【考研英语】2021年12月陕西长安大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道(附答案解析)

【考研英语】2021年12月陕西长安大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道（附答案解
析）
第1题【单选题】
Transparency is needed ______ people are skeptical about policy-makers making policy against their own interests.
A、so
B、because
C、therefore
D、thus
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】本句后半部分表示的是一个原因，即：纳税人要求政策制定有透明度是因为担心决策者做出有悖于他们利益的事。

第2题【单选题】
We have to [modify] our plan a little bit.
A、reduce
B、suffer
C、adjust
D、utilize
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】[modify] 修改，修饰；更改；adjust 调整，使…适合。

第3题【单选题】
—Why didn’t you buy a new car—I would have bought one if I ________ enough money.
A、had
B、have had
C、would have
D、had had
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】第一个had是过去完成时，第二个had表示“有”。

第4题【单选题】
Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements of writing：a word, a phrase, an idea, a sound, or a grammatical construction. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music. Our love for rhythm seems to be innate：witness the responses of a small child to lively music. Children love to beat on toy drums or empty boxes. They stamp their feet and chant
nursery rhymes or nonsense syllables, not unlike primitive dancers. As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm, but our love of rhythm remains. We live in rhythms；in fact we are governed by rhythms.According to the passage, an adult’s reaction to rhythm in music would probably be _____.
A、uninhibited
B、indifferent
C、restrained
D、responsible
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】该题的解题依据在本段结尾部分“As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm…”。

作者讲：随着孩子的年龄逐渐增大，大人就会教他们抑制对节奏的反应，等他们长大之后，他们对音乐节奏的反应，更可能受到抑制。

第5题【单选题】
We all have our own comfort foods. Interestingly, they may vary according to moods and gender. One study found that happy people seem to want to eat things like pizza, while sad people prefer ice cream and cookies. __________ Researchers also found that guys seem to prefer hot, homemade comfort meals, like steaks and casseroles. Girls go
for chocolate and ice cream.
A、Bored people crave salty, crunchy things, like chips.
B、Emotional eating patterns can be learned.
C、Don’t let emotional eating disturb your weight.
D、But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too.
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】答案选A。

空格前面的两句话都是讲不同的情绪者喜欢不同的食物，快乐的，悲伤的，而这句话所缺的也应该是情绪和食物有关的，纵览各选项，很容易选出正确答案是A。

第6题【单选题】
Water is [absent] in this area.
A、ample
B、assiduous
C、affluent
D、deficient
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】[absent] 缺少的；deficient 不足的；有缺陷的；不充分的。

第7题【单选题】
If you enjoy looking through travel books by such familiar authors as Arthur Frommer or Eugene Fodor, it will not surprise you to learn that travel writing has a long and venerable history. Almost from the earliest annals of recorded time individuals have found ready audiences for their accounts of journeys to strange and exotic locales.This passage is mostly about__________.
A、why people find travel writing exciting
B、the literary style of three early travel writers
C、where three early travel writers went and wrote about
D、how to write a travel book
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】答案选C。

主旨题。

联系第一自然段和每段首句知道，本文讲了三个作家，锁定答案B和C，结合内容，文章主要讲关于他们的旅行和作品。

第8题【单选题】
I _______ four universities and was accepted by all of them.
A、applied to
B、applied from
C、applied in
D、applied off
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】题目意思：我申请了四所大学，并都被他们录取了。

apply to 向…正式申请；向…要求，答案选A。

第9题【单选题】
Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the most ______ populated regions of West Europe.
A、densely
B、vastly
C、enormously
D、largely
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】densely稠密的。

vastly广泛的。

enormously巨大的/庞大的。

largely主要的/很大程度上。

第10题【单选题】
________ you really need is self-confidence (自信).
A、That
B、What
C、Anything
D、Something which
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】题意为“你真正需要的是自信”，空白处需要填
入的引导词是what。

第11题【单选题】
The car honked at me until I fastened my seat belt.
A、汽车向我发出嘟嘟的声音，直到我系上了安全带。

B、汽车发出嘟嘟的声音，我系上安全带就不响了。

C、汽车在我系上安全带之前发出嘟嘟的声音。

D、汽车发出嘟嘟的声音，我才系上了安全带。

【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

until在否定句中表示的意思是“直到…才”；在肯定句中等于before；本句的意思是：汽车一直嘟嘟地响，直到我系上安全带才停下来。

翻译的时候要体现连词until表示的意思，所以比较恰当的用法应该是B项。

A项虽然有“直到”的意思，但是表达方式不符合汉语习惯，意思模糊不清。

第12题【单选题】
Brindley worked, for example, to improve the grinding of flints, which were used in the rising pottery industry.
A、为了改进例如燧石的研磨过程，布林德雷努力工作着，燧石是新兴陶瓷工业的常用材料。

B、例如，布林德雷努力改进新兴陶瓷工业常用材料的研磨过程—
燧石。

C、例如，布林德雷努力改进燧石的研磨过程，燧石是新兴陶瓷工业使用的材料。

D、布林德雷努力改进例如燧石的研磨过程，燧石是新兴陶瓷工业使用的材料。

【正确答案】C
【答案解析】本题考查插入语的翻译。

For example是插入到句子之间的，它其实可以放在句子的开头，但是汉语没有这个用法，要举例子基本上应该把“例如”放在句子的开头，根据这一点可以排除A和D项，同时要注意which were used in the rising pottery industry是定语从句修饰前面的flints，可以单独用一个句子来表达，这样可以保留原句子的连贯性又忠于原文，最合适的应该是C项。

第13题【单选题】
Shortly after the accident, two ______ police were sent to the spot to keep order.
A、dozens of
B、dozens
C、dozen of
D、dozen
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】英语中一些表示数字的名词的前面如果用了数词，这些名词必须是单数形式，如dozen(一打)，score(二十)和head (头)等。

但是如果这些名词用来指某些可数名词时，这些名词呈复数形式，其后应加上介词of。

第14题【单选题】
The policeman came up to the lonely house with the door ________, ________ there for a while and then entered it.
A、open; to stand
B、opening; stood
C、open; stood
D、opened; standing
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】with the door open是with 的复合结构,open 为形容词,表状态; stood与came, entered为并列关系,在句中作谓语。

第15题【单选题】
You will be [liable] for any damage caused.
A、liberal
B、responsible
C、profound
D、rectify
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】be [liable] for 有…责任；有…义务；responsible 负责的，可靠的；有责任的。

第16题【单选题】
She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career.
A、strive
B、remove
C、quit
D、chase
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠；chase 追逐；追捕。

第17题【单选题】
She reached the top of the hill and stopped ________ on a big rock by the side of the path
A、to have rested
B、resting
C、to rest
D、rest
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】stop doing sth.意为“停止正在做的事”; stop to do sth.意为“停下来去做另外一件事”。

第18题【单选题】
Word came ________ he was employed by that company.
A、which
B、why
C、that
D、when
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】这里是由that引导的同位语从句。

第19题【单选题】
When I graduated from high school, my family had a business so I never thought about getting a college degree. I went straight from my high school graduation to work for my father. After 24 years of ups and downs （mostly downs）, I decided that I wanted to return to school and earn a degree in Business Administration.Why didn’t the author go on with education after graduating from high school?
A、To help her father with business.
B、To escape from school life.
C、To experience social life early.
D、To achieve her dream.
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】答案选A。

事实细节题。

该题目主要考查考生对文章主人公相关细节的了解。

根据题干内容，此细节定位于文章本段讲述自己高中毕业后经历的部分。

文中讲到“当我高中毕业时，爸爸正在做生意。

所以我压根没有考虑过继续获得大学学位的事情，毕业后直接转向为爸爸工作”。

可判断A选项与原文句意一致。

第20题【单选题】
If someone asked you, "What color is the sky?"I expect that you would answer, "Blue." I am afraid that you would be wrong. The sky has no color. When we see blue, we are looking at blue sunlight. The sunlight is shining on little bits of dust in the air. We know that there is air all around the world. We could not breathe without air. Airplanes could not fly without air. They need air to lift their wings. Airplanes cannot fly very high because as they go higher the air gets thinner. If we go far enough away from the earth, we find there is no air. When an airplane flies too high, ______.
A、the air will be too thin to support its wings.
B、the air will become thicker.
C、the air will exert pressure on it
D、the air will disappear in no time
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】文章第二段第三句"Airplanes cannot fly very high because as they go higher the air gets thinner."，因此对照答案为A。

第21题【单选题】
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood - a poor, crowed area where a boy's dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer（英式足球）teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a ball made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast.All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn't explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.In the last paragraph the statement “… but only one became Pele” indicates that ______.
A、Pele is the greatest soccer player.
B、the greatest players are born with some unique quality.
C、Pele's birthplace sets him apart from all the others.
D、the success of a soccer player has everything to do with the family back ground.
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

Pele是个伟大的球员，Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele 成百上千的人在巴西的街道上踢球，但是只有一个Pele这样的伟大球员。

最后一句话点明主题The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.所以答案是B。

第22题【单选题】
When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, "Contact: The first four minutes," he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new friendships: ________. A lot of people's whole lives would change if they did just that.
A、That is not the time to complain about one's health or to mention faults one finds in other people.
B、Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes.
C、It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one's opinions and impressions.
D、He is eager to make friends with everyone.
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

空格前后句中出现了代词的呼应……this advice……that，结合空格后句意（如果他们那样做的话，很多人的整个生活都会发生改变）判断that指代的内容是前句中提到的“这条建议”，所以判断空格处出现表意为“建议”的句子可能性最大，结合被选项的内容和用词判断B 是答案。

第23题【单选题】
By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population will be living in cities _______ in the country.
A、other than
B、more than
C、better than
D、rather than
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】本题考查词组辨析。

rather than：与其…（不如）；不是…（而是）。

句意：到二十一世纪中叶，世界上大多数人口将生活在城市而不是农村。

第24题【单选题】
Today, working less than a 40-hour week, people enjoy more leisure time. Hence, the wise use of leisure time has become an important problem for everyone, young or old. It is a particularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living. Those people have so much leisure that it is hard for them to find interesting and worthwhile ways to use it.How to spend leisure time wisely is not a particularly difficult problem for people ______.
A、who are very busy everyday
B、who are sick in bed
C、who are aged and in good health
D、who have retired from work
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】本题可采用排除法，第三句话（It is a particularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living.），可以看出这三类人对于怎样度过空闲时光是特别困难的，所以可以排除BCD项，选A。

第25题【单选题】
This thesis led to a [radical] change of labor policies.
A、temporary
B、terminate
C、essential
D、reserve
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】[radical] 根本的；essential 基本的；本质的。

第26题【单选题】
The heat was so ________ from the fire that the firemen could not enter the building.
A、intense
B、tense
C、intensive
D、violent
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】intense强烈的/挚热的。

tense紧张的。

intensive 深入的/细致的。

violent暴力的。

第27题【单选题】
The U.S. decided that, _____ its increasing trade deficit, it would have to tighten important restriction.
A、in view of
B、with regard to
C、in respect of
D、in the light of
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】in view of鉴于。

with regard to关于/作为答复。

in respect of关于/谈及。

in the light of根据。

第28题【单选题】
Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science.
A、在农业革命中，机械没有科学重要。

B、在农业革命中，科学没有机械重要。

C、在农业革命中，科学和机械几乎同等重要。

D、在农业革命中，机械和科学都不怎么重要。

【正确答案】C
【答案解析】答案选C。

本题考查的知识点为理解原意。

less important是“没有那么重要”的意思，但一加上scarcely，意思就反过来了，表示“同等重要”。

第29题【单选题】
Heavy metals are persistent; they do not break down to other chemicals in the environment. Industrially polluted sites usually undergo intensive clean-up and rehabilitation because heavy metals are a health concern
once they enter the food chain. Some trace metals are alleged to cause cancer and are also known to cause poisoning. The main idea of this paragraph is__________.
A、The Nature of Heavy Metals
B、Potential Hazards of Human Contaminated Soils
C、Heavy Metals and Food Chain
D、Research on Channels of Heavy Metals Getting into Human Food Chain
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】本段文字讲的是：受到工业污染的土壤含有重金属，而重金属很稳定不容易降解，其中的某些微量重金属能使人致癌或中毒。

可以看出其中心内容是：受污染土地的潜在危险，选择B。

第30题【单选题】
I have bought two ballpens, _______ writes well.
A、none of them
B、neither of them
C、neither of which
D、none of which
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】因为是two ballpens, 并且定语从句的谓语
writes是单数概念.因此，C是正确选项。

第31题【单选题】
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale. For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?
A、It will force them to pull their efforts together.
B、It will undermine their mutual understanding.
C、It will irreparably damage their relationship.
D、It will help strengthen their emotional bonds.
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】答案选C。

推理判断题。

文章本段最后两句提到，工作的不稳定、生活的艰辛最终会使得一些美国人维系家庭的努力消失殆尽，危机过后的数十年中随着经济复苏离婚率再次上升。

由此可见，目前的经济危机最终会伤害夫妻关系至无法弥补，故答案为C。

A “会迫使他们齐心协力”是经济萧条初期会出现的情况，可以排除；B和D在文中均未提及。

第32题【单选题】
This is one of the most interesting questions that ________ asked.
A、have
B、has
C、have been
D、has been
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】that指代questions，所以从句谓语需要用复数形式。

第33题【单选题】
Besides Tom, ______ Crosettes have two other sons, ______ of whom are all interested in making model planes.
A、不填, two
B、不填, the two
C、the, three
D、the, the three
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】在英语的姓氏前使用定冠词，表示的是这个姓氏的一家人或这个姓氏的夫妇；“the + 数词+ of + 代词”这一结构表示该代词的总数是前面的数词表示的数量，而“数词＋
of＋代词”结构中的代词表示的量肯定大于前面数词表示的数量。

第34题【单选题】
You don’t have to _____ me of anything.
A、transform
B、upset
C、spoil
D、persuade
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】persuade 说服，劝说；使某人相信；劝某人做（不做）某事。

第35题【单选题】
His solution to the puzzle is [ingenious].
A、clever
B、savage
C、capable
D、federal
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】[ingenious] 有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的；clever 聪明的；机灵的；熟练的。

第36题【单选题】
The benefit of it would[ compensate] danger.
A、补偿
B、支持
C、惊奇
D、允许
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】compensate vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬。

第37题【单选题】
— When shall we meet again ? — Make it_____ day you like; it’s all the same to me.
A、one
B、any
C、another
D、some
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】any day指“任意选择的一天”，故正确答案为B。

第38题【单选题】
Those attacks can range from indiscriminate viruses to corporate spying
and efforts to gain ________ data from banks
A、sensible
B、sense
C、sensitive
D、sensibly
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】相关句子部分的意思是：从银行、信用卡公司或个人获得敏感的数据。

四个选项的意思分别为：明智的；感觉；敏感的；容易感知地。

第39题【单选题】
The tall, well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a far cry from the old sea wolf of my imagination.
A、站在我面前的这位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，当然是像我想象中的老海狼发出的一声遥远的呼唤了。

B、一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生站在我面前，发出的一声遥远的呼唤，像我想象中的老海狼。

C、站在我面前的是一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，与我先前想象的老海怪完全不同。

D、站在我面前的是一位身材高大、衣着讲究的先生，与我想象中的老海怪一样发出了长长的叫声。

【正确答案】C
【答案解析】答案选C。

“standing before me”是现在分词短语，作定语，修辞“gentleman”，译成汉语可放在句首。

“a far cry from sth/doing sth”是习语，意思是：a very different experience from sth/doing sth与某事物[做某事物]大不相同。

“wolf”是狼的意思，“sea wolf”在这里是指海员，海员因长期在海上航行，在常人眼里有点怪异，译作“海怪”比较贴切。

第40题【单选题】
He’s unlucky, and he’s always suffering ______ luck one after another.
A、a sick
B、an ill
C、sick
D、ill
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】英语中的名词有可数与不可数之分，luck是不可数名词，用来修饰贬义的luck形容词有bad，poor或ill，这时ill的词义是：不好的。

第41题【单选题】
—Will you go home tomorrow evening?— No, I am going to a lecture, or at least I am planning _____.
A、so
B、to
C、it
D、that
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】考查省略。

用不定式符号to代替个不定式to go to a lecture。

第42题【单选题】
He smiled, with the [implication] that he didn’t believe me.
A、革新
B、暗指，含义
C、刺激，推动
D、改进
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】[implication] n. 含义；暗示；牵连，卷入；可能的结果，影响。

第43题【单选题】
We have to [modify] our plan a little bit.
A、reduce
B、suffer
C、adjust
D、utilize
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】[modify] 修改，修饰；更改；adjust 调整，使…适合。

第44题【单选题】
Cheese is really a good [lure] for mice.
A、许可，准许
B、诱惑
C、要求，渴望
D、焦点
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】[lure] n. 诱惑；饵；诱惑物。

第45题【单选题】
We have great differences today. What brings us together is that we have common interests which transcend those differences.
A、现在我们有很大的分歧。

但使我们走到一起的，是我们有跨越这些分歧的共同利益。

B、今天我们有巨大的不同。

使我们走到一起的，是我们有超越这些不同的共同利益。

C、今天我们有巨大的分歧。

使我们走到一起的，是我们有超越这
些分歧的共同利益。

D、今天我们有巨大的不同。

使我们来到一起的，是我们有超过这些不同的共同兴趣。

【正确答案】C
【答案解析】答案选C。

great differences在句子中表示的是“巨大的分歧”的意思；interests在本句中不是表示“兴趣”，而是表示双方之间共同的利益。

第46题【单选题】
He began comparing himself _______ the other teammates and found he didn’t practice as hard as them.
A、as
B、from
C、with
D、by
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】compare...with...：把……与……相比较。

句意：他开始将自己和其他的队员们比较，发现不如他们训练得认真。

答案选C。

第47题【单选题】
He is ______ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics
next year.
A、optimistic
B、optional
C、outstanding
D、obvious
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】optimistic乐观的。

optional选择的。

outstanding 出色的/醒目的。

obvious明显的。

第48题解答题
Directions: On your way from Beijing to Paris, you lost your luggage carried by the airline. Write a complaint letter to the service center of the Airline. In your letter, you should tell them 1) what happened to your luggage, 2) what your luggage is like, 3) what compensation you expect. Do not sign your own name. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address.
【正确答案】Dear Sir or Madam,I am writing because I need to complain to you about what happened to my luggage carried by your airlines. On Friday, June 2, 2006, I traveled on your airlines from Beijing to Paris. When I went to pick up my luggage in Paris, I was informed that it was missing. The lost luggage is a black suitcase, 50 cm in length and 30 cm in width, in which
there are five volumes of valuable research papers. If they cannot be found for me, I am sure that you will agree to pay me ￥1000, the estimated worth of my luggage on my claim ticket, to compensate for my great loss. I have always enjoyed the good service of your airlines, and I look forward to receiving the same kind of good service in this matter.Sincerely Li Ming
第49题【单选题】
In the spirit of frankness which I hope will characterize our talks this week, let us recognize at the outset these points.
A、本着我希望将成为本周我们会谈的特色的坦率精神，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

B、我希望我们这个星期的会谈将是坦率的。

本着这种坦率的精神，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

C、本着坦率的精神，我希望我们这个星期的会谈将是坦率的，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

D、本着坦率的精神，我希望本周我们的会谈具有特色，让我们在一开始就认识到这样几点。

【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

which I hope will characterize our talks this week限制性定语从句，修饰frankness。

I hope是定语从句中的插入语。

In the spirit of：本着…的精神。

at the outset：
在开始的时候。

第50题【单选题】
Many people, when ill, see their doctors and ask them to ________ something that will make them feel better.
A、describe
B、prescribe
C、revise
D、devise
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】prescribe“开处方，开（药）”。

根据题意，正确答案应为B。

第51题【单选题】
Half of the workers here ________ under 30 ________.
A、isyears
B、areyear old
C、isyears old
D、areyears of age
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】Half of the workers是复数，所以谓语动词也用复数形式。

year old这种形式是错误的，所以用years of age。

第52题【单选题】
We have a _____ agreement with her.
A、uniform
B、version
C、verbal
D、utmost
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】verbal 口头的；言语的；动词的；照字面的。

第53题【单选题】
Peter has a changeable [character].
A、role
B、disposition
C、symbol
D、nature
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】[character] 性格，品质；disposition 性情。

第54题【单选题】
She had come to England to [pursue] an acting career.
A、strive
B、remove
C、quit
D、chase
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】[pursue] 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠；chase 追逐；追捕。

第55题【单选题】
Congress [assembles] together in January.
A、range
B、restrict
C、gather
D、restore
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】[assembles] 集合，聚集；装配；收集；gather 收集；收割；使…聚集；使…皱起。

第56题【单选题】
Roxaboxen is based on the true story of a group of children, growing up in the Arizona desert. There children can be a bit wild and much free, and they play outside from dawn to dusk. The children discover the make-believe（虚假的）town, built on the hill across from their
neighborhood. The town, called Roxaboxen, becomes the center of their play as the children grow, but the story is not just about the time spent in Roxaboxen as young children. More than that, this book is about the way that imagination and secret places stay with us as we grow older and become a part of who we are. It is about the way that it helps us to grow into the adults that we become. What does the book’s name Roxaboxen refer to?
A、A child.
B、A library.
C、A period of time.
D、A place.
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】答案选D。

查找细节题。

短文本段中明显一句话提到，The town, called Roxaboxen，所以指的是一个地方的名字。

第57题【单选题】
Many artists [express] their world view in their work.
A、present
B、preliminary
C、neglect
D、necessity
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】[express] 表达；present 提出；介绍；呈现。

第58题【单选题】
A pretext was the last thing that Hastings was likely to want.
A、最后，哈丁斯好像需要一个借口。

B、哈丁斯可能不需要任何借口。

C、最后，哈丁斯可能想要的那个东西就是借口。

D、借口好像是哈丁斯想要的最后的东西。

【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

that Hastings was likely to want是一个that引导的定语从句，是对the last thing的修饰。

而且在本题中特别需要注意的是不能直接根据句子翻译为：最后需要的东西，句子表达的是一种否定的含义，最后才需要的也就是说他可能不需要任何借口。

因此本题答案为B。

第59题【单选题】
The group does not [advocate] the use of violence.
A、support
B、matter
C、suit
D、reach
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】[advocate] 提倡，主张，拥护；support 支持，支撑，支援。

第60题【单选题】
Egypt, wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus, is the gift of the Nile.
A、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及是尼罗河送来的礼物。

B、埃及，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：是尼罗河的礼物。

C、埃及是尼罗河的礼物，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道。

D、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及，礼物来自尼罗河。

【正确答案】A
【答案解析】答案选A。

wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus 是插入语，为使译文通顺易懂，把插入语处理成主句形式，其余部分作其宾语从句。

第61题【单选题】
Sarah hopes to become a friend of ______ shares her interests.
A、anyone
B、whomever
C、whoever
D、no matter who
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】whoever 既用做主语，也用做宾语。

正确答案为C，whoever 在此相当于anyone who。

第62题【单选题】
You will be [liable] for any damage caused.
A、liberal
B、responsible
C、profound
D、rectify
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】be [liable] for 有…责任；有…义务；responsible 负责的，可靠的；有责任的。

第63题【单选题】
The ISU won’t finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport, the British Government’s sports body, has expressed reservations. "I remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for", says Jerry Bingham, UK Sport’s head of ethics.The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as_______.
A、indifferent.
B、reserved.
C、enthusiastic.
D、positive.
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】答案选B。

根据本段第一句话可知英国对他们提出的新规则是持保留态度的。

第64题【单选题】
Taking this medicine, if ________, will of course do good to his health.
A、continued
B、to continue
C、continues
D、continuing
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】if continued 是“if taking this medicine is continued”的省略形式。

第65题阅读理解
More effective strategies are needed to develop urban areas，especially inner cities，which contain some of America’s most rapidly growing concentrations of people with multiple disadvantages and declining opportunities．(1)[Although urban problems have been greatly
exacerbated by structural shifts in the economy, Columbia University urban affairs expert Elliot Sclar notes that the most fundamental problems of U.S. cities are not due to natural market forces，but to uniquely American public housing, transportation, and tax policies that have subsidized suburbanization and depopulated cities.] Moreover, the structural changes discussed earlier and the deregulation of financial markets have combined to reduce greatly the availability and increase the cost of credit to inner cities，thus hastening their deterioration.Harvard sociologist William J．Wilson has demonstrated the catastrophic consequences of the disappearance of work for the lives of inner-city residents．(2)While shared economic growth would clearly help improve the conditions of low-income people everywhere，these would not be sufficient to address the needs of people in depressed inner cities and rural areas-special targeted programs are required for this．In addition，Wilson recommends greater cooperation between suburbs and cities in order to align resources and responsibility better with the scope and severity of problems．Remedial efforts must address particular industries and sectors as well as geographic areas. (3)MIT economist Lester Thurow concludes，for example，that broadly shared prosperity is not likely unless measures are taken to improve productivity greatly in service industries，where over 90％of all new jobs are being created．He notes that service jobs in other countries require higher skills，
are more technology-intensive，and pay higher wages．(4) Health economist Karen Davis cites the ability of better health care-preferably in a comprehensive national system-to improve the economic opportunity as well as the quality of life for low-income Americans．She notes that poor health is an important cause of the low labor force participation of minority males．Some insight into what might be done to improve low-income communities is provided by the impressive results of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation．(5)Its director，Ernesto Cortes，Jr．，stresses the importance of social capital and the extent to which the engagement of community residents is necessary for permanent improvements in education，employment，public facilities，and other activities essential for increasing opportunities for low-income people．【正确答案】尽管城市问题由于经济结构的变化而加剧，哥伦比亚大学城市事务研究专家Elliot Sclar注意到，美国城市的最基本的问题并非源于自由市场的力量，而应归于美国独特的公众住宅、交通以及补贴郊区开发和人口减少的城市的税收政策。

再者，早先讨论过的结构改变以及开放金融市场等都共同减少了有效性、增加了市内地区信誉的代价，从而加速了这些地区的退化。

【答案解析】本句包含多个从句：although从句为状语从句。

第一个that从句为宾语从句，第二个that从句为定语从句。

not…but…：不是……而是。