people to shovel (D) people to shovel several days 13. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production. (A) as was (B) than was (C) than did (D) as did 14. In copper engravings and etchings caused by the edges of the plate is clearly visible on the paper. (A) the impression is (B) if the impression (C) impressions (D) the impression 15. Cora reefs have always been hazards to ships sailing in tropical seas. (A) one of the greatest (B) the greatest ones (C) ones greatest (D) the greatest were. 16. For a long time cotton ranked first between Alabama’s crops, but today it accounts for only a fraction of the agricultural production. 17. Margaret Fuller was not active in the women’s-rights movement, but she asking for a fair chance for women in her book, Woman in the Nineteenth Century. 18. Most cities major in the United States have at least one daily newspaper. 63
64. All resources for English learning: 19. The survival of a forest depends not only on the amount of annual rainfall it receives, and also on the seasonal distribution of the rain. 20. James Farmer, an American civil rights leader, he helped establish the Congress of Racial Equality, an organization that is dedicated to the principle of nonviolence. 21. A merger is a combination of two or more businesses down below a single management. 22. In its simplest form, a transformer is composed of two coils of wire place together without no wires actually in contact. 23. The greatest natural resource of the state of North Dakota is their fertile farmland. 24. The doctrine of eminent domain is based the legal tradition that all real property is subject to the control of the state. 25. In a controversial eating guide entitled Are You Hungry? Jane Hirschmann and Lela Zaphiropolous argue that children instinctively know what foods are good for selves. 26. Bats rely to their hearing to navigate and to find food at night. 27. Once an important port of entry for immigrants to the United States, Ellis Island recent reopened its great hall as a museum of immigration. 28. Every year Colorado is visited by millions of tourists who come for a variety of reason. 29. The energy needed for animal grow is derived primarily from carbohydrates and fats. 30. Countries tend to specialize in the production and export of those goods and services that it can produce relatively cheaply. 31. Antique auctions have become popular in the United States because a steadily increasing awareness of the investment value of antiques. 64
65. All resources for English learning: 32. Alike an insect, the crustacean is an arthropod, an animal with jointed legs and an exoskeleton, a supportive covering for its body. 33. Bricks are made from clay that is processed into a workable consistency, form to standard sizes, and then fired in a kiln. 34. Her speech at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 brought Fannie Barrier Williams local and nation recognition. 35. A paragraph is a portion of a text consists of one or more sentences related to the same idea. 36. A deficient of folic acid is rarely found in humans because the vitamin is contained in a wide variety of foods. 37. Industry utilize the gaseous element xenon when developing specialized flashlights and other powerful lamps. 38. Some types of ferns resemble trees and some are too small that they look like moss. 39. Made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood, an Eskimo kayak is completed enclosed except for the opening in which the paddler sits. 40. Our urge to classify different life forms and give us names seems to be as old as the human race. 65
66. All resources for English learning: 1992年 10 月语法题 1. Duke Ellington was a composer, conductor, and pianist ranked as one of the greatest of all jazz figures. (A) him (B) although (C) or (D) who 2. became a state in 1876. (A) When Colorado (B) Colorado (C) It was Colorado (D) Colorado, which 3. The fragrances of many natural substances come from oils, these oils may be used in manufacturing perfumes. (A) of (B) from (C) whether (D) and 4. Because the saxophone is an excellent solo instrument, in some important orchestral works. (A) it is featured (B) while featured (C) if featured (D) feature it 5. Before Geraldine Ferraro was selected as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate in 1984, no woman run for national office in the United States on a major party ticket. (A) ever has (B) never had (C) had ever (D) having never 6. reaches the cells of the body, it is oxidized, or slowly burned. (A) As digested food (B) Digested food that (C) Food is digested (D) Why does digested food 7. The position of the larynx, or voice box, in the neck determines , swallows, and vocalizes. (A) an animal, how does one breathe (B) how an animal breathes (C) an anima breathes, how one (D) how does an anima breathe 8. The slide rule uses sliding scales with marks numbers and their logarithms. (A) representing (B) represented (C) are represented (D) they are representing 9. executive and administrative authority in the United States government rests with a President who is elected for a four-year term. (A) That the (B) The 66
67. All resources for English learning: (C) It is the (D) There is the 10. stereophonic phonograph records, two recordings are made of the same musical performance. (A) Creates (B) Created (C) The creating of (D) To create 11.Genes determine the shape of a leaf and the sex, height, and hair color of a child. (A) such as features (B) such features as (C) as such features (D) features as such 12.California’s agricultural supremacy dates from 1947, when its farm output first any other state. (A) that exceeded (B) exceeded that (C) exceeded that of (D) that exceeded of 13.The use of well-chosen nonsense words makes the testing of many basic hypotheses in the field of language learning. (A) it is possibly (B) its possibility (C) them possible (D) possible 14. Not until 1931 the official anthem of the United States. (A) “The Star-spangled Banner”did become (B) when “The Star-spangled Banner”became (C) did “The Star-spangled Banner”become (D) became “The Star-spangled Banner” 15.In general, the simpler plants appeared on the Earth before those . (A) are structurally complicated (B) more complicated structure (C) have a complicated structure (D) their structure is complicated 16. Rebecca Latimer, a political commentator and the author of several book, was the first woman to become a United States senator. 17. Surrealist artists painted in such a manner that their pictures seem if as they came from the realm of dreams. 18. Manure can be converted into methane gas by means the activated-sludge process of sewage disposal. 19. Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona incorporates three of the most large of all known cliff dwellings. 67
68. All resources for English learning: 20. By studying geometry, students can learn what to develop logical arguments through dedective reasoning. 21. The word “saga” is often application to any narration of events of the past, whether mythical or historical in character. 22. The success of a naval ship is determined by its seaworthiness, speedy, and maneuverability. 23. Administrative assistants are often expected to make decisions, supervision staff, delegate responsibility, and work harmoniously with managers and fellow employees. 25. Many critics believe that Amy Lowell’s most important work is not her poetry, but his biography, John Keats, published the year of her death. 26. Research on pain has been neglected, although the mainly reason people take medicine is to relieve pain. 27. Sidney Poitier, he is famous for his character portrayals, won an Oscar for his 1963 performance in Lilies of the Field. 28. The Carlsbad caverns, located in New Mexico, rank between the largest underground labyrinths in the world. 29. Commercial rock wool is made by blowing steam through molten rock such as limestone to create fine, flexibility, glasslike fibers. 30. William Taft begins his many years of service for the United States when President Benjamin Harrison appointed him solicitor general in 1890. 31. A time zone is a slightly irregular north-south belts that extends from pole to pole. 32. Harriet Monroe’s verse survive today as evidence of her undiscouraged zeal for the advancement of modern poetry. 68
69. All resources for English learning: 33. “How does the human brain work?” remains one of the most profound questions confront modern science. 34. Cadence may be considered the rise and fall in intensified of sounds. 35. One out of every ten persons in the 1978 United States labor force was a teenager, compared by one out of fifteen in 1960. 36. Gypsum is too soft that it is easy to scratch it with a fingernail. 37. A goose’s neck is a tiny longer than that of a duck and not so gracefully curved as a swan’s. 38. Like squirrels, tree shrews are bearing well-developed claws on their digits and are generally active during daylight hours. 39. Even many early leaders of the United States have provided names for towns, only George Washington is remembered in the name of a state. 40. Numerous insects, special the butterfly, have weak powers of flight. 69
70. All resources for English learning: 1993年 01 月语法题 1. that as both birds and mammals become larger, their metabolic rates er unit of tissue decrease, and they generally live longer. (A) The truth (B) If true (C) It is true (D) To be true 2. Asteroids are small and therefore very difficult to identify, even when to Earth. (A) quite closely (B) are being quite close (C) are they quite closely (D) they are quite close 3. A number of modern sculptors have rejected of minimal and environmental art and developed a style of extreme realism. (A) which abstract qualities (B) there are abstract qualities (C) the abstract qualities (D) the qualities are abstract 4. tributaries of the Mississippi River system were navigated by steamboats during the period before the outbreak of the Civil War. (A) More than forty (B) More than forty were (C) Forty more than (D) There were more than forty 5. Mary Eliza McDowell’s introduction to social service came , when she assisted victims of the great Chicago Fire of 1871. (A) was sixteen years old (B) had sixteen years (C) at age sixteen (D) sixteen 6. Young herons are helpless for a few weeks they learn to fly. (A) how (B) before (C) despite (D) since 7. The history of painting is a fascinating chain of events that probably began with . (A) ever made the very first pictures (B) the ever made very first pictures (C) the very first ever made pictures (D) the very first pictures ever made 8. The center of gravity of the human body behind the hip joint. (A) locates (B) locating (C) to locate (D) is located 9. The leaves and stems of the alfalfa plant are the only parts of the plant . (A) the uses for livestock fees (B) for using livestock feed 70
71. All resources for English learning: (C) used for livestock feed (D) they are used for livestock feed 10. choose to live in or near metropolitan areas simply because they like the rapid pace of city life. (A) So large numbers of people to (B) There are large numbers of people (C) Large numbers of people (D) Large numbers of people who 11. to space travelers is high acceleration or deceleration forces. (A) Danger can be (B) They can be dangerous (C) What can be dangerous (D) While danger 12. Organic chemistry has made many new products . (A) possible (B) as possible (C) are possible (D) they are possible 13. Perfectly matched pearls, strung into a necklace, a far higher price than the same pearls sold individually. (A) in order to bring (B) their bringing (C) bringing (D) bring 14. Some metropolitan newspapers would make sizable volumes in book form. (A) than the print (B) print them (C) if printed (D) they are printed 15. Pennsylvania ranks high among the states population many areas are sparsely settled. (A) and yet (B) so even (C) if not (D) except for 16. Since the beginning of this century, the United States government has played an role in the supervision and use of the nation’s natural resources. 17. Between 1906 and 1917, political activist Emma Goldma devoted most of her efforts to writing, traveling and lectured. 18. Height, powerful and speed are attributes that coaches often look for in basketball players. 19. Many of society’s wealth is controlled by large corporations and government agencies. 71