2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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 __41__ consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family __42__ he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance __43__ the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to __44__ old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to __45__ the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation __46__ and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be __47__. He must either sell some of his property or __48__ extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low __49__ of interest, but loans of this kind are not __50__ obtainable.

41. [A] other than

[B] as well as

[C] instead of

[D] more than

42. [A] only if

[B] much as

[C] long before

[D] ever since

43. [A] for

[B] against

[C] supplement

[D] dispose

44. [A] replace

[B] purchase

[C] supplement

[D] dispose

45. [A] enhance

[B] mix

[C] feed

[D] raise

46. [A] vessels

[B] routes

[C] paths

[D] channels

47. [A] self-confident

[B] self-sufficient

[C] self-satisfied

[D] self-restrained

48. [A] search

[B] save

[C] offer

[D] seek

49. [A] proportion

[B] percentage

[C] rate

[D] ratio

50. [A] genuinely

[B] obviously

[C] presumably

[D] frequently

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

41. [C] 42. [A] 43. [B] 44. [A] 45. [C]

46. [D] 47. [B] 48. [D] 49. [C] 50. [D]