1990年英语考研真题及答案Word格式.docx

1、B withC amongD by3. How often have you seen cases like this? one surgeon asked another. Oh, _ times, I guess, was the reply.A hundred ofB hundredsC hundreds ofD hundred4. Give me your telephone number _ I need your help.A whetherB unlessC so thatD in case5. You sang well last night. We hope youll si

2、ng _.A more betterB still betterC nicelyD best6. Those people _ a general understanding of the present situation.A lack ofB are lacking ofC lackD are in lack7. Alone in a desert house, he was so busy with his research work that he felt _ lonely.A nothing butB anything butC all butD everything but8.

3、Grace _ tears when she heard the sad news.A broke inB broke intoC broke offD broke through9. She refused to _ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety belt.A hand inB hand outC hand downD down10. Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes _ to American audiences.

4、A aroundB overC across11. The book contained a large _ of information.A dealB amountC numberD sum12. Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable _ to the total cost of the product.A proportionB correlationC connectionD correspondence13. When she saw the clouds she went back to the house t

5、o _ her umbrella.A carryB fetchC bringD reach14. We must _ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.A assureB secureC ensureD issue15. He was knocked down by a car and badly _.A injuredB damagedC harmedD ruinedSection II Reading ComprehensionEach of the three passages below is follow

6、ed by some questions. For each question there are four answers. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. （20 points）Text 1In May 1989, space shuttle Atlantis released in outer space the space probe Megallan, which is now on

7、 her 15-month and one-billion-kilometer flight to Venus. A new phase in space exploration has begun.The planet Venus is only slightly smaller than Earth; it is the only other object in the solar system, in fact, that even comes close to earths size. Venus has a similar density, so it is probably mad

8、e of approximately the same stuff, and it has an atmosphere, complete with clouds. It is also the closest planet to earth, and thus the most similar in distance from the sun. In short, Venus seems to justify its long-held nickname of earths twin.The surface temperature of Venus reaches some 900F. Ad

9、ded to that is an atmospheric pressure about 90 times Earths: High overhead in the carbon dioxide （CO2） that passes for air is a layer of clouds, perhaps 10 to 20 miles thick, whose little drops consist mostly of sulfuric acid （H2SO4）. Water is all but nonexistent.Born with so many fundamental simil

10、arities to earth, how did Venus get to be so radically different: It is not just an academic matter. For all its extremes, Venus is a valuable laboratory for researchers studying the weather and climate of earth. It has no earths oceans, so the heat transport and other mechanisms are greatly simplif

11、ied. In addition, the planet Venus takes 243 earth-days to turn once on its axis, so incoming heat from the sun is added and distributed at a more leisurely, observable pace.16. Venus is similar to Earth in _.A size and densityB distance from the sunC having atmosphereD all of the above17. The great

12、est value in studying Venus should be to _.A allow us to visit thereB understand Earth betterC find a new source of energyD promote a new space program18. The main idea of this passage is about _.A problems of space travelB scientific methods in space explorationC the importance of Venus to EarthD c

13、onditions on VenusText 2Tourists were surprised to see a woman driving a huge orange tractor down one of Romes main avenues. Italys political leaders and some of its male union chiefs are said to have been even more puzzled to see that the tractor was followed by about 200,000 women in a parading pr

14、ocession that took more than three hours to snake through central Rome.Shouting slogans, waving flags and dancing to drumbeats, the women had come to the capital from all over Italy to demonstrate for a job for each of us, a different type of job, and a society without violence. So far, action to im

15、prove womens opportunities in employment has been the province of collective industrial bargaining. But there is a growing awareness that this is not enough, says a researcher on female labor at the government-funded Institute for the Development of Professional Training for Workers.Women, who const

16、itute 52 per cent of Italys population, today represent only 35 per cent of Italys total workforce and 33 per cent of the total number of Italians with jobs. However, their presence in the workplace is growing. The employment of women is expanding considerably in services, next to the public adminis

17、tration and commerce as their principal workplace. Official statistics also show that women have also made significant strides in self-employment. More and more women are going into business for themselves. Many young women are turning to business because of the growing overall in employment. It is

18、also a fact that today many prejudices have disappeared, so that banks and other financial institutes make judgments on purely business considerations without caring if it is a man or a woman.Such changes are occurring in the professions too. The number of women doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers

19、 and university professors increased two to three fold. Some of the changes are immediately visible. For example, women have appeared on the scene for the first time as state police, railway workers and street cleaner.However, the present situation is far from satisfactory though some progress has b

20、een made. A breakthrough in equal opportunities for women is now demanded.19. The expression snake through central Rome probably means to move _A quietly through central Rome.B violently through central Rome.C in a long winding line through central Rome.D at a leisurely pace through central Rome.20.

21、 Which of the following statements is NOT true?A There are more women than men in Italy.B In Italy, women are chiefly employed in services.C In Italy, women are still at a disadvantage in employment.D In Italy, about two-thirds of the jobs are held by men.21. About 200,000 women in Rome demonstrated

22、 for _.A more job opportunitiesB a greater variety of jobsC equal job, equal payD both A and B22. The best title for this passage would be _.A The Role of Women is SocietyB Women Demonstrate for Equality in EmploymentC Women as Self-employed ProfessionalsD Women and the Jobs MarketText 3The old idea

23、 that talented children burn themselves out in the early years, and, therefore, are subjected to failure and at worst, mental illness is unfounded. As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright kids is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults.To find this out, l, 500

24、gifted persons were followed up to their thirty-fifth year with these results:On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they had as children. They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally. 84 per cent of their group were married and seemed content with their lives.About 70

25、 per cent had graduated from college, though only 30 per cent had graduated with honors. A few had even dropped out, but nearly half of these had returned to graduate. Of the men, 80 per cent were in one of the professions or in business management or semiprofessional jobs. The women who had remaine

26、d single had office, business, or professional occupations.The group had published 90 books and 1,500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.In a material way they did not do badly either. Average income was considerably higher among the gif

27、ted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth.In fact, far from being strange, most of the gifted were turning their early promise into practical reality.23. The old idea that talented children in the early years is _.A true in all sensesB refuted b

28、y the authorC medically provenD a belief of the author24. The survey of bright children was made to _.A find out what had happened to talented children when they became adultsB prove that talented children in the early yearsC discover the percentage of those mentally ill among the giftedD prove that talented children never burn themselves out25. Intelligence tests showed that _.A bright children were unlikely to be mentally healthyB between childhood and adulthood there was a considerable loss of intelligenceC talented children were most likely to become gifted adul