1998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They __41__ that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the __42__ man. But they insisted that its __43__ results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the __44__ of the English population. __45__ contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a __46__ agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.

This view, __47__, is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists __48__ history and economics, have __49__ two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was __50__ by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.

41. [A] admitted

[B] believed

[C] claimed

[D] predicted

42. [A] plain

[B] average

[C] mean

[D] normal

43. [A] momentary

[B] prompt

[C] instant

[D] immediate

44. [A] bulk

[B] host

[C] gross

[D] magnitude

45. [A] On

[B] With

[C] For

[D] By

46. [A] broadly

[B] thoroughly

[C] generally

[D] completely

47. [A] however

[B] meanwhile

[C] therefore

[D] moreover

48. [A] at

[B] in

[C] about

[D] for

49. [A] manifested

[B] approved

[C] shown

[D] speculated

50. [A] noted

[B] impressed

[C] labeled

[D] marked

1998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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

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