15道考研英语练习题

1、

While seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a(n) ____ impact on our professional, social and personal wellbeing.

虽然看似无害，但这种精神无法集中的情况有可能会对我们的事业、社交和个人幸福产生破坏性的影响。

A uneven

B limited

C damaging

D obscure

2、

They could ___ the status quo of peer-reviewed research.

它们会强化同行评审研究的现状。

A cement

B obscure

C prize

3、

___ to the descriptions on record, no systematic evidence was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.

与记录的描述相反，没有系统的证据表明生产率水平的高低与照明的变化有关。

A contrary

B contrast

C controversy

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】

cement v.加强，巩固 obscure v.使模糊，使费解

prize v.珍惜，珍视

4、

The president might face tougher questions about healthcare ___ than he did in New Hampshire.

在医保改革上，总统可能会比在新罕布什尔面临更加棘手的问题。

A inform

B reform

C conform

5、

_____ is a state of mind made possible by the structuring of one’s relation to one’s environment.

镇定是通过构建人与环境之间的关系而造就的心态。

A composite

B decompose

C composure

6、

But keeping ____ information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life.

但是，在这些设备上存储敏感信息正日益成为正常生活的必要条件。

A sensitive

B sensible

C sentiment

7、

For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that ____ our existence.

对他来说，有序并不是由忘记或者忽略困扰我们存在的无序造成的。

A plague

B hit

C ground

8、

After all, it has an ad business too, which it says will ___ with DNT requests, though it is still working out how.

毕竟，它也有广告业务，它表示将遵从“不允许跟踪”要求，不过具体实施方案仍在研究当中。

A consistent

B comply

C resist

9、

It is hard, the state argues, for judges to ____ the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.

该州认为，法官难以评估日新月异的新技术带来的影响。

A assess

B raise

C rouse

10、

In physics, one approach takes this ____ for unification to its extreme.

在物理学领域，有一种方法将这种对“万物归一”的冲动推向了极致。

A repel

B impulse

C pulse

11、

It has been ___ even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong, good from bad, friend from foe.

即使在最平凡不过的生活琐事中，它都会伴你左右，帮你明辨对与错、好与坏、敌与友。

A available

B invalid

C prevail

12、

To help homeless people to toward independence, the federal government must support job training programs, raise the minimum wages, and ___ more low-cost housing.

为了帮助无家可归者走向独立，联邦政府必须支持就业培训项目、提高最低工资标准、资助建设更多的低价住房。

A found

B fund

C profound

13、

Try to keep a ____ attitude and listen to both sides.

尽量保持一种开明态度，倾听双方的意见。

A inclination

B literate

C liberal

14、

One basic weakness in a ___ system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value.

一个完全建立在经济利益驱动基础上的生物保护系统有一个根本的缺点，就是陆地群落中的多数成员都没有经济价值。

A deliberate

B conservation

C reservation

15、

The court has ruled that police don’t ___ the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant.

最高法院已经裁定，警察在没有许可令的情况下搜查被捕者的钱包或者手袋并不违反宪法第四修正案。

A veil

B reveal

C violate