2022年天津外国语大学滨海外事学院自考英语（二）练习题（附答案解析）

2022年天津外国语大学滨海外事学院自考

英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）

第1题【单选题】

[2009.7]Hewouldthatalltheclassifieddatashouldbekeptsafewhenin

office.

A、assure

B、ensure

C、insure

D、secure

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】本题考查动词意义区分。【译文】他保证在办公室里的所有机密数

据处于安全状态。【详细解答】A使确信，使有信心；B确保（某事）发生，担

保；C为......投保，给……保险；D安全的，没有危险的

第2题【单选题】

【阅读判断】Finally,thoughachild's"teachers"maynothavebeentrainedin

languageteaching,theirrelationswithhimarealwayscloseandpersonal.Theytake

greatpainstomaketheirlessonseasy.Q:Sofaraslanguageteachingisconcerned,

theteacher'sclosepersonalrelationshipwiththestudentismoreimportantthanthe

professionallanguageteachingtraininghehasreceived.

A、True

B、False

C>NotGiven

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。文章讲虽然儿童习得母语的“教师”可能没有受过专门的

语言教学的训练，但与他的关系却是亲密的、个人化的。但是作者并没有提到在

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语言学习中，教师与学生密切的个人关系比教师接受专门的语言教学训练更重要。

第3题【单选题】

【I闻读选择】IrecognizedthatthesitessuchasAssociatedContentcanprovidea

fertilegroundforlearninghowtobecomeabetterwriter.Icouldseethatthiswasan

opendoorforsystematicallylearningsomebasicwritingskillswithoutpayingcollege

tuitionforclassesandleavingthecomfortofmyownhome.Intheeyesoftheauthor,

thesiteAssociatedContent.

A、offersyoualotofnovelstoread

B、isgoodforyourbecomingawriter

C、asksyoutostudywritingregularly

D、isratherexpensivebutconvenient

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。根据本段的...canprovideafertilegroundforlearninghowto

becomeabetterwriter确定B答案。其余选项与原文意思不符。A与D选项所表

达内容在文中并未提及，可以被排除。C选项中regularly一词并未在文中得到体

现。

第4题【单选题】

【阅读判断】Now,thereareabout24millionmicrocomputersinuseintheUnited

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

Americanmanagerswillbeusingsomesortofelectronicworkstation.Q:Atpresent

about10%ofAmericancitizenspossessamicrocomputer.

A、True

B^False

C、NotGiven

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。本段一开头就说到目前在美国大约有二千四百万台微型

电子计算机在使用中，平均每十人就拥有一台。因此本题的表述是正确的。

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第5题【单选题】

【I阅读选择］Youconsiderthatyoucan'tfindyourplaceinyourowncountry,soyou

riskthecomfortablebutmodestlifewithyourparentsandyougoabroad.Maybe

therewillbemomentswhenyoucan'tstandthelonelinessanymore,thestrangers

aroundyou,oryourjob.Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutakethatdecision,so

youtakeadeepbreath,andyougoon,asyouaretheonlyonetobeblamed.When

youarelonelyinaforeigncountry,youshould.

A、changeyourdecision

blameyourparentsforit

C、sticktoyourdecisionandgoon

D、makemorefriends

【正确答案】C

（答案解析］答案选C。根据文章本段中Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutake

thatdecision,soyoutakeadeepbreath,andyougoon…可知答案。作者认为你出国

后可能会面临各种困难，面对周围的陌生人、工作，你可能会感到孤独，但是仔

细想想这个决定是你自己做的，于是你不得不深呼吸，然后继续。

第6题【单选题】

【完成句子】Mostoftheclassicsofsciencefiction,however,havebeenwritten

withinthelasthundredyears.BooksbywriterssuchasJulesVerneandH.G.Wells,to

mentionjusttwowell-knownauthors,havebeentranslatedintomany

languages.BookwrittenbyJ.Verneare.

A、sciencefictionswitharecurrenttheme

B^concernedwiththeproblemsthatwehavetosolveinthefuture

C>readworldwide

D、politicalimplications

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】这段文字讲到J.Veme是一位有名的作家，所写的书已经译成了许

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多种语言，因此C选项是正确答案。

第7题【单选题】

【I闻读选择】DemandsforstrongerprotectionforwildlifeinBritainsometimeshide

thefactthatsimilarneedsarefeltintherestofEurope.StudiesbytheCouncilof

Europe,ofwhich21countiesaremembers,haveshownthat45percentofreptile

（爬行类的）speciesand24percentofbutterfliesareindangerofdyingout.Recent

studiesbythecouncilofEuropehaveindicatedthat.

A、wildlifeneedsmoreprotectiononlyinBritain.

B、allspeciesofwildlifeinEuropeareindangerofdyingout.

C、therearefewerspeciesofreptilesandbutterfliesinEuropethanelsewhere.

D、manyspeciesofreptilesanbutterfliesinEuropeneedprotecting.

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选D。本段的第二个句子是这么说的：有21个国家组成的欧

洲委员会的研究表明，45%的爬行动物和24%的蝴蝶濒临灭绝。由此可见，D是

正确的答案。

第8题【单选题】

【阅读判断】Fermi'sgeniuswasknownthroughoutthescientificworld.In1938he

hadwonaNobelPrize.Fouryearslaterheproducedthefirstnuclearchainreaction,

leadingusintothenuclearage.Q:Fermi,anexperimentalistaswellasatheoretician,

wonaNobelPrizeforproducingthefirstnuclearchainreactionintheworld.

A、True

B、False

C、NotGiven

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】答案选B。Fermi在1938年获诺贝尔奖，四年以后才建立核连锁反

应的。

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第9题【单选题】

[2007.04]Thenewspaperwillhavetoclosedownifitcannotincreaseits

considerably.

A、distribution

B、contribution

C>prescription

D、circulation

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】本题考查词义辨析。circulation：（书报杂志的）销售量，发行额，

销路。符合句意。

第10题【单选题】

【填句补文】Roughestimatesinthepasthavepredictedsimilarlydisappointing

results.SaysSallieChishol,anenvironmentalengineerfromthe

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology."Butthetake-homemessageisthesame.

Oceanfertilizationisnottheanswertoglobalwarming."

A、"Thesearenewerandbettermodels,"

B、Itsopponentsargue,however,thatitwillstopglobalwarming.

C、Addingirontopatchesofoceancanmakeplanktonbloomtemporarily.

D、Asplanktondieandsettleontheoceanfloor;theircarbonissupposedly

lockedupintheseabed.

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】这个问题可以根据引号来作答，因为空格后面有"says〃这个词，它

预示着所填入的句子应该是带引号的。A的意思是：这些是比较新的也是比较好

的模型。

第11题【单选题】

【I阅读选择】Calorierestrictiondramaticallyextendsthelifespanoforganismsas

differentaswormsandrodents.Whetherthisworksinhumansisstillunknown

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partlybecausefewpeoplearewillingtosubmittosuchastrictdiet.Accordingtothe

passage,wedonotknowwhetherhumanswillbenefitfromtakinginfewercalories

partlybecause.

A、humans,wormsandrodentsaredifferent.

mostpeoplearenotwillingtobeputonastrictdiet.

C、theeffectisnotknown.

D、geneticchangesintissuescannotbeperformedonhumans.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】本题答案可从本段的最后一句话中找出。

第12题【单选题】

【阅读选择】Ontheotherhand,onthemoontherewillbearattractionbetween

thebutterandthemoon;butthebutterwillweighonlyaboutone-sixthasmuchas

itdoesontheearth.Thisisbecausethemoonissomuchsmallerthantheearth.The

amountofgravitationalpullthatabodyproducesdependsontheamountof

materialinit.Apacketofbutterhasagravitationalpullofitsown;butthisisvery

smallinrelationtothepullofsomethingaslargeasthemoon,ortheearth,orthe

sun.Wedonotfeelthegravitationalpullofapacketofbutterbecause

A、itistoosmalltohaveagravitationalpullofitsown.

B、itspullissosmallthatwetendtoignoreit.

C、itspulldisappearsinthepresenceoftheearth'sgravitation.

D>ittendstomeltandlosesitsgravitationalpull.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】本题定位词是notfeel...packetofbutter,找到原文中Apacketof

butterhasagravitationalpullofitsown;butthisisverysmallinrelationtothepull

ofsomethingaslargeasthemoon,ortheearth,orthesun.所以答案是B。C项错在

disappearo

第13题【单选题】

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【阅读判断】Norwich,thecapitalofthepartofBritainknownasEastAnglia,has

beeninexistenceformorethantwothousandyears.Itbeganasasmallvillage

besidetheRiverWensum.Q:TheRiverWensumflowsbyNorwich.

A、True

False

C、NotGiven

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。答题依据在第二句，Norwich是Rive'Wensum旁边的一

个小村庄，就说明了RiverWensum流经Norwich<,

第14题【单选题】

【阅读选择】Itwasalsointhe1600sthatprofessionalballetbegan.KingLouisXIVof

France,himselfadevoteddancer,foundedtheRoyalAcademyofDance.Thefive

basicfeetpositionsfromwhichallballetstepsbeginwerefinalized.Inthelate1700s

anotherimportantchangeoccurred.Balletbegantotellastoryonitsown.Itwasno

longersimplydancetobeperformedbetweenactsofplays.Elaboratewigsand

costumeswereeliminated.Bytheearly1800sdancerslearnedtoriseontheirtoesto

makeitappearthattheywerefloating.Animportantinfluenceinearlyballet

was.

A、Balanchine

B、MarieAntoinette

C、Diaghilev

D、LouisXIV

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】答案选Do细节题。对照原文Itwasalsointhe1600sthatprofessional

balletbegan.KingLouisXIVofFrance,himselfadevoteddancer,foundedtheRoyal

AcademyofDance.这里出现的时间1600s在原文中是比较早的，提到的人物是

KingLouisXIV,选D。

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第15题【单选题】

【阅读选择］Asfarasastronomers（天文学家）candetermine,theentireuniverse

isbuiltofthesamematter.Theyhavenoreasontodoubtthatmatterobeysthe

samelawsineverypartoftheuniverse.Therefore,itisreasonabletoguessthat

otherstars,withtheirownplanets,wereborninthesamewayasourownsolar

system.Whatweknowoflifeonearthsuggeststhatlifewillarisewhereverthe

properconditionsexist.Astronomersbelievethatmatterindifferentpartsofthe

universe

A、obeysdifferentlaws.

B、obeysonecommonlaw.

C、obeysthesamelaws.

D、obeysnocommonlaw.

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答题依据在本段的第二句。科学家没有理由怀疑宇宙中的物质遵循

同一法则，即他们相信宇宙中不同地方的物质是遵循同一法则的。

第16题【单选题】

［填句补文］Arms.Howyouholdyourarmsshowshowopenandreceptiveyouare

topeopleyoumeet.Ifyoukeepyourarmstothesidesofyourbodyorbehindyour

back,thissuggestsyouarenotafraidoftakingonwhatevercomesyourway.

.Ifsomeoneupsetsyou,justcrossyourarmstoshowyou'reunhappy!

A、Outgoingpeoplegenerallyusetheirarmswithbigmovements,whilequieter

peoplekeepthemclosetotheirbodies.

B、Ifyoualefeelingdown,younormallydon/tsitstraight,withyourshoulders

inwards.

C、Howevecitwillprobablystillbenoticed,andpeoplev/illknowyou'renot

pleased.

D、Ifyouarepleased,youusuallyopenyoureyeswideandpeoplecannoticethis.

【正确答案】A

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【答案解析】本题可以采用线索词来定位。空格处的前后两个句子都是对arms

在具休情况下具体动作的描述。那么用以补充的句子也应是如此，即选项A开朗

的人和沉默寡言的人手臂的动作，符合条件。

第17题【单选题】

［填句补文］“Geochemistsjustwantanintuitivesenseofwhat/sgoingonwiththe

elements/saysAlbertGalyfromtheUniversityofCambridge.

A、Anearthscientisthasrejiggedtheperiodictable（元素周期表）tomake

chemistrysimplertoteachtostudents.

B、Thetraditionalperiodictablewaswelldrawn.

C、a\imaginecontourlineswouldbegoodforundergraduates//

D、Buthehasaddedcontourlinestochargedensity,helpingtoexplainwhichions

reactwithwhich.

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】这一段是剑桥大学的AlbertGaly的原话，我们可以从引导整个关键

点得出答案。即：“地学化学家们只想通过直觉判断元素的活动。我想等高线对

学生们有好处〃。

第18题【单选题】

【阅读判断】Now,thereareabout24millionmicrocomputersinuseintheUnited

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

Americanmanagerswillbeusingsomesortofelectronicworkstation.Q:Atpresent

about10%ofAmericancitizenspossessamicrocomputer.

A、True

B^False

C、NotGiven

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选A。本段一开头就说到目前在美国大约有二千四百万台微型

电子计算机在使用中，平均每十人就拥有一台。因此本题的表述是正确的。

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第19题【单选题】

[2009.10]PoorspeakerofEnglishthoughhewasatthetime,hestillmanagedto

makehimself.

A、understand

B、understood

C^understanding

D、tounderstand

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】本题考查语法。那个时候虽然他说英语说得不好，但仍然可以让别

人听懂。非谓语动词的选用。过去分词作宾语补足语表示被动以及动作的完成。

第20题【单选题】

[2008.04]Anxietycanwithchildren'sperformanceatschool.

A^refer

B、prefer

C、infer

D、interfere

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】本题考杳词语辨析。句子翻译为：焦虑可以妨碍孩子们在学校的表

现。A.referto提到、查阅、涉及；B.preferto更喜欢；C.inferfrom（根

据某事）推断、推定；D.interferewith扰乱、妨碍。

第21题【单选题】

[2008.04]Thefarmingmethodshavebeenimprovedwiththeinventionof

thenewmachine.

A、efficiently

B、proficiently

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C、professionally

D,intentionally

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本题考查副词词义辨析。句子翻译为：由于新机器的发明，人们已

经高效率地改进了农业耕种方法。A高效率地B熟练地C职业地、专职

地D故意地、有意地。

第22题【单选题】

【完成句子】Lightningisgeneratedwhenelectricalchargesseparateinrainclouds,

thoughprocessesarestillnotfullyunderstood.Typically,positivecharges（正电荷）

buildatthecloudtop,whilethebottombecomesnegativelycharged（负电荷的）.In

mostinstancesofcloud-to-groundlightning,thenegativelychargedlowerportionof

thecloudrepelsnegativelychargedparticlesontheground'ssurfaces,makingit

becomepositivelycharged.Thepositivechargeonthegroundgathersatelevated

points.Inmostcasesofcloud-to-groundlightning,theground'ssurface.

A、ispositivelycharged

B、isshiftedsidewaysbystrongwinds

C、isnegativecharged

D、ischangedfrompositivelychargetonegativecharge

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本段文字解释了云层与地面之间的闪电的成因，云层下部带负电荷，

排斥地面表层的负电荷，所以地面表层聚集的是正电荷。答案为A。

第23题【单选题】

【阅读选择】Goodnewsforchocoholics：thetreatpreferredbymillionsalloverthe

worldisgoodforyou,accordingtoAmericanresearchersattheUniversityof

California.Chocolatecontainssubstancescalledflavonoids（类黄酮）thatcanhelp

maintainahealthyheartandgoodcirculation.Theresearchershavediscoveredthat

cocoaactslikeaspirinandthateatingabarofchocolatehasalsobeenshownto

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releaseendorphinsinthebody：thesechemicalshelptoreducepainandstressand

makeyoufeelhappy.Whyischocolategoodforheartandcirculation?

A、Itreducespainandstress.

B、Itcontainssubstancescalledflavonoids.

C^Itreleasesendorphinsinhumanbody.

D、Itactslikeaspirintoprotectheart.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】因果关系词信号词。凡是注释中文的地方可能是答案区域。

第24题【单选题】

【填句未卜文】Homeschoolingisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools,but

criticssaythathome-schoolersareoutsiderswhomightbeuncomfortablemixing

withotherpeopleinadultlife..However,mostparentsdon'thavethetime

orthedesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome,soschoolswillcontinuetobewhere

mostchildrengettheirformaleducation.

A、Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.

B、Anumberofparentsprefernottosendtheirchildrentoschool.

C、Childrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownas"home-schoolers."

D、Othersbelievetheycanprovideabettereducationalexperiencefortheir

childrenbyteachingthemathome.

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本段大意是“对homeschooling提出了质疑〃，需要注意前面说到

了"criticssay",空格处与之对应的是"Criticsalsosay〃。

第25题【单选题】

【阅读判断】Overtheweekend,HillaryRodhamClinton,wifeofformerpresidentBill

Clinton,announcedherrunfor2008presidency.Thisispartlyduetothebiased

thinkingthatwomenareweakonnationalsecurity,thoughtheymightbestrongon

educationandhealthcare.Thisdamagestheirprospectsasapresidential

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contender.Q:OneofHillary'scampaignpromisesistoreformthenation'shealthcare

system.

A、True

B、False

C^NotGiven

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】答案选C。问题句说"Hillary的一个竞选承诺是改革国家的医疗制度。〃

而本段只是说“女人做教育和医疗方面的工作有优势〃，没有说Hillary的一个竞选

承诺式改革国家的医疗制度，因此问题句的信息在文章中没有被提到。

第26题【单选题】

[2009.04]Sheeverythingelseandconcentratedonthetaskbeforeher.

A、setoff

B、setback

C、setaside

D、setup

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本题考查短语意义辨析。译文：她把其他事情都放到一边，集中精

力于她面前的任务。详细解答：A出发、动身；B把（某物）置于…之后、延迟；

C撇开、取消、废除；D建立、提出。

第27题【单选题】

【完成句子】Saganwasnotedforthevigourofhislogicstyle,especiallywhen

criticizingsomepieceofpseudoscience（伪科学）・Iremembereda1973AAAS

meetingatwhichhedestroyedthetheoriesofImmanuelVelikovsky,whowas

maintainingthatonlyafewthousandsofyearsago,Venushadrepeatedlycollided

withEarthandMars;eventswellnoted.Velikovskysaid,inthebible.InSagan's

opinion,Velikovskymightbe.

A、amemberoftheNationalAcademyofScience

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B、apseudo-scientist

C,asciencepopulariser

D、areporter

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】从这段文字中，我们可以了解到作者认为，Sagan与伪科学作斗争

的一个实例就是Sagan摧毁了Velikovsky的错误论述，即Velikovsky提出，在过

去几千年中，水星与地球和火星反复多次相撞，这在圣经中有加载。

第28题【单选题】

【阅读选择】Inthenextstage,fromthreetofiveyearsold,curiosityknowsno

hounds.Fverytypeofsuitabletoyshouldbpmad?availabletothpchild,fortrying

out,experimentingandlearning,fordiscoveringhisownparticularability.Bricksand

jigsaws（一匕巧板）andconstructiontoys;painting,scribbling（涂鸦）andmakingthings;

Sandandwaterplay;toysforimaginativeandpretendingplay;thefirstsocialgames

forlearningtoplayandgetonwithothers.Welearnfromthepassagethatachildhas

boundlesscuriosity.

A、whenheistwo.

B、whenheisaroundfour.

C、whenheissix.

D、whenheiseight.

【正确答案】B

【答案解析）根据Inthenextstage,fromthreetofiveyearsold,curiosityknowsno

bounds可以得出答案是Bo

第29题【单选题】

【填句补文】Thoughlittleresearchhasbeencarriedoutabouthowexactlythe

sunspotwillnegativelyharmthehealthofthepeople..So,scientistswarn

thatpeoplegoingoutdoorsshouldbecarefultoprotecttheirexposedskinandeyes

withclothes,umbrellasandsunglassesfromthestrongsunlightrichinultraviolet

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rays.

A,Ionosphereishighabovetheearth.

B、Ifthelightsinyourhousekeepflickering,blamefrequentsunspots.

C、AccordingtoaresearchconductedbytheRussianscientistsfrom1957to1960,

thefrequencyofearthquakescanbelinkedtothemovementofthesunspots.

D、ApaperpublishedbyaNorthKoreaobservatorysaysthatsunstormsmay

causeanincreaseintheincidenceofheartdiseaseandskindisease.

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】这一段说的是太阳黑子对人类健康的影响。填入的内容也应该与健

康有关，空格后一句说到要保护皮肤。因此D是正确的。

第30题【单选题】

【填句补文】AllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthe

lawdoesnotsaytheyhavetobeeducatedatschool.Anumberofparentsprefernot

tosendtheirchildrentoschool..Thereareabout300,000home-schoolers

intheUnitedStatestoday.

A、Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.

B、Insomecountries,however,childrenareeducatedbytheirparents.

C、Learningstartswiththechildren'sinterestsandquestions.

D、Childrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownas"home-schoolers."

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】后文出现了home-schoolers,根据选项，这里应该是对这个词的定

义，因此选D。

第31题【单选题】

[2009.01]Childrenhaveanaturalabouttheworldaroundthem.

A、certainty

B、capability

C、cleverness

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D、curiosity

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】句意：孩子们对他们周围的事物有着天然的好奇心。考查名词词义

选择。A确定性，肯定的事；B能力，才能；C精明，聪颖；D好奇心，求知

欲。

第32题【单选题】

[概括大意]"Manyoflife'sfailures,"thesupremeinnovatorsaid,"arepeoplewho

didnotrealizehowclosetheyweretosuccesswhentheygaveup."Beforethat

magicalmomentinOctober1879,Edisonhadworkedoutnofewerthan3,000

theoriesaboutelectriclight,butinonlytwocasesdidhisexperimentswork.Thpmain

ideaofthisparagraphis.

A、Importanceoflearningfromfailure

B、Neverasuccessfulmangivesup

C、Itisimportanttofailforasuccessfulman

D、Edison'Scommentonfailure

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】通过应用部分可以看出这段文字的主题是爱迪生对失败的评论。因

此选择Do

第33题【单选题】

[2009.10]Asforfamilyeducation,parentsareencouragedtorelyonrather

thanpunishment.

A、criticism

BNintimidation

C>persuasion

D、scolding

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本题考查名词词义区分。【译文】关于家庭教育，鼓励父母们依靠

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说服而不是惩罚孩子。A批评、指责B恐吓、威胁C说服、劝服D责

骂、斥责

第34题【单选题】

【I诩读选择］Youconsiderthatyoucan'tfindyourplaceinyourowncountry,soyou

riskthecomfortablebutmodestlifewithyourparentsandyougoabroad.Maybe

therewillbemomentswhenyoucan'tstandthelonelinessanymore,thestrangers

aroundyou,oryourjob.Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutakethatdecision,so

youtakeadeepbreath,andyougoon,asyouaretheonlyonetobeblamed.When

youarelonelyinaforeigncountry,youshould.

A、changeyourdecision

B、blameyourparentsforit

C、sticktoyourdecisionandgoon

D、makemorefriends

【正确答案】C

［答案解析］答案选C。根据文章本段中Butyouremembernobodymadeyoutake

thatdecision,soyoutakeadeepbreath,andyougoon…可知答案。作者认为你出国

后可能会面临各种困难，面对周围的陌生人、工作，你可能会感到孤独，但是仔

细想想这个决定是你自己做的，于是你不得不深呼吸，然后继续。

第35题【单选题】

【完成句子】InBritain,robotsalesappropriatelypeakedin1984,buthavebeen

decliningeversince.Thisispartlybecause,Britishwageratesaretoolowtomake

robotsfinanciallyattractiveandpartlybecauseengineersnowhavemoreexperience

withrobotsandaremoreawareofthedifficultiesofintroducingthem

effectively.RobotsarelesspopularinBritaintodaypartlybecause.

A、toomuchenergy

B、basedonAmericandesigns

C>theyaretoocostly

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D、theyarenotreliable

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本段第二句就是讲的两个原因，即人们的工资水平太低，也就是没

有能力使机器人发挥出创造贬富的作用，言下之意就是成本高。第二个原因就是

人们逐渐意识到了操纵机器人不是件容易的事情，所以使用率就下降了。所以应

该选C。

第36题【单选题】

【完成句子】Heavymetalsarepersistent;theydonotbreakdowntoother

chemicalsintheenvironment.Industriallypollutedsitesusuallyundergointensive

clean-upandrehabilitationbecauseheavymetalsareahealthconcernoncethpy

enterthefoodchain.Sometracemetalsareallegedtocausecancerandarealso

knowntocausepoisoning.Industriallycontaminatedsitesusuallyrequireathorough

clean-updueto.

A、thepersistenceofheavymetals

B、industriallypollutedsoils

C、naturallypollutedsoils

D>rockandsoilchemistry

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本段提到：受到污染的土壤含有重金属，而且重金属很稳定，不容

易降解，所以要对重金属进行彻底的清除。答案选择A。

第37题【单选题】

[2009.04]WhenyouknowBobbetter,youwilllikehim.

A、goto

B、gotto

C、wentto

D、getto

【正确答案】D

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【答案解析】译文：当你更加了解鲍勃时，你将会喜欢他的。试题分析：本题考

查主将从现。团详细解答：根据主将从现的原则，主句用了一般将来时，时间状

语从句中用一般现在时表示将来。

第38题【单选题】

[2009.10]Theprofit-sharingplanisdesignedtothestafftoworkhard.

A、calculate

B、demonstrate

C>speculate

D、motivate

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】本题考查词语辨析。【译文】利润共享计划目的是激发员工努力工

作。A计算、估算B证实、论证、演示C思索、推测D激励、激发

第39题【单选题】

[2009.01]Hehasdeeploveforthepeopleandloyaltytothecountry.

A、intense

B、initial

C、instant

D、imitative

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】本题考查形容词词义区分。A强烈的，极度的；B最初的，开始

的；C立即的，即时的；D模仿的，仿效的。形容loyalty,选A比较恰当。

第40题【单选题】

【2009.01]WheneverIgoouttodinnerwithhim,Ialwayspayingthebill.

A、endup

B、arriveat

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C、dropout

D.giveoff

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】句意：每当我与他外出吃饭，最后总是我付账。考查短语意义区分。

A以…而告终；B达到，取得；C不参加，隐退；D散发c

第41题【单选题】

Nobodybutyouwhathesaid.

A、agreeswith

B、agreesout

C、agreewith

D、agreeto

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with

等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。该题易误选C、D,选D的原因在于

词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。而选择C就在于误把you作为

主语对待了。而实际上noboCy才是主语。

第42题【单选题】

［概括大意］Thekeytogardeningwithkids,saysPattiKraemer-DoelLfamilygarden

coordinatorattheNewYorkBotanicalGardens,is"Lettingthemexperienceit

themselves.Wehavetriedtoguidethem,butnottellthemtoputthesunflowers

hereandthetomatoesthere.Theemphasisisondevelopingtheirimaginationand

theirappreciationforbeingoutinthegarden/'Themainideaofthisparagraph

is.

A、DifferentKindsofGardens.

B、KindsofPlantsinsHomeGarden

C^TheMostImportantPointinFamilyGardening

D、Howtoplansunflowersandtomatoes

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【正确答案】C

【答案解析】木段指出家庭园艺的主旨是让孩子去体验，培养他们的想象力和鉴

赏力。所以答案为C。

第43题【单选题】

【阅读判断】/z

Backin1969zUSPresidentRichardNixonconfidentlypredicted:lnthe

next50years,weshallseeawomanpresident,perhapssoonerthanyouthink.”

Today,nottoofaroffNixon'sdeadline,Americaislookingatthatpossibility.Overthe

weekend,HillaryRodhamClinton,wifeofformerpresidentBillClinton,announced

herrunfor2008presidency.Q:Uptothepresent,nowomanhasbeenelected

presidentinthpUS.

A、True

B、False

C>NotGiven

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】答案选Ao问题句说〃迄今为止在美国没有一个女人曾经被选举为

总统”。本段说的是“1969年，美国总统RichardNixon很有信心地预测：’在下一

个50年里，我们将会看见一个女总统，这或许比你想象的更快些今天距离

Nixon总统给出的最终期限已经不远了，美国人现在正关注这可能性〃。相邻语句

的句意相关，显然，定冠词结构"thepossibHity"指答案相关句中提到的"可能出现

美国女总统〃。从该句中可以推断出“从1969年到现在为止，美国还没有出现女

总统〃。因此问题句提供了正确信息。

第44题【单选题】

Thenewspaperwillhavetoclosedownifitcannotincreaseits

considerably.

A、distribution

B、contribution

C、prescription

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D、circulation

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】本题考查名词辨析。circulation：（书报杂志的）销售量，发行额,

销路。符合句意。

第45题【单选题】

【完成句子】InBritain,robotsalesappropriatelypeakedin1984,buthavebeen

decliningeversince.Thisispartlybecause,Britishwageratesaretoolowtomake

robotsfinanciallyattractiveandpartlybecauseengineersnowhavemoreexperience

withrobotsandaremoreawareofthedifficultiesofintroducingthem

effectively.RobotsarelesspopularinBritaintodaypartlybecause.

A、toomuchenergy

B、basedonAmericandesigns

C>theyaretoocostly

D、theyarenotreliable

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】本段第二句就是讲的两个原因，即人们的工资水平太低，也就是没

有能力使机器人发挥出创造贬富的作用，言下之意就是成本高。第二个原因就是

人们逐渐意识到了操纵机器人不是件容易的事情，所以使用率就下降了。所以应

该选C。

第46题【单选题】

【完成句子】Lightningisgeneratedwhenelectricalchargesseparateinrainclouds,

thoughprocessesarestillnotfullyunderstood.Typically,positivecharges（正电荷）

buildatthecloudtop,whilethebottombecomesnegativelycharged（负电荷的）.In

mostinstancesofcloud-to-groundlightning,thenegativelychargedlowerportionof

thecloudrepelsnegativelychargedparticlesontheground'ssurfaces,makingit

becomepositivelycharged.Thepositivecha