2022年西南交通大學(xué)自考英語（二）練習(xí)題

匯總（附答案解析）

第1題【單選題】

[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(gè)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2題【單選題】

【J真句補(bǔ)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

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

選對(duì)此煙加以定義的句子。

第3題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Now,thereareabout24millionmicrocomputersinuseintheUnited

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

Americanmanagerswillbeusingsomesortofelectronicworkstation.Q:Atpresent

about10%ofAmericancitizenspossessamicrocomputer.

A、True

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(guó)大約有二千四百萬臺(tái)微型

電子計(jì)算機(jī)在使用中，平均每十人就擁有一臺(tái)。因此本題的表述是正確的。

第4題【單選題】

【完成句子】Saganwasnotedforthevigourofhislogicstyle,especiallyv/hen

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(zhēng)

的一個(gè)實(shí)例就是Sagan摧毀了Velikovsky的錯(cuò)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5題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】"Geochemistsjustwantanintuitivesenseofwhat'sgoingonwiththe

elements/saysAlbertGalyfromtheUniversityofCambridge.

A^Anearthscientisthasrejiggedtheperiodictable（元素周期表）tomake

chemistrysimplertoteachtostudents.

B、Thetraditionalperiodictablewaswelldrawn.

C、“Iimaginecontourlineswouldbegoodforundergraduates//

D、Buthehasaddedcontourlinestochargedensity,helpingtoexplainwhichions

reactwithwhich.

【正確答案】C

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

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

學(xué)生們有好處〃。

第6題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇）Goodnev/sforchocoholics：thetreatpreferredbymillionsalloverthe

worldisgoodforyou,accordingtoAmericanresearchersattheUniversityof

California.Chocolatecontainssubstancescalledflavonoids（類黃酮）thatcanhelp

maintainahealthyheartandgoodcirculation.Theresearchershavediscoveredthat

cocoaactslikeaspirinandthateatingabarofchocolatehasalsobeenshownto

releaseendorphinsinthebody：thesechemicalshelptoreducepainandstressand

makeyoufeelhappy.Whyischocolategoodforheartandcirculation?

A、Itreducespainandstress.

Itcontainssubstancescalledflavonoids.

C、Itreleasesendorphinsinhumanbody.

D、Itactslikeaspirintoprotectheart.

【正確答案】B

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第9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(jiǎng)，四年以后才建立核連鎖反

應(yīng)的。

第10題【單選題】

NeitherEnglishnorChinesedifficulttolearn.

A、has

B、have

C、is

D、are

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】neither...nor...是固定搭配，意思是：既不……也不......。它需要遵循

就近原則，謂語動(dòng)詞應(yīng)與Chinese一致，所以答案是C。

第11題【單選題】

[2009.7]Hewouldthatalltheclassifieddatashouldbekeptsafewhenin

office.

A、assure

B、ensure

C、insure

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D、secure

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查動(dòng)詞意義區(qū)分。【譯文】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(xiǎn)；D安全的，沒有危險(xiǎn)的

第12題【單選題】

Theroomisinaterrible;itcan'thavebeencleaned.

A、mess

B、great

C、good

D、disaster

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】題目意思：房間里亂七八糟，一定沒打掃過。這句話是否定的猜測(cè)，

根據(jù)后文可知答案選A.

第13題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)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(shí)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(shí)間形成了對(duì)比。即：目前它大約像冰箱那么大，

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而且要用幾分鐘掃描一個(gè)電路，但是他們正在努力使它縮小到臺(tái)式計(jì)算機(jī)那么大,

把掃描時(shí)間縮短到30秒。

第14題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Thefutureismuchtooimportanttosimplyguessabout,thewaythe

highschoolstudentsdid.bycarefullystudyingthepresent,skilled

businessmen,scientists,andpoliticiansaresupposedlyabletofigureoutinadvance

whatwillhappen.

A、Thestockmarkethaditsworstlossesever

B、Buildingswouldrotatesotheycouldfollowthesuntotakemaximum

advantageofitslightandheat

C、Soexpertsareregularlyaskedtopredictaccurately

D、Thearticlewaswrittenin1958

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】第一句說的是：預(yù)測(cè)未來很重要，不能像中學(xué)生那樣猜測(cè)。這一空

的關(guān)鍵詞是experts,他們不同于中學(xué)生，他們的預(yù)測(cè)應(yīng)該是較為準(zhǔn)確的。

第15題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】ForanygiventaskinBritaintherearemorementhanareneeded.

Strongunionskeepthemthere.InFleetStreet,homeofsomeofLondon'sbiggest

dailies,itisunderstoodthatwhentwounionsquarreloverthreejobstheargument

issettledbygivingeachuniontwo.Thatmeans33percentovermanning,33per

centlessproductivitythancouldbeobtained.Whathappenswhendisputesoverjob

opportunitiesariseamongBritishunions?

A、Thirtythreepercentoftheworkerswillbeoutofwork.

B、Morejobswillbecreatedbytheunion.

C、Morepeoplewillbeemployedthannecessary.

D、Theunionswilltrytoincreaseproductivity.

【正確答案】C

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（答案解析]本段開頭告訴讀者"...therearemorementhanareneeded...whentwo

unionsquarreloverthreejobs,theargumentissettledbygivingeachuniontwo”,接

卜來作者又進(jìn)一步說明其實(shí)質(zhì)，即它意味著"33percentovermanning,33percent

lessproductivitythancouldbeobtained”。

第16題【單選題】

[2008.10]Neverbeforesorapidlydevelopingasitistoday.

A、hasourcountrybeen

B、hasbeenourcountry

C、ourcountryhasbeen

D、ourcountrybeenhas

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】【譯文】我們國(guó)家從未像現(xiàn)在這樣高速發(fā)展。【試題分析】語法題。

0（參看Unit5課后的補(bǔ)充語法“語序〃中的例句）【詳細(xì)解答】否定詞never在句

首，該句子應(yīng)采用部分倒裝。

第17題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Manyresearchers,whoseworkdependsonoceansoundsobjecttoa

limitofone-hundred-twentydecibels（分貝）.Theysaysuchalimitisagreater

dangerthantheybelieved.Theywanttopreventnoisesfromharmingcreaturesin

theocean.Accordingtothepassage,whatwillscientistsmostprobablydointhe

future?

A、Theywillworkhardtoreduceoceannoisepollution.

B、Theywillprotectanimalsfromharmfulnoises.

C、Theywilltrytosetalimitof120decibels.

D、Theywillstudytheeffectofoceannoisepollution.

【正確答案】B

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

答案的出處。

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第18題【單選題】

［完J戊句子】Intelligencewasbelievedtobeafixedentity,somefacultyofthemind

thatweallpossessandwhichdeterminesinsomewaytheextentofour

achievements.ItsValuetherefore,wasasapredictorofchildren'sfuturelearning.If

theydifferedmarkedlyintheirabilitytolearncomplextasks,thenitwasclearly

necessarytoeducatethemdifferentlyandtheneedfordifferenttypesofschooland

evendifferentabilitygroupswithinschoolwasobvious.Intelligencetestscouldbe

usedforstreamingchildrenaccordingtoabilityatanearlyage;andat11thesetests

weresuperiortomeasuresofattainmentforselectingchildrenfordifferenttypesof

secondaryeducation.Itwasoncebelieved,andthuswecantellhow

successfulhe/shewillbeinthefutureaccordingtohis/herintelligence.

A、borntobemoreintelligentorlessintelligent

B、taughttobemoreintelligent

C、thatintelligencewassomethingababywasbornwith

D、andbecauseofthelackofcommunicationwithhisclassmates

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】空格處需要真正的主語（It是形式主語），因此根據(jù)語法結(jié)構(gòu)判斷C

是答案。該句大意是“人們?cè)?jīng)一度相信，智力是一個(gè)孩子天生所具有的，因?yàn)?/p>

我們可以根據(jù)他/她的智力水平判斷他/她在將來是否會(huì)取得成功。

第19題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Onereasoniseconomic.Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,large

familiesarehelpful.Havingmorechildrenmeanshavingmoreworkersinthefields

andsomeonetotakecareoftheparentsinoldage.Inanindustrialeconomy,the

situationisdifferent.Manychildrendonothelpafamily;instead,theyarean

expense.Thus,industrializationhasgenerallybroughtdownthebirthrate.Thiswas

thecaseinItaly,whichwasindustrializedquiterecentlyandrapidly.Intheearlypart

ofthetwentiethcentury,Italywasapoor;largelyagriculturalcountrywithahigh

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birthrate.AfterWorldWar團(tuán)，Italy'seconomywasrapidlymodernizedand

industrialized.Bytheendofthecentury,thebirthratehaddroppedto1.3children

perwoman,theworld'slowest.Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,alarge

family.

A、canbeanadvantage

B、maylimitincome

C、isn'tnecessary

D、isexpensive

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】答案選A。對(duì)照本段Inatraditionalagriculturaleconomy,largefamilies

arehelpful.大的家庭是有幫助的，選項(xiàng)中最接近意思的是A,成為一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)，答

案是Ac

第20題【單選題】

[2008.04]Thefarmingmethodshavebeenimprovedwiththeinventionof

thenewmachine.

A、efficiently

B、proficiently

C>professionally

D、intentionally

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本題考瓷副詞詞義辨析。句子翻譯為：由于新機(jī)器的發(fā)明，人們已

經(jīng)高效率地改進(jìn)了農(nóng)業(yè)耕種方法。A高效率地B熟練地C職業(yè)地、專職

地D故意地、有意地。

第21題【單選題】

[2009.04]I'vegottheorderfromthebossthattheworkfinishedbefore

5p.m.today.

A、wouldbe

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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：我已經(jīng)從老板那得到指令，

這項(xiàng)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(shí)從句要用虛擬語氣，從句謂語用should+動(dòng)詞原形的形式，

should可以省略。

第22題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】ButEllenreallybecamefamousin2001.Agedonly24,shewasoneof

onlytwowomenwhoenteredtheVendeeGloberoundtheworldsolorace（單人環(huán)

球帆月A比賽），whichlasts100days.Despitemanyproblems,shecamesecondinthe

raceoutof24competitorsandshewasgivenaverywarmwelcomewhenshe

returned.IntheVendeeGloberace,Ellenwon.

A、agoldmedal

B>The"BestWomanSailor“award

C、The"YoungSailoroftheYear“award

D、thesecondplace

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】細(xì)節(jié)查找題答案特點(diǎn)：答案一般在原文有共同或相似關(guān)鍵詞。

第23題【單選題】

Heshowedhisindifferencetheproblem.

A、with

to

C、in

D、about

【正確答案】B

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【答案解析】indifferenceto...:對(duì)….冷漠,不關(guān)心

第24題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】FiveneighborsatacentralMissouriretirementcommunitywhoareall

centenarians（百歲老人）getaskedallthetime："Howdidyoulivetobe100?"Q：The

fivecentenariansliveinaveryfriendlycommunity.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選Co題目說的是“這五位百歲老人生活在一個(gè)非常友好的社

區(qū)〃，文章開頭部分提到了“community（社區(qū)）〃，但該句并沒有說這五位百歲老人

生活的社區(qū)是否是一個(gè)友好的社區(qū)，因此判斷問題句的信息在文章中沒有提到。

第25題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇］Idon/tclaimthereisn'taforcewhichguidesus,whichtakescareofus,

butthemainelementthathelpsusbuildupourfutureisourwayofbeing.Our

personality,ourcharacter,ourwayofperceiving（感知）realityandeverythingthat

surroundsusaretheelementswhichmaybringustothetop,oronthecontrary,

makeusmiserable.Theauthorthinksthatourfutureisdecidedmainlyby.

A、asuperiorforcelikeGod

B、ourwayofbeing,suchasourcharacter

C、thingsandpersonsthatsurroundus

D、others'choiceandresponsibility

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。雖然作者也聲明自己并不否認(rèn)世界上存在任何一種具有

超自然力量的東西，但是根據(jù)文章本段的...butthemainelementthathelpsus

buildupourfutureisourwayofbeing可知，作者認(rèn)為影響我們未來的最主要的因

素還是我們自己的所作所為，答案為B項(xiàng)。

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第26題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Marian,thegirlwhowrotetheoriginalstoryaboutRoxaboxenthatthe

children'sbookisbasedon,wasmayor.Otherkidsranthestoreswhichsold

imaginaryicecreamandbakedgoods.Kidsdroveimaginarycarsoutsideoftown,

andthespeederswenttojail,whichwasguardedbythesheriff,anotherkid.

Elsewhere,boysandgirshadbattles,chargingeachother'sbasesusingspearsmade

withocotillo,adesertplant.WhoisMarian?

A、Sheistheauthor.

B、ShesoldicecreaminRoxaboxen.

C、SheisthemayorofRoxaboxeninthebook.

D、Sheguardsthejailinthebook.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選C。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞鎖定短文本段。本段第一句話

給出了正確答案，Marian是最先寫這個(gè)故事的人，但是并不是這本書的作者。

而且是這本書中那個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)的鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)。

第27題【單選題】

【2009.7]Thewoundedsoldierswouldrecoverquicklyiftheywerewell.

A、nourished

stuffed

C、tamed

D、ventured

【正確答案】A

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

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

第28題【單選題】

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【I聞讀選擇】Parentsoftendecideonthebasisofwhattheirchildrenwant.Cathy,a

mothertoldus,“Mychildrenhavepackedlunches,becausetheysaytheyhate

schooldinners.Imake3packedluncheseverymorning,soourkitchenislikea

sandwichbarinthemorning/However,anothermother,Susanmadeherchoice

basedonthenutritiousvalueofthefood.Shesaid,zzMydaughteralwayshasschool

dinners.Ithinksheprobablygetshealthierfoodbyhavingacookedlunchatschool

thanshewouldifImadeafewsandwiches/'WhichcfthefollowingisTRUEaccording

tothepassage?

A、Katzthinkschipsaregoodforhiskids.

B、Susan'sdaughterlikeseatingsandwiches.

C>Cathymayhaveatleastthreechildren.

D、lamiplikeshurgprsandpizzas.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選C.細(xì)節(jié)查找并簡(jiǎn)單推斷題。從本段，特別是Imake3packed

luncheseverymorning…可知Cathy有三個(gè)孩子在上學(xué)，有沒有不上學(xué)的孩子不得

而知，故選項(xiàng)C為最佳選項(xiàng)。其他三項(xiàng)均與原文意思不符。

第29題【單選題】

IpromiseIwillrememberthebooktoyou.

A、return

B、toreturn

C、returning

D、returned

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】根據(jù)Ipromise可知這件事情還沒有做,所以用remembertodo。

這句話的意思是：我保證我會(huì)記得還書給你。

第30題【單選題】

【完成句子】Theimportanceofparticularmetalsinthehumandiethasbeen

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realizedwithinthepastfewdecades,andtheideathatgeologymightberelatedto

healthhasbeenrecognizedforanumberofelementssuchasiodine,zincand

selenium.Forexample,soilswithlowiodinecontentsproducecrops,andanimals

deficientiniodine.Alackofiodineinthehumandietleadstosomeserious

diseases.Someseriousdiseasesisconnectedwithdeficiencyof.

A、industriallypollutedsoils

B、theelementofiodine

C、rockandsoilchemistry

D、thepersistenceofheavymetals

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】通過關(guān)鍵詞Someseriousdiseases,可將題目定位于最后一句話：A

lackofiodineinthehumandietleadstosomeseriousdispases.deficiencyof和lack

of表達(dá)同樣的意思"缺乏、缺少〃，因此根據(jù)這句話可以判斷答案為B°

第31題【單選題】

[2009.01]Heinsuredhiscarhehadanaccident.

A、unless

B、if

C、since

D、incase

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考瓷連詞詞義區(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。

第32題【單選題】

[2008.10]Ittookafewsecondsforhereyestotothedarkness.

A、allocate

B、adopt

C>apply

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D、adjust

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析?！咀g文】她花了幾秒鐘時(shí)間使眼睛適應(yīng)黑

暗?！驹敿?xì)解答】A分配，撥出B收養(yǎng)，過繼C應(yīng)用，申請(qǐng)D調(diào)

整，使適合

第33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(gè)提案與手頭上的問題根

本無關(guān)。irrelevantto表示：與…無關(guān)。

第34題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】AndyetalthoughtheMayasknewaboutthewheel,theyneverusedit.

Neitherdidtheyusemetalsotherthancopper.Whatisevermoresurprisingisthat

theysuddenlyabandoned（拋棄）manyofthecitiesandbuiltnewonesinthejungle.

SometimearoundAD900,Mayancivilizationcollapsed.Bytheyear1200,theirlast

greatcapital,ChichenItza,wasdeserted.Oneofthemostsurprisingfindingsabout

Mayaswasthat.

A、theydevelopedaccuratesystemmeasuringtime.

B、theyknewhowtobuildpyramidswithstones.

C、theydesertedtheircitiesandmovedtonewones.

D、theybuiltcitieswhichtheyneverlivedin.

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】對(duì)應(yīng)點(diǎn)為Whatisevermoresurprisingisthattheysuddenly

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abandonedmanyofthecitiesandbuiltnewonesinthejungle.是對(duì),原文i吾意進(jìn)行了

轉(zhuǎn)化，最高級(jí)代替了比較級(jí)。

第35題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Thefutureismuchtooimportanttosimplyguessabout,thewaythe

highschoolstudentsdid.bycarefullystudyingthepresent,skilled

businessmen,scientists,andpoliticiansaresupposedlyabletofigureoutinadvance

whatwillhappen.

A、Thestockmarkethaditsworstlossesever

B、Buildingswouldrotatesotheycouldfollowthesuntotakemaximum

advantageofitslightandheat

C、Soexpertsareregularlyaskedtopredictaccurately

D、Thearticlewaswrittenin1958

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】第一句說的是：預(yù)測(cè)未來很重要，不能像中學(xué)生那樣猜測(cè)。這一空

的關(guān)鍵詞是experts,他們不同于中學(xué)生，他們的預(yù)測(cè)應(yīng)該是較為準(zhǔn)確的。

第36題【單選題】

【I聞讀選擇］NorthernEuropeansarewillingtopayalotofmoneyandputupwitha

lotofinconveniencesforthesunbecausetheyhavesolittleofit.Residentsofcities

likeLondon,Copenhagen,andAmsterdamspendalotoftheirwinterinthedark

becausethedaysaresoshort,andmuchoftherestoftheyearintherain.Thisisthe

reasontheMediterraneanhasalwaysattractedthem.Everysummer;morethan25

millionpeopletraveltoMediterraneanresortsandbeachesfortheirvacation.They

allcomeforthesamereason:sun!lntheparagraph,citieslikeLondon,Copenhagen,

andAmsterdamarementioned.

A、toshowthattheyarenotgoodcitiesintermsofgeographyandclimate

totellushowwealthytheirresidentsare

C>tosuggestthatthesecitieslackplacesofhistoricinterestandscenicbeauty

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D、toprovethattheyhavegotmoretourismthantheycanhandle

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】該段中所列舉的三個(gè)城市都具有陰冷日短的氣候特點(diǎn)，這些不利的

地理氣候條件使得當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裣蛲柟獬渥愕牡胤?。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選項(xiàng)A最接近題

-ZdKa

忌、O

第37題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Idon'tclaimthereisn'taforcewhichguidesus,whichtakescareofus,

butthemainelementthathelpsusbuildupourfutureisourwayofbeing.Our

personality,ourcharacter,ourwayofperceiving（感知）realityandeverythingthat

surroundsusaretheelementswhichmaybringustothetop,oronthecontrary,

makeusmiserable.Theauthorthinksthatourfutureisdecidedmainlyby.

A、asuperiorforcelikeGod

B、ourwayofbeing,suchasourcharacter

C、thingsandpersonsthatsurroundus

D、others'choiceandresponsibility

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B。雖然作者也聲明自己并不否認(rèn)世界上存在任何一種具有

超自然力量的東西,但是根據(jù)文章本段的...butthemainelementthathelpsus

buildupourfutureisourwayofbeing可知，作者認(rèn)為影響我們未來的最主要的因

素還是我們自己的所作所為，答案為B項(xiàng)。

第38題【單選題】

【I制讀選擇1TheUnitedStatesperceivesitselftobeamiddle-classnation.However;

middleclassisnotarealdesignation,nordoesitcarryprivileges.Itismoreofa

perception,whichprobablywasastrueasitevercouldberightafterWorldWarII.

Theeconomywasgrowing,moreandmorepeopleownedtheirownhomes,workers

hadsolidcontractswiththecompaniesthatemployedthem,andnearlyeveryone

whowantedahighereducationcouldhaveone.Theinformationinthispassage

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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(jí)是一個(gè)群體，選答

案B。

第39題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

B、which

C、when

D、that

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】譯文：大會(huì)什么時(shí)候召開還沒有決定。試題分析：主語從句的引導(dǎo)

詞的選擇?；卦敿?xì)解答：A什么；B哪一個(gè)；C什么時(shí)候；D（無詞義）。

第40題【單選題】

【填句補(bǔ)文】Thesmokethatcomesfromalitcigarettecontainsmanydifferent

poisonouschemicals.Inthepast,scientistsdidnotthinkthatthesechemicalscould

harmanonsmoker/shealth..Theydiscoveredthatevennonsmokershad

unhealthyamountsofthesetoxic（有毒的）chemicalsintheirbodies.

A、TheGilsonshavebeenmarriedfor35years.

Recently,though,scientistschangedtheiropinionaftertheystudiedalarge

groupofnonsmokers.

C、Wecannotavoidsecondhandsmokeinrestaurants.

D、IntheUnitedStates,ninemillionchildrenundertheageoffiveliveinhomes

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withatleastonesmoker.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】前一句講的是科學(xué)家們過去對(duì)二手煙的看法，接下來應(yīng)選表示他們

改變觀點(diǎn)的句子，因?yàn)橄乱痪浔砻魉麄兯值挠^點(diǎn)已與過去截然不同。

第41題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇］Roxaboxenisbasedonthetruestoryofagroupofchildren,growingup

intheArizonadesert.Therechildrencanbeabitwildandmuchfree,andtheyplay

outsidefromdawntodusk.Thechildrendiscoverthemake-believe（虛假的）town,

builtonthehillacrossfromtheirneighborhood.Thetown,calledRoxaboxen,

becomesthecenteroftheirplayasthechildrengrow,butthestoryisnotjustabout

thetimespentinRoxaboxenasyoungchildren.Morethanthat,thisbookisabout

thewaythatimaginationandsecretplacesstaywithusaswegrowolderand

becomeapartofwhoweare.Itisaboutthewaythatithelpsustogrowintothe

adultsthatwebecome.Whatdoesthebook'snameRoxaboxenreferto?

A、Achild.

B>Alibrary.

C、Aperiodoftime.

D、Aplace.

【正確答案】D

（答案解析］答案選De查找細(xì)節(jié)題o短文本段中明顯一句話提到,Thetown,called

Roxaboxen,所以指的是一個(gè)地方的名字。

第42題【單選題】

【閱讀判斷】Despiteetherexplanations,therealanswerinmyopinionliespartlyin

thechildhimself,partlyinthebehaviorofthepeoplearoundhim.Q:Thereasonwhy

childrenlearntheirmothertonguesowellliessolelyintheirenvironmentof

learning.

A、True

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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(xué)得好的原

因只是因?yàn)樗麄兊膶W(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境?！ù颂巗olely的表述是錯(cuò)誤的。

第43題【單選題】

【概括大，意］Thekeytogardeningwithkids,saysPattiKraemer-Doell,familygarden

coordinatorattheNewYorkBotanicalGardens,iszzLettingthemexperienceit

themselves.Wehavetriedtoguidethem,butnottellthemtoputthesunflowers

hereandthetomatoesthere.Theemphasisisondevelopingtheirimaginationand

theirappreciationforbeingoutinthegarden."Themainideaofthisparagraph

is.

A、DifferentKindsofGardens.

B、KindsofPlantsinsHomeGarden

C、TheMostImportantPointinFamilyGardening

D、Howtoplansunflowersandtomatoes

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段指出家庭園藝的主旨是讓孩子去體驗(yàn)，培養(yǎng)他們的想象力和鑒

賞力。所以答案為C。

第44題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】ShetoldmehernamewasHelenandshewastalkingtoalocal

restaurantwheretheyv/eregoingtohavelunchafterherappointment.Shecalledto

seeifhewasthere.Shesaid,“MyhusbandhasAlzheimer's（老年癡呆）andhe

shouldn'tbedrivingwithoutme/Numerousthoughtsranthroughmyhead.Callthe

police,callherfamily,andnotify（通知）thedoctor'sofficeshehadjustcomefrom!

Butatfirst,IofferedtodrivetothelocalrestauranttoseeifEdwaswaitingforher

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there.Theelderlywomancriedinthelobbywhenshewastalkingto.

A、herhusbandwithAlzheimer's

B、thenurseinthedoctor'soffice

C、alocalrestaurant

D、oneofherfamilymembers

【正確答案】C

（答案解析]答案選Co根據(jù)文章本段中ShetoldmehernamewasHelenandshe

wastalkingtoalocalrestaurant…可知答案為C項(xiàng)。Helen由于擔(dān)心自己丈夫安危,

但又找不到人，情急之下先打電話到倆人約好即將要去的餐廳詢問情況。

第45題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】TheUnitedStatesperceivesitselftobeamiddle-classnation.However,

middleclassisnotarealdesignation,nordoesitcarryprivileges.Itismoreofa

perception,whichprobablywasastrueasitevercouldberightafterWorldWarII.

Theeconomywasgrowing,moreandmorepeopleownedtheirownhomes,workers

hadsolidcontractswiththecompaniesthatemployedthem,andnearlyeveryone

whowantedahighereducationcouldhaveone.Theinformationinthispassage

dealswith.

A、anindividual

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(jí)是一個(gè)群體，選答

案Bo

第46題【單選題】

[2009.10]hehasmanyfriends,heisoftenfeelinglonely.

A、As

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B、When

C、While

D、Since

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查狀語從句的從屬連詞?！咀g文】盡管（雖然）他有許多朋

友，但他常常感到孤獨(dú)。

第47題【單選題】

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

theGulfofMexico.Carexhaustgasesarealsoaproblem.Localvolcaniceruptions

maketheproblemevenworse.Nevertheless,withenoughmoneyandeffort,

researcherssaythatmanyoftheproblemscouldbesolvedandtherateoferosion

reduced..

A、Theproblem,however;isnotjustaEuropeanone.

B、Thatisenoughtohavecausedsomeoftheancientcarvingstobecome

seriouslydamagedalready.

C、However,theMexicangovernmentdoesnothaveenoughmoneytodothe

work,andneedstospendwhatmoneyithasontheMexicanpeople.

D、AcidrainishowafamiliarproblemintheindustrializedcountriesinEurope.

【正確答案】C

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

這么多的錢去做。兩句之間有隱含的邏輯關(guān)系。

第48題【單選題】

【2009.04]Theconclusionfromthestudyisnotdefinite;itisjust.

A、tentative

B、valid

C、technical

D、thorough

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【正確答案】A

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

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49題【單選題】

[2009.04]Itisnotdecidedtheconferencewillbeheld.

A、what

B、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(huì)什么時(shí)