书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟！住在富人区的她2022年考研考博-考博英语-西北大学考试全真模拟易错、难点剖析B【答案】B卷（带答案）【解析】句意：巨大的、黑色的、有角的水牛，原产于非洲撒哈拉以南，是一种群居动物，生活在开阔的一.综合题(共15题)或灌木覆盖的平原和开阔的森林中。gregarious意为“社交的，群居的”。rotten腐烂的，堕落的；sociable好交际的，友善的；wealthy富有的；beautiful美丽的。选项B与之意思相近。1.单选题Atfirst,theresultsoftheexperimentseemed（）,butfinallyapatternemerged.问题1选项3.单选题A.haphazardHumansareforeverforgettingthattheycan'tcontrolnature.Exactly20yearsago,aTimemagazinecoverstoryannouncedthat“scientistsareonthevergeofbeingabletopredictB.gravethetime,placeandeventhesizeofearthquakes”.Thepeopleofquake-ruinedKobe(神户)learnedlastweekhowwrongthatassertionwas.C.genuineNoneofthemethodspraisedtwodecadesagohavesucceeded.Evennow,scientistshaveyettodiscoverauniformwarningsignalthatprecedesallquakes,letaloneanysignthatwouldD.gullibletellwhetherthecomingquakeismildorakiller.Earthquakeformationcanbetriggeredbymanyfactors,saysHirooKanamori,aseismologistattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.Sofindingoneall-purposewarningsighisimpossible.Onereason:quakesstartdeepinthe【答案】Bearth,soscientistscan'tstudythemdirectly.【解析】haphazard偶然的，随意的；grave严肃的，暗淡的；genuine真正的，诚恳的；gullible易Ifaquakeprecursorwerefound,itwouldstillbeimpossibletowarnhumansinadvanceof受骗的，轻信的。句意：起初，实验的结果似乎没有起色，但最终出现了一个模式。选项B更符合语境。alldangerousquakes.PlaceslikeJapanandCaliforniaarefilledwithhundreds,ifnotthousands,ofminorfaults.Itisimpossibletoplacemonitoringinstrumentsonallofthem.Andtheseinconspicuoussitescanbejustasdeadlyastheirbetter-knowncousinsliketheSanAndreas(圣安得列斯断层).BoththeKobeandthe1994Northridgequakesoccurredonsmallfaults.Predictionwouldbelessimportantifscientistscouldeasilybuildstructurestowithstand2.tremors.Whileseismicengineeringhasimproveddramaticallyinthepast10to15years,单选题everynewquakerevealsunexpectedweaknessesin“quake-resistant”structures,saysTerryThemassive,black,hornedbuffalo,formerlyfoundthroughoutsub-SaharanAfrica,isaTullis,ageophysicistatBrownUniversity.InKobe,forexample,ahighwaythatopenedonlygregariousanimalofopenorscrub-coveredplainsando