2 0 0 0 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 第 1 页 共 5 2 页 2000 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Part ⅠClose Test Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points) ①If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. ②He must store a large quantity of grain 1 consuming all his grain immediately. ③He can continue to support himself and his family 2 he produces a surplus. ④He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance 3 the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to 4 old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to 5 the soil. ⑤He may also need money to construct irrigation 6 and improve his farm in other ways. ⑥If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be 7 . ⑦He must either sell some of his property or 8 extra funds in the form of loans. ⑧Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low 9 of interest, but loans of this kind are not 10 obtainable. [139 words ] 1.[A] other than [B] as well as [C] instead of [D] more than 2.[A] only if [B] much as [C] long before [D] ever since 3.[A] for [B] against [C] of [D] towards 4.[A] replace [B] purchase [C] supplement [D] dispose 5.[A] enhance [B] mix [C] feed [D] raise 6.[A] vessels [B] routes [C] paths [D] channels 7.[A] self-confident [B] self-sufficient [C] self-satisfied [D]self-restrained 8.[A] search [B] ...