2022年考博英语-西南大学考前模拟强化练习题66（附答案详解）.docx

2022年考博英语-西南大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题The doctor pondered for a while, trying to recall which of several medications would be best to （  ）the patient’s suffering.问题1选项A.alleviateB.restrictC.decreaseD.diminish【答案】A【解析】考察动词词义辨析alleviate “减轻，使……缓和”；restrict “限制，约束”； decrease “减少”；diminish “减少，减损”句意：医生仔细考虑了一会，试图回想起哪一种药能够最有效地减轻病人的痛苦选项A符合题意2. 翻译题Translate the following short paragraphs into English 如今，计算机在社会上起着重要的作用他们明显地改变了我们工作、学习和购物 的方式但是，尽管计算机产业正给我们带来以往梦想不到的好处，它也造成一些严重 的问题譬如说，人们越来越担心电力通讯方面不道德的行为盗版、窃取数据以及病 毒破坏活动十分猖獗。

这些行为应视作为犯罪吗？我们怎样才能制止这些行为？人们的 另一个忧虑与过分依赖计算机有关计算机不像人们想象的那样可靠，因特网上的猎息 有可能是虚假的更糟糕的是，过度依赖计算机也许会削弱我们进行挑剔思维的能力， 还会在人们之间造成陣碍受海啸影响最轻的马来西亚，在海啸发生后，当地的第二大支柱产业一一旅游业一 一大受影响1月19日马来西亚旅游部门的相关官员就表示，政府也在积极地采取对策， 希望能尽快地恢复各国游客的信心马来西亚旅游局官员表示，海啸中马来西亚没有外 国游客死亡，旅游设施也完好，受影响的西岸一些酒店己经正常营业答案】Nowadays, computers play an important role in our society. They obviously change the way we work, study and shop. However, computer industry is offering benefits that we never dreamed of before, it also leads to some serious problems. For instance, there is an increasing concern over unethical behavior in electronic communication. Piracy, hacking and virus sabotage are rampant. Should these behaviors be regarded as crimes? How can we stop them? The other problem is about overreliance on computers. Computers are not as reliable as people think. Information on the Internet may be false. What’s worse, overreliance may impair our critical thinking, and set up barriers between people.Tourism, the second biggest pillar industry in Malaysia, was affected after the tsunami which brought least damage to Malaysia. On Jan. 19, the relevant officials of Malaysian tourism department said that the government was actively taking countermeasures, expecting to restoring confidence of tourists from different countries. The officials said that no foreign tourists died and tourism facilities were intact. Some hotels damaged on the western coast have operated normally. 3. 单选题Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from （  ）on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.问题1选项A.configurationB.constitutionC.condemnationD.contamination【答案】D【解析】考察名词词义辨析。

Configuration “布置，结构”；constitution “建立，组 成，宪法”; condemnation “谴责”; contamination “污染，玷污;污染物”句意：最近在《科学》杂志上发表的一篇文章认为，岩层大部分有有机化学物质来自于地球上的污染而不是火星上的细菌选项D符合题意4. 单选题 A （  ）statement will very likely be one that appears to be convincing on the surface, but which, upon closer examination, is not so.问题1选项A.reasonableB.plausibleC.crediblD.laudable【答案】B【解析】考察形容词词义辨析reasonable “合理的”；plausible “貌似可信的”；credible “可靠的”；laudable “值得称赞的”句意：一个貌似可信的陈述很有可能表面看是可信的，但仔细分析后，是不正确的选项B符合题意5. 单选题 Japanese leaders aboard the U. S. battleship Missouri and signed the （  ）surrender, which ended World War Two in 1945.问题1选项A.conditionalB.infiniteC.everlastingD.unconditional【答案】D【解析】考察形容词词义辨析。

Conditional “有条件的”； infinite “无限的，无穷的”；everlasting “永久的，永恒的”；unconditional “无条件的”句意：1945年，日本领导人在美国密苏里战舰上签署了无条件投降协议选项D符合题意6. 单选题Disagreements among economists are legendary, but not on the issue of free trade. A recent survey of prominent economists—both conservative and liberal—concluded that “an economist who argues for restricting international trade is almost as common today as a physician who favors leeching.”Why the consensus? International free trade, economists agree, makes possible higher standards of living all over the globe. The case for free trade rests largely on this principle: as long as trade is voluntary, both partners benefit; otherwise they wouldn't trade. The buyer of a shirt, for example, values the shirt more than the money spent, while the seller values the money more. Both are better off because of the sale. Moreover, it doesn’t matter whether the shirt salesman is from the United States or Hong Kong (or anywhere else).The vast majority of American manufactures face international competition. This competition forces companies to improve quality and cut costs. By contrast, protectionism encourages monopoly, lower quality and higher, prices. Americans pay an enormous price for protectionism—over $ 60 billion a year or $ 1000 for a family of four. Thanks to protectionism, for example, American consumers pay twice the world price for sugar.Free trade also makes the world economy more efficient, by allowing nation to capitalize on their strengths. The United States has an advantage in food production, for instance, while Saudi Arabia has an advantage in oil. The Saudis could undertake massive irrigation to become self-sufficient in food, but it is more economical for them to sell oil and purchase food from us. Similarly, we could become self-sufficient in petroleum by squeezing more out of oil shale. But it is much less costly to buy some of our oil from Saudi Arabia. Trade between o。