2000年考研英语（一）Cloze 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)
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] of                [D] towards
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
41.    [C]    42.    [A]    43.    [B]    44.    [A]    45.    [C]
46.    [D]    47.    [B]    48.    [D]    49.    [C]    50.    [D]
 
2001年考研英语（一）Cloze 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)
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases _31_ the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant _32_ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a _33_ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses _34_ and will strictly control the amount of _35_ that can be given to a case _36_ a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he _37_ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not _38_ sufficient control.
_39_ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a _40_ of media protest when he said the _41_ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges _42_ to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which _43_ the European Convention on Human Rights legally _44_ in Britain, laid down that everybody was _45_ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
“Press freedoms will be in safe hands _46_ our British judges,” he said.
Witness payments became an _47_ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were _48_ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised _49_ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to _50_ guilty verdicts.
 
31.    [A] as to        [B] for instance    [C] in particular    [D] such as
32.    [A] tightening    [B] intensifying    [C] focusing        [D] fastening
33.    [A] sketch        [B] rough        [C] preliminary    [D] draft
34.    [A] illogical        [B] illegal        [C] improbable    [D] improper
35.    [A] publicity    [B] penalty        [C] popularity    [D] peculiarity
36.    [A] since        [B] if            [C] before        [D] as
37.    [A] sided        [B] shared        [C] complied    [D] agreed
38.    [A] present        [B] offer        [C] manifest        [D] indicate
39.    [A] Release        [B] Publication    [C] Printing        [D] Exposure
40.    [A] storm        [B] rage            [C] flare            [D] flash
41.    [A] translation    [B] interpretation    [C] exhibition    [D] demonstration
42.    [A] better than    [B] other than    [C] rather than    [D] sooner than
43.    [A] changes        [B] makes        [C] sets            [D] turns
44.    [A] binding        [B] convincing    [C] restraining    [D] sustaining
45.    [A] authorized    [B] credited        [C] entitled        [D] qualified
46.    [A] with        [B] to            [C] from        [D] by
47.    [A] impact        [B] incident        [C] inference    [D] issue
48.    [A] stated        [B] remarked    [C] said            [D] told
49.    [A] what        [B] when        [C] which        [D] that
41.    [B]    42.    [C]    43.    [B]    44.    [A]    45.    [C]
46.    [A]    47.    [D]    48.    [C]    49.    [D]    50.    [C]
50.    [A] assure        [B] confide        [C] ensure        [D] guarantee