2006年复旦大学考博英语真题及详解
Paper One
Part ⅠVocabulary and Structure (15%)
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter or Answer Sheet I with a single line through center.
1. Official figures show that unemployment ______ in November and then fell slowly
over the next two months.
A. plodded
B. peeped
C. plunged
D. peaked
【答案】D
【解析】句意：官方数字显示，失业率在十一月达到顶峰，然后在随后的两个月里慢慢回落。
peak到达最高点。
plod沉重缓慢地走。
peep窥视，偷看。
plunge投入，跳进，陷入。
2. The old lady was immediately sent to a nearby hospital when she ______ from heat
stroke.
A. passed away
B. passed off
C passed out
D. passed by
【答案】C
【解析】句意：当这位老妇人由于中暑而昏过去时，立刻被送往了附近的医院。
pass out 失去知觉，昏厥。
pass away去世。
pass off事情发生并完成；疼痛、药效等慢慢消失。
pass by走过，经过。
3. Her spirits ______ at the thought of all the work she had to do that morning.
A. sagged
B. sacked
C. saddled
D. scored
【答案】A
【解析】句意：她脑子里满是那天早上她必须得做的工作。
sag向下凹或中间下陷；松弛或不整齐地悬着。
sack解雇某人；洗劫；就寝。
saddle sb. with sth.让某人承担使人厌恶的责任或任务等。
score记分，得分；刻痕。
4. Jack would rather his younger sister ______ in the same hospital as he does.
A. worked
B. works
C. to work
D. work
【答案】A
【解析】would rather sb. did sth.虚拟语气，宁愿某人做某事。
5. Jane was badly taken in when she prod $300 for that second-hand bicycle; it was
not worth ______.
A. that all much
B. all that much
C. much all that
D. that much all
【答案】C
【解析】意思为“它并不值那么多”。
6. A patient crowd had ______ around the entrance to the theatre, hoping to catch a
glimpse of the stars of the show.
A. contracted
B. consulted
C. contemplated
D. congregated
【答案】D
【解析】句意：众人耐心地聚集在剧院的入口，希望一睹明星的风采。
congregate聚集。
contract使缩短；感染；订约。
consult商量，商议，请教，参考。
contemplate凝视，沉思，预期，企图。
7. UN diplomats are suspicious th at the country’s ______ weapons programme may
be broader than reported.
A. frail
B. clandestine
C. temperate
D. fake
【答案】B
【解析】句意：联合国外交官怀疑这个国家的秘密武器计划可能比报道的更为庞大。
clandestine秘密的。
frail虚弱的，脆弱的，薄弱的。
temperate有节制的，适度的，戒酒的。
fake假的。
8. Fortunately the acting and photography are so good that they somehow manage to ______ the limitations of the film plot.
A. trace
B. transcend
C. tranquilize
D. trail
【答案】B
【解析】句意：幸好表演和摄影都很出色，从而成功地超越了电影情节的局限。
transcend 超越，胜过。
trace描绘，映画；追踪，回溯。
tranquilize使安静，使平静。
trail被拖在后面；疲惫地走；蔓生，蔓延。
9. When the report was published, various environmental groups criticized it for
being too ______.
A. alert
B. zealous
C. meek
D. gregarious
【答案】C
【解析】句意：当报告公开时，由于其言之过轻，遭到了各种环境组织的批评。
meek温顺的，谦恭的，和缓的。
alert提防的，警惕的。
zealous热心的。
gregarious社交的，群居的。
10. Her friends helped her ______ after her sister was killed in a car crash.
A. pull off
B. pull out
C. pull through
D. pull on
【答案】C
【解析】pull through度过难关，恢复健康。
pull off脱，努力实现，赢得。
pull out拔出，离开，退出。
pull on穿，戴，继续拉。
11. Nell’s father said to him that he was ______ dog to learn new tricks.
A. so old a
B. a too old
C. too old a
D. a so old
【答案】C
【解析】too…to太……而不能。
12. The skipper was not willing to risk ______ his ship through the straits until he could
see where he was going.
A. taking
B. to take
C. having taken
D. being taken
【答案】A
【解析】risk doing sth.冒险做某事。
选项C的完成时和选项D的进行时不符合题意。
13. We were running out of money and things were looking ______.
A. grim
B. glossy
C. gorgeous
D. gracious
【答案】A。