考博英语-550
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、Part Ⅰ Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：20.00)
1.The study shows that laying too much emphasis on exams is likely to ______ students’ enthusiasm in learning English.
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A.hold back
B.hold off
C.hold down √
D.adopt
解析：hold back阻止，抑制；hold off拖延，不接近；hold down压制；hold over拖延，继任。
2.The loyalty of dogs to their masters has earned ______"man's best friend."
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A.the nickname of
B.them the nickname √
赤峰博物馆 C.a nickname
D.nicknames
解析：earn sb．sth．为(某人)挣得/赢得(某物)，本句中“man's best friend”同步指称the nickname，中间不用介词。
3.Several trial efforts in the 1980s proved that it was financially ______ to restore old buildings.
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A.feasible √
B.probable
C.beneficiary
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解析：feasible可行的，行得通的；probable可能的；beneficiary受惠者，受益人；passable可通过的。
4.Recognizing the shortage of time available to spend with their children, working mother
s sometimes take ______ in the concept of "quality time".
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&fuge √
B.pride
C.place
D.action
解析：take refuge in求助于……；take pride in以……为傲；take place in在(某处)发生；take action采取行动。
5.______ the passage of light, many new plastics are procesd using technologies rivaling tho ud in the manufacture of computer chips.
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A.For the better of
B.Permitting better
C.To better permit √
D.It is better for
解析：此处是不定式做状语表示目的。better应放于所修饰的动词之前。
6.The gap between tho at the lowest level and tho at the highest level of income had incread, and is continuing to increa.
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A.substantially √
B.successfully
C.succinctly
D.sufficiently
解析：substantially根本地，充分地；successfully成功地；succinctly简洁地，简便地；sufficiently十分地。
7.The editors said they must report to the world how Beijing has ______ pollution and improved the quality of the environment.
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A.cut up
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B.cut off
C.cut down √
D.cut out
解析：cut down砍倒，削减；cut down pollution减少污染；cut up 抨击，歼灭；cut off切断，断绝；cut out切掉，取代。
8.With its anti-terrorism campaign taking ______ over anything el, the government is extending its job and running in more affairs.
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A.superiority
B.priority √
C.majority
D.polarity
解析：take priority of/over常用词组，比……优先。
9.______, the market will have to overcome some of the highest hurdles it's en in a long time.
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A.But to happen in that order
B.But for that in order to happen
C.But in order that to happen
D.But in order for that to happen √
解析：横线部分要表达的意思：但是为了使之发生……，据此选D。
10.If the straggle for a sustainable society______, we must have some vision of what we are aiming for.
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A.is to succeed
B.has succeeded
C.succeeds
D.succeeded √
解析：本题根据时态进行选择。由have some vision of．．．可判断句中所说的还未成为现实。
11.This toothed whale has a large, square head with ______ the so-called spermaceti.
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A.cavity to contain
B.cavity containing
国安主场 C.the cavity for containing
D.a cavity that contains √
解析：cavity空穴，是可数名词。此句是一个定语从句。
12.If drug abu, prostitution, pollution, environmental decay, social inequality, and the like ______, more is required than an incread police prence or a fresh coat of paint.
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A.are to eliminate
B.are eliminated
C.are to be eliminated √
D.are being eliminated
解析：句意：如果要消除吸毒、卖淫、污染、环境恶化、社会不平等现象等诸如此类的问题，仅仅依靠增加警力是不够的，还需要作更多的工作。首先，可以判断，句子说的是将来时态，据此排除B和D；再分析主动和被动，显然这些问题不可能自行消除，只能选择被动语态。
13.China's economic reform is aimed at parating enterpris from the government. It has been implemented for almost 20 years, but breakthroughs ______.
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A.have been made yet
B.have yet to make
C.have yet to be made √
& have yet made
解析：排除法：首先，根据句意，显然是说尚未取得突破，排除A；根据主动和被动关系可排除B、D两项。
14.Telecommuting is a new form of work ______ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work while remaining at home.夏洛的网好词好句摘抄
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A.that affording tho unable previously
B.affords tho who were previously unable移动实名认证查询
C.affording tho previously unable √
D.afforded tho previously unable
解析：译文：远程办公是一种新形式的工作，它使得那些以前没办法上班的人(比如有小孩的父亲们)有机会在家里上班。主句是Telecommuting is a new form of work．后面可跟分词短语表伴随，也可跟同位语从句补充说明a new form of work。本题选C，若用从句形式，应为：that affords tho who are previously unable．．．．
15.The Flower Market in San Francisco is ______, and it was established in the 1930's.
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A.home of the cond largest flower market in the country
B.home to the country's cond largest flower market √
C.the cond flower market in the country's home
