考研英语四川西南交通大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道附答案解析.docx

1、考研英语四川西南交通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8月四川西南交通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】The black robin is one of the worlds rarest birds. It is a small, wild bird, and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere, off the coast of New Zealand. In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there; in 197

2、7 there were fewer than ten. _. A、These are the only black robins left in the world. B、Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early. C、Both represent orders in the classification of life. D、Detailed studies are going on, and a public appeal for money has been made.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。前文

3、说的是The black robin（旅鸫）的现存数量和活动地点。选项A说的是这里成为有The black robin的唯一的地方。所以，选项A是合适的选项。第2题【单选题】Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science A、在农业革命中，科学没有机械重要。 B、在农业革命中，机械没有科学重要。 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。本句考查程度副词的翻译。本句的翻译重点是Scarcely les

4、s important，scarcely是程度副词，意思是“几乎不，简直没有。它本身带有否定的意思。less important意思是 “不如重要”，而加scarcely之后，双重否定表示肯定，意思是两者是差不多同样重要的，所以应该选C。第3题【单选题】 When shall we meet again ? Make it_ day you like; its 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4题【单选题】Many people act on _ wi

5、thout counting the cost. A、fail B、impulse C、outline D、rate【正确答案】B【答案解析】impulse冲动；电子 脉冲；刺激；神经冲动；推动力。第5题【单选题】I recognize my own shortcomings. A、建立 B、指望 C、认识到 D、推荐【正确答案】C【答案解析】recognize vt. 认出，识别；承认。第6题【单选题】During these past few years I used Associated Content to try writing. I found writing for that s

6、ite was not my cup of tea. However, my experience there was positive as I was rewarded with even more learning opportunities just by dipping my toes into the water. Through Associated Content I was introduced to the world of blogging. I decided to learn how to set up a blog myself. Now Im interested

7、 in blogging and continue to work as a writer. What is the authors purpose of using the site Associated Content? A、To write for the site Yahoo! Contributor Network. B、To know more about other writers. C、To have one of his articles published. D、To become a network writer.【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。根据本段的I deci

8、ded to learn how to set up a blog myself. Now Im interested in blogging and continue to work as a writer确定D答案。A选项是作者偶然获得的结果，并非刚开始写作时的目的，可排除；B选项不是作者的目的；C选项是作者两年前已经取得的成果，无需再定为自己目标。第7题【单选题】Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to hold back her laughter. A、ch

9、eck B、keep C、stop D、retain【正确答案】A【答案解析】hold back 抑制，控制。check克制，抑制（做某事或表露感情）。参考译文：看见我笨手笨脚地把牛牵向牲口棚，那位爱尔兰挤奶女工竭尽全力克制自己不笑出声来。第8题【单选题】In this context, it is important for our two societies to search for areas of cooperation which clearly add to our mutual benefit. A、在这种上下文里，这是很重要的，我们两个社会应该寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作

10、领域。 B、在这种情况下，我们两个社会应该寻求合作领域，那些对我们两国确实互利的，这是很重要的。 C、在这种情景下，对于我们两个社会来说，寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作领域是很重要的。 D、在这种情况下，我们两个社会应该寻求那些对我们两国确实互利的合作领域，这是很重要的。【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。In this context：在这种情况下；to search for areas of cooperation：寻找合作领域；mutual benefit（双方）共同的利益；it为形式主语，翻译时可以不译，把真实主语不定式提前译。第9题【单选题】What might _ for thi

11、s strange phenomenon? A、fair B、extreme C、equal D、account【正确答案】D【答案解析】account 解释。第10题【单选题】To stress the importance of a rich vocabulary, the teacher used a(n) _. “Writing with a severely limited vocabulary,” she said, “is like trying to paint a circus with only a few colors.” A、example B、comparison C

12、、contrast D、analogy【正确答案】D【答案解析】句意：为强调庞大词汇量的重要性，这个老师用了个类比。“用有限的词汇去写作就像用仅有的几个颜色去油漆一个马戏场”。analogy意为“类推，类比”；example 意为“例子，实例，例证”；comparison 意为“比较，对照”，指比较两者的相同点；contrast 意为“对比，对照”，指比较两者的不同点。第11题【单选题】 What do you think of the manager of your company? Oh, he is _ manager whos pleasant to work with. Its _

13、pleasure to work with him. A、the, a B、a, a C、a, the D、不填,a【正确答案】B【答案解析】前半句表示“他是那种很好共事的人”，两空均用不定冠词。第12题【单选题】I would class my garden as medium in size. A、单调的 B、中等的 C、温暖的 D、使命【正确答案】B【答案解析】medium adj. 中间的，中等的；半生熟的。第13题【单选题】It was 5:00 in the afternoon _ they arrived at the hotel. A、when B、that C、before

14、D、since【正确答案】A【答案解析】考查定语从句。when引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语。第14题【单选题】The shy girl felt _ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teachers questions. A、amazed B、awkward C、curious D、amused【正确答案】B【答案解析】amazed吃惊的。awkward狼狈的/局促的。curious好奇的。amused滑稽的。第15题【单选题】Many species, for example, originate in small popul

15、ations. A、轮廓； B、发源 C、器官 D、选择【正确答案】B【答案解析】originate vi. 发源；发生；起航。第16题【单选题】A powerful indictment of Americas disregard of ecology, Silent Spring was aimed chiefly at the wholesale use of chemical pesticides, especially DDT. A、一个对美国忽视生态的有力控诉，沉默的春天主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕。 B、沉默的春天有力地控诉了美国忽视生态，它主要是针对大规模使用农药特别

16、是滴滴涕。 C、有力地控诉了美国对生态的忽视，沉默的春天主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕。 D、沉默的春天对美国忽视生态，主要是针对大规模使用农药，特别是滴滴涕的使用，进行了有力的控诉。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。本句的主语是Silent Spring，注意“A powerful indictment of”的翻译。第17题【单选题】We cant undertake that you will make a profit. A、require B、promise C、promote D、doubt【正确答案】B【答案解析】undertake 承担，保证；promise 允诺，许

17、诺。第18题【单选题】I was halfway back to the hospital where the doctor was working _Susan caught up with me. A、when B、while C、until D、though【正确答案】A【答案解析】考查状语从句辨析。本句考查时间状语从句，while后接延续性动词，而catch up with为瞬间动词，所以排除while。第19题【单选题】When I graduated from high school, my family had a business so I never thought abou

18、t 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 didnt the author go on with education after graduating from hi

19、gh 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】Many t

20、hings make people think artists are weird. But the weirdest may be this: artists-only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.This wasnt always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere f

21、rom the 19th century onward, more artists began seeing happiness as meaningless, phony or, worst of all, boring, as we went from Wordsworths daffodils to Baudelaires flowers of evil.By citing the examples of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that_. A、poetry is not as expres

22、sive of joy as painting or music B、art grows out of both positive and negative feelings C、poets today are less skeptical of happiness D、artists have changed their focus of interest【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选 D。事实细节题。根据题干信息我们定位到第2段，该段可以分成两部分：第一部分是前两句，事实并非一直这样（艺术家将焦点投向消极的情感），最早的艺术形式是最适合表达快乐的；第二部分提到了华兹华斯的水仙花和波德莱尔

23、的恶之花为例。按照议论文的论点论据的关系特点，首先提出论点然后以论据论证这个观点的正确性。本题举例部分为第2段第3句中as引导的时间状语从句，该句主句部分以及上文第2句就是论点所在。第3句句首but一词暗示了“改变”。D是论点的概括。第21题【单选题】Few pleasures can equal _ of a cool drink on a hot day. A、some B、any C、that D、those【正确答案】C【答案解析】一看到few pleasures，容易错选D， 但后面所设条件为a cool drink，因而正确答案应为C。第22题【单选题】Facing growing

24、 costs and shrinking tax_, the government is now threatening to cut funding for environmental protection programs. A、budget B、collection C、profit D、revenue【正确答案】D【答案解析】revenue “收入，税收”，尤指国家的岁入。根据题意，正确答案应为D。第23题【单选题】Congress assembles together in January. A、range B、restrict C、gather D、restore【正确答案】C【答

25、案解析】assembles 集合，聚集；装配；收集；gather 收集；收割；使聚集；使皱起。第24题【单选题】One reason is economic. In a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful. Having more children means having more workers in the fields and someone to take care of the parents in old age. In an industrial economy, the situation

26、is different. Many children do not help a family; instead, they are an expense. Thus, industrialization has generally brought down the birth rate. This was the case in Italy, which was industrialized quite recently and rapidly. In the early part of the twentieth century, Italy was a poor, largely ag

27、ricultural country with a high birth rate. After World War, Italys economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized. By the end of the century, the birth rate had dropped to 1.3 children per woman, the worlds lowest.In a traditional agricultural economy, a large family_. A、can be an advantage B、may

28、 limit income C、isnt necessary D、is expensive【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。对照本段In a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful.大的家庭是有帮助的，选项中最接近意思的是A，成为一个优势，答案是A。第25题【单选题】He wanted to look for occupation suited to his abilities. A、employment B、psychology C、species D、majority【正确答案】A【答案解析】occupat

29、ion 职业；employment 职业；雇用。第26题【单选题】Belts of parklands line three sides of the area and four large open squares of lawns and trees break the regularity of the city buildings. A、三面有公园环绕，区内四大广场有草坪和树木，打破了市区建筑的规整性。 B、三面有公园环绕，区内四大广场有草坪和树木，打破了市区建筑的单调气氛。 C、带状的公园为这个区域画了一条三边的线，四个开阔的广场的草坪和树木，打破了市区建筑的规整性。 D、一条条的公

30、园环绕着这个区域的三边，四个开阔的广场的草坪和树木，打破了市区建筑的单调性。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。本题考查的知识点为增词或减词。有时为了行文的需要，可以在译文里增加几个词，或减少几个词。这是因为有些词在一种语言里可能是必要的，而在另一种语言里就会显得多余了。第27题【单选题】The reason _ their failure you know is _ they didnt get fully prepared for the experiment. A、why, that B、that, why C、for, that D、why, because【正确答案】C【答案解析】第

31、一空后面的their failure是一个短语，所以我们要选择for来引导，表示的原因(理由等)。第28题【单选题】The decline in moral standards, which has long concerned social analysts, has at last _ the attention of average Americans. A、clarified B、cultivated C、characterized D、captured【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题的四个选项意思各不相同，但能与题句空格后的名词attention搭配并符合题意的只有一个。capture“捕获，吸引（注意力）”。根据题意，正确答案应选D。第29题【单选题】I couldnt have got to the meeting o