2012考研《英语》基础阶段模拟试题及详解(1)
Section I Structure and Vocabulary
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET (20 points)
1. As scheduled, the communications satellite went into ________ round the earth.
[A] circle
[B] orbit
[C] path
[D] course
2. I don’t want to lend any more money to him; he’s already in debt ________ me.
[A] to
[B] for
[C] of
[D] with
3. ________ to speak when the audience interrupted him.
[A] Hardly had he begun
[B] No sooner had he begun
[C] Not until he began
[D] Scarcely did he begin
4. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
[A]is to be analyzed
[B]has been analyzed
[C]be analyzed
[D]should have been analyzed
5. Humble ____ it may be, there’s no place like home, where he may go.
[A]although
[B]as
[C]how
[D]which
6. Although he thought he was helping us prepare the dinner, he was actually ________ the way.
[A] in
[B] by
[C] off
[D] on
7. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not close examination.
[A] put up
[B] keep up
[C] stand up to
[D] look up to
8. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ________ to the outside world.
[A] being lost
[B] having lost
[C] losing
[D] lost
9. Our modern civilization must not be thought of as ________ in a short period of time.
[A] being created
[B] to have been created
[C] having been created
[D] to be created
10. The students expected there ________ more reviewing classes before the final exam.
[A] is
[B] being
[C] have been
[D] to be
11. The patient has been ________ of the safety of the operation.
[A] assured
[B] guaranteed
[C] entrusted
[D] confirmed
12. Will you ________ this passage to see if there is any misprint?
[A] look up
[B] go over
[C] dwell on
[D] work out
13. The album is as it was the only one ever signed by the President.
[A] unusual
[B] unique
[C] rare
[D] singular
14. Prof. Ward hardly ever went to the theater.
[A] neither the cinema nor
[B] neither the cinema or
[C] either the cinema or
[D] either the cinema nor
15. The bank is reported ________ in the local newspaper in broad daylight yesterday.
[A] to be robbed
[B] robbed
[C] to have been robbed
[D] having been robbed
16. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, you’ll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.
[A] or
[B] so
[C] for
[D] and
17. Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ________ our chairman now.
[A] must have been
[B] would have been
[C] were
[D] would be
18. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which ________ increase the risk of heart disease.
[A] in turn
[B] in return
[C] by chance
[D] by turns
19. The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he does not have ________ passport.
[A] an operative
[B] a valid
[C] an efficient
[D] an effective
20. The project requires more labor than ________.
[A] has been put in
[B] have been put in
[C] being put in
[D] to be put in
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