​2021年成人学位英语考前模拟题及答案（三）

2021年成人学位英语考前模拟题及答案（三）

1.This story _____ a picture of fascinating life on the lonely island.

A. takes up

B. builds up

C. conjures up

D. opens up

Best Answer: C

详解：应选C项。conjure up使想象出，使回忆出;take up占据空间，时间;open up打开，拆开。句意为：这个故事使人想象出那孤岛上迷人的生活。

2.At first, people raised dogs to help them hunt and to warn them when danger _____. Today, cats and dogs are kept largely as pets.

A. reproached

B. approached

C. appreciated

D. apprehended

Best Answer: B

详解：应选B项。approach意思是“接近，靠近”;reproach意为“责备”;appreciate意为“欣赏”;apprehend意为“理解，忧虑”。

3.The firm will have to step _____ production if it is to defeat its competitors.

A. off

B. in

C. out

D. up

Best Answer: D

详解：应选D项。step up意为“提高，加快”;step off意为“开步走，步量(距离)”;step in意为“介入，干涉;参加进来(帮忙)”;step out意为“走出去”。

4._____ the fact that women often make valuable contributions, they have not been able to attain the same social and economic status as men.

A. Regardless

B. Despite

C. In spite

D. Nevertheless

参考答案：B

详解：应选B项。despite尽管，不管，任凭，与in spite of同义;regardless of不管，不顾;nevertheless(连接副词)然而，不过，仍然。

5.This story _____ a picture of fascinating life on the lonely island.

A. takes up

B. builds up

C. conjures up

D. opens up

参考答案：C

详解：应选C项。conjure up使想象出，使回忆出;take up占据空间，时间;open up打开，拆开。句意为：这个故事使人想象出那孤岛上迷人的生活。

6.By taking second and third jobs, farm workers in Japan maintain an _____ household income slightly higher than that of urban workers.

A. common

B. ordinary

C. average

D. general

参考答案：C

详解：应选C项。average平均的;general一般的;common普通的;ordinary平常的。句意为：日本的农场工人通过干第二、第三职业所得到的平均工资比城市工人的平均工资略高。

7.Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the _____ movie could not hold our attention.

A. three-hours

B. three-hour

C. three-hours'

D. three-hour's

参考答案：B

详解：

[译文]尽管这部三个小时的电影表演精彩、情节环环相扣，但却未能引起我们的注意。

[注释]按照构词规则，“数词+名词”构成的复合词中的名词要用单数，即three-hour.另外，这种复合词是形容词，不能加's.

8.They are going to have the serviceman _____ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

A. install

B. to install

C. to be installed

D. installed

[译文] 他们准备让勤杂工明天在办公室安装一台电扇。

答案为A. 本题是一道语法测试题。我们知道使役动词，have、let、make后面的动词不定式作宾语时，应省略to，本句由应有have sb. do sth. 故我们选A)项。

9.We drive our car fast and soon _____ other cars on the road.

A. oversee

B. overtake

C. overrun

D. override

参考答案：B

详解：

【译文】我们开得很快，一会儿就超越了公路上的其他汽车。

【注释】overtake“追上，赶上，超过”;oversee“俯瞰;监督，监视”;overrun“溢出;(侵略军)横行于”;override“奔越过，践踏过;制服，压倒”。

10.Whenever we visited them, they _____ television.

A. have watched

B. watch

C. are watching

D. were watching

参考答案：D

详解：【译文】不管我们什么时候去拜访他们，他们总是在看电视。

【注释】本题测试的是过去进行时，表示在过去某个时刻正在发生的事件，本题的时间状语从句就表达了这样一个具体时刻。

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