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2018年成人学位英语考试模拟试题及答案(13)

来源 :中华考试网 2018-03-21

  Passage 3

  Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

  Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most. In telephone surveys, Neal Rose, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School of Management at Northwestern Universtiy, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103,to talk about their most notable regret .Participants were asked what the regret was, when it happened, whether it was a result of something they did or didn’t do, and whether it was something that could still be fixed。

  The most commonly mentioned regret involved romance (浪漫的事)(18%)----lost loves or unfulfilled relationships. Family regrets came in second (16%),whit people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood. Other frequently reported regrets involved career (13%) ,education (12%),money(10%) and parenting(9^%)。

  Rose and Morrison’s study, which is to be published in social psychological and personality science, is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people of all ages and socio-economic and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets, like wishing they had studied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a person’s major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a person’s “life circumstances—accomplishments, shortcomings ,situation in life—inject considerable fuel into the fires of regret,” the authors write。

  (79)People with less education, for instance were more likely to report education regret. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. And those with no romantic partner tended to hold regrets regarding love. Broken down(分解、细分)by sex, more women(44%) than men (19%) had regrets about love and family----not surprising, since women “value social relationships more than men,” the authors write. In contrast ,men (34%) were more likely than women (27%) to mention work-related regrets, wishing they’d chosen a different career path, for instance ,or followed their passion。(80)Many participants also reported wishing they had worked less to spend more time with their children。

  There was an even split between regrets about inaction (not doing something) and action (do something you wish you didn’t) .But, like previous studies, the current research found that some regrets are more likely than others to persist over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent。

  11.In the second paragraph, the author shows ______。

  A. the researchers’ findings B. the importance of family

  C. the importance of money D. the importance of career

  【答案】A。答案:一目一行浏览第二自然段,第二段讲述的都是数据,也同时B与C与D选项原文中都有提及,那么我的天,那么我们该何去何从,简直是无所适从了,那么此情况下,答案绝对是A。即调查研究的结果。 即A选项包容了其余三个选项的内涵。

  12. According to the passage , college student participants mainly had regrets about their ______。

  A. family and childhood B. study and major

  C. career and job D. romance and fear

  【答案】B。答案:题干关键词:college student participants。大学生遗憾的是什么。充分利用常识储备,答案应该是B。因为A选项你不应该,也没有道理;同样的道理排除C与D选项;

  认证答案:带着题干关键词:college student participants一目一行定位答案范围在:第三段第二句话。定位句:…college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused

  regrets,…studied harder or a different major. 即B项 study and major。意为学习和专业。

  13.The word “notable” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______。

  A. common B. capable C. wonderful D. remarkable

  【答案】D。答案:一目一行定位第一段,其实只要我们仔细翻译一下词语所在的句子,答案也就一目了然了:找了370个志愿者,年龄从19到103岁,目的是要他们谈一谈自己到目前为止,最_____的遗憾。所以空格处应该填入“最大、最典型”的意思。

  同时前面稍远的句子也给了有用的信息:…find out what the typical American regrets most。即最主要,最典型的遗憾,故D remarkable“值得注意的”为正确答案。

  14. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

  A. The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have。

  B. The more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have。

  C. More women than men had regrets about love and family。

  D. The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction。

  【答案】 C。答案:此类题目要么带着选项内容去原文中寻找,要么利用前面题目提供的信息,要么利用常识储备完成,要么等完成其它题目后,再来做。

  利用常识储备,排除A与B选项,因为这两个选项表达的意思几乎一模一样:“受教育越少,留下的遗憾就越多”与“受教育越多,留下的遗憾就越少”。难道不是一回事吗?毫不犹豫排除这两个选项;C选项:女人当然比男人更加在乎家庭,当然女人在爱情和家庭方面的遗憾多于男人,这观点是完全符合我们的常识储备的;D选项:不行动的遗憾要比行动的遗憾持久。有些人为了不留下遗憾,干脆不作为。这种现象有,可能还有一定的市场,但与我们的做人是违背的,排除,个别现象而已。答案是C。

  认证答案:带着选项内容一目一行猎取有价值的信息:定位第五段,…more women than men had regrets about love and family… 故C对。原文第四段,学历越低的人,对学历及教育的遗憾越多,A项不明确;学历越高的人,对事业的遗憾最多,B项是对文章的曲解。最后一段,不行动的遗憾要比行动的遗憾持久,D与其意思相反,故排除。

  15. What is the main idea of this passage?

  A. How regret is understood by a typical American。

  B .Common regrets is more important than love and hate。

  C. Why regret is more important than love and hate。

  D. How regret has shaped Americans。

  【答案】B。答案:主旨题。方法前面已经有了讲述。A选项与第13小题相悖,讲述的是各个阶层、各个年龄段人士的“regret遗憾”,排除;其余题目都没有涉及到why和How,答案是B。

  B选项:人们的遗憾比较多,不仅仅局限于爱呀恨的。第12小题不就提及了大学生的遗憾是:学习与专业。后悔当初没有努力学习,或者专业没有选择好等等。世界上还有比爱呀恨的更加重要的东西。

  认证答案:开篇讲述“遗憾”的概念,引出两位研究者的调查,然后详细列出了各种常见遗憾的表现形式。所以文章主旨为美国人常见的遗憾。

  全文翻译

  遗憾和爱与恐惧一样,是一种普通的情感,同时它又能产生强大的力量。因此,在一项新报告中,两个研究者试图找出美国人最典型的遗憾是什么。电话调查显示,西北大学管理系营销教授及心理学家Neal Roese和伊利诺伊大学心理学博士Mike Morrison调查了年龄从19岁到103岁的370个美国人,让他们谈论一下各自最遗憾的事。参与者被问到遗憾是什么,何时发生,这些遗憾是否是他们造成的,这些遗憾是否还会继续下去。 被提及的最普遍的遗憾中有18%和浪漫有关,失恋或分手。16%的家庭遗憾位居第二,比方说,儿时对兄弟姐妹的不友善情绪仍然存在。其他的遗憾包括13%的事业遗憾,12%的教育遗憾,10%的金钱遗憾,还有9%的遗憾与父母有关。

  Roese和Morrison的研究在社会心理学和性格科学中被发表,它的意义在于广泛地调查了美国公众,包括所有年龄段的人和社会经济背景和教育背景的人。先前对遗憾的研究主要关注在校大学生,他们的遗憾主要倾向于教育方面,像是希望自己学习更努力或者是选一门不同的专业。新调查显示大部分人中,一个人的“生活环境---成就、缺点、生活状况---加深了这种遗憾,”作者写到。

  比如说,教育程度低的人,更多的是对教育的遗憾。学历高的人更多的是事业的遗憾。没有伴侣的人对爱情抱有遗憾。

  从性别来划分,女人对于家庭和爱情的遗憾比男人多,是44%:19%---毫无疑问,因为女人“比男人更珍惜社会关系,”作者写道。相反,男人对事业的遗憾比女人多,是34%:27%,比如说,希望他们选择不同的事业或者跟随自己的意愿。也有许多参与者希望减少工作量能花更多的时间来陪孩子。

  在什么也不做和做完之后后悔之间也有一种划分。但是,像先前的研究一样,目前的调查发现,有些遗憾比其他的遗憾持续更久:人们对什么也不做的遗憾倾向更加长久;同时,对做过之后后悔的遗憾特别短暂。

  Part Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

  一网支招:这类型题目是考察语法知识、词汇量。所以那些重要的语言点,请您务必要敏感,出题人是不会随随便便弄几道题目来应付的,一般而言,所考察的语言点是不会重复的。唯一有效的方法就是多做历年真题,学好语法是必需的,因为任何一门测试,最起码有写作,如果语法一塌糊涂,那谈何写作?!。

  16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. We’d better get everything ready before he _______。

  A. arrives B. arrive C. will arrive D. arrived

  【答案】A。答案:时态题目。咱们首先考虑语言环境(即语境):题干中的is coming 告诉我们此题目语言环境是:现在。排除D选项(语言环境是过去);连词before 在这里引导状语从句,在状语从句中,从句用现在的时态代替将来的时态,排除C选项;空格前面的主语是第三人称单数he,我们知道,第三人称单数后面,一般情况下是不能直接接动词原形的,除非前面有情态动词,排除B选项。答案是A。

  17._______yesterday, you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London。

  A. Did you come B. Had you come

  C. Should you come D. Were you to come

  【答案】B。答案:此题目请您注意两点:would have met和选项中的助动词或情态动词或be动词提到了主语的前面,而句子末尾又没有问号。

  would have met暗示我们这里是虚拟语气;那些词语提前,是倒装的标志。

  这里是对过去虚拟,所以应该与would have met相吻合,答案是B。

  小贴士:虚拟语气中,省略if,句子需要倒装,原句应该为“If you had come…”。译为:要是你昨天来了,你就能见到琼斯教授了。但他现在已经去伦敦了。

  18. The man denied_____ into the neighbor’s garden and ______his cow。

  A. going...stealing B. going…stole C. went…stealing D. went…stole

  【答案】A。答案:1、首先排除C与D选项,因为went是go的过去式,一定用来作谓语;

  2、and 表达并列关系,把句子还原,我们就能够清清楚楚和什么词语并列:The man denied_____ into the neighbor’s garden and he denied______his cow。(这个男人否认进入了房子并且也否认偷了牛),所以我们发现是与第一空格的词语并列。

  3、既然如此,答案是A。

  4、同时这也是一动词固定用法,deny +doing 表示否认做过某事,译为:这个人否认潜入到邻居家的花园,并且偷了牛。

  19.Ted worked like a horse in his youth, ______contributed to his great success later as a businessman。

  A. that B. who C. what D. which

  【答案】D。答案:此题目考察连词(即从句),连词前面有逗号即非限定性定语从句。

  于是我们按照定语从句的语法规则来处理了。前面的逗号,排除A选项;what不引导定语从句,排除C选项;前面的先行词不是人,排除B选项。

  which 指代前面的句子,译为:泰德年轻时像老黄牛一样工作,这使他日后成为了一个极其成功的商人。这里的“这”就是指代前面的句子“Ted worked like a horse in his youth,”。

  小贴士:先行词不一定总是指代词语或短语,还能够指代整个句子。例如:we work hard, whichmake us successful in overcoming all the difficulties

  20. A few hours ago, a small suitcase with some important papers _______ stolen from the general manager’s office。

  A.is B.are C.were D. was

  【答案】D。答案:考察主谓一致。首先根据语言环境排除A与B选项,因为它们的语言环境是“现在”,而根据题目中的“A few hours ago,”,告诉我们语言环境应该是“过去”;

  再者出题人考察主谓一致时,绝大多数情况下是与前者保持一致的,因为在我们中国人的常态思维是:看谓语前面的词语的单复数。由with引导的名词词组的谓语动词看with前面的名词,即a small

  Suitcase,所以主语是单数,答案是D。句子大意:几小时前,总经理办公室的一个装有主要文件的小整理箱被偷了。

  21.______ on the New World,he felt like crying。

  A.land B.Landed C.To land D.Having landed

  【答案】D。答案:考察非谓语动词。注意选项的分类:A选项能够用来作谓语;其余三个选项都是不能作谓语,即非谓语。判断要不要连词的方法:连词= 谓语个数—1,此题目中没有连词,故而只能一个动词作谓语,原文中的felt 就是用来做谓语的,所以排除A选项;

  He 应该是先land on 着陆后felt like crying的,所以要用非谓语的完成时。答案是D。

  句子大意:来到了这个新世界,他感觉很想哭。

  小贴士:B选项是非谓语的过去分词,表达被动,而登陆是he 主动完成的,当然排除;C选项是非谓语的动词不定式,表达的动作发生在谓语动作的前面,即he 还没有登陆,就想哭了。当然不可能,故而排除。(详阅本网校语法模块)。

  22.Visit our store。Nowhere elsesuch good bargains。

  A.you find B.find you C.do you find D.you do find

  【答案】C。答案:请您仔细看着选项,阁下知道出题人的出题意图了吗?do 和find之类的词语是不能随随便便出现在主语前面的,而且句子末尾也没有问号。那么就告诉我们这里是考察倒装结构。

  判断是否倒装的最简单的办法是:按照句子的正常语序,本来不应该呆在句首的词语,而生拉硬拽到了句首,那么这个句子就应该倒装。

  按照句子的正常语序(到我们商店看看,你在哪儿都找不到这么便宜的价格。),所以否定词nowhere是不能 置于句首的,故句子倒装。答案是C。

  此题目只需要部分倒装,故而B选项排除。

  句子大意:到我们商店看看,你在哪儿都找不到这么便宜的价格。

  23.Afterseemed an endless wait,it was his turn to go into the doctor’s office。

  A,this B.that C.which D.what

  【答案】D。答案:千万千万注意,此处的after乃一介词,而非连词。故而这是一宾语从句,首先排除A选项,因为它不是一连词;介词后面不能接that,排除B选项;C选项要求前面要有所指代,而原文中没有,排除;D选项what = all that是有所指代的,答案是D。

  句子大意:在一看似没有尽头的等待后,终于轮到他进了看病了。

  24.Ever since the Simiths moved to the lake area a year ago,they ______ better health。

  A.could have enjoyed B.had enjoyed

  C.have been enjoying D.are enjoying

  【答案】C。答案:考察时态。A与B选项为一类(语言环境是过去);C与D选项为一类(语言环境是现在)。现在完成进行时。句子大意是:自从史密斯一家一年以前搬到湖区,他们就一直享受着更健康的生活。很明显句子讲述的应该是“自从去年以来,一直到现在”的事情,所以语言环境是现在,排除A与D选项;

  “享受更健康的生活 ”这个动作,不但是现在,将来也是“在享受”,也就是说,这个动作“持续”到了将来。而D选项只着眼于现在。答案是C。have been enjoying(是现在完成进行时)

  温馨提醒:

  现在完成进行时着眼于:动作从过去开始,延续到现在,将来仍然持续;

  现在进行时着眼于:说话此刻持续的动作;

  过去进行时着眼于:过去某一刻正在持续的动作;

  将来进行时着眼于:将来某一刻持续的动作。

  25.The boss doesn’t want to talk about the accident;now he is in no ______ to do so。

  A.feeling B.attitude C.emotion D.mood

  【答案】D。答案:此类题目就是您的词汇量了。考察固定搭配。be in no mood to do sth. 没有做……的心情。feeling 指感受,attitude指态度,emotion指感情,情感。

  句子大意:老板不想谈这次事故,他现在没有心情这样做。

  26.I can’t understand why you regard it as music.It ______ me mad!

  A.puts B.sets C.drivers D.changes

  【答案】C。答案:考察固定搭配。drive sb. mad把某人弄疯。句子大意:我不能理解你为什么把它视为音乐。这快把我弄疯了!

  27.Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through.______ he caught a bad cold。

  A.consequently B.finally C.lately D.strangely

  【答案】A。答案:连词。他感冒是淋湿的结果。A选项表结果,因此,因而。答案是A。B选项表达按照先后顺序的“最后”,不合题意。

  句子大意:昨天布莱克先生被雨浇了,浑身都湿透了。因此得了重感冒。

  28.William likes to eat out,but he is not ______ about what he eats。

  A.pecrliar B.unusual C.particular D.special

  【答案】C。答案:固定搭配。be particular about 讲究、挑剔……,

  句子大意:威廉姆喜欢下馆子,但是他不讲究吃什么。

  29.Their house stands at a hilltop, _____ the Hudson River down below。

  A.seeing B.viewing C.looking at D.overlooking

  【答案】D。答案:此题目仍然可看做是词汇题目,关键词是hilltop ,所以对于river来说就应该是overlooking“俯瞰,眺望”,由于河是down below,故选D项。

  句子大意:他们的房子在山顶,可以俯瞰到下面的哈德孙河。

  30. I can’t understand why my boss is always _____fault with my work。

  A.finding B.seeking C.looking D.making

  【答案】A。答案:固定搭配。find fault with挑剔,吹毛求疵。译为:我不理解老板为什么总是给

  我的工作挑毛病。

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