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1、2022年考博英语-西北大学考前拔高综合测试题（含答案带详解）1. 单选题Well, youre a tall man and you can carry a good deal of weight without looking awkward.问题1选项A.inconvenientB.funnyC.untidyD.clumsy【答案】D【解析】根据句意可知，awkward意为笨拙的。inconvenient 不便的；funny 有趣的；untidy凌乱的，懒散的；clumsy 笨拙的。选项D与之意思相近。2. 单选题The grooms hand caressed the soft man
2、e of the horse.问题1选项A.provokedB.combedC.struckD.fondled【答案】D【解析】根据句意可知，caressed指的是“爱抚，抚摸”。provoked激起，挑衅；combed梳理；struck罢工，打击；fondled抚摸，爱抚。选项D与之意思相近。3. 单选题He got after you to change your mind, didnt he?问题1选项A.wantedB.urgedC.persuadedD.forced【答案】B【解析】get after攻击，追击，催促。只有选项B有催促的意思，所以正确。4. 单选题It was rep
3、orted that the project （ ）by the end of this month.问题1选项A.will be completedB.would have been completedC.would have completedD.will have been completed【答案】B【解析】句意：据报道，该项目将于本月底完成。根据was和by+时间可知，这里应该用would+过去完成时，首先排除选项A和D；项目是被完成，所以选项B正确。5. 单选题These are signs that the presidency will attempt to put envir
4、onmental issues on high its （ ）.问题1选项A.legislationB.trendC.mainstreamD.agenda【答案】D【解析】legislation 立法，法律；trend 趋势，倾向；mainstream 主流；agenda 议程，日程表。句意：这些迹象表明，总统将试图把环境问题提上议程。选项D符合句意。6. 单选题The framework of the special theory of relativity can be constructed from the assumption of absolute invariability of
5、 the speed of light.问题1选项A.argumentationB.hypothesisC.convictionD.definition【答案】B【解析】句意：狭义相对论的框架可以由光速的绝对不变性的假设来构建。assumption 假定，设想；argumentation争论，论证；hypothesis假设；conviction 定罪，确信；definition定义，解说。选项B与之意思相近。7. 单选题（ ）as only a second-rate Impressionist painter, Pisarro has recently received high prais
6、e from art critics.问题1选项A.He was long regardedB.Long was he regardedC.Long regardedD.Being long regarded【答案】C【解析】考查分词做状语。再由这里事情的发生有先后顺序知使用一般 过去式的C项正确；D项的被动式现在分词表原因，所以不正确。句意：长期以来，Pisarro一直被认为是二流印象派画家，最近他受到了艺术评论家的高度赞扬。8. 单选题The amount of open space has （ ）as more and more land is developed.问题1选项A.domi
7、natedB.dwindledC.dispersedD.disseminated【答案】B【解析】dominate控制，支配，占优势；dwindle减少，变小；disperse 分散，传播；disseminate散布，传播。句意：随着越来越多的土地被开发，开放空间的数量减少了。选项B符合句意。9. 单选题You can count on what Susan reported just now because she had enough （ ）to tell the truth.问题1选项A.candleB.cannonC.candorD.canyon【答案】C【解析】candle 蜡烛；c
8、annon 大炮；candor 坦白，直率；canyon 峡谷。句意：你可以相信苏珊刚才所说的话，因为她足够坦白说出事实真相。选项C符合语境。10. 单选题What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say, I wish I could help you but Im short of m
9、oney myself. In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you dont want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie?Professor Jereald Jellison of the University of Southern California has made a scientific study of lying. Acc
10、ording to him, women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a white lie, such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to te
11、ll more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.Research has also been done into the way of peopl
12、es behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying “I wish I were somewhere else now”. They also tend to tou
13、ch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressure makes it itch（痒）.Another gesture which gives liars away is what the
14、writer Desmond Morris in his book ManWatching calls “the mouth cover”. He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with fingers, touching the upper-lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such a gesture can be interpreted as an unconsciou
15、s attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself or herself from lying.Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, or moving about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently in this situation. It is not one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and, in pa
