97年05月TOFEL全真试题(语法)
1.The ponderosa pine is _____ of most of the timber used by forest product
firms in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
(A)the source
(B)as source
(C)the source which
(D)because the source
2.Computers that once took up entire rooms are now _____ to put on desktops
and into wristwatches.
(A)small enough
(B)smaller than
(C)so small
(D)as small as
3.According to some educator, the goal of teaching is to help students learn
what _____ to know to live a well-adjusted and successful life.
(A)do they need
(B)they need
(C)they are needed
(D)as they may need.
4.The sapphire's transparency to ultraviolet and infrared radiation makes
_____ in optical instruments.
(A)it is of use
(B)it uses
(C)it a useful
(D)it useful
5._____ initial recognition while still quite young.
(A)Most famous scientists achieved.
(B)That most famous scientists achieved
(C)Most famous scientists who achieved
(D)For most famous scientists to achieve.
6.Mango trees, _____ densely covered with glossy leaves and bear small
fragrant flowers, grow rapidly and can attain heights of up to 90 feet.
(A)whose
(B)which are
(C)are when
(D)which
7._____, the Canadian composer Barbara Pentland wrote four symphonies, three
concertos, and an opera, among other works.
(A)An artist who, prolific
(B)Is a prolific artist
(C)Prolific an artist
(D)A prolific artist.
8.The Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park in Texas were created by
volcanic eruptions that occurred _____.
(A)the area in which dinosaurs roamed
(B)when dinosaurs roamed the area
(C)did dinosaurs roam the area
(D)dinosaurs roaming the area.
9.In bas-relief sculpture, a design projects very slightly from its
background, _____ some coins.
(A) as on
(B) because
(C) the way that
(D) similarly.
10. Alaska found the first years of its statehood costly because it had to
take over the expense of services _____ previously by the federal government.
(A) To provide
(B) Be provided
(C) providing
(D) provided.
11. With age, the mineral content of human bones decreases, _____ them more
fragile.
(A) make
(B) and to make
(C) thereby making
(D) which it makes.
12. Not until Kentucky's Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972
_____.
(A) when was its full extent realized
(B) that its full extent realized
(C) was its full extent realized
(D) the realization of its full extent.
13. The first explorer _____ California by land was Jedediah Strong Smith, a
trapper who crossed the southwestern deserts of the United States in 1826.
(A) that he reached
(B) reached
(C) to reach
(D) reaching it
14. Written to be performed on a _____, Thornton Wilder's play Our Town
depicts life in a small New England community.
(A) stage scenery of bare
(B) bare of stage scenery
(C) scenery bare of stage
(D) stage bare of scenery.
15. _____ many copper mines in the state of Arizona, a fact which contributes
significantly to the state's economy.
(A) They are
(B) There are
(C) Of the
(D) The
16. A food additive(A) is any chemical(B) that food manufactures
intentional(C) add to their products(D).
17. Margaret Mead studied(A) many different(B) cultures, and she was one of
the first(C) anthropologists to photograph hers(D) subjects.
18. Talc, a(A) soft mineral with a variety(B) of uses, sold is(C) in slabs or
in powdered
from(D).
19. During(A) the 1870's iron workers in Alabama proved they could(B) produce
iron by burning(C) iron ore with coke, instead(D) than with charcoal.
20. Geologists(A) at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory rely(B) on a number(C)
of instruments to studying(D) the volcanoes in Hawaii.
21. Underlying aerodynamics and all(A) other branches(B) of theoretical
mechanics are(C) the laws of motion who(D) were developed in the seventeenth
century.
22. Was opened(A) in 1918, the Phillips Collection in(B) Washington, D.C.,
was the first museum in the United States devoted to(C) modern art(D).
23. A mortgage enables(A) a person to buy(B) property without(C) paying for
it outright; thus more people are able to enjoy to own(D) a house.
24. Alike(A) ethnographers, ethnohistorians make(B) systematic observations,
but they also(C)gather data from documentary and oral sources(D).
25. Basal body temperature refers(A) to the most lowest(B) temperature of a
healthy(C) individual during waking hours.
26. Research(A) in the United States on acupuncture has focused(B) on it(C)
use in pain relief(D) and anesthesia.
27. The Moon's gravitational(A) field cannot(B) keep atmospheric gases from
escape(C) into space(D).
28. Although(A) the pecan tree is chiefly value(B) for its fruit, its wood is
used(C) extensively for(D) flooring, furniture, boxed, and crates.
29. Born(A) in Texas in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter produced three
collection(B) of short stories(C) before publishing(D) her well-known novel Ship
of Fools in 1962.
30. Insulation from cold, protect(A) against dust and sand(B), and camouflage
are(C) among the functions(D) of hair for animals.
31. The notion(A) that students are not sufficiently involved(B) in their
education is one reason for the recently(C) surge of support for(D)
undergraduate research.
32. As(A) secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman
worked to help
(B) the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States solved(C)
their financial
(D) problems.
33. Faults in the Earth's crust are most evidently(A) in sedimentary
formations(B), where(C) they interrupt(D) previously continuous layers.
34. Many flowering(A) plants benefit of(B) pollination by adult(C)
butterflies and(D) moths.
35. A number of(A) the American Indian languages spoken at the time of the
European arrival in the New World in the late fifteen(D) century have become
extinct.
36. George Gershwin was an American composer whose(A) concert works joined(B)
the sounds of jazz with(C) them(D) of traditional orchestration.
37. One of the problems(A) of United States agriculture that has persisted
during the (B) 1920's until the present day is the tendency of farm income to
lag behind(C) the costs of production(D).
38. Volcanism occurs(A) on Earth in several geological setting(B), most of
which are associated with the boundaries of the enormous(C), rigid plates that
make up(D) the lithosphere.
39. Early European settlers in North America used(A) medicines they(B) made
from plants native(C) to treat colds, pneumonia, and ague, an(D) illness similar
to malaria.
40. Some insects(A) bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, being(B)
long, slenderness(C), wingless, and brownish in color(D).
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