61 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. 62 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. 63 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 64 (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. 65 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. 66 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. 67 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 68 (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. 69 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. 70 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. . 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. dialect of his home state, Indiana. 33. The city of Green Bay, established in 174 5, was the first permanent settler in Wisconsin. 62 34. Whichever they may