北京第二外国语学院基础英语考研真题及详解（2013）
北京第二外国语学院2013年基础英语考研真题
I. Grammar (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then
write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. It is necessary that an efficient worker ______ his work on time.
A. accomplishes
B. accomplish
C. will accomplish
D. has accomplished
2. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge
______ our thinking.
A. which to be based on
B. Which to be base upon
C. upon which to base
D. to which to be based
3. I think that the labor bill will pass; it‟s ______ that it will.
A. almost surely
B. near positive
C. quite certainly
D. very likely
4. ______ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of
production.
A. As
B. What
C. That
D. It
5. My train arrives in Shenyang at seven o‟clock tomorrow. The plane I would like to take from
there ______ by then.
A. would leave
B. will have left
C. has left
D. had left
6. ______ the building did he realize that there was danger everywhere in it.
A. Upon entering
B. When he entered
C. Only after entering
D. After he had entered
7. ______ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite
peace.
A. Walking
B. When walking
C. When one is walking
D. Being walked
8. He will do anything for us except ______ us his oxen.
A. lending
B. lend
C. will lend
D. has lent
9. If only I ______ what you wanted!
A. knew
B. know
C. have known
D. had know
10. There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that chief
attention ______ to the undertaking that is expected to bring highest profit.
A. should be given
B. is given
C. must be given
D. gives
11. Quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and run faster over short courses
______ breeds can.
A. than other
B. than the other
C. than others
D. than the others
12. I wish you ______ Jim so much. He is still very depressed.
A. not to hurt
B. didn‟t hurt
C. hadn‟t hurt
D. would not hurt
13. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary ______ it helps us to correct our mistakes.
A. such that
B. in that
C. so that
D. with that
14. The office staff ______ gathered to hear the manager speak.
A. have
B. are
C. is
D. has
15. The workers are practicing ______ a new song for the coming evening party of the New Year‟s
Eve.
A. to sing
B. to be singing
C. being sung
D. singing
II. Vocabulary (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then
write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. His speech was careful and ______ but his words seemed to make no sense.
A. distinct
B. distinctive
C. distinguished
D. distinguishable
2. The interpreter gave only a ______ version of the old man‟s long rambling account.
A. compressed
B. minimum
C. condensed
D. memorized
3. She has a small machine for ______ coffee beans.
A. splashing
B. grinding
C. splitting
D. breaking
4. The energy gained from the sun can then be used during the night to enable the necessary
chemical reactions to ______ in his body.
A. proceed
B. progress
C. precede
D. practice
5. I let children make their own decisions now they are older; I wouldn‟t ______ to interfere.
A. resume
B. assume
C. force
D. presume
6. We should ______ with the difficulties we were confronted with.
A. acquaint
B. contend
C. brood
D. accord
7. ______ of half-staving foxes were roaming the snow-covered mountain areas.
A. Crowds
B. Herds
C. Packs
D. Flocks
8. While the population of the United States includes a great variety of racial and ethnic
backgrounds, Korea‟s population is ______.
A. autonomous
B. ambitious
C. homogeneous
D. hegemonic
9. When Tasuma first came to the U. S. from Japan, he wasn‟t sure he could ______ into American
culture, but after a few months, he felt at home here.
A. absorb
B. transform
C. digest
D. assimilate
10. A(n) ______ annoyance of bus terminals is the abundance of exhaust fumes.
A. inherent
B. detected
C. regular
D. extensive
11. Whereas sudden great disasters are instantaneous, others, such as droughts, are ______.
A. cumulative
B. formidable
C. eternal
D. prospective
12. To help students understand how we see, teachers often draw a(n) ______ between an eye and
a camera.
A. contrast
B. analogy
C. metaphor
D. image
13. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ______ Europe
into a great war.
A. imposed
B. pitched
C. inserted
D. plunged
14. The constitution of the State required that property should be ______ for taxation at its market
value.
A. estimated
B. appraised
C. evaluated
D. valued
15. The tourists are told that the remotest village in this area is only ______ by a river.
A. accessible
B. available
C. obtainable
D. achievable
