2017年学位英语考试练习及答案（9）

　　1.Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs _____ directed.

　　A. like

　　B. so

　　C. which

　　D. as

　　答案：D

　　【注释】as有“以……的方式、依照”的意思。so做连接词时意思是“因此、所以”。so后接分词时是副词，意思是“这样、如此”。which通常引出定语从句，代表所修饰的名词，用在本题不合适。like做连词用以表示两个事物的比较。

　　2.This ticket _____ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.

　　A.gives

　　B. grants

　　C.entitles

　　D. credits

　　答案: C

　　【注释】give表示“给，提供，授予”;grant意为“同意，准予;给予，授予”;entitle指“给以权利，给以资格”;credit意为“提供信用、信任”。

　　3.She ought to stop work; she has a headache because she _____ too long.

　　A.has been reading

　　B.had read

　　C.is reading

　　D.read

　　答案为A。本题考点：动词时态。从句子意思来看，主语“她”从过去到现在一直在工作，所以应该用现在完成时或现在完成进行时。

　　4.You _____ her in her office last Friday; she's been out of town for two weeks.

　　A. needn't have seen

　　B. must have seen

　　C.might have seen

　　D. can't have seen

　　答案: D

　　【注释】本题考核“情态动词+完成式”的用法。

　　5.That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _____ the police.

　　A. called in

　　B. calling in

　　C. call in

　　D. to call in

　　答案: D

　　【注释】have no choice but+不定式是习惯用法，意为“只能……别无选择”。

　　6.He did not _____ staying at home as he had to do his assignment.

　　A. object

　　B. mind

　　C. matter

　　D. care

　　答案B。

　　四个选项中，要求后接动名词的谓语动词应在A，B中选择。object只有加上to后能接动名词;mind后可直接接动名词;matter意为“有关系，要紧”，care意为“在乎，喜欢”，它们一般接句子或由about，for等引起的短语，不接动名词。综上所述，只有B项符合题意。

　　7.A _____ of ships sailed into the harbour and moored at it.

　　A. flock

　　B. swarm

　　C. crew

　　D. fleet

　　答案D。

　　在英语中，有些名词起量词的作用，而且有其固定的搭配，如：a flock of (birds)，a swarm of (ants)，a crew of (sailors)，a fleet of (ships)，a herd of (cattle)，a school of (fish)，a pair of (shoes/gloves)等。

　　8.Education is _____ for all school-age children in many a country.

　　A. voluntary

　　B. sophisticated

　　C. compulsory

　　D. extensive

　　答案C。

　　compulsory意为“强迫的，必修的”;voluntary意为“自愿的”sophisticated意为“老于世故的，老练的”;extensive意为“广泛的，广博的”。根据句意，C项最适合。

　　9.Jane's _____ for gardening is evident by all of these beautiful flowers.

　　A. acquaintance

　　B. familiarity

　　C. achievement

　　D. enthusiasm

　　答案: D

　　enthusiasm 热衷，狂热，acquaintance 相识，familiarity 熟悉，achievement 成就，功绩。

　　句意为：从这些漂亮的花可以明显看出简对园艺的热衷。

　　10.Reading is to the mind _____ food is to the body.

　　A.what

　　B. that

　　C.similar

　　D. which

　　答案: A

　　what是关系代词，A is to B what C is to D，A对于B之间的关系犹如C对于D。

　　句意为：读书对于大脑来说就像食物对于身体一样。