2021年9月北京第二外国语学院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9月北京第二外国语学院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】Transparency is needed people are skeptical about policy-makersmaking policy against their own interests.A soB、becauseC、thereforeD、thus【正确答案】B【答案解析】本句后半部分表示的是一个原因，即：纳税人要求政策制定有透明度是因为担心决策者做出有悖于他们利益的事。第2题【单选题】I four universities and was accepted by all of them.A、applied toB、applied fromC、applied inD、applied off【正确答案】A【答案解析】题目意思：我申请了四所大学，并都被他们录取了。apply t o向 正式申请；向 要求，答案选A。第3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4题【单选题】Yet the Nile has been changed by modern man not yet fully understood.A、然而现代人却使尼罗河发生了变化，不过就连他们自己也不完全了解尼罗河的变化。B、然而现代的人改变了尼罗河，不过就连他们自己也不完全了解尼罗河究竟发生了什么变化。C、然而现代人使尼罗河以不完全了解的方式发生了变化。D、然而现代的人却使尼罗河发生了变化，不过就连他们自己也不完全了解尼罗河究竟发生了什么变化。【正确答案】D【答案解析】答 案 选D o本题考查的知识点为被动语态。英语里，被动语态用得很多。但汉语里的被动式远没有英语里的被动语态用得多。更多的情况是用主动式，或以主动式的结构来表示被动的含义。第5题【单选题】They were,by and large,a very wealthy,privileged elite.A、元素B、住所C、精英D、裁定【正确答案】C【答案解析】elite n.精英；精华；中坚分子。第6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7题【单选题】This television program provoked a spirited debate in the UnitedKingdom.A、disputeB、issueC、lumpD、prejudice【正确答案】A【答案解析】debate辩论；辩论会;dispute辩论;争吵。第8题【单选题】I recognized that the sites such as Associated Content can provide afertile ground for learning how to become a better writer.I could seethat this was an open door for systematically learning some basic writingskills without paying college tuition for classes and leaving the comfort ofmy own home.In the eyes of the author,the site Associated ContentA、offers you a lot of novels to readB、is good for your becoming a writerC、asks you to study writing regularlyD、is rather expensive but convenient【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B o根据本段的can provide a fertileground for learning how to become a better writer 确定 B 答案。其余选项与原文意思不符。A 与 D 选项所表达内容在文中并未提及，可以被排除。C 选项中regularly一词并未在文中得到体现。第9题【单选题】Today the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are notreligious but commercial,and forever happy.Fast-food eaters,newsanchors,text messengers,all smiling,smiling,smiling.Our magazinesfeature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.Andsince these messages have an agendato lure us to open ourwalletsthey make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.“Celebrate!”commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex,beforewe found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.In the authorsopinion,a d v e r t is in g.A、emerges in the wake of the anti团happy artB、is a cause of disappointment for the general publicC、replaces the church as a major source of informationD creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D o观点态度题。本段第4 句指出，商业文化（其代表就是广告）传达快乐信息的目的是诱使我们打开钱包，而这使快乐的概念本身变得不可信了。接着指出，我们忘记了，幸福不仅仅是没有痛苦的享乐，那些带来最大快乐的东西同时也最有可能带来巨大的损失和失望。由此可知，广告带给我们的快乐是一种不真实的感受。因此D正确。第10题【单选题】His solution to the puzzle is ingenious.A、cleverB、savageC、capableD、federal【正确答案】A【答案解析】ingenious有独创性的;机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的；clever聪明的；机灵的；熟练的。第11题【单选题】This reform is supposed to save the government the money involvingmaintaining a large number of cars.A、toonC atD、in【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查的是固定短语的搭配，involve in表示“卷入，涉及”的意思。句意：这项改革的目的是让政府节省大量维护车辆的费用。第12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13题【单选题】Is some German friends visited last weekA this schoolB this the schoolC、this school oneD、this school where【正确答案】B【答案解析】为便于理解,改写本句话：This is the school thatsome German friends visited last week.不难看出，作表语的the school是先行词.that引导了定语从句，因为that同时又作 visited的宾语，所以被省略了。其它选项结构不对.第 14题【单选题】The government has called for an independent inquiry into theincident.A、requirementB examinationC analysisD、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 15题【单选题】It is so difficult a problem that student in this class workit out.A、any,cantB、no,canC、every,canD、no,cant【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题很容易误选A,因为从句意上看，选 A 可将此句理解为“这个问题是如此之难，这个班上任何一个学生都不可能做出来。但按英语习惯，any（任何一个）作为非肯定词，它只能出现在否定词not之后，而不能在其前，即可说 not a n y,但不说any not。所以正确答案应选B。第16题【单选题】They took measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.A、fruitfulB、beneficialC、validD、effective【正确答案】D【答案解析】fruitful多产的/成功的。beneficial有益的。valid有效的（法律/时间）/正当的。effective有效的。第17题【单选题】The matter your study surely requires carefully.A、relating to;dealing withB、related to;dealt withC、related to;being dealt withD、relating to;having dealt with【正确答案】A【答案解析】relate to 意 为“与 有关;涉及 ，第一空既可以用relating to,也可以用related to;deal with为固定短语,与 the matter之间是被动关系，因此，应 用 dealing with（主动形式表被动意义）或 to be dealt with。第18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19题【单选题】This the last place where I expected to meet you.A、这是我最后一次见到你的地方。B、我希望在最不可能的地方见到你。C、我怎么也没有料到会在这个地方见到你。D、我期望最后会在此与你重逢。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。本题考查“the last place的意译。第20题【单选题】The benefit of it would compensate danger.A、补偿B、支持C、惊奇D、允许【正确答案】A【答案解析】compensate v t.补偿，赔偿;付报酬。第21题【单选题】This is how a rocket works.It is not made of rubber like a balloon,ofcourse.It is made of metal.The metal must not be heavy but it must bevery strong.There is gas inside the rocket which is made very hot.Whenit rushes out of the end of the rocket,the rocket is pushed up into the air.A rocket is pushed up into the air when.A、hot gas rushes out of its headB、it is powered by gasC、hot gas rushes out of its bottomD、hot gas rushes out of its neck【正确答案】C【答案解析】请看到最后一句话When it rushes out of theend of the rocket.第22题【单选题】Spiders are not insects,as many people think,nor even nearly related tothem.A、正如许多人认为的那样，蜘蛛并不是昆虫，甚至和昆虫一点关系都没有。B、蜘蛛并不像许多人认为的那样是昆虫，它和昆虫一点关系都没有。C、正如许多人认为的那样，蜘蛛就是昆虫，和昆虫密不可分。D、蜘蛛正像许多人认为的那样不是昆虫，它和昆虫一点关系都没有。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选Bo本题需要注意as many people think,表示的是“许多人认为蜘蛛是昆虫；此外nor在此处表示的是否定，即“它和昆虫一点关系都没有。第23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24题【单选题】Gang Xiao and Ben Schrag at Brown University,visualize the current bymeasuring subtle（细微的）changes in the magnetic field of an objectand.A、to shrink it to the size of a desktop computerB to make it capable of measuring very weak changes in magneticfieldsC、as well as revealing microscopic defects in anything from aircraftto banknotesD、converting the information into a color picture showing thedensity 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25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】nothing but表示 只的意思。第26题【单选题】This television program provoked a spirited debate in the UnitedKingdom.A、disputeB、issueC、lumpD、prejudice【正确答案】A【答案解析】debate辩论；辩论会;dispute辩论;争吵。第27题【单选题】Although the researchers have only just made the technical details of themicroscope public,it is already on sale.It is currently the size of arefrigerator and takes several minutes to scan a circuit,but Xiao andSchrag are wo r k i n g.A、to take tiny chips we requireB、to making chips any smallerC、to shrink it to the size of a desktop computer and cut the scanningtime to 30 secondsD of conducting electricity【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o 这部分所说的体积的减小和所需时间的缩短恰好与前半句中提到的冰箱大小的体积和所需数分钟的时间形成了对比。即：目前它大约像冰箱那么大，而且要用几分钟扫描一个电路，但是他们正在努力使它缩小到台式计算机那么大，把扫描时间缩短到30秒。第28题【单选题】Many artists express their world view in their work.A、presentB、preliminaryC、neglectD、necessity【正确答案】A【答案解析】express表达；p resen t提出；介绍；呈现。第29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30题【单选题】One reason is economic.In a traditional agricultural economy,largefamilies are helpful.Having more children means having more workers inthe fields and someone to take care of the parents in old age.In anindustrial economy,the situation is different.Many children do not helpa family;instead,they are an expense.Thus,industrialization hasgenerally brought down the birth rate.This was the case in Italy,whichwas industrialized quite recently and rapidly.In the early part of thetwentieth century,Italy was a poor,largely agricultural country with ahigh birth rate.A代er World War回，Italys economy was rapidlymodernized and industrialized.By the end of the century,the birth ratehad dropped to 1.3 children per woman,the worlds lowest.In atraditional agricultural economy,a large f a mi l y.A、can be an advantageB、may limit incomeC、isnt necessaryD、is expensive【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A o对照本段In a traditional agriculturaleconomy,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31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32题【单选题】We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quitean effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take forgranted.Because we can feel that things are heavy,we think of weightas being a fixed quality in an object,but it is not really fixed at all.If youcould 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 poundsof tea weigh if it was taken 4,000 miles out from the surface of theearth?A 1 pound.B 2 pounds.C、3 pounds.D、4 pounds.【正确答案】A【答案解析】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 takea one-pound packet of butter 4,000 miles out from the earth,itwould 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Ao第33题【单选题】John knocked at the door for nearly five minutes his wife openedit.A、whenB beforeC、untilD、while【正确答案】B【答案解析】考查连词。句意为：他的妻子过了近五分钟才开门。before表示过了多久.才。第34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35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36题【单选题】Finally,many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood-apoor,crowed area where a boys dream is not to be a doctor,lawyer,orbusinessman,but to become a rich,famous athlete or entertainer.Forexample,Liverpool,which produced the Beetles,had one of the bestEnglish soccer（英式足球）teams in recent years.Pele practiced in thestreet with a ball made of rags.And George Best learned the tricks thatmade him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums ofBelfast.All great players have a lot in common,but that doesnt explainwhy they are great.Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets,but only one became Pele.The greatest players are born with someunique quality that sets them apart from all the others.In the lastparagraph the statement.but only one became Pelew indicates thatA、Pele is the greatest soccer player.B、the greatest players are born with some unique quality.C、Peles birthplace sets him apart from all the others.D、the success of a soccer player has everything to do with the familyback ground.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。Pele是个伟大的球员，Hundreds ofboys played in those Brazilian streets,but only one became Pele成百上千的人在巴西的街道上踢球，但是只有一个Pele这样的伟大球员。最后一句话点明主题The greatest players areborn with some unique quality that sets them apart from all theothers.所以答案是B。第37题【单选题】Egypt,wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus,is the gift of the Nile.A、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及是尼罗河送来的礼物。B、埃及，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：是尼罗河的礼物。C、埃及是尼罗河的礼物，希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道。D、希腊历史学家赫卡泰奥斯写道：埃及，礼物来自尼罗河。【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选 Ao wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus是插入语，为使译文通顺易懂，把插入语处理成主句形式,其余部分作其宾语从句。第38题【单选题】For Britain our membership of the European Union and the World TradeOrganization 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39题【单选题】Doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in peoplewho do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smokefrom other peoples c i g a r e t t e s.The US EnvironmentalProtection Agency reports that about 53,000 people die in the UnitedStates each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.A、The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where bothparents smoke.B、In the United States,nine million children under the age of five livein homes with at least one smoker.C This smoke is called secondhand smoke.D、No one knows for sure why Mr.Gilson has lung cancer.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o 前一句提到，不吸烟者时常吸入他人香烟中冒出的烟，接下来应首选对此烟加以定义的句子。第40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 o 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41题【单选题】Transparency is needed people are skeptical about policy-makersmaking policy against their own interests.A soB、becauseC、thereforeD、thus【正确答案】B【答案解析】本句后半部分表示的是一个原因，即：纳税人要求政策制定有透明度是因为担心决策者做出有悖于他们利益的事。第42题【单选题】This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.A、解释B、半球C、历史学家D、引用【正确答案】B【答案解析】hemisphere n.半球。第43题【单选题】They took measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.A、fruitfulB、beneficialC、validD、effective【正确答案】D【答案解析】fruitful多产的/成功的。beneficial有益的。valid有效的（法律/时间）/正当的。effective有效的。第44题【单选题】She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who waslooking 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45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 t