2005年南京大学考博英语真题及详解【圣才出品】

2005年南京大学考博英语真题及详解

SECTION I STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY(40%)

Part A

Directions:In questions1-15,each sentence has an underlined word.Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases,marked A,B,C,and D.Choose the one word or phrase that best matches rite underlined word.Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on oar answer sheet.

1.Scientific evidence from different disciplines demonstrates that in most humans

the left half of the brain controls language.

A.fields of study

B.groups of experts

C.seminars

D.regulations

【答案】A

【解析】句意：不同领域的科学证据证明绝大部分人左半区是控制语言的。discipline学科，科目。seminar研究会，讨论会。regulation规则，规章。

2.Your analogy was not a good one because the two situations are not similar.

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B.categorization

C.classification

D.cognition

【答案】A

【解析】句意：你的类比不好，因为这两种情况不一样。analogy类比，类推。comparison 比较，对照。categorization分类。classification分类，分级。cognition认知，识别。

3.Until she was41years old.Elizabeth Barrett Browning was confined to her home

by her tyrannical father.

A.constricted

B.drawn

C.tied

D.restricted

【答案】D

【解析】confine把…局限于，限制于。restrict限制，约束。constrict压缩，压紧。

4.The conquerors stole not only the gold and silver that were needed to replenish

the badly depleted treasury but also the supplies that were vital to the nation.

A.substitute

B.recollect

C.restock

D.resume

【答案】C

【解析】replenish补充，装满。restock补充，使备新货。substitute代替，替换。recollect 记起，想起。resume恢复，重新开始。

5.Human population growth is a menace to nonhuman life forms on our planet.

A.hindrance

B.misfortune

C.catastrophe

D.threat

【答案】D

【解析】menace威胁。threat威胁，恐吓。hindrance障碍，妨碍。misfortune不幸，灾祸。catastrophe灾难。

6.Project Head Start which was inaugurated in the United States in1965,is a

federally funded preschool for economically and culturally disadvantaged children.

A.initiated

B.celebrated

C.installed

D.proposed

【答案】B

【解析】inaugurate为新建筑举行落成典礼。celebrate庆祝，举行仪式（典礼）。install 安顿，安置，使正式就职。initiate创始，发起。propose建议，向…求婚。

7.The editorial described drug abuse as the greatest calamity of our age.

A.catalyst

B.disaster

C.casualty

D.retaliation

【答案】B

【解析】calamity灾难，不幸事件。disaster灾难，灾祸。catalyst催化剂。casualty 人员伤亡。retaliation报复，复仇。

8.Our hospital has an affiliation with the medical school of the City University.

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B.administration

C.connection

D.cooperation

【答案】D

【解析】affiliation加盟，合作关系。cooperation合作，协作。administration管理，经营。connection关系，联系。

9.Whenever he goes,he readily accommodates to new circumstances.

A.finds a lodging in

B.makes a close study of

C.provides lodging for

D.adapts himself to

【答案】D

【解析】accommodate to适应，顺应。adapt to适应，适合。

10.The scholar discoursed at great lengths on the unconventional poetic style of

Walter Whitman.the19th century American poet.

A.indicated

B.conversed

C.fabricated

D.repudiated

【答案】A

【解析】discourse论述，讲授。indicate指示，指出。converse谈话，交谈。fabricate 编造，捏造。repudiate否认，驳斥。

11.Even after ten years her name conjures up such beautiful memories.

A.covers up

B.reveals

C.brings to mind

D.makes up

【答案】C

【解析】conjure up使浮现与脑际。bring to mind使想起。cover up掩盖错误，非法事物等。make up编造，捏造，组成。

12.Students learning about how life began on Earth may be presented with the

perplexing question,“Which came first,the chicken or the egg?”

A.pressing

B.puzzling

C.patronizing

D.penetrating

【答案】B

【解析】perplexing复杂的，令人困惑的。puzzling使人迷惑的。pressing紧迫的。

patronizing屈尊俯就的。penetrating敏锐的，有洞察力的。

13.Many of his arguments have no pertinence to the subject under discussion.

A.significance

B.value

C.enlightenment

D.relevance

【答案】D

【解析】pertinence有关性，相关性。relevance有关系，关联。significance意义，重要性。value价值，评估。enlightenment启迪，教化。