研究生英语阅读教程提高级课后习题.doc

Lesson 2The story about the Brothers Grimm may evoke warm memories of story time in the comforting arms of a parent.（关于格林兄弟的故事可以唤起父母在安慰的怀抱中对故事时间的温暖回忆。）A. recall B. create C. release D. collect1. One of the secrets of successful travel lies in always turning adversity to your advantage.（成功旅行的秘诀之一就是总是把逆境变成你的优势。）A. unfamiliarity B. exploration C. pleasure D.difficulties.2. The claws of bears may be used to climb trees , rip open nests and beehives, or catch prey.（熊的爪子可以用来爬树，撕开巢蜂房，或捕捉猎物。）A. clearB. tear C. throw D. dig3. The analysts are dissecting intrusions and other attacks that have breached their computer systems.分析人员正在剖析侵入他们电脑系统的入侵和其他攻击。A. interceptingB. fightingC. analyzing D. discussing4. He spent whole days in his room, headphones on lest he disturb anyone.他整天呆在房间里，戴着耳机以免打扰任何人。A. unlessB. whenC. so that D. in case5. As the unemployment lines lengthened and factories closed, there was talk of apocalypse.随着失业线的延长和工厂的关闭，人们谈论着天启？。A. emergencyB. uncertaintyC. disasterD. reduction6. The odor of the hospital was so unforgiving that every so often she would bring the cloud of white flowers to her nose.（医院的气味是如此的无情，以至于她常常会把白花的云彩带到她的鼻子上）A. unexpectedB. uniqueC. impressiveD. terrible7. Critics argue that the lavish park itself is incongruous in a country where around half the population lives below the poverty line.7、批评家认为，在一个半数人口生活在贫困线以下的国家里，奢侈的公园本身是不协调的。A. inappropriateB. creativeC. unnecessaryD. enjoyable8. Many believed optimistically the news would soothe markets, but it seems to have had the opposite effect.许多人乐观地认为，这一消息将安抚市场，但它似乎起了相反的作用。A. pushB. misleadC. calmD. discourage9. A stoical person tends to show admirable patience and endurance in the face of adversity without getting upset.一个坚忍的人在面对逆境时往往表现出令人钦佩的耐心和忍耐力，而不会感到不安A. confidentB. uncomplainingC. unconventionalD. reliableADBCD CDACBLesson 41. During the lecture all the audience listened to Chinas first astronaut with rapt admiration.演讲过程中，所有听众都听了中国第一位宇航员的讲话A. obscureB. obviousC. obligedD. obsessed2. Most of her colleagues didnt like her because she was adept at the fine art of irritating people.她的大多数同事都不喜欢她，因为她善于使人恼火的艺术。A. ambitiousB. annoyingC. skillfulD. scornful3. In the schools today we need, more than ever, the training of deft hands, quick eyes and ears, and above all the broader, deeper, higher culture of gifted minds and pure hearts.在今天的学校里，我们比以往任何时候都更需要训练灵巧的双手、快速的眼睛和耳朵，尤其是更广泛、更深入、更高的天才思维和纯净心灵的培养。A. skillfulB. cleverC. delicateD. elegant4. At last the judge decided to give the custody of the child to his father.最后法官决定把孩子的监护权交给他父亲。A. supervisionB. cateringC. raisingD. fostering5. Denver residents continued to dig out from what was called the worst blizzard in nearly a century.丹佛居民继续挖掘出近一个世纪以来最严重的暴风雪A. catastropheB. disasterC. snowstormD. landslide6. After all, the candidate was endorsed by the governors board and many of the local party members.毕竟，这位候选人得到了州长委员会和许多当地党员的支持。A. ignoredB. rejectedC. sponsoredD. supported7. His expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features but it was nondescript.他的表达对一系列的特性给予了暂时的意义，但却毫无特色A. unclearB. distinctiveC. impliedD. ambiguous8. She came home spouting off about the subjects she was taught at school and basked in her teachers praise.她回到家里，滔滔不绝地谈论她在学校里教过的课程，并在老师的表扬下学习A. pridedB. enjoyedC. criticizedD. narrated9. It was evident that the administrative officials did not believe the excuse that he held forth for the delayed delivery.很明显，行政官员不相信他为延期交货所坚持的理由A. liedB. toldC. emphasizedD. compiled10. When Frank heard that the war had started, it didnt sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army.当弗兰克听说战争已经开始的时候，直到他父亲被征召入伍，他不了解很长一段时间。A. be understood B. be acceptedC. be takenD. be illustratedBADBB DABCD11. Plants will lose their vitality_when they are heavily trimmed.A. voyageB. vitalityC. vogueD. virgin12. It was generally conceded that the net result of the incident was calculated to make Eisenhower mad enough to force him to _ run for re-election.人们普遍承认，这一事件的最终结果是为了使艾森豪威尔发疯，迫使他竞选连任。A. run forB. compete inC. apply to D. line up with13. Mick entered the Vocational High School, and, in order to get to know her new classmates, she threw a party.米克进入了职业高中，为了结识新同学，她开了一个晚会A. castB. launchedC. flungD. threw14. Alice Moore refused to learn what they required. She couldnt see the necessity of cramming for those that would only appear in the examinations.爱丽丝摩尔拒绝学习他们需要什么。她看不出对那些只会在考试中出现的人死记硬背的必要性A. agonizedB. cramming填鸭式C. clashingD. creeping15. The listeners were trilled by his magic eloquence and ready to stand by him in his boldest flights.听众们被他神奇的口才所折服，并准备在他最大胆的飞行中支持他A. agonizedB. thrilled激动C. disturbedD. interfered16. We remained until our ship was repaired, and after that, we set sail for England, our destined port being London.我们一直呆到我们的船被修好，之后，我们驶向英国，我们的目的地是伦敦。A. doomedB. denotedC. despairedD.destined命定的17. Seeds of various types-wheat grains, beans, and nuts-form the bulk of human food. But not all seeds are palatable to either humans or insects; many contain toxins.各种各样的种子麦粒、豆类和坚果构成人类食物的大部分。但不是所有的种子都能被人类或昆虫所接受，其中很多都含有毒素A. palatable可口的; 美味的;B. primitiveC. peculiarD. permanent18. Continuing violence could hold up the progress towards reform.持续的暴力会阻碍改革的进程。A. hold onB. hold up拦住; 拦劫C. hold downD. hold off19. A bill passed unanimously by both houses in August requires states to set up systems for withholding child support payments from the wages and state tax refunds of those persons.8月两院一致通过的一项法案要求各州建立从这些人的工资和国家退税中扣缴子女抚养费的制度。A. anonymouslyB. autonomouslyC. unanimously全体一致的D. enormously20. After about an hour all the participants wound up with the regulations and each other.大约一个小时后，所有的参与者都遵守了规章制度。A. warmed upB. made upC. mixed upD. wound upBADBB DABCDLesson 61. Another common use of the tag question is in small talk when the Speaker is trying to elicit conversation：“Sure is hot here，isnt it?”1、标签问题的另一个常用用法是在闲聊时，说话者试图引起谈话：“这里确实很热，不是吗？”“A. illicitB. elicit引出C. solicitD. explicit2. Napster says it is delaying the launch of its subscription service yet again, after running into serious problems in its talks with other firms. So here is Napsters refrain: Still not ready.Napster说，在与其他公司的谈判中遇到严重问题后，它又一次推迟了订阅服务的推出。这是Napster的重复:还没准备好A. Refrain 重复B. renownC. restraintD. retention3. The path from initial lad work on a drug to final approval of the drug by the Food & Drug Administration is a long and laborious process从最初的童子军工作到药物和药物管理局最终批准该药物的途径是一个漫长而费力的过程。A. hilariousB. notoriousC. industriousD. laborious勤劳的4. When I was a child, I always refused to write thank-you notes for birthday presents from a faraway relative. My mother would chide me and say, “Paul, you must learn to be polite.”当我还是个孩子的时候，我总是拒绝为远方的亲人写生日礼物的感谢信。我的母亲会责骂我说，“保罗，你一定要学会礼貌。A. glideB. slideC. abide D. chide责骂5. A(n) retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.一个好的记忆可能是一件好事，但是忘记的能力是真正伟大的象征A. attentiveB. inattentiveC. retentive记忆性强的D. irretentive6. Theres still a great deal of skepticism on the weapons of mass destruction, which despite what President Bush and Prime Minister Blair say, have not yet been found.对大规模杀伤性武器的怀疑仍然存在，尽管布什总统和布莱尔总理说，这些武器还没有被发现。A. evidenceB. skepticismC. knowledgeD. consensus7. Even though exercise has many positive benefits, too much can be harmful. Teens who exercise compulsively are at risk for both physical and psychological problems.尽管运动有很多积极的好处，但太多可能是有害的。青少年运动强制在生理和心理问题的风险。A. comparativelyB. competitivelyC. compulsivelyD. comprehensively8. Some of the maids were quiet and affectionate. But others were querulous, driving the young women crazy by complaining to them all the time.一些女仆安静而深情。但也有一些人很爱发牢骚，他们总是不停地向他们抱怨，这让这些年轻的女人发疯A. querulous抱怨的B. fabulousC. pretentiousD. conscientious9. There is nothing more fascinate than observing citizens of many different nationalities mingling and exchanging greetings in an international airport.在国际机场，没有什么比观察许多不同民族的公民在国际机场互相问候和互致问候更吸引人的了A. singlingB. dinglingC. jinglingD. mingling混合10. When Dallas police notified the hospital that President Kennedy had been shot, at first, the young neurosurgeon thought it was a prank.当达拉斯警方通知医院甘乃迪总统被枪杀，起初，年轻的神经外科医师认为这是一个恶作剧A. blandB. flankC. prankD. frank恶作剧BADDC BCADCLesson 71. Upon hearing these critical remarks, he was in a complete state of bewilderment and did not know what to do next.听了这些批评的话，他完全不知所措，不知道下一步该怎么办。A. astonishmentB. frustrationC. depressionD. perplexity2. For many women, the harrowing prospect of giving evidence in a rape case can be too much to bear.2、对于许多妇女来说，在强奸案中作证的悲惨前景可能太过难以忍受了。A. promisingB. embarrassingC. hauntingD. upsetting3. The companys disappointing sales figures are an ominous sigh of worse thing to come.3、公司令人失望的销售数字预示着更糟糕的事情即将到来。A. disgracefulB. disgustingC. scandalousD. threatening4. He said that people are too obsessed with utopian visions that will never come, instead of thinking of the quality of life now.他说，人们太沉迷于乌托邦式的幻想，这些梦想永远不会到来，而不是现在的生活质量。A. promisingB. unrealisticC. unbelievableD. unprecedented5. We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident because it was so well timed.我们排除了它可能是一次事故的可能性，因为它的时机非常好。A. elicitedB. despisedC. removedD. elevated6. Things would never change if people werent prepared to experiment with new teaching methods.如果人们不准备尝试新的教学方法，情况就永远不会改变。A. endeavorB. campaignC. swerveD. try7. The national interest is more important than the sectional and personal interests of individual politicians.国家利益比个人政治家的个人利益更重要A. segregatedB. factionalC. inviolableD. dismantled8. Despite differences in background and outlook, their partnership was based on mutual respect, trust and understanding.尽管背景和前景不同，他们的伙伴关系建立在相互尊重、信任和理解的基础上。A. unilateralB. reciprocalC. obligatoryD. optional9. Desirous of knowing something about the operations, I stood and watched the spectacle with great interest.我渴望了解有关操作的情况，饶有兴趣地站着观看了这场奇观。A. Desperate forB. Desirable ofC. Detached fromD. Deprived of10. He spoke eloquently with the self-effacing humor that has endeared him to the American press.他雄辩地说，他的幽默使他深受美国新闻界的喜爱A. elegantlyB. persuasivelyC. arrogantlyD. expressivelyDDDBC ABBAD Lesson 91. When she arose to speak in their assemblies, her commanding figure and dignified manners hushed every trifler into silence.1。当她出现在他们的集会发言，她那端庄的举止让每一个轻浮的沉默。A. rushedB. hushedC. cashedD. pushed2. In many of his paintings of towns, harbors, and rivers, Marquet showed a particular gift for simplification that seized unerringly upon the essentials in the scene before him.在他的许多城镇、港口和河流的画作中，马奎特展示了一种特别的礼物，那就是在他面前的场景中，他毫不注意地抓住了那些必需品A. unexpectedlyB. unavoidablyC. unerringlyD. unbelievably3. The ole gentleman was so much immersed in business, that he was unable to bestow much attention upon me.这位老先生是如此地沉浸在商业中，以致于他无法给予我太多的关注A. bestowB. bewilderC. bewareD. betray4. The most famous grotesque white face clown is Felix Adler, who performed in the early and mid-20th century.最著名的丑陋的白脸小丑是菲力克斯阿德勒，他在20世纪早期和中期演出A. picturesqueB. uniqueC. techniqueD. grotesque5. By the 1st century B.C., Roman power was growing and Greek influence had begun to wane公元前1世纪罗马的势力越来越大，希腊的影响力也开始减弱.A. waneB. waverC. weaveD. warp6. To starboard, at Hurghada, behind serried ranks of coral reefs, lay the important Marine Biological Station of the University of Egypt.在赫尔格达(Hurghada)，在拥挤的珊瑚礁群后面，坐落着埃及大学重要的海洋生物站A. severeB. serriedC. seducedD. sentimental7. At first, the downturn was confined to industries most sensitive to high interest rates. But inexorably,the loss of income in these areas had a ripple effect throughout the economy.起初，经济衰退仅限于对高利率最敏感的行业。但不可阻挡的是，这些地区的收入损失在整个经济中产生了连锁反应A. inexorably B. intensivelyC. inevitablyD. infinitely8. The puppet theater combines three elements: the puppets; the chanters who sing and declaim for the puppets; and the players of the three-stringed instrument.木偶剧院结合了三个要素:木偶;歌唱和慷慨的木偶;以及三弦乐器的演奏者A. declineB. reclaimC. declaimD. proclaim9. This is your daily life; to me it is like a scene from a play, over which one sighs to see the curtain fall - all enchantment , all light, all happiness.这就是你的日常生活;对我来说，这就像一场戏中的一幕，一声叹息，看到了帷幕落下所有的魅力，所有的光明，所有的幸福A. enchantmentB. engagementC. enlargementD. endurance10. “It was really rural when we moved here,” says Stanley. “But these newcomers are citifying the rural atmosphere.斯坦利说：“我们搬到这里的时候，这里真的是乡下。”。“但这些新来者是城市化的农村气息。A. justifyingB. citifyingC. ratifyingD. simplifyingBCADA BACABLesson 111. The supporters of GM foods say that it should be possible to make foods that are less likely to trigger allergies.转基因食品的支持者说，应该有可能制造出不太可能引发过敏的食物A. preventB. reduceC. causeD. transfer2. The relationship between men and their cars would terminate in the event of irreparable mechanical breakdown (equivalent to the death of a spouse).男性和他们的汽车之间的关系会在不可弥补的机械故障(相当于配偶死亡)的情况下终止A. endB. declineC. failD. proceed3. The combination of miscommunication, ignore warnings and general hubris virtually guaranteed disaster.沟通不当、忽视警告和普遍的狂妄自大实际上是一种灾难A. misunderstandingB. misconductC. angerD. arrogance4. Despite an occasional glimmer of hope, this campaign has not produced any results.尽管偶尔有一线希望，但这次竞选并没有产生任何结果A. proofB. indicationC. releaseD. consequence5. These kids had been further insulated by their wealthy families from reality with the privilege that money could buy.这些孩子们被他们富有的家庭从现实中与金钱可以买到的特权隔离开来A. protectedB. awokenC. coveredD. isolated6. I found myself constantly pondering the question:” How could anyone do these things?”我发现自己一直在思考这个问题:“怎么会有人这样做呢?”A. arguingB. answeringC. repeatingD. considering7. Interactive technology augments traditional methods with new and yet-to-be invented collaboration tools ranging from e-mail to Web logs to digital video to peer-to-peer systems.交互式技术增强了传统的方法，新的、尚未发明的协作工具，从电子邮件到Web日志，再到数字视频到对等系统。A. communicationB. entertainmentC. cooperationD. improvement8. For people who feel too intimidated or shy to ask questions during class, the Internet creates a “safe environment” to speak their mind. Online, nobody knows who you are.对于那些在课堂上感到害怕或羞于提问的人来说，互联网创造了一个“安全的环境”来表达他们的思想。网上，没人知道你是谁A. frightenedB. frustratedC. depressedD. disappointed9. On this day after September 11, most planes were still grounded; the skies were eerily quiet.9月11日之后的这一天，大多数飞机仍然停飞，天空安静得出奇A. particularlyB. unusuallyC. mysteriouslyD. pleasantly