四、歷年試題
　　1.Victory in the eleven   （large） states alone would provide an electoral majority. （99.10）
　　答案：largest。此題主要考查 large 的最高級(jí)。
　　2.Even Democrat George McGovern,   had the lowest level of party support among recent
　　Nominees, was backed in 1972 by nearly 60 percent of his party's voters. （99.10）
　　A.who B.whose C.that　D.which
　　答案：A. who 引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句。
　　3.漢譯英：這與其說取決于候選人的個(gè)人特點(diǎn)不如說取決于外部因素。（00.4） 答案：This depends on external factors rather than on a candidate's personal
　　characteristics.
　　4.In 1991, after the Gulf War, Bush's approval rating reached 91 percent, the highest level recorded since polling   （begin） in the 1930s. （00.10）
　　答案：began。此題考查過去時(shí)，因?yàn)橛幸粋�(gè)明顯的過去時(shí)間狀語“in the 1930s”。
　　5.Americans have learned much about the way in which the system can be managed so as to   the peaceful transfer of power from one party to the other. （01.4）
　　A.make it possible B.make possible C.make possibly D.make it possibly
　　答案：B.本題中 make 的賓語太長(zhǎng)，所以放到了賓補(bǔ) possible 的后面�！癿ake …possible” 表示“使…成為可能”。
　　6.In deciding   a course of action, the candidate tried to estimate its
　　likely impact on the voters. （02.4） A.what to pursue
　　B.which to pursue
　　C.whether to pursue
　　D.if to pursue
　　答案：C.分析：所要填的空是 deciding 的賓語。而 pursue 后面的賓語是 a course of action。 選項(xiàng) A “what to pursue”, what 是賓語。選項(xiàng) B 中，which 也是作主語或賓 語。選項(xiàng) D. 語法結(jié)構(gòu)不對(duì)，因此選 C.
　　7.A major-party nominee has the critical advantage in the campaign for the presidential election   he has the support from the party faithful. （ 03 ，
　　10 ）
　　A.in that B.in which C.for which D.for that
　　答案：A “在于”（復(fù)合連詞表示原因）
　　Trans lation
　　1.  眾所周知，美國總統(tǒng)選舉每四年一次。
　　答： It  is  well  known  that pres idential  elections occur in  the United States  every 4 years .
　　2.  克林頓那時(shí)始終把競(jìng)選的注意力集中在國家緩慢發(fā)展的經(jīng)濟(jì)上。
　　答： At that time  Clinton always  kept  the campaign focused on the nation’s s low-developing economy.
　　3.  候選人都想盡力表現(xiàn)出一種強(qiáng)有力的領(lǐng)袖形象。
　　答： Candidate  try  to project a  strong leaders hip image.
　　4.  選民們是否接受這一形象更取決于外在因素。 答案
　　答：Whether voters  accept this  image  depends more  on external factors .
　　5.  候選人特別關(guān)注如何在人口最多那些州獲勝。
　　答： Candidates are particularly concerned with how to win the states which have th e largest population .