托福语法试题

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托福语法试题

1989年01月托福语法题

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

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.

(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

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.

(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.

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.

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

2. Great numbers of tiny shelled animals—on the ocean floor. (A) Live (B) Living

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 (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

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

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. (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.

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.

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

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

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

(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 (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.

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.

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.

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

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 (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

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.

(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.

19. How many people realize that agriculture is a source of raw materials for clothing and to shelter?

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.

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

(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

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, (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

13. Maine has ---weather than most of the other states in the continental United States.

(A) coolest

(B) the coolest

(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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

9. ---millions of galaxies exist in the vast space outside the Milky Way.

(A) It is estimated that

(B) An estimate that

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

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.

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.

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.

1990年08月语法题

1. Resin is a substance that ---in water. (A) does not dissolve (B) do not dissolve

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

(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

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.

(A) Dissimilar

(B) Different

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.

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. 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.”

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 (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

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

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

16. Lizards lack the built – in body temperature control many another creatures possess

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.

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.

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.

1991年01月语法题

1.Orchestral instruments --- under the following types: strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion.

(A) grouped

(B) can group

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

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 (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

(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.

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.

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.

1991年05月语法题

1. ---a bicameral, or two-chamber parliament. (A) Canada has (B) Having Canada

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

5. Thyme, ---, yields a medicinal oil containing thymol. (A) a fragrant garden herb

(B) garden herb which is fragrant

(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 (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

(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

(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.

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.

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.

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

(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.