2008年工程硕士英语运用能力模拟试题

Part One Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:
There are ten incomplete sentences in this part．For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1．The former governor withdrew from political life and as ________ he was soon forgotten.
A．an end
B．a result
C．an outcome
D．an event
2．With the gradual improvement of transportation and communications, farmers have now had easier __________ to cities and towns.
A．access
B．reach
C．approach
D．touch
3．Corruption in the running of the city’s largest bank was __________ in People’s Daily yesterday.
A．detected
B．detested
C．exposed
D．discovered
4．The software is a popular tool in business, where it ____________ and simplifies such procedures as budgeting.
A．puts on
B．puts forward
C．takes after
D．speeds up
5．Your first contact with an employer will be either to apply for a known job opening or to find out if any jobs are ____________.
A．opened
B．hired
C．available
D．variable
6．Scarcely such an exciting football match.
A．have I ever seen
B．I have ever seen
C．saw I
D．I saw
7．It was in the name of freedom Kennedy led his country deeper into its cruel, hopeless war in Vietnam.
A．when
B．as
C．while
D．that
8．______ , we went out for a swim in the lake.
A．The day being hot
B．It was hot
C．It is hot
D．The day was not
9．Most people have come to realize that it is about time the government further measures to control the population.
A．must take
B．is taking
C．takes
D．took
10．It has been estimated that the earth’s surface temperature has increased one quarter to three fourths of a degree since 1850.
A．by
B．at
C．to
D．with