在职攻读硕士联考英语-84

在职攻读硕士联考英语-84
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure(总题数：40，分数：100.00)
1.Some plants are very ______ to light; they prefer the shade.
（分数：2.50）
A.sensible
B.flexible
C.objective
D.sensitive √
解析：[解析] sensible“明智的，明白事理的”；flexible“灵活的”；objective“客观的，目标的”；sensitive“敏感的”。

从prefer the shade可以看出，植物对光很敏感。

故答案为D。

2.As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ______ at an increasing rate.
（分数：2.50）
A.bring up
B.build up
C.spring up √
D.strike up
解析：[解析] bring up“提出，教育，养育”；build up“增进，加强”；spring up“出现；涌现；萌芽”；strike up“使开始；建立起”。

新的官方语言应该是不断地涌现，故答案为C。

3.All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.
（分数：2.50）
A.regain
B.recover
C.rescue √
D.reserve
解析：[解析] regain“恢复，重新获得”；recover“恢复，弥补，复原”；rescue“营救；援救”；reserve“储备；保留”。

分析句意可知，此处选择rescue。

4.It"s very ______ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.
（分数：2.50）
A.concerned
B.careful
C.considerable
D.considerate √
解析：[解析] concerned“涉及，关系到”；careful“认真的，仔细的”；considerable“大量的，重要的”；considerate“体贴的，考虑周全的”。

在宝宝睡觉的时候不大声喧哗是一种很体贴的行为。

故答案为D。

5.Not having a good command of English can be a serious ______ preventing you from achieving your goals.
（分数：2.50）
A.obstacle √
B.fault
C.offense
D.distress
解析：[解析] obstacle“障碍，干扰”；fault“错误”；offense“犯罪，过错”；distress“危难，不幸”。

故答案为A。

6.John doesn"t believe in ______ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.
（分数：2.50）
A.standard
B.regular
C.routine
D.conventional √
解析：[解析] standard“标准的”；re gular“常规的，正常的”；routine“日常的”；conventional“传统的”。

传统药品用conventional medicine。

故答案为D。

7.Vitamins are complex ______ that the body requires in very small mounts.
（分数：2.50）
A.matters
B.materials
C.particles
D.substances √
解析：[解析] matter“物质；原因”；material“材料”；par ticle“颗粒；质点”；substance“物质；实质”。

material通常指组成客观存在物的部分或其原料；matter通常指构成实物的物质，与精神相对立；substance多指某一种形式的物质，既可指元素也可指化合物。

故答案为D。

8.To our ______, Geoffrey"s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
（分数：2.50）
A.anxiety
B.relief √
C.view
D.judgment
解析：[解析] anxiety“焦虑，担心”；relief“减轻，解除”；view“视野，风景，见解”；judgment“判断”。

to one"s relief“使某人松了一口气”，故答案为B。

9.Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the ______ charged on public transport were more reasonable.
（分数：2.50）
A.fees
B.fares √
C.payments
D.costs
解析：[解析] fee“费用(上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用)”；fare“路费，车费”；payment“支付，付款”；cost“花费”，多指成本。

故答案为B。

10.When I go out in the evening I use the bike ______ the car if I can.
（分数：2.50）
A.rather than √
B.regardless of
C.in spite of
D.other than
解析：[解析] rather than“宁可……也不愿”；regardless of“不管，不顾”；in spite of“不顾，不管”；other than“除了”。

应该是我宁愿骑自行车也不愿开车。

故答案为A。

11.______ in the office had made a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.
（分数：2.50）
A.Some
B.Anyone
C.One
D.Someone √
解析：[解析] 本题考查代词。

some不能作主语，首先排除；one和anyone都属于泛指，只有someone是特指某个人，故答案为D。

12.All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.
（分数：2.50）
A.had been fulfilled
B.were fulfilled
C.having been fulfilled √
D.been fulfilled
解析：[解析] 本题考查独立主格。

分析可知，逗号前的成分充当的是一个时间的状语，可以说是由一个时间状语简化而来，且动作发生在decide之前，因次，可以判断fulfill是完成时态，且任务是被动完成，又是独立主格。

故答案为C。

13.Although a teenager, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.
（分数：2.50）
A.being told √
B.telling
C.to be told
D.to tell
解析：[解析] Fred和tell之间是动宾关系，所以先排除B、D两项；又因为resist后需要接ing形式作宾语，故答案为A。

14.I can never forget the day ______ we worked together and the day ______ we spent together. （分数：2.50）
A.when; which √
B.which; when
C.what; that
D.on which; when
解析：[解析] 两个先行词the day都是表示时间的名词，但第一个空白处要填的关系词在从句中作状语。

因此要用关系副词when。

第二个空白处要填的关系词在从句中作动词spent的宾语，因此要用关系代词which或that来引导定语从句。

15.In fact, Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ______ in New York.
（分数：2.50）
A.to stay
B.stayed √
C.staying
D.having stayed
解析：[解析] than是并列连词，前后的动词形式应该是一致的，因此选择stayed。

16.Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun ______ sightseeing. （分数：2.50）
A.than to go
B.rather than to go
C.more than going √
D.other than going
解析：[解析] more than、rather than、other than这几个平行结构中，要保证前后动词形式一致。

从hunting可以排除前两项。

句意想要表述的意思是：比起观光，有钱人更喜欢狩猎。

故答案为C。

17.Jack wishes that he ______ business instead of history when he was in university.
（分数：2.50）
A.had studied √
B.study
C.studied
D.had been studying
解析：[解析] 从句表述的动作是过去的过去，所以用过去完成时。

句意：杰克宁愿他上大学的时候念的是商务而不是历史。

故答案为A。

18.______ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
（分数：2.50）
A.Because
B.For
C.Since
D.While √
解析：[解析] 本题考查状语从句的引导词。

本题首先排除A、B，since既然；while尽管。

分析可知两句的逻辑关系为让步，故答案为D。

19.I have no idea ______.
（分数：2.50）
A.what does the word "infinity" mean
B.what the word "infinity" means √
C.what the meaning of the word "infinity"
D.what the word "infinity" mean
解析：[解析] 宾语从句中的疑问句语序应为陈述句形式。

故答案为B。

20.This dress is prettier, but it costs ______ that one.
（分数：2.50）
A.twice more than
B.twice as much as √
C.as much twice as
D.twice so much as
解析：[解析] 本题考查比较结构。

平级比较用as…as结构。

故答案为B。

21.The beam that is ______ by a laser differs in several ways from the light that comes out of
a flashlight.
（分数：2.50）
A.emitted √
B.transported
C.motivated
D.translated
解析：[解析] 本句的主干谓语动词为differs，主语为beam，而that引导的为beam的后置定语从句。

根据搭配，应该是laser放射的光线，emit“发出，放射”；transport“运输，流放”；motivate“激发”；tra nslate“翻译”。

故答案为A。

22.Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to ______ the isolation of life in Alaska.
（分数：2.50）
A.break through √
B.break down
C.break into
D.break out
解析：[解析] break through“突破，瓦解”；break down“打破，减轻，把……分解”；break into“闯入”；break out“爆发”。

根据句子意思可知答案为A。

23.We know through painful experience that freedom is never by the oppressor; it must be ______ by the oppressed.
（分数：2.50）
A.demanded √
manded
C.required
D.requested
解析：[解析] demand“要求”；command“指挥”；require“要求”；request“请求”。

demand和require 的意思很相近但也有细微差别。

demand通常指坚持其应该有或必要的东西，暗示要求者有权这样做，常有命令之意；require通常指按照法律、规章、规定、惯例、环境等提出要求，其客观性较强。

故答案为A。

24.______ the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for many years not felt any population pressure.
（分数：2.50）
A.Thanks to √
B.By means of
C.In line with
D.With regard to
解析：[解析] thanks to“多亏了”；by means of“凭借”；in fine with“按照，依照”；with regard to“关于，至于”。

根据题意选A最合适。

25.Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ______ the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.
（分数：2.50）
A.assists
B.acknowledges
C.advocates √
D.admits
解析：[解析] assist“帮助，协助”；acknowledge“承认”；advocate“提倡，倡导”；admit“承认”。

根据and并列词前面的内容，Jones强烈反对视频游戏，可知他提倡关闭所有有此游戏的娱乐场所。

26.Workers in the fine arts ______ thoughts and feelings through their creative works.
（分数：2.50）
A.transmit
B.elaborate
C.convey √
D.contribute
解析：[解析] transmit“传输，传送”；elaborate“详细地说明，推敲”；convey“传达”；contribute“贡献”。

句意为“艺术作品传达出思想和情感”，故答案为C。

其中fine arts的意思是“美术”。

27.Finding a job can be ______ and disappointing，and therefore it is important that you are prepared.
（分数：2.50）
A.exploiting
B.frustrating √
C.profiting
D.misleading
解析：[解析] exploit“剥夺，开采”；frustrate“使沮丧”；pro fit“获利”；mislead“误导”。

由并列连词and后面的disappointing可知前面的也应选一个与之贴近的消极意义的词，故答案为B。

28.British government often says that furnishing children with ______ to the information superhighway is a top priority.
（分数：2.50）
A.procedure
B.protection
C.allowance
D.access √
解析：[解析] procedure“程序”；protection“保护”；allowance“津贴”；access“接触”；furnish“提供，布置，装备”；top priority“首要考虑的事”。

根据题意，且后可跟to，选access最合适。

29.Louis Herman, at the University of Hawaii, has ______ a series of new experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences.
（分数：2.50）
A.installed
B.equipped
C.devised √
D.formatted
解析：[解析] install“安装，安置”；equip“装备”；devise“发明，设计”；format“形成”。

devise 与new experiment搭配最符合语义，故答案为C。

30.Researchers at the University of Illinois determined that the ______ of a father can help improve a child"s grades.
（分数：2.50）
A.involvement √
B.interaction
C.association
munication
解析：[解析] involvement“涉及，包含”；interaction“相互作用，相互影响”；association“联合，交往”；communication“交流”。

本句中阐述的是：有父亲的参与会帮助提高孩子的成绩。

应选择A。

31.Great numbers of tiny shelled animals ______ on the ocean floor.
（分数：2.50）
A.live √
B.1iving
C.they will five
D.if they lived
解析：[解析] 本句中主语为shelled animals，缺少谓语动词，故选择A。

32.The knee is the joint ______ the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
（分数：2.50）
A.when
B.where √
C.why
D.which
解析：[解析] 本句为定语从句，先行词joint在定语从句中作做地点状语，故应选择where。

33.I"m afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It"s only a copy and SO it"s ______.
（分数：2.50）
A.priceless
B.invaluable
C.unworthy
D.worthless √
解析：[解析] worthless“无价值的，无用的”。

priceless“无价的，贵重的，无法估价的”，a priceless treasure无价之宝；invaluable“无法估价的，非常宝贵的”；unworthy“不值得的，不配的；无价值的”。

34.Billie Holiday"s reputation as a great jazz blues singer rests on her ability ______ emotional depth to her songs.
（分数：2.50）
A.be giving
B.are given
C.being given
D.to give √
解析：[解析] 本句中并不缺少谓语，谓语为rests on，而give在本句中应以目的状语的成分出现，故答案为D。

35.Uniform acceleration occurs ______ the rate of change remains the same over successive and equal intervals of time.
（分数：2.50）
A.according
B.if √
C.with
D.under
解析：[解析] 本句中主语为uniform acceleration，谓语动词为occur，后面为条件状语，故答案为B。

36.People"s expectations for a higher standard of living increase ______.
（分数：2.50）
A.conditions in their community
B.since conditions in their improving
C.conditions in their community improve
D.as conditions in their community improve √
解析：[解析] 本句中横线前面部分的主谓宾是齐全的，故应选择状语部分，而状语部分是从句，故答案为D。

37.Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of ______ reality.
（分数：2.50）
A.what it is conceived
B.that is conceived
C.what is conceived to be √
D.that is being conceived of
解析：[解析] 介词of后面接宾语，故应选择A或C。

而句子中已有表语reality，故应选C。

38.______ relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
（分数：2.50）
A.Even
B.It is
C.Even though √
D.There is
解析：[解析] 句子中逗号后面的内容有完整的主谓宾，故前面应该选择连词引导从句，根据句意应该选择C。

39.______dates from the end of the eighteenth century.
（分数：2.50）
A.The modern circus √
B.That the modern circus
C.While the modern circus
D.The modern circus that
解析：[解析] 本句中谓语动词为date，谓语前为主语，故少主语部分，答案为A。

circus“马戏团”。

40.Hanya Holm is a dancer, choreographer, and ______.
（分数：2.50）
A.dance that she teaches
B.her teaching of dance
C.to teach dancing
D.dance teacher √
解析：[解析] 句子中的and连接的是三个并列名次，故答案为D。