2021年7月天津财经大学研究生招生考试英语练习题100道（附答案解析）.pdf

【考研英语】2021年7月天津财经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】Is that how you me for my help?A、dismissB、permitC、restoreD、reward【正确答案】D【答案解析】re w a rd 奖励；奖赏。第2题【单选题】While we cannot close the gulf between us,we can try to bridge it sothat we may be able to talk across it.A、当我们无法弥合我们之间的鸿沟时，我们可以搭一座桥，以便越过它进行会谈。B、在我们不能弥合双方之间的鸿沟时，我们可以修一座桥，为的是能够进行会谈。C、虽然我们不能弥合双方之间的鸿沟，我们却能够设法搭一座桥,以便我们能够越过它进行会谈。D、虽然我们可以修一座桥，为的是能够进行会谈，但我们却无法弥合双方之间的鸿沟。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。本句虽然用了连词w hile,但分句与主句之间是一种让步关系，因此w hile可译为“虽然。此句中 的bridge用作动词，这是一种形象的说法，译为“搭一座桥 。第3题【单选题】“If anybody,please put down name/said theteacher to the monitor.A、wants to buy the bookhisB want to buy the booktheirC will buy the bookonesD、wants to have the book boughther【正确答案】A【答案解析】代词each和由every,some,noz any等构成的复合代词作主语，谓语需用单数。所以要用wants。his与anybody搭配。第4题【单选题】Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.A、这个计划没有一点用。B、这个计划只能招致灾祸。C、这个计划一点害处也没有。D、这个计划是要战胜一切灾害。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。nothing but表示 只”的意思。第5题【单选题】She had come to England to pursue an acting career.A、striveB、removeC quitD、chase【正确答案】D【答案解析】pursue继续；从事；追赶；纠缠；chase追逐；追捕。第6题【单选题】My neighbours used to give me a hand in time of t r o u b l e,w a svery kind of them.A whoB whichC、thatD、it【正确答案】B【答案解析】非限制性定语从句常用which引导,which表示前句话的整个含义。第7题【单选题】The hurricane was incredibly devastating and left thousands homeless.A、forcefulB、mightyC、destructiveD、dangerous【正确答案】C【答案解析】devastating毁灭性的。destructive破 坏（或毁灭）性的。参考译文：飓风以其难以令人置信的破坏力使得成千上万的人无家可归。第8题【单选题】As Yale law professor Anne AI stott argues,justifying parental supportdepends on defining the family as a social good that,in some sense,society must pay for.In her book No Exit:What Parents Owe TheirChildren and What Society Owes Parents,she argues that parents areburdened in many ways in their lives:there is“no exit“when it comes tochildren.Society expectsand needsparents to provide their childrenwith continuity of care,meaning the intensive,intimate care that humanbeings need to develop their intellectual,emotional,and moralcapabilities.And society expectsand needsparents to persist in theirrole for 18 years,or longer if needed/What is Professor Anne AI stottsargument for parental support?A、Good parenting benefits society.B、The cost of raising children in the US has been growing.C、The US should keep up with other developed countries.D、Children need continuous care.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A o 推理判断题。本段提到，社会也需要家长们对他们的孩子付出关爱，因为良好的父母教养能造福于社会，应选A 项。B 项“抚养孩子的成本在美国已越来越大 ，C 项“美国应该赶上其他发达国家，这两项在文中均未提及；D 项“儿童需要持续的照顾，是对文中的parents toprovide their children with continuity of care 设置的干扰项。第9题【单选题】Technology is enabling man to explore even deeper under the sea.It isobvious that the technology to harvest the sea continues to improve.Bythe 2050,experts believe that the problems to explore the food,minerals and energy resources of the sea will have been largelysolved.According to the author,when will the problems to explore thedeeper sea largely be solved?A、In the next generation.B、By the end of the 20th century.C、In the near future.D、By the middle of the 21st century.【正确答案】D【答案解析】本段提到 By the 2050,experts believe that theproblems to explore the food,minerals and energy resources ofthe sea will have been largely solved.21 世纪五十年代。就是2050年左右。第10题【单选题】Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certainelements of writing：a word,a phrase,an idea,a sound,or a grammaticalconstruction.We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternateheavy and light beats in music.Our love for rhythm seems to be innate:witness the responses of a small child to lively music.Children love tobeat on toy drums or empty boxes.They stamp their feet and chantnursery rhymes or nonsense syllables,not unlike primitive dancers.Aschildren grow older,they are taught to restrain their responses torhythm,but our love of rhythm remains.We live in rhythms;in fact weare governed by rhythms.According to the passage,an adult/s reaction torhythm in music would probably be.A、uninhibitedB、indifferentC、restrainedD、responsible【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。该题的解题依据在本段结尾部分Aschildren grow older,they are taught to restrain their responsesto rhythm./作者讲：随着孩子的年龄逐渐增大，大人就会教他们抑制对节奏的反应，等他们长大之后，他们对音乐节奏的反应，更可能受到抑制。第11题【单选题】The clever boy made a hole in the wa l l,h e could seewas going on inside house.A、which;whatB、through which;whatC through that;whatD、what;that【正确答案】B【答案解析】through which引导定语从句，through which即through the hole,在定语从句中作状语.What引导的是see的宾语从句，并作从句的主语.第12题【单选题】Both Tom and his brother take after their father not only in appearancebut also in character.A、resembleB、assimilateC、followD、reflect【正确答案】A【答案解析】take after与 相像。resemble像，相似。参考译文：汤姆和他兄弟不仅长相像他们父亲，性格也相似。第13题【单选题】The acid rain is said to be caused by pollution from oil wells in the Gulf ofMexico.Car exhaust gases are also a problem.Local volcanic eruptionsmake the problem even worse.Nevertheless,with enough money andeffort,researchers say that many of the problems could be solved andthe rate of erosion reduced.A、The problem,however,is not just a European one.B、That is enough to have caused some of the ancient carvings tobecome seriously damaged already.C、However,the Mexican government does not have enough moneyto do the work,and needs to spend what money it has on the Mexicanpeople.D、Acid rain is how a familiar problem in the industrialized countriesin Europe.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o前文提到完成这项工作需要很多的钱，答案转折说到了墨西哥没有这么多的钱去做。两句之间有隐含的逻辑关系。第14题【单选题】Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paidleave from work to care for a newborn child.Last spring one of the two,Australia,gave up that dubious distinction by establishing paid familyleave starting in 2011.1 wasnt surprised when this didn/t make the newshere in the United Stateswe/re now the only wealthy country withoutsuch a policy.The United States does have one explicit family policy,theFamily and Medical Leave Act,passed in 1993.It entitles workers to asmuch as 12 weeks unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with afamily medical problem.Despite the modesty of the benefit,theChamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly,describing it as government run personnel management”and a“dangerous precedent/In fact,every step of the way,as(usually)Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balancemeasures into the law,business groups have been stronglyopposed.What has prevented the passing of work-family balance laws inthe United States?A、The lack of a precedent in American history.B、The existing Family and Medical Leave Act.C、The opposition from business circles.D、The incompetence of the Democrats.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答 案 选C o事实细节题。根据题干定位到第2段末句。本句中提到，尽管民主党领导人努力将工作与家庭的平衡措施提上立法日程，但那些商业组织还是一直都强烈反对。C项中的opposition与文中的strongly opposed相对,business circles与文中的business groups相对应，故正确答案为C项。文 中 说 家庭与医疗休假法在1993年时通过，故排除A项“在美国历史上没有先例；B项“现 有 的 家庭与医疗休假法，并非主要原因；文中提到民主党领导人支持工作与家庭的平衡措施的实施，只是遭到了来自商业团体的反对，故排除D项“民主党的无能。第15题【单选题】They always complained（抱怨）more or less justly,that their parentsare out of touch with modern ways.They also blamed that their parentsalways have a final say.And the young felt that their parents do not trusttheir children to deal with crises.Besides,they dissatisfied too muchmurmurs of their parents about certain problems and the lack of senseof humor in dealing with the problems,at least in parents-childrenrelationships.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、The criticisms to their parents can be kept out of the youngpeoples mind in following ways.B It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at timesand to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them.C、There are so many criticism to their parents among the youngpeople.D、Young people have gotten enough reasons to criticize theirparents.【正确答案】C【答案解析】本题段落中的各句列举了年轻人都抱怨其父母些什么，谈的是what are the criticisms?的问题因此选择C o第 16题【单选题】If you enjoy looking through travel books by such familiar authors asArthur Frommer or Eugene Fodor,it will not surprise you to learn thattravel writing has a long and venerable history.Almost from the earliestannals of recorded time individuals have found ready audiences for theiraccounts of journeys to strange and exotic locales.This passage is mostlyabout.A、why people find travel writing excitingB、the literary style of three early travel writersC、where three early travel writers went and wrote aboutD、how to write a travel book【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o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 17题【单选题】In this world of change and complexity,the need for information is ofgreatest importance.Those people who have accurate,reliableup-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems,the criticalproblems of their business,social and family life,will survive andsucceed Knowledge is power may well be the truest saying and accessto information may be the most critical requirement of all people.We canlearn from the paragraph t hat.A、it is necessary to obtain as much knowledge as possibleB、people should make the best use of the information accessibleC、we should realize the importance of accumulating informationD、it is of vital importance to acquire needed information efficiently【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D。本段作者指出：“当今世界多变、复杂，信息对人至关重要。人们要学会利用准确、可靠、最新的信息来解决日常问题及他们工作和社会交往、家庭生活中的重大问题，只有这样的人才能生存、才能成功。知识就是力量，获取信息是对所有人的最重要的要求。从该段中我们得矢口 D 项“it is of vital important to acquire neededinformation efficiently（有效地获取所需信息是至关重要的）为正确答案。而A项只强调信息的量；B项强调充分利用所获得的信息，而原文强调的是“需要”信息；C项强调应该意识到积累信息的重要性，这在该段中并未提及。第18题【单选题】I guessed vaguely from the hurrying to and fro in the house,thatsomething 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 toand fro in the house翻译在前面，这样更符合汉语的表达习惯。第19题【单选题】You consider that you cant find your place in your own country,so yourisk the comfortable but modest life with your parents and you goabroad.Maybe there will be moments when you cant stand theloneliness anymore,the strangers around you,or your job.But youremember nobody made you take that decision,so you take a deepbreath,and you go on,as you are the only one to be blamed.When youare lonely in a foreign country,you s houl d.A、change your decisionB blame your parents for itC、stick to your decision and go onD、make more friends【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。根据文章本段中But you remembernobody made you take that decision,so you take a deep breath,and you go on.可知答案。作者认为你出国后可能会面临各种困难，面对周围的陌生人、工作，你可能会感到孤独，但是仔细想想这个决定是你自己做的，于是你不得不深呼吸，然后继续。第20题【单选题】He wanted to look for occupation suited to his abilities.A、employmentB psychologyC speciesD、majority【正确答案】A【答案解析】occupation职业；employment职业；雇用。第21题【单选题】This is one of the most interesting questions that asked.A haveB hasC、have beenD、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22题【单选题】No longer.The Internet and pressure from funding agencies,who arequestioning why commercial publishers are making money fromgovernment-funded research by restricting access to it-is making accessto scientific results a reality.The Organization for Economic Co-operationand Development(OECD)has just issued a report describing thefar-reaching consequences of this.The report,by John Houghton ofVictoria University in Australia and Graham Vickery of the OECD,makesheavy reading for publishers who have,so far,made handsome profits.But it goes further than that.It signals a change in what has,until now,been a key element of scientific endeavor.Which of the following is trueof the OECD report?A、It criticizes government-funded research.B、It introduces an effective means of publication.C It upsets profit-making journal publishers.D、It benefits scientific research considerably.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o事实细节题。本段显示：大多数期刊都已开始通过互联网出版，O ECD的研究报告表明，新出版模式将给科学研究带来变化，并将产生深远的影响。“makeheavy reading的含义是 读来让人感到心情沉重”，即依靠传统期刊出版模式盈利的机构会感受到巨大压力。因此选项C是正确答案。选项A在原文中并没有提及；选项B中的问题出在“介绍一种有效的出版模式的表述上，OECD的研究报告只是对出版新模式的将来进行客观评估与预测，并没有说它目前已经产生了效果；D的问题在于，报告本身并不能“给科研带来了相当大的好处。第23题【单选题】Scientific conservatism suggests that a biological explanation should bethe last choice after all non-biological explanations are addressed/Allensaid.We have a lot of work to do to rule out possible non-biologicalexplanations.It is more likely that a chemical process,without biology,can explain these results.What can be inferred from what Allen said?A、Scientists have different arguments over whether there is life onTitan.B、Scientists all agree that there is life on Titan.C、Scientists all suggest that a biological explanation is reasonable.D、Scientists all agree that a non-biological chemical reaction is apossible explanation.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A o 推理判断题。答题原则：和原文完全一样的选项肯定不是答案，推理判断题是对现象的推断。题目中有绝对词语 all must every merely have to barely only 一般是错误的，排除 B C D.根据 Scientific conservatism suggeststhat a biological explanation should be the last choice after allnon-biological explanations are addressedo 推断出科学家就Titan上是否有生命的问题观点不同，与A 一致。得到答案A。第24题【单选题】I had the illusion that I was driving through one immensely long,narrowfarm.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Bo 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25题【单选题】The decline in moral standards,which has long concerned social analysts,has at last the attention of average Americans.A、clarifiedB、cultivatedC、characterizedD、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Do第26题【单选题】On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greatercompetition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger peopleto find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-oldboss?AII of the following are possible effects living longer might have onworking life E X C E P T.A、Communication between employers and employees would bemore difficult.B、More money would be used by employees in payment of theiremployees.C、The job market would be more competitive.D、It would be more difficult for young people to be promoted to toppositions.【正确答案】B【答案解析】对照原文第九自然段On the other hand,morepeople working for longer would create greater competition forjobs.排除选项 C；It would make it more difficult for youngerpeople to find a job.排除选项 D；And how easily would a25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a125-year-old boss?排除选项A；答案是B。第27题【单选题】During these past few years I used Associated Content to try writing.Ifound writing for that site was not my cup of tea.However,myexperience there was positive as I was rewarded with even morelearning opportunities just by dipping my toes into the water.ThroughAssociated Content I was introduced to the world of blogging.I decidedto learn how to set up a blog myself.Now Im interested in blogging andcontinue to work as a writer.What is the author/s purpose of using thesite 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】