（考研英语）2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试《英语》试题.pdf

Section I Use of English Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points) If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain 1 consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family 2 he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance_3_the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to 4 old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to_5_the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation2 _and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be 7 . He must either sell some of his property or 8 extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low_9 of interest, but loans of this kind are not 10 obtainable. 1. [AJ other than [BJ as well as [CJ instead of [DJ more than 2. [AJ only if [BJ much as [CJ long before [DJ ever smce 3. [AJ for [BJ against [CJ of [DJ towards 4. [AJ replace [BJ purchase [CJ supplement [DJ dispose 5. [AJ enhance [BJ mlX [CJ feed [DJ raise 6. [AJ vessels [BJ routes [CJ paths [DJ channel