2014年北京成人学位英语冲刺试题及答案七
导读: 2014年北京成人学位英语考试时间2014年5月10日。
26. ________ the advice of his friends, he would not have suffered such a heavy loss in his business.
A If he took
B If he should take
C Were he to take
D Had he taken
答案:D
虚拟语气。表示与过去事实相反,用过去完成时;条件状语从句省略了if,助动词提前。如果他听了朋友们的建议的话,他就不会损失这么大了。
27. The company has to_________ the benefits against the costs in the last three months.
A boast
B blame
C block
D balance
答案:D
本题考查动词辨析。balance the benefits against the cost平衡收益和成本,这是一个固定的说法。Balance一词在财经中有广泛的应用。
28. I believe you have_________ your purse in the living—room.
A left alone
B left behind
C left off
D left out
答案:B
本题考查leave的有关短语。leave alone不管;leave behind,留下,遗留;leave off停止,不再穿;leave out遗漏,不考虑。结合题意,你把钱包留在起居室里了,所以选B。
29. The dish_________ terrible! I don’’t like it at all.
A tastes
B tasted
C will taste
D is tasted
答案:A
本题考查的是感官动词的系动词用法。诸如feel,taste,look,smell,sound等感官动词可以做系动词用。例如:She looks well today.(注意:此处well是形容词,表身体好)
30. It was not________ midnight that they discovered the children were not in their beds.
A before
B at
C after
D until
答案:D
短语搭配。四个答案均可与midnight连用,根据句意,本句是一个强调句,强调的是时间。能够与not连用的只有until。not until直到,如:It was not until 1972 that the war finally came to an end.这场战争直到1972年才结束。因此选D。[译文]直到午夜他们才发现孩子们不在床上。
31. Many young people find it harder to appreciate_________ music than pop music.
A simple
B light
C ancient
D classical
答案:D
对于许多年轻人来说,古典音乐比流行音乐更难欣赏。对照pop流行,classic古典。
32. A modern city has been set up in_____ was a wasteland ten years ago.
A what
B which
C that
D where
答案:A
此题考查的是what引导的名词性从句,相当于the place which...故前面需加上介词in;而where前面不加介词in,本句意思是:一座现代都市在十年前曾是废地的地方建起来了。
33. —How did you pay the workers? — As a rule, there were paid by_________.
A the hour
B an hour
C hour
D the time
答案:A
固定用法,按小时付酬。
34. Do you feel like_________ today?
A having something eaten
B having something to eat
C to have something eaten
D to have something to eat
答案:B
:feel like doing sth.:想要做某事,固定搭配。have sth. to eat吃点儿东西。因此B为正确答案。本句的意思为:“今天想吃点什么?”
35. The river here is very wide but_________, so you can walk across it.
A narrow
B arrow
C shallow
D hollow
答案:C
此题考查近形词辨析。Narrow:狭窄的;arrow:箭头;shallow:浅的;hollow:空心的;只能选C。
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