2022年桂林理工大學自考英語（二）練習題

匯總（附答案解析）

第1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(qū)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(fā)現(xiàn)一個很強的動機

可以幫助克服干擾物的影響。

第2題【單選題】

【完成句子】InBritain,robotsalesappropriatelypeakedin1984,buthavebeen

decliningeversince.Thisispartlybecause,Britishwageratesaretoolowtomake

robotsfinanciallyattractiveandpartlybecauseengineersnowhavemoreexperience

withrobotsandaremoreawareofthedifficultiesofintroducingthem

effectively.RobotsarelesspopularinBritaintodaypartlybecause.

A、toomuchenergy

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

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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Co

第3題【單選題】

【I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。根據本段的...canprovideafertilegroundforlearninghowto

becomeabetterwriter確定B答案。其余選項「J原文意思不符。A弓D選項所表

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

現(xiàn)。

第4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

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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(yī)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5題【單選題】

【2007.04]Itisdifficulttotheimplicationbetweenthelines.

A、getto

B、getwith

C、getat

D、getdown

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題考查詞組辨析。A.開始，接觸；C.找出，發(fā)現(xiàn)；D.下來,

寫下來。

第6題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Inthenextstage,fromthreetofiveyearsold,curiosityknowsno

bounds.Everytypeofsuitabletoyshouldbemadeavailabletothechild,fortrying

out,experimentingandlearning,fordiscoveringhisownparticularability.Bricksand

jigsaws（七巧板）andconstructiontoys;painting,scribbling（涂鴉）andmakingthings;

Sandandwaterplay;toysforimaginativeandpretendingplay;thefirstsocialgames

forlearningtoplayandgetonwithothers.Welearnfromthepassagethatachildhas

boundlesscuriosity.

A、whenheistwo.

B、whenheisaroundfour.

C、whenheissix.

D、whenheiseight.

【正確答案】B

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第9題【單選題】

【填句補文】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】前文提到完成這項工作需要很多的錢，答案轉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系。

第10題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Asfarasastronomers（天文學家）candetermine,theentireuniverse

isbuiltofthesamematter.Theyhavenoreasontodoubtthatmatterobeysthe

samelawsineverypartoftheuniverse.Therefore,itisreasonabletoguessthat

otherstars,withtheirownplanets,wereborninthesamewayasourownsolar

system.Whatweknowoflifeonearthsuggests:hatlifewillarisewhereverthe

properconditionsexist.Astronomersbelievethatmatterindifferentpartsofthe

universe

A、obeysdifferentlaws.

B、obeysonecommonlaw.

C>obeysthesamelaws.

D、obeysnocommonlaw.

【正確答案】C

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【答案解析】答題依據在本段的第二句?？茖W家沒有理由懷疑宇宙中的物質遵循

同一法則，即他們相信宇宙中不同地方的物質是遵循同一法則的。

第11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：根據主將從現(xiàn)的原則，主句用了一般將來時，時向狀

語從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來。

第12題【單選題】

【概括大意】Ifyouaretiredofmakingvagueexcusesforanotherdullsummerat

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

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【答案解析】這段話主要講學生暑假去歐洲的一些優(yōu)惠來論證學生去歐洲旅行是

很容易的。因此選擇A。

第13題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇］Youcan'tchangeyourenergycycle,butyoucanlearntomakeyourlife

fititbetter.Habitcanhelp,Dr.Kleitmanbelieves.Maybeyou'resleepyintheevening

butyoumuststayuplateanyway.Counteractyourcycletosomeextentbyhabitually

stayinguplaterthanyouwantto.Ifyourenergyislowinthemorningbutyouhave

animportantjobtodoearlyintheday,risebeforeyourusualhour.Thiswon't

changeyourcycle,butyou'llgetupsteamandworkbetteratyourlowpoint.Ifone

wantstoworkmoreefficientlyathislowpointinthemorning,heshould.

A、changehisenergycycle

B、overcomehislaziness

C、getupearlierthanusual

D、gotobedearlier

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本題要求讀者找出本段中的最后兩句，并聯(lián)系本段開頭兩句的意思，

作出正確判斷。本段開頭說，"雖然你無法改變自己的能量周期，但你可以使你

的生活適合這一周期。Dr.Kleitman認為經常性的行為（對你的能量周期）能起作

用?！弊詈髢删溆终f,"...risebeforeyourusualhour...workbetteratyourlow

point.〃（〃如果你在上午處于能量的低潮，但你有重要的工作要在上午做，那么

你就要比平時早起。這并不改變你的周期，但你可以在低潮時得到能量，工作得

更好。因此選項C是正確答案。

第14題【單選題】

【填句補文】Posture.Agoodposturemakesyoufeelbetteraboutyourself.

.Thismakesbreathingmoredifficult,whichinturncanmakeyoufeel

nervousoruncomfortable.

A、Ifyouarefeelingdown,younormallydon'tsitstraight,withyourshoulders

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inwards.

B、Bodylanguageisabroadtermforseveralformsofcommunicationusingbody

movementsorgestures.

C、Bodylanguagediffersfromculturetoculture.

D、Ifyouareatinterviews,trytokeepthemstill.

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段講的是身體姿勢。填充句后一個句子提到“this〃會使呼吸更加

困難，this顯然指的是一種不太好的身體姿勢，因此本題答案為A。

第15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(fā)、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16題【單選題】

【完成句子】Theimportanceofparticularmetalsinthehumandiethasbeen

realizedwithinthepastfewdecades,andtheideathatgeologymightberelatedto

healthhasbeenrecognizedforanumberofelementssuchasiodine,zincand

selenium.Forexample,soilswithlowiodinecontentsproducecrops,andanimals

deficientiniodine.Alackofiodineinthehumandietleadstosomeserious

diseases.Someseriousdiseasesisconnectedwithdeficiencyof.

A、industriallypollutedsoils

B、theelementofiodine

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C、rockandsoilchemistry

D、thepersistenceofheavymetals

【正確答案】B

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

lackofiodineinthehumandietleadstosomeseriousdiseases,deficiencyof和lack

of表達同樣的意思“缺乏、缺少”，因此根據這句話可以判斷答案為B。

第”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18題【單選題】

—Youwerebraveenoughtoraiseobjectionsatthemeeting.—Well,nowIregret

________that.

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A、todo

B、tobedoing

C、tohavedone

D、havingdone

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】regret后所跟動詞有todo與doing兩種形式，不定式表示"為做某

事而遺憾"，doing表示“為做過某事而后悔〃。"havingdone〃則更強調動作已發(fā)

生而無法挽回。

第19題【單選題】

[2009.10]Thetrafficwasheldupformorethanthirtyminutes,causedme

toarrivelate.

A、it

B、that

C、what

D、which

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】本題考查非限制性定語從句。整句話的意思是：交通阻塞30多分

鐘，這使得我到達晚了。

第20題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】ShetoldmehernamewasHelenandshewastalkingtoalocal

restaurantwheretheyweregoingtohavelunchafterherappointment.Shecalledto

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

shouldn'tbedrivingwithoutme.〃Numerousthoughtsranthroughmyhead.Callthe

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

Butatfirst,IofferedtodrivetothelocalrestauranttoseeifEdwaswaitingforher

there.Theelderlywomancriedinthelobbywhenshewastalkingto.

A、herhusbandwithAlzheimer^

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B、thenurseinthedoctor/soffice

C、alocalrestaurant

D、oneofherfamilymembers

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】答案選C。根據文章本段中ShetoldmehernamewasHelenandshe

wastalkingtoalocalrestaurant...可知答案為C項。Helen由于擔心自己丈夫安危，

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21題【單選題】

【概括大意】Today,wearebeginningtothinkdifferently.Inthelastfewyears,

researchhasthrowndoubtontheviewthatinnateintelligencecaneverbe

measuredandontheverynatureofintelligenceitself.Thereisconsiderableevidence

nowwhichshowsthegreatinfluenceofenvironmentbothonachievementand

intelligence.Childrenwithpoorhomebackgroundsnotonlydolesswellintheir

schoolworkandintelligencetestsbuttheirperformancetendstodeteriorate

graduallycomparedwiththatoftheirmorefortunateclassmates.Themainideaof

thisparagraphis.

A、MainResultsofRecentResearches

B、PopularDoubtabouttheNewView

C、EffectofEnvironmentonIntelligence

D、ImpactonSchoolEducation

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段提出了一個新的對智力的認識，與過去一些年的傳統(tǒng)的把智力

看做是一種不變的能力的這種理解不同，它主張智力和人的成長環(huán)境有關。因此

選擇Co

第22題【單選題】

【完成句子】Theimportanceofparticularmetalsinthehumandiethasbeen

realizedwithinthepastfewdecades,andtheideathatgeologymightberelatedto

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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】通過關鍵詞Someseriousdiseases,可將題目定位于最后一句話：A

lackofiodineinthehumandietleadstosomeseriousdiseases,deficiencyof和lack

of表達同樣的意思”缺乏、缺少〃，因此根據這句話可以判斷答案為

第23題【單選題】

[2009.01]Childrenhaveanaturalabouttheworldaroundthem.

A、certainty

B>capability

C、cleverness

D、curiosity

【正確答案】D

【答案解析】句意：孩子們對他們周圍的事物有著天然的好奇心?？疾槊~詞義

選擇。A確定性，肯定的事；B能力，才能；C精明，聰穎；D好奇心，求知

欲。

第24題【單選題】

[2009.10]Sofarscientistshaveonlyacquiredunderstandingofthephysical

processesthatcauseearthquakes.

A、apartial

B、achangeable

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C、anoriginal

D、anindividual

【正確答案】A

第25題【單選題】

Thisisgoodreadinghabitsarenotonlyanimportantstudyskillforthe

student,butalsoanimportantlifeskillforanyone.

A、that

B、why

C>where

D、when

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。分析句意，空格處用why比較好。why引導表

語從句。

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。【譯文】她花了兒秒鐘時間使眼睛適應黑

暗?！驹敿毥獯稹緼分配，撥出B收養(yǎng)，過繼C應用，申請D調

整，使適合

第27題【單選題】

[閱讀選擇]Duringthehourswhenyoulabourthroughyourworkyoumaysaythat

you're"hot",ihat'strue.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmostenergeticiswhenyour

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cycleofbodytemperatureisatitspeak.Forsomepeoplethepeakcomesduringthe

morning.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonorevening.Noonehasdiscovered

whythisisso,butitleadstosuchfamiliarmonologuesas:"Getup,John!Youllbe

lateforworkagain!"ThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatJohnisathis

temperature-and-energypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrellingendsv/hen

husbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycleeach

memberofthefamilyhas.Whichofthefollowingmayleadtofamilyquarrels

accordingtothepassage?

A、Unawarenessofenergycycles.

B、Familiarmonologues.

C、Achangeinafamilymember'senergycycle.

D、Attemptstocontroltheenergycyclpofothprfamilymemhers.

【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.w)?同時聯(lián)系本段的第四句和第五句(即："Forsome

peoplethepeakcomesduringthemorning.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonor

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。〃也就是說，

家庭爭吵的發(fā)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了。因此A項：Unawarenessofenergycycles(>f<

知道能量周期)應是正確答案。

第28題【單選題】

[2009.10]Scientistsdoubtwhetherit'storegulateone'sbiologicalclockby

drinking.

A、feasible

B^incredible

C、fashionable

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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家懷疑通過喝酒來調整人體生物鐘

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29題【單選題】

【概括大意】Twomajorfindingshaveemergedfromtheseresearches.Firstly,the

greaterpartofthedevelopmentofobservedintelligenceoccursintheearliestyears

oflife.Itisestimatedthat50percentofmeasurableintelligenceatage17isalready

predictablebytheageoffour.Secondly,hemostimportantfactorsinthe

environmentarelanguageandpsychologicalaspectsoftheparent-childrelationship.

Muchofthedifferenceinmeasuredintelligencebetween"privileged"and

"disadvantaged"childrenmaybeduetothelatter'slackofappropriateverbal

stimulationandthepovertyoftheirperceptualexperiences.Themainideaofthis

paragraphis.

A、TwoMajorChangedViewofIntelligence

Manyofthedifferencesinmeasuredintelligence

C、MainResultsofRecentResearches

D、ImpactonSchoolEducation

【正確答案】C

【答案解析】本段文字的第一句話就把其內容點的很清楚，要介紹的是：Two

majorfindingshaveemergedfromtheseresearches.而選項C中的MainResults只不

過是majorfindings的另一種說法而已。

第30題【單選題】

【閱讀選擇】Therichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman/stechnologyare

impressive.Oilandgasexplorationshaveexistedfornearlythirtyyears.Valuable

amountsofmineralssuchasiron,copperandsoonexistontheocean

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floor.Accordingtotheauthor,technologyisimportantbecause.

A、resourcesonlandarerunningshortintenyears

B、mancanuseittoexplorethedeepersea

C、itisalotoffundivingintothesea

D、ancientpeopleusedittoexplorethesea

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本段第一句作者提到Therichesoftheseayettobedevelopedby

man'stechnologyareimpressive,人類利用技術可以開發(fā)的海洋資源是驚人的。

段末說至lj：Valuableamountsofmineralssuchasiron,copperandsoonexistonthe

oceanfloor.然而，大量有價值的礦物均還埋臧于海底。如鐵，銅等等。其他三

項都沒有提到。

第31題【單選題】

【概括大意】Heavymetalsarepersistent;theydonotbreakdowntoother

chemicalsintheenvironment.Industriallypollutedsitesusuallyundergointensive

clean-upandrehabilitationbecauseheavymetalsareahealthconcernoncethey

enterthefoodchain.Sometracemetalsareallegedtocausecancerandarealso

knowntocausepoisoning.Themainideaofthisparagraphis.

A、TheNatureofHeavyMetals

PotentialHazardsofHumanContaminatedSoils

C、HeavyMetalsandFoodChain

D、ResearchonChannelsofHeavyMetalsGettingintoHumanFoodChain

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本段文字講的是：受到工業(yè)污染的土壤含有重金屬，而重金屬很穩(wěn)

定不容易降解，其中的某些微量重金屬能使人致癌或中毒?？梢钥闯銎渲行膬热?/p>

是：受污染土地的潛在危險，選擇B。

第32題【單選題】

［閱讀判斷】Thetornadocausedalotofdamagetocarsandhousesinthearea.It

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willtakealongtimeandmuchmoneytorepaireverything.Therewasalsoserious

waterdamagefromthethunderstorms.Theheavyrainsandhighwindcausedthe

powertogooutinmanyhomes.Q:Powersupplysystemwasnotdamagedduring

thestorm.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】答案選B0本題可譯為：暴風雨中供電系統(tǒng)沒遭到破壞。最后一句

說大風和暴雨使一些家庭的供電出現(xiàn)了問題，與題項矛盾，故選B。

第33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：本迤考

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

語從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來。

第34題【單選題】

【完成句子】Lightningisgeneratedwhenelectricalchargesseparateinrainclouds,

thoughprocessesarestillnotfullyunderstood.Typically,positivecharges（正電荷）

buildatthecloudtop,whilethebottombecomesnegativelycharged（負電荷的）.In

mostinstancesofcloud-to-groundlightning,thenegativelychargedlowerportionof

thecloudrepelsnegativelychargedparticlesontheground'ssurfaces,makingit

becomepositivelycharged.Thepositivechargeonthegroundgathersatelevated

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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，云層下部帶負電荷，

排斥地面表層的負電荷，所以地面表層聚集的是正電荷。答案為A。

第35題【單選題】

【完成句子】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），因此根據語法結構判斷C

是答案。該句大意是“人們曾經一度相信，智力是一個孩子天生所具有的，因為

我們可以根據他/她的智力水平判斷他/她在將來是否會取得成功。

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第36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37題【單選題】

[2009.7]Hewouldthatalltheclassifieddatashouldbekeptsafewhenin

office.

A、assure

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密數

據處于安全狀態(tài)?！驹敿毥獯稹緼使確信，使有信心；B確保（某事）發(fā)生，擔

保；C為……投保，給......保險；D安全的，沒有危險的

第38題【單選題】

【填句補文】DavidGutersonandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.

Gutersonsaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool:

.Forexample,whenthereisheavysnowfallonawinterday,itmaystarta

discussionorreadingaooutclimate,snowremovalequipment,Alaska,polarbears

（北極熊），andwintertourism.Aspringeveningwhenthefamilyisoutwatching

thestarsisagoodtime:oaskquestionsaboutsatellitesandthespaceprogram.

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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39題【單選題】

【完成句子】Heavymetalsarepersistent;theydonotbreakdowntoother

chemicalsintheenvironment.Industriallypollutedsitesusuallyundergointensive

clean-upandrehabilitationbecauseheavymetalsareahealthconcernoncethey

enterthefoodchain.Sometracemetalsareallegedtocausecancerandarealso

knowntocausepoisoning.Industriallycontaminatedsitesusuallyrequireathorough

clean-updueto.

A、thepersistenceofheavymetals

industriallypollutedsoils

C、naturallypollutedsoils

D、rockandsoilchemistry

【正確答案】A

【答案解析】本段提到：受到污染的土壤含有重金屬，而且重金屬很穩(wěn)定，不容

易降解，所以要對重金屬進行徹底的清除。答案選擇A。

第40題【單選題】

[2008.04]Ithasbeenfoundthatastronghelpovercometheeffectsof

distraction.

A、interruption

B、motivation

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C、evaluation

D、destination

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本題考查名詞詞義區(qū)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(fā)現(xiàn)一個很強的動機

可以幫助克服干擾物的影響。

第41題【單選題】

【I閱讀選擇】Warmaybeanaturalexpressionofbiologicalinstinctanddrives

towardaggressioninthehumanspecies.Naturalimpulsesofanger;hostility,and

territoriality（守衛(wèi)地盤的天性）areexpressedthroughactsofviolence.Theseareall

qualitiesthathumanssharewithanimals.Aggressionisakindofinnate（天生的）

survivalmechanism,aninstinctforself-preservation,thatallowsanimalstodefend

themselvesfromthreatstotheirexistence.But,ontheotherhand,humanviolence

showsevidenceofbeingalearnedbehavior.Inthecaseofhumanaggression,

violencecannotbesimplyreducedtoaninstinct.Themanyexpressionsofhuman

violencearealwaysconditionedbysocialconventionsthatgiveshapetoaggressive

behavior.Inhumansocietiesviolencehasasocialfunction:Itisastrategyfor

creatingordestroyingformsofsocialorder.Religioustraditionshavetakenaleading

roleindirectingthepowersofviolence.Wewilllookattheritualandethical（道德上

的）patternswithinwhichhumanviolencehasbeendirected.Humanviolenceshows

evidenceofbeingalearnedbehaviorinthat.

A、itthreatenstheexistingsocialsystems

B>itisinfluencedbysociety

C>ithasrootsinreligiousconflicts

D、itisdirectedagainstinstitutionsoflaw

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】本段指出了人類暴力的兩個特性，其中第二個特性是learned

behavior%可以知道本題的答案應該就在本段的后面部分。接下來的第二句話即

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說人類暴力的諸多表現(xiàn)形式都受社會習慣的制約:Themanyexpressionsofhuman

violencearealwaysconditionedbysocialconventionsthatgiveshapetoaggressive

behavior,將其定型為侵略性行為。

第42題【單選題】

[2007.04]Thebookfairhasreceivedapositivefromreaders.

A、result

B、response

C、settlement

D、solution

【正確答案】B

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

：殖民，移民，定居。：解決;解答。根據句意,應該選

settlementsolutionresponseo

apositiveresponse：良好的反映。

第43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】本題考查語法。那個時候雖然他說英語說得不好，但仍然可以讓別

人聽懂。非謂語動詞的選用。過去分詞作賓語補足語表示被動以及動作的完成。

第44題【單選題】

【填句補文】it'snowsociallyacceptable,evenfashionable,tolivealone.Aspeople

getbetterjobsandbecomefinanciallyindependent,itbecomespossibleforthemto

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maintainaone-personhousehold..However,peoplewhodogetmarried

aremarryingatalaterageanddivorcingmoreoften.

A、There'smorepressuretogetmarriednowadays.

B、Thegrowingnumberofwomenwithgoodjobshasdonemuchtoincreasethe

numberofpeoplelivingalone.

C>Itseemsthatmanygrown-upstodayarerealizingthatchildhooddream.

D、MoreandmoreAmericansarelivingalone.

【正確答案】B

【答案解析】前句中提到〃經濟獨立〃有可能造成保持一個人的家庭生活，B中的

〃婦女有好的工作，增加了獨身的人數〃與前句內容正好呼應。

第45題【單選題】

（填句補文】Arms.Howyouholdyourarmsshowshowopenandreceptiveyouare

topeopleyoumeet.Ifyoukeepyourarmstothesidesofyourbodyorbehindyour

back,thissuggests