2022年考博英语-西南大学考前拔高综合测试题（含答案带详解）1. 单选题His thoughts were （ ）from this painful topic by the sudden arrival of a neighbor.问题1选项A.attractedB.retractedC.distractedD.protracted【答案】C【解析】考察动词词义辨析。attract “吸引”；retract “撤销，撤回”；distract “分散”； protract “延长，伸出”。句意：以为邻居的突然到来分散了他的对于痛苦主题的关注。选项C符合题意。2. 单选题His originality as a composer is （ ）by the following group of songs.问题1选项A.exemplifiedB.createdC.performedD.realize【答案】A【解析】考察动词词义辨析。exemplify “例证”；create “创造”；perform “执行；表演”；realize “实现；认识到”。句意：作为作曲家，下面例举的几首曲子可以证明他的独创性。选项A符合题意。3. 单选题School started on a（ ）cold day in February.问题1选项A.severeB.bitterC.suchD.frozen【答案】B【解析】考察形容词、副词词义辨析。severe “严厉的”；bitter “严寒刺骨地”；such “这样的”；frozen “冻结的”。句意：在二月份极度寒冷的一天开学了。选项B符合题意。4. 单选题Doing research will be much easier if you have someone to bounce ideas off and to give you（ ）in the entire process.问题1选项A.rewardB.insuranceC.interestD.feedback【答案】D【解析】考察名词词义辨析。reward “报酬”；insurance “津贴”；interest “兴趣；利息；利益”；feedback “反馈”。句意：如果有人能够给你出主意，并给你反馈，那么研究起来就容易多了。选项D符合题意。5. 单选题We began with an experiment. The man asked me to make a drawing on a blank piece of paper. I made a sketch of a creature I had invented some time ago to amuse my children. When I had finished, he asked me to cover the drawing with my hand. Then he asked me to concentrate hard and to try to transmit the thought of what I had sketched A minute went by with no result. He shook his head, it seems very complicated: is it a kind of amoeba? Slowly and hesitantly he began to draw the creatures right ear-the spot where Ive always begin the drawing. “youve got it.” I said. Go on! He completed the drawing quickly. I had carefully redrawn the picture in my mind as I tried to transmit itwhich probably accounts for the identical starting point.The man then demonstrated other power. He made the hands of my watch turn back two hours and the date go forward two days by stroking a coin placed over its face, explaining afterward that he derives power from metal. He had a little trouble trying to break my car key. However, he placed it against a metal radiator, and after a few seconds, said,46 It is starting to go. The key snapped in two.Then he tried to transmit a picture to me by telepathy. I attempted to make my mind receptive, but no image came into it. Feeling rather embarrassed, I just drew the first thing that came into my head: check mark. The man showed me the piece of paper he was holding. It contained a mirror image of the symbol I had drawn. It could be significant in this connection that the man is left-handed.After I left the room, I began to sift my impressions. Only the day before, an acquaintance had warned me to watch carefully for sleight-of-hand tricks, especially as the man had earlier been a stage conjuror. I had to admit that most of the things had done could have been tricks. For instance, snapping the keys with his fingers and altering the hands and date on my watch with the winder would have been well within the ability of a skilled conjuror. But how could he have faked the drawing of what I had drawn? And if that feat was due to genuine telepathic power, the other demonstrations could also be genuine.1.In line 11, “derives” most nearly means（ ）.2.It be inferred from line 19-25 that the telepathists demonstrations would appear most convincing to a critical observer if the telepathist were to（ ）.3.The “acquaintance” mentioned in line 19 can best be described as a（ ）.4.Which phrase best characterizes the authors general attitude in this passage?问题1选项A.ObtainsB.infersC.connectsD.traces问题2选项A.provide more information about his backgroundB.critique the performances of other telepathistC.perform in a rigorously controlled environmentD.talk about what he is doing as he performs问题3选项A.skepticB.hypocriteC.hoaxerD.confidant问题4选项A.Complete indifferentB.righteous indignationC.Cynical amusementD.guarded acceptance【答案】第1题:A第2题:D第3题:A第4题:D【解析】1.题干中的单词出现在第二段第二句He made the hands of my watch turn back two hours and the date go forward two days by stroking a coin placed over its face, explaining afterward that he derives power from metal（通过抚摸放在脸上的硬币，他把我的手表指针调慢了两个小时，日期也调回到了两天前，他解释说这是为了从金属那里力量）。可以推测 “他解释这种力量是从金属那里得到的”，derive 在这里是“获得，得到”的意思。选项A符合题意。2.文章最后一段提到作者对于心灵感应者其他一些手段他能够识破，比如snapping the keys with his fingers and altering the hands and date on my watch with the winder would have been well within the ability of a skilled conjuror，但是作者对如何伪造画这一过程不明白，因为这是他重构的画（but how could he have faked the drawing of what I had drawn?），这件事也是作者正在做的一件事。因此可以推测，如果当表演的时候，谈论的是正在做的事情，那么心灵感应者的表演会更有说服力。选项D符合题意。3.题干中的单词出现在文章最后一段第二句话Only the day before, an acquaintance had warned me to watch carefully for sleight-of-hand tricks, especially