2018年6月英语六级词汇模拟题（7）

1. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always____with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.

A. being combined B. having combined C. to combine D. combined

1. A) 【句意】由于铝总是和其它元素结合在一起，最常见的是和氧气在一起，所以自然界中哪里也不会找到单独的铝元素。

【难点】owing to 是介词，后应接名词或动名词，根据题意，应接被动语态形式。

2. Physics is the present day equivalent of ____used to be called natural philosophy, from ____ most of present day science arose.

A. which, what B. that, which C. what, which D. what, that

2. C) 【句意】当今的物理就是以前被称之为自然哲学的等同物，大多数现代科学都产生于自然哲学。

【难点】what used to be called作定语，修饰natural philosophy,from which引导一个非限制性定语从句。

3. On no account ____ever leave the baby at home alone.

A. should you B. you should C. shall you D. you shall

3. A) 【句意】你决不应该把小孩一个人放在家里。

【难点】on no account 意为“决不”属否定意义的词，引导倒装句，所以只有A)项正确。

4. ____the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.

A. It is the sun and not the earth B. That the sun and not the earth

4. B)【句意】太阳系的中心是太阳而不是地球这一事实被中世纪的教会认为是异端邪说。

【难点】That引导主语从句，全句的谓语是was considered.

C. Being the sun and not the earth D. The sun and not the earth

5. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it ____, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.

A. was turned out B. was being turned out C. being turned out D. turned out

5. D) 【句意】后来证明他的财产被国家没收的原因是，战争期间他参与了诈骗活动。

【难点】it turned out (to be)这里作插入语，意为“证明是…”。

6. I’d rather you ____by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.

A. went B. should go C. will go D. go

6. A) 【句意】我宁愿你乘火车去，因为天气预报说明天将有大雪。

【难点】would rather 后接虚拟语气的从句，用一般过去时。

7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until the rise of Nazism ____he was expelled from Germany because he was a Jew.

A. when B. who C. then D. which

7. A) 【句意】爱因斯坦于1921年获诺贝尔奖金，在德国享有盛誉。后来随着纳粹主义的兴起，他被逐出德国，因为他是个犹太人。

【难点】关系副词when引导的定语从句修饰名词词组the rise of Nazism。

8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ____find a place to settle down.

A. can he B. he can C. he D. for him to

8. A) 【句意】他只能在最遥远的地方找个安身之处。

【难点】Nowhere是否定副词，位于句首引导倒装句。

9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk,____run.

A. let alone B. that’s to say C. not to speak D. not to mention

9. A) 【句意】在车祸中，他的一条腿骨折，他连走路都不行，更不用说跑了。

【难点】let alone意为“更不必说”;not to mention意为“再加上”;that is to say意为“也就是说”。

10.____, she led a life of complete seclusion.

A. Being disgraced B. Disgraced C. Disgracing D. She was disgraced

10. B) 【句意】失宠后，她过着完全隐居的生活。

【难点】disgraced在这里是过去分词作状语，表示伴随状态。