2022年滇西應(yīng)用技術(shù)大學(xué)自考英語（二）練習(xí)題（附答案解析）

2022年滇西應(yīng)用技術(shù)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】

【概括大意】Wignailcalculatedthe"killingefficiency"forthesevolcanoesby

comparingtheproportionoflifetheykilledoffwiththevolumeoflavathatthey

produced.Hefoundthatsizeforsize,oldereruptionswereatleast10timesas

effectiveatwipingoutlifeastheirmorerecentrivals.Themainideaofthisparagraph

is.

A、KillingPowerofAncientVolcanicEruptions

B、AccountingfortheKillingPowerofOlderEruptions

C、CalculationoftheKillingPowerofOlderEruptions

D^AMassExtinction

【正確答案】C

【答案解析]本段第一句話是說：Wignailcalculatedthe"killingefficiency"forthese

volcanoes...；Wignall計算了這些火山的"滅絕效率”......；其中killingefficiency與

killingPower意思差不多，屬于同義詞轉(zhuǎn)換，因此選擇B或C,但是accountfor意

思是：（在數(shù)量方面）占；說明（原因等）不符合句意，因此不選擇B。

第2題【單選題】

[2009.04]Theconclusionfromthestudyisnotdefinite;itisjust.

A、tentative

B、valid

C、technical

D、thorough

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】譯文：這項研究的結(jié)論不是一定的；它只是試探性的。試題分析:

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形容詞詞義選擇題。詳細(xì)解答：A不確定的、試探性的；B正當(dāng)?shù)?、有根?jù)的、

有效的；C技術(shù)性的、專門技術(shù)的；D徹底的、十足的。

第3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.Inmostcasesofcloud-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4題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】WhenIgraduatedfromhighschool,myfamilyhadabusinesssoInever

thoughtaboutgettingacollegedegree.Iwentstraightfrommyhighschool

graduationtoworkformyfather.After24yearsofupsanddowns（mostlydowns）,I

decidedthatIwantedtoreturntoschoolandearnadegreeinBusiness

Administration.Whydidn'ttheauthorgoonwitheducationaftergraduatingfrom

highschool?

A^Tohelpherfatherwithbusiness.

B、Toescapefromschoollife.

C、Toexperiencesociallifeearly.

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D、Toachieveherdream.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。該題目主要考查考生對文章主人公相關(guān)細(xì)

節(jié)的了解。根據(jù)題干內(nèi)容，此細(xì)節(jié)定位于文章本段講述自己高中畢業(yè)后經(jīng)歷的部

分。文中講到“當(dāng)我高中畢業(yè)時，爸爸正在做生意。所以我壓根沒有考慮過繼續(xù)

獲得大學(xué)學(xué)位的事情，畢業(yè)后直接轉(zhuǎn)向?yàn)榘职止ぷ鳌?。可判斷A選項與原文句意

一致。

第5題【單選題】

[2009.10]PoorspeakerofEnglishthoughhewasatthetime,hestillmanagedto

makehimself.

A、understand

B、understood

C、understanding

D、tounderstand

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】【譯文】那個時侯雖然他說英語說得不好，但仍然可以讓別人聽懂。

【試題分析】語法題?！驹敿?xì)解答】非謂語動詞的選用。過去分詞作賓語補(bǔ)足語

表示被動以及動作的完成。

第6題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thevehiclewastravelingatspeeds90milesperhour.

A、inadditionto

B、inviewof

C、inexcessof

D>insearchof

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查短語辨析。那輛車以超過每小時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

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求。

第7題【單選題】

[2008.10]Countrylifeisbetterthancitylifeitoffersfreshairandnoiseless

environment.

A、inthat

B、asthat

C>asfor

D、inwhich

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查復(fù)合句。句意為：鄉(xiāng)村生活好過城市生活，因?yàn)樗諝庑?/p>

鮮且環(huán)境無噪音。inthat是復(fù)合連接詞，只在一定的句式中使用。也可以用作

，個固定詞組。A在于，原因是，在…方面；C.關(guān)于，至于，舉例：Ilikethecountry

betterinthatitisclosertonature.我更喜歡鄉(xiāng)村，因?yàn)樗咏匀弧?/p>

第8題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Rhythminliteratureisamoreorlessregularoccurrenceofcertain

elementsofwriting:aword,aphrase,anidea,asound,oragrammatical

construction.Wearealsoaccustomedtothisrecurrenceinthealternateheavyand

lightbeatsinmusic.Ourloveforrhythmseemstobeinnate:witnesstheresponses

ofasmallchildtolivelymusic.Childrenlovetobeatontoydrumsoremptyboxes.

Theystamptheirfeetandchantnurseryrhymesornonsensesyllables,notunlike

primitivedancers.Aschildrengrowolder,theyaretaughttorestraintheirresponses

torhythm,butourloveofrhythmremains.Weliveinrhythms;infactweare

governedbyrhythms.Accordingtothepassage,anadult'sreactiontorhythmin

musicwouldprobablybe.

A、uninhibited

B、indifferent

C、restrained

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D、responsible

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】該題的解題依據(jù)在本段結(jié)尾部分"Aschildrengrowolder,theyare

taughttorestraintheirresponsestorhythm…”。作者講：隨著孩子的年齡逐漸增大,

大人就會教他們抑制對節(jié)奏的反應(yīng)，等他們長大之后，他們對音樂節(jié)奏的反應(yīng),

更可能受到抑制。

第9題【單選題】

"Youwerebraveenoughtoraiseobjectionsatthemeeting.""Well,nowIregret

______that."

A、todo

B、tobedoing

C、tohavedone

D、havingdone

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據(jù)句意，事情已經(jīng)做過了，所以用regretdoing,表示“后悔做了

某事

第10題【單選題】

Heengagedaseriousstudyoftheproblem.

A、on

B、in

C>with

D、by

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】engagein：從事，忙于。句意：他忙于對這個問題的一系列的研究。

第11題【單選題】

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【2008.10]Ittookafewsecondsforhereyestotothedarkness.

A.allocate

B、adopt

C、apply

D^adjust

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查動詞詞義辨析。【譯文】她花了幾秒鐘時間使眼睛適應(yīng)黑

暗。【詳細(xì)解答】A分配，撥出B收養(yǎng)，過繼C應(yīng)用，申請D調(diào)

整，使適合

第12題【單選題】

【完成句子】Saganwasnotedforthevigourofhislogicstyle,especiallywhen

criticizingsomepieceofpseudoscience（偽科學(xué)）.Iremembereda1973AAAS

meetingatwhichhedestroyedthetheoriesofImmanuelVelikovsky,whowas

maintainingthatonlyafewthousandsofyearsago,Venushadrepeatedlycollided

withEarthandMars;eventswellnoted.Velikovskysaid,inthebible.InSagan's

opinion,Velikovskymightbe.

A、amemberoftheNationalAcademyofScience

apseudo-scientist

C、asciencepopulariser

D、areporter

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】從這段文字中，我們可以了解到作者認(rèn)為，Sagan與偽科學(xué)作斗爭

的一個實(shí)例就是Sagan摧毀了Velikovsky的錯誤論述，即Velikovsky提出，在過

去幾千年中，水星與地球和火星反復(fù)多次相撞，這在圣經(jīng)中有加載。

第13題【單選題】

[2009.04]I'vegottheorderfromthebossthattheworkfinishedbefore

5p.m.today.

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A、wouldbe

B,be

C>willhavebeen

D^couldbe

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查名詞從句中的虛擬語氣。譯文:我己經(jīng)從老板那得到指令，

這項工作在今天下午五點(diǎn)鐘之前要完成。詳細(xì)解答：that引導(dǎo)同位語從句，說明

order的內(nèi)容。同時從句要用虛擬語氣，從句謂語用should-動詞原形的形式，

should可以省略。

第14題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文］Theacidrain（酸雨）issaidtobecausedbypollutionfromoilwellsin

theGulfofMexico.Carexhaustgasesarealsoaproblem.Localvolcaniceruptions

maketheproblemevenworse.Nevertheless,withenoughmoneyandeffort,

researcherssaythatmanyoftheproblemscouldbesolvedandtherateoferosion

reduced..

A、Theproblem,however,snotjustaEuropeanone.

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15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16題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thegovernmentfinallyallthedocumentsrelatingtothewar.

A、released

specialized

C、realized

D^supposed

【正確答案】A

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

門從事、專攻C意識到、領(lǐng)悟D假定、猜想。整句話的意思是：政府最

終公布了與這場戰(zhàn)爭有關(guān)的全部文件。

第17題【單選題】

[2009.10]Theprofit-sharingplanisdesignedtothestafftoworkhard.

A、calculate

B、demonstrate

C、speculate

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D^motivate

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查詞語辨析?！咀g文】利潤共享計劃目的是激發(fā)員工努力工

作。A計算、估算B證實(shí)、論證、演示C思索、推測D激勵、激發(fā)

第18題【單選題】

hegoes,shewillgo,andshenevercareshappens.

A、Wherever,what

B、Wherever,that

C、Where,that

D、Where,what

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】wherever表示"無論什么地方〃，句子的意思是：無論他去哪里，她

都跟隨，也從不在乎發(fā)生什么。

第19題【單選題】

【完成句子】Saganwasnotedforthevigourofhislogicstyle,especiallywhen

criticizingsomepieceofpseudoscience（偽科學(xué)）.Iremembereda1973AAAS

meetingatwhichhedestroyedthetheoriesofImmanuelVelikovsky,whowas

maintainingthatonlyafewthousandsofyearsago,Venushadrepeatedlycollided

withEarthandMars;eventswellnoted.Velikovskysaid,inthebible.InSagan's

opinion,Velikovskymightbe.

A、amemberoftheNationalAcademyofScience

B、apseudo-scientist

C、asciencepopulariser

D、areporter

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】從這段文字中，我們可以了解到作者認(rèn)為，Sagan與偽科學(xué)作斗爭

的一個實(shí)例就是Sagan摧毀了Velikovsky的錯誤論述，即Velikovsky提出，在過

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去幾千年中，水星與地球和火星反復(fù)多次相撞，這在圣經(jīng)中有加載。

第20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

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

艱巨的工作去做。這個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

選項為A。

第21題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Ifyouenjoylookingthroughtravelbooksbysuchfamiliarauthorsas

ArthurFrommerorEugeneFodocitwillnotsurpriseyoutolearnthattravelwriting

hasalongandvenerablehistory.Almostfromtheearliestannalsofrecordedtime

individualshavefoundreadyaudiencesfortheiraccountsofjourneystostrangeand

exoticlocales.Thispassageismostlyabout.

A、whypeoplefindtravelv/ritingexciting

B、theliterarystyleofthreeearlytravelwriters

C、wherethreeearlytravelwriterswentandwroteabout

D、howtowriteatravelbook

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選C。主旨題。聯(lián)系第一自然段和每段首句知道，本文講了三

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個作家，鎖定答案B和C,結(jié)合內(nèi)容，文章主要講關(guān)于他們的旅行和作品，答案

是Co

第22題【單選題】

Hesaidthatthegrouphimaletterandaskedhimtogothereforan

interview.

A、havewritten

BAhadwritten

C、wrote

D^wouldwrite

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】“寫信給他〃應(yīng)該發(fā)生在他說話之前，也就是過去的過去，用過去完

成時。

第23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)職位之前是個無名人士。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24題【單選題】

【概括大意】Ifyouaretiredofmakingvagueexcusesforanotherdullsummerat

home,hereisathoughttoliftyourspirits.Youdonotneedanythingsoradicalas

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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.

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)惠來論證學(xué)生去歐洲旅行是

很容易的。因此選擇A。

第25題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Today,workinglessthana40-hourweek,peopleenjoymoreleisure

time.Hence,thewiseuseofleisuretimehasbecomeanimportantproblemfor

everyone,youngorold.Itisaparticularlydifficultproblemforthesick,theaged,and

thosewhohaveretiredfromearningaliving.Thosepeoplehavesomuchleisurethat

itishardforthemtofindinterestingandworthwhilewaystouseit.Howtospend

leisuretimewiselyisnotaparticularlydifficultproblemforpeople.

A、whoareverybusyeveryday

B、whoaresickinbed

C、whoareagedandingoodhealth

D^whohaveretiredfromwork

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題可采用排除法，第三句話（Itisaparticularlydifficultproblemfor

thesick,theaged,andthosewhohaveretiredfromearningaliving.）,可以看出這三

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類人對于怎樣度過空閑時光是特別困難的，所以可以排除BCD項，選A。

第26題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】DemandsforstrongerprotectionforwildlifeinBritainsometimeshide

thefactthatsimilarneedsarefeltintherestofEurope.StudiesbytheCouncilof

Europe,ofwhich21countiesaremembers,haveshownthat45percentofreptile

（爬行類的）speciesand24percentofbutterfliesareindangerofdyingout.Recent

studiesbythecouncilofEuropehaveindicatedthat.

A、wildlifeneedsmoreprotectiononlyinBritain.

B、allspeciesofwildlifeinEuropeareindangerofdyingout.

C、therearefewerspeciesofreptilesandbutterfliesinEuropethanelsewhere.

D、manyspeciesofreptilesanbutterfliesinEuropeneedprotecting.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】答案選D。本段的第二個句子是這么說的：有21個國家組成的歐

洲委員會的研究表明，45%的爬行動物和24%的蝴蝶瀕臨滅絕。由此可見，D是

正確的答案。

第27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)束的時候〃實(shí)

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際上就是Whenautumncomes“秋天來臨的時候”。答案選擇B。

第28題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Now,thereareabout24millionmicrocomputersinuseintheUnited

States-----oneforevery10citizens.Itisestimatedthatby1996,61percentof

Americanmanagerswillbeusingsomesortofelectronicworkstation.Q:Atpresent

about10%ofAmericancitizenspossessamicrocomputer.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。本段一開頭就說到目前在美國大約有二千四百萬臺微型

電子計算機(jī)在使用中，平均每十人就擁有一臺。因此本題的表述是正確的。

第29題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇］Asfarasastronomers（天文學(xué)家）candetermine,theentireuniverse

isbuiltofthesamematter.Theyhavenoreasontodoubtthatmatterobeysthe

samelawsineverypartoftheuniverse.Therefore,itisreasonabletoguessthat

otherstars,withtheirownplanets,wereborninthesamewayasourownsolar

system.Whatweknowoflifeonearthsuggeststhatlifewillarisewhereverthe

properconditionsexist.Astronomersbelievethatmatterindifferentpartsofthe

universe

A、obeysdifferentlaws.

B、obeysonecommonlaw.

C、obeysthesamelaws.

D、obeysnocommonlaw.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答題依據(jù)在本段的第二句?？茖W(xué)家沒有理由懷疑宇宙中的物質(zhì)遵循

同一法則，即他們相信宇宙中不同地方的物質(zhì)是遵循同一法則的。

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第30題【單選題】

【概括大意】Themodemideasconcerningthenatureofintelligenceareboundto

havesomeeffectonourschoolsystem.Inonerespectachangeisalreadyoccurring.

Withthemovetowardcomprehensiveeducationandthedevelopmentof

unstreamedclasses,fewerchildrenwillbegiventhelabel"lowIQ"whichmust

inevitablycondemnachildinhisown,ifnotsociety'seyes.Theideathatwecan

teachchildrentobeintelligentinthesamewaythatwecanteachthemreadingor

arithmeticisacceptedbymoreandmorepeople.Themainideaofthisparagraphis

A、ImpactonSchoolEducation

B、AChangedViewofIntelligence

C、MainResultsofRecentResearches

D、EffectofEnvironmentonIntelligence

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題使用了同義詞替換的選擇技巧，段落中主要講述的是智力本質(zhì)

的現(xiàn)代簡潔必定會對學(xué)校教育產(chǎn)生影響(boundtohavesomeeffectonourschool

system.),選項A中只是將名詞effect換為impacto

第31題【單選題】

[2008.04]Anxietycanwithchildren'sperformanceatschool.

A、refer

B、prefer

C、infer

D、interfere

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查詞語辨析。句子翻譯為：焦慮可以妨礙孩子們在學(xué)校的表

現(xiàn)。A.referto提到、查閱、涉及；B.preferto更喜歡；C.inferfrom(根

據(jù)某事)推斷、推定；D.interferewith擾亂、妨礙。

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第32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)士營養(yǎng)很好，他

們就會很快痊愈。A營養(yǎng)，滋養(yǎng)；B填滿，塞滿；C馴服[猛獸）；D冒險

第33題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Wearesousedtoourlifeonthesurfaceoftheearththatitcanbe

quiteaneffortforourmindtobreakfreeofalltheideasthatwetakeforgranted.

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

會是多少？4000這個數(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。

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第34題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

which

C、when

D^that

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查主語從句的引導(dǎo)詞的選擇。譯文：大會什么時候召開還沒

有決定。詳細(xì)解答：A什么；B哪一個；C什么時候；D（無詞義）。

第35題【單選題】

【概括大意】TheVLT（VeryLargeTelescope）istheworld'slargesttelescope（望

遠(yuǎn)鏡）andistakingastronomers（天文學(xué)家）furtherbacktotheBigBangthan

theyeverthoughtpossible.Located2,600metresupintheChileanAndes,ithasfour

hugemirrors,eachaboutthesizeofaLondonbus.TheVLTissopowerfulitcanspot

aburningmatch10,000kilometresaway.Themainideaofthisparagraph

is.

A、Biggesttelescope

B、Powerofthetelescope

C、FactionsofVLT

D、Birthofthenewtelescope

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段文字主要介紹了世界上最大的望遠(yuǎn)鏡。

第36題【單選題】

[2009.04]Thisisthefirsttimethatawomanhasbeentothepost.

A、granted

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B、praised

C,pointed

D^appointed

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】譯文：這是第一次任命一位婦女擔(dān)任此職位。試題分析：本題考查

詞義辨析?；卦敿?xì)解答：A允許、同意；B表揚(yáng)、贊揚(yáng)；C指、指出；D指定、

任命、委任。

第37題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】DuringthesepastfewyearsIusedAssociatedContenttotrywriting.I

foundwritingforthatsitewasnotmycupnftea.However;myexperiencetherewas

positiveasIwasrewardedwithevenmorelearningopportunitiesjustbydippingmy

toesintothewater.ThroughAssociatedContentIwasintroducedtotheworldof

blogging.Idecidedtolearnhowtosetupablogmyself.NowI'minterestedin

bloggingandcontinuetoworkasawriter.Whatistheauthor'spurposeofusingthe

siteAssociatedContent?

A、TowriteforthesiteYahoo!ContributorNetwork.

B、Toknowmoreaboutotherwriters.

C^Tohaveoneofhisarticlespublished.

D^Tobecomeanetworkwriter.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析］答案選Do根據(jù)本段的Idecidedtolearnhowtosetupablogmyself.

NowI'minterestedinbloggingandcontinuetoworkasawriter確定D答案。A選項

是作者偶然獲得的結(jié)果，并非剛開始寫作時的目的，可排除；B選項不是作者的

目的；C選項是作者兩年前已經(jīng)取得的成果，無需再定為自己目標(biāo)。

第38題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Tom,anear-sightedyoungman,wentonablinddatewithagirl.The

twoweresatisfiedwitheachother.Andtheyexchangedtheirtelephonenumbers.

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WhatcanwelearnaboutTom?

A,Tommadeagoodimpressiononthegirlatfirst.

B、ItwasthefirsttimethatTomhaddatedagirl.

C、Tomwasblind.

D^Tomwashandsomeandpopularwiththegirls.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從Thetwoweresatisfiedwitheachother

可知，相親過后，兩人對對方都很滿意，所以A選項正確，湯姆第一次見對方就

留下了很好的印象。B項所表述內(nèi)容在文中找不到根據(jù)，不能判斷這是湯姆第幾

次約會。根據(jù)文章描述，湯姆只是near-sighted,遠(yuǎn)不到盲了的地步。文章僅講

述了湯姆和某一個女孩相親的精力，對他的個人魅力以及是否受女孩歡迎并未提

及。

第39題【單選題】

[2009.10]Scientistsdoubtwhetherit'storegulateone'sbiologicalclockby

drinking.

A、feasible

B、incredible

C^fashionable

D^valuable

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查形容詞詞義區(qū)分?？茖W(xué)家懷疑通過喝酒來調(diào)整人體生物鐘

是否可行。A可行的、可能且合理的B不可相信的、難以置信的C時髦的、

時尚的D貴重的、寶貴的

第40題【單選題】

[2010.04]Weshouldthisinmind:Don'tjudgeapersonbyhisappearance.

A、bear

B、put

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C、place

D.print

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查詞匯題,【譯文】我們應(yīng)當(dāng)牢牢記?。翰灰悦踩∪?。詳

細(xì)解答】牢記在心：bearinmind或者keepinmind

第41題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Manyyearspassedandtheyoungmanwasverysuccessfulinbusiness.

Hehadabeautifulhomeandwonderfulfamily,butrealizedhisfatherwasveryold,

andthoughtperhapsheshouldgotohim.Hehadnotseenhimsincethatgraduation

day.Beforehecouldmakearrangpmpntstoseehisfather;hereceivedatelpgram

tellinghimhisfatherhadpassedaway,andwilledallofhispossessionstohisson.He

neededtocomehomeimmediatelyandtakecarethings.Whenhearrivedathis

father/shouse,suddensadnessandregretfilledhisheart.Whentheyoungman

arrivedhome,hefelt.

A、sad

B、disappointed

C、horrible

D^nervous

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。年輕人回到家里，出現(xiàn)了兩個關(guān)鍵詞sadness

和regret,可以判斷年輕人的心情是非常傷心的。故選A。

第42題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Climatescientistsarenotpresenteverywhere.Becausethereareso

manyplacesintheworldandnotenoughscientiststoobserveallofthem,they're

askingforyourhelpinobservingsignsofclimatechangeacrosstheworld.Thecitizen

scientistmovementencouragesordinarypeopletoobserveaveryspecificresearch

interest——birds,trees,flowersbudding,etc,andsendtheirobservationstoagiant

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databasetobeobservedbyprofessionalscientists.Thishelpsasmallnumberof

scientiststrackalargeamountofdatathattheywouldneverbeabletogatheron

theirown.Muchlikecitizenjournalistshelpinglargepublicationscoverahyper-local

beat,citizenscientistsarereadyfortheconditionswheretheylive.Allthat'sneeded

tobecomeoneisafewminuteseachdayoreachweektogatherdataandsendit

in.In“Allthat'sneededtobecomeone...(paragraph2)",whatdoestheword"one"

standsfor?

A、acitizenjournalist

B、acitizenscientist

C、ascientist

D^acitizen

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】。ne不僅是數(shù)詞也是代詞；代詞指代的名詞或句子一般出現(xiàn)在代詞

的前一句，要注意區(qū)分代詞單、復(fù)數(shù)。

第43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】這個問題可以根據(jù)引號來作答，因?yàn)榭崭窈竺嬗?says〃這個詞，它

預(yù)示著所填入的句子應(yīng)該是帶引號的。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44題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Wearesousedtoourlifeonthesurfaceoftheearththatitcanbe

quiteaneffortforourmindtobreakfreeofalltheideasthatwetakeforgranted.

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

會是多少？4000這個數(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45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：他給自己的汽車投了保，以防萬一?

遇到交通事故。A否則，要不然；B如果；C自從，由于；D以防萬一，以免。

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第46題【單選題】

[2009.7]Hewouldthatalltheclassifieddatashouldbekeptsafewhenin

office.

A、assure

B、ensure

C、insure

D、secure

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查動詞意義區(qū)分?！咀g文】他保證在辦公室里的所有機(jī)密數(shù)

據(jù)處于安全狀態(tài)?！驹敿?xì)解答】A使確信，使有信心：B確保（某事）發(fā)生，擔(dān)

保；C為......投保，給......保險；D安全的，沒有危險的

第47題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Youthinkthatthebiggestthreattoyourhealthwhentakingashower

comesfromslippingonabarofsoap?Well,guessagain.Q:Thisparagraphisa

questiontowhichtheauthorhopestohaveapositiveanswerfromthereader.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。這段話的意思是：你認(rèn)為淋浴的時候?qū)】底畲蟮耐{

是踩在一塊肥皂上而滑倒?好的，再猜一猜。這里的“再猜一猜〃可以得知作者希

望的不是一個positiveanswer.而是一個negativeanswer。

第48題【單選題】

[2009.10]hehasmanyfriends,heisoftenfeelinglonely.