2022年西北政法大學(xué)自考英語（二）練習(xí)題（附答案解析）

2022年西北政法大學(xué)自考英語（二）練習(xí)題

匯總（附答案解析）

第1題【單選題】

［填句補(bǔ)文］“Geochemistsjustwantanintuitivesenseofwhat/sgoingonwiththe

elements/saysAlbertGalyfromtheUniversityofCambridge.

A、Anearthscientisthasrejiggedtheperiodictable（元素周期表）tomake

chemistrysimplertoteachtostudents.

B、Thetraditionalperiodictablewaswelldrawn.

C、"\imaginecontourlineswouldbegoodforundergraduates//

D>Buthehasaddedcontourlinestochargedensity,helpingtoexplainwhichions

reactwithwhich.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】這一段是劍橋大學(xué)的AlbertGaly的原話，我們可以從引導(dǎo)整個(gè)關(guān)鍵

點(diǎn)得出答案。即：〃地學(xué)化學(xué)家們只想通過直覺判斷元素的活動(dòng)。我想等高線對(duì)

學(xué)生們有好處〃。

第2題【單選題】

［2009.7］Thewoundedsoldierswouldrecoverquicklyiftheywerewell.

A、nourished

stuffed

C、tamed

D、ventured

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查過去分詞意義區(qū)分。譯文：如果受傷的戰(zhàn)士營(yíng)養(yǎng)很好，他

們就會(huì)很快痊愈。A營(yíng)養(yǎng)，滋養(yǎng)；B填滿，塞滿；C馴服［猛獸）；D冒險(xiǎn)

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第3題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Thereisadifferencebetweenscienceandtechnology..

Sciencehastodowithdiscoveringthefactsandrelationshipsbetweenobservable

phenomenainnatureandwithestablishingtheoriesthatservetoorganizethese

factsandrelationships;technologyhastodowithtools,techniques,andprocedures

forapplyingthefindingsofscience.

A、Anotherdistinctionbetweenscienceandtechnologyhastodowiththe

progressineach.

B、Weareallfamiliarwiththeimproperuseoftechnology.

C、Unlikescience,progressintechnologymustbemeasuredintermsofthe

humanfactor.

D、Scienceisamethodofansweringtheoreticalquestions;technologyisa

methodofsolvingpracticalproblems.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】第一句總述了科學(xué)和技術(shù)是有差別的。缺空后是對(duì)兩者的分述，因

此缺空處也應(yīng)是對(duì)兩者的分述，故選D。

第4題【單選題】

【2009.01]Ifyoutrytolearntoomanythingsatatime,youmayget.

A、concentrated

B、confused

C^confirmed

D、convinced

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查形近形容詞意義區(qū)分。句意：如果你試圖一次學(xué)太多東西，

你就有可能糊涂了。A.濃縮的，專心的；B糊涂的，混淆的；C根深蒂固的；D

確信的。

第5題【單選題】

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【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

malesandfemales'namesforhurricanesis.

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6題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Roughestimatesinthepasthavepredictedsimilarlydisappointing

results.SaysSallieChishol,anenvironmentalengineerfromthe

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology."Butthetake-homemessageisthesame.

Oceanfertilizationisnottheanswertoglobalwarming."

A^"Thesearenewerandbettermodels,"

B、Itsopponentsargue,however;thatitwillstopglobalwarming.

C^Addingirontopatchesofoceancanmakeplanktonbloomtemporarily.

D、Asplanktondieandsettleontheoceanfloor,theircarbonissupposedly

lockedupintheseabed.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】這個(gè)問題可以根據(jù)引號(hào)來作答，因?yàn)榭崭窈竺嬗小皊ays〃這個(gè)詞，它

預(yù)示著所填入的句子應(yīng)該是帶引號(hào)的。A的意思是：這些是比較新的也是比較好

的模型。

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第7題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Ontheotherhand,onthemoontherewillbeanattractionbetween

thebutterandthemoon;butthebutterwillweighonlyaboutone-sixthasmuchas

itdoesontheearth.Thisisbecausethemoonissomuchsmallerthantheearth.The

amountofgravitationalpullthatabodyproducesdependsontheamountof

materialinit.Apacketofbutterhasagravitationalpullofitsown;butthisisvery

smallinrelationtothepullofsomethingaslargeasthemoon,ortheearth,orthe

sun.Wedonotfeelthegravitationalpullofapacketofbutterbecause

A、itistoosmalltohaveagravitationalpullofitsown.

B、itspullissosmallthatwetendtoignoreit.

C、itspulldisappearsinthepresenceoftheearth'sgravitation.

D、ittendstomeltandlosesitsgravitationalpull.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題定位詞是notfeel...packetofbutter,找到原文中Apacketof

butterhasagravitationalpullofitsown;butthisisverysmallinrelationtothepull

ofsomethingaslargeasthemoon,ortheearth,orthesun.所以答案是B°C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在

disappearo

第8題【單選題】

【2010.041Inordertofollowfashions,thegirlhastogreatdiscomforts.

A、catchupwith

B、putupwith

C、keepupwith

D、fallinwith

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查短語辨析?！咀g文】為了跟隨時(shí)尚，這個(gè)女孩不得不忍受

極度地不舒適。putupwith：忍受。catchupwith：追上，趕上。keepupwith：

和…保持聯(lián)系。fallinwith：偶然遇到，贊同。

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第9題【單選題】

[2009.10]hehasmanyfriends,heisoftenfeelinglonely.

A、As

B、When

C、While

D、Since

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查狀語從句的從屬連詞?！咀g文】盡管【雖然）他有許多朋

友，但他常常感到孤獨(dú)。

第10題【單選題】

Themissingboyswerelastseenneartheriver.

A、playing

B、played

C、play

D、toplay

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】所填的詞為主語補(bǔ)足語，因其后有明確的地點(diǎn)，補(bǔ)足語表示動(dòng)作當(dāng)

時(shí)正在進(jìn)行中，所以只能使用playing。

第11題【單選題】

Heshookhandswiththevisitorsastoconveyhisapology.

A、bysuchaway

B、fortheway

C、insuchaway

D^ontheway

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】insuchaway表示“以這樣的一種方式

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第12題【單選題】

【2009.01]Ifyoutrytolearntoomanythingsatatime,youmayget.

A、concentrated

B、confused

C、confirmed

D、convinced

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查形近形容詞意義區(qū)分。句意：如果你試圖一次學(xué)太多東西，

你就有可能糊涂了。A.濃縮的，專心的；B糊涂的，混淆的；C根深蒂固的；D

確信的。

第13題【單選題】

[2010.04]Thereissomethingwrongwithmymobilephone.Imusthaveit.

A、repair

B、torepair

C、repairing

D、repaired

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查非謂語動(dòng)詞的用法。選擇過去分詞作賓語補(bǔ)語，表示被動(dòng)

以及動(dòng)作的完成。【譯文】我的手機(jī)有毛病了，我一定要修好它（手機(jī)）。

第14題【單選題】

[閱讀判斷】Fermi'sgeniuswasknownthroughoutthescientificworld.In1938he

hadwonaNobelPrize.Fouryearslaterheproducedthefirstnuclearchainreaction,

leadingusintothenuclearage.Q:Fermi,anexperimentalistaswellasatheoretician,

wonaNobelPrizeforproducingthefirstnuclearchainreactionintheworld.

A、True

B、False

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C、NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。Fermi在1938年獲諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)，四年以后才建立核連鎖反

應(yīng)的。

第15題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Youconsiderthatyoucan'tfindyourplaceinyourowncountry,soyou

riskthecomfortablebutmodestlifewithyourparentsandyougoabroad.Maybe

therewillbemomentswhenyoucan'tstandthelonelinessanymore,thestrangers

aroundyou,oryourjob.Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutakethatdecision,so

youtakeadeephrpath,andyougoon,asyouaretheonlyonetobeblampd.Whpn

youarelonelyinaforeigncountry,youshould.

A^changeyourdecision

B、blameyourparentsforit

C^sticktoyourdecisionandgoon

D、makemorefriends

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選Co根據(jù)文章本段中Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutake

thatdecision,soyoutakeadeepbreath,andyougoon…可知答案。作者認(rèn)為你出國(guó)

后可能會(huì)面臨各種困難，面對(duì)周圍的陌生人、工作，你可能會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)，但是仔

細(xì)想想這個(gè)決定是你自己做的，于是你不得不深呼吸，然后繼續(xù)。

第16題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thevehiclewastravelingatspeeds90milesperhour.

ANinadditionto

B、inviewof

C、inexcessof

D、insearchof

【正確答案】C

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

除…之外、例外；B.由…看來、有鑒于，C.過分、超出；D.尋找，追

求。

第17題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Norwich,thecapitalofthepartofBritainknownasEastAnglia,has

beeninexistenceformorethantwothousandyears.Itbeganasasmallvillage

besidetheRiverWensum.Q:TheRiverWensumflowsbyNorwich.

A、True

False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選Ao答題依據(jù)在第二句，Norwich是RiverWensum旁邊的一

個(gè)小村莊，就說明了RiverWensum流經(jīng)Norwicho

第18題【單選題】

【完成句子】Asthesunflowersgrow,putahayfencearoundthemforprotection

andstakeifnecessary.Plantmorninggloriesorsweetpeasaroundthebaseofeach

sunflower,andtheywillgrowupthestems,eventuallyformingaroofoverthetop.

Bysummer'send,kidswillhaveasunflowerhousetoplayin.Whenautumncomes,

childrencan.

A^seedlotsofsunflowers

B、playgamesinthesunflowerhouse

C、includeplantswithanimalnames

D、findtheirownplayingsection

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】段落最后一句是答案的出處，Bysummer'send"夏天結(jié)束的時(shí)候"實(shí)

際上就是Whenautumncomes“秋天來臨的時(shí)候”。答案選擇Be

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第19題【單選題】

[2009.10]Therearemanysalesthisseason,duringwhichstoreswilllowertheir

______prices.

A、normal

B、general

C>ordinary

D、usual

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查形容詞辨析。整句話的意思為:這個(gè)季節(jié)有很多促銷活動(dòng)，

在此期間商店都會(huì)降低商品的原價(jià)。A正常的、平常的B普通的、一般的C普

通的D尋常的、通常的

第20題【單選題】

[2007.04]Thefurnitureinherbedroomisquitedifferentfrominthe

livingroom.

A、that

B、it

C>one

D、which

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查復(fù)合句。that在本句中指代thefurniture,目的是為了避

免重復(fù)。which用于引導(dǎo)句子或短語，在此也不能指代thefurniture。

第21題【單選題】

[2009.10]You'dbetterleavethingsifyoudon'tknowhowtodealwith

them.

A、off

B、out

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C、alone

D,over

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】【譯文】如果你不知道如何處理這些事情，你最好把它們放在一邊。

【試題分析】本題考查詞意區(qū)分。【詳細(xì)解答】A離開，離去B不在里

面，出局C單獨(dú)的（地）D完結(jié)，翻倒，越過

第22題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】WhenourNeolithicancestors,livingintheMiddleEastabout10,000

yearsago,discoveredthatcertaingrassescouldbeharvestedandtheirseedsplanted

forricheryieldsthenextseason,thefirstgrpatstepinanpwassociationofplants

andhumanswastaken.Q:PeoplelivingintheMiddleEastfirstlearnedtogrowplants

forfoodabout10,000yearsago.

A、True

B、False

C>NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。利用"10,000〃作為答案線索詞（因?yàn)槟甏ǔＪ怯脭?shù)字

表示），于是發(fā)現(xiàn)有句子提到當(dāng)生活在約一萬年前中東地區(qū)的人們發(fā)現(xiàn)從某些植

物中可以收獲糧食，并且播種后下一個(gè)收獲季節(jié)還能產(chǎn)出更多的糧食時(shí)，就邁開

了植物和人類聯(lián)系的第1大步。

第23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

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theywouldratherbeashoplifter.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A,HongKongisworthyofitsreputationasabusinesscenteroftheworld.

B、Itisuneasytobeofferedsmilesandservices.

C、Shoppingorwindow-shoppinghere,youcanreallyfeelthemeaningof"The

CustomeristheGod!"

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24題【單選題】

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

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Do句中的aid意為"幫助"，與help同義。

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第25題【單選題】

【2010.04]Inordertofollowfashions,thegirlhastogreatdiscomforts.

A、catchupwith

B、putupwith

C>keepupwith

D、fallinwith

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查短語辨析?！咀g文】為了跟隨時(shí)尚，這個(gè)女孩不得不忍受

極度地不舒適。putupwith：忍受。catchupwith：追上，趕上。keepupwith：

和…保持聯(lián)系。fallinwith：偶然遇到,贊同。

第26題【單選題】

[2009.10]Thetrafficwasheldupformorethanthirtyminutes,causedme

toarrivelate.

A、it

B^that

C>what

D、which

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查非限制性定語從句。整句話的意思是：交通阻塞30多分

鐘，這使得我到達(dá)晚了。

第27題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Scientistshavelearnedthatthesenseofpainismadeupofboth

chemicalandelectricalsignals..Scientistsalsohavelearnedthatthe

nervoussystemsendstwodifferentkinds-ofpainmessagestothebrain:onevery

fast,theotherslow.

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A、Ittellsusnottousetheinjuredpartuntilitheals.

B,Thesesignalstravelfromnervecellsintheinjuredarea,upthespinalcord（脊

髓）tothebrain,andbackdownagain.

C、Thefirstmessageisthewarningsignal.

D^Theothermessagemovesataspeedofonlyonemeterasecond.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】第一句講的是疼痛的感覺是由兩種信號(hào)signals組成的，所以緊接

著就提到兩種信號(hào)的傳播路線。B項(xiàng)恰恰照應(yīng)了首句意思。

第28題【單選題】

【2009.01]Moderneconomicsthecountry/sagriculturalpolicies.

A、undergoes

B、understands

C>underlies

D、undertakes

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】句意：現(xiàn)代經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)是國(guó)家農(nóng)業(yè)政策的基礎(chǔ)?？疾樾谓鼊?dòng)詞詞義。A經(jīng)

歷，經(jīng)受；B了解；C成為…的基礎(chǔ)；D承擔(dān)，保證。

第29題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Herculesservedaking.Thekingwasafraidofhim.Soagainandagain

hesenthimondifficulttasks.Onemorningthekingsentforhimandtoldhimto

fetchthreegoldenapplesforhimfromthegardenoftheSingingMaidens（歌女）.But

nooneknewwherethegardenwas.Q:Herculeswasgivenmanydifficulttasks

becausethekingwantedtogetridofhim.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

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【答案解析】答案選A。句子的意思是：國(guó)王想除掉Hercules,所以交給他很多

艱巨的工作去做。這個(gè)信息在短文第二句和第三句中提到了，與短文的意思相符

（國(guó)王很害怕Hercules,多次交給他艱巨的工作去做），由此可以推斷本題的正確

選項(xiàng)為A。

第30題【單選題】

[2009.7]Thehousewasquietinthenight,theoccasionalcoughingfrom

mythroat.

A、asfor

B、suchas

C、insteadof

D、exceptfor

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查短語意義區(qū)分。譯文：除了偶爾我咳嗽一下以外，這所房

子在夜晚非常安靜。A至于，關(guān)于；B例如；C代替，而不是；D除了……以

外

第31題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Oneproblemwiththisdesignisthatthemousegetsdirtyastheball

rollsoverthesurfaceandpicksupdirt.Eventuallyyouhavetocleanyourmouse.Q:

Whenanordinarycomputermousegetsdirty,ithastobereplacedwithanewone.

A^True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選Bo題中說鼠標(biāo)臟了，就得換用新的。這一說法與原文不符。

原文說的是鼠標(biāo)臟了，可以擦干凈再用。ithastobereplacedwithanewone與

youhavetocleanyourmouse不符。所以選B。

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第32題【單選題】

【概括大意】"Manyoflife'sfailures,"thesupremeinnovatorsaid,"arepeoplewho

didnotrealizehowclosetheyweretosuccesswhentheygaveup."Beforethat

magicalmomentinOctober1879,Edisonhadworkedoutnofewerthan3,000

theoriesaboutelectriclight,butinonlytwocasesdidhisexperimentswork.Themain

ideaofthisparagraphis.

A、Importanceoflearningfromfailure

B、Neverasuccessfulmangivesup

C、Itisimportanttofailforasuccessfulman

D>Edison'Scommentonfailure

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】通過應(yīng)用部分可以看出這段文字的主題是愛迪生對(duì)失敗的評(píng)論。因

此選擇Do

第33題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇］Goodnewsforchocoholics：thetreatpreferredbymillionsalloverthe

worldisgoodforyou,accordingtoAmericanresearchersattheUniversityof

California.Chocolatecontainssubstancescalledflavonoids（類黃酮）thatcanhelp

maintainahealthyheartandgoodcirculation.Theresearchershavediscoveredthat

cocoaactslikeaspirinandthateatingabarofchocolatehasalsobeenshownto

releaseendorphinsinthebody：thesechemicalshelptoreducepainandstressand

makeyoufeelhappy.Whyischocolategoodforheartandcirculation?

A、Itreducespainandstress.

B、Itcontainssubstancescalledflavonoids.

C、Itreleasesendorphinsinhumanbody.

D、Itactslikeaspirintoprotectheart.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】因果關(guān)系詞信號(hào)詞。凡是注釋中文的地方可能是答案區(qū)域。

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第34題【單選題】

[2009.01]Childrenhaveanaturalabouttheworldaroundthem.

A、certainty

B、capability

C、cleverness

D、curiosity

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】句意：孩子們對(duì)他們周圍的事物有著天然的好奇心?？疾槊~詞義

選擇。A確定性，肯定的事；B能力，才能；C精明，聰穎；D好奇心，求知

欲。

第35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、Itseemsthatmanygrov/n-upstodayarerealizingthatchildhooddream.

D、MoreandmoreAmericansarelivingalone.

【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36題【單選題】

[2010.04]Wehavegreatlytheprocedureaccordingtothechairman's

suggestion.

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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己經(jīng)大大地簡(jiǎn)化了步驟?！驹囶}分析】

本題考查詞義辨析?！驹敿?xì)解答】動(dòng)詞的詞義選取。

第37題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Wearesousedtoourlifeonthesurfaceoftheearththatitcanbe

quiteaneffortforourmindtobreakfreeofallthpideasthatwptakeforgranted.

Becausewecanfeelthatthingsareheavy,wethinkof"weight"asbeingafixed

qualityinanobject,butitisnotreallyfixedatall.Ifyoucouldtakeaone-pound

packetofbutter4,000milesoutfromtheearth,itwouldweighonlyaquarterofa

pound.Howmuchwouldfourpoundsofteaweighifitwastaken4,000milesout

fromthesurfaceoftheearth?

A、1pound.

B、2pounds.

C、3pounds.

D^4pounds.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題問的是一磅茶如果被帶出離地球表面4000英里的地方，重量

會(huì)是多少？4000這個(gè)數(shù)字比較關(guān)鍵，因?yàn)樵诒径巫詈笠痪渲谐霈F(xiàn)了這個(gè)詞，一

看該句Ifyoucouldtakeaone-poundpacketofbutter4,000milesoutfromthe

earth,itwouldweighonlyaquarterofapound.只是把名詞換了一下,很顯然答案

就是變成原來重量的四分之一，因此正確答案是A。

第38題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Herculesservedaking.Thekingwasafraidofhim.Soagainandagain

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hesenthimondifficulttasks.Onemorningthekingsentforhimandtoldhimto

fetchthreegoldenapplesforhimfromthegardenoftheSingingMaidens（歌女）.But

nooneknewwherethegardenwas.Q:Herculeswasgivenmanydifficulttasks

becausethekingwantedtogetridofhim.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。句子的意思是：國(guó)王想除掉Hercules,所以交給他很多

艱巨的工作去做。這個(gè)信息在短文第二句和第三句中提到了，與短文的意思相符

（國(guó)王很害怕Hercules,多次交給他艱巨的工作去做），由此可以推斷本題的正確

選項(xiàng)為Ao

第39題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Backin1969,USPresidentRichardNixonconfidentlypredicted:z/lnthe

next50years,weshallseeawomanpresident,perhapssoonerthanyouthink."

Today,nottoofaroffNixon'sdeadline,Americaislookingatthatpossibility.Overthe

weekend,HillaryRodhamClinton,wifeofformerpresidentBillClinton,announced

herrunfor2008presidency.Q:Uptothepresent,nowomanhasbeenelected

presidentintheUS.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選Ao問題句說"迄今為止在美國(guó)沒有一個(gè)女人曾經(jīng)被選舉為

總統(tǒng)”。本段說的是“1969年，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)RichardNixon很有信心地預(yù)測(cè)：'在下一

個(gè)50年里，我們將會(huì)看見一個(gè)女總統(tǒng)，這或許比你想象的更快些，今天距離

Nixon總統(tǒng)給出的最終期限己經(jīng)不遠(yuǎn)了，美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在正關(guān)注這可能性〃。相鄰語句

的句意相關(guān)，顯然，定冠詞結(jié)構(gòu)"thepossibility〃指答案相關(guān)句中提到的"可能出現(xiàn)

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美國(guó)女總統(tǒng)從該句中可以推斷出〃從1969年到現(xiàn)在為止，美國(guó)還沒有出現(xiàn)女

總統(tǒng)〃。因此問題句提供了正確信息

第40題【單選題】

[2009.7]Thehousewasquietinthenight,theoccasionalcoughingfrom

mythroat.

A、asfor

B、suchas

C>insteadof

D>exceptfor

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查短語意義區(qū)分。譯文：除了偶爾我咳嗽一下以外，這所房

子在夜晚非常安靜。A至于，關(guān)于；B例如；C代替,而不是；D除了......以

外

第41題【單選題】

【2007.04]Becauseofthebadweather,thesportsmeethadtobe.

A、shutdown

B、doneaway

C、goneoff

D、calledoff

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。calloff：取消，符合句意。shutdown：關(guān)閉（工

廠）；（工廠）停工，關(guān)閉。doaway常與with搭配，構(gòu)成doawaywith。gooff：

爆炸，（鬧鈴）響。

第42題【單選題】

[2009.01]Iwaswritingareportlastnight;Iwouldnothavestayeduplate.

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A、however

B,otherwise

C>therefore

D、furthermore

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：我昨天晚上寫一個(gè)報(bào)告，否則我就

不會(huì)熬夜了。A然而，不過；B否則，要不然；C因此，所以；D再者，而且。

第43題【單選題】

Itmakesgoodtobringanumbrella;itseemstoberainingtoday.

A、sense

B、reason

C、suggestion

D^advice

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】【譯文】今天天氣看起來要下雨了，因此帶著傘足合情合理的。【試

題分析】短語意義區(qū)分題?；亍驹敿?xì)解答】A.t。make(good)sense〃很有意義、

合乎情理的、明智的"B原因C建議D勸告

第44題【單選題】

【概括大意】Itisoftenthoughtthatsciencefictionisafairlynewdevelopmentin

literature,butitsancestorscanbefoundinbookswrittenhundredsofyearsago.

Thesebookswereoftenconcernedwiththepresentationofsomeformofideal

society,athemewhichisstilloftenfoundinmodernstories.Themainideaofthis

paragraphis.

A、ScienceFictionisaFairlyNewDevelopmentinLiterature

B、OriginsofScienceFiction

C^TheThemeofScienceFiction

D^ScienceFictionHasaShortHistory

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【正確答案】B

【答案解析】從第一段話可以看出這段文字介紹了科普小說的起源。因此選擇B。

第45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

C、thatintelligencewassomethingababywasbornwith

D、andbecauseofthelackofcommunicationwithhisclassmates

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】空格處需要真正的主語（代是形式主語），因此杈據(jù)語法結(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/她在將來是否會(huì)取得成功。

第46題【單選題】

（填句補(bǔ)文】Theacidrain（酸雨）issaidtobecausedbypollutionfromoilwellsin

theGulfofMexico.Carexhaustgasesarealsoaproblem.Localvolcaniceruptions

maketheproblemevenworse.Nevertheless,withenoughmoneyandeffort,

researcherssaythatmanyoftheproblemscouldbesolvedandtherateoferosion

reduced..

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A、Theproblem,however,isnotjustaEuropeanone.

B,Thatisenoughtohavecausedsomeoftheancientcarvingstobecome

seriouslydamagedalready.

C、However,theMexicangovernmentdoesnothaveenoughmoneytodothe

work,andneedstospendwhatmoneyithasontheMexicanpeople.

D、AcidrainishowafamiliarproblemintheindustrializedcountriesinEurope.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】前文提到完成這項(xiàng)工作需要很多的錢，答案轉(zhuǎn)折說到了墨西哥沒有

這么多的錢去做。兩句之間有隱含的邏輯關(guān)系。

第47題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇]Theworldisnotonlyhungry;itisalsothirstyforwater.Thismayseem

strangetoyou,sincenearly75%oftheearth/ssurfaceiscoveredwithwater.But

about97%ofthishugeamountissea-water,orsaltwater.Mancanonlydrinkand

usetheother3%—thefreshwaterthatcomesfromrivers,lakes,underground,and

othersources.Andwecannotevenuseallofthat,becausesomeofitisintheform

oficebergs（冰山）andglaciers（冰川）.Evenworse,someofithasbeen

polluted.Whatpercentageoftheearth'swatercanmanactuallyuseatpresent?

A、Nearly75percent.

B、About97percent.

C、Exactly3percent.

D、Lessthan3percent.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據(jù)本段得知，地球上只有3%的水適于人類飲用，然而部分以冰

山或冰川的形式存在，還有的被污染，因而實(shí)際上人類能用的水要低于3%。

第48題【單選題】

[2007.04]Iftheoperationcarefullyprepared,itwouldnothavebeen

successful.

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A、wasnot

B,hasnotbeen

C、hadnotbeen

D、werenot

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查虛擬語氣。主句是對(duì)過去的虛擬，所以根據(jù)句意，條件狀

語從句也應(yīng)該是對(duì)過去的虛擬，所以用haddone的形式。句意：如果手術(shù)沒有

經(jīng)過認(rèn)真仔細(xì)的準(zhǔn)備，它就不會(huì)成功。

第49題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Manyresearchers,whoseworkdependsonoceansoundsobjecttoa

limitofone-hundred-twentydecibels（分貝）.Theysaysuchalimitisagreater

dangerthantheybelieved.Theywanttopreventnoisesfromharmingcreaturesin

theocean.Accordingtothepassage,whatwillscientistsmostprobablydointhe

future?

A、Theywillworkhardtoreduceoceannoisepollution.

B、Theywillprotectanimalsfromharmfulnoises.

C、Theywilltrytosetalimitof120decibels.

D、Theywillstudytheeffectofoceannoisepollution.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】Theywillprotectanimalsfromharmfulnoises.本段的最后一句話是

答案的出處。

第50題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Doctorsbelievethatsecondhandsmokemaycauselungcancerin

peoplewhodonotsmokebecausenonsmokersoftenbreatheinthesmokefrom

otherpeople'scigarettes..TheUSEnvironmentalProtectionAgency

reportsthatabout53,000peopledieintheUnitedStateseachyearasaresultof

exposuretosecondhandsmoke.

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A、Theriskisevenhigherforchildrenwholiveinhomeswherebothparents

smoke.

B、IntheUnitedStates,ninemillionchildrenundertheageoffiveliveinhomes

withatleastonesmoker.

C^Thissmokeiscalledsecondhandsmoke.

D、NooneknowsforsurewhyMr.Gilsonhaslungcancer.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】前一句提到，不吸煙者時(shí)常吸入他人香煙中冒出的煙，接下來應(yīng)首

選對(duì)此煙加以定義的句子。

第51題【單選題】

[2009.01]Ifyoutrytolearntoomanythingsatatime,youmayget.

A、concentrated

B、confused

C>confirmed

D、convinced

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查形近形容詞意義區(qū)分。句意：如果你試圖一次學(xué)太多東西，

你就有可能糊涂了。A.濃縮的，專心的；B糊涂的，混淆的；C根深蒂固的；D

確信的。

第52題【單選題】

[2009.10]You'dbetterleavethingsifyoudon'tknowhowtodealwith

t