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1、1998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题SectionIClozeTestDirections:Foreachnumberedblankinthefollowingpassage,therearefourchoicesmarked[A],[B],[C],and[D].ChoosethebestoneandmarkyouransweronANSWERSHEET1byblackeningthecorrespondingletterinthebracketswithapencil.(10points)Untilrecentlymosthistorianss
2、pokeverycriticallyoftheIndustrialRevolution.They1thatinthelongrunindustrializationgreatlyraisedthestandardoflivingforthe2man.Buttheyinsistedthatits3resultsduringtheperiodfrom1750to1850werewidespreadpovertyandmiseryforthe4oftheEnglishpopulation.5contrast,theysawintheprecedinghundr
3、edyearsfrom1650to1750,whenEnglandwasstilla6agriculturalcountry,aperiodofgreatabundanceandprosperity.Thisview,7,isgenerallythoughttobewrong.Specialists8historyandeconomics,have9twothings:thattheperiodfrom1650to1750was10bygreatpoverty,andthatindustrializationcertainlydidnotworsenan
4、dmayhaveactuallyimprovedtheconditionsforthemajorityofthepopulace.1.[A]admitted[B]believed[C]claimed[D]predicted2.[A]plain[B]average[C]mean[D]normal3.[A]momentary[B]prompt[C]instant[D]immediate4.[A]bulk[B]host[C]gross[D]magnitude5.[A]On[B]With[C]For[D]By6.[A]broadly[B]thoroughly[C
5、]generally[D]completely7.[A]however[B]meanwhile[C]therefore[D]moreover8.[A]at[B]in[C]about[D]for9.[A]manifested[B]approved[C]shown[D]speculated10.[A]noted[B]impressed[C]labeled[D]markedSectionⅡReadingComprehensionDirections:Eachofthepassagesbelowisfollowedbysomequestions.Foreachq
6、uestiontherearefouranswersmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D].Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthequestions.ThenmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEET1byblackeningthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.(40points)Text1Fewcreationsofbigtechnologycapturetheimaginationlikegiantdams.Per
7、hapsitishumankind’slongsufferingatthemercyoffloodanddroughtthatmakestheideaofforcingthewaterstodoourbiddingsofascinating.Buttobefascinatedisalso,sometimes,tobeblind.Severalgiantdamprojectsthreatentodomoreharmthangood.Thelessonfromdamsisthatbigisnotalwaysbeautiful.Itdoesn’thelptha
8、tbuildingabig,powerfuldamhasbecomeasymbo