2021年考研英语二章节练习答案解析-基础核心词汇突击练习二

1

He made such a （an）_____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new buildings after him.

A. genuine

B. minimum

C. modest

D. enormous

［参考答案］D

［答案解析］

译文：他对学校做出了如此巨大的贡献以至于以他的名字命名了一座新建筑。

解析：A. genuine 真正的 B. minimum 最小的

C.modest 谦虚的，温和的

D. enormous 巨大的

2

Although he was on a diet, the food _____ him enormously.

A. inspired

B. tempted

C. overcame

D. encouraged

［参考答案］B

［答案解析］

译文：虽然他在节食，但是饭菜还是非常吸引他。

解析：A. inspired 给…灵感，鼓励 B. tempted 吸引，引诱

C. overcame 克服，战胜

D. encouraged 鼓励

3

They tossed your thoughts back and forth over an hour, but still could not make _____ of them.

A. impression

B. comprehension

C. meaning

D. sense

［参考答案］D

［答案解析］

译文：他们把你的想法翻来覆去研究了一个多小时，但还是没能理解。

解析：本题考查固定搭配make sense of…意思是“理解，弄懂”故选 D. sense

4

In the past five years, workers have attained a new _____ of human dignity.

A. statue

B. station

C. status

D. stature

［参考答案］C

［答案解析］

译文：在过去的五年里，工人阶级受到了前所未有的尊重。

解析：A. statue 雕塑 B. station 车站

C. status 地位，状况

D. stature 身高

5

If I am not_________ when you come to my office, ask for my secretary.

A. suitable

B. available

C. comfortable

D. proper

［参考答案］B

［答案解析］

译文：如果你来的时候我不在，找我的秘书。

解析：A. suitable 适合的 B. available 可以接见的，可以利用的

C. comfortable 舒服的

D. proper 适合的，恰当的

6

Those nations that _____ in the internal affairs of another nation should be universally condemned.

A. interrelate

B. interrupt

C. interchange

D. interfere

［参考答案］D

［答案解析］

译文：那些干涉其他国家内政的国家应该受到一致的谴责。

解析：A. interrelate 相互联系 B. interrupt 打断

C. interchange 交换，互换

D. interfere 干涉，干扰

7

_______ these questions may sound academic, answers to them could have profound economic and political significance.

A. Since

B. While

C. Unless

D. Lest

［参考答案］B

［答案解析］

译文：虽然这些问题听起来很有学术色彩，他们的答案却有着深远的经济和政治意义。

解析：A. Since 既然 B. While 虽然

C. Unless 除非

D. Lest 唯恐

8

There are nations whose ______ of contact with the outside world has resulted in poverty.

A. short

B. lack

C. thirst

D. appetites

［参考答案］B

［答案解析］

译文：有些国家由于缺乏和外界的联系而导致其贫困。

解析：本题考查固定搭配lack of 缺少，故选 B. lack

9

Everything requires __________ . To me the motto is never give up.

A. persistence

B. consistency

C. constancy

D. insistence

［参考答案］A

［答案解析］

译文：每一件事都需要坚持不懈。我的座右铭是：永不放弃。

解析：A. persistence 坚持不懈 B. consistency 前后一致

C. constancy 始终如一

D. insistence 坚持

10

The newly-built Science Building seems_______ enough to last a hundred years.

A. spacious

B. sophisticated