2001年10月大学英语（一）试题
  
  第一部分(选择题，共50分)
Ⅰ. Vocabulary and Structure(10 points,1 point for each)
从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
1. American people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are ______.
[A] high
[B] near
[C] close
[D] due
2. Some language learners find _______ difficult to succeed in other fields of science.
[A] that
[B] so
[C] it
[D] them

3. Animals can live only on _______ plants have already turned from inorganic to vegetable matter.
[A] that
[B] which
[C] what
[D] how

4. A few years ago, the belief became general ________ orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the same meal.
[A] that
[B] so that
[C] and that
[D] now that

5. The real difference between plants and animals ________ in what they do, and not in what they seem to be.
[A] is laid
[B] is lain
[C] lays
[D] lies

6. We now know that about ________ all the kinds of seaweed are animals.
[A] one fourth
[B] one fourth of
[C] one four of
[D] the one fourth

7. Scientists could see many things that most people would ________ to see.
[A] feel
[B] fail
[C] fall
[D] fill

8. The children stay in the nuclear family ________ they grow up and marry.
[A] because
[B] once
[C] after
[D] until

9. Sometimes problems grow out of a ________ observation.
[A] charge
[B] change
[C] chance
[D] choice

10. Eager buyers bought all _______ 50 of the items in one weekend.
[A] but
[B] yet
[C] out
[D] beyond

Ⅱ. Cloze Test(10 points,1 point for each)
下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
How will the present-day science develop in the near future, i.e. the next decade or so?

To 11 with, we can expect 12 science to produce a vast increase in entirely new products of all 13 .These will range from light-weight, high-strength materials for 14 in the many specialized branches of engineering, 15 drugs and chemicals with a greatly-increased selectivity 16 can be used in medicine and agriculture. However, in this 17 case in particular, it may be predicted 18 the wide-spread application and combination of new and more complex products will give 19 to unexpected inter-reactions or side-effects. For this reason, greatly intensified programmes of research will be required in 20 to discover and eliminate the harmful results of such combination.
11.
[A] talk
[B] begin
[C] introduce
[D] research

12.
[A] applied
[B] social
[C] nuclear
[D] economic

13.
[A] lines
[B] levels
[C] kinds
[D] values

14.
[A] work
[B] help
[C] use
[D] shift

15.
[A] to
[B] for
[C] in
[D] with

16.
[A] it
[B] what
[C] whether
[D] which

17.
[A] late
[B] later
[C] latter
[D] last

18.
[A] why
[B] that
[C] which
[D] whether

19.
[A] way
[B] fall
[C] light
[D] rise

20.
[A] general
[B] order
[C] question
[D] nature

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points for each)
从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

One of the advantages of being self-employed is that the profit the business makes belongs to the owner. If the self-employed person in successful in business, he or she has the chance to earn a great deal of money and even become wealthy. The profit earned by a self-employed person is the reward for his or her effort, ability, and creativity. Thus, a second advantage of being self-employed is that a person's intelligence and abilities have a direct effect on his or her earnings. People who have outstanding abilities or intelligence often find they can earn far more through self-employment than they can through working as an employee. A third advantage of being self-employed is that a person can control both the number of hours worked and the hours of work. While not all self-employed people are completely free to choose whatever hours they want to work, most of them have more control over this area than do the people who for salaries or wages.