2021年4月湖南湘潭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4月湖南湘潭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】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 v t.认出,识别;承认。第2题【单选题】Take a t a x i,y o u l l miss your train.A、andB、ifC、otherwiseD、or【正确答案】C【答案解析】祈使句可用来取代if从句来表示评论、提出要求、发出忠告或威胁等。用祈使句比用if从句表达更强的紧迫性。在表示评论和要求时，其连词用a n d,表示忠告时用连词otherwise,表示威胁时,用连词or。第3题【单选题】I found in my babys behaviour a metaphor for the new generation.Mywife and I had given him some books to examine,but he merely spitupon them.When we read to him,he did not feel comfortable.And so itis in the schools.We find that our students dont read,that they lookdown upon reading and scold those of us who teach it.All they want todo is watch TV.After this experience with the baby,however,I havereached a conclusion:let them watch it.If television is that much moreattractive to children than books,why should we fight it?Let them watchit all they want!From the passage we know that the author is.A、a doctorB、an editorC、a writerD、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 findthat our students dont read,that they look down upon readingand 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4题【单选题】If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in2006/s World Cup tournament you would most likely find a noteworthyquirk:elite soccer players are likely to have been born in the earliermonths of the year than in the later months.If you then examined theEuropean national youth teams that feed the World Cup andprofessional ranks,you would find this strange phenomenon to be evenmore pronounced.What might account for this strange phenomenon?Here are a few guesses:a)certain astrological signs confer superiorsoccer skills,b)winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacitywhich increases soccer stamina,c)soccer mad parents are more likely toconceive children in springtime at the annual peak of soccer mania,d)none of the above.The birthday phenomenon found among soccerplayers is mentioned to.A、stress the importance of professional trainingB、spotlight the soccer superstars in the World CupC、introduce the topic of what makes expert performanceD、explain why some soccer teams play better than others【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o 推理判断题。文章开篇谈论有关足球运动员的出生日期现象，而文章的主题是强调所有技能都是后天锻炼而来，并非与生俱有。显然有关足球运动员出生日期问题仅仅是作者所举的一个反例，本文并非真正讨论出生日期问题，所以答案为C。本题目考查考生对文章第1 段和第2 段内容的理解以及作者举例引出话题的写作手段。从足球运动员的生日这一现象引出本文研究的话题：天才是天生的还是后天努力的结果。第5题【单选题】I dont know what to at the university,I cant make any forecastsabout my future.A take inB take upC take overD、take after【正确答案】B 答案解析 答案选Bo本题主要考查动词短语的意义区别。根据句子中的 I cant make any forecasts about my future 可 矢 口,“我 不知该学什么，故选B。第6题【单选题】Readers are required to comply with the rules of the library and mindtheir manners.A、evaluateB、memorizeC、protectD、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7题【单选题】The tall,well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a farcry 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 farcry from sth/doing sth”是习语，意思是：a very differentexperience 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8题【单选题】Peter has a changeable character.A、roleB dispositionC symbolD、nature【正确答案】B【答案解析】character性格，品质；disposition性情。第9题【单选题】I have finished a large part of the book;the rest more difficult.A、isB areC、wasD、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10题【单选题】You will see this product made in this factory wherever you go.A、to be advertisedB、advertisedC、advertiseD advertising【正确答案】B【答案解析】advertise意为 为.登广告“。made in thisfactory作定语修饰product;advertised作宾语补足语。第11题【单选题】For their own safety,household pets should be confined to their ownyard.A、tamedB、regainedC restrictedD、contained【正确答案】C【答案解析】confine限制。restrict限制，约束。参考课文：为了自身安全，家养究物应该关在主人自己的后院中。第12题【单选题】The heat was so from the fire that the firemen could not enterthe building.A、intenseB、tenseC、intensiveD、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13题【单选题】Actually industry can vary a good deal over the centuries.A、alterB、improveC alertD、perish【正确答案】A【答案解析】va ry改变；im p ro ve改善，增进；提高 的价值。第14题【单选题】Will all those the proposal raise their hands?A、in relation toB、in contrast toC、in excess ofD、in favor of【正确答案】D【答案解析】in relation to 关于。in contrast to 相反/对立。inexcess of 超出。in favor of 喜欢。第15题【单选题】Between the two rows of trees the teaching building.A、standB、standsC、standingD、are【正确答案】B【答案解析】这是个倒装句，主语是the teaching building,所以谓语动词用单数形式。第16题【单选题】We admire her for entering a famous university.A、honorB、appreciateC、prizeD、admit【正确答案】B【答案解析】adm ire钦佩；赞美;appreciate欣赏。第17题【单选题】Cost was a key in our decision.A、philosopherB innovationC、qualityD、element【正确答案】D【答案解析】element元素；要素；原理；成分；自然环境。第18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Bo 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19题【单选题】The tall,well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a farcry 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 farcry from sth/doing sth”是习语，意思是：a very differentexperience 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20题【单选题】方程的根的个数为（）A、3B、2C、1D、0【正确答案】C【答案解析】第21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22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23题【单选题】The group does not advocate the use of violence.A、supportB、matterC、suitD、reach【正确答案】A【答案解析】advocate提倡，主张，拥护；su p p o rt支持，支撑，支援。第24题【单选题】The heat was so from the fire that the firemen could not enterthe building.A、intenseB、tenseC、intensiveD、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25题【单选题】Liu Xiangs running career began to after he won the gold medal inOlympic Games.A、speed upB、fly awayC、give awayD、take off【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D o此题考查了动词短语。在此句中的take o ff的意思为 出名。而speed up的意思为 加速；flyaw ay的意思为 飞走；give aw ay的意思为“送掉、分发”。均与句子的意思不符。第26题【单选题】She took her in her arms and tried to comfort her.A、proveB、overlookC、eliminateD、ease【正确答案】D【答案解析】com fort使（痛苦等）缓和；ease减轻，缓和。第27题【单选题】It was fire o/clock in the afternoon they climbed up to the top ofthe mountain.A、sinceB、whenC、thatD、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28题【单选题】This cloth wont shrink when its washed.A、benefitB、smallerC、vagueD、convince【正确答案】B【答案解析】sh rin k收缩；畏缩；sm a lle r较小，更小的。第29题【单选题】the beginning of the meeting,we heard a report by Mr.Li.A、ByB、InC、AtD、On【正确答案】B【答案解析】at the beginning o f意为 在.之初。句 意:在会议之初我们听了李先生的报告。第30题【单选题】All plays are alike to me just as all music is alike to Tony.A、所有的戏剧对于我就像所有的音乐对托尼一样。B、正如托尼对音乐毫无欣赏一样，我对戏剧也是一窍不通。C、我对戏剧就像托尼对音乐一样，非常欣赏。D、正如托尼喜欢所有的音乐一样，我也非常喜欢所有的戏剧。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答 案 选 B o 本题主要考查英语结构。有些句子虽然没有使用否定句，也没有使用具有否定意味的动词、名词、形容词等，但是上下文却暗示着一种否定意味。all.is/arealike可直译为：（对某人来说）都一样,言外之意是说自己没能力加以辨别或欣赏。第31题【单选题】An interesting of the city is the old market.A、triumphB、respectC、residenceD、feature【正确答案】D【答案解析】fe a tu re 特色，特征；容貌；特写或专题节目。第32题【单选题】The little boys face,his look of fear and desperation,his cries forhelpthe 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 o 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33题【单选题】Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as thereference collections to which a sample is compared.Databases used bysome companies dont rely on data collected systematically but ratherlump together information from different research projects.This meansthat a DNA database may differ depending on the company thatprocesses the results.In addition,the computer programs a companyuses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peerreview or outside evaluation.In the last paragraph,a problemcommercial genetic testing faces is.A、disorganized data collectionB、overlapping database buildingC、excessive sample comparisionD、lack of patent evaluation【正确答案】A【答案解析】答 案 选A o事实细节题。本题提问商业基因测试所面临的一个问题是什么？文章尾段明确描述了在商业基因测试中面临的问题在于：“一 个DNA的数据库会随着公司的不同而不同，而不同的公司正是用不同的数据库信息来得出检测结果”。选项A提出“disorganized data collection”符合原文，为正确答案。选 项B中overlapping是指信息的重叠，文中并没有提到。第34题【单选题】He was so angry at all she was doing he walked out.A、what,thatB、that,thatC、that,whichD、what,as【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题关键短语be angry at sth.因此all后的shewas doing为定语从句,修饰all。第二个空考查so.that 句型，答案应为B。第35题【单选题】The tall,well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a farcry 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 farcry from sth/doing sth”是习语，意思是：a very differentexperience 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36题【单选题】On behalf of all of your American guests,I wish to thank you for theincomparable hospitality for which the Chinese people are justly famousthroughout the world.A、我谨代表你们所有的美国客人向你们的无可比拟的盛情款待表示感谢。中国人民以这种盛情款待而闻名世界。B、我谨代表你们所有的美国客人向你们表示感谢，感谢你们的闻名世界的无可比拟的盛情款待。C、我谨代表你们所有的美国客人向你们表示感谢，感谢你们的无可比拟的盛情款待。中国人民以这种盛情款待而闻名世界。D、我谨代表你们所有的美国客人感谢你们的无可比拟的盛情款待。中国人民以这种盛情款待而闻名世界，果然名不虚传。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答 案 选C o本题考查的知识点为句子结构。这一句较长，先说“向你们表示感谢，停顿一下，再说“感谢你们的 ”,而不直接说“感谢你们的 。第37题【单选题】-Did you ask the guard happened?-Yes,he told meall he knew.A、what；thatB what；whatC which；whichD、that；that【正确答案】A【答案解析】what happened是宾语从句.a ll之 后that heknew是定语从句.先行词是all,所以关系代词只能用that。第38题【单选题】the few who have failed in their examination,all the otherstudents in the hall are in very high spirits.A、In spite thatB、But forC、Apart fromD、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39题【单选题】The pair of legs that carried him rickety,and there was a bias in his gaitwhich 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40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 fatherwas very old,and thought perhaps he should go to him.He had not seenhim since that graduation day.Before he could make arrangements tosee his father,he received a telegram telling him his father had passedaway,and willed all of his possessions to his son.He needed to comehome immediately and take care things.When he arrived at his fathershouse,sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.When the young manarrived home,he fel t.A、sadB、disappointedC、horribleD、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41题【单选题】Its impossible to detach oneself from reality.A、scatterB、separateC、reformD、prescribe【正确答案】B【答案解析】detach分离；派遣；使超然；separate分开；隔开；分居。第42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】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 thepreparation done表示的是“把准备工作做完，选项B的表达不是很准确。第43题【单选题】We have to modify our plan a little bit.A、reduceB、sufferC、adjustD、utilize【正确答案】C【答案解析】modify修改，修饰；更改；adjust调整,使适合。第44题【单选题】The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouragedthese for a sight-seeing.A、us from goingB us to goC our goingD、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.o第45题【单选题】I telephoned this afternoon,but n o b o d y.国A、repliedB、respondedC、returnedD、answered【正确答案】D【答案解析】句意:我今天下午打了电话，但没有人接。answerthe telephone意为 接电话，是习惯用法。reply是 回答，答复，后接介词to；respond意为“应答，后面也接介词to；return意为 返还。第46题【单选题】Drug use accounts for approximately three-quarters of all reportedcases of HIV in the country.A、possiblyB、roughlyC、generallyD、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47题【单选题】It made the teacher angry I was late again.A、whenB whichC becauseD、that【正确答案】D【答案解析】it 在句子中作形式主语，从句置于谓语动词之后，用 that来引导。第48题【单选题】Many people act on without counting the cost.A、failB、impulseC、outlineD、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49题【单选题】When will you be through with your work,Jones?My bossusually finds something for me to do at the last minute.A、Who knowsB、Would you help meC、I beg your pardonD、Anything the matter【正确答案】A【答案解析】考查交际用语。Who knows?表示“谁知道（无法确定），与后句的含义相吻合。第50题【单选题】David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home.Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children ins c h o o l:.For example,when there is heavy snowfall on a winterday,it may start a discussion or reading about climate,snow removalequipment,Alaska,polar bears,and winter tourism.A spring eveningwhen the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questionsabout satellites and the space program.A、Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because theydo not believe that public schools teach the correct religious values.B、Learning starts with the childrens interests and questions.C、Interestingly,results show that home-schooled children quiteoften do better than average on national tests in reading and math.D、Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teachtheir children.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B o 此空要填的是home-schoolers与其他孩子学习的不同点，因此选B。第51题【单选题】On c e,i
