北京大学1991年研究生入学考试试题
基础英语
I. In each of the following sentences there are three underlined parts. Cross out the one that is incorrect and put your correction above it.(10%)
The nurse lay the baby on the bed and there it was lying when I came back.
A B C
1. We can often tell the meaning of a word from its content.
A B C
2. So as to answer their question we must consider facts about geography, history and
A B C
economics.
3. This was his first examination, he was anxious to know the result.
A B C
4. Her career as writer did not begin in eanest until the 1950s, by that time she had come
A B C
to live in England.
5. The habit of reading books, once acquired, will be likely never to be lost.
A B C
6. The driver stopped suddenly, caused the lady and several other passengers to lose their
A B
balance and fail.
C
7. Working on Sundays, she almost earned $300 a month, more than enough to pay the
A B C
rent.
8. Only then they noticed the blood trickling from his arm .
A B C
9. Now let us precede with the agenda as we have planned.
A B C
10. The supply of fresh water is causing increasing anxiety in many cities, where it is fast
A B
becoming an important social and economical problem.
C
II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate verb in the proper form .(10%)
1. He won the first prize in the competition, but he said modestly that he _______his success to luck.
2. One of the striking fact of nature is the ability of living things _______themselves to practically any environment on earth.
3. The man _______the charge against him but he could not _______ the policeman of his innocence.
4. I've decided _______for that job, and I hope you _______in a good word for me.
5. I am afraid we _______out of gasoline before we _______our destination.