大学生英语竞赛A类词汇语法专项强化真题试卷4
词汇和语法结构
1.In other words, all mammals, ______ their size, breathe once every four heartbeats.(C)
A. regardless
B. however
C. whatever
D. according
解析:句意:换句话说,所有的哺乳动物,不论大小,每心跳四次就会呼吸一次。regardless需和of连用表示“不管,无论…”。however可是。whatever无论,可直接修饰名词。according通常和to连用,表示“根据,依照”。
2.______ we have the official list of participants, we can make the final arrangements accordingly.(C)
A. Until
B. Even though
C. Now that
D. Unless
解析:句意:既然我们现在有官方的参赛者名单了,我们就可以相应地做出最终的安排了。now that既然,由于。until直到。even though尽管。unless除非。只有选项C符合句意。
3.When you have finished with that video tape, don ’ t forget to put it in my drawer,______?(B)
A. do you
B. will you
C. don ’ t you
D. won ’ t you
解析:你看完了那卷录像带之后,别忘了把它放到我的抽屉里,好吧?省去主语的祈使句的反意疑问句,疑问部分用will you。
4.In the meantime, the question raised by our financial problems is______such research is worth the cost.(A)
A. whether
B. that
C. how
D. because
解析:同时,我们财政方面提出的问题是这种研究是否值得。whether作“是否”讲,引导表语从句。
5.Man: Don’t freak me out. Can you give me an idea of your holiday nightmare?
Woman: Oh, easy ! ______! We holidayed in Cornwall last year, only to find people all lined up like whales on a beach.
Man: That sounds really dreadful.(B)
A. Bad sleep often leads to nightmare
B. A crowded beach
C. A big storm
D. Safety is the most important
解析:应男士的要求,女士叙述了旅行中的一次恐怖遭遇。根据下文提示可知beach是事件发生的地点,恰与B项中的beach相照应。而其它选项均与上下文无关,故选B。
6.An hour into the race, Susan Butcher and her sled dog team speeded down a hill, ______the trail, and crashed into a fallen tree.(C)
A. buttoned up
B. set down
C. skidded off
D. shuffled off
解析:句意:比赛开始一小时后,Susan Butcher驾驶她的雪橇狗队加速向山下冲去,滑过一条小道,撞上了一棵倒着的树。本题中三个动作连续发生,因此这里的动词也应是过去式。button up按上;扣住。set down记下;放下。skid off冲出;滑离。shuffleoff推卸,摆脱。可见只有skid off与the trail搭配合适。故选C。
7.It was a shame and bad taste to be an alien after twenty years’ living in a foreign country and it is no use pretending______.(D)
A. thus
B. therefore
C. unless
D. otherwise
解析:句意:在国外生活了20年,仍被看做是外国人是一件令人感到羞愧的事,装出一副事不关己的样子也无济于事。otherwise与之不同地;相反地。thus于是,因此。therefore因此;所以。unless除非,如果不。
8.______the cause may be, the fact remains that temperatures are rising, affecting Alaska for the worse.(B)
A. Since
B. Whatever
C. Now that
D. In case
解析:句意:不管原因是什么,事实是气温仍在上升,给阿拉斯加了带来负面影响。连词whatever(不管什么;无论什么)引导让步状语从句,符合句意。since自从……以来;因为。now that既然;既是。in case假使;以防。
9.The longest river in Britain is______.(A)
A. the Severn
B. the Clyde
C. the Thames
D. the Tyne
解析:the Severn(塞文河)是英国最长的河流,发源于安大略省西部芬格(Finger)湖地区。the Clyde(克莱德河)是苏格兰最有名、最重要的河流。the Thames(泰晤士河)是英国著名的“母亲”河,在英国历史上泰晤士河流域占有举足轻重的地位。the Tyne(泰恩河)为英格兰北部河流,由北泰恩河和南泰恩河汇成。
10.______is the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.(D)
A. Eugene O’Neill
B. Saul Bellow
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Sinclair Lewis
解析:Sinclair Lewis(辛克莱·刘易斯),1930年其作品《巴比特》获诺贝尔文学奖,辛克莱·刘易斯也成为美国第一位诺贝尔文学获获得者。1920一1929年是其文学创作三个时期中的“黄金时期”,他创造了地道的美国风格,作品最早反映出女权主义意识。代表作有《大街》、《巴比特》、《阿罗史密斯》等。
11.He has made another wonderful discovery, ______of great importance to science.(D)
A. who I think it
B. which I think it is
C.
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