2005年湖北大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2005年湖北大学考博英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Reading Comprehension 2. Structure and V ocabulary 3. Cloze 4. English-Chinese Translation 5. Chinese-English Translation 6. Writing
Reading Comprehension
Today, a high-level finance manager is just as likely to be a casual-looking 21-year-old as a balding executive. They have all either started their own companies or head a division within an existing firm. Most are under 30. Many of them share a tendency to think, speak and act fast. A detailed psychological study carried out recently on young business start-uppers aged over 25 revealed some common characteristics. The head psychologist at the University of Northumbria, Dr. Martyn Dyer-Smith, says “We found that they are opportunists. They have that entrepreneurial ability to take whatever is in front of them and turn it to their advantage. Any fool can make US $ 2 if they are in the right place at the right time, what is much harder is to actually plan their business. Originally I had a hypothesis that they planned a long time ahead, but I was wrong. What came across was a surprisingly short planning time. They took the opportunities as and when they came up.”What cannot be underestimated, though, is self-confidence. “There is an amazing, almost abnormal, belief in themselves and (they) go very much on intuition.”Says Dyer-Smith. While there is no typical pattern to what puts someone in the fast lane, there are some common threads: living up to the expectations of parents, channeling excessive amounts of energy into business, or finding a way to overcome personal barriers such as dyslexia (a reading disability) or learning difficulties, for example. The biggest surprise was the lack of young women. This was particularly unexpected, given the recent publicity about how girls are performing better than boys at school and becoming more confident and ambitious. But young women are opting for more secure careers rather than gambling with their future. With only a handful of female role models, some girls are not even considering being their own boss, let alone working on a concept fresh out of school, according to Dr Susan Vinnicombe, director of the center for the Development of Women Business Leader. “Women are going more into the corporate structure and doing well there. But perhaps the reason that they are not doing business for themselves at an earlier age is because women’s attitudes are different. They perceive risk in a different way to men, who are not worried about borrowing huge amounts of money if it’s going to help their business in the long term. Women are more cautious and more hesitant ,”she says. Vinnicombe sees the lack of female entrepreneurs as part of a larger problem about women and the IT industry. Given that the computer world is one of the key areas for growth, where youth is an asset, it is “remarkable” that so many women are missing out on it. “The number of women in IT has actually dropped in the past 10 years. There is a real problem with attracting them to the IT industry, as girls don’t seem to want to do it at university. It’s become such a worrying issue that I know the
government is looking into ways to attract them.”
1．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Lack of young managers all over the world.
B．Features of high-level finance managers.
C．Origins of the decline in female-dominated industry.
D．Aims of a young woman fresh out of school.
正确答案：B
解析：本文主要涉及高层金融管理人员的特征。

作者在本文中提到高层金融管理人员的许多特征：他们爱思考、爱说话、行动快捷，一有机会就不会放过，他们有很强的自信等。

2．Which of the following does not account for the success of the young businessmen?
A．They never hesitate to take full advantage of the approaching opportunities.
B．They have a strong confidence in their own abilities.
C．They often base their work on long-term planning.
D．They deal well with their personal advantages.
正确答案：C
解析：C(They often base their work on long-term planning．他们往往长期规划自己的工作。

)不是年轻企业家成功的原因。

作者在第三段说，他原以为年轻的企业家作长远打算，但他错了。

给他留下了这样深刻的印象：他们没有作长远规划，一有机会就抓。

3．What is suggested as a reason for the shortage of business women?
A．Girls do not perform so well as boys at school.
B．Most companies are reluctant to employ women.
C．Banks often refuse to give women large loans.
D．Women are very worried about the risk-taking in their careers.
正确答案：D
解析：缺少女企业家的原因是她们在从事自己的职业时不敢冒险。

关于这一点，倒数第三段讲得最清楚。

4．From the text we can learn that ______.
A．some managers are very young but already have their own business.
B．some managers are as casual and irresponsible as energetic young people.
C．the government is concerned about the lack of women in such a field as IT.
D．IT remains a minor area for growth.
正确答案：C
解析：从文中我们可以了解到政府对信息技术这一行缺少女性深感忧虑。

答案的依据是最后一段最后一句。

5．The passage shows that the author is ______ the present situation.
A．critical of
B．amazed at
C．disappointed at
D．puzzled by
正确答案：B
解析：短文表明作者对目前的情况感到吃惊。

第三段出现了一个副词surprisingly，第五段出现了一个形容词amazing，第七段出现了一个名词surprise。

这些词均有“吃惊”的意思。

因此，可以判断作者对现状感到吃惊。

Once upon a time, innovation at Procter & Gamble flowed one way: from the United States outward. While the large Cincinnati-based corporation was no stranger to foreign markets, it usually sold them products that were already familiar to most Americans. Many Japanese families, for instance, swaddle their babies in Pampers diapers, and lots of Venezuelans brush their teeth with Crest. And of course (company executive assumed) American at home wanted these same familiar, red-white and blue brands. We might buy foreign-made cars, or chocolates, or cameras but household cleaners and detergents? Recently, however, P&G broke with this long-standing tradition. Ariel, a P&G laundry detergent, was born overseas, and is a familiar sight on store shelves in Europe and Latin America. Now bilingual packages of Ariel Ultra, a super-concentrated cleaner, are appearing on supermarket shelves in Los Angeles. Ariel’s appearance in the United States reflects demographic changes making Hispanics the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group. Ariel is a hit with this population. In fact, many Mexican immigrants living in Southern California have been “importing”Ariel from Tijuana, Mexico. “Hispanics knew this product and wanted it,” says P&G spokeswoman Marie Salvado. “We realized that we couldn’t convince them to buy (our) other laundry detergents.” P&G hopes that non-Hispanic consumers will give Ariel a try too. Ariel’s already strong presence in Europe may provide a springboard for the company to expand into other markets as well. Recently P&G bought Rakona, Czechoslovakia’s top detergent maker. Ariel, currently a top seller in Germany, is likely to be one of the first new brands to appear in Czech supermarkets. And Ariel is not the only foreign idea that the company hopes to transplant back to its home territory. Chinch, an all-purpose spray cleaner similar to popular European products, is currently being test-marketed in California and Arizona. Traditionally Americans have used separate cleaners for different types of surfaces, but market research shows that American preferences are becoming more like those in other countries. Insiders note that this new reverse flow of innovation reflects more sweeping changes at Procter & Gamble. The firm has hired many new Japanese, German, and Mexican managers who view P&G’s business not as a one-way flow of American ideas, but a two-way exchange with other markets. Says Bonita Austin of
the investment firm Wertheim-Schroeder, “When you met with P&G’s top managers years ago, you wouldn’t have seen a single foreign face.” Today “they could even be in the majority.”As Procter & Gamble has found, the United States is no longer an isolated market. Americans are more open than ever before to buying foreign-made products and to selling U. S.-made products overseas.
6．According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．The brands of Pampers, Crest, Ariel, and Cinch reflect the traditional one-way flow of Procter & Gamble.
B．In spite of market changes, Procter & Gamble still sticks to its long-standing tradition of one-way flow innovation.
C．Procter & Gamble has to change its one-way flow tradition because of the increased number of its foreign managers.
D．Today one may meet more foreign faces in Procter & Gamble than years ago.
正确答案：D
解析：如今人们在宝洁公司可以看到更多外国人的面孔。

答案的依据是倒数第二段的最后一句。

7．According to the passage, all of the following are true about Ariel except ______.
A．it is the best seller in Czechoslovakia
B．it is a laundry detergent product of Procter & Gamble
C．Ariel was born outside the United States
D．it already enjoys popularity in Europe
正确答案：A
解析：就Ariel而言，只有A(it is the best seller in Czechoslovakia)不是真实的。

作者在第四段说，Ariel目前成为德国最畅销的一种产品，有可能成为捷克超级市场头一批最新的品牌之一。

8．The “insider” (paragraph 5, line 1) is most probably ______.
A．someone who buys both Ariel and Cinch
B．someone who works within Procter & Gamble or knows it fairly well
C．someone who is a loyal customer of Ariel
D．someone once worked within Rakona
正确答案：B
解析：第五段第一行的insider很可能是指在宝洁公司内部工作或者对它非常了解的人。

宝洁公司的产品原来只是单向地输出，现在同其他市场双向交流，要么是内部工作人员熟悉，要么就是对它十分了解的人熟悉情况。

9．According to the passage, Procter & Gamble hopes to transplant the foreign
idea back to its home territory because ______.
A．Americans are more likely to buy foreign-made products than before
B．for most Americans foreign products are much more attractive than home-made ones
C．the company has found that foreign-made products are superior to home-made ones in terms of quality
D．the company has hired more foreigners in its top management than before
正确答案：A
解析：根据短文，宝洁公司希望让国外的观念回到本土来因为美国人比以往更可能买外国的产品。

作者在最后一段说，宝洁公司发现，美国不再是孤立的市场。

美国人在买外国产品或在海外销售美国产品方面比以往更加开放。

10．The author may most probably agree that ______.
A．it is a trend that businesses today go global
B．businesses today are very reluctant to go global
C．American businesses can make more money if they only sell home-made products
D．the market of the United States should not be that open
正确答案：A
解析：作者最有可能同意如今商业的全球化是一个趋势。

作者先介绍美国的产品是单向输出后来又说外国产品在美国试销。

作者以美国为例证，含蓄地表达了商业全球化是一大趋势。

The climate of Earth is changing. Climatologists are confident that over the past century, the global average surface temperature has increased by about half a degree Celsius. This warming is thought to be at least partly the result of human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of forests for agriculture. As the global population grows and national economies expand, the global average temperature is expected to continue increasing by an additional 1.0 to 3.5℃by the year 2100. Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing humankind. Understanding the potential impacts of climate change for natural ecosystems is essential if we are going to manage our environment to minimize the negative consequences of climate change and maximize the opportunities that it may offer. Because natural ecosystems are complex, nonlinear systems, it follows that their responses to climate change are likely to be complex. Climate change may affect natural ecosystems in a variety of ways. In the short term, climate change can alter the mix of plant species in land ecosystems such as grasslands. In the long term, climate change has the potential to dramatically alter the geographic distribution of major vegetation types--savannas, forests, and tundra. Climate change can also potentially alter global ecosystem processes, including the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Moreover, changes in these ecosystem processes can affect and be affected by changes in the plant species of the ecosystem and vegetation type.
All of the climate change-induced alterations of natural ecosystems affect the services that these ecosystems provide to humans. The global average surface temperature increase of half a degree Celsius observed over the past century has been in part due to differential changes in daily maximum and minimum temperatures, resulting in a narrowing of the diurnal temperature range. Decreases in the diurnal temperature range were first identified in the United States, where large-area trends showed that maximum temperatures have remained constant or increased only slightly, whereas minimum temperature have increased at a faster rate. In this issue, Alward et al. report on the different sensitivities of rangeland plants to minimum temperatures increases.
11．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason for the global warming?
A．The burning of fuels such as coal or oil.
B．The clearing of forests.
C．The cultivation of farmland.
D．The negative consequences of human activities.
正确答案：C
解析：只有C在文中没有提到。

12．The second paragraph is primarily concerned with ______.
A．the potential impacts of climate change for natural ecosystems
B．how to minimize the negative consequences of climate change
C．how to maximize the opportunities that climate change may offer
D．the complex, nonlinear nature of natural ecosystems
正确答案：A
解析：作者在第二段指出，气候变化可能在许多方面影响自然生态系统。

在短期内，气候变化能够改变陆地生态系统，如草原上的植物物种的成分比例。

从长远的观点来看，气候变化有可能大大地改变主要植被——如大草原、森林和苔原的地理分布。

气候变化还有可能改变全球生态系统的变化过程，包括碳、氮、磷和硫的循环过程。

13．According to the author, what may chiefly be responsible for the temperature increases ______ observed over the past century?
A．Increases of daily maximum temperatures.
B．Decreases of daily minimum temperatures.
C．Increases of diurnal temperature range.
D．Decreases in the diurnal temperature range.
正确答案：D
解析：通过上个世纪的观察，每日温差缩小是气温上升的主要原因。

作者在最后一段开头说，根据上个世纪的观察，地球表面平均温度上升0.5℃，其部分
原因在于每日最高气温和最低气温的差异性变化，使每日的温差缩小。

14．In subsequent paragraphs, we may expect the writer of this passage to ______.
A．discuss the global impacts of temperatures increases
B．present a point of view which supports the idea of the second paragraph
C．introduce Alward’s report on the different sensitivities of rangeland plants to minimum temperatures increases
D．further illustrate the causes of the global average surface temperature increases
正确答案：C
解析：本文最后一句提到了奥尔沃德(Alward)等人的报告，从文章的连贯性考虑，作者会在随后的段落中进一步介绍该报告的详细内容。

15．The word “diurnal” (in Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.
A．day-and-night’s
B．everyday
C．two days’
D．yearly
正确答案：B
解析：第四自然段中的diurnal与everyday的意思最接近。

diurnal前面的daily 起了暗示作用，说明它们是同义词。

diurnal意为“每日的”，当然也与everyday 同义。

The most damning thing that can be said about the world’s hest-endowed and richest country is that it is not only not the leader in health status, but that it is so low in the ranks of the nations. The United States ranks 18th among nations of the world in male life expectancy at birth, 9th in female life expectancy at birth, and 12th in infant mortality. More importantly, huge variations are evident in health status in the United States from one place to the next and from one group to the next. The forces that affect health can be aggregated into four groupings that lends to analysis of all health problems. Clearly the largest aggregate of forces resides in the person’s environment. His own behavior, in part derived from his experiences with his environment, is the next greatest force affecting his health. Medical care services, treated as separate from other environmental factors because of the special interest we have in them, make a modest contribution to health status. Finally the contributions of heredity to health are difficult to judge. We are templated at conception as to our basic weaknesses and strengths, but many hereditary attributes never become manifest because of environmental and behavioral forces which act before the genetic forces come to maturity, and other hereditary attributes are increasingly being palliated by medical care. No other country spends what we do per capita for medical care. The care available is among the best technically, even if used too lavishly and thus
dangerously, but none of the countries which stand above us in health status have such a high proportion of medically disenfranchised persons. Given the evidence that medical care is not that valuable and access to care not that bad, it seems most unlikely that our bad showing is caused by the significant proportion who are poorly served. Other hypotheses have greater explanatory power: excessive poverty, both actual and relative, and excessive affluence. Excessive poverty is probably more prevalent in the U.S. than in any of the countries that have a better infant mortality rate and female life expectancy at birth. This is probably true also for all but four or five of the countries with a longer male life expectancy. In the notably poor countries that exceed us in male survival, difficult living conditions are a more accepted way of life and in several of them, a good basic diet, basic medical care and basic education, and lifelong employment opportunities are an everyday fact of life. In the U. S. a national unemployment level of 10 percent may be 40 percent in the ghetto(黑人居住地) while less than 4 percent elsewhere. The countries that have surpassed us in health do not have such severe or entrenched problems. Nor are such a high proportion of their people involved in them. Excessive affluence is not so obvious a cause of ill health, but, at least until recently, few other nations could afford such unhealthful ways of living. Excessive intake of animal protein and fats, dangerous imbibing of alcohol and use of tobacco and drugs (prescribed and proscribed), and dangerous recreational sports and driving habits are all possible only because of affluence. Our heritage, desires, opportunities, and our machismo, combined with the relatively low cost of bad foods and speedy vehicles, make us particularly vulnerable to our affluence. And those who are not affluent try harder. Our unacceptable health status, then, will not be improved appreciably by expanded medical resources nor by their redistribution so much as by a general attempt to improve the quality of life for all.
16．All of the following are mentioned in the passage as factors affecting the health of the population EXCEPT ______.
A．the availability of medical care services
B．the genetic endowment of individuals
C．the nation’s relative position in health status
D．an individual’s own behavior
正确答案：C
解析：作者在第二段中指出了影响健康的四种因素：即环境、自身的行为、医疗和遗传。

没有提到C。

17．The author is primarily concerned with ______.
A．condemning the U.S. for its failure to provide better medical care to the poor B．evaluating the relative significance of factors contributing to the poor health status in the U. S.
C．providing information which the reader can use to improve his or her personal health
D．comparing the health status of the U.S. population with that of the world averages
正确答案：B
解析：作者在二、三、四、五段主要关注的是导致健康状况不佳的原因。

D 不对，因为文中将美国的总体健康水平同那些超出美国的国家的健康水平进行比较，并未比较美国的总体健康水平与世界的平均健康水平。

18．The author refers to excessive intake of alcohol and tobacco and drug use in order to ______.
A．show that some health problems cannot be attacked by better medical care B．demonstrate that use of tobacco and intoxicants is detrimental care
C．cite examples of individual behavior which have adverse consequences for health status
D．illustrate ways in which affluence may contribute to poor health status
正确答案：D
解析：作者提及过多抽烟和饮酒以及吸毒，其目的是举例说明富裕可能导致不良的健康状况。

作者在最后一段表达了这样的意思：极度的富裕会让人把大量金钱花费在不健康的生活方式上，如大量摄入动物蛋白质和脂肪、酗酒、抽烟、吸毒，从事危险的娱乐性体育活动等。

19．In discussing the forces that influence health, the author implies that medical care services are ______.
A．the least important of all
B．a special aspect of an individual’s environment
C．a function of an individual’s behavior pattern
D．becoming less important as technology improves
正确答案：B
解析：在讨论影响健康的诸多因素时，作者暗示医疗保健服务是个体环境的一个特殊方面。

文章第二段第四句话指出：医疗健康服务——由于我们对它们的特殊兴趣，因此被认为与其他环境因素不同，对健康状况也造成了一定影响。

这说明：作者认为，医疗保健是个体环境的一个特殊方面。

20．What will most probably follow this passage?
A．Listings of the most common causes of death among male and female adults.
B．Suggestions for detailed proposals to improve the quality of life.
C．A study of the over-crowding in urban hospitals in America.
D．An explanation of the causes for poverty in America.
正确答案：B
解析：下文很可能是提高生活质量的一些详细建议。

从文章的连续性考虑，下文应该讲如何提高生活质量，因为文章最后一句提到了 a general attempt to
improve the quality of life for all。

Structure and V ocabulary
21．The poor reception on your TV is probably due to outside ______.
A．intervention
B．interruption
C．interception
D．interference
正确答案：D
解析：(interference干扰)。

句意为：你们电视接收不良，很可能是外界的干扰造成的。

A．intervention干涉；
B．interrupt中断，打断；
C．interception拦截。

22．He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a(n) ______ knowledge of the subject.
A．elementary
B．rudimentary
C．inceptive
D．initial
正确答案：B
解析：(rudimentary基本的，初步的)。

句意为，他无法清楚地解释这个问题，因为他对这门课只有初步的了解。

A．elementary初级的；
C．inceptive开始的；
D．initial最初的，开始的。

23．Although Lucy was slimming, she found cakes quite ______.
A．irremovable
B．irresistible
C．irrefutable
D．irrepressible
正确答案：B
解析：(irresistable富有诱惑力的，不可抵抗的)。

句意为：尽管露西在减肥，但她还是觉得蛋糕十分诱人。

A．irremovable不能除掉的；
C．irrefutable无可辩驳的；
D．irrepressible压抑不住的。

24．The border incident led to the two countries ______ diplomatic relations.
A．breaking off
B．breaking up
C．cutting off
D．cutting up
正确答案：A
解析：(break off断绝，结束)。

句意为：边界事件导致两国断绝外交关系。

B．break up即集会结束；
C．cut off切掉，割掉；
D．cut up切碎，对……吹毛求疵。

25．The conditions can be well imagined when one small settlement is expected to ______ 10,000 families.
A．populate
B．dwell
C．house
D．reside
正确答案：C
解析：(house为……提供住房)。

句意为：如果指望一个很小的居住区能够为一万个家庭提供住房，其生活条件是可想而知的。

A．populate居住于……中；
B．dwell居住，后跟in或al；
D．reside(正式用语)居住，后接in或at。

26．The completion of the new Town Hall has been ______ owing to a strike.
A．held on
B．held up
C．held down
D．held off
正确答案：B
解析：(hold up耽搁)。

句意为：由于罢工，新市政厅的竣工被耽搁了。

A．hold on抓牢，固定住；
C．hold down抑制；
D．hold off阻止。

27．Wolves are said to howl at the moon when it is ______.
A．round
B．complete
C．full
D．whole
正确答案：C
解析：(full完全的，十足的，同moon搭配，意为“满月”，“望月”)。

句意为：据说狼在满月时，朝着月亮嚎叫。

A．round圆的；
B．complete完全的，彻底的；
D．whole整个的。

28．The teacher was ______ both in his marking of homework and also in his treatment of offenders.
A．merciful
B．forgiving
C．pitiful
D．lenient
正确答案：D
解析：(lenient宽大的，宽厚的)。

句意为：该教师无论是评定家庭作业还是对待冒犯的学生都显得很宽厚。

A．merciful慈悲的；
B．forgiving仁慈的；
C．pitiful可怜的。

29．We shall have to ______ if we want to go to Florida this summer.
A．lay up
B．save up
C．make off
D．put away
正确答案：B
解析：(save up贮蓄，贮存，用作不及物动词或及物动词)。

句意为：今年夏天如果我们要去佛罗里达，我们就得攒钱。

A．lay up贮蓄，贮存，一般只用作及物动词；
C．make off离开，逃走；
D．put away把……放好。

30．They are always ready to ______ heavy responsibilities.
A．take in
B．take on
C．put on
D．put in
正确答案：B
解析：(take on承担)。

句意为：他们总是乐于承担重大职责。

A．take in欺骗；
C．put on穿上，上演；
D．put in提交，提出。

31．I’ve told you ______ that you cannot to out and play until you’ve finished your homework.
A．once and for all
B．to all intents and purposes
C．all the way
D．in all respects
正确答案：C
解析：(all the way无保留地，一直，自始至终)。

句意为：我反复告诉过你，只有做完家庭作业才能出去玩。

A．once and for all一次了结地，一劳永逸地；
B．to all intents and purposes实际上，实质上；
D．in all respects在每一个方面。

32．He reminded me of what I should ______ have forgotten.
A．moreover
B．otherwise
C．nevertheless
D．notwithstanding
正确答案：B
解析：(otherwise要不然，否则)。

句意为：他提醒了我，要不然我就把这事给忘了。

A．moreover而且；
C．nevertheless然而；
D．notwithstanding尽管，还是。

33．Directly he saw her, he fell ______ in love.
A．from head to foot
B．head over heels
C．head and shoulders
D．toe to toe
正确答案：B
解析：(head over heels完全地，深深地)。

句意为：他一见到她，便深深地爱上了她。

A．from head to foot从头到脚，全身；
C．head and shoulders大大地，远远；
D．toe to toe近距离地，面对面地。

34．Charles Ⅱwas another monarch ______ maligned by Victorian historians.
A．much
B．very
C．greatly
D．deeply
正确答案：A
解析：(much非常，通常修饰被动语态中的过去分词)。

句意为：查理二世是另外一位深受维多利亚时代历史学家中伤的一位君主。

B．very非常，修饰分词形容词，如；We were very pleased at the news．；
C．greatly大大地，非常。

D．deeply强烈地。

35．We have to ______ our hope of reaching the production target this year.
A．release
B．retract
C．resign
D．abandon
正确答案：D
解析：(abandon放弃)。

句意为：我们只好放弃今年实现生产指标的希望。

A．release释放；
B．retract撤回，收回；
C．resign辞职。

36．Urban congestion would be greatly relieved if only the ______ charged on public transport were more reasonable.
A．prices
B．tickets
C．fees
D．tariffs
正确答案：A
解析：(prices价格)。

句意为：只要公交车上的价格合理，都市的交通拥挤状况就可以大大地缓解。

B．tickets票；
C．fees费用；
D．tariffs关税。

37．We’re ______ by mosquitoes up here in the north in summer.
A．infested
B．infected
C．swarmed
D．plagued
正确答案：D
解析：(plague折磨)。

句意为：夏天，我们经常受到北方蚊子的折磨。

A．infest 害虫、盗贼大批出没于(某地)，侵扰；
B．infect传染；
C．swarm挤满。

38．Henry’s news report covering the conference was so ______ that nothing had been omitted.
A．understanding
B．comprehensible
C．comprehensive
D．understandable
正确答案：C
解析：(comprehensive无所不包的，综合的)。

句意为：亨利所写的与这次会议有关的新闻报道面面俱到，没有遗漏什么内容。

A．understanding理解的；
B．comprehensible能理解的；
D．understandable可理解的。

39．Some television programs have to be fundamentally changed on account of an industrial ______.
A．row
B．affray
C．dispute
D．handling
正确答案：C
解析：(dispute争论，辩论，纠纷)。

句意为：由于发生了一次产业纠纷，必须从根本上改变一些电视节目。

A．row吵架；
B．affray吵架，闹事；
D．handling处理，管理。

40．A short but heavy shower brought the ______ to a halt and everybody went home.
A．procedure
B．process
C．proceedings
D．profession
正确答案：C
解析：(proceedings活动，事项)。

句意为：一场很大的阵雨使活动中止，大家都回家了。

A．procedure过程，步骤；
B．process过程；
D．profession职业。

41．The National Institute of Mental Health is conducting ______ research to determine the psychological effects of using drugs.
A．extensive
B．refined
C．prevalent
D．out-going
正确答案：A
解析：(extensive广泛的)。

句意为：全国精神健康研究院正在开展广泛的调
查从而测定吸毒的心理影响。

B．refined精炼的，精制的；
C．prevalent流行的，盛行的；
D．out-going开朗的。

42．The sales of the book by the famous writer continue to ______ like a run away balloon.
A．leap
B．approach
C．advance
D．soar
正确答案：D
解析：(soar昂扬，高涨，向上)。

句意为：那位作家著作的销售量像是脱离控制的气球不断上升。

A．leap跳跃；
B．approach接近；
C．advance前进。

43．The newly designed zoom has overcome distortion previously ______ in a zoom of this range.
A．inherent
B．genetic
C．coherent
D．generic
正确答案：A
解析：(inherent内在的，固有的)。

句意为：新近设计的变焦摄影镜头克服了以往存在于这种视觉范围内的摄影镜头的失真现象。

B．genetic遗传学的；
C．coherent连贯的；
D．generic一般的，普通的。

44．The Spanish temperament is ______ from that of the Portuguese.
A．delicate
B．distant
C．distinct
D．definite
正确答案：C
解析：(distinct截然不同的)。

句意为：西班牙人在性格方面与葡萄牙人截然不同。

A．delicate微妙的：
B．distant遥远的；
D．definite明确的。

45．Language, culture, and personality may be considered ______ of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A．indistinctly
B．separately
C．irrelevantly
D．independently
正确答案：D
解析：(independently独立地)。

句意为：理论上讲，语言、文化和人格可能被认为是相互独立的，而实际上它们是密不可分的。

A．indistinctly不确定地；
B．separately分隔地；
C．irrelevantly不相关地。

46．Mrs. White has been living in town for only one year, but she seems to be ______ with everyone who comes to the store.
A．acknowledged
B．admitted
C．admired
D．acquainted
正确答案：D
解析：(acquaint使熟悉，使认识)。

句意为：怀特太太只在城里生活一年，但她似乎认识到商店里的每一个人。

A．acknowledge承认；
B．admit承认；
C．admire钦佩。

47．Regular use of this moistening cream will help to ______ the rough, dry condition of your skin.
A．alleviate
B．abstract
C．evaporate
D．abbreviate
正确答案：A
解析：(alleviate减轻，缓和)。

句意为；经常使用这种润肤霜将有助于缓解皮肤粗糙、干燥的状况。

B．abstract使抽象化；
C．evaporate使蒸发；
D．abbreviate缩写。

48．The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ______ to the issue at hand.
A．irrational
B．unreasonable
C．invalid
D．irrelevant
正确答案：D
解析：(irrelevant无关的)。

句意为：法官作出裁决：该证据不能成立，因为它与眼下正在审议的问题无关。

A．irrational不合理的；
B．unreasonable没有道理的；
C．invalid无效力的。

49．The lost car of the Lees was found ______ in the woods off the highway.
A．vanished
B．deserted
C．scattered
D．rejected
正确答案：B
解析：(desert遗弃，抛弃)。

句意为：有人发现李家丢失的汽车被人遗弃在公路边的树林里。

A．vanish消失；
C．scatter分散；
D．reject拒绝接受。

50．The music aroused an ______ feeling of homesickness in them.
A．intensive
B．introspective
C．intimate
D．intense
正确答案：D
解析：(intense强烈的)。

句意为：这段音乐激起了他们浓浓的思乡之情。

A．intensive加强的，集约的；
B．introspective反省的；
C．intimate亲密的。

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