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1、2022年考博英语-厦门大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it and this_produces artificial cold surrounding it.问题1选项A.absorptionB.transitionC.consumptionD.interaction【答案】A【解析】absorption吸收; transition过渡, 转变; consumption消费, 消耗; interaction相互作用。句意：水从
2、固体变成液体, 会吸收附近所有物质的热量, 这种吸收会在周围产生人工寒潮。选项A符合句意。2. 单选题Both dogs diet and structure are_to those of the human being, and so it has been the subject of countless demonstrations and experiments.问题1选项A.comparableB.comparativeC.equalD.contrary【答案】A【解析】comparable比得上; comparative比较的, 相当的。句意：狗的饮食和结构都可以与人类相比, 因
3、此它已经成为无数演示和实验的对象。选项A符合句意。3. 单选题But cellphones had been around for 15 years before they caught on with_America. By that yardstick, broadbandwidely available for only the past couple of yearshas many more miles to go.问题1选项A.main-topmastB.mainstayC.main arteryD.mainstream【答案】D【解析】main-topmast航海主桅中桅；mai
4、nstay中流砥柱；main artery主要干线； mainstream 主流。句意：在手机成为美国主流之前，它已经存在了15年。按照这个标准，宽带还有很长的路要走宽带仅在过去几年才普及。选项D符合句意。4. 单选题Identity theft can range for the simple theft of a credit card,or it can go into more complex schemes where the thieves can_hundreds of people at a time.问题1选项A.embodyB.impersonateC.personifyD
5、.assume【答案】B【解析】embody使具体化; impersonate模仿, 扮演; personify赋予.以人性, 使人格化; assume假定, 设想。句意：身份盗窃可以简単地归类于信用卡盗窃，也可以是更复杂的方案，比如窃贼可以一次冒充数百人。选项B符合句意。5. 单选题Rental housing,which is an important component of price indices,looks likely to moderate in the next year,in part because of an_of new homes.问题1选项A.overrideB
6、.oversupplyC.oversightD.overture【答案】B【解析】override推翻, 践踏; oversupply过度供给; oversight监管, 疏忽; overture建议。句意：作为价格指数的一个重要组成部分, 租赁住房的价格明年可能会回落, 部分原因是新房供应过剩。选项B符合句意。6. 单选题Its often hard to see your mistakes as youre making them. When it comes to living arrangements, a humdinger is being made in this country
7、 right now and few have noticed it yet.Yikes! The kids are moving back in! Thus goes the mantra of the baby boom generation,circa 2007. Analysts estimate that some 18 minion adults between the ages of 20 and 34 live with their parents. Thats roughly a third of that age group.But letting the kids mov
8、e back in is not the societal error were talking about. Instead,the big mistake is the loudly voiced chagrin of the boomers. Most mistakenly decry the notion of the boomerang generation. In order to fully appreciate the depth of the error being made here,we all need to step back a bit and look at th
9、e bigger picture. This epidemic of kids moving back home is first, not unprecedented, and second, its not a bad thing. The precedent for this trend can be found among the other 6. 2 billion non-Americans on the planet,many of whom happily live with their adult children,often in three-generation hous
10、eholds.Then theres the growing number of non-Anglo Americans,including many recent immigrants,who see no problem in having adult kids contribute to the household. Finally,the agrarian history of this country before World War II allowed kids to live and work around the farm well into adulthood.Adult
11、kids moving back home is merely the most noticeable symptom of a larger, fundamental transformation of American society. We are nationally beginning to recognize the costs of the independence the so-called greatest generation foisted on us. We cant blame them. They did have to grow up fast. Kids in
12、their generation went off to World War II and grew up on the bloody beaches of distant lands.After the war, the survivors had factories to build and the wealth to buy their white-picket-fence dream out West. They designed a social and fiscal system that has served their retirement years very well. B
13、ut their historically unique retirement system mistakenly celebrated independence and ignored the natural state of human beingsthat is,interdependence.Moreover,their system breaks down with the onslaught of their kids retirement. We can already see the pension systems,both private and public,beginni
14、ng to disintegrate under the weight of the baby boomers.We are now just starting to understand the substantial fiscal and psychological costs of separating the generations into so-called single -family homes with the ideal of a mother,father and two kids. But times change and so do cultures.Regardin
15、g boomerang kids,most demographers focus on the immediate explanations for the changes,such as the growing immigrant population, housing shortages and high prices,and out-of-wedlock childbearing.Many psychologists have noted that baby-boomer parents enjoy closer relationships with their fewer children that allow extended cohabitation. A recent survey conducted for Del Webb (a division of Pulte Homes Inc. ) reports that only about one-quarter of baby boomers are happier once th
