【考研英语】2021年3月陕西西北大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道(附答案解析)

【考研英语】2021年3月陕西西北大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道（附答案解析）

第1题【单选题】

Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science.

A、在农业中，机械没有科学重要。 B、在农业中，科学没有机械重要。 C、在农业中，科学和机械几乎同等重要。 D、在农业中，机械和科学都不怎么重要。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。本题考查的知识点为理解原意。less important是“没有那么重要”的意思，但一加上scarcely，意思就反过来了，表示“同等重要”。

第2题【单选题】

Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. Databases used by some companies don’t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects. This means that a DNA database may differ depending on the company that

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processes the results. In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.In the last paragraph, a problem commercial genetic testing faces is ________. A、disorganized data collection B、overlapping database building C、excessive sample comparision D、lack of patent evaluation

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选 A。事实细节题。本题提问商业基因测试所面临的一个问题是什么？文章尾段明确描述了在商业基因测试中面临的问题在于：“一个DNA的数据库会随着公司的不同而不同，而不同的公司正是用不同的数据库信息来得出检测结果”。选项A提出“disorganized data collection”符合原文，为正确答案。选项B中“overlapping”是指信息的重叠，文中并没有提到。

第3题【单选题】

I particularly want to pay tribute, not only to those who prepared the magnificent dinner, but also to those who have provided the splendid music.

A、我们不仅要特别赞扬那些准备了这次盛大晚宴的人，而且还要

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赞扬那些为我们演奏美好音乐的人。

B、我们不仅要特别赞扬那些准备了这次盛大晚宴的人，而且还要赞扬那些为我们提供美好音乐的人。

C、我们不仅要特别奖赏那些准备了这次盛大晚宴的人，而且还要奖赏那些为我们演奏美好音乐的人。

D、我们不仅要特别奖赏那些准备了这次盛大晚宴的人，而且还要奖赏那些为我们提供美好音乐的人。

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】虽然原文只重复介词to，译文还是要重复动词“赞扬”；此外原文provide一词比较笼统，译文用“演奏”一词更为合适。

第4题【单选题】

You will be [liable] for any damage caused. A、liberal B、responsible C、profound D、rectify

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】be [liable] for 有…责任；有…义务； responsible 负责的，可靠的；有责任的。

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第5题【单选题】

In his closing [remarks], the chairman expressed his thanks to all those who had contributed to the success of the conference. A、comments B、speech C、criticism D、lecture

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[remarks] 致辞。speech讲话，演说。参考译文：在闭幕词里，向所有为大会的成功举办作出过贡献的人士表示了感谢。

第6题【单选题】

Thirty years ago, most teenagers had bicycles, but now they are comparatively rare. __1__ motor scooters are much more common. __2__ this may seem a sign of progress but __3__ the change is not necessarily for the better.1. At the other end On the contrary On the other hand In addition2. A. At first sight B. At the beginning C. In the first viewD. From the first3.______ A、absolutely B、actually C、surely

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D、definitely

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】actually, 事实上，实际上。这道题考察学生对文章的理解和对词义的掌握。作者说乍一看这是进步，但事实上不是这样，有转折之意。A, absolutely,绝对的；C, surely, 的确的；D, definitely, 明确地。

第7题【单选题】

Our neighbor Uncle Johnson is a stubborn man. Needless to say, we tried ________ to make him change his mind. A、in short B、in secret C、in vain D、in danger

【正确答案】C 【答案解析】本题的四个选项都是以in开头的介词短语，因此考查的是词组的辨析、理解与运用。in vain“白白地，徒劳”。根据题意，正确答案应为C。

第8题【单选题】

I found in my baby’s behaviour a metaphor for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine，but he merely spit

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upon them. When we read to him，he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: let them watch it. If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!From the passage we know that the author is_____. A、a doctor B、an editor C、a writer D、a teacher

【正确答案】D 【答案解析】答案选D。根据本段第五句话的信息，我们会很容易地推断出作者是一位教师。这句话的原文是： We find that our students don’t read，that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. 它的意思是：我们发现我们的学生不读书，瞧不起读书，而且还骂我们这些教他们读书的人。由此来看，这里的“我们”指的就是当老师的这些人。

第9题【单选题】

Many researchers, whose work depends on ocean sounds object to a limit of one-hundred-twenty decibels. They say such a limit is a greater

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danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?

A、They will work hard to reduce ocean noise pollution. B、They will protect animals from harmful noises. C、They will try to set a limit of 120 decibels.

D、They will study the effect of ocean noise pollution.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。They will protect animals from harmful noises. 本段的最后一句话是答案的出处。

第10题【单选题】

________ his age, the little boy read quite well. A、Considering B、Considered C、Consider

D、Having considered

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】considering为介词,作“就……而论;考虑到”解。

第11题【单选题】

She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career.

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A、strive B、remove C、quit D、chase

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠； chase 追逐；追捕。

第12题【单选题】

Unemployment seems to be the ________ social problem in this area and may undermine social stability. A、prevalent B、primitive C、previous D、premature 【正确答案】A

【答案解析】prevalent“普遍的，流行的”。根据题意，正确答案应选A。

第13题【单选题】

Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science．

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A、在农业中，科学没有机械重要。 B、在农业中，机械没有科学重要。 C、在农业中，科学和机械几乎同等重要。 D、在农业中，机械和科学都不怎么重要。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。本句考查程度副词的翻译。本句的翻译重点是Scarcely less important，scarcely是程度副词，意思是“几乎不，简直没有’’。它本身带有否定的意思。less important意思是 “不如……重要”，而加scarcely之后，双重否定表示肯定，意思是两者是差不多同样重要的，所以应该选C。

第14题【单选题】

Many people, when ill, see their doctors and ask them to ________ something that will make them feel better. A、describe B、prescribe C、revise D、devise

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】prescribe“开处方，开（药）”。根据题意，正确答案应为B。

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第15题【单选题】

She can be very annoying sometimes, but ______ I think you should apologize for being so rude to her. A、all the same B、once in a while C、in actual fact D、all the time

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。all the same意为“尽管如此，”与本题题意相符。

第16题【单选题】 You will be [liable] for any damage caused. A、liberal B、responsible C、profound D、rectify

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】be [liable] for 有…责任；有…义务； responsible 负责的，可靠的；有责任的。

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第17题【单选题】

It was also in the 1600s that professional ballet began. King Louis XIV of France, himself a devoted dancer, founded the Royal Academy of Dance. The five basic feet positions from which all ballet steps begin were finalized. In the late 1700s another important change occurred. Ballet began to tell a story on its own. It was no longer simply dance to be performed between acts of plays. Elaborate wigs and costumes were eliminated. By the early 1800s dancers learned to rise on their toes to make it appear that they were floating.An important influence in early ballet was_____. A、Balanchine B、Marie Antoinette C、Diaghilev D、Louis XIV

【正确答案】D 【答案解析】答案选D。细节题。对照原文It was also in the 1600s that professional ballet began. King Louis XIV of France, himself a devoted dancer, founded the Royal Academy of Dance. 这里出现的时间1600s在原文中是比较早的，提到的人物是King Louis XIV，选D。

第18题【单选题】

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He wanted to look for [occupation] suited to his abilities. A、employment B、psychology C、species D、majority

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】[occupation] 职业；employment 职业；雇用。

第19题【单选题】

The delta and narrow Nile Valley to the south make up only 3 percent of Egypts land but are home to 96 percent of her population.

A、三角洲和南边狭窄的尼罗河河谷组成了埃及土地的百分之三，却有百分之九十六的人口住在这里。 B、三角洲和通向南边的狭窄的尼罗河河谷组成了埃及土地的百分之三，却有百分之九十六的人口住在这里。

C、三角洲和南边狭窄的尼罗河河谷只占埃及土地的百分之三，却有百分之九十六的人口住在这里。

D、三角洲和南边狭窄的尼罗河河谷只占埃及土地的百分之三，但却是百分之九十六的人口的家园。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。are home to…若译作“是…的家”则不顺，所以把名词改为动词，译作“…住在这里”。

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第20题【单选题】

A great number of houses would have to be removed to [make way for] the new amusement park. A、take the place of B、give space for C、build up D、work out

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[make way for] 让路，让地给.....。give space for 让地方给。参考译文：必须拆除很多房屋来给新游乐公园腾地方。

第21题【单选题】

Many species, for example, [originate] in small populations. A、轮廓； B、发源 C、器官 D、选择

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[originate] vi. 发源；发生；起航。

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第22题【单选题】

We have to [modify] our plan a little bit. A、reduce B、suffer C、adjust D、utilize

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】[modify] 修改，修饰；更改；adjust 调整，使…适合。

第23题【单选题】 They will get the preparation done early in May. A、他们五月初就能让别人准备完工作。 B、他们五月初就能准备好工作。

C、他们早在五月份就能把准备工作做完。 D、他们五月初就能把准备工作做完。

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。首先需要注意early in May表示“五月初”的意思，选项A“让别人准备完”这种表达是不准确的；此外get the preparation done表示的是“把准备工作做完”，选项B的表达不是很准确。

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第24题【单选题】

They are all for your proposal that the seminar ________. A、be put off B、was put off

C、should put off D、is to put off

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】虚拟式的被动结构。谓语动词用should+动词原形。注意这种句型中的虚拟语气形式不受主句动词时态的影响。

第25题【单选题】

People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too.The word “bummer” (Line 5, paragraph 5) most probably means something______. A、religious B、unpleasant

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C、entertaining D、commercial

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选 B。词义理解题。本段第1句指出，生活在古代的人们被痛苦提示包围着，接着具体论证无论在现实生活中还是在教堂中，早期的生活时刻都在提醒着人们痛苦的存在(surrounded by reminders of misery)。段落最后一句话：given all this, they did not need their art to be a bummer too.此题的解题关键在于是否能理解该段属于总分总结构，除第1句和最后一句外，其他内容属于论据内容，因此this指的是段首句内容，“在这种情况下，人们不需要艺术也成为一个bummer”，由此可知，bummer也可作为痛苦的提示，只有B符合要求。

第26题【单选题】

Both Tom and his brother [take after] their father not only in appearance but also in character. A、resemble B、assimilate C、follow D、reflect

【正确答案】A

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【答案解析】[take after] 与......相像。resemble 像......，相似。参考译文：汤姆和他兄弟不仅长相像他们父亲，性格也相似。

第27题【单选题】

The group does not [advocate] the use of violence. A、support B、matter C、suit D、reach

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】[advocate] 提倡，主张，拥护；support 支持，支撑，支援。

第28题【单选题】

In the spirit of frankness which I hope will characterize our talks this week, let us recognize at the outset these points.

A、本着我希望将成为本周我们会谈的特色的坦率精神，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

B、我希望我们这个星期的会谈将是坦率的。本着这种坦率的精神，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

C、本着坦率的精神，我希望我们这个星期的会谈将是坦率的，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

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D、本着坦率的精神，我希望本周我们的会谈具有特色，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】which I hope will characterize our talks this week性定语从句，修饰frankness。I hope是定语从句中的插入语。In the spirit of：本着…的精神。at the outset：在开始的时候。

第29题【单选题】

_______ popular belief, the ostrich does not hide its head in sand when frightened; it runs away. A、As to B、Opposite to C、Due to D、Contrary to 【正确答案】D 【答案解析】As to关于。Opposite to对立/对面（方位/身份/性别）。Due to因为。Contrary to违反/反对（观点/态度）。

第30题【单选题】

Unemployment seems to be the ________ social problem in this area and may undermine social stability.

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A、prevalent B、primitive C、previous D、premature

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】prevalent“普遍的，流行的”。根据题意，正确答案应选A。

第31题【单选题】

Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999, Oseola McCarty, an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life. It may seem like an ordinary end to a humble life, but there was something quite exceptional about this woman. In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave $ 150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life，to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other African Americans through university. She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron for money which she would then save.This woman shocked and inspired the world because _______.

A、she had managed to save so much money B、she gave her money to African Americans

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C、she gave her life savings to help others through university D、she only spent money on cheap things

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】only是绝对词，在选项D中出现，根据经验排除D；对照原文第一自然段最后一句话there was something quite exceptional about this woman说她有些特别的地方，接着第二自然段就讲In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave $ 150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life，to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown.她把大部分积攒的钱捐献给了家乡的大学，A和B表达都不全面，答案是C。

第32题阅读理解 Text 2 Philip Hammond’s decision, announced in Monday’s budget, to introduce a digital services tax is a brave and welcome step into the unknown. It makes Britain the second country, after Spain, to attempt to harness the greed of the tech giants and use the moola for social purposes. There is no serious doubt that the giant American advertising companies that own the social media, along with Apple and Amazon, whose business model is rather different, use some remarkably creative accounting to ensure they pay as little tax as possible in the countries where they operate. Facebook is the most notorious example in the UK,

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reporting a profit margin of less than 5 percent on revenues here, when its global average profits are closer to 50 percentof revenue. By taxing revenue, rather than profits, Mr Hammond hopes to render that kind of accounting pointless. Governments have historically competed against one another to host the big companies by offering them the lowest possible taxes on profits. In Europe Ireland and Luxembourg have been particularly creative in this regard. The proposed tax sidesteps that. Unlike profits, revenues are a measure that the big companies have every incentive to boost. Many of them made no profits for years while working to gain their monopoly positions. Tax avoidance is embedded in the values of large parts of Silicon Valley: most of what it calls “disruption” is an attempt to escape tax as well as regulation and to extend the attitudes of the gig economy to every kind of transaction. The most recent and perhaps the most shameless example of this is Grabr, a San Francisco company that puts buyers in high-tax countries in touch with people prepared to convey gadgets to them from low-tax countries. Such schemes are a direct assault on one of the core powers of a nation state. If data is the new oil, as is often argued, then the personal data that these companies exploits should be treated as the property of citizens which the state is entitled to tax for our collective benefit. Oil is still taxed much more heavily than data will be under any foreseeable version of the present proposals. In the long term, then, taxes on the

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exploitation and refinement of personal data will have to rise. For the moment the shape and details of the proposed tax are all unclear. Mr Hammond is up against one of the largest and best-funded lobby groups in the world. Sir Nick Clegg, at Facebook, will be busy all this year trying to water down down this plan. He must not succeed. A licence to print money should not be a licence to avoid tax. A、services. B、earnings. C、transactions. D、measures

【正确答案】B

A、involves different accounting methods. B、falls in step with accounting practices. C、dismisses modest profits as irrelevant. D、helps companies control their monopoly.

【正确答案】A

A、conceited. B、tolerant. C、sympathetic. D、critical.

【正确答案】D

A、personal data protection must be secured at all costs.

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B、the state asserts its right to raise revenue for the public good. C、taxing oil cannot contribute to the adequate well-being. D、opinions about taxing tech are divided along political lines.

【正确答案】B

A、shameful and controversial. B、bold but pointless. C、fair and necessary. D、inevitable but rewarding.

【正确答案】C

第33题【单选题】 The tall, well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a far cry from the old sea wolf of my imagination.

A、站在我面前的这位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，当然是像我想象中的老海狼发出的一声遥远的呼唤了。

B、一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生站在我面前，发出的一声遥远的呼唤，像我想象中的老海狼。

C、站在我面前的是一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，与我先前想象的老海怪完全不同。

D、站在我面前的是一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，与我想象中的老海怪一样发出了长长的叫声。

【正确答案】C

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【答案解析】答案选C。“standing before me”是现在分词短语，作定语，修辞“gentleman”，译成汉语可放在句首。“a far cry from sth/doing sth”是习语，意思是：a very different experience from sth/doing sth与某事物[做某事物]大不相同。“wolf”是狼的意思，“sea wolf”在这里是指海员，海员因长期在海上航行，在常人眼里有点怪异，译作“海怪”比较贴切。

第34题【单选题】

Years ago we didn’t know this, but recent science ______ that women who drink more than two cups of coffee are more likely to have heart disease than those who don’t. A、showed B、has shown C、will show D、is showing 【正确答案】B

【答案解析】考查动词时态。 前几年我们不知道， 最近的科学已证明……，“证明”的动作强调对现在造成的影响，所以谓语动词用现在完成时。

第35题【单选题】

This the last place where I expected to meet you.

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A、这是我最后一次见到你的地方。 B、我希望在最不可能的地方见到你。 C、我怎么也没有料到会在这个地方见到你。 D、我期望最后会在此与你重逢。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。本题考查“the last place”的意译。

第36题【单选题】

My father did not go to New York; the doctor suggested that he ________ there. A、not went B、won’t go C、not go

D、not to go

【正确答案】C 【答案解析】suggest后面的从句用sb. should do的形式，should可以省略。

第37题【单选题】

She was a _____ girl and did not panic. A、specific B、dominant

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C、sensible D、epidemic

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】sensible 明智的；通情达理的；合乎情理的；意识到的，能感觉到的。

第38题【单选题】

Cheese is really a good [lure] for mice. A、许可，准许 B、诱惑 C、要求，渴望 D、焦点

【正确答案】B 【答案解析】[lure] n. 诱惑；饵；诱惑物。

第39题【单选题】 In this context, it is important for our two societies to search for areas of cooperation which clearly add to our mutual benefit.

A、在这种上下文里，这是很重要的，我们两个社会应该寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作领域。

B、在这种情况下，我们两个社会应该寻求合作领域，那些对我们两国确实互利的，这是很重要的。

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C、在这种情景下，对于我们两个社会来说，寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作领域是很重要的。

D、在这种情况下，我们两个社会应该寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作领域，这是很重要的。

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。In this context：在这种情况下；to search for areas of cooperation：寻找合作领域；mutual benefit（双方）共同的利益；it为形式主语，翻译时可以不译，把真实主语不定式提前译。

第40题【单选题】 She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career. A、strive B、remove C、quit D、chase 【正确答案】D

【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠； chase 追逐；追捕。

第41题【单选题】

I would class my garden as [medium] in size.

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A、单调的 B、中等的 C、温暖的 D、使命

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[medium] adj. 中间的，中等的；半生熟的。

第42题【单选题】

________ today, he would get there by Friday. A、Would he leave B、Was he leaving C、Were he to leave D、If he leaves

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】这是虚拟语气的倒装形式，把if去掉，助动词提前。

第43题【单选题】

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a family; instead, they are an expense. Thus, industrialization has generally brought down the birth rate. This was the case in Italy, which was industrialized quite recently and rapidly. In the early part of the twentieth century, Italy was a poor, largely agricultural country with a high birth rate. After World WarⅡ, Italy's economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized. By the end of the century, the birth rate had dropped to 1.3 children per woman, the world's lowest.In a traditional agricultural economy, a large family_______. A、can be an advantage B、may limit income C、isn’t necessary D、is expensive 【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。对照本段In a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful.大的家庭是有帮助的，选项中最接近意思的是A，成为一个优势，答案是A。

第44题【单选题】

My teacher once said to me, “If you don’t quit, you will win”. I have no desire to quit writing as I’m having too much fun. My thanks go to Associated Content and the Yahoo! Contributor Network for all my progress in writing! And to my fellow writers — thank you so much for

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your support and friendship. May we continue to support each other for many years to come!We can learn from the passage that _________. A、the author thinks writing on the Net is very easy B、the author has his first book published on the Net C、two years has passed since the author began writing D、the author is grateful for the content sites sincerely

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。由本段的My thanks go to Associated Content and the Yahoo! Contributor Network for all my progress in writing知道作者感谢他提到的网站给他的支持和帮助。因此选D。

第45题【单选题】

Central heating became popular only after the Civil War. Typically, coal—burning furnaces (火炉) fueled the early systems. Natural gas had developed into the leading fuel by 1960.Its acceptance resulted in part from its wide uses. Because it comes primarily from U.S. and Canadian fields, natural gas is also less vulnerable (脆弱的) than oil is to War. Oil remains the most important fuel in a few areas, such as New England.What fuel is the dominant fuel in New England? A、Gas B、Electricity

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C、Wood D、Oil

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】该题问的是：在新英格兰什么燃料是最主要的?第一段的最后一句话是这么说的：在少数地区，如新英格兰，石油仍然是最主要的燃料。

第46题【单选题】

[Excessive] weight gain doesn’t do you any good. A、过分的 B、扩大的 C、进化的 D、非常

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】excessive adj. 过多的，极度的；过分的。

第47题【单选题】

The _____ is expected to be passed in the next parliament. A、legislation B、tolerance C、graduate D、instrument

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【正确答案】A

【答案解析】instrument 仪器；工具；乐器；手段；器械。

第48题【单选题】

Peter has a changeable [character]. A、role B、disposition C、symbol D、nature

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[character] 性格，品质；disposition 性情。

第49题【单选题】 ________ in 1812, the New Orleans Battle could have been avoided. A、If the peace agreement was signed in America B、If the peace agreement had signed in America C、Was the peace agreement signed in America D、Had the peace agreement been signed in America

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】根据题干中主句谓语动词的结构可知，该句是表示与过去事实相反的虚拟结构，从句中谓语部分应使用过去完成时，如果省略连词if，句子应采用部分倒装形式，即

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将助动词had调至主语之前，选项A、C为陈述语序，选项B为主动语态，均不符合句子结构。答案D。

第50题【单选题】

Facing growing costs and shrinking tax________, the government is now threatening to cut funding for environmental protection programs. A、budget B、collection C、profit D、revenue

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】revenue “收入，税收”，尤指国家的岁入。根据题意，正确答案应为D。

第51题【单选题】

Unemployment seems to be the ________ social problem in this area and may undermine social stability. A、prevalent B、primitive C、previous D、premature

【正确答案】A

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【答案解析】prevalent“普遍的，流行的”。根据题意，正确答案应选A。

第52题【单选题】

Word came ________ he was employed by that company. A、which B、why C、that D、when

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】这里是由that引导的同位语从句。

第53题【单选题】 Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science．

A、在农业中，科学没有机械重要。 B、在农业中，机械没有科学重要。 C、在农业中，科学和机械几乎同等重要。 D、在农业中，机械和科学都不怎么重要。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本句考查程度副词的翻译。本句的翻译重点是Scarcely less important，scarcely是程度副词，意思是“几乎不，

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简直没有’’。它本身带有否定的意思。less important意思是 “不如……重要”，而加scarcely之后，双重否定表示肯定，意思是两者是差不多同样重要的，所以应该选C。

第题【单选题】

I’d better not catch ______ that again! A、your doing B、you doing C、you to do D、you being doing

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】如同感观动词一样，下面这些动词后只能跟代词的宾格或名词的通格（如him，Mary），其后是“动词ing”：start，keep，stop，catch，find，leave，如：When are you going to start him working for us?

第55题【单选题】

A powerful indictment of America’s disregard of ecology, Silent Spring was aimed chiefly at the wholesale use of chemical pesticides, especially DDT.

A、一个对美国忽视生态的有力控诉，《沉默的春天》主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕。

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B、《沉默的春天》有力地控诉了美国忽视生态，它主要是针对大规模使用农药——特别是滴滴涕。

C、有力地控诉了美国对生态的忽视，《沉默的春天》主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕。

D、《沉默的春天》对美国忽视生态，主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕的使用，进行了有力的控诉。

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。本句的主语是Silent Spring，注意“A powerful indictment of”的翻译。

第56题【单选题】 On a September day in 1991, two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria and Italy．High up on a mountain pass，they found the body of a man lying on the ice. At that height(10,499 feet，or 3,200 meters)，the ice is usually permanent，but 1991 had been an especially warm year．The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface．It was lying face downward. The skeleton(骨架)was in perfect condition, except for a wound in the head. There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes．The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth boots． Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮)and a holder for arrows．What can be

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inferred from paragraph 2?

A、The Iceman lived a poor life．

B、The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head． C、The Iceman was struck dead from behind． D、The Iceman was killed while working.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】推理判断的答案不会偏离主题，但答案在文章中肯定没有。长选项可以作为答案的参考。

第57题【单选题】

Smoking, ________ is a bad habit, is, however, popular. A、that B、which C、it D、though 【正确答案】B

【答案解析】which is a bad habit 非性定语从句。

第58题【单选题】

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industrial economy, the situation is different. Many children do not help a family; instead, they are an expense. Thus, industrialization has generally brought down the birth rate. This was the case in Italy, which was industrialized quite recently and rapidly. In the early part of the twentieth century, Italy was a poor, largely agricultural country with a high birth rate. After World WarⅡ, Italy's economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized. By the end of the century, the birth rate had dropped to 1.3 children per woman, the world's lowest.In a traditional agricultural economy, a large family_______. A、can be an advantage B、may limit income C、isn’t necessary D、is expensive

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。对照本段In a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful.大的家庭是有帮助的，选项中最接近意思的是A，成为一个优势，答案是A。

第59题【单选题】

A truly extraordinary variety of alternatives to the chemical control of insects is available.

A、除了对昆虫的化学控制外，还有其他各种非常奇妙的方法可以

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利用。

B、除了用化学方法控制昆虫以外，还有其他各种非常奇妙的方法可以利用。

C、在对昆虫的化学控制方法外，有各种各样非常奇妙的方法可以利用。

D、在用化学方法控制昆虫方面，有各种各样非常奇妙的方法可以利用。

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。本题考查的知识点为名词短语。the chemical control of insects 不要译作“对昆虫的化学控制”，这样译太费解。把这个名词短语译作动宾结构，可译作“用化学方法控制昆虫”。

第60题【单选题】

What would have happened ________, as far as the river bank? A、Bob had walked farther B、if Bob should walk farther C、had Bob walked farther D、if Bob walked farther

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】当if引导的虚拟条件从句的谓语动词含有were, had, could, should等词时,可将这些词提至句首,而将if省去,

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从而构成倒装句式.

第61题【单选题】

The pair of legs that carried him rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line.

A、支着他的两条腿老是摇摇晃晃的，他走路的姿势里，又总有一种倾斜的趋势，使他或多或少地往一条直线的左边歪。 B、他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路的步法又总是倾斜着，使他有点歪向一条直线的左边。

C、支着他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路时又总是倾斜，使他有点往一条直线的左边歪。 D、支撑着他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路时又总是倾斜，使他有点歪向一条直线的左边。

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。本题考查的知识点为选词。文学作品语言生动，其中选词是一个重要方面。动词carry有许多含义。此处译文具体化，译作“支着”。

第62题With the nation's financial system teetering on a cliff, the compensation arrangements for executives of the big banks and other financial firms are coming under close examination again.Bankers' excessive risk-taking is a significant cause of this financial crisis and has

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continued to others in the past. in this case, it was fueled by low interest rates and kept going by a false sense of security created by a debt-fueled bubble in the economy.Mortgage lenders gladly lent enormous sums to those who could not afford to pay them back, dividing the loans and selling them off to the next financial institution along the chain, which took advantage of the same high-tech securitization to load on more risky mortgage-based assets.Financial regulation will have to catch up with the most irresponsible practices that led banks down in this road, in hopes averting the next crisis, which is likely to involve different financial techniques and different sorts of assets. But it is worth examining the root problem of compensation schemes that are tied to short-term profits and revenue's, and thus encourage bankers to take irresponsible risks.

【正确答案】由于国家金融体系正濒临崩溃，一些大银行和金融机构高管人员的薪酬协议将再次受到严密的审查。银行家们过于冒险的行为是导致此次金融危机的一个重要原因，也是历史上其他金融危机产生的原因之一。而这次的危机由低利率引起，并在债务带来的虚假安全感下持续恶化。抵押贷款人很乐意把大量资金借给无偿还能力的人。他们拆分贷款并沿着这一链条把其出售给下一家金融机构。该机构利用同样的高技术证券化方式运作更大风险的抵押资产。金融监管将不得不与时俱进来应对造成银行以这种方式

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破产的极不负责任的做法，以期防止下一次很可能包括不同金融技术和资产种类的危机。但是，审查薪酬制度这一根本问题是值得的。薪酬制度同短期利润和收益息息相关，从而会让银行家们不计后果地甘冒风险。

第63题【单选题】

There is a lot of luck in drilling for oil.

A、以钻探的方法找石油有很大的偶然性。 B、以钻探的方法找石油全靠运气了。 C、钻探石油有很大的偶然性。 D、钻探石油是很幸运的事。

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】drilling for oil 表示“钻探石油”；a lot of luck本意表示的是“运气”，在本句中可以翻译为“偶然性”。

第题【单选题】 The group does not [advocate] the use of violence. A、support B、matter C、suit D、reach

【正确答案】A

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【答案解析】[advocate] 提倡，主张，拥护；support 支持，支撑，支援。

第65题【单选题】

Central heating became popular only after the Civil War. Typically, coal—burning furnaces (火炉) fueled the early systems. Natural gas had developed into the leading fuel by 1960.Its acceptance resulted in part from its wide uses. Because it comes primarily from U.S. and Canadian fields, natural gas is also less vulnerable (脆弱的) than oil is to War. Oil remains the most important fuel in a few areas, such as New England.What fuel is the dominant fuel in New England? A、Gas B、Electricity C、Wood D、Oil

【正确答案】D 【答案解析】该题问的是：在新英格兰什么燃料是最主要的?第一段的最后一句话是这么说的：在少数地区，如新英格兰，石油仍然是最主要的燃料。

第66题【单选题】

She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career.

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A、strive B、remove C、quit D、chase

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠； chase 追逐；追捕。

第67题【单选题】

Being a good leader，one ______ to think more of others. A、must B、may C、ought D、should 【正确答案】C 【答案解析】译文：作为一位好领导，应多考虑别人。ought to+动词原彤表示“道义上应当…”。

第68题【单选题】

For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein’s day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit

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into a streetcar with seats to spare.Education is different, too. One crucial aspect of Einstein’s training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager—Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how to think independently and abstractly about space and time, and it wasn’t long before he became a philosopher himself.What was critical to Einstein’s success? A、His talent as an accomplished musician. B、His independent and abstract thinking. C、His untiring effort to fulfill his potential. D、His solid foundation in math theory. 【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选 B。推理判断题。根据题干中的关键词critical，success定位到文章第2段第2、3句。根据文章内容可知，他青年时期用了几年时间来研习康德、叔本华和斯宾诺森等人的哲学理论。这些理论教会他如何对时空进行而抽象的思考，这对他的成功非常重要，故选B。文中提到说爱因斯坦还是位杰出的音乐家，他会在狂怒地演奏他的小提琴时彻底地全面考虑棘手的物理问题，但这并不是他成功的关键因素，故排除A；文中未提及C他为实现潜能进行的不知疲倦的努力；文中只是讲了现在数学到了极限以及音乐与数学的相互影响，并没有提到爱因斯坦在这方面的坚实基础，故也排除D。

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第69题【单选题】

Roxaboxen is based on the true story of a group of children, growing up in the Arizona desert. There children can be a bit wild and much free, and they play outside from dawn to dusk. The children discover the make-believe（虚假的）town, built on the hill across from their neighborhood. The town, called Roxaboxen, becomes the center of their play as the children grow, but the story is not just about the time spent in Roxaboxen as young children. More than that, this book is about the way that imagination and secret places stay with us as we grow older and become a part of who we are. It is about the way that it helps us to grow into the adults that we become. What does the book’s name Roxaboxen refer to? A、A child. B、A library. C、A period of time. D、A place. 【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。查找细节题。短文本段中明显一句话提到，The town, called Roxaboxen，所以指的是一个地方的名字。

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第70题【单选题】

I’d better not catch ______ that again! A、your doing B、you doing C、you to do D、you being doing

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】如同感观动词一样，下面这些动词后只能跟代词的宾格或名词的通格（如him，Mary），其后是“动词ing”：start，keep，stop，catch，find，leave，如：When are you going to start him working for us?

第71题【单选题】

[Excessive] weight gain doesn’t do you any good. A、过分的 B、扩大的 C、进化的 D、非常

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】excessive adj. 过多的，极度的；过分的。

第72题【单选题】

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Though he is in his late sixties, the well-known biologist begins each day ______ a sense of adventure and a sense of curiosity. A、in B、with C、of D、at

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】考查介词用法。begin with 从……开始。

第73题【单选题】

— What do you think of the manager of your company?— Oh, he is ______ manager who’s pleasant to work with. It’s ______ pleasure to work with him. A、the, a B、a, a C、a, the D、不填,a

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】前半句表示“他是那种很好共事的人”，两空均用不定冠词。

第74题【单选题】

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She told me her name was Helen and she was talking to a local restaurant where they were going to have lunch after her appointment. She called to see if he was there. She said, “My husband has Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆）and he shouldn’t be driving without me.” Numerous thoughts ran through my head. Call the police, call her family, and notify（通知）the doctor’s office she had just come from! But at first, I offered to drive to the local restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.The elderly woman cried in the lobby when she was talking to ________. A、her husband with Alzheimer’s B、the nurse in the doctor’s office C、a local restaurant D、one of her family members

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。根据文章本段中She told me her name was Helen and she was talking to a local restaurant…可知答案为C项。Helen由于担心自己丈夫安危，但又找不到人，情急之下先打电话到俩人约好即将要去的餐厅询问情况。

第75题【单选题】

Congress [assembles] together in January. A、range B、restrict

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C、gather D、restore

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】[assembles] 集合，聚集；装配；收集；gather 收集；收割；使…聚集；使…皱起。

第76题【单选题】

Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment. Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably (无法弥补地) ruined. So it is only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A、A stable family is the best protection against poverty. B、Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage. C、Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships. D、The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate.

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选 D。推理判断题。最后一段指出，目前的经济危机极有可能会使得这些家庭分崩离析，无法弥补。

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唯有等到经济再次稳健之后我们才能发现多少家庭在此过程中支离破碎。由此可见，经济的复苏将会见证更高的离婚率，故答案为D。C“很少有夫妻能够经受得起经济危机的考验”属于过度推断，可以排除。A和B文章皆未提及。

第77题【单选题】

It looks ________ it is going to snow. A、as B、as if C、if D、even if

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】as if表示“看起来…像”。

第78题【单选题】

The heat was so ________ from the fire that the firemen could not enter the building. A、intense B、tense C、intensive D、violent

【正确答案】A

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【答案解析】intense强烈的/挚热的。tense紧张的。intensive深入的/细致的。violent暴力的。

第79题【单选题】

Heavy metals are persistent; they do not break down to other chemicals in the environment. Industrially polluted sites usually undergo intensive clean-up and rehabilitation because heavy metals are a health concern once they enter the food chain. Some trace metals are alleged to cause cancer and are also known to cause poisoning. The main idea of this paragraph is__________.

A、The Nature of Heavy Metals B、Potential Hazards of Human Contaminated Soils C、Heavy Metals and Food Chain D、Research on Channels of Heavy Metals Getting into Human Food Chain 【正确答案】B

【答案解析】本段文字讲的是：受到工业污染的土壤含有重金属，而重金属很稳定不容易降解，其中的某些微量重金属能使人致癌或中毒。可以看出其中心内容是：受污染土地的潜在危险，选择B。

第80题【单选题】

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This is how a rocket works. It is not made of rubber like a balloon, of course. It is made of metal. The metal must not be heavy but it must be very strong. There is gas inside the rocket which is made very hot. When it rushes out of the end of the rocket, the rocket is pushed up into the air. A rocket is pushed up into the air when ______. A、hot gas rushes out of its head B、it is powered by gas

C、hot gas rushes out of its bottom D、hot gas rushes out of its neck

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】请看到最后一句话\"When it rushes out of the end of the rocket.\"

第81题【单选题】

This cloth won’t [shrink] when it’s washed. A、benefit B、smaller C、vague D、convince

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】[shrink] 收缩；畏缩；smaller 较小，更小的。

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第82题【单选题】

The government ______ on purchase of cars was 80 billion yuan in 2008, and use and maintenance amounts to around 300 billion yuan a year. A、spending B、spent C、cost D、costing

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本题考查的是现在分词的用法，spending on purchase of cars在这里是一个现在分词短语。句意：2008年花费了800亿用于购车，并且一年的使用和维护费用则高达3000亿。

第83题【单选题】

I _______ four universities and was accepted by all of them. A、applied to B、applied from C、applied in D、applied off

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】题目意思：我申请了四所大学，并都被他们录取了。apply to 向…正式申请；向…要求，答案选A。

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第84题【单选题】

Exercises is _____ as any other to lose unwanted weight. A、so useful a way B、as a useful way C、as useful a way D、such useful way

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本题考查as…as比较结构，另：as，so，too，how + adj. + a +单数可数名词。句意：锻炼和其他减肥的方法一样好。

第85题阅读理解

Towards the end of the 1990s, more than a decade and a half after Diet Coke was first introduced, sale of Coca Cola’s best-selling low caloric drink appeared to slow down.However, in the decade that followed, diet sodas grew by more than 30 percent. In 2009, sales pushed above $8.5 billion for the first time. But America’s thirst for Diet Coke is running dry again—and this time it could be for good. The diet soda slowdown isn’t merely an American thing—it’s also happening worldwide. But the future of diet colas is particularly cloudy in the United States.Low calorie sodas are fighting a hard battle against not one but two trends among

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American consumers . The first is that overall soda consumption has been on the decline since before 2000. Diet sodas, though they might come sugar- and calorie-free, are still sodas, something Americans are proving less and less interested in drinking. The second, and perhaps more significant trend, is a growing mistrust of artificial sweeteners（甜味剂）. “Consumers’ attitudes towards sweeteners have really changed.” said Howard Telford, an industry analyst. “There’s a very negative perception about artificial sweeteners. The industry is still trying to get its head around this.”Comment 1Add me to the number of people addicted to diet colas who quit drinking soda altogether. I honestly think soda is addictive and I’m happy not to be drinking it anymore.Comment 2Perhaps the slowdown has something more to do with the skyrocketing cost of soft drinks.Comment 3I LOVE diet drinks! Am I unhealthy? Who knows? I guarantee I have a better physique than most 43-year-old men.Comment4This is a silly and shallow piece. The reason for the fall off is simply the explosion in consumption of bottled waters and energy drinks.Comment5As people learn more about health and wellness they will consume less sugar, less soda, less artificial sweeteners. A、It began to undergo a gradual drop starting from 2000. B、It was on the decline since the 1990s but is on the rise now. C、It reached its peak in the 2000s but began to drop since then. D、It has been decreasing since the 1990s.

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【正确答案】C

【答案解析】根据文章“In 2009, sales pushed above $8.5 billion for the first time.”可以得出答案。

A、It will continue to drop. B、It will get better soon. C、It is hard to say for sure. D、It may have ups and downs.

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】根据文章“thefuture of diet colas is particularly cloudy in the United States.”可以得出答案。

A、Comment5. B、Comment4. C、Comment3. D、Comment1. 【正确答案】D 【答案解析】与Comment1 的内容相符，故而答案为D。

A、Comment2. B、Comment3. C、Comment4. D、Comment5.

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】与Comment5的内容相符，故而答案为D。

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A、Comment3 and Comment5. B、Comment2 and Comment4. C、Comment1 and Comment4. D、Comment2 and Comment3.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】与Comment2 and Comment4的内容相符，故而答案为D。

第86题【单选题】

The secretary and principal ________ at the meeting now. A、are speaking B、is speaking

C、were making a speech D、have a speech

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】The secretary and principal指的是一个人，所以用单数谓语动词is。

第87题【单选题】

If I ________ the money, I would have bought a much bigger car. A、possessed B、owned

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C、had D、had had

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】第一个had是过去完成时，第二个had表示“有”。

第88题【单选题】

There is no _____ for practical experience. A、substitute B、sympathy C、likely D、grant

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】substitute 代用品；代替者。

第题【单选题】

An interesting _____ of the city is the old market. A、triumph B、respect C、residence D、feature

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】feature 特色，特征；容貌；特写或专题节目。

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第90题【单选题】

This machine, ______for many years, is still working perfectly. A、after which I have looked B、which I have looked after C、that I have looked after D、I have looked after

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】which I have looked after 构成一个非性定语从句.

第91题【单选题】

----Tom was absent from school yesterday.---- ________ he was seriously ill.

A、He was because B、That was why C、That was because D、That was that

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】这里是陈述没来学校的原因，要用that was because而不能用why。

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第92题【单选题】

Egypt, wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus, is the gift of the Nile. A、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及是尼罗河送来的礼物。 B、埃及，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：是尼罗河的礼物。 C、埃及是尼罗河的礼物，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道。 D、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及，礼物来自尼罗河。

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus是插入语，为使译文通顺易懂，把插入语处理成主句形式，其余部分作其宾语从句。

第93题【单选题】

Actually industry can v[ary ]a good deal over the centuries. A、alter B、improve C、alert D、perish

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】v[ary ] 改变；improve 改善，增进；提高…的价值。

第94题【单选题】

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If they want to _____ , that’s fine with me. A、integrate B、sustain C、pressure D、license

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】integrate 求积分；取消隔离；成为一体。

第95题【单选题】

James Brindley was a pioneer in the art of building canals or, as it was then called, ‘navigation’.

A、布林德雷是建筑运河的先驱者，当时人们把它叫作navigation。 B、布林德雷是开凿运河的先驱者，当时人们把它叫作navigation。 C、布林德雷是建筑运河的先驱者，当时人们把建筑运河叫作navigation。

D、布林德雷是开凿运河的先驱者，当时人们把开凿运河叫作navigation。 【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。本题考查的知识点为重复与代称。原文building canals，但汉语里常见的搭配是“开凿运河”，如译作“建筑运河”，就不顺了。原文后半句用it代替building canals，译文重复“开凿运河”而不用代词，这样译是比较清楚

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的。

第96题【单选题】

—When will you be through with your work, Jones?—______? My boss usually finds something for me to do at the last minute. A、Who knows

B、Would you help me C、I beg your pardon D、Anything the matter

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】考查交际用语。Who knows?表示“谁知道（无法确定）”，与后句的含义相吻合。

第97题【单选题】

Today, working less than a 40-hour week, people enjoy more leisure time. Hence, the wise use of leisure time has become an important problem for everyone, young or old. It is a particularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living. Those people have so much leisure that it is hard for them to find interesting and worthwhile ways to use it.How to spend leisure time wisely is not a particularly difficult problem for people ______. A、who are very busy everyday

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B、who are sick in bed

C、who are aged and in good health D、who have retired from work

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本题可采用排除法，第三句话（It is a particularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living.），可以看出这三类人对于怎样度过空闲时光是特别困难的，所以可以排除BCD项，选A。

第98题【单选题】

As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is “no exit” when it comes to children. “Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional, and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their role for 18 years, or longer if needed.”What is Professor Anne Alstott’s argument for parental support?

A、Good parenting benefits society.

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B、The cost of raising children in the US has been growing. C、The US should keep up with other developed countries. D、Children need continuous care.

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选 A。推理判断题。本段提到，社会也需要家长们对他们的孩子付出关爱，因为良好的父母教养能造福于社会，应选A项。B项“抚养孩子的成本在美国已越来越大”，C项“美国应该赶上其他发达国家”，这两项在文中均未提及；D项“儿童需要持续的照顾”，是对文中的parents to provide their children with continuity of care设置的干扰项。

第99题【单选题】

She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career. A、strive B、remove C、quit D、chase

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠； chase 追逐；追捕。

第100题【单选题】

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Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan. A、这个计划没有一点用。 B、这个计划只能招致灾祸。 C、这个计划一点害处也没有。 D、这个计划是要战胜一切灾害。

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。nothing but表示“只”的意思。

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