大学生英语竞赛A类词汇语法专项强化真题试卷14
词汇和语法结构
1.I can’t agree with my Mum. I think that such an old-fashioned dress can’t cost a ______. She says 100 pounds is a real ______.(C)
A. lot of money; luck
B. bargain; luck
C. fortune; bargain
D. big sum; fortune
解析：a fortune意为“大笔钱”，a real bargain表示“以便宜价格购得之物”。句意：我不同意妈妈的想法，我认为这样一条老气的裙子花不了太多钱，但她却说一百英镑已经够便宜了。
2.We can’t do any more now. Let’s call it a ______.(A)
A. day
B. halt
C. stop
D. night
解析：call…a day为固定用法表示“终止或结束某事”。句意：我们现在就做这些，今天就到这儿吧。
3.Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ______ it themselves.(B)
A. doing
B. do
C. to do
D. did
解析：句意：许多人喜欢由专业人事来完成他们的税收申报表格，而不是由他们自己亲自完成。prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 宁愿做某事而不愿做某事，在此句型中rather than后面要用动词原形，所以B选项正确。
4.Jack: Mark, you know your bike? Mark: Yes, what about it? Jack: You know you said I could borrow it? Mark: Yes. ______, will you? Jack : Well, I did borrow it but, well, I’m afraid I’ve had a bit of an accident.(D)
A. Take it yourself
B. Be careful
C. Come on
D. Get to the point
解析：Jack拐弯抹角盼说了很多，不着重点，Mark要求他有话直说。
5.The issue in ______ is whether Congress should preserve a concept called \\(D)
A. case
B. mind
C. contradiction
D. question
解析：句意：国会争论的问题是他们是否该保留“网络中立”这一概念。in question有疑问的；讨论中的；争执中的。in case假使，万一。in mind在内心；考虑到，想到。in contradiction(with)与…相矛盾。只有选项D符合句子意思。
6.At first the company refused to purchase the equipment, but that decision was______revised.(A)
A. subsequently
B. subjectively
C. predominantly
D. preliminarily
解析：起初这家公司拒绝购买这些设备，但这一决定随后被更改了。subsequently后来，随后。subjectively主观地。predominantly居支配地位的，有决定性地。preliminarily预备地，初步地。
7.Chris: I think we might get a good pay rise this year.
Sam: ______
Tom: I think it’ s on the cards.
Helen: I think it’ s a sale bet. The company’ s made a big profit this year.
Kate: You’re right, but it’s still touch and go whether they’ll share it with us.(D)
A. That is OK.
B. That doesn’t make sense!
C. That would be terrible.
D. That’ll be the day!
解析：以上为一组多人对话，克里斯首先提出他觉得今年会涨工资，后面几个人则各自就此事的可能性进行了讨论。汤姆说这事儿有可能，海伦则说铁定没问题，因为公司今年赚了一大笔。凯特同意海伦的观点。只有B选项。That’ll be the day! (永远不可能有那样的事!)与题意相关。That is OK．很好，没问题。That doesn’t make sense!这根本说不通。That would be terrible．这简直糟透了。
8.Using a full range of colors and all sorts of painting styles, Mahatir has shown there is no end to the______of methods he uses to grasp our attention.(C)
A. knowledge
B. creation
C. diversity
D. universe
解析：买哈提尔用了一系列颜色和各种绘画风格，但他还是无法通过不同的手段来吸引我们的注意力。diversity of methods多种方法。diversity多样性。knowledge知识。creation创造力。 universe总体。
9.If the whole project______beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.(C)
A. was not planned
B. has not been planned
C. had not been planned
D. were not planned
解析：如果整个项目没有事先规划好，我们就会损失很多的时间和财力。此题涉及虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反的情况，从句：主语+had done，主句：主语+should／would／could／might+have done。由题目后面“Would have been lost．”推出前面应套用“主语+had done”格式。
10.There is a lobby of people who insist that it’s justifiable and necessary to carry out these animal experiments______science.(D)
A. leading to
B. relating with
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