【正文】 1987年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)試題Section I: Structure and VocabularyIn each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably plete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (10 points)EXAMPLE:I was caught ________ the rain yesterday.[A] in[B] by[C] with[D] atANSWER: [A]1. The skyscraper stands out ________ the blue sky.[A] in[B] against[C] under[D] beneath2. They have always been on good ________ with their nextdoor neighbors.[A] friendship[B] relations[C] connection[D] terms3. Hello! Is that 21035? Please put me ________ to the manager.[A] across[B] up[C] through[D] over4. Why do you look so ________? You never smile or look cheerful.[A] miserable[B] unfortunate[C] sorry[D] rude5. Eggs, though nourishing, have ________ of fat content.[A] large number[B] a large number[C] the high amount[D] a high amount6. Jim always ________ his classmates in a debate.[A] backs out[B] backs away[C] backs up[D] backs down7. Most of the people who ________ two world wars are strongly against arms race.[A] have lived out[B] have lived through[C] have lived on[D] have lived off8. There are many inconveniences that have to be ________ when you are camping.[A] put up[B] put up with[C] put off[D] put away9. Is it true that those old houses are being pulled down ________ new office blocks?[A] to acmodate[B] to provide for[C] to increase[D] to make room for10. Being in no great hurry, ________.[A] we went the long route with scenery[B] the long, scenic route was our preference[C] we took the long scenic route[D] our preference was taking the long, scenic routeSection II: Reading ComprehensionEach of three passages below is followed by five questions. For each question there are four answers, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each of the question. Put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)Text 1For centuries men dreamed of achieving vertical flight. In 400 . Chinese children played with a fanlike toy that spun upwards and fell back to earth as rotation ceased. Leonardo da Vinci conceive the first mechanical apparatus, called a “Helix,” which could carry man straight up, but was only a design and was never tested.The ancientdream was finally realized in 1940 when a Russian engineer piloted a strange looking craft of steel tubing with a rotating fan on top. It rose awkwardly and vertically into the air from a standing start, hovered a few feet above the ground, went sideways and backwards, and then settled back to earth. The vehicle was called a helicopter.Imaginations were fired. Men dreamed of going to work in their own personal helicopters. People anticipate that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today. Such fantastic expectations were not fulfilled.The helicopter has now bee an extremely useful machine. It excels in military missions, carrying troops, guns and strategic instruments where other aircraft cannot go. Corporations use them as airborne offices, many metropolitan areas use them in police work, construction and logging panies employ them in various advantageous ways, engineers use them for site selection and surveying, and oil panies use them as the best way to make offshore and remote work stations accessible to crews and supplies. Any urgent mission to a hardtogetto place is a likely task for a helicopter. Among their other multitude of used: deliver people across town, fly to and from airports, assist in rescue work, and aid in the search for missing or wanted persons.11. People expect that ________.[A] the airliners of today would eventually be replaced by helicopters[B] helicopters would someday be able to transport large number of people from place to place as airliners are now doing[C] the imaginations fired by the Russian engineer’s invention would bee a reality in the future[D] their fantastic expectations about helicopters could be fulfilled by airliners of today12. Helicopters work with the aid of ________.[A] a bination of rotating devices in front and on top[B] a rotating device topside[C] one rotating fan in the center of the aircraft and others at each end[D] a rotating fan underneath for lifting13. What is said about the development of the helicopter?[A] Helicopters have only been worked on by man since 1940.[B] Chinese children were the first to achieve flight in helicopters.[C] Helicopters were considered more dangerous than the early airplanes.[D] Some people thought they would bee widely used by average individuals.14. How has the use of helicopters developed?[A] They have been widely used for various purposes.[B] They are taking the place of highflying jets.[C] They are used for rescue work.[D] They are now used exclusively for mercial projects.15. Under what conditions are helicopters found to be absolutely essential?[A] For overseas passenger transportation.[B] For extremely high altitude flights.[C] For highspeed transportation.[D] For urgent mission to places inaccessible to other kinds of craft.Text 2In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign petitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 . The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to pete. The exact sequence of events uncertain, but events included boy’s gymnas