2012年复旦大学考博英语真题及详解【圣才出品】

2012年复旦大学考博英语真题及详解

Paper One

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (15%)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the center.

1. It was very difficult to find the parts needed to do the job because of the ______ way the store was organized.

A. logical

B. haphazard

C. orderly

D. tidy

【答案】B

【解析】句意：由于店铺东西摆放杂乱无章，干活时找寻所需东西相当困难。haphazard 随意的；无计划的；胡乱的。orderly整齐的；有组织的。

2. Mississippi also upholds the South’s well-deserved reputation for warm, hospitable people; balmy year-round weather; and truly ______ cuisine.

A. destructive

B. horrible

C. amiable

D. delectable

【答案】D

【解析】句意：密西西比州也保持着南方人们热情好客、气候一年到头温暖舒适和菜肴真正美味可口的声誉。delectable美味的；使人愉快的。amiable和蔼可亲的；温和的。

3. If she is stupid, she’s ______ pleasant to look at.

A. at any rate

B. by chance

C. at a loss

D. by the way

【答案】A

【解析】句意：如果说她比较愚蠢，但至少长得还不错。at any rate无论如何，至少。by chance偶然地，意外地。at a loss不知所措；亏本；困惑。by the way顺便地，附带说说。

4. The mother was ______ with grief when she heard that her child was dead.

A. fantastic

B. frank

C. frantic

D. frenzy

【答案】C

【解析】句意：那位母亲听说她的孩子死亡时悲痛欲绝。be frantic意为“发疯似的；发狂

的；厉害的”，be frantic with为惯用搭配，指“为……而发狂”。fantastic极好的；异想天开的；奇异的。frenzy为名词，指“狂乱；极度的激动；狂怒”。

5. In your teens, peer-group friendships may ______ from parents as the major influence on you.

A. take control

B. take place

C. take up

D. take over

【答案】D

【解析】句意：青少年时期，同龄者的友情可能会取代父母对一个人产生主要影响。take over from为常用搭配，意为“取而代之”。take control采取控制，掌控。take place发生，举行。take up开始从事；接受（提议）；占用。

6. Parents often faced the ______ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.

A. paradox

B. junction

C. premise

D. dilemma

【答案】D

【解析】句意：家长常常面临着这样一个两难境地：做有利于孩子成长的事还是他们能够忍受的没有管束的噪声和破坏。dilemma窘境；进退两难。paradox悖论；似非而是的论点。junction连接；交叉点。premise前提；上述各项；房屋连地基。

7. There have been demonstrations on the streets ______ the recent terrorist attack.

A. in the wake of

B. in the course of

C. in the context of

D. in the light of

【答案】A

【解析】句意：最近的恐怖袭击事件后，人们一直在街上举行游行示威。in the wake of紧跟；随着；跟着。in the course of在……期间，在……过程中。in the context of在……情况下；在……背景下。in the light of鉴于，按照；比照。

8. Thousands of Medicare patients with chronic medical conditions have been wrongly ______ access to necessary care.

A. grudged

B. denied

C. negated

D. invalidated

【答案】B

【解析】句意：数以千计有着慢性病的医保患者被不公平地拒绝获得必要的护理。deny