考博英语模拟试卷309
词汇
1.These varied racial groups have learned to live together in peace and______, setting an example well worth following.(A)
A. harmony
B. grace
C. rhythm
D. relief
解析：四个选项的意思分别是：harmony和谐；grace优雅，慈悲；rhythm韵律，节奏；relief宽慰，免除。句意是：这些不同的种族群体已学会和平融洽地生活在一起，树立了值得学习的榜样。in harmony意为“和和睦睦”，因此正确答案是A选项。
2.In that country the coins are so______that one has to carry great quantities to make a single purchase.(A)
A. diminished
B. debased
C. degraded
D. defaced
解析：四个选项的意思分别是：diminished减少了的，被贬低的；debased品质恶劣的；degraded退化的，堕落的；defaced丑化的。句意是：在那个国家，钱币极度贬值，以至于人们每次购物都得携带大量的钱币。据此可知，正确答案是A选项。
3.Beth worked hard to______in with the locals during her visit.(D)
A. encounter
B. blend
C. merge
D. adapt
解析：本题考查动词搭配。A项“遭遇，邂逅，遇到”；B项“混合，协调”；C项“合并，使合并，吞没”；D项“使适应，改编”。句意为：贝丝在她的访问期间努力地适应当地人。分析各个选项可知D项符合题意。
4.Please refrain______smoking.(A)
A. from
B. of
C. at
D. against
解析：句意是请勿吸烟。refrain from意为“制止，克制不做某事”，因此正确答案是A选项。
5.The political dissidents decided to take______abroad.(B)
A. escape
B. refuge
C. life
D. hiding
解析：四个选项的意思分别是：escape逃脱；refuge避难；life生活；hiding躲藏，隐匿。句意是：持不同政见者决定去国外避难。take refuge意为“避难，(以掩饰等手段)逃脱困境”，因此正确答案是B选项。
6.Vacation policies continue to be a source of______between management and the workers.(D)
A. disturbance
B. resistance
C. contraction
D. friction
解析：本题考查名词词义辨析。A项“干扰，骚乱，忧虑”；B项“阻力，电阻，抵抗，反抗，抵抗力”；C项“收缩，紧缩，缩写式，害病”；D项“摩擦”。句意为：休闲度假政策仍然是管理层和工人之间摩擦的根源。分析各选项可知答案为D。
7.Current data suggest that, although______ states between fear and aggression exist, fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically.(D)
A. simultaneous
B. exceptional
C. partial
D. transitional
解析：本题考查形容词的辨析。A项“同时的；联立的，同时发生的”；B项“异常的，例外的”；C项“局部的，偏爱的，不公平的”；D项“变迁的，过渡期的”。句意为：目前有数据表明，尽管恐惧和攻击之间有(过渡性的)状态存在，但是恐惧和攻击无论是从心理角度还是生理角度来看都是截然不同的。因此答案为D。
8.The government______the use of seat belts in all cars.(D)
A. prevails
B. provokes
C. mediates
D. mandates
解析：本题考查动词词义辨析。A项“胜过，获胜，流行，盛行”；B项“激起，挑衅”；C项“调解，斡旋，居中”；D项“授权，托管，强制执行”。句意为：政府强制要求在所有的汽车使用安全带。因此D选项符合题意。
9.The river was______with industrial waste from the nearby factory.(B)
A. irradiated
B. contaminated
C. corrupted
D. fragmented
解析：本题考查动词词义辨析。A项“辐射”；B项“污染”；C项“使腐败，使堕落”；D项“分裂，使成碎片”。句意为：这条河被来自附近工厂的工业废料污染了。因此B选项符合题意。
10.Two-thirds of the U. S. basketball players are black, and the number would be greater______the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the sake of balance.(C)
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for
解析：本题考查的是虚拟语气的倒装用法。省略if，将be动词提前，又因为前句是would be greater，可见是般现在时的虚拟语气，所以后半句要用were作谓语，因此C项正确。
11.No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything______going on in the world.(B)
A. it is
B. there is
C. as is
D. what is
解析：空格处意为世上切正在发生的事。这里there is…句子作everything的定语从句。因此B项正确。
12.If there is the need to compete in a crowd, to battle______the edge the surest strategy is to develop the unexpected.(B)
A. on
B. for
C. against
D. with
解析：固定搭配battle for原意是“为……而战斗或斗争”，这里指力争优势。因此B项正确。本文档预览：3500字符，共28206字符，源文件无水印，下载后包含无答案版和有答案版，查看完整word版点下载
