2022年成都信息工程大學銀杏酒店管理學

院自考英語（二）練習題匯總（附答案解析）

第1題【單選題】

【填句補文】Thesmokethatcomesfromalitcigarettecontainsmanydifferent

poisonouschemicals.Inthepast,scientistsdidnotthinkthatthesechemicalscould

harmanonsmoker'shealth..Theydiscoveredthatevennonsmokershad

unhealthyamountsofthesetoxic（有毒的）chemicalsintheirbodies.

A、TheGilsonshavebeenmarriedfor35years.

B^Recently,though,scientistschangedtheiropinionaftertheystudiedalarge

groupofnonsmokers.

C、Wecannotavoidsecondhandsmokeinrestaurants.

D、IntheUnitedStates,ninemillionchildrenundertheageoffiveliveinhomes

withatleastonesmoker.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】前一句講的是科學家們過去對二手煙的看法，接下來應選表示他們

改變觀點的句子，因為下一句表明他們所持的觀點已與過去截然不同。

第2題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇1TheUnitedStatesperceivesitselftobeamiddle-classnation.However,

middleclassisnotarealdesignation,nordoesitcarryprivileges.Itismoreofa

perception,whichprobablywasastrueasitevercouldberightafterWorldWarII.

Theeconomywasgrowing,moreandmorepeopleownedtheirownhomes,workers

hadsolidcontractswiththecompaniesthatemployedthem,andnearlyeveryone

whowantedahighereducationcouldhaveone.Theinformationinthispassage

dealswith.

A、anindividual

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B、asocialandeconomicgroup

C、apoliticalorganization

D、Government

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。通過閱讀本段，middleclass中產(chǎn)階級是一個群體，選答

案Bo

第3題【單選題】

【填句補文】Scientistshavelearnedthatthesenseofpainismadeupofboth

chemicalandelectricalsignals..Scientistsalsohavelearnedthatthe

nervoussystemsendstwodifferentkinds-ofpainmessagestothebrain:onevery

fast,theotherslow.

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signals組成的，所以緊接

著就提到兩種信號的傳播路線。B項恰恰照應了首句意思。

第4題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Norwich,thecapitalofthepartofBritainknownasEastAnglia,has

beeninexistenceformorethantwothousandyears.Itbeganasasmallvillage

besidetheRiverWensum.Q:TheRiverWensumflowsbyNorwich.

A、True

B、False

C>NotGiven

【正確答案】A

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

個小村莊,就說明了RiverWensum流經(jīng)Norwicho

第5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實際上，事實上

第6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(xiāng)美麗的

山河。

第7題【單選題】

【完成句子】InBritain,robotsalesappropriatelypeakedin1984,buthavebeen

decliningeversince.Thisispartlybecause,Britishwageratesaretoolowtomake

robotsfinanciallyattractiveandpartlybecauseengineersnowhavemoreexperience

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withrobotsandaremoreawareofthedifficultiesofintroducingthem

effectively.RobotsarelesspopularinBritaintodaypartlybecause.

A、toomuchenergy

B^basedonAmericandesigns

C>theyaretoocostly

D^theyarenotreliable

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】本段第二句就是講的兩個原因，即人們的工資水平太低，也就是沒

有能力使機器人發(fā)揮出創(chuàng)造財富的作用，言下之意就是成本高。第二個原因就是

人們逐漸意識到了操縱機器人不是件容易的事情，所以使用率就下降了。所以應

該選C。

第8題【單選題】

［閱讀選擇］Hearingloss,whichoccurstypicallypriortoteenageyears,progresses

throughoutone'slifetime.Althoughhearinglossisnowtheworld'snumberone

healthproblem,nearly90percentofpeoplesufferinghearinglosschoosetoleave

theproblemuntreated.Formanymillions,treatinghearinglossinaconventional

waycaninvolvenumerousofficevisits,expensivetestingandadjustmentstofityour

ear.ThankstoCrystalEar;the"soundsolution"isnowconvenient.Almost90percent

ofpeoplewithmildhearingloss,andmillionsmorewithjustalittlehearingdrop-off

（下降）/canbedramaticallyhelpedwithCrystalEar.Moreover,itssuperiordesignis

energy-efficient,sobatteriescanlastmonths.CrystalEarisnowavailabletohelp

thesepeopletreattheirhearinglosswithasmallhearingamplifier（放大

器）.Accordingtothepassage,hearinglossis.

A、onlyaminorhealthproblem.

B、theworld'smostcommonhealthproblem.

C>merelyateenagedisease.

D、anincurabledisease.

【正確答案】B

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【答案解析】hearinglossisnowtheworld'snumberonehealthproblem這句話可

以幫助我們找到答案。

第9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】本題考查詞義辨析。句意：現(xiàn)代經(jīng)濟學是國家農(nóng)業(yè)政策的基礎?？?/p>

查形近動詞詞義。A經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)受；B了解；C成為…的基礎；D承擔，保證。

第10題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Beforeyoubeginyourtalk,bekindtoyourvoice.Avoidmilkorcreamy

drinkswhichcoatyourthroat.Keepyourthroatwetbydrinkingalittlesweetened

warmteaordilutedfruitjuice.Q:Tosolvetheproblemofdrymouths,oneisadvised

totakecoolmilk.

A、True

B、False

C^NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選Bo文章說到：Avoidmilkorcreamydrinkswhichcoatyour

throat.避免喝牛奶和奶油飲料。

第"題【單選題】

【概括大意】Thecharmingsmilesandservicefromthesalesladiesandgentlemen

arealwaystherereadyforyou.Moreoftenthannot（往往）,onsuchoccasions

newcomersfromelsewhere,say,Chinamainland,mayfeelsomethingmorethan

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mereuneasiness-evenasenseofguiltiftheydonotbuysomethingfromtheshop.

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

athomewithallthese.Someofthemthinkitisnogoodtobethe"God";sometimes

theywouldratherbeashoplifter.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A>HongKongisworthyofitsreputationasabusinesscenteroftheworld.

B>Itisuneasytobeofferedsmilesandservices.

C、Shoppingorwindow-shoppinghere,youcanreallyfeelthemeaningof"The

CustomeristheGod!"

D^Shopliftinghasbeenafrequentcriminaloffence.

【正確答案】C

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

第12題【單選題】

【概括大意】Wignallcalculatedthe"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：Wignallcalculatedthe"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13題【單選題】

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【填句補文】DavidGutersonandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.

Gutersonsaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool:

,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14題【單選題】

[2010.04]Evenafterdecadesofthetwobrothersrecognizedeachother

immediately.

A>separation

B^cooperation

C、correspondence

D、communication

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】【譯文】盡管已經(jīng)分別了幾十年，這兩兄弟都是立刻認出了對方。

【試題分析】詞匯題?！驹敿毥獯稹棵~的詞義選取。

第15題【單選題】

[2007.04）Thebookfairhasreceivedapositivefromreaders.

A>result

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B、response

C>settlement

D、solution

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。response：反映，反響。result：結果，后果。

殖民，移民，定居。解決；解答。根據(jù)句意,應該選

settlement：solution：responseo

apositiveresponse：良好的反映。

第16題【單選題】

[2010.04]Wehavegreatlytheprocedureaccordingtothechairman's

suggestion.

A>stimulated

B、perceived

C、obscured

D^simplified

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】【譯文】按照主席的提議我們已經(jīng)大大地簡化了步驟?！驹囶}分析】

本題考查詞義辨析?！驹敿毥獯稹縿釉~的詞義選取。

第17題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】DuringthesepastfewyearsIusedAssociatedContenttotrywriting.I

foundwritingforthatsitewasnotmycupoftea.However,myexperiencetherewas

positiveasIwasrewardedwithevenmorelearningopportunitiesjustbydippingmy

toesintothewater.ThroughAssociatedContentIwasintroducedtotheworldof

blogging.Idecidedtolearnhowtosetupablogmyself.NowI'minterestedin

bloggingandcontinuetoworkasawriter.Whatistheauthor'spurposeofusingthe

siteAssociatedContent?

A^TowriteforthesiteYahoo!ContributorNetwork.

B^Toknowmoreaboutotherwriters.

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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。

第18題【單選題】

［閱讀選擇］IrecognizedthatthesitessuchasAssociatedContentcanprovidea

fertilegroundforlearninghowtobecomeabetterwriter.Icouldseethatthiswasan

opendoorforsystematicallylearningsomebasicwritingskillswithoutpayingcollege

tuitionforclassesandleavingthecomfortofmyownhome.Intheeyesoftheauthor,

thesiteAssociatedContent.

A>offersyoualotofnovelstoread

B>isgoodforyourbecomingawriter

C、asksyoutostudywritingregularly

D、isratherexpensivebutconvenient

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。根據(jù)本段的…canprovideafertilegroundforlearninghowto

becomeabetterwriter確定B答案。其余選項與原文意思不符。A與D選項所表

達內(nèi)容在文中并未提及，可以被排除。C選項中regularly一詞并未在文中得到體

現(xiàn)。

第19題【單選題】

［2009.7］Anemployeehasperfectreliabilityifhealwaysdoeshiswork.

A、personally

B、scarcely

C^respectively

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D、responsibly

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查副詞意義區(qū)分。【譯文】如果一個員工做工作總是認真負

責，他就是完全可信賴的。【詳細解答】A親自地；B幾乎不；C個別地；D可靠

地

第20題【單選題】

【概括大意】Wignallcalculatedthe"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：Wignallcalculatedthe"killingefficiency"forthese

volcanoes...；Wignall計算了這些火山的"滅絕效率"；其中k川ingefficiency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21題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Althoughnoothergameisexactlylikebaseball,perhapstheonemost

nearlylikeitistheEnglishgameofcricket（板球）,Q:Baseballsharesmanyfeatures

withtheEnglishgameofcricket.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

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【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選Ao本題對應的語句為：theonemostnearlylikeitistheEnglish

gameofcricket,因此是正確的。

第22題【單選題】

【完成句子】Didyouknowthatbefore1950,hurricaneshadnonames?Theywere

simplygivennumbers.ThefirstnamesweresimplyAlpha,Bravo,Charlie,etc.butin

1953,femalesnamesweregivenbecauseoftheunpredictabilityC不可預知）factorof

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

wereexpandedtoincludebothmenandwomen.Themainconsiderationofusing

malesandfemales'namesforhurricanesis.

A>thetimely（及時的）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）。

第23題【單選題】

【完成句子】Didyouknowthatbefore1950,hurricaneshadnonames?Theywere

simplygivennumbers.ThefirstnamesweresimplyAlpha,Bravo,Charlie,etc.butin

1953,femalesnamesweregivenbecauseoftheunpredictability（不可預矢口）factorof

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

wereexpandedtoincludebothmenandwomen.Themainconsiderationofusing

malesandfemales'namesforhurricanesis.

A、thetimely（及時的）discovery

B、itsuncertainty

C^sexequality

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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）。

第24題【單選題】

【完成句子】Mostofuscanfind15minutesorhalfanhoureachdayforsome

regularactivity.Forexample,onefamoussurgeonalwaysspent15minutesreading

somethingbeforehewenttosleepeachday.Whetherhewenttobedat10p.m.or

2:30a.m.madenodifference.Youareadvisedtoreadsomethingbeforeyou

A>findthetopicsentences

B、findoutthenewwords

C、keepreadingfast

D、gotobedeveryday

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本段提到一位著名的醫(yī)生不管晚上睡得多晚，都要花15分鐘讀點

東西，那已經(jīng)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25題【單選題】

[2009.10]Asforfamilyeducation,parentsareencouragedtorelyonrather

thanpunishment.

A、criticism

B、intimidation

C、persuasion

D、scolding

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】本題考查名詞詞義區(qū)分?！咀g文】關于家庭教育，鼓勵父母們依靠

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說服而不是懲罰孩子。A批評、指責B恐嚇、威脅C說服、勸服D責

罵、斥責

第26題【單選題】

[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?！咀g文】她花了幾秒鐘時間使眼睛適應黑

暗。【詳細解答】A分配，撥出B收養(yǎng)，過繼C應用，申請D調(diào)

整，使適合

第27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.

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D、itdescribedthattheMayasusedtobeanadvancedcivilization.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】根據(jù)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28題【單選題】

【填句補文】AllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthe

lawdoesnotsaytheyhavetobeeducatedatschool.Anumberofparentsprefernot

tosendtheirchildrentoschool..Thereareabout300,000home-schoolers

intheUnitedStatestoday.

A>Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.

B、Insomecountries,however;childrenareeducatedbytheirparents.

C、Learningstartswiththechildren'sinterestsandquestions.

D^Childrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownas"home-schoolers."

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】后文出現(xiàn)了home-schoolers,根據(jù)選項，這里應該是對這個詞的定

義，因此選D。

第29題【單選題】

[2007.04]Jennycomplainedthatthehospitalhertoomuchforthe

treatment.

A、expended

B^paid

C>cost

D>charged

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。charge：要價；索價；要人支付；收費。例如：

Thefruitsellerchargedmetoomuchmoney.這個水果商要了我很多的錢。

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第30題【單選題】

【概括大意】Thecharmingsmilesandservicefromthesalesladiesandgentlemen

arealwaystherereadyforyou.Moreoftenthannot（往往）,onsuchoccasions

newcomersfromelsewhere,say,Chinamainland,mayfeelsomethingmorethan

mereuneasiness-evenasenseofguiltiftheydonotbuysomethingfromtheshop.

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

athomewithallthese.Someofthemthinkitisnogoodtobethe"God";sometimes

theywouldratherbeashoplifter.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A、HongKongisworthyofitsreputationasabusinesscenteroftheworld.

B^Itisuneasytobeofferedsmilesandservices.

C^Shoppingorwindow-shoppinghere,youcanreallyfeelthemeaningof"The

CustomeristheGod!"

D、Shopliftinghasbeenafrequentcriminaloffence.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段強調(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。

第32題【單選題】

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【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

【答案解析】答案選A。感恩節(jié)這天火雞通常是必不可少的。因此本題是正確的。

第33題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Theidealbatterywillstorealotofenergyinasmallpackage.Rightnow,

Belcher'smodelbattery,ametallicdiskcompletelybuiltbyviruses,lookslikea

regularwatchbattery.Butinside,itscomponentsareverysmall-sotinyyoucan

onlyseethemwithapowerfulmicroscope.Whichofthefollowingistrueof

Belcher'sbatterymentionedinparagraph6?

A、Itismadeofmetal.

B、Itisakindofwatchbattery.

C^Itcanonlybeseenwithamicroscope.

D^Itisametallicdiskwithvirusesinsideit.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】做題步驟：四個選項逐一帶到原文，找到三個錯誤選項，一個正確

選項，比NOTTRUE題難。

第34題【單選題】

【概括大意】Themodemideasconcerningthenatureofintelligenceareboundto

havesomeeffectonourschoolsystem.Inonerespectachangeisalreadyoccurring.

Withthemovetowardcomprehensiveeducationandthedevelopmentof

unstreamedclasses,fewerchildrenwillbegiventhelabel"lowIQ"whichmust

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

system.),選項A中只是將名詞effect換為impacto

第35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)字比較關鍵，因為在本段最后一句中出現(xiàn)了這個詞，一

看該句Ifyoucouldtakeaone-poundpacketofbutter4,000milesoutfromthe

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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36題【單選題】

【填句補文】Doctorsbelievethatsecondhandsmokemaycauselungcancerin

peoplewhodonotsmokebecausenonsmokersoftenbreatheinthesmokefrom

otherpeople'scigarettes..TheUSEnvironmentalProtectionAgency

reportsthatabout53,000peopledieintheUnitedStateseachyearasaresultof

exposuretosecondhandsmoke.

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，不吸煙者時常吸入他人香煙中冒出的煙，接下來應首

選對此煙加以定義的句子。

第37題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】TwothousandyearsagotheChinesehadalreadydevelopedaworking

compass.Apieceoflodestone（天然磁石）wouldbecutintotheshapeofaladle（長

柄勺）.Placedonastoneboardwithasmoothsurface,thelodestonewouldmove

rounduntilthe"handle"oftheladlepointedsouthwhilethebulk（主體）oftheladle

wasattractedtomagneticnorth.Thisinterestinglyshapeddeviceismentionedina

bookfromabout80.Otherancientbooksmayhavedateditasfarbackasthe

fourthcenturyJade（玉石）findersplayedanimportantroleintheinventionofthe

"ladle".Theytravelledgreatdistancestolookforjade.Inordernottolosedirections,

theywouldtakea"ladle"withthem.WhendidtheChineseinventthecompass?

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A、In1492.

B>InthethirteencenturyA.D.

C、InA.D.80.

D、Atleast2000yearsago.

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本段中TwothousandyearsagotheChinesehadalreadydevelopeda

workingcompass.直接告訴我們中國發(fā)明指南針的時間。

第38題【單選題】

[閱讀選擇]Butevenifeverylargecitypurifiedandreuseditswater,westillwould

nothaveenough.Wherecouldweturnnext?Totheoceans!Allwe'dhavetodoto

makeuseofthevastamountofsea-wateris--removethesalt.Thissalt-removing

processisalreadyinuseinmanypartsoftheworld.Accordingtothepassage,

sea-watercanbeturnedintofreshwaterby

A>heatingitup.

B>treatingitwithchemicals.

C、takingsaltoutofit.

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(jù)是本段的remove

thesaltBPtakesaltout。

第39題【單選題】

[2009.7]Thewoundedsoldierswouldrecoverquicklyiftheywerewell.

A>nourished

B、stuffed

C、tamed

D、ventured

【正確答案】A

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【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40題【單選題】

【填句補文】Althoughtheresearchershaveonlyjustmadethetechnicaldetailsof

themicroscopepublic,itisalreadyonsale.Itiscurrentlythesizeofarefrigerator

andtakesseveralminutestoscanacircuit,butXiaoandSchragareworking

A、totaketinychipswerequire

B、tomakingchipsanysmaller

C^toshrinkittothesizeofadesktopcomputerandcutthescanningtimeto30

seconds

D、ofconductingelectricity

【正確答案】c

【答案解析】這部分所說的體積的減小和所需時間的縮短恰好與前半句中提到的

冰箱大小的體積和所需數(shù)分鐘的時間形成了對比。即：目前它大約像冰箱那么大，

而且要用幾分鐘掃描一個電路，但是他們正在努力使它縮小到臺式計算機那么大,

把掃描時間縮短到3。秒。

第41題【單選題】

[2009.04]WhenyouknowBobbetter,youwilllikehim.

A、goto

B、gotto

C、wentto

D^getto

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】譯文：當你更加了解鮑勃時，你將會喜歡他的。試題分析：本題考

查主將從現(xiàn)。團詳細解答：根據(jù)主將從現(xiàn)的原則，主句用了一般將來時，時間狀

語從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來。

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第42題【單選題】

Thereply,whenitfinallycame,wasthenegative.

A、for

B、into

C^in

D、with

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】inthenegative：否定的,否決。

第43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)字比較關鍵，因為在本段最后一句中出現(xiàn)了這個詞，一

看該句Ifyoucouldtakeaone-poundpacketofbutter4,000milesoutfromthe

earth,itwouldweighonlyaquarterofapound.只是把名詞換了一T,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44題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇］TheUnitedStatesperceivesitselftobeamiddle-classnation.However,

middleclassisnotarealdesignation,nordoesitcarryprivileges.Itismoreofa

perception,whichprobablywasastrueasitevercouldberightafterWorldWarII.

Theeconomywasgrowing,moreandmorepeopleownedtheirownhomes,workers

hadsolidcontractswiththecompaniesthatemployedthem,andnearlyeveryone

whowantedahighereducationcouldhaveone.Theinformationinthispassage

dealswith.

A、anindividual

B、asocialandeconomicgroup

C^apoliticalorganization

D^Government

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。通過閱讀本段，middleclass中產(chǎn)階級是一個群體，選答

案B。

第45題【單選題】

【填句補文】Thesmokethatcomesfromalitcigarettecontainsmanydifferent

poisonouschemicals.Inthepast,scientistsdidnotthinkthatthesechemicalscould

harmanonsmoker'shealth..Theydiscoveredthatevennonsmokershad

unhealthyamountsofth