2003年华东师范大学244二外英语考研真题及详解
Ⅰ. Vocabulary (10%)
Directions: Choose the best ONE answer to fill in the blank with or replace the underlined part in each of the sentences.
1. Much to our delight, fruits are so abundant that the prices of them no longer _____ greatly.
A. modify
B. fluctuate
C. convert
D. flourish
【答案】B
【解析】句意:令我们高兴的是,水果是如此的丰富,其价格不会再大幅度地波动。fluctuate波动。modify修改。convert改变。flourish繁荣。
2. Our company _____ after long negotiations to build a double-purpose bridge across the river.
A. contacted
B. consulted
C. contracted
D. constructed
【答案】C
【解析】句意:经过漫长的谈判,我们公司承包建一座双用桥。contract承包;订约。contact联系。consult请教;商议。construct建造。
3. When I returned very late at midnight, I found the lift in our building out of _____ again.
A. order
B. function
C. work
D. practice
【答案】A
【解析】句意:当我深夜回来的时候,我发现我们楼里的电梯又出了故障。out of order出故障,为固定搭配。
4. The old man has a serious heart attack and is dying, _____.
A. without breath
B. under breath
C. short of breath
D. below breath
【答案】C
【解析】句意:这位老人心脏病发作,奄奄一息,呼吸困难。short of breath呼吸困难;呼吸急促。
5. Tom was greatly disturbed by the bad news, so the sentences he was reading made no _____ to him though he was trying hard to compose himself.
A. feeling
B. sense
C. message
D. meaning
【答案】B
【解析】句意:汤姆被听到的坏消息打断了思路,所以他正在读的句子对他来说没有任何意义,尽管他努力地使自己镇定下来。make no sense毫无意义,为固定搭配。
6. You can be _____ that your son will attain his goal through his hard working.
A. ensured
B. assured
C. insured
D. confirmed
【答案】B
【解析】句意:你放心,你的儿子一定会努力学习,达成目标。be assured that...放心,为固定搭配。ensure确保。insure确保;给……保险。confirm证实。
7. There was a thick snow in the street, but when the sun came out, the snow began to _____.
A. dissolve
B. melt
C. vanish
D. disappear
【答案】B
【解析】句意:街上雪很厚,但太阳出来时,雪就开始融化了。melt融化。dissolve溶解。vanish消失。disappear消失。
8. Mary tried in vain to _____ her boss into letting her have a holiday.
A. tempt
B. convince
C. impose
D. reason
【答案】D
【解析】句意:玛丽努力劝说老板让她去度假,没有成功。reason sb. into doing sth.说服某人做某事。tempt诱惑。convince使信服。impose把……强加于。
9. It’s impossible for the two companies to co-operate with each other because there is a basic _____ of interest between them.
A. conflict
B. contradiction
C. contest
D. competition
【答案】A
【解析】句意:这两家公司不可能相互合作,因为他们之间有根本的利益冲突。conflict of interest利益冲突,为固定搭配。