山东科技大学基础英语(含阅读与写作) 2008年考研试题.docVIP

I. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) 1. _____ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is . [A] Had it not been [B] Were it not [C] Be it not [D] Should it not be 2. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself. [A] as [B] which [C] that [D] what 3. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions,_______ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on. [A] be [B] being [C] were [D] are 4. Andrew, my father’s younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _____ to the family’s disappointment. [A] much [B] more [C] too much [D] much more 5. Observations were made ____ the children at the beginning and at the end of pre-school and first grade. [A] towards [B] of [C] on [D] with 6. _ _ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition. [A] It [B] What [C] That [D] As 7. It wasn’t so much that I disliked her_ __ that I just wasnt interested in the whole business. [A] rather [B]so [C]than [D]as 8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don’t have small children and get along _ _ to spend most of their time together. [A] well as [B]too well [C] so well [D]well enough 9. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world. [A] it is [ B] as is [C] there is [D] what is 10. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than ___ in the public mind today. [A] exists [B] exist [C] existing [ D] existed 11. The doctors don’t ___________ that he will live much longer. [A] articulate [B] anticipate [C] manifest [D] monitor 12. No one imagined that the apparently _____________ businessman was really a criminal. [A] respective [B] resp