2022年考博英语-厦门大学考试题库及模拟押密卷9（含答案解析）
2022年考博英语-厦门大学考试题库及模拟押密卷（含答案解析）1. 单选题Despite much discussion, and efforts by both women's and business groups to break "the glass ceiling" down, the world's biggest companies are still almost_run by men.问题1选项A.exceptionallyB.excessivelyC.exclusivelyD.exceedingly【答案】C【解析】exceptionally例外地,异常地; excessively过分地, 极度; exclusively排外地, 专有地; exceedingly非常地, 极度地。句意：尽管女性和商业团体为了打破“玻璃天花板”经过多次讨论并为此付出很多努力，但世界上的大公司仍然几乎完全由男性经营。选项C符合句意。2. 单选题We agree that a central purpose of drama has always been to provide a means for a society to_upon itself and its beliefs.问题1选项A.manifestB.reflectC.inventD.respect【答案】B【解析】manifest证明, 显示; reflect反映; invent发明,创作; respect尊重。句意：我们一致认为, 戏剧的中心思想一直是为社会提供一种反映自身及其信仰的手段。选项B符合句意。3. 单选题Don Hambrick,a management professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, says "It's become much more_and a lot less fun to be an executive or director."问题1选项A.sinkingB.indifferentC.taxingD.slouching【答案】C【解析】sinking沉没; indifferent无关紧要的; taxing繁重的, 费力的; slouching没精打采的, 懒散的。句意：宾夕法尼亚州Smeal大学商学院管理学教授Don Hambrick表示:“做一名主管或总监更费力，也少了许多乐趣。”选项C符合句意。4. 单选题If a country wants to develop its economy successfully, there has to be a clear_of its social needs.问题1选项A.assessmentB.assumptionC.assuranceD.appreciation【答案】A【解析】assessment评定, 估价; assumption设想, 假定; assurance确信, 保证; appreciation欣赏, 鉴别, 感激。句意：一个国家要想成功地发展经济, 就必须对其社会需求进行明确的评估。选项A符合句意。5. 单选题The flicker of impatience in the husband's eyes melts into bemused_as his wife asks for "just a little more time" at the mall.问题1选项A.resignationB.regradationC.retiralD.reverse【答案】A【解析】resignation放弃, 顺从; regradation倒退, 后退; retiral退休, 撤退; reverse 相反, 倒退。句意：当妻子要求在商场“再多待一会儿”时, 丈夫眼中闪现的不耐烦化为了呆滞的放弃。选项A符合句意。6. 单选题The captain performs his duties with great_and all the crew believed that they can get over the storm.问题1选项A.affectionB.suspicionC.assuranceD.definition【答案】C【解析】affection喜爱, 影响; suspicion怀疑; assurance确信, 断言, with assurance指有把握地, 自信地; definition定义。句意：船长信心十足地履行着他的职责，所有的船员都相信他们能够战胜暴风雨。选项C符合句意。 7. 单选题If a cat comes too close to its nest, the mockingbird_a set of actions to protect its offspring.问题1选项A.hastensB.releasesC.devisesD.initiates【答案】D【解析】hastens加速, 催促; releases释放, 放松; devises设计, 想出; initiates发起, 开始。句意：如果一只猫离知更鸟的巢太近, 它就会采取一系列行动来保护它的后代。选项D符合句意。8. 单选题I get asked about what individuals can do to stay current in a world that somehow keeps_and repeating patterns ail at the same time.问题1选项A.transformingB.distortingC.convertingD.contorting【答案】A【解析】transform转换, 改变; distort扭曲, 曲解; convert使转变; contort扭曲, 歪曲。句意：有人问我，在一个不断改变的同时又重复着那些模式的世界里，个人如何才能保持与时俱进。这里强调的是变化，所以选项A符合句意。9. 单选题The loudest outcry（呐喊）about poverty seemed to come in the wealthiest country - by far - in the world. According to most calculations, through most of the 1945-1970 period the United States had a standard of living well above Europe's and many times above the world average. Yet protests about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need proceed more from the United States than from countries with one-fortieth of their living standard.（An annual per capita income of eight dollars is typical of much of Africa and Asia and not a little of South America.）It would seem strange to these people（were they only aware of the fact）that American radicals demand a retreat from an American commitment to the far comers of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of living of underprivileged Americans.What this last point suggests is not so much that human wants are never to be satisfied though this is doubtless true, and the American living in suburb deprived of his second car and his color TV suffers just as acutely as an African farmer in need of a second cow and a screen door. Rather, it suggests the extent of contemporary breach（违反）of social norms（标准）一 the emancipation（解放）of the individual self. People have learned that their wants are sacred and rights ought to be satisfied. They have learned to consider any obstacle to personal fulfillment and intolerable insult. They have greatly expanded the circle of self awareness. They no longer accept sharp limitations on individual desires in the name of the group. The amount of potential human discontent has always been infinitemisery, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred, envy beyond telling. It has usually failed of utterance, and in the past it was accepted passively as being beyond help. 1.According to the passage, most complaints over a poor living standard were made by those who came from（）2.The average income for each American a year during the 1960s was most likely in the neighborhood of（） .3.In order to i
