公共英语二级英语知识运用模拟题4
第一节单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. —Why did you leave that position?
—I ______ a better position at IBM.
A.offer
B.offered
C.am offered
D.was offered
答案:D
[解答] offer在这里意为“提供”,常用结构是“主语+offer+直接宾语+间接宾语”。
这里的意思是“别人”为“我”提供了一份在IBM的工作,所以“我”是offer的受动者(相当于前述结构中的直接宾语),在这里就要用被动语态。
此外,我们从问句中知道时态应该用一般现在时。
因此,本题的正确选项是D。
2. When Mark opened the door, he saw a woman standing there. He ______ her before.
A.never saw
B.had never seen
C.never sees
D.has never seen
答案:B
[解答] 题干中第一个句子所用的时态是一般过去时,而第二个句子中的动作应该发生在第一句中的动作之前,根据“过去的过去”对应过去完成时的原则,本题应该用had never seen,因此,本题的正确选项是B。
3. The old movie reminded them ______ the wonderful time they had spent together.
A.to
B.for
C.in
D.of
答案:D
[解答] remind sb.of sth.是一个固定搭配,意思是“使某人想起某物或某事”,介词一定用of。
因此,本题的正确答案是D。
4. Some people think that animal research is irrelevant ______ our health and that it can often produce misleading results.
A.with
B.at
C.on
D.to
答案:D
[解答] be relevant to是一个固定搭配,意为“与……有关的”,介词要用to。
irrelevant是relevant加上否定前缀ir-构成的词语,意为“无关的”,它的用法与relevant相同。
因此,本题的正确答案是D。
5. The smog is due ______ invisible gases, mostly from automobile exhaust.
A.from
B.to
C.for
D.with
答案:B
[解答] due to是一个固定搭配,表示原因。
6. When the city was ______ , everyone knew that total defeat was certain.
A.cut off
B.cut down
C.cut across
D.cut out
答案:A
[解答] cut off意为“切断”,cut down意为“砍到”,cut across意为“抄近路”,cut out意为“切掉”。
本题的意思是“城市与外界的联系被切断了,所有人都知道失败在所难免”。
因此,本题的正确答案是A。
7. They thought the program was ______ investigating.
A.worth
B.worthy
C.worthwhile
D.worthing
答案:A
[解答] be worth doing是一个固定搭配,意为“值得做”。
8. It is said that John Major didn't himself go to Oxford, ______ most of his ministers did.
A.after
B.since
C.while
D.if
答案:C
[解答] 这句话的意思是“其他大臣大多数都曾就读于牛津大学,而John Major自己却没有在那里上过大学”。
两个分句间存在转折关系,因此我们需要一个能表示转折的连接词。
四个选项中只有while有此用法,因此本题的正确答案是C。
9. My mother always gets a bit ______ if we don't arrive when we say we will.
A.anxious
B.ashamed
C.weak
答案:A
[解答] 本题要从句子意思来确定选项。
anxious意为“担忧的”,ashamed意为“惭愧的,羞耻的”,weak 意为“虚弱的”,patient意为“耐心的”。
“如果我们说要来却还没有到达”,那母亲的反应一般是担心、怕出事。
因此,本题的正确答案是A。
10. When asked by the police, he said that he remembered ______ at the party, but not
A.to arrive; leaving
B.to arrive; to leave
C.arriving; leaving
D.arriving; to leave
答案:C
[解答] remember to do sth.意为“记得要做某事”,这件要做的事还没有发生;remember doing sth.意为“记得做过某事”,这个事情已经发生。
从题目的意思来看,“到达”与“离开”都已经发生了,所以这两个动词都应该用“v.+-ing'’的形式。
11. He never said that he was good at mathematics, ______?
A.was he
B.wasn't he
C.did he
D.didn't he
答案:C
[解答] 附加疑问句的构成原则是“前肯后否,前否后肯,人称、时态一致”:本句中主干部分用的是否定、一般过去时,所以附加部分应该用did he。
因此,本题的正确答案是C。
12. Maggie has been fortunate to find a job she loves and, ______ , she gets well paid for it.
A.sooner or later
B.what's more
D.more or less
答案:B
[解答] Maggie找到了一份自己喜爱的工作,她薪水不错与这一点是递进关系。
sooner or later表示时间关系,what's more表示递进关系,as a result表示因果关系,more or less表示程度。
因此,本题的正确答案是B。
13. The Atlantic Ocean is over 6,000 km ______ where Christopher Columbus crossed it.
A.deep
B.wide
C.long
D.across
答案:B
[解答] deep表示深度,wide表示宽度和广度,long表示长度,across意为“横过”。
本题说的是大西洋的宽度。
因此,本题的正确答案是B。
14. In education, there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contribute ______ effective thinking and wise judgment.
A.at
B.in
C.for
D.to
答案:D
[解答] contribute意为“起作用,有助于”,一般与介词to连用。
因此,本题的正确答案为D。
15. Danby left words with my secretary ______ he would call again in the afternoon.
A.who
B.that。