2014年MBA英语模拟试题及答案解析(3)
1. they travelled to spain by the most _______route.
a) easy b) direct c) straight d) unique
2. what he said just now had little to do with the question _______discussion.
a) on b) in c) under d) at
3. he said that very clearly so that nobody was in any_______ about what was meant.
a) doubt b) wonder c) question d) consideration
4. the headmaster had been trying for years to _______money for a new science block.
a) arise b) raise c) lift d) arouse
5. _______ the sight of the police officers, the men ran off.
a. in b. at c. on d. within
6. a man escaped from the prison last night. it was a long time _______ the guards discovered what had happened.
a. before b. until c. since d. when
7. diamonds have little __________ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.
a) intrinsic b) eternal c) subtle d) inherent
8. doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are _____ to heart attack.
a) infectious b) accessible c) disposed d) prone
1. 答案:b
译文:他们选择了最直接的路线去西班牙旅行。
解析:easy 容易的,安逸的;direct 径直的,直截了当的;straight 直的,笔直的,整齐的,率直的;unique 独一无二的,独特的
2.答案:c
译文:他刚才所说的和正在讨论的问题有一点关系。
解析:under discussion 在讨论中
3. 答案:a
译文:他说的很清楚,所以没有人拿不准他的意思。
解析:doubt 怀疑,不信;wonder 惊异,奇观,感到好奇,非凡的;question 问题,询问,怀疑;consideration 考虑,要考虑的事,体贴,照顾,报酬,补偿
4. 答案:b
译文:校长多年以来一直在尽力为新科学大楼筹集资金。
解析:arise 起身,上升,形成,出现,引起;raise 筹集,提高 ~ funds 筹集资金;lift 提起,举起,提高;arouse 唤醒,激起
5. 答案:b
译文:一看到,人们四散跑去了。
解析:at(the)sight of的意思是“一看见„„就”;in sight或within sight意为“看得见,迫近”;in the sight of意为“从„„观点来看,在„„看来”
6. 答案:a
译文:昨晚有人越狱,好长时间后,狱警才知道发生了什么事。
解析:“it's„ before”句型表示“(„„之后)才„„”之意;until意为“直到„„为止”,在否定句中多译为“直到„„才”,该词一般不用在“it is„until”(肯定)句型中;when通常表示“在„„ 时”,用在本题不符合题意。
7. 答案:a
译文:钻石本身并没有什么价值,其高昂的价格几乎完全是由于它们很稀缺。
解析:intrinsic 意为一“(指性质、价值)固有的;本质的;内在的”, 更强调事物本身的特性;eternal 意为“永恒的,永远的”;subtle 意为“细微的,微妙的”;inherit 时意为“与生俱来的、固有的”, 有继承而来的,传下来的这种内在和固定。
8. 答案:d
译文:医生们热衷于用激光为易犯心脏病的人做手术。
解析:prone意为“易于„„的;倾向于„„的” , be prone to sth.为固定搭配;infectious 意为“易传染的;有感染力的”;accessible 意为“可到达的,易接近的”;disposed意为“使倾向于”。
翻译:with the world war ii, came the development of the weapon that has since become a general threat to life on earth: the atomic bomb.
参考译文:随着第二次世界大战的爆发,出现了对一种新式武器的研发,该武器后来对地球上的生命构成了普遍威胁,这就是原子弹。