2021年成人学位英语考前模拟题及答案(六)
1.The great use of a school education is _____ to teach you things _____ teach you the art of learning.
A. as much…as
B. much as…as
C. not so much…as to
D. much more…as
参考答案: C
详解:
【译文】学校教育的作用与其说是教给你知识不如说是教给你学习的方法。
【注释】not so much... as...“与其说……不如说……”。注意as前后的两个成分必须对等,可以是名词、不定式或介词短语,如His success is not so much by talent as by energy.。
2.He preferred that nothing _____ be said about his generous gifts.
A. to
B. would
C. must
D. should
参考答案: D
详解:
【译文】他更喜欢对他的厚礼什么也别说。
【注释】prefer的宾语从句谓语需用虚拟语气should,也可用动词原形,但不用过去时或过去完成时。
3.Mr. Washington has been away from home for a long time. He is looking forward to _____ his wife.
A. hear from
B. hearing from
C. hear of
D. hearing of
参考答案: B
详解:
【译文】华盛顿先生离家很久了。他盼望着收到妻子的信。
【注释】look forward to后面要求跟动词-ing形式。要求跟-ing形式的结构还有:feel like, can't help, it's no use, have trouble, there's no等。
4.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。
5.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”。
6.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。
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.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。
9.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。
10._____ 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。
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