2025年上海中科院声学研究所考研英语练习题100道（附答案解析）

第1题【单选题】The pair of legs that carried him rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line. A、支着他的两条腿老是摇摇晃晃的，他走路的姿势里，又总有一种倾斜的趋势，使他或多或少地往一条直线的左边歪。 B、他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路的步法又总是倾斜着，使他有点歪向一条直线的左边。 C、支着他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路时又总是倾斜，使他有点往一条直线的左边歪。 D、支撑着他的两条腿摇摇晃晃的，他走路时又总是倾斜，使他有点歪向一条直线的左边。【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。本题考查的知识点为选词。文学作品语言生动，其中选词是一个重要方面。动词carry有许多含义。此处译文具体化，译作“支着”。

第2题【单选题】In 1841，a book was published which astonished the world. It was called “Incidents of Travel in Central America，Chiapas and Yucatan”. The author John Loud Stephens had just returned from a long，difficult and dangerous journey through the thick rain forest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. He had once been there with Frederick Catherwood，an architect and artist，to search for the remains of a lost civilization known as the Mayas(玛雅). Very little was known about the Mayas at that time，but Catherwood’s drawing in the book showed incredible cities with temples，pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those of their northern neighbors，the Aztecs. These cities，however，were deserted. The inhabitants(居民) had disappeared almost a thousand years before.Stephen’s book astonished the world because ______. A、it was the first time people heard about Mayas. B、the Mayas were excellent builders and farmers. C、he had experienced so many difficulties to find this lost civilization. D、it described that the Mayas used to be an advanced civilization.【正确答案】D【答案解析】根据问题中的关键词astonished，把本问题定位在第一句In 1841，a book was published which astonished the world.对下面的几个重要事实的归纳概括就得出正确答案：D。

第3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4题【单选题】The country was a place where men worked from dawn to dark, and the labourer lived not in the sun, but in poverty and darkness. A、在农村，人们从早到晚都得干活，劳动者并不是沐浴在阳光下，而是生活在贫困和黑暗之中。 B、在农村，人们从早到晚都得干活，劳动者不是沐浴在阳光下，而是贫困和黑暗。 C、在这个国家，人们从早到晚都得干活，劳动者不是生活在阳光下，而是挣扎在贫穷和黑暗之中。 D、在这个国家，人们从早到晚都得干活，劳动者不是沐浴在阳光下，而是贫穷和黑暗。【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。本题考查的知识点为理解原意。有些很普通的词语，我们很熟悉，一见到，便首先想到他们最基本的含义或最常见的含义。在此题中，“country”并不是“国家”，而是指“农村”。

第5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6题【单选题】Economic factors aside, the [imbalanced] distribution of educational resources also affects fairness of education. A、unjust B、impartial C、uneven D、improper【正确答案】C【答案解析】[imbalanced]不平衡的，不均衡的。uneven不均衡的。参考译文：除经济因素外，教育资源分配不均同样影响到了教育的公平性。

第7题【单选题】Facing growing 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8题【单选题】But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. Where could we turn next? To the oceans! All we’d have to do to make use of the vast amount of sea-water is --- remove the salt. This salt-removing process is already in use in many parts of the world.According to the passage, sea-water can be turned into fresh water by_____. A、heating it up B、treating it with chemicals C、taking salt out of it D、drying it up【正确答案】C【答案解析】海水之所以不能饮用就是因为它是咸的。答题依据是本段的remove the salt即take salt out。

第9题【单选题】She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who was looking very sad. A、她经常提到她如何在意大利碰到一位老先生，他看来很悲伤。 B、她常对人说，她在意大利碰到过一位愁容满面的老先生。 C、她经常提到她如何在意大利碰到一位愁容满面的老先生。 D、她常对人说，她在意大利碰到过一位上了年纪的绅士，他看起来很悲伤。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。“who was looking very sad”是定语，翻译成中文要注意语序。

第10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11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12题【单选题】The audience waited in _________ silence while their aged speaker searched among his notes for the figures he could not remember. A、respective B、respect C、respectful D、respectable【正确答案】C【答案解析】respective各自的。respect尊敬/方面。respectful殷勤的/有礼的。respectable高尚的/令人尊敬的。

第13题【阅读理解】Ironically, a study finds that we’re awful gift-givers precisely because we spend too much time trying to be considerate. We imagine our friends__1__a gift that is impressive, expensive, and sentimental. We imagine the look of happiness and surprise on their faces and the warmth we feel__2__.But there’s something that the most sentimental-gift-givers tend not to think too much about:__3__the gift is practical in the first place.4,practicality seems like an enemy of great gift giving. Beautiful jewelry, lovely watches, perfect rugs, finely crafted kitchen hardware: These things__5__great gifts because they communicate something beyond practicality. They communicate that the giver cares.But do the receivers care? Often, no.“Gift receivers would be__6__if givers gave them exactly what they requested__7__attempting to be ‘thoughtful and considerate’ by buying gifts they did not explicitly request” to surprise them, the researchers write. Their clever paper asks givers and receivers to__8__gifts from two perspectives: desirability (e.g. the cost of a coffee maker) and feasibility (e.g.the__9__of the coffee maker). Across several experiments, they find that givers consistently give gifts based on desirability and receivers__10__favor gifts based on feasibility. A、to open B、opening C、have opened D、opened【正确答案】B【答案解析】表示“想象某人打开礼物”，因此选B。 A、in person B、in turn C、in place D、in return【正确答案】D【答案解析】表示“作为回报”，因此选D。 A、Whether B、When C、Why D、How【正确答案】A【答案解析】表示“是否”，因此选A。 A、To be sure B、To sum up C、In many ways D、In many cases【正确答案】C【答案解析】表示“从很多方面来讲”，因此选C。 A、work out B、lead to C、make for D、take up【正确答案】C【答案解析】表示“导致，产生”，因此选C。 A、happier B、more surprised C、happy D、surprised【正确答案】A【答案解析】表示“更开心”，因此选A。 A、regardless of B、rather than C、as to D、but for【正确答案】B【答案解析】表示“而不是”，因此选B。 A、decide B、classify C、select D、measure【正确答案】B【答案解析】表示“分类”，因此选B。 A、look B、quality C、nevertheless D、ease【正确答案】B【答案解析】表示“品质”，因此选B。 A、unexpectedly B、whereas C、nevertheless D、continuously【正确答案】B【答案解析】表示对比关系，因此选B。

第14题【单选题】We [admire] her for entering a famous university. A、honor B、appreciate C、prize D、admit【正确答案】B【答案解析】[admire] 钦佩；赞美；appreciate 欣赏。

第15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16题【单选题】She took her in her arms and tried to [comfort] her. A、prove B、overlook C、eliminate D、ease【正确答案】D【答案解析】[comfort] 使（痛苦等）缓和；ease 减轻，缓和。

第17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18题【单选题】Is that how you _____ me for my help? A、dismiss B、permit C、restore D、reward【正确答案】D【答案解析】reward 奖励；奖赏。

第19题【单选题】The atomic clock is ________ to within 3 seconds in a century. A、exact B、clear C、accurate D、explicit【正确答案】C【答案解析】句意：原子钟在一百年内可精确至三秒以内。accurate 意为“准确的，精确的”，指由于细心而精确地使某事符合事实和真理；exact意为“精确的；恰好的；严密的”，指不多不少，确切地与事实或标准相符；clear意为“清晰的；清楚的；明白的”；explicit 意为“详述的；明确的”。

第20题【单选题】She took her in her arms and tried to [comfort] her. A、prove B、overlook C、eliminate D、ease【正确答案】D【答案解析】[comfort] 使（痛苦等）缓和；ease 减轻，缓和。

第21题【单选题】Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to [hold back] her laughter. A、check 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22题【单选题】The little boy’s face, his look of fear and desperation, his cries for help—the choice was made in our intrinsic love for children. A、那孩子的脸，那脸上恐惧和绝望的表情，他那呼救的声音，我们固有的对孩子的爱就为我们拿定了主意。 B、那孩子的脸，那脸上恐惧和绝望的表情，他那呼救的声音，我们固有的对孩子的爱使我们做出了选择。 C、看一看那孩子的脸，那脸上恐惧和绝望的表情，听一听他那呼救的声音，我们固有的对孩子的爱就为我们拿定了主意。 D、看到那孩子的脸，脸上害怕和绝望的表情，听到他那呼救的声音，我们固有的对孩子的爱就为我们做出了选择。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。本题考查的知识点为增词或减词。原文是三个名词词组，译文为了行文的需要，加了“看一看”和“听一听”。

第23题【单选题】—Shall I wait here for three hours—Yes. Three hours ________ to wait for such a doctor. A、are not very long for you B、is not long enough for you C、was not long enough for you D、will be too long for you【正确答案】B【答案解析】Three hours是作为一个整体来看待的，所以谓语动词用单数形式。

第24题【单选题】When it comes to translating basic research into industrial success, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation’s vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from science. And though German prosperity（繁荣） has faltered（衰退） over the past decade because of the global economic decline, it still has an enviable record for turning ideas into profit.What factor can be attributed to German prosperity? A、Technology transfer. B、Good management. C、Hard work. D、Fierce competition.【正确答案】A【答案解析】本段第一句说在把基本研究成果成功的应用到工业领域方面，几乎没有哪个国家能和德国相提并论。还可以结合第一段最后一句话理解可知答案选A, 德国的繁荣主要是把科学技术应用到了工业领域。

第25题【单选题】Because Helen is his wife, it is difficult for Alan to be _____ about her talent. A、subjective B、objective C、impressive D、persuasive【正确答案】B【答案解析】subjective主观的。objective客观的。impressive印象深刻的。persuasive善于游说的。

第26题【单选题】If they want to _____ , that’s fine with me. A、integrate B、sustain C、pressure D、license【正确答案】A【答案解析】integrate 求积分；取消隔离；成为一体。

第27题【单选题】________ all the threats, many companies are sending IT professionals to courses like those Cohen offers. A、Gave B、Giving C、Give D、Given【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查的是非谓语动词的用法，many companies和give之间是被动的关系，所以要用过去分词。

第28题【单选题】Years ago we didn’t know this, but recent science ______ that women who drink more than two cups of coffee are more likely to have heart disease than those who don’t. A、showed B、has shown C、will show D、is showing【正确答案】B【答案解析】考查动词时态。 前几年我们不知道， 最近的科学已证明……，“证明”的动作强调对现在造成的影响，所以谓语动词用现在完成时。

第29题【单选题】There is no _____ for practical experience. A、substitute B、sympathy C、likely D、grant【正确答案】A【答案解析】substitute 代用品；代替者。

第30题【单选题】The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouraged ______ these for a sight-seeing. A、us from going B、us to go C、our going D、our to go【正确答案】A【答案解析】discourage与encourage互为反义词。英语中说“鼓励某人做某事”时使用encourage sb. to do sth.，但如果要表示“使某人没勇气做某事”时，不能想当然的以此类推：discourage sb. to do sth.，这是不符合英语习惯的错误表达方式，其正确形式是：discourage sb from doing sth.。

第31题【单选题】After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, ________ our astronauts desire to do is walk in space. A、where B、what C、that D、how【正确答案】B【答案解析】句意：杨利伟成功环绕地球后，我们的宇航员所要做的就是太空行走。当that引导定语从句时，通常用作关系代词，而引导名词性从句时，是个不充当任何成分的连接词。宾语从句和表语从句中的that常可省略。What只能引导名词性从句，用作连接代词，作从句的具体成分，且不能省略。

第32题【单选题】They will get the preparation done early in May. A、他们五月初就能让别人准备完工作。 B、他们五月初就能准备好工作。 C、他们早在五月份就能把准备工作做完。 D、他们五月初就能把准备工作做完。【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。首先需要注意early in May表示“五月初”的意思，选项A“让别人准备完”这种表达是不准确的；此外get the preparation done表示的是“把准备工作做完”，选项B的表达不是很准确。

第33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】答案选C。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34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35题【单选题】They did find that ______ appears in a dream has far greater influence on mood than ________occurs in the dream. A、the person ... the thing B、who ... what C、who ... that D、the person who ... which【正确答案】B【答案解析】that引导宾语从句，在宾语从句中，who, what分别做主语，代表人和事情。

第36题【单选题】In his closing [remarks], the chairman expressed his thanks to all those who had contributed to the success of the conference. A、comments B、speech C、criticism D、lecture【正确答案】B【答案解析】[remarks] 致辞。speech讲话，演说。参考译文：在闭幕词里，主席向所有为大会的成功举办作出过贡献的人士表示了感谢。

第37题【单选题】I had the illusion that I was driving through one immensely long, narrow farm. A、我有一种错觉，我是在驱车穿过一个特别狭长的农场。 B、我感到仿佛是在驱车穿过一个特别狭长的农场。 C、当我在开车穿过一个特别狭长的农场时产生了一种幻觉。 D、我仿佛产生了一种错觉，那就是我开车穿过一个极长而狭窄的农场。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。had the illusion表示的是开车时的一种感觉，所以译为“我感觉仿佛”这样比较好，而不直译为“错觉”。

第38题【单选题】No sooner ________ than the ship set sail. A、the goods was loaded  B、had the goods been loaded  C、loaded the goods  D、the goods was being loaded【正确答案】B【答案解析】倒装句的被动语态。no sooner位于句首时引起部分倒装句。No sooner...than 表示“一……就……”，主语的谓语动词用过去完成时，从句里谓语动词用一般过去时。所以答案只有B合适。

第39题【单选题】Our neighbor Uncle Johnson is a stubborn man. Needless to say, we tried ________ to make him change his mind. A、in short B、in secret C、in vain D、in danger【正确答案】C【答案解析】本题的四个选项都是以in开头的介词短语，因此考查的是词组的辨析、理解与运用。in vain“白白地，徒劳”。根据题意，正确答案应为C。

第40题【单选题】Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment. Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably (无法弥补地) ruined. So it is only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A、A stable family is the best protection against poverty. B、Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage. C、Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships. D、The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate.【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选 D。推理判断题。最后一段指出，目前的经济危机极有可能会使得这些家庭分崩离析，无法弥补。唯有等到经济再次稳健之后我们才能发现多少家庭在此过程中支离破碎。由此可见，经济的复苏将会见证更高的离婚率，故答案为D。C“很少有夫妻能够经受得起经济危机的考验”属于过度推断，可以排除。A和B文章皆未提及。

第41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42题【单选题】Will all those _____ the proposal raise their hands? A、in relation to B、in contrast to C、in excess of D、in favor of【正确答案】D【答案解析】in relation to关于。in contrast to相反/对立。in excess of超出。in favor of喜欢。

第43题【单选题】It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom—or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad. All he needs to do is shell out $30 for paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local drugstore—and another $120 to get the results.More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first become available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits. More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests directly to the public, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500.In paragraphs 1 and 2, the text shows PTK’s ________. A、easy availability B、flexibility in pricing C、successful promotion D、popularity with households【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选 A。段落主旨题。本文开篇提出“All he needs to do is shell out $30 for paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local drugstore—and another $120 to get the results.”，指出了PTK这一测试的普遍性，第2段也跟进补充说明PTK测试的普遍性，所以A的内容符合原文。

第44题【单选题】I have finished a large part of the book; the rest ________ more difficult. A、is　 B、are　 C、was　 D、were【正确答案】A【答案解析】the rest= the rest part of the book，是不可数的，所以谓语动词用单数形式。

第45题【单选题】In 1994, United States Customs seized 204,391 pounds of cocaine，559,286 pounds of marijuana and 2,577 pounds of heroin. Just how much actually flows into the country is anyone’s guess. Some Customs officials estimate that only 10 percent of the drugs coming into the country are ever seized. In Miami, the District Attorney（检察长）won’t even prosecute small fry. “It’s got to be over five kilos of cocaine, above a kilo of heroin and more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana or it’s not something that we’re going to stop the presses on,” says Tom Cash, a retired agent.Which of the following could best replace the expression “small fry” in the paragraph? A、Small dogs B、Small sheep dogs C、Small smugglers D、Small ringleaders【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。习语small fry 为“不重要的任务”的意思。从上下文可知，本处指C。

第46题【单选题】It is necessary that a college student ________ at least a foreign language. A、masters B、should master C、mastered D、will master【正确答案】B【答案解析】It is necessary (clear / true / strange/ important /wonderful / possible / likely…) that…，这类主语从句中，谓语动词多为“(should)＋动词原形”，即要用虚拟语气。

第47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48题【单选题】I found in my baby’s behaviour a metaphor for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine，but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him，he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: let them watch it. If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!From the passage we know that the author is_____. A、a doctor B、an editor C、a writer D、a teacher【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。根据本段第五句话的信息，我们会很容易地推断出作者是一位教师。这句话的原文是： We find that our students don’t read，that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. 它的意思是：我们发现我们的学生不读书，瞧不起读书，而且还骂我们这些教他们读书的人。由此来看，这里的“我们”指的就是当老师的这些人。

第49题【单选题】Central heating became popular only after the Civil War. Typically, coal—burning furnaces (火炉) fueled the early systems. Natural gas had developed into the leading fuel by 1960.Its acceptance resulted in part from its wide uses. Because it comes primarily from U.S. and Canadian fields, natural gas is also less vulnerable (脆弱的) than oil is to War. Oil remains the most important fuel in a few areas, such as New England.What fuel is the dominant fuel in New England? A、Gas B、Electricity C、Wood D、Oil【正确答案】D【答案解析】该题问的是：在新英格兰什么燃料是最主要的?第一段的最后一句话是这么说的：在少数地区，如新英格兰，石油仍然是最主要的燃料。

第50题【单选题】It was fire o’clock in the afternoon ______ they climbed up to the top of the mountain. A、since B、when C、that D、until【正确答案】B【答案解析】此句为一主从复合句。“when”引导状语从句，若看作强调结构，应在fire前加at。

第51题【单选题】—The garden has four gates in different directions, so you may enter it and relax through ______of them in the daytime.— Very convenient. A、none B、either C、all D、any【正确答案】D【答案解析】三者或三者以上任何一个用any。

第52题【单选题】Economic factors aside, the [imbalanced] distribution of educational resources also affects fairness of education. A、unjust B、impartial C、uneven D、improper【正确答案】C【答案解析】[imbalanced]不平衡的，不均衡的。uneven不均衡的。参考译文：除经济因素外，教育资源分配不均同样影响到了教育的公平性。

第53题【单选题】As part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students' brains. ________. This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly. A、Do you have difficulty reading in class? B、The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side. C、As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring. D、By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。这一段说的是：作为研究的一部分，研究人员用一个特殊的机器拍摄学生大脑的动作照片。B说的是：照片显示左大脑后部的活动增加了。

第54题【单选题】Actually industry can v[ary ]a good deal over the centuries. A、alter B、improve C、alert D、perish【正确答案】A【答案解析】v[ary ] 改变；improve 改善，增进；提高…的价值。

第55题【单选题】________ the few who have failed in their examination, all the other students in the hall are in very high spirits. A、In spite that B、But for C、Apart from D、For the sake of【正确答案】C【答案解析】apart from“除......之外”，只有该词组符合题意。

第56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57题【单选题】We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quite an effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take for granted. Because we can feel that things are heavy, we think of "weight" as being a fixed quality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take a one-pound packet of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.How much would four pounds of tea weigh if it was taken 4,000 miles out from the surface of the earth? A、1 pound. B、2 pounds. C、3 pounds. D、4 pounds.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。本题问的是一磅茶如果被带出离地球表面4000英里的地方，重量会是多少？4000这个数字比较关键，因为在本段最后一句中出现了这个词，一看该句If you could take a one-pound packet of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.只是把名词换了一下，很显然答案就是变成原来重量的四分之一，因此正确答案是A。

第58题【单选题】She is quite a different girl ______ she was five years ago. A、from B、to C、than D、with【正确答案】C【答案解析】一般说来，若两个比较的对象是名词、代词或状语短语等，则用different from(to，than)。但是若提出来供比较的对象是一个没有引导词的句子，则通常只用different than。

第59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60题【单选题】The government has called for an independent [inquiry] into the incident. A、requirement B、examination C、analysis D、investigation【正确答案】D【答案解析】[inquiry] 调查，质询。investigation 调查。参考译文：政府要求对这一事件进行独立调查。

第61题【单选题】We can’t[ 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，许诺。

第62题【单选题】There is no high or sound in the house, they must have gone to the cinema, _____? A、didn’t they B、don’t they C、mustn’t they D、haven’t they【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。反义疑问句，主句是完成时态，疑问部分也要用对应的时态，答案选D。

第63题【单选题】Smoking, ________ is a bad habit, is, however, popular. A、that B、which C、it D、though【正确答案】B【答案解析】which is a bad habit 非限制性定语从句。

第64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65题【单选题】“People disappear in that river every year,” one of the policemen said to me that afternoon, half in dismay, half in frustration. A、“年年都有人消失在这条河里，”当天下午警察中的一个人半是沮丧，半是失意地对我说。 B、“这条河里年年都要死人，”当天下午一个警察半是沮丧，半是失意地对我说。 C、“这条河里年年都有人消失，”当天下午警察中的一个以一种无可奈何的神气沮丧地对我说。 D、“这条河里年年都要死人，”当天下午一个警察以一种无可奈何的神气沮丧地对我说。【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。本题考查的知识点为成语。英语和汉语都有许多成语。汉语的成语大多由四个字组成。英译汉时，适当地使用成语，译文显得简洁、生动，可以增加文采。

第66题【单选题】Every student and every teacher ________. A、are going to attend the meeting B、have attended the meeting C、has attended the meeting D、is attended the meeting【正确答案】C【答案解析】代词each和由every, some, no, any等构成的复合代词作主语，或主语中含有each, every, 谓语需用单数。

第67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68题【单选题】Don't involve other people _______ your trouble. A、in B、against C、to D、for【正确答案】A【答案解析】句意：别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中去。involve sb in sth：把某人卷入…中，答案选A 。

第69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70题【单选题】They are bright, _____ , able and confident. A、latent B、revolution C、subsequent D、intelligent【正确答案】D【答案解析】intelligent 智能的；聪明的；理解力强的。

第71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72题【单选题】Because Helen is his wife, it is difficult for Alan to be _____ about her talent. A、subjective B、objective C、impressive D、persuasive【正确答案】B【答案解析】subjective主观的。objective客观的。impressive印象深刻的。persuasive善于游说的。

第73题【单选题】Central heating became popular only after the Civil War. Typically, coal—burning furnaces (火炉) fueled the early systems. Natural gas had developed into the leading fuel by 1960.Its acceptance resulted in part from its wide uses. Because it comes primarily from U.S. and Canadian fields, natural gas is also less vulnerable (脆弱的) than oil is to War. Oil remains the most important fuel in a few areas, such as New England.Natural gas didn’t become the leading fuel until ______. A、1978 B、1960 C、1997 D、2000【正确答案】B【答案解析】该题问的是：天然气到什么时候才变成主要的燃料?段中的第三句话是这么说的：天然气到1960年已经变成了主要的燃料。因此B是正确的答案。

第74题【单选题】However short the work week becomes, work is still the most important part of life. We do not work to get leisure and the pleasures leisure brings us; rather, we use leisure wisely so that work itself can become awarding and enjoyable. The feeling of success at doing one’s daily work — whether it is a job, maintaining a home，or going to school — depends largely on coming to it each day with fresh energy and active interest.How does the author look at work and leisure？　 A、We work hard so that we can enjoy more leisure. B、We enjoy leisure so that we can come back to work with fresh energy. C、Leisure can bring us a lot of pleasures that work can not. D、The success of work has little to do with how we spend our leisure time.【正确答案】B【答案解析】从末尾一句（The feeling of success at doing one’s daily work — whether it is a job, maintaining a home，or going to school — depends largely on coming to it each day with fresh energy and active interest.）可以得出，B项正确。

第75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76题【单选题】My dictionary ______.I have looked for it everywhere but still ______ it. A、has lost, do not find B、is missing, do not find C、has lost, have not found D、is missing, have not found【正确答案】D【答案解析】lose是个及物动词，如果要表示某物丢失了，只能用被动语态。A项与C项使用的都是其主动形式。missing是形容词，其词义是：lost ; not to be found (丢失了的)，据此，第一空缺处应填入is missing。根据语境，第二个空缺处应填使用现在完成时的否定形式，因为它可以表示目前还未发生的动作。

第77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78题【单选题】A great number of houses would have to be removed to [make way for] the new amusement park. A、take the place of B、give space for C、build up D、work out【正确答案】B【答案解析】[make way for] 让路，让地给.....。give space for 让地方给。参考译文：必须拆除很多房屋来给新游乐公园腾地方。

第79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80题【单选题】Drug use accounts for [approximately] three-quarters of all reported cases of HIV in the country. A、possibly B、roughly C、generally D、specificly【正确答案】B【答案解析】[approximately] 大致地，近似地。roughly大体上，大致上。参考译文：在那个国家，在所报道的所有艾滋病病例中，吸毒者约占75%。

第81题【单选题】His manners are rough, but he is a kind man __________. A、in person B、with heart C、at heart D、by heart【正确答案】C【答案解析】in person亲自。with heart用心的。at heart本质上/内心里。by heart凭记忆。

第82题【单选题】Readers are required to [comply with] the rules of the library and mind their manners. A、evaluate B、memorize C、protect D、observe【正确答案】D【答案解析】[comply with] 服从，遵从。observe 遵守，奉行。参考译文：读者被要求遵守图书馆规章并注意各自的行为规范。

第83题【单选题】Gang Xiao and Ben Schrag at Brown University, visualize the current by measuring subtle（细微的） changes in the magnetic field of an object and ________. A、to shrink it to the size of a desktop computer B、to make it capable of measuring very weak changes in magnetic fields C、as well as revealing microscopic defects in anything from aircraft to banknotes D、converting the information into a color picture showing the density of current at each point【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。空格前的by在句中引导两个在句法结构上并列的分词短语：一个是measuring subtle （细微的） changes in the magnetic field of an object；另一个就是converting the information into…，即：通过测量一个物体的磁场内的细微变化和把信息转化成显示每一点电流强度的彩色图片而使电流显现。

第84题【单选题】For Britain our membership of the European Union and the World Trade Organization has brought this home. A、对我们英国来说，我们参加欧盟和世界贸易组织的经历使我们对这一点深有感触。 B、对英国来说，我们参加欧盟和世界贸易组织把我们送到了家。 C、对英国来说，我们的欧盟成员和世界贸易组织成员身份让我们认识了这一点。 D、对我们英国来说，我们的欧盟成员和世界贸易组织成员身份使我们如鱼得水。【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。本题考查has brought this home的意译。

第85题【单选题】People are being lured onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up loads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph? A、It is a website that sends messages to targeted users. B、It makes money by putting on advertisements. C、It provides loads of information to its users. D、It profits by selling its users personal data.【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选 D。事实细节题。本段指出，用户在脸谱网泄露了大量个人信息，而脸谱网将这些信息出售给向目标人群发送信息的广告商，以此盈利。D中的profits是原文中make money的同义转换，故为答案。

第86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87题【单选题】If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced.What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a）certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills. b）winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity which increases soccer stamina. c）soccer mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime at the annual peak of soccer mania. d）none of the above.The word “mania”（Paragraph 2）most probably means ________. A、fun B、craze C、hysteria D、excitement【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选 B。词义理解题，考查考生利用上下文推测词义。文章第1段介绍一个奇怪的现象，即高水平的足球运动员多半是一年中头几个月出生的。第2段试图解释这一现象，对这一现象做出种种猜测，即“某些星相赋予人们高超的足球技能”，“冬天出生的婴儿氧气足，这会增加足球运动所需的耐力”，“足球迷的父母往往容易在春天孕育新生命”等等。本段中的“mania”一词出现在第三种猜测中，句子的前半部分有“soccer mad”，意思是对足球痴迷、疯狂的，由此可以推断“mania”一词与“soccer mad”接近，即“疯狂”。因此正确答案是B。

第88题【单选题】While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children’s welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life changing obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue to the whole of society as today’s children become tomorrow’s productive citizenry In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money（including lost wages）, is equal to 20-30% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.What does the author think of America’s large body of family laws governing children’s welfare？ A、They fail to ensure children’s healthy growth. B、They fail to provide enough support for parents. C、They impose the care of children on parents. D、They emphasize parents’ legal responsibilities.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选 B。观点态度题。根据题干中的large body of family laws定位到本段第3句。由本句 “国家在大部分关乎孩子福利的家庭法案中意识到了这一点，但父母在面临社会强加给他们的无尽义务面前却几乎得不到任何帮助”可知，作者认为美国的家庭法案没有为父母提供足够的支助，故选B项。作者在此强调的重点是父母得到的支持较少，而不是将照顾孩子的责任强加给父母，故排除C项;A项“他们未能确保儿童的健康成长”， D项“他们强调父母的法律责任”，这两项文中都未提及。

第89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90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91题【单选题】I guessed vaguely from the hurrying to and fro in the house, that something unusual was about to happen. A、我从人们在屋里匆匆地走来走去，大约猜出一件不一般的事就要发生了。 B、人们在屋里匆匆地走来走去，我模模糊糊地预感到一件不寻常的事就要发生了。 C、一件不寻常的事要发生了，这是我从屋子里匆匆地走来走去的人们那猜来的。 D、我隐隐约约地预感到一件不一般的事情要发生了，从人们在屋里匆匆地走来走去。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。在这里需要注意要把the hurrying to and fro in the house翻译在前面，这样更符合汉语的表达习惯。

第92题【单选题】When and where to build the new factory _______ yet. A、is not decided B、are not decided C、has not decided D、have not decided【正确答案】A【答案解析】When and where to build the new factory是主语，视作单数，所以谓语动词用单数形式。同时这句话还要用被动语态，所以答案是A。

第93题【单选题】It is amusing that she ________ her father’s bad temper as well as her mother’s good looks. A、inherited B、retained C、preserved D、maintained【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题的B、C 和D选项虽然意思有些相近，但从题句意来看只有A符合题意。inherit“经遗传而得（性格、特征等）”。

第94题【单选题】Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements to see his father, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.When the young man arrived home, he felt _________. A、sad B、disappointed C、horrible D、nervous【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。事实细节题。年轻人回到家里，出现了两个关键词sadness和regret，可以判断年轻人的心情是非常伤心的。故选A。

第95题【单选题】Cost was a key _____ in our decision. A、philosopher B、innovation C、quality D、element【正确答案】D【答案解析】element 元素；要素；原理；成分；自然环境。

第96题【单选题】It was a keen disappointment that I had to postpone my visit which I had intended to pay to Germany in January. A、令我深感失望的是，我原计划访问德国，但不得不予以推迟到一月份。 B、令我深感失望的是，我不得不在一月份推迟我对德国预定的访问。 C、我原计划一月份访问德国，后来不得不予以推迟，这使我深感失望。 D、我原计划访问德国，令我深感失望的是，我不得不在一月份予以推迟。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。本题主要考查英语评价句的翻译。需要对某事发表评论或表明态度时，英语的语序和汉语不同。英语是先评论，或先表态，然后再说有关的事情或情况。汉语则相反，评论或表态性的话往往是放在句子的后面。

第97题【单选题】Mr. Zhang gave all the textbooks to all the pupils, except ______ who had already taken them. A、these B、ones C、the ones D、the others【正确答案】C【答案解析】one本来是数词，但也可用作不定代词，代替前面刚提到的一个东西或人，避免重复前面刚提到的名词，有时one可以有自己的定语或冠词，甚至可以有复数形式。

第98题【单选题】When you are a child of the mountains yourself, you really belong to them. You need them. A、你自己如果是大山之子，你就会属于它们。你需要它们。 B、你要是在山里长大的，你就对山有感情，你就离不开它。 C、你要是亲自在山里长大，就会对山有归属感，就离不开它。 D、当你自己是一个山里孩子的时候，你就真正属于它们并需要它们。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。本题考查的知识点为理解原意。在特定的上下文里，理解一个词或一个短语的含义，往往不仅要靠语言知识，有时还要靠你的社会历史知识，甚至还要靠发挥一点想象力。a child of the mountains应译为“山里长大的”；belong to them译为“对山有感情”。

第99题【单选题】Physiologically, we are rhythmical. We must eat, sleep, breathe, and play regularly to maintain good health. Emotionally we are rhythmical, too, for psychologists say that all of us feel alternate periods of relative depression and exhilaration. Intellectually we are also rhythmical, for we must have periods of relaxation following periods of concentration. It naturally follows then that rhythm, a fundamental aspect of our lives, must be a part of any good literary work — whether poetry or prose.According to the passage, which of the following pairs of activities best illustrates intellectual rhythm? A、Studying a science book and then studying a psychology book B、Learning a poem and then taking a nap C、Playing ball at the beach and then going swimming D、Solving a math problem and then solving a chemistry problem【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。段落的结尾处讲到：在脑力活动方面，我们也同样是有节奏的，因为我们在高度集中精力一段时间以后，必须让脑子有一个松弛的阶段（“we must have periods of relaxation following periods of concentration”）。根据这个信息，A、D项内容都是高度集中的脑力活动，与原文内容恰好相反；B项内容是学习诗歌与小睡一会，正好符合原文，一张一弛。而C项内容又全是不费脑力的活动，也不符合原文。

第100题【单选题】Don’t _____ your health. A、recommend B、enter C、slip D、neglect【正确答案】D【答案解析】neglect 疏忽，忽视；忽略。