1999年01月语法题
1. Among the first plants to grow on the land regions of the Earth _____, which in prehistoric times grew to immense size (A) were horsetail rushes 
(B) horsetail rushes (C) horsetail rushes were 
(D) and horsetail rushes
A

2. Unlike fossil fuels, which can be used only once, wind and solar power _____of energy. (A) for renewable sources (B) the sources are renewable (C) are renewable sources (D) renewable sources
C

3. _____ that the first cheese was probably made more than 4,000 years ago by nomadic tribes in Asia. (A) The belief (B) Although they believe (C) It is believed (D) Believing C
 
4. Today _____ of the Earth live on a very small percentage of the Earth`s land surface. (A) about two-thirds populated (B) the population is about two-thirds (C) about two-thirds of the population (D) of about two-thirds the population is  C
5. It was in the year 1792 _____ (A) that the New York Stock Exchange was founded (B) founding the New York Stock Exchange (C) which year the New York Stock Exchange was founded (D) the New York Stock Exchange founded A

6. Many small birds use new sites for each nesting, _____ large birds often reuse the same nest. (A) by (B) how (C) within (D) whereas D

7. Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands _____ essentially flat-topped and stand conspicuously above an adjacent land area. (A) because are (B) because they are (C) because of their (D) which because they are B

8. Although many contemporary craft objects are not _____, they generally have their roots in function. (A) function (B) functionally (C) as function (D) functional D

9. _____ hearing aid was a tube called the ear trumpet, a flared tube held up to the ear. (A) First  (B) When the first (C) It was the first (D) The first D

10. Most leaves are coated with a waterproof _____, or cuticle. (A) that the covering (B) and is covering (C) covering (D) by covering C

11. The first glass factory _____ the North American continent was started in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. (A) established on  (B) being established (C) was established on  (D) that established it A
 
12. _____ in the desert is mainly due to the limited supply of desert water. (A) Plants are widely spaced (B) The spacing of plants is wide (C) Plants to be spaced widely  (D) The wide spacing of plants D

13. In addition to painting highly acclaimed portraits, Mary Cassatt was _____ to several major art collectors. (A) to advise (B) an adviser (C) advised (D) advising B

14. Springwater is _____ clean, since it has been filtered through permeable rocks, but all spring water contains some dissolved minerals. (A) generally fair (B) generally fairly (C) in general fair (D) general and fair B

15. All eels spawn in the sea, the eggs hatching into transparent, ribbon-like larvae _____, feeding until they metamorphose into small eels. (A) that drift about (B) drift about (C) about drifting (D) drift about them A

16. Citrus fruits thrive in quite very tropical climates.
A B C D
  C
quite very---very
 
17.Carson McCullers was fame for her novels about life in the small owns of the southern
A B C D
United States.
A
fame—famous
 
18. Because the atmosphere of Mars is so thin， wind velocities of several hundred
A B C
kilometers per hour are required to raised dust particles during dust storms.
D
D
raised(raise
 
19. Lumbering，the remove of timber from the forest, is a major industry in the Northwest
A B C D
region of North America.
A
Remove(removal
 
20.      The asphalt deposits of La Brea Tar Pit in California have yielded fossils of numerous
A B
animal of the Pleistocene epoch, including the giant ground sloth.
C D
C
animal(animals
 
21.      Located in