南京大学二外英语2009年考研真题 答案.docVIP

8．南京大学二外英语考研真题及参考答案（2009） 南京大学2009年Ⅰ. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences (25％) 1. Before leaving his office, the manager showed no sign of _________ our proposals. A. responding to B. showing off C. bringing along D. pointing out 2. Hong Kong is a _________ city, and still more people are pouring in. A. popular B. populated C. populace D. populous 3. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _________ obtaining water is not the least. A. for which B. to which C. of which D. in which 4. I haven’t the _________ idea what you mean. A. lightest B. smallest C. faintest D. dimmest 5. I’d rather that my father _________ me an ipod as a birthday present. Instead he gave a discman. A. had given B. gave C. would give D. would have given 6. Do you want to see my driving license or my passport? Oh, _________. A. either does well B. either one will do C. each one is good D. each will be fine 7. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner _________ to the professor. A. as much as B. the same as C. as far as D. as long as 8. We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later we began to _________. A. ascend B. descend C. decline D. plunge 9. Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by “drugs” that aren’t really drugs at all _________ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements. A. or rather B. rather than C. but rather D. other than 10. Bacon and eggs _________ common Sunday breakfast in England. A. is an B. are the C. is a D. are 11. Don’t _________ about lunch for the instructors, because they promised to get some on the way. A. bother B. fuss C. trouble D. think 12. The factory has turned out _________. A. twice more TV sets this year as last year B. TV sets this year twice as many as last year C. TV sets twice more this year than last year D. twice as many TV sets this year as last year 13. The purpose of this election is to set up a government truly _______