2022年天津商業(yè)大學(xué)寶德學(xué)院自考英語(yǔ)（二）練習(xí)題匯總（附答案解析）

2022年天津商業(yè)大學(xué)寶德學(xué)院自考英語(yǔ)（二）

練習(xí)題匯總（附答案解析）

第1題【單選題】

[2008.10]Johnsonwasunknownbeforerunningforthepresidency.

A、visibly

B^visually

C、vertically

D、virtually

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查（形近的）副詞詞義區(qū)分。譯文：事實(shí)上，約翰遜在參選

總統(tǒng)職位之前是個(gè)無(wú)名人士。A顯然，明顯地B外表上，直觀地C垂直地，

直立地D實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上

第2題【單選題】

【2008.04]Thegovernmentfinallyallthedocumentsrelatingtothewar.

A>released

B、specialized

C、realized

D^supposed

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查動(dòng)詞意義區(qū)分。A〃公開(kāi)發(fā)表、公布或發(fā)布（新聞）"B專

門(mén)從事、專攻C意識(shí)到、領(lǐng)悟D假定、猜想。整句話的意思是：政府最

終公布了與這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)有關(guān)的全部文件。

第3題【單選題】

【概括大意】Ifyouaretiredofmakingvagueexcusesforanotherdullsummerat

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home,hereisathoughttoliftyourspirits.Youdonotneedanythingsoradicalas

winningalottery（彩票）tofinanceatriptoEurope.Astudentidentitycardthatcan

beobtainedforafewdollarsfromtheCouncilonInternationalEducationalExchange

entitles（給予、授權(quán)）youtodiscounttickets（打折機(jī)票）oncertaincharterflights

toLondonandParis,aswellasreducedadmissiontomanymuseums,cinemas,and

musicalevents.OnceinEurope,youcanstayatapprovedyouthhostelsforabout

twodollarsanight.Sodon'tgiveupyourhopesofbecominganinternational

traveler.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A>ItiseasyforastudenttotravelinEuropeduringthesummer.

B^Thestudentneedstoobtainanidentitycardtotravelatacheaprate.

C^Thestudentcouldstayatapprovedyouthhostelsforabouttwodollarsanight.

D、Thestudentswillbecomeinternationaltravelersinsummer.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】這段話主要講學(xué)生暑假去歐洲的一些優(yōu)惠來(lái)論證學(xué)生去歐洲旅行是

很容易的。因此選擇A。

第4題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Butjustlikeyouralarmclock,yourinternalclockcanbereset.Infact,it

automaticallyresetsitselfeveryday.How?Byusingthelightitgetsthroughyour

eyes.Scientistshaveknownforalongtimethatthelightofdayandthedarkofnight

playimportantrolesinsettingourinternalclocks.Foryears,researchersthoughtthat

thesignalsthatsynchronizethebody'sclockwerehandledthroughthesame

pathwaysthatweusetosee.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccording

tothefourthandfifthparagraphs?

A、Ourbiologicalclockresetsitselfautomatically.

B、Lightgetsthroughoureyesandresetsourbiologicalclock.

C、Ourinternalclockaswellasthealarmclockcanberesetautomatically.

D、Ourinternalclock,likethealarmclock,canbereset.

【正確答案】C

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【答案解析】是非判斷題，根據(jù)第五自然段首句Butjustlike（和……一樣）your

alarmclock,yourinternalclockcanbereset.Infact,itautomaticallyresetsitself

everyday.How?Byusingthelightitgetsthroughyoureyes.代詞it指代biological

clock,不是選項(xiàng)internalclock和alarmdock都可以自動(dòng)調(diào)節(jié)。得到答案為C。AD

我們的生物鐘自動(dòng)調(diào)節(jié)。B光線通過(guò)我們的眼睛調(diào)節(jié)生物鐘，與原文一致。

第5題【單選題】

[2009.10]Theprofit-sharingplanisdesignedtothestafftoworkhard.

A、calculate

B、demonstrate

C^speculate

D^motivate

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查詞語(yǔ)辨析。【譯文】利潤(rùn)共享計(jì)劃目的是激發(fā)員工努力工

作。A計(jì)算、估算B證實(shí)、論證、演示C思索、推測(cè)D激勵(lì)、激發(fā)

第6題【單選題】

【完成句子】Intelligencewasbelievedtobeafixedentity,somefacultyofthemind

thatweallpossessandwhichdeterminesinsomewaytheextentofour

achievements.ItsValuetherefore,wasasapredictorofchildren'sfuturelearning.If

theydifferedmarkedlyintheirabilitytolearncomplextasks,thenitwasclearly

necessarytoeducatethemdifferentlyandtheneedfordifferenttypesofschooland

evendifferentabilitygroupswithinschoolwasobvious.Intelligencetestscouldbe

usedforstreamingchildrenaccordingtoabilityatanearlyage;andat11thesetests

weresuperiortomeasuresofattainmentforselectingchildrenfordifferenttypesof

secondaryeducation.Itwasoncebelieved,andthuswecantellhow

successfulhe/shewillbeinthefutureaccordingtohis/herintelligence.

A^borntobemoreintelligentorlessintelligent

B^taughttobemoreintelligent

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C、thatintelligencewassomethingababywasbornwith

D、andbecauseofthelackofcommunicationwithhisclassmates

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】空格處需要真正的主語(yǔ)（It是形式主語(yǔ)），因此根據(jù)語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)判斷C

是答案。該句大意是"人們?cè)?jīng)一度相信，智力是一個(gè)孩子天生所具有的，因?yàn)?/p>

我們可以根據(jù)他/她的智力水平判斷他/她在將來(lái)是否會(huì)取得成功。

第7題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Thesmokethatcomesfromalitcigarettecontainsmanydifferent

poisonouschemicals.Inthepast,scientistsdidnotthinkthatthesechemicalscould

harmanonsmoker'shealth..Theydiscoveredthatevennonsmokershad

unhealthyamountsofthesetoxic（有毒的）chemicalsintheirbodies.

A、TheGilsonshavebeenmarriedfor35years.

B^Recently,though,scientistschangedtheiropinionaftertheystudiedalarge

groupofnonsmokers.

C>Wecannotavoidsecondhandsmokeinrestaurants.

D、IntheUnitedStates,ninemillionchildrenundertheageoffiveliveinhomes

withatleastonesmoker.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】前一句講的是科學(xué)家們過(guò)去對(duì)二手煙的看法，接下來(lái)應(yīng)選表示他們

改變觀點(diǎn)的句子，因?yàn)橄乱痪浔砻魉麄兯值挠^點(diǎn)己與過(guò)去截然不同。

第8題【單選題】

【完成句子】Didyouknowthatbefore1950,hurricaneshadnonames?Theywere

simplygivennumbers.ThefirstnamesweresimplyAlpha,Bravo,Charlie,etc.butin

1953,femalesnamesweregivenbecauseoftheunpredictability（不可預(yù)知）factorof

thestorms.In1979,realizingthesexist（性別歧視的）natureofsuchnames,thelists

wereexpandedtoincludebothmenandwomen.Themainconsiderationofusing

malesandfemales7namesforhurricanesis.

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A、thetimely（及時(shí)的）discovery

B>itsuncertainty

C、sexequality

D、itsconnectionwithhumans

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】依靠原文（利用（male,female）names作為答案線索詞）中最后

一句判斷答案為C（與性別有關(guān)）。

第9題【單選題】

[2009.04]Don'ttrusteverythingyouhavereadinthenewspapers.

A^which

B>that

C、as

D、what

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查定語(yǔ)從句。譯文：不要相信你在報(bào)紙上讀到的每件事。定

語(yǔ)從句所修飾的先行詞是不定代詞everything,故選B。

第10題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】LateoneSundayafternooninSeptember1999,OseolaMcCarty,an

elderlycleaningladypassedawayinthelittlewoodenframehousewhereshehad

livedandworkedmostofherlife.Itmayseemlikeanordinaryendtoahumblelife,

buttherewassomethingquiteexceptionalaboutthiswoman.Inthesummerof

1995,McCartygave$150,000,mostofthemoneyshehadsavedthroughoutherlife,

totheUniversityofSouthernMississippiinherhometown.Themoneywastohelp

otherAfricanAmericansthroughuniversity.Shehadstartedhersavingshabitasa

youngchildwhenshewouldreturnfromschooltocleanandironformoneywhich

shewouldthensave.Thiswomanshockedandinspiredtheworldbecause.

A>shehadmanagedtosavesomuchmoney

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B、shegavehermoneytoAfricanAmericans

C^shegaveherlifesavingstohelpothersthroughuniversity

D、sheonlyspentmoneyoncheapthings

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】答案選C。only是絕對(duì)詞，在選項(xiàng)D中出現(xiàn)，根據(jù)經(jīng)驗(yàn)排除D；對(duì)

照原文第一自然段最后一句話therewassomethingquiteexceptionalaboutthis

woman說(shuō)她有些特別的地方，接著第二自然段就講Inthesummerof1995,

McCartygave$150,000,mostofthemoneyshehadsavedthroughoutherlife,to

theUniversityofSouthernMississippiinherhometown.她把大部分積攢的錢(qián)捐獻(xiàn)

給了家鄉(xiāng)的大學(xué)，A和B表達(dá)都不全面，答案是C。

第"題【單選題】

[2010.04]Bytheendofnextyearthebridge.

A、istocomplete

B、hasbeencompleted

C>willbecompleted

D、willhavebeencompleted

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】【譯文】到明年年底之前，這座橋修建將完成。【試題分析】本題

考查語(yǔ)法?！驹敿?xì)解答】動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。bytheendof到……時(shí)為止；在……之前。將來(lái)

完成時(shí)態(tài)，用于表達(dá)在將來(lái)某時(shí)間以前已經(jīng)完成的動(dòng)作。

第12題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Whataboutdrinkingalcoholtowetyourthroat?Iadviceyounotto

touchalcoholbeforespeaking.Youwillfeelall-powerfulandyouwillfeelyoucando

everything,butinfactyourbrainandyourmouthdonotworktogetherproperly.

Savethealcoholuntilafteryoufinishspeaking.Q:Duetotheeffectofalcohol,your

thoughtandyourmouthwillnotcoordinateproperly.

A>True

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B>False

C>NotGiven

【正確答案】A

[答案解析]答案選Ao本題的關(guān)鍵句為:butinfactyourbrainandyourmouthdo

notworktogetherproperly.因此本題答案為A。

第13題【單選題】

[2010.04]Wehavegreatlytheprocedureaccordingtothechairman's

suggestion.

A、stimulated

B^perceived

C>obscured

D、simplified

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】【譯文】按照主席的提議我們已經(jīng)大大地簡(jiǎn)化了步驟。【試題分析】

本題考查詞義辨析?！驹敿?xì)解答】動(dòng)詞的詞義選取。

第14題【單選題】

【概括大意】Thecharmingsmilesandservicefromthesalesladiesandgentlemen

arealwaystherereadyforyou.Moreoftenthannot（往往）,onsuchoccasions

newcomersfromelsewhere,say,Chinamainland,mayfeelsomethingmorethan

mereuneasiness-evenasenseofguiltiftheydonotbuysomethingfromtheshop.

Forsomelocalold-timers（老前輩，老人）,especiallytheteenagers,theyfeelquite

athomewithallthese.Someofthemthinkitisnogoodtobethe"God";sometimes

theywouldratherbeashoplifter.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A、HongKongisworthyofitsreputationasabusinesscenteroftheworld.

B、Itisuneasytobeofferedsmilesandservices.

C、Shoppingorwindow-shoppinghere,youcanreallyfeelthemeaningof"The

CustomeristheGod!

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D、Shopliftinghasbeenafrequentcriminaloffence.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段強(qiáng)調(diào)的是這里〃顧客是上帝〃的這種理念和氛圍。因此選擇C。

第15題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

B、which

C、when

D、that

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查主語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞的選擇。譯文：大會(huì)什么時(shí)候召開(kāi)還沒(méi)

有決定。詳細(xì)解答：A什么；B哪一個(gè)；C什么時(shí)候；D（無(wú)詞義）。

第16題【單選題】

【2009.01]Thetwinsisterswereidenticalappearanceandcharacter.

A>of

B、with

C、in

D、to

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查介詞詞義。句意：這對(duì)雙胞胎姐妹的面容和性格都一模一

樣。beidenticalto/with完全相同的，一模一樣的。本題要說(shuō)明在某個(gè)方面是一

樣的，故選C。

第17題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thevehiclewastravelingatspeeds90milesperhour.

A、inadditionto

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B、inviewof

C>inexcessof

D、insearchof

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】本題考查短語(yǔ)辨析。那輛車(chē)以超過(guò)每小時(shí)90英里的速度行駛。A.

除…之外、例外；B.由…看來(lái)、有鑒于；C.過(guò)分、超出；D.尋找、追

求。

第18題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】TwothousandyearsagotheChinesehadalreadydevelopedaworking

compass.Apieceoflodestone（天然磁石）wouldbecutintotheshapeofaladle（長(zhǎng)

柄勺）.Placedonastoneboardwithasmoothsurface,thelodestonewouldmove

rounduntilthe"handle'*oftheladlepointedsouthwhilethebulk（主體）oftheladle

wasattractedtomagneticnorth.Thisinterestinglyshapeddeviceismentionedina

bookfromabout80.Otherancientbooksmayhavedateditasfarbackasthe

fourthcenturyJade（玉石）findersplayedanimportantroleintheinventionofthe

"ladle".Theytravelledgreatdistancestolookforjade.Inordernottolosedirections,

theywouldtakea"ladle"withthem.WhendidtheChineseinventthecompass?

A、In1492.

B^InthethirteencenturyA.D.

C、InA.D.80.

D、Atleast2000yearsago.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本段中TwothousandyearsagotheChinesehadalreadydevelopeda

workingcompass.直接告訴我們中國(guó)發(fā)明指南針的時(shí)間。

第19題【單選題】

[2009.01]Heinsuredhiscarhehadanaccident.

A>unless

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B、if

C、since

D、incase

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查連詞詞義區(qū)分。句意：他給自己的汽車(chē)投了保，以防萬(wàn)一

遇到交通事故。A否則，要不然；B如果；C自從，由于；D以防萬(wàn)一，以免。

第20題【單選題】

[2009.01]Heinsuredhiscarhehadanaccident.

A、unless

B、if

C、since

D、incase

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查連詞詞義區(qū)分。句意：他給自己的汽車(chē)投了保，以防萬(wàn)一

遇到交通事故。A否則，要不然；B如果；C自從，由于；D以防萬(wàn)一，以免。

第21題【單選題】

【完成句子】Americanseatwithknivesandforks;Japaneseeatwithchopsticks.

Americanssay"Hi"whentheymeet;Japanesebow.ManyAmericanmenopendoors

forwomen;Japanesemendonot.Onthesurface,itappearsthatgoodmannersin

AmericaarenotgoodmannersinJapan,andinawaythisistrue.Butinanycountry,

theonlymannersthatareimportantarethoseinvolvingoneperson'sbehavior

towardanotherperson.Inallcountriesitisgoodmannerstobehaveconsiderately

towardothersandbadmannersnotto.Itisonlythewayofbehavingthatdiffers

fromcountrytocountry.Thetopicsentenceofthisparagraphis.

A、Americanseatwithknivesandforks;Japaneseeatwithchopsticks.

B、ManyAmericanmenopendoorsforwomen;Japanesemendonot.

C、Thewayofbehavingthatdiffersfromcountrytocountry.

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D、Inallcountriesitisgoodmannerstobehaveconsideratelytowardothersand

badmannersnotto.

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】文章的最后一句話是對(duì)前面的一個(gè)總結(jié)，道出了本段的主題。因此

選擇C。

第22題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】In1841,abookwaspublishedwhichastonishedtheworld.Itwas

called“IncidentsofTravelinCentralAmerica,ChiapasandYucatan”.TheauthorJohn

LoudStephenshadjustreturnedfromalong,difficultanddangerousjourney

throughthethickrainforestofsouthernMexicoandGuatemala.Hehadoncebeen

therewithFrederickCatherwood,anarchitectandartist,tosearchfortheremainsof

alostcivilizationknownastheMayas（瑪雅）.VerylittlewasknownabouttheMayas

atthattime,butCatherwood'sdrawinginthebookshowedincrediblecitieswith

temples,pyramidsandotherbuildingsasimpressiveasthoseoftheirnorthern

neighbors,theAztecs.Thesecities,however,weredeserted.Theinhabitants（居民）

haddisappearedalmostathousandyearsbefore.Stephen'sbookastonishedthe

worldbecause.

A>itwasthefirsttimepeopleheardaboutMayas.

B^theMayaswereexcellentbuildersandfarmers.

C、hehadexperiencedsomanydifficultiestofindthislostcivilization.

D、itdescribedthattheMayasusedtobeanadvancedcivilization.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據(jù)問(wèn)題中的關(guān)鍵詞astonished,把本問(wèn)題定位在第一句In1841,a

bookwaspublishedwhichastonishedtheworld.對(duì)下面的幾個(gè)重要事實(shí)的歸納概

括就得出正確答案：Do

第23題【單選題】

【2007.04]Thebookfairhasreceivedapositivefromreaders.

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A、result

B>response

C、settlement

D、solution

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。response：反映，反響。result：結(jié)果，后果。

settlement：殖民，移民，定居。solution：解決；解答。根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該選responseo

apositiveresponse：良好的反映。

第24題【單選題】

[2008.04]Fishisandexpensiveatthistimeoftheyearinthisarea.

A>inlargemeasure

B、totheminimum

C、inshortsupply

D^tothemaximum

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查短語(yǔ)意義辨析。這個(gè)地區(qū)在一年中的這個(gè)時(shí)候魚(yú)的供應(yīng)不

足，價(jià)格昂貴。inshortsupply：缺貨、供貨不足。

第25題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Onereasoniseconomic.Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,large

familiesarehelpful.Havingmorechildrenmeanshavingmoreworkersinthefields

andsomeonetotakecareoftheparentsinoldage.Inanindustrialeconomy,the

situationisdifferent.Manychildrendonothelpafamily;instead,theyarean

expense.Thus,industrializationhasgenerallybroughtdownthebirthrate.Thiswas

thecaseinItaly,whichwasindustrializedquiterecentlyandrapidly.Intheearlypart

ofthetwentiethcentury,Italywasapoor,largelyagriculturalcountrywithahigh

birthrate.AfterWorldWar0,Italy'seconomywasrapidlymodernizedand

industrialized.Bytheendofthecentury,thebirthratehaddroppedto1.3children

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perwoman,theworld'slowest.Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,alarge

family.

A、canbeanadvantage

B^maylimitincome

C>isn'tnecessary

D^isexpensive

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。對(duì)照本段Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,largefamilies

arehelpful.大的家庭是有幫助的，選項(xiàng)中最接近意思的是A,成為一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)，答

案是Ao

第26題【單選題】

【完成句子】Lightningisgeneratedwhenelectricalchargesseparateinrainclouds,

thoughprocessesarestillnotfullyunderstood.Typically,positivecharges（正電荷）

buildatthecloudtop,whilethebottombecomesnegativelycharged（負(fù)電荷的）.In

mostinstancesofcloud-to-groundlightning,thenegativelychargedlowerportionof

thecloudrepelsnegativelychargedparticlesontheground'ssurfaces,makingit

becomepositivelycharged.Thepositivechargeonthegroundgathersatelevated

points.lnmostcasesofcloud-to-groundlightning,theground'ssurface.

A、ispositivelycharged

B、isshiftedsidewaysbystrongwinds

C、isnegativecharged

D^ischangedfrompositivelychargetonegativecharge

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段文字解釋了云層與地面之間的閃電的成因，云層下部帶負(fù)電荷，

排斥地面表層的負(fù)電荷，所以地面表層聚集的是正電荷。答案為A。

第27題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇］NorthernEuropeansarewillingtopayalotofmoneyandputupwitha

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lotofinconveniencesforthesunbecausetheyhavesolittleofit.Residentsofcities

likeLondon,Copenhagen,andAmsterdamspendalotoftheirwinterinthedark

becausethedaysaresoshort,andmuchoftherestoftheyearintherain.Thisisthe

reasontheMediterraneanhasalwaysattractedthem.Everysummer,morethan25

millionpeopletraveltoMediterraneanresortsandbeachesfortheirvacation.They

allcomeforthesamereason:sun!lntheparagraph,citieslikeLondon,Copenhagen,

andAmsterdamarementioned.

A、toshowthattheyarenotgoodcitiesintermsofgeographyandclimate

B^totellushowwealthytheirresidentsare

C、tosuggestthatthesecitieslackplacesofhistoricinterestandscenicbeauty

D^toprovethattheyhavegotmoretourismthantheycanhandle

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】該段中所列舉的三個(gè)城市都具有陰冷日短的氣候特點(diǎn)，這些不利的

地理氣候條件使得當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裣蛲?yáng)光充足的地方。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選項(xiàng)A最接近題

恩。

第28題【單選題】

[2009.10]Theroomwasquiet,theoccasionalcoughingfrommythroat.

A>incase

B^exceptfor

C、byfar

D、insteadof

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查介詞短語(yǔ)意義區(qū)分?！咀g文】這個(gè)房間很安靜，除了偶爾

從我喉嚨里發(fā)出的咳嗽聲以外。A以免、以防萬(wàn)一B除了…以外C到目前

為止D代替、而不是

第29題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Thechildrendon'tjustplananycity.Theymapandanalyze（分析）the

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housing,energy,andtransportationrequirementsoftheirowndistrictandforetellits

needsin100years.Withtheaidofanarchitect（建筑師）whovisitstheclassroom

onceaweek,theyinventnewwaystomeettheseneedsandbuildmodelsoftheir

creations/Designingbuildingsofthefuturegiveschildrenalotoffreedom/saysthe

teacherwhodevelopedthisprogram."Theyareabletousetheirownrich

imaginationandinventionswithoutfearofblame,becausetherearenowrong

answersinafuturecontext.Infact,astheclassentersthefinalmodel-buildingstage

oftheprogram,anelected'official'and'planninggroup'makeallthedesign

decisionsforthemodelcity,andtheteacherstepsbackandbecomesanadviser//An

architectpaysaweeklyvisittotheclassroom.

A^tofindoutkids'creativeideas

B、todiscusswiththeteacher

C、togivechildrenlectures

D^tohelpkidswiththeirprogram

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據(jù)本段中的Withtheaidofanarchitectwhovisitstheclassroom

onceaweek,theyinventnewwaystomeettheseneedsandbuildmodelsoftheir

creations可知答案為D。句中的aid意為"幫助",與help同義。

第30題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】It'snowsociallyacceptable,evenfashionable,tolivealone.Aspeople

getbetterjobsandbecomefinanciallyindependent,itbecomespossibleforthemto

maintainaone-personhousehold..However,peoplewhodogetmarried

aremarryingatalaterageanddivorcingmoreoften.

A、There'smorepressuretogetmarriednowadays.

B、Thegrowingnumberofwomenwithgoodjobshasdonemuchtoincreasethe

numberofpeoplelivingalone.

C、Itseemsthatmanygrown-upstodayarerealizingthatchildhooddream.

D、MoreandmoreAmericansarelivingalone.

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【正確答案】B

【答案解析】前句中提到〃經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立〃有可能造成保持一個(gè)人的家庭生活，B中的

〃婦女有好的工作，增加了獨(dú)身的人數(shù)〃與前句內(nèi)容正好呼應(yīng)。

第31題【單選題】

［概括大意］Thekeytogardeningwithkids,saysPattiKraemer-Doell,familygarden

coordinatorattheNewYorkBotanicalGardens,iszzLettingthemexperienceit

themselves.Wehavetriedtoguidethem,butnottellthemtoputthesunflowers

hereandthetomatoesthere.Theemphasisisondevelopingtheirimaginationand

theirappreciationforbeingoutinthegarden//Themainideaofthisparagraph

is.

A>DifferentKindsofGardens.

B、KindsofPlantsinsHomeGarden

C、TheMostImportantPointinFamilyGardening

D^Howtoplansunflowersandtomatoes

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段指出家庭園藝的主旨是讓孩子去體驗(yàn)，培養(yǎng)他們的想象力和鑒

賞力。所以答案為C。

第32題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Theriverwassohighthatthewaterranintostreetsandhouses.Many

streetshadtobeclosedtocarsandtrucksbecauseofthehighwater.Thismadeit

difficultforfiretrucks,policecars,andotherrescuevehiclestohelppeoplewho

wereintrouble.Q:Rescuevehicleshadahardtimegettingtopeople.

A>True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。本題的意思是：救援車(chē)輛費(fèi)了很大勁才把人救出來(lái)。此

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句的意思在最后一句提到了，故選A。

第33題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Thetornadocausedalotofdamagetocarsandhousesinthearea.It

willtakealongtimeandmuchmoneytorepaireverything.Therewasalsoserious

waterdamagefromthethunderstorms.Theheavyrainsandhighwindcausedthe

powertogooutinmanyhomes.Q:Powersupplysystemwasnotdamagedduring

thestorm.

A、True

B、False

C^NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。本題可譯為：暴風(fēng)雨中供電系統(tǒng)沒(méi)遭到破壞。最后一句

說(shuō)大風(fēng)和暴雨使一些家庭的供電出現(xiàn)了問(wèn)題，與題項(xiàng)矛盾，故選B。

第34題【單選題】

【概括大意】Heavymetalsarepersistent;theydonotbreakdowntoother

chemicalsintheenvironment.Industriallypollutedsitesusuallyundergointensive

clean-upandrehabilitationbecauseheavymetalsareahealthconcernoncethey

enterthefoodchain.Sometracemetalsareallegedtocausecancerandarealso

knowntocausepoisoning.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A、TheNatureofHeavyMetals

B、PotentialHazardsofHumanContaminatedSoils

C、HeavyMetalsandFoodChain

D^ResearchonChannelsofHeavyMetalsGettingintoHumanFoodChain

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本段文字講的是：受到工業(yè)污染的土壤含有重金屬，而重金屬很穩(wěn)

定不容易降解，其中的某些微量重金屬能使人致癌或中毒?？梢钥闯銎渲行膬?nèi)容

是：受污染土地的潛在危險(xiǎn)，選擇B。

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第35題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Incomemaybenationalincomeandpersonalincome.Whereas

nationalincomeisdefinedasthetotalearnedincomeofallthefactorsofproduction

—namely,profits,interest,rent,wages,andothercompensationforlabor,personal

incomemaybedefinedastotalmoneyincomereceivedbyindividualsbefore

personaltaxesarepaid.NationalincomedoesnotequalGNPbecausethefactorsof

productiondonotreceivepaymentforeithercapitalconsumptionallowancesor

indirectbusinesstaxes,bothofwhichareincludedinGNP.Themoneyputasidefor

capitalconsumptionisforreplacementandthusisnotcountedasincome.Indirect

taxesincludesalestaxes,propertytaxes,andexcisetaxesthatarepaidbybusinesses

directlytothegovernmentandsoreducetheincomelefttopayforthefactorsof

production.Three-fourthsofnationalincomegoesforwages,salaries,andother

formsofcompensationtoemployees.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue

accordingtotheparagraph?

A、GNPequalsnationalincomeplusindirectbusinesstaxes.

B、GNPexcludesbothcapitalconsumptionallowancesandindirectbusiness

taxes.

C^Personalincomeisregardedasthetotalmoneyincomereceivedbyan

individualafterhisorhertaxesarepaid.

D、Themoneythatgoesforcapitalconsumptionisnotregardedasincome.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題的依據(jù)是本段的Themoneyputasideforcapitalconsumptionis

forreplacementandthusisnotcountedasincome.這個(gè)句子。對(duì)原句的詞語(yǔ)選項(xiàng)D

用了別的表達(dá)方法，但大意仍保持不變。

第36題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】DavidGutersonandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.

Gutersonsaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool:

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,Forexample,whenthereisheavysnowfallonawinterday,itmaystarta

discussionorreadingaboutclimate,snowremovalequipment,Alaska,polarbears

（北極熊）,andwintertourism.Aspringeveningwhenthefamilyisoutwatching

thestarsisagoodtimetoaskquestionsaboutsatellitesandthespaceprogram.

A>Someparentspreferteachingtheirchildrenathomebecausetheydonot

believethatpublicschoolsteachthecorrectreligiousvalues.

B、Learningstartswiththechildren'sinterestsandquestions.

C、Interestingly,resultsshowthathome-schooledchildrenquiteoftendobetter

thanaverageonnationaltestsinreadingandmath.

D>Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】此空要填的是home-schoolers與其他孩子學(xué)習(xí)的不同點(diǎn)，因此選B。

第37題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

B、which

C、when

D、that

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查主語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞的選擇。譯文：大會(huì)什么時(shí)候召開(kāi)還沒(méi)

有決定。詳細(xì)解答：A什么；B哪一個(gè)；C什么時(shí)候；D（無(wú)詞義）。

第38題【單選題】

[2009.01]WheneverIgoouttodinnerwithhim,Ialwayspayingthebill.

A、endup

B、arriveat

C、dropout

D、giveoff

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【正確答案】A

【答案解析】句意：每當(dāng)我與他外出吃飯，最后總是我付賬?？疾槎陶Z(yǔ)意義區(qū)分。

A以…而告終；B達(dá)到，取得；C不參加，隱退；D散發(fā)。

第39題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

B、which

C、when

D、that

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查主語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞的選擇。譯文：大會(huì)什么時(shí)候召開(kāi)還沒(méi)

有決定。詳細(xì)解答：A什么；B哪一個(gè)；C什么時(shí)候；D（無(wú)詞義）。

第40題【單選題】

[完成句子】Theaveragelightningstrikeismorethan3mileslongandcantravelat

atenthofthespeedoflight.Balllightning,therarestandmostmysteriousform,

derivesitsnamefromthesmallluminousballthatappearsneartheimpactpoint,

moveshorizontally,andlastsforseveralseconds.Oneformoflightningthat

isballlightning.

A^occursmostinfrequently

B、isshiftedsidewaysbystrongwinds

C、isoftenhiddenfromourview

D^isestimatedat20millionsayear

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段文字與題目相關(guān)的句子是:Balllightning,therarestandmost

mysteriousform,derivesitsnamefromthesmallluminousball...,關(guān)鍵詞是rarest

（rare的最高級(jí)形式）與infrequently"很少發(fā)生，少有"表達(dá)相同的意思。

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第41題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Ontheotherhand,onthemoontherewillbeanattractionbetween

thebutterandthemoon;butthebutterwillweighonlyaboutone-sixthasmuchas

itdoesontheearth.Thisisbecausethemoonissomuchsmallerthantheearth.The

amountofgravitationalpullthatabodyproducesdependsontheamountof

materialinit.Apacketofbutterhasagravitationalpullofitsown;butthisisvery

smallinrelationtothepullofsomethingaslargeasthemoon,ortheearth,orthe

sun.Wedonotfeelthegravitationalpullofa