2006年南京大学考博英语真题及详解
SECTION I STRUCTUREANDVOCABULARY (40%)
Part A
Directions: Questions 1-10 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four choices, marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (10%)
1. You don’t object ______ you by your first name, do you?
A. that I call
B. for calling
C. that I am calling
D. to my calling
【答案】D
【解析】object to (doing) sth.不赞成，反对做某事。

句中my是calling的逻辑主语。

object that结构中，that引出的部分应该是反对某事的理由，本题表达的不是反对理由，因此A项不符合。

2. ______ initial recognition while still quite young.
A. Most famous scientists achieved
B. That most famous scientists achieved
C. Most famous scientists who achieved
D. For most famous scientists to achieve
【答案】A
【解析】根据句子结构判断，空缺部分应该是句子主句部分，while引导的是时间状语，四个选项中，只有A项是独立、完整的句子。

3. The Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park in Texas were created by
volcanic eruptions that occurred ______.
A. the area in which dinosaurs roamed
B. when dinosaurs roamed the area
C. did dinosaurs roam the area
D. dinosaurs roaming the area.
【答案】B
【解析】本题空缺部分应该在句中做状语，选项B符合。

句意：…在恐龙统治该地区时代发生的火山爆发。

4. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972
______.
A. when was its full extent realized
B. that its full extent realized
C. was its full extent realized
D. the realization of its full extent.
【答案】C
【解析】not until结构位于句首时，主句部分需要倒装，选项C正确。

5. ______ three times in a row, the boxer decided to give up fighting.
A. Because having been defeated
B. Because being defeated
C. Having been defeated
D. Having defeated
【答案】C
【解析】分词短语在句中作原因状语，并且动作发生在谓语动词decided这一动作之前，因此需用完成时态，根据句意，拳击手是连续三次被击败，故需用被动结构，选项C正确。

6. A membership card authorizes ______ the club’s facilities for a period of 12
months.
A. the holder using
B. the holder’s use
C. the holder to use
D. the holder uses
【答案】C
【解析】authorize sb. to do sth.授予某人做某事的权利。

7. At no time should we be ______ by success.
A. carried off
B. carried away
C. carried down
D. carried out
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我们决不能因取得成功就失去自制力（被成功冲昏头脑）。

carry sb. away 使某人失去自制力或非常兴奋。

carry off赢得某物，成功地应付（困难）局面。

carry down 搬下，取下。

carry out贯彻，执行。

8. The Sydney express was ______ for two hours by the sudden storm.
A. held down
B. held with
C. held out
D. held up
【答案】D
【解析】句意：突然降临的风暴使得悉尼高速公路延误（阻塞）了两小时。

hold up阻碍或延误。

hold down压制，限制。

hold with同意或赞成某事物。

hold out维持，保持。

9. There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is ______ other forms.
A. dependent to
B. depended to
C. depended on
D. dependent on
【答案】D
【解析】句意：不存在孤立生存的生物，任何生命形态都是依赖于其他生命形态而存在。

be dependent on依赖于，取决于。

10. Iceland lies far north in the Atlantic, with its northernmost tip actually ______ the Arctic Circle.
A. touched
B. touches
C. touching
D. being touched
【答案】C
【解析】with引导的独立结构在句中作状语。

冰岛的北部接触到北极圈，两者之间是主动关系，用现在分词。

Part B
Directions: In questions 11-20, each sentence has four underlined parts which are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (10%)
11. No one cares about if he appears at the meeting next year or not. If it happens
he
A B C
will be made to apologize for his careless comments.
D
【答案】A
【解析】改为cares。

意为“没有人在乎…”。

12. Even a one-minute delay will destroy arrangements of the meeting if you
A B C
don’t schedule your time well.
D
【答案】B
【解析】改为one-minute。

delay作“耽搁，延误”讲时，是不可数名词。

13. School counselors are convinced that it will be obligatory that everyone
A
must have some computer training in order to enter the job market.
B C D
【答案】B
【解析】改为have。

obligatory引导的从句需用虚拟语气，结构为(should) do。

14. The age of a geological sample can be estimated from the ratio of radioactive。