【考研英语】2021年 8 月广东商学院研究生招生考试英语练习题100道（附答案解析）第1题【单选题】She told me her name was Helen and she was talking to a localrestaurant where they were going to have lunch after her appointment.She called to see if he was there.She said,“My husband has Alzheimers（老年痴呆）and he shouldnt be driving without me.Numerousthoughts ran through my head.Call the police,call her family,and notify（通知）the doctors office she had just come from!But at first,I offeredto drive to the local restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.Theelderly woman cried in the lobby when she was talking to.A、her husband with AlzheimersB、the nurse in the doctor/s officeC、a local restaurantD、one of her family members【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。根据文章本段中She told me her namewas Helen and she was talking to a local restaurant 可矢口答案为 C 项。Helen由于担心自己丈夫安危，但又找不到人，情急之下先打电话到俩人约好即将要去的餐厅询问情况。第2题【单选题】Actually industry can vary a good deal over the centuries.A、alterB、improveC、alertD、perish【正确答案】A【答案解析】vary 改变；im p ro ve改善，增进；提高 的价值。第3题【单选题】For their own safety,household pets should be confined to their ownyard.A、tamedB、regainedC、restrictedD、contained【正确答案】C【答案解析】confine限制。restrict限制,约束。参考课文：为了自身安全，家养究物应该关在主人自己的后院中。第4题【单选题】He is not such a man would leave his work half done.A、thatB、whichC、whoD、as【正确答案】D【答案解析】a s引导定语从句时通常构成such.as或thesame.as固定搭配，其 中such和same修饰其后的名词，as为关系代词，指代其前的名词引导定语从句。as在从句中可以作主语、表语或宾语。第5题【单选题】“Geochemists just want an intuitive sense of whats going on with theelements/says Albert Galy from the University of C a m b r i d g e.A、An earth scientist has rejigged the periodic table to makechemistry simpler to teach to students.B、The traditional periodic table was well drawn.C、imagine contour lines would be good for undergraduates/D、But he has added contour lines to charge density,helping toexplain which ions react with which.【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C o 这一段是剑桥大学的Albert Galy的原话，我们可以从引导整个关键点得出答案。即：“地学化学家们只想通过直觉判断元素的活动。我想等高线对学生们有好处。第6题【单选题】The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many differentpoisonous chemicals.In the past,scientists did not think that thesechemicals could harm a nonsmoker/s h e a l t h.They discoveredthat even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic chemicalsin their bodies.A、The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.B、Recently,though,scientists changed their opinion after theystudied a large group of nonsmokers.C、We cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants.D、In the United States,nine million children under the age of fivelive in homes with at least one smoker.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答 案 选 B o 前一句讲的是科学家们过去对二手烟的看法，接下来应选表示他们改变观点的句子，因为下一句表明他们所持的观点已与过去截然不同。第7题【单选题】The shy girl felt and uncomfortable when she could notanswer her teacher/s questions.A、amazedB、awkwardC、curiousD、amused【正确答案】B【答案解析】amazed吃惊的。awkward狼狈的/局促的。curious好奇的。amused滑稽的。第8题【单选题】We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quitean effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take forgranted.Because we can feel that things are heavy,we think of weightas being a fixed quality in an object,but it is not really fixed at all.If youcould take a one-pound packet of butter 4,000 miles out from the earth,it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.How much would four poundsof tea weigh if it was taken 4,000 miles out from the surface of theearth?A、1 pound.B、2 pounds.C、3 pounds.D 4 pounds.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A o 本题问的是一磅茶如果被带出离地球表面4000英里的地方，重量会是多少？4000这个数字比较关键，因为在本段最后一句中出现了这个词，一看该句Ifyou could take a one-pound packet of butter 4,000 miles outfrom the earth,it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.只是把名词换了一下，很显然答案就是变成原来重量的四分之一,因此正确答案是A。第9题【单选题】Central heating became popular only after the Civil War.Typically,coalburning furnaces（火炉）fueled the early systems.Natural gas haddeveloped into the leading fuel by 1960.Its acceptance resulted in partfrom its wide uses.Because it comes primarily from U.S.and Canadianfields,natural gas is also less vulnerable（脆弱的）than oil is to War.Oilremains the most important fuel in a few areas,such as NewEngland.What fuel is the dominant fuel in New England?A、GasB、ElectricityC、WoodD、Oil【正确答案】D【答案解析】该题问的是：在新英格兰什么燃料是最主要的?第一段的最后一句话是这么说的：在少数地区，如新英格兰,石油仍然是最主要的燃料。第10题【单选题】An interesting of the city is the old market.A、triumphB、respectC、residenceD、feature【正确答案】D【答案解析】feature特色，特征；容貌；特写或专题节目。第11题【单选题】Transparency is needed people are skeptical about policy-makersmaking policy against their own interests.A、soB、becauseC、thereforeD、thus【正确答案】B【答案解析】本句后半部分表示的是一个原因，即：纳税人要求政策制定有透明度是因为担心决策者做出有悖于他们利益的事。第12题【单选题】Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.A、这个计划没有一点用。B、这个计划只能招致灾祸。C、这个计划一点害处也没有。D、这个计划是要战胜一切灾害。【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。nothing but表示 只 的意思。第13题【单选题】Mr.Smith is a p a in t e r,I should also like to be.A、thatB、whichC、whoD、it【正确答案】B【答案解析】这是非限制性定语从句。其实此题应选B(which)，因为这里的which其实指的不是具体的某个人，而是指一个人的特征或属性，此时不能用who。第14题【单选题】No sooner than the ship set sail.0A、the goods was loaded 3B、had the goods been loaded 团C、loaded the goods ED、the goods was being loaded【正确答案】B【答案解析】倒装句的被动语态。no sooner位于句首时引起部分倒装句。No sooner.than表示 一.就.”,主语的谓语动词用过去完成时，从句里谓语动词用一般过去时。所