考研英语模拟试题[9]Simulated Test

Aerobic exercises create a _____ oxygen in the body without seriously disrupting normal body functions.

The beaver(海狸) chews down trees to get food and material _____ its home.

How I wish I _____ my homework sooner!

Beijing is one of the many cities in the world that are now developing programs _____ their historical buildings.

The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have _____ as the amount of money borrowed.

She said that the situation there was not so bad _____ had been described.

_____ ,one may be disturbed by strange thoughts and have difficulty in concentrating on one thing.

The great progress in modern transportation must not be thought of as _____ in a short period of time.

Everything _____ into consideration, his plan seems to be workable.

The development of (A) the boiler is closely related (B) to those (C) of the steam engine, to which it is a necessary adjunct(附属品) (D) .

Almost all (A) human activity alters water (B) quality somewhat (C) ，but not necessity (D) as a result of pollution by human materials.

Liquefied natural (A) gas is the most volatile (易发挥的) (B) chemistry (C) explosive in common (D) use today.

In a small community, behavioral (A) norms are more universally (B) understood and accepted, and are therefore more likely being (C) the culture of a group of (C) people.

One of the (A) keys to the (B) survival of any (C) animal is its ability to adapt changes (D) in the environment.

A severe illness when (A) she was just (B) nineteen months old deprived (C) the wellknown writer and lecturer Helen Keller in both (D) her sight and her hearing.

Booker T.Washington viewed (A) as one of the ablest (B) public speakers (C) of his (D) time.

After making careful preparations (A) ,they were confident and (B) sure of (C) the final (D) victory.

It is the interaction (A) between people, rather than (B) the events that occur (C) in their lives, which (D) is the main focus of social psychology.

He worked hard (A) ,taking no recreation (B) except he (C) went to see (D) Ruth.

Many artists believe that successful imitation, far from being symptomatic of a lack of _____ ，is the first step in learning to be creative.

You need a special _____ to go into this part of the building.

Psychology has slowly evolved into an _____ scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.

A major goal of law, to prevent potential criminals by punishing wrongdoers,is not served when the penalty is so seldom invoked that it _____ to be a credible threat.

When people are happy, they tend to give _____ interpretations of events they witness:the eye of the beholder is colored by the emotions of the beholder.

The new office block _____ well with its surroundings.

The discovery that, friction excluded, all bodies fall at the same rate is so simple to state and to grasp that there is a tendency to _____ its significance.

Their mutual teasing seemed friendly, but in fact it _____ a longstanding hostility.

It has been argued that politics as _____ , whatever its transcendental claims, has always been the systematic organization of common hatreds.

It′s a good idea to _____ people before taking them into your confidence.

At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, _____ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

Although adolescent maturational and developmental states occur in an orderly sequence, their timing _____ with regard to onset and duration.

Sharon desperately wanted to be an actress, so when they offered her a part in the play, she _____ the chance.

Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been so modified and enlarged that the initial design is no longer _____ .

They came to inspect the house _____ buying it.

It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to _____ .

You are advised to take his predictions with a _____ of salt.

As it was getting late, the chairman _____ the meeting.

Though science is often imagined as a disinterested subject, scientists are no different from anyone else: they are _____ human beings enmeshed(陷入；卷入) in a web of personal and social circumstances.

Despite the apparently bewildering complexity of this procedure, the underlying principle is quite _____ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to the passage, where in colonial North America were there the fewest women?

The word “enhanced” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following?

According to the passage, Puritans believed that an unmarried adult woman should be _____ .

According to the passage, what did the Puritans expect from married women?

What does the passage mainly discuss?

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “passes on” as used in paragraph 3?

Which of the following is not a pair of additive and subtractive primary colors?

What explanation is given for the use of the subtractive method in modern color films?

The word “this” in line 11, paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?

According to the passage, the seminar system encouraged students to _____ .

It can be inferred from the passage that before 1850, all of the following were characteristic of higher education EXCEPT _____ .

Those who favored the new university would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements?

With what is the passage mainly concerned?

The word“squarely” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by _____ .

Which of the following statements about descriptive statistics is best supported by the passage?

According to the passage, what is the purpose of examining a sample of a population?

We are told that productive farmland near cities would _____ .

We are told that in smaller towns on the Prairies,farmland is being consumed _____ .

Figures on the loss of agricultural land may not seem“impressive” because _____ .

The author concludes by asking his readers _____ .

 

 

 

 

 

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