西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题.docx

西安外国语大学2003年硕士研究生入学考试试题（基础英语）Vocabulary and sentence structureSection a directions: this section consists of 30 incomplete sentences. Each sentience is followed by four words or phrases. Select the best one to complete the sentence by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.(15 points)1.? ? ? ? to our delight she quickly____herself____the situation.a.adapted/with? ?b.adapted/to? ? c.adopted/of? ???d.adopted/into2.the portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel. That man____prince henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.a.is? ?? ?? ?b.was? ?? ???c.being? ?? ?? ? d.had3.”l don’t think professor jones meant to be funny this morning do you?””no, although l couldn’t help____at some of his remarks.”a.from laughing? ?b.but laugh? ?c.to have laughed? ? d.to laugh4.”what did the police chief do after the report?”??“he ordered that parking___on main street during the rush hour”A. be prohibiting? ?b.is prohibited? ?c.be prohiboted? ?d.was prohibited5.some insects pass through their entire life oycles, from egg to adult___days or weeks.a.in a matter of? ?b.in case of? ?c.based on? ?d.in time for6.duncairn, a castle built in the twelfth century on the westem coast of scotland, is___a few feet high.a.nearly more than? ?b.almost more than? ?c.just as much as? ?d.hardly more than7.although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are certainly___.a.imaginsry? ?b.imaginable? ?c.imaginative? ?d.imagining8.just as too much harmony is tiresome in music,____a.the life of too many benefits annoys usb.so,in life ,too many benefits annoy usc.we are annoyed with lives also of too many benefitsd.a lot of benefits annoy us in life9.ann said,”english men____good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in a house.”a.be? ???b.do? ?? ???c.make? ?? ???d,get10.nelther jone nor her brothers____a consent form for tomorrow’s field tripa.need? ? b.needs? ???c.needing? ?? ? d.has need11.if mr.wang_____to l