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1、【考研英语】2021年7月陕西西北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】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 do not have a job.I would find one but

2、 I no time.A、hadB、didnt haveC、had hadD、have【正确答案】D【答案解析】b u t的并列句表示真实情况，不用虚拟语气。第3题【单选题】I am sure that you are asking.How does a rocket fly?lf you want toknow,get a balloon and then blow it up until it is quite big.Do not tie upthe neck of the balloon.Let go!The balloon will fly off through the airve

3、ry quickly.The air inside the balloon tries to get out.It rushes outthrough neck of the ball and this pushes the balloon through the air.Itdoes not need wings like an air plane.A rocket can fly to the moonb e c a u s e.A、it looks like a balloonB、it is much lighter than an airplaneC、it doesnt have wi

4、ngsD、it works like an untied balloon【正确答案】D【答案解析】本段都在讲述气球的飞行原理，来解释火箭的工作原理，因此选D。第4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5题【单选题】When will

5、 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6题【单选题】The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain.Across thecoun

6、try,many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boostin morale.For some,the hardships of life without steady work eventuallyoverwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together.The divorcerate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery tookhold.What will the current

7、 economic crisis eventually do to somemarried 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 o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

8、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7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8题【单选题】She had come to England to

9、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9题【单选题】There are certain when you must interrupt people who are in themiddle of doing something.A、conditionsB、situationsC、occasionsD、environments【正确答案】C【答案解析】conditions状况/条件/情形（与日常生活相关）。situation 形式/局面。oc

10、casion 场合/时亥!J。environment 环境/外界。第10题【单选题】Home heating,which accounts for less than 7 percent of a ll energyconsumed in the U.S.,has had a commendable（值得赞扬的）efficiencyrecord:from 1978 to 1997,the amount of fuel consumed for thispurpose declined 44 percent despite a 33 percent increase in thenumber o

11、f housing units and an increase in house size.The U.S.Department of Energy,however,forecasts mat energy used in homeheating will rise by 14 percent over the next two decades.That rise issmall considering an expected 21 percent increase in the number ofhouses and the trend toward larger houses.Accord

12、ing to-paragraph 3,energy consumed in home heating over the next two decades willincrease by.A、33 percentB、31 percentC、21 percentD、14 percent【正确答案】D【答案解析】该题问的是：根据本段，在 今 后2 0年里用于家庭供暖的能源将增加多少?第三段有这么一句话：然而，美国能源部预测，在 今 后2 0年里用于家庭供暖的能源将增加 14%o第11题【单选题】Actually industry can vary a good deal over the centu

13、ries.A、alterB、improveC、alertD、perish【正确答案】A【答案解析】vary 改变；im prove改善，增进；提高 的价值。第12题【单选题】-Did you ask the guard happened-Yes,he told me all_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 13题【单选题】Some scientists say

14、that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatenedby noise pollution caused by human beings.According to the passage,which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?A、The sound of a car.B、The sound of voices.C、Man-made noise pollution.D、The sound of steps.【正确答案】C【答案解析Some scient

15、ists say that animals in the ocean areincreasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by humanbeings.指出了人类的噪声污染引起了海洋生物的危险。第 14题【单选题】Let/s the bird from the case.回A、liberateB、putC、setD、free【正确答案】D【答案解析】句意：咱们把鸟从笼子里放了吧。free意为“使自由；释放”，常 与 from连用；liberate意为 释放；put不能和from连用；set后面接from的时候还要加free,即set fre

16、efrom.第15题【单选题】We cant undertake that you will make a profit.A、requireB、promiseC、promoteD、doubt【正确答案】B【答案解析】undertake承担，保证；promise允诺，许诺。第16题【单选题】-You forgot your purse when you went out.-Good h e a v e n s,.A、so did IB、so I didC、I did soD、I so did【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题所提供的情景Good heavens说明自己在出门时确实忘了带钱包，也就是说

17、Soldid”,表示同意对方观点。第 17题【单选题】Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the otherperson to answer questions and have no right to inquire about hispersonal secrets.Unless the person really hates beinginterviewed,he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him.A、This fear is almos

18、t 100 percent unnecessary.B、This doesnt necessarily mean that it will go well.C、Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting.D Both of you need time to get to know each other.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A o 抓住关键词进行同义替换，也就是afraid,选项中this fear就是对这种担心的补充，这种担心是完全没有必要的，除非被采访者确实是讨厌别人问自己。第 18题【单选题】My teacher h

19、ad been with me several weeks before I understood thateverything has a name.A、我的老师和我相处了好几个星期以后，我才知道每样东西都有一个名字。B、我在知道每样东西都有一个名字以前，我的老师和我相处了好几个星期。C、老师教了我好几个星期以后，我才知道每样东西都有一个名字。D、我在知道每样东西都有一个名字之前，老师教了我好几个星期。【正确答案】C【答案解析】答 案 选 C o 本 题 考 查 before的译法。第19题【单选题】The country was a place where men worked from

20、dawn to dark,and thelabourer 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 o 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

21、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20题【单选题】Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,anelderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame housewhere she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like anordinary end to a humble life,but there was something

22、quite exceptionalabout this woman.In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave$150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,to the Universityof Southern Mississippi in her hometown.The money was to help otherAfrican Americans through university.She had started her savings habitas a young child

23、when she would return from school to clean and iron formoney which she would then save.This woman shocked and inspired theworld b e c a u s e.A、she had managed to save so much moneyB、she gave her money to African AmericansC、she gave her life savings to help others through universityD、she only spent

24、money on cheap things【正确答案】C【答案解析】0nly是绝对词，在选项D中出现，根据经验排除D；对照原文第一自然段最后一句话there was somethingquite exceptional about this woman 说她有些特别的地方,接着第二自然段就讲 In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave$150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout herlife,to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown.她

25、把大部分积攒的钱捐献给了家乡的大学，A 和 B 表达都不全面，答案是Co第21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22题【单选题】There is a lot of luck in drilling for oil.A、以钻探的方法找石油有很大的偶然性。B、以钻探的方法找石油全靠运气了。C、钻探石油有很大的偶然性。D、钻探石油是很幸运的

26、事。【正确答案】C【答案解析】drilling for o il表示 钻探石油；a lot of luck本意表示的是“运气，在本句中可以翻译为“偶然性。第23题【单选题】Half of the workers here under 30.A、is/yearsB、are/year oldC is/years oldD、are/years of age【正确答案】D【答案解析】Half of the workers是复数，所以谓语动词也用复数形式。year old这种形式是错误的，所以用years of ageo第24题【单选题】She took her in her arms and trie

27、d 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25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26题【单选题】the few who have failed in their examination,all the otherstudents in th

28、e 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27题【单选题】Kitty talks as if she on the spot.A、isB、wereC、has beenD、be【正确答案】B【答案解析】on the spot：在现场。根据句意，这句话应该用虚拟语气来表达，所以用一般过去时来表示对现在的虚拟。第28题【单选题】Marian,the girl who wrote the orig

29、inal story about Roxaboxen that thechildren/s book is based on,was mayor.Other kids ran the stores whichsold imaginary ice cream and baked goods.Kids drove imaginary carsoutside of town,and the speeders went to jail,which was guarded bythe sheriff,another kid.Elsewhere,boys and girls had battles,cha

30、rgingeach other/s bases using spears made with ocotillo,a desert plant.Whois Marian?A、She is the author.B、She sold ice cream in Roxaboxen.C、She is the mayor of Roxaboxen in the book.D She guards the jail in the book.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答 案 选C o事实细节题。根据关键词锁定短文本段。本段第一句话给出了正确答案，Marian是最先写这个故事的人，但是并不是这本书的作者。而且

31、是这本书中那个小镇的镇长。第29题【单选题】The car honked at me until I fastened my seat belt.A、汽车向我发出嘟嘟的声音，直到我系上了安全带。B、汽车发出嘟嘟的声音，我系上安全带就不响了。C、汽车在我系上安全带之前发出嘟嘟的声音。D、汽车发出嘟嘟的声音，我才系上了安全带。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选Bountil在否定句中表示的意思是 直到才；在肯定句中等于before；本句的意思是：汽车一直嘟嘟地响，直到我系上安全带才停下来。翻译的时候要体现连词until表示的意思，所以比较恰当的用法应该是B项。A项虽然有“直到的意思，但是表达方式不符

32、合汉语习惯，意思模糊不清。第30题【单选题】Shall I wait here for three hoursYes.Three hours to waitfor such a doctor.A、are not very long for youB、is not long enough for youC、was not long enough for youD、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31题【单选题】Many people,when ill,see their doctor

33、s and ask them tosomething that will make them feel better.A、describeB、prescribeC、reviseD、devise【正确答案】B【答案解析】prescribe 开处方，开（药）。根据题意，正确答案应为Bo第32题【单选题】All that can be eaten eaten up.A、are beingB、has beenC、had beenD、have been【正确答案】B【答案解析】本句话中，主句的主语是a ll,为抽象概念。因此，其谓语应用单数的has been.关系代词that引导定语从句,并在从句中作主

34、语。第33题【单选题】But some observers are skeptical,/zThere is a kind of false precision beinghawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing/says TreyDuster,a New York University sociologist.He notes that each individualhas many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back.Yet mo

35、st ancestry testing only considers a single lineage,either the Ychromosome inherited through men in a father/s line or mitochondrialDNA,which a passed down only from mothers.This DNA can revealgenetic information about only one or two ancestors,even though,forexample,just three generations back peop

36、le also have six othergreat-grandparents or,four generations back,14 othergreat-great-grand parents.Skeptical observers believe that ancestrytesting fails to.A、trace distant ancestorsB、rebuild reliable bloodlinesC、fully use genetic informationD、achieve the claimed accuracy【正确答案】D【答案解析】答案选D o人物观点题。本段

37、段首提出报以怀疑态度的观察者们的观点是:There is a kind of false precisionbeing hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestrytesting,明确指出问题是false precision,选项D 描述不能够achieve the claimed accuracy,其中precision和accuracy”含义基本相同，符合原文描述，所以D 为正确答案。第34题【单选题】Although the researchers have only just made the technical details o

38、f 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

39、 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35题【单选题】Decibels（分贝）measured in water are different from those measuredon land.A noise of one hundred-twenty decibels on lan

40、d causes pain tohuman ears.In water,a decibel level of one-hundred ninety-five wouldhave the same effect.Which of the following is discussed in theparagraph?A、The same noise level produces a different effect on land and in theocean.B、Different places may have different types of noises.C、The decibel

41、is not a suitable unit for measuring underwater noise.D、Different ocean animals may have different reactions to noises.【正确答案】A【答案解析】本段第一句话就直接给出了答案。第36题【单选题】On a September day in 1991,two Germans were climbing the mountainsbetween Austria and Italy.High up on a mountain pass,they found thebody of a m

42、an lying on the ice.At that height（10z499 feet,or 3,200meters）,the ice is usually permanent,but 1991 had been an especiallywarm year.The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so thebody had come to the surface.It was lying face downward.Theskeleton（骨架）was in perfect condition,except for a woun

43、d in the head.There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes.Thehands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feetthere were very simple leather and cloth boots.Nearby was a pair ofgloves made of tree bark（树皮）and a holder for arrows.What can beinferred from paragr

44、aph 2?A、The Iceman lived a poor life.B、The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head.C、The Iceman was struck dead from behind.D The Iceman was killed while working.【正确答案】B【答案解析】推理判断的答案不会偏离主题，但答案在文章中肯定没有。长选项可以作为答案的参考。第37题【单选题】The black robin is one of the worlds rarest birds.It is a small,wil

45、d bird,and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere,off the coast of NewZealand.In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there;in 1977 therewere 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 o

46、rders in the classification of life.D、Detailed studies are going on,and a public appeal for money hasbeen made.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。前文说的是The black robin（旅 东 鸟）的现存数量和活动地点。选 项A 说的是这里成为有The blackrobin的唯一的地方。所以，选 项 A 是合适的选项。第38题【单选题】This is the magazine I copied the paragraph.A、thatB、whichC、from thatD、from

47、 which【正确答案】D【答案解析】copied the paragraph from the magazine.第39题【单选题】Congress assembles together in January.A、rangeB、restrictC、gatherD、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40题【单选题】Readers are required to comply with the rules of the library and mindtheir manners.A、evaluateB、

48、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41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 A

49、o 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42题【单选题】Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hidethe fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.Studies by theCouncil of Europe,of which 21 counties are members,have shown that45 per c

50、ent of reptile（爬行类的）species and 24 per cent of butterfliesare in danger of dying out.Recent studies by the council of Europe haveindicated t hat.A、wildlife needs more protection only in Britain.B、all species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dying out.C、there are fewer species of reptiles and b