英语专业考研基础英语练习题(一)

基础英语练习题 一 基础英语练习题 一 I I GrammarGrammar 1 1 InsertInsert prepositionsprepositions inin thethe slots slots It is a well known rule logic that classifications made the basis o f a single attribute are artificial and limited use So there must be a cl uster of attributes which a human group is defined and these must be speci fic and essential if they are to serve a useful purpose Yet what is essential one observer is not another Some would opt language others race religion or shared destiny in the past or the present It is also quite comm on to find that individuals tend to identify their own community criteria w hich may be different from those used the same purpose by outsiders 2 2 SupplySupply anan articlearticle inin thethe slotslot whenwhen necessary necessary All books are divisible into two kinds books of hour and books of all time Mark this distinction it is not one of quality only It is not merely bad book that does not last and good one that does It is disti nction of species 3 Supply the proper verb forms in the slots Einstein s connection with the politics of the nuclear bomb be well known In 1933 Hitler come to power Einstein be in America and he d eclare he not return to Germany In the face of the Nazi threat Einstein renounce pacifism and eventually fear that German scientists build a nuclear bomb propose that the United States develop its ow n But even before the first atomic bomb had been detonated he publicly warned of the danger of nuclear war and proposed international control of nuclear weaponry VocabularyVocabulary 1 1 ChooseChoose wordswords fromfrom columncolumn A A toto fitfit thethe definitionsdefinitions inin columncolumn B B Example foreman forester a man who is in charge of a group of workmen foreman A reluctant leisure yearning entertainer supersede rebuff incompatible sabbatical leave assert artifact variable tramps B 1 an unexpected or contemptuous refusal 2 freedom from work 3 insist on one s right 4 one who amuses an audience as a profession 5 a period of paid free time for rest and special study given to a university tea cher after a certain length of service 6 a thing or quantity that is changeable 7 people who roam the streets to find what they can 8 strong longing feeling or desire for 9 anything made by human work or act 10 opposed in character unable to exist in harmony 11 unwilling not wanting to do something 12 take the place of because better or more important 2 2 CompleteComplete thethe followingfollowing paragraphparagraph byby fillingfilling inin thethe blanksblanks withwith appropriateappropriate wordswords fromfrom thethe listlist below below modifyingmodifying theirtheir formform wherewhere necessary necessary immune little to roam against to pronounce astound away austere to slice o utburst to have to hunt outset to promote We were strolling through Oxford s old buildings as he was 1 these words I had often 2 round the outside looking up at the 3 walls and imagining the opul ent interiors But 4 lived here now for some years I had grown 5 to its beauty At the 6 of my walk with the Professor we had talked a little about the country s economy but this sudden 7 against our society did not just 8 me but left me q uite flabbergasted I 9 in my mind for something non committal to say Is it rea lly possible to 10 our society down the middle like that I asked I mean I said panicking a 11 lest I had offended this eminent man is it really as bad a s all that Shouldn t we be trying to 12 understanding between people rather tha n setting them up 13 one another I hunted in my mind for a way of turning the c onversation 14 to less troubled waters 3 3 ChooseChoose thethe wordword fromfrom A A B B oror C C thatthat bestbest completescompletes thethe sentence sentence 1 National and international efforts should give to action programs integrating population and development A privilege B priority C principle 2 At Golden State Power we are accused of the same thing for reasons A identical B optional C original 3 Greatly agitated I rushed to the apartment and tried the door to find it lo cked A just B only C hence 4 On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont I noticed a young man hol ding up a sign reading Boston A where B which C when 5 The remarkable of life on the Galopagos Island inspired Darwin to establish h is theory of evolution A variety B celebrity C diversity 6 If you want to set up a company you must with the regulations laid down by the authorities A confirm B accord C comply 7 A wage earner has to make for his her old age by putting aside enough money t o live on when old A supply B provision C assurance 8 We all know that the farmers are more anxious for rain than the people in the ci ty because they have more at A stake B loss C danger 9 The pollution question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in again next spring A assembly B conference C session 10 To survive in the intense trade competition between countries we must the q ualities and varieties of products we make to world market demand A improve B enhance C gear 11 An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to further resear ch and further thinking about a particular topic A advocate B arouse C stimulate 12 Language culture and personality may be considered of each other in thoug ht but they are inseparable in fact A independent B instinctive C separate 人生中最幸福的就是身体健康 于是 渴望一种懂得 可以一眼洞穿你所有清寂的薄凉 是恰好的温度 闪耀着阳光的味道 柔软又美好 那么这一路上的爱恨欢愁也就有了归宿 以后的日子 既便是山长水远 也都会坦然面