考研英语模拟试题[2]Simulated Test-在线考试系统

1、【单选题】
They must have been enjoying themselves there，or they _____ so long. [1分]

、 can't have stayed

、 wouldn't have stayed

、 needn't have stayed

、 couldn't stay

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2、【单选题】
No two people can be half an hour together _____ one shall gain an evident superiority over the other. [1分]

、 but

、 when

、 if

、 because

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3、【单选题】
By the time you arrive home，I _____ for several hours，so please don't make a noise when you come in. [1分]

、 shall be sleeping

、 shall have slept

、 shall sleep

、 shall have been sleeping

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4、【单选题】
Just as no two words are truly synonoyms， _____ no two different expressions，or ways of expressions，can mean exactly the same thing. [1分]

、 so

、 as

、 that

、 therefore

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5、【单选题】
One should never lose one's heart when _____ with temporary difficulties. [1分]

、 being confronted

、 confronted

、 having been confronted

、 confronting

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6、【单选题】
Rather than _____ everything to the last minute，he always prefers to start early. [1分]

、 leave

、 to leave

、 leaving

、 leaves

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7、【单选题】
_____ about one million years ago，the fossil record shows an accelerating growth of human brain. [1分]

、 Starting

、 Having started

、 Having been started

、 Being started

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8、【单选题】
Public goods are those commodities _____ enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded. [1分]

、 in which

、 whose

、 from whose

、 in whose

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9、【单选题】
Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level of sophistication _____ to follow other pursuits. [1分]

、 it was possible for humans

、 was it possible for humans

、 were humans possible

、 possible for humans it was

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10、【单选题】
Very few will doubt that it is science that has at once quickened the demand for general education in modern times _____ made the education itself effective. [1分]

、 as well as

、 but also

、 and also

、 and

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11、【单选题】
You can't avoid stress in modern life. Attempting (A) to do it (B) would (C) create stress by yourself (D) .But you can find better ways to cope with it. [1分]

、

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12、【单选题】
Neither the President nor (A) the members of the Cabinet wishes (B) to comment (C) on the matter at this moment (D) . [1分]

、

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13、【单选题】
Opposed to (A) the idea that we use (B) gasoline for rapid transit development gives (C) me a springboard for (D) my candidacy. [1分]

、

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14、【单选题】
He visited (A) the British Museum， where (B) he spent half his time not attracted (C) by the museum itself，but by its extensive library facilities for (D) scientific research. [1分]

、

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15、【单选题】
I couldn't live (A) till today without my grandmother and she would not (B) survive in her later days (C) without me.Both my grandmother and I rely on each other so as to (D) exist in this world. [1分]

、

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16、【单选题】
Proof-reading is uninteresting (A) ， still less (B) so (C) when it is one's (D) own work. [1分]

、

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17、【单选题】
One third (A) of cancers are (B) preventable，while a further third can be routinely (C) cured if it is detected (D) early，according to a recent WHO report. [1分]

、

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18、【单选题】
To quote from (A) Albert Einstein，science is the attempt (B) to make the chaotic diversity (C) of our sense experience correspond to a logical uniform (D) system of thought. [1分]

、

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19、【单选题】
Iron (A) is not the most abundant metal on earth (B) nor is one (C) with (D) the oldest tradition. [1分]

、

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20、【单选题】
Teachers themselves (A) are often judged by examination results and，instead of teaching their subjects，they are reduced (B) to train (C) their students in (D) exam techniques. [1分]

、

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21、【单选题】
The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son _____ him.He has already been in the courts for stealing. [1分]

、 seeks after

、 takes after

、 gets the best of

、 counts on

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22、【单选题】
I took the children to the Zoo today to _____ the party they missed the other day. [1分]

、 provide for

、 look for

、 take delight in

、 make up for

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23、【单选题】
They were having a violent quarrel but _____ when I came in. [1分]

、 broke up

、 cut off

、 broke off

、 hung up

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24、【单选题】
Children used to _____ their parents；now they are inclined to regard them as equals. [1分]

、 turn on

、 look up to

、 stand up for

、 hang on to

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25、【单选题】
In some child-centered families，the children and their possessions take over most of the house，and the younger ones often make _____ demands upon their parents' money and time. [1分]

、 exceeding

、 extensive

、 exclusive

、 excessive

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26、【单选题】
You may as well visit Japan in April，when cherry flowers are _____ . [1分]

、 in good season

、 in full bloom

、 in nature

、 in great demand

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27、【单选题】
The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hair is to _____ enthusiasm. [1分]

、 reserve

、 persist

、 preserve

、 retail

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28、【单选题】
It was because the ten major building projects were designed，built and fully completed _____ ten months that it was considered to be a miracle. [1分]

、 in a matter of

、 ahead of time

、 at most

、 in advance

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29、【单选题】
Whatever the reason，once you find yourself in a bookstore，the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is _____ ，although you may end up with a rather dull book. [1分]

、 indispensible

、 inevitable

、 irresistible

、 unavoidable

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30、【单选题】
Convinced of the importance of education，modern states“invest” in institutions of learning to get back“interest”in the form of a large group of _____ young men who are potential leaders. [1分]

、 enlightened

、 cultivated

、 qualified

、 nourished

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31、【单选题】
Newspapers must not only provide for the reader the facts，pure， _____ objectively selected facts but also supply interpretation，the meaning of the facts. [1分]

、 unrevised

、 balanced

、 unprejudiced

、 valid

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32、【单选题】
The period of adolescence may be long or short，depending on social _____ and on society's definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood. [1分]

、 anticipation

、 perspective

、 proposition

、 expectation

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33、【单选题】
I come from a country where for virtually two centuries the people of color have，as a deliberate policy，been _____ the freedom of association，assemble，thought，inquiry and selfexpression. [1分]

、 deprived

、 denied

、 rejected

、 refused

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34、【单选题】
All we know about the origin of language is that men，unlike animals， _____ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings，actions and things，so that they could communicate with each other. [1分]

、 somehow

、 somewhat

、 anyhow

、 anyway

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35、【单选题】
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and _____ . [1分]

、 sensations

、 passions

、 emotions

、 moods

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36、【单选题】
The real poet is a master of words.He can _____ his meaning in words which sing like music，and which by their position and association can move men to tears. [1分]

、 transform

、 transmit

、 manifest

、 convey

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37、【单选题】
The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with _____ physical survival and beyond that，its own economic prosperity. [1分]

、 sheer

、 thoroughly

、 utterly

、 simply

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38、【单选题】
If no importance is attached to collecting information，we cannot survive in such a(n) _____ competitive society，because it is the basis on which we make our decisions. [1分]

、 powerfully

、 forcefully

、 intensely

、 intensively

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39、【单选题】
Crosscountry bicycle racing， _____ early in the 20th century in France，was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s. [1分]

、 generated

、 originated

、 sponsored

、 proclaimed

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40、【单选题】
The old woman was suffering from a very serious illness and required special attention _____ the nurses. [1分]