2019年上半年学位英语考试练习及答案（四）_第5页

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　　For reasons of safety and ease of maintenance, Washington and dozens of other communities are building rubber sidewalks made (41.ground-up tires of cars and bikes. The rubber squares are up to three times more expensive than concrete squares but (42.longer, because tree roots and freezing weather won't crack them. That,(43), could reduce the number of slip-and-fall complaints made (44)uneven pavements. The shock-absorbing surface also happens to be easier on the joints of slow runners and more forgiving when someone slips or falls. And the rubber side-walks are considered more environmentally friendly. They (45.a way to recycle some of the estimated 290 million tires(46.out each year in the United States, and they do not restrict tree roots the way concrete squares (47.Since 2001, a company, Rubber Sidewalks, has been grinding thousands of old tires into small pieces,(48.sticky substances and baking the material into sidewalk sections that weigh less than eleven pounds a square foot, or a quarter of the weight of concrete. The rubber squares are now (49.in two colors of gray and orange. The District of Columbia has spent about $ 60,000 to replace broken concrete with the rubber squares here and there in a residential (50)northeast of the capital.

　　41. A.of B.on C.by D.for

　　答案：A

　　42.A.stay B.last C.exist D.survive

　　答案：B

　　解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。stay意为“逗留，停留”;last意为“持续原来的状态”;exist意为“存在”;survive意为“幸存”。根据句意应该是说橡胶经久耐用，故选B。

　　43.A.by turns B.by return C.in turn D.in return

　　答案：C

　　解析：本题考查介词词组辨析。by turn意为“轮流，交替地”;by return意为“返回，反馈”;in turn意为“反过来”，常放在句子中间，表示转折;in return意为“作为回报”。根据上下文可知，树根和寒冷的天气不会使橡胶开裂，但成本要比水泥块高三倍，反过来，能减少因路面不平而引起的滑倒的投诉。

　　44.A.for B.with C.to D.against

　　答案：D

　　解析：本题考查短语的词义辨析。make for意为“导致，有助于，朝着…前进”;make with意为“产生，提供”;没有make to的搭配，常见的搭配是make sb.do sth.;make complaints against是个固定搭配短语，意为“控告，对…进行投诉”。根据句意，和make前面的complaints不难判断选D。

　　45.A.furnish B.offer C.give D.refer

　　答案：B

　　解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。furnish意为“提供某种有特殊用途的东西”，常用短语为furnish sth.to sb./furnish sb.sth.;offer意为“给别人东西，让别人来选择要不要”;give有“直接给予”的意思;refer常搭配介词to，意为“提到”。根据句意可知，橡胶人行道提供了一种回收利用废弃轮胎的方法。

　　46.A.thrown B.throwing C.threw D.throws

　　答案：A

　　解析：本题考查语法结构。应用throw的过去分词作定语修饰轮胎(tires)，意为“被废弃的轮胎”，故选A项。

　　47.A.doing B.done C.did D.do

　　答案：D

　　解析：本题考查语法结构。本句是个省略句，前文提到restrict，后文为了避免重复，使用动词do来代替restrict tree roots。由于句子是一般现在时，而且concrete squares是复数，所以选D。

　　48.A.add B.added C.adding D.adds

　　答案：C

　　解析：本题考查语法结构。文章中的主语是rubber sidewalks，谓语has been引导着三个并列的结构相同的分句，前面的grind和后面的bake都用的-ing形式。因此选C项adding。

　　49.A.available B.accessible C.advisable D.achievable

　　答案：A

　　解析：本题考查形容词的词义辨析。available意为“可得到的，可利用的”;atcces-sible意为“可靠近的，可到达的”;advisable意为“合适的，可实施的”;achievable意为“可完成的，可实现的”。根据句意，故选A。

　　50.A.zone B.location C.position D.Neighborhood

　　答案：D

　　解析：本题考查名词的词义辨析。zone意为“有特色的地区、地带”;location意为“某物设置的地点、方向”;position多指物体相对于其他物体所处的位置或立场;neigh-borhood指邻居或街坊四邻。根据句意应该是说在一处居民住宅区，故选D。