大学生英语竞赛C类非英语专业-13
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、Multipe Choice(总题数：40，分数：100.00)
1.Many linguists ______ that our highly evolved brain provides us with innate language ability not found in lower organisms.
（分数：2.50）
 A.suggest
 B.claim √
 C.promise
&vince
解析：[解析] 句意：许多语言学家声称人类高度进化的大脑为人类提供了与生俱来的的语言能
力，而这种能力在低等生物中是不存在的。suggest提议，建议。claim声称，断言。promise允诺，许诺。convince说服；使确信。语言学家不用建议，允诺或说服，他们只是声称，表述一下他们的观点，因此选B。
2.Twelve European countries ______ over to the Euro on January 1st, 2002.
（分数：2.50）
&ansformed
 B.switched √
&versed
 D.altered
解析：
3.If you have not signed a contract, you are under no to pay them any money.
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&sponsibility
 B.liability
 C.circumstance
 D.obligation √
解析：
4.Although they had signed the peace treaty, they were ______ preparing for a renewed offensive.
（分数：2.50）
&upied
 B.busy √
&aged
 D.involved
解析：
5.They were married for fifteen years but have now ______ up and live apart.
（分数：2.50）
 A.split √
 B.divided
 C.divorced
 D.separated
解析：
6.Sorry about the loss. But it"ll give you some relief if your house is ______ against fire.
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 A.assured
&sured
 C.insured √
 D.pledged
解析：[解析] 句意：对你所遭受的损失非常抱歉，但是你的房子如果投了火险，你还是能获得一些补偿的。assure向…保证，使确信。ensure保证，使安全。insure投保，给保险。pledge保证，使发誓。
7.It is hard to tell whether the country is going to have an economic boom or a ______.
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&fession
 B.submission
&ssion √
&ansmission
解析：[解析] 句意：很难判断现在该国的经济是繁荣还是衰退。confession坦白，忏悔。submission归顺，服从。recession经济衰退，撤退。transmission传送，传播。
8.He admits that his team really ______ him to play a role of responsibility.
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 A.look forward to
 B.look down on
 C.look up to √
 D.look on
解析：[解析] 句意：他承认他的团队尊敬他，因为他很负责任。look up to尊敬。look forward to期盼，后加v-ing的形式。look down on看不起，轻视，与后面的动词不定式短语矛盾。look on观看，旁观；看待，与题意不符。
9.Sorry, but something important has ______ and I"ll have to ring you back.
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 Ae off
 Be up √
 Ce across
 De down
解析：[解析] 句意：很抱歉，发生了重要的事，我会给你回电话。come up走近；发生。come off举行；脱离。come across偶遇，无意中发现。come down下来，降落。
10.All living creature are thought to ______ an organism that came into being three billion year ago.
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 A.descend to
 B.descend on
 C.descend into
 D.descend from √
解析：[解析] 句意：人们认为所有的生物都是在三十亿年前起源于微生物。descend to屈尊去做某事。descend on袭击。descend into向下行。descend from起源于。
11.In 1993, V.S. Naipaul was awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prize in ______ of his lifetime"s achievement.
（分数：2.50）
 A.identification
 B.acquaintance
&ition √
 D.perspective
解析：[解析] 句意：1993年，为感谢V.S.奈波尔在文学方面做出的终身贡献而授予他英国戴维-柯翰文学奖。in recognition of承认…而；为酬谢。identification鉴定；认同；身份证明。acquaintance熟人；了解，知道。perspective观点；远景。A、B、D项不符合句意。
12.______ the popular belief that classical music is too complex, it achieves a simplicity that only a genius can create.
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 A.Compared to
 B.Contrary to √
 C.Familiar to
 D.Subject to
accessible是什么意思英语解析：[解析] 句意：与大众认为的古典音乐过于复杂这一观点恰恰相反，古典音乐极简单而只有天才才能创造出的这份简单。compare to与…相比。contrary to和…相反。familiar to对…熟悉。subject to服从于…。
13.We must firmly follow the path of development that is ______ China"s national conditions.
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 Aparable to
 B.familiar with
&sistent with √
 D., similar to
解析：[解析] 句意：我们必须坚定不移的走与中国国情相符的发展道路。comparable to可比较的，比得上的。familiar with熟悉，了解。consistent with符合，与…一致。similar to跟…类似的，与…同样的。
14.The businessmen discussed the contract ______ but never actually signed anything.
（分数：2.50）
 A.at length √
 B.at sea
 C.at random
 D.at will
解析：[解析] 句意：这些商人详尽地讨论了这项合同，但实际上什么都没签。at length详尽地，充分地。at sea在海上，茫然不知所措。at random随便地，任意地。at will随意，任意。at length与never actually signed anything构成句意转折，最符合题意。
15.While many people may refer to up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television and the Internet ______ the newspapers completely.
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 A.will replace √
&place
 C.are replacing
 D.have replaced
解析：[解析] 句意：尽管很多人可能看最新消息，但是电视和网络完全取代报纸是不大可能的。由句意可知，此处需要用一般将来时。故选项A正确。
16.The computer company announced that the new software ______ in the first half of next year.
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 A.be released
 B.will have released
 C.would have released
 D.was going to be released √
解析：[解析] 句意：计算机公司声称新软件将在明年前半年发行。本句主句的时态为过去时，从句的时间状语为将来的某个时间，所以从句应该用过去将来时。was going to表示过去对未来的打算和意图。
17.My friend Tanya ______ Japanese for six years before she ______ Japan. I"ve just received a letter from her. It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and ______ for China in a month.
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 A.had been studying; visited; is leaving √