07年12月真题

In 1915 Einstein made a trip to Gottingen to give some lectures at the invitation of the mathematical physicist David Hilbert. He was particularly eager-too eager, it would turn ---62--- - to explain all the intricacies of relativity to him. The visit was a triumph, and he said to a friend excitedly, "I was able to ---63--- Hilbert of the general theory of relativity."

---64--- all of Einstein's personal turmoil(焦躁) at the time, a new scientific anxiety was about to ---65---. He was struggling to find the right equations that would ---66--- his new concept of gravity, ---67--- that would define how objects move ---68--- space and how space is curved by objects. By the end of the summer, he ---69--- the mathernatical approach he had been ---70--- for almost three years was flawed. And now there was a ---71--- pressure. Einstein discovered to his  ---72--- that Hilbert had taken what he had learped from Einstein's lectures and was racing to come up ---73--- the correct equations first.

It was an enormously comlex task. Although Einstein was the better physicist, Hilbert was the better mateematician. So in October 1915 Einstein ---74---himself into a month-long frantic endeavor in ---75--- he returned to an earlier mathematical strategy and wrestled with equations, proofs, corrections and updates that he ---76--- to give as lectures to Berlin's Prussian Academy of Sciences on foru ---77--- Thursdays.

His first lecture was delivered on Now.4.1915,and it explained his new approach,---78--- he admitted he did not yet have the precise mathematical for mulation of it. Einstein also took time off from ---79--- revising his equations to engage in an awkward fandango(方丹戈双人舞)with his competitor Hilbert. Worried ---80--- being scooped(抢走),he sent Hilbert a copy of his Nov.4 lecture."I am ---81--- to know whether you will take kindly to this new solution."Einstein noted with a touch of defensiveness.

C 62. A) up  B) over  C) out  D)off

考词组turn out，表示出现，产生的意思

A 63. A) convince B) counsel  C) persuade  D) preach

Convince表示通过说理使人信服，说服，counsel咨询，询问，persuade表示通过情感来打动人，preach传道，布道。AC的表达结构都可以是V+sb+of+sth,但Einstein只可能是通过说理来说服人。

C 64. A) above  B) around  C) amid  D) along

Above表示在之上，around表示在周围，amid表示在之中，along表示沿着。，此处关键理解at the time表示当时的意思，从后面的的struggling，flaw等单词我们都能知道这里应该是在Einstein所有的个人焦躁之中。

B 65. A) emit B) emerge  C) submit  D) submerge

Emit表示发送，发射，emerge表示突然出现，浮出水面，脱颖而出，submit表示提交，屈服，submerge表示沉入水中。

C 66. A) imitate B) ignite C) describe D) ascribe

Imitate表示模仿，ignite表示点火，describe表示描述，ascribe表示归因于，一般和to连用。AB相似，CD相似，用具体的方程式来描述，选C。

A 67. A) ones B) those C) all D) none

本题考察的是代词的用法。those不能做同谓语，ones能做同谓语，指方程式，all指所有的，none指一个都没有。

D 68. A) into B) beyond C) among D) through

物质在宇宙空间是如何移动的以及物质如何在与宇宙空间运转。前后关系并列，因此在四个方位介词中，必须选择一个既能表示在里面，又能表示运动状态的单词。into表示进入，beyond表示超越，among表示在里面（三者以上），不可能有三个宇宙。而through可以表示在里面通过的意思

A 69. A) resolved B) realized C) accepted D) assured

Resolved下决心，realize表示意识，accept表示接受，assured保证，assure sb of sth。要选择表示心理活动范围的词，在AB中选，根据句意，只能选择表示意识的单词。

A 70. A) pursuing B) protecting C) contesting D) contending

Pursuing表示追求，protecting表示保护，contesting表示竞赛，contending表示斗争。他意识到三年来他一直追求的数学方法是错误的。

D 71. A) complex B) compatible C) comparative D) competitive

选项押头韵。Complex表示复杂的，compatible表示兼容的，comparative表示相比较而言，competitive表示竞争的。根据后句所说的was racing to可以推出此句应该选择表示竞争的单词。

B 72. A) humor B) horror C) excitement D) extinction

Humor表示幽默，horror表示恐怖，excitement表示兴奋，extinction表示灭绝。四选项两两相似。爱因斯坦发现希伯特用他从爱因斯坦那里所学到的知识首先提出了相对论的概念。需要填一个插入语，对于这个现象进行描述。这种现象明显让人感到恶心，属于剽窃现象。

C 73. A) to B) for C) with D) against

Come up with，固定搭配，表示提出的意思，come up against表示遇见的意思，come up to表示达到，符合的意思。

A 74. A) threw B) thrust C) huddled D) hopped

throw,扔；thrust,用尖锐的东西刺；huddle,挤作一团；hop，跳。Threw oneself into表示投身于，积极从事，thrust oneself into表示强行闯入，探听。

D 75. A) how B) that C) what D) which

看哪个词既能做in的宾语，又能做先行词，只能是in which.而in that表示因为的意思。

C 76. A) dashed B) darted C) rushed D) reeled

Dash表示冲，dart表示飞快的扔出去，rush表示匆忙，reel表示趔趄。

A 77. A) successive B) progressive C) extensive D) repetitive

Successive表示连续的，progressive表示进步的，extensive表示延伸的，repetitive表示重复的。这里句子表达的是四个星期四，那么带入后，仅仅有四个连续的星期四符合题意。

C 78. A) so B) since C) though D) because

So，since，because都表示因果关系，而though表示转折关系，句子当中前句为肯定句，后句为否定句，典型的转折关系。

D 79. A) casually B) coarsely C) violently D) furiously

Casually表示随意的，coarsely表示粗糙地，violently表示猛烈地，暴力地，furiously表示激烈而匆忙地。考Einstein修改方程式的方式。

B 80. A) after B) about C) on D) in

除了worry about，其余介词和worry都没有搭配关系。

A 81. A) curious B) conscious C) ambitious D) ambiguous

Curious表示好奇的，conscious表示有知觉的，ambitious表示野心勃勃的，ambiguous表示模棱两可的。