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1.It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person. E

(A) those that are against a

(B) those against a

(D) preventing those against a

(E) it is to prevent those against a

2. Although the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is necessary only in

the South.

(A) the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is D

(B) widely distributed, measures to control the lesser cornstalk borer are

(D) the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, measures to control it are

(E) it is widely distributed, control of the lesser cornstalk borer is

3. Nowhere in Prakta is the influence of modern European architecture more apparent than their

government buildings. C

(A) more apparent than their

(B) so apparent as their

(D) so apparent than in their

(E) as apparent as it is in its

4. Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the world’s largest multinational banks.

(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is A

(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are

(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be

(E) if a significant number of these debts will be repudiated, is

5. Although it claims to delve into political issues,television can be superficial,as when the three major networks each broadcast exactly the same statesmen from a political candidate .

6. In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20

percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground. D

(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell

(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall

(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls.

(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen

7. Founded in 1983, the magazine has since more than doubled its circulation, and its advertising.

8. Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the

art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house.A

(A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and

new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house

(B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses

(C) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house

(D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses

(E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses

9. One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that

any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries. C

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to

other countries

(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States

(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries

(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries.

10. The rules that govern political contributions are less strigent in local elections than they are in national elections because local elections typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse.

11. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling

mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable

groups that occupy the same territory for long periods. A

(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills

(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills

(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West

(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills.

(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

12. School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have

contributed, according to a recent study, to significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces any future need for busing. A

(A) significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces

(B) significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reduces

(D) increase housing integration significantly, in turn reducing

(E) significantly increase housing integration, which, in turn, reduce

13. Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym’s first novel, but it does

not read like an apprentice work.

(A) does not read like an apprentice work A

(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work

(D) does not read like an apprentice work does

(E) reads unlike an apprentice work

14.Reseachers have questioned the use of costly and experimental diagnostic tests to identify food allergies, such as to milk, that supposedly disrupt normal behavior.

15.Artificial intelligence emerged during the last 1950’s as an academic discipline based on the assumption that computers could be programmed to think like people.

16.The mastiffs three military academics have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleages,and improved recruiting by the academies.

17.Just as plant species native to regions with browsing mammals evolved many natural anti-browser defenses(such as sharp spines and toxic chemicals),so humans in malarial regions have envolved dozens of chemical defenses against malaria.

Just as reading Samuel Pepy’s diary gives a student a sense of the seventeeth century—of its texture and psyche—so listening to Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer.

18. According to United States Air Force officials, a cannon shooting dead chickens at airplanes

has proved helpful to demonstrate what kind of damage can result when jets fly into a flock of large birds. E

(A) shooting dead chickens at airplanes has proved helpful to demonstrate

(B) shooting dead chickens at airplanes has proved itself helpful as a demonstration of

(D) that shoots dead chickens at airplanes proves itself helpful to demonstrate

(E) that shoots dead chickens at airplanes has proved helpful in demonstrating

19.Because the enemy’s new ship is the quitest and therefore the most elusive of submarine, it is being increasingly viewed by the military as a threat to security.

20. Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one

that they believe is a type previously unknown to science. E

(A) that they believe is

(B) that they believe it to be

(D) they believe that is

(E) they believe to be of

21. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the

government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a

movement toward a minimal state. A

(A) However much United States voters may agree that

(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

(D) Even though United States voters may agree

(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

22.The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants. E

(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing

(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign

23. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era. C

(A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

(E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

24. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.D

(A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many

people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people

are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.

(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are

disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while

willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

25. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty

centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.

(A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there D

(B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

(D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

(E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

26. William H. Johnson’s artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in painti ngs that range from

sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife’s Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway.

(A) and B

(B) to

(D) with

(E) in addition to

27. Unlike a funded pension system, in which contributions are invested to pay future

beneficiaries, a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security.

(A) a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security E

(B) the foundation of Social Security is a pay-as-you-go approach

(D) Social Security’s approach is pay-as-you-go

(E) Social Security is founded on a pay-as-you-go approach

28. Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children. D

(A) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to

(B) to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to

(C)provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they

(D)to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can

(E) provide workers with unpaid leave and

29. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.

(A) while being an adolescent E

(B) while in adolescence

(D) as being in adolescence

(E) as an adolescent

30. A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.

(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to A

(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to

(D)liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often

(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

31. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking turns drawing on the funds for home mortgages. C

(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing

(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing

(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew

(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns.

32. Growing competitive pressures may be encouraging auditors to bend the rules in favor of clients; auditors may, for instance, allow a questionable loan to remain on the books in order to maintain a bank’s profits on paper. A

(A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow

(B) clients, as an instance, to allow

(D) clients, such as to be allowing

(E) clients; which might, as an instance, be the allowing of

33. If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.

(A) have been and will continue to diminish E

(B) have and will continue to diminish

(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,

(E) will continue to diminish

34. Gall’s hypothesis of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today. C

(A) of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today

(B) of different mental functions that are localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today

(D) which is that there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today

(E) which is widely accepted today is that there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain

35.Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the

site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. A

(A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations

(B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations

(D) flourishing at the same time as those did

(E) flourishing at the same time as those were

36. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old

male’s income; and forty-four percent in 1984. B

(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984

(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent

(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure

(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984

37. In contrast to large steel plants that take iron ore through all the steps needed to produce

several different kinds of steel, processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain economically viable. D (A) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain

(B) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining

(C) the processing of steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining

(D) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remain

(E) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remained

38. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that

there is one when it is not. C

(A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one

(B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one

(D) when a condition is present and indicate its presence

(E) the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence

39. Out of America’s fascination which all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles

of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the

claw-footed bathtub. B

(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

40. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for

every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago. C

(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were

(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

41. Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax

Reform Act of 1986. D

(A) so many changes at once as they had in

(B) at once as many changes as

(D) as many changes at once as they confronted in

(E) so many changes at once that confronted them in

42.The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian—vegetables, fresh

cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely. E

(A) and meat rarely

(B) and meat was rare

(D) meat a rarity

(E)with meat as a rarity

43. An invetory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then

only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages. A

(A) as much as even

(B) so much as even

(D) even as much that

(E) even so much that

44. The decision by one of the nation’s largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on

foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and

increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds. C

(A) increasing the pressure

(B) the increasing pressure

(D) the pressure increased

(E) the pressure increasing

45. Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density, allows for more

open space in areas where little water or services exist.

(A) little water or services exist

(B) little water or services exists E

(D) there is little water or services available

(E) there are few services and little available water

46. Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended s ales slump in women’s

apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three month liquidation sale in all of its stores.

(A) its many problems had been the recent

(B) its many problems has been the recently

(D) their many problems is the recent

(E) their many problems had been the recent

47. Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers

that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. A

(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are

(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills

(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills

(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills

48. It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial

output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year. C

(A) the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year

(B) the annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial output and tax revenues

(D) $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy

(E) lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of illiteracy

49. Egyptians are credited as having pioneered embalming methods as long ago as 2650 B.C.

(A) as having B

(B) with having

(D) as the ones who

(E) for being the ones who

50. Domestic automobile manufacturers have invested millions of dollars into research to develop

cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road. D

(A) into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road

(B) into research for developing even more gasoline-efficient cars on the road than at present

(D) in research to develop cars even more gasoline-efficient than those at present on the road

(E) in research for developing cars that are even more gasoline-efficient than presently on the road

51. From the bark of the paper birch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feet long and

two feet wide, with small ribs and rails of cedar, which could carry four persons or eight

hundred pounds of baggage so light that a person could easily portage it around impeding rapids. E

(A) baggage so light

(B) baggage being so light

(D) baggage, and so light

(E) baggage yet was so light

52. A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample

that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition. D

(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess

(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing

(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess

(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

53. Executives and federal officials say that the use of crack and cocaine is growing rapidly among

workers, significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of more than $100 billion a year. B

(A) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of

(B) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business

(D) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costing business

(E) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costs business

54. The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General

Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. A

(A) who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as

(B) who, establishing a mosque in the building, used the Acropolis like

(D) who had established a mosque in the building, using the Acropolis to be

(E) establishing a mosque in the building and using the Acropolis as

55.The energy source on V oyagar 2 is not a nuclear reator, in which atoms are actively broken apart;rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioavtive decay to produce power.

(A) apart;rather B

(B) apart, but rather

(D) apart, but that of

(E) apart;it is that of

56.During the early yeas of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as ‘wilderness’ by the newcomers,Native Americans ,with their intimate knowledge of the ecology of the

land,helped to rescue many Pilgrims and pioneers hardship, or even death.

57.Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the

Earth;consequently,we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.

58.Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required of firms to survive in the electronics industry,an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand ,such firms tend to be very large.

59.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances,but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

改成A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as

60.Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than for any previous campaign,it had provisions for only twenty-four days.

61.Teratoams are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the rgan in which the tumor appears .

改成in that they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bones,tissues 位于句尾的名词优选

62.Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.

63.The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for several years followed a policy aimed at decreadsing operating costs and improving the efficiency of its distribution system.

64.Although the term ‘psychopath’ is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.

改成it refers to someone who is

65.Over a period of 100 years beginning in 1788,England exiled some 160,000 criminals to Australia.

66.