2022年德州科技職業學院自考英語（二）練

習題匯總（附答案解析）

第1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】因果關系詞信號詞。凡是注釋中文的地方可能是答案區域。

第2題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Butevenifeverylargecitypurifiedandreuseditswater,westillwould

nothaveenough.Wherecouldweturnnext?Totheoceans!Allwe'dhavetodoto

makeuseofthevastamountofsea-wateris■一removethesalt.Thissalt-removing

processisalreadyinuseinmanypartsoftheworld.Accordingtothepassage,

sea-watercanbeturnedintofreshwaterby

A、heatingitup.

B、treatingitwithchemicals.

C、takingsaltoutofit.

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D、dryingitup.

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】海水之所以不能飲用就是因為它是咸的。答題依據是本段的remove

thesalt即takesaltouto

第3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:這個季節有很多促銷活動，

在此期間商店都會降低商品的原價。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4題【單選題】

【填句補文】""Geochemistsjustwantanintuitivesenseofwhat'sgoingonwiththe

elements/saysAlbertGalyfromtheUniversityofCambridge.

A^Anearthscientisthasrejiggedtheperiodictable（元素周期表）tomake

chemistrysimplertoteachtostudents.

B、Thetraditionalperiodictablewaswelldrawn.

C、“Iimaginecontourlineswouldbegoodforundergraduates/

D、Buthehasaddedcontourlinestochargedensity,helpingtoexplainwhichions

reactwithwhich.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】這一段是劍橋大學的AlbertGaly的原話，我們可以從引導整個關鍵

點得出答案。即：〃地學化學家們只想通過直覺判斷元素的活動。我想等高線對

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學生們有好處"。

第5題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thatproposalisessentiallyirrelevanttheissueathand.

A、with

B、from

C、in

D、to

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查介詞的固定搭配。句子翻譯：那個提案與手頭上的問題根

本無關。irrelevantto表示:與…無關。

第6題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Whetheryouworkathome,onthefarm,attheoffice,atschool,

orontheroad，itisnotagoodideatoskip（故意略去）breakfast.Q:Itisokaytoskip

breakfastifyouworkathome.

A>True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。原句的意思是：無論一個人在哪干活，不吃早餐都不是

個好主意。因此該命題是錯誤的。

第7題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇]Parentsoftendecideonthebasisofwhattheirchildrenwant.Cathy,a

mothertoldus,“Mychildrenhavepackedlunches,becausetheysaytheyhate

schooldinners.Imake3packedluncheseverymorning,soourkitchenislikea

sandwichbarinthemorning/However,anothermother,Susanmadeherchoice

basedonthenutritiousvalueofthefood.Shesaid,〃Mydaughteralwayshasschool

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dinners.Ithinksheprobablygetshealthierfoodbyhavingacookedlunchatschool

thanshewouldifImadeafewsandwiches/WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccording

tothepassage?

A、Katzthinkschipsaregoodforhiskids.

B、Susan'sdaughterlikeseatingsandwiches.

C>Cathymayhaveatleastthreechildren.

D、Jamielikesburgersandpizzas.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選C。細節查找并簡單推斷題。從本段，特別是Imake3packed

luncheseverymorning…可知Cathy有三個孩子在上學，有沒有不上學的孩子不得

而知，故選項C為最佳選項。其他三項均與原文意思不符。

第8題【單選題】

【完成句子】Theaveragelightningstrikeismorethan3mileslongandcantravelat

atenthofthespeedoflight.Balllightning,therarestandmostmysteriousform,

derivesitsnamefromthesmallluminousballthatappearsneartheimpactpoint,

moveshorizontally,andlastsforseveralseconds.Oneformoflightningthat

isballlightning.

A>occursmostinfrequently

B^isshiftedsidewaysbystrongwinds

C、isoftenhiddenfromourview

D、isestimatedat20millionsayear

【正確答案】A

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

mysteriousform,derivesitsnamefromthesmallluminousball…，關鍵詞是rarest

（rare的最高級形式）與infrequently"很少發生，少有〃表達相同的意思。

第9題【單選題】

【概括大意】Ifyouaretiredofmakingvagueexcusesforanotherdullsummerat

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home,hereisathoughttoliftyourspirits.Youdonotneedanythingsoradicalas

winningalottery（彩票）tofinanceatriptoEurope.Astudentidentitycardthatcan

beobtainedforafewdollarsfromtheCouncilonInternationalEducationalExchange

entitles（給予、授權）youtodiscounttickets（打折機票）oncertaincharterflights

toLondonandParis,aswellasreducedadmissiontomanymuseums,cinemas,and

musicalevents.OnceinEurope,youcanstayatapprovedyouthhostelsforabout

twodollarsanight.Sodon'tgiveupyourhopesofbecominganinternational

traveler.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A、ItiseasyforastudenttotravelinEuropeduringthesummer.

B^Thestudentneedstoobtainanidentitycardtotravelatacheaprate.

C、Thestudentcouldstayatapprovedyouthhostelsforabouttwodollarsanight.

D、Thestudentswillbecomeinternationaltravelersinsummer.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】這段話主要講學生暑假去歐洲的一些優惠來論證學生去歐洲旅行是

很容易的。因此選擇A。

第10題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Theviolencewithinasocietyiscontrolledthroughinstitutionsoflaw.

Themoredevelopedalegalsystembecomes,themoresocietytakesresponsibility

forthediscovery,control,andpunishmentofviolentacts.Inmosttribalsocietiesthe

onlymeanstodealwithanactofviolenceisrevenge.Eachfamilygroupmayhave

theresponsibilityforpersonallycarryingoutjudgmentandpunishmentuponthe

personwhocommittedtheoffense.Butinlegalsystems,theresponsibilityfor

revengebecomesdepersonalizedanddiffused.Thesocietyassumesthe

responsibilityforprotectingindividualsfromviolence.Incaseswheretheycannotbe

protected,thesocietyisresponsibleforimposingpunishment.Thefunctionoflegal

systems,accordingtothepassage,is.

A>tocontrolviolencewithinasociety

B、toprotecttheworldfromchaos

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C、tofreesocietyfromtheideaofrevenge

D^togivethegovernmentabsolutepower

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段的第一句話Theviolencewithinasocietyiscontrolledthrough

institutionsoflaw是本題的答案。

第口題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Helpingtheplanetisabigpartofwhatourworldtripisallaboutand

that'sexactlywhatwedidthispastweek.Wehelpedgetahydroponicsfarmstarted

inalocalvillage.Thisfarmwillbeamodelforthelocalvillagerssotheycanstart

theirveryownselfsustainingfarm.Hydroponicsisatypeoffarmingthatusesathird

ofthewaterneededinanaveragefarmandusesnosoil.Ahydroponicsfarm

A、isdifficulttobuild

B、isatypeoffarmwithoutsoil

C>willcostlotsofmoney

D、wasstartedinthevillagebeforetheycame

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。詞義理解題。根據關鍵詞hydroponicsfarm迅速鎖定本

段。再通過排除法可以判定B項是正確的。因為A和C表述的內容文章并沒有

提到過。D項表述是錯誤的，因為那個村莊在他們去之前并沒有這種hydroponics

farmo是他們到了之后，幫忙建立了一個模型。

第12題【單選題】

【填句補文】Theauthorsaysthatinterpersonalrelationsshouldbetaughtasa

requiredcourseineveryschool,alongwithreading,writing,andmathematics.

,Thatisatleastasimportantashowmuchweknow.

A^Muchofwhathasbeensaidaboutstrangersalsoappliestorelationshipswith

familymembersandfriends.

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B、Hekeepslookingovertheotherperson'sshoulder,asifhopingtofind

someonemoreinterestinginanotherpartoftheroom.

C、Everytimeyoumeetsomeoneinasocialsituation,givehimyourundivided

attentionforfourminutes.

D>Inhisopinion,successinlifedependsmainlyonhowwegetalongwithother

people.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】后句中的代詞we在D中才有呼應的代詞，而且在文章最后出現觀

點句是通常論述文的發展特點，因此判斷D正確。

第13題【單選題】

[2010.04]Thestudentdescribedthebeautifulmountainsandriversinhis

hometown.

A、artificially

B^vividly

C>critically

D、viciously

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查副詞的詞義辨析。這個學生生動地描述了他的家鄉美麗的

山河。

第14題【單選題】

[完成句子】Certainlytherearemillionswhoneedtoloseweight.Buttherearealso

millionswhoonlyimaginetheyneedto.Compulsiveandcontinuousdieting,notto

mentioneatingdisorders,showsthatsomeofuswilldoanythingtoreduceour

bodiesdowntothecurrentlydesirableshape.Butisbeingunderweightreally

desirable?Agreatmanypeoplegoonadietto.

A>keepfit

B^haveabodyshapethatallpeoplewilladmire

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C、prolonglifespan

D、getrideofdigestivesystemdiseases

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本段文字指出，很多人為了達到當前流行的體型(reduceourbodies

downtothecurrentlydesirableshape)而不惜通過節食等方法減肥。因此選擇B。

第15題【單選題】

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

遠鏡)andistakingastronomers(天文學家)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鏡。

第16題【單選題】

【完成句子】Mostofuscanfind15minutesorhalfanhoureachdayforsome

regularactivity.Forexample,onefamoussurgeonalwaysspent15minutesreading

somethingbeforehewenttosleepeachday.Whetherhewenttobedat10p.m.or

2:30a.m.madenodifferenee.Youareadvisedtoreadsomethingbeforeyou

A、findthetopicsentences

B、findoutthenewwords

C>keepreadingfast

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D、gotobedeveryday

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本段提到一位著名的醫生不管晚上睡得多晚，都要花15分鐘讀點

東西，那已經成為習慣。所以本題說“在你干什么之前，建議你讀點東西"，從選

項中看只有D項合適。

第17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

D、responsible

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】該題的解題依據在本段結尾部分"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奏的反應，等他們長大之后，他們對音樂節奏的反應,

更可能受到抑制。

第18題【單選題】

【I閱讀聲U斷】Despiteotherexplanations,therealanswerinmyopinionliespartlyin

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thechildhimself,partlyinthebehaviorofthepeoplearoundhim.Q:Thereasonwhy

childrenlearntheirmothertonguesowellliessolelyintheirenvironmentof

learning.

A、True

B、False

C>NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。原文說的是兒童之所以能夠完全掌握母語部分原因在于

兒童自身，部分原因在于孩子周圍人們的行為。問題句說"兒童母語學得好的原

因只是因為他們的學習環境。"此處solely的表述是錯誤的。

第19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項錯在

disappearo

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第20題【單選題】

【填句補文】Homeschoolingisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools,but

criticssaythathome-schoolersareoutsiderswhomightbeuncomfortablemixing

withotherpeopleinadultlife..However,mostparentsdon'thavethetime

orthedesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome,soschoolswillcontinuetobewhere

mostchildrengettheirformaleducation.

A^Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.

B^Anumberofparentsprefernottosendtheirchildrentoschool.

C、Childrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownas"home-schoolers."

D、Othersbelievetheycanprovideabettereducationalexperiencefortheir

childrenbyteachingthemathome.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段大意是〃對homeschooling提出了質疑〃，需要注意前面說到

了"criticssay”,空格處與之對應的是“Criticsalsosay”。

第21題【單選題】

[2009.10]Sofarscientistshaveonlyacquiredunderstandingofthephysical

processesthatcauseearthquakes.

A、apartial

B^achangeable

C、anoriginal

D、anindividual

【正確答案】A

第22題【單選題】

[2009.7]Hewouldthatalltheclassifieddatashouldbekeptsafewhenin

office.

A、assure

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B、ensure

C、insure

D^secure

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查動詞意義區分?！咀g文】他保證在辦公室里的所有機密數

據處于安全狀態。【詳細解答】A使確信，使有信心；B確保（某事）發生，擔

保；C為......投保，給......保險；D安全的，沒有危險的

第23題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Fermi'sgeniuswasknownthroughoutthescientificworld.In1938he

hadwonaNobelPrize.Fouryearslaterheproducedthefirstnuclearchainreaction,

leadingusintothenuclearage.Q:Fermi,anexperimentalistaswellasatheoretician,

wonaNobelPrizeforproducingthefirstnuclearchainreactionintheworld.

A、True

B^False

C>NotGiven

【正確答案】B

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

應的。

第24題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Everyyear;inNovember,ThanksgivingDayremindsusofthegood

thingsinlife,andpeoplearethankful.Onthisdaypeopleusuallyeatturkeyand

greatquantitiesofotherfoods.Q:TheturkeyisamostpopularfoodonThanksgiving

Day.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

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【答案解析】答案選Ao感恩節這天火雞通常是必不可少的。因此本題是正確的。

第25題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】In1841,abookwaspublishedwhichastonishedtheworld.Itwas

called"IncidentsofTravelinCentralAmerica,ChiapasandYucatan”.TheauthorJohn

LoudStephenshadjustreturnedfromalong,difficultanddangerousjourney

throughthethickrainforestofsouthernMexicoandGuatemala.Hehadoncebeen

therewithFrederickCatherwood,anarchitectandartist,tosearchfortheremainsof

alostcivilizationknownastheMayas（瑪雅）.VerylittlewasknownabouttheMayas

atthattime,butCatherwood'sdrawinginthebookshowedincrediblecitieswith

temples,pyramidsandotherbuildingsasimpressiveasthoseoftheirnorthern

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

haddisappearedalmostathousandyearsbefore.Stephen'sbookastonishedthe

worldbecause.

A>itwasthefirsttimepeopleheardaboutMayas.

B>theMayaswereexcellentbuildersandfarmers.

C、hehadexperiencedsomanydifficultiestofindthislostcivilization.

D、itdescribedthattheMayasusedtobeanadvancedcivilization.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據問題中的關鍵詞astonished,把本問題定位在第一句In1841,a

bookwaspublishedwhichastonishedtheworld.對下面的幾個重要事實的歸納概

括就得出正確答案：Do

第26題【單選題】

[2008.04）Ithasbeenfoundthatastronghelpovercometheeffectsof

distraction.

A、interruption

B、motivation

C>evaluation

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D、destination

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查名詞詞義區分。A.打擾、中；斷B.動機、誘因；C.

評估、評價；D.目的地、終點。整句話的意思是：人們發現一個很強的動機

可以幫助克服干擾物的影響。

第27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28題【單選題】

[2010.04]Bytheendofnextyearthebridge.

A^istocomplete

B、hasbeencompleted

C、willbecompleted

D、willhavebeencompleted

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】【譯文】到明年年底之前，這座橋修建將完成。【試題分析】本題

考查語法?！驹敿毥獯稹縿釉~時態。bytheendof到……時為止；在……之前。將來

完成時態，用于表達在將來某時間以前已經完成的動作。

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第29題【單選題】

[2008.04]Ithasbeenfoundthatastronghelpovercometheeffectsof

distraction.

A>interruption

B、motivation

C、evaluation

D、destination

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查名詞詞義區分。A.打擾、中；斷B.動機、誘因；C.

評估、評價；D.目的地、終點。整句話的意思是：人們發現一個很強的動機

可以幫助克服干擾物的影響。

第30題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericato

theOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowthe

world'slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaand

otherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.Itwas

firstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400/s.Whichcountryisthelargestcoffee

producer?

A、Brazil.

B^Colombia.

C、Ethiopia.

D、Egypt.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答題依據在本段的第三句。Producer與grower意思等同。

第31題【單選題】

【填句補文】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與其他孩子學習的不同點，因此選B。

第32題【單選題】

[2009.01]WheneverIgoouttodinnerwithhim,Ialwayspayingthebill.

A、endup

B、arriveat

C、dropout

D、giveoff

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】句意：每當我與他外出吃飯，最后總是我付賬?？疾槎陶Z意義區分。

A以…而告終；B達到，取得；C不參加，隱退；D散發。

第33題【單選題】

Howyouliketodothat?

A、would

B、could

C、should

D^might

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【正確答案】A

【答案解析】wouldliketodo固定搭配，想要做某事/愿意做某事。答案選A。

第34題【單選題】

[2008.10]Neverbeforesorapidlydevelopingasitistoday.

A、hasourcountrybeen

B、hasbeenourcountry

C、ourcountryhasbeen

D、ourcountrybeenhas

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考查語法?！咀g文】我們國家從未像現在這樣高速發展。【詳細

解答】否定詞never在句首，該句子應采用部分倒裝。

第35題【單選題】

[2009.04]Ifpaymentisnotreceived,legalactionwillbeouronly.

A、aggression

B、advantage

C、alternative

D、ambition

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】譯文：如果我們收不到付款，那就只好訴諸法律了。試題分析：詞

義選擇題。詳細解答：A挑釁、侵犯；B優勢、優點；C選擇、取舍；D野心、

抱負。

第36題【單選題】

[2010,04]Thestudentdescribedthebeautifulmountainsandriversinhis

hometown.

A、artificially

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B、vividly

C、critically

D、viciously

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查副詞的詞義辨析。這個學生生動地描述了他的家鄉美麗的

山河。

第37題【單選題】

【2010.04]Bytheendofnextyearthebridge.

A、istocomplete

B^hasbeencompleted

C、willbecompleted

D、willhavebeencompleted

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】【譯文】到明年年底之前，這座橋修建將完成?！驹囶}分析】本題

考查語法。【詳細解答】動詞時態。bytheendof至IJ……時為止；在……之前。將來

完成時態，用于表達在將來某時間以前已經完成的動作。

第38題【單選題】

【I閱讀聲斷】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

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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Ao

第39題【單選題】

［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

D^responsible

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】該題的解題依據在本段結尾部分"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奏的反應，等他們長大之后，他們對音樂節奏的反應,

更可能受到抑制。

第40題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Whataboutdrinkingalcoholtowetyourthroat?Iadviceyounotto

touchalcoholbeforespeaking.Youwillfeelall-powerfulandyouwillfeelyoucando

everything,butinfactyourbrainandyourmouthdonotworktogetherproperly.

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Savethealcoholuntilafteryoufinishspeaking.Q:Duetotheeffectofalcohol,your

thoughtandyourmouthwillnotcoordinateproperly.

A>True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選Ao本題的關鍵句為：butinfactyourbrainandyourmouthdo

notworktogetherproperly.因此本題答案為A。

第41題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇1Duringthehourswhenyoulabourthroughyourworkyoumaysaythat

you're"hot".That'strue.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmostenergeticiswhenyour

cycleofbodytemperatureisatitspeak.Forsomepeoplethepeakcomesduringthe

morning.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonorevening.Noonehasdiscovered

whythisisso,butitleadstosuchfamiliarmonologuesas:"Getup,John!You'llbe

lateforworkagain!"ThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatJohnisathis

temperature-and-energypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrellingendswhen

husbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycleeach

memberofthefamilyhas.Whichofthefollowingmayleadtofamilyquarrels

accordingtothepassage?

A、Unawarenessofenergycycles.

B、Familiarmonologues.

C、Achangeinafamilymember'senergycycle.

D^Attemptstocontroltheenergycycleofotherfamilymembers.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題的關鍵是看懂本段的最后一句(即："Muchfamilyquarrellingends

whenhusbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycle

eachmemberofthefamilyhas.z,),同時聯系本段的第四句和第五句(即："Forsome

peoplethepeakcomesduringthemorning.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonor

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evening.〃）的意思。該句的直接意思是〃如果丈夫和妻子能明白能量周期是怎么

回事，以及家庭每個成員有什么樣的周期，很多家庭爭吵就會停止?！ㄒ簿褪钦f，

家庭爭吵的發生是因為丈夫和妻子不了解能量周期是怎么回事，更談不上了解每

個家庭成員有什么樣的能量周期1o因此A項：Unawarenessofenergycycles（不

知道能量周期）應是正確答案。

第42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】因果關系詞信號詞。凡是注釋中文的地方可能是答案區域。

第43題【單選題】

【填句補文】Manybeginninginterviewersareafraidthattheyareforcingtheother

persontoanswerquestionsandhavenorighttoinquireabouthispersonalsecrets.

.Unlessthepersonreallyhatesbeinginterviewed,heisdelightedthat

somebodywantstointerviewhim.

A、Thisfearisalmost100percentunnecessary.

B、Thisdoesn'tnecessarilymeanthatitwillgowell.

C、Mostmenandwomenleadlivesthatareuninteresting.

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D、Bothofyouneedtimetogettoknoweachother.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】抓住關鍵詞進行同義替換，也就是afraid,選項中thisfear就是對

這種擔心的補充，這種擔心是完全沒有必要的，除非被采訪者確實是討厭別人問

自己。

第44題【單選題】

【2009.04］Sheeverythingelseandconcentratedonthetaskbeforeher.

A、setoff

B、setback

C、setaside

D^setup

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】本題考查短語意義辨析。譯文：她把其他事情都放到一邊，集中精

力于她面前的任務。詳細解答：A出發、動身；B把（某物）置于…之后、延遲；

C撇開、取消、廢除；D建立、提出。

第45題【單選題】

［閱讀選擇］Organismshaveagreatvarietyofwaysofadapting.Theymayadaptin

theirstructure,functionandgenetics,intheirdevelopmentandproductionofthe

youngandinotherrespects.Anorganismmaycreateitsownenvironment,asdo

warm-b