高考The passage starts with the story of cervantes to show that age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal.

这篇文章从塞万提斯的故事开始，说明年龄不是实现目标的障碍。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

六级It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.

因此，认为旧的壁垒已经被打破，机会均等已经实现，这可能是一种诱惑。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

他试图教一只叫巴斯的雄性海豚和一只叫多丽丝的雌性海豚通过坚固的屏障相互交流。

2012年6月听力原文

六级But the barriers are disappearing, in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public.

但这些障碍正在消失，部分原因是全世界的期刊和资助机构正在鼓励科学家公开他们的数据。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.

然而，尽管全世界已有20亿人在饮食中添加昆虫，但消费者的厌恶感在许多西方国家仍然是一大障碍。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考Many studies show that older parents—today's grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.

许多研究表明，如果不存在这样做的手段和成本的障碍，今天年长的父母的祖父母会更经常地给他们的孩子打电话。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Now it's like a barrier has been let down.

现在就像是一道屏障被拆除了。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

只要不可能白手起家，成本绝对是一个障碍。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级But the new work does go further than previous research and suggests that screen time should still be considered a potential barrier to young people's flourishing.

但是，这项新的研究确实比以前的研究更深入，并表明荧屏时间仍然应该被视为年轻人成长的潜在障碍。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Even Hillary Clinton says that when it comes to college, Costs won't be a barrier.

就连希拉里·克林顿也表示，在上大学时，成本不会成为障碍。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Unfortunately, people create inner barriers with a help of exaggerating fears.

不幸的是，人们通过夸大恐惧来制造内在障碍。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Now it's like a barrier has been let down. "

现在，这就像一道障碍被打破了。"

2010年6月英语六级真题

四级Built with safety in mind, the highways have wide lanes and shoulders, dividing medians, or barriers, long entry and exit lanes, curves engineered for safe turns, and limited access.

考虑到安全性，高速公路有宽阔的车道和路肩、分隔中央分隔带或障碍物、长长的进出车道、为安全转弯而设计的弯道和有限的通道。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter.

试图随意批评写作可能是我们大多数人遇到的写作最大障碍。

2007年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Although many young people blame “socializing” as a barrier to saving money, most of them aren’t knocking back $20 drinks in trendy (时尚的) lounges.

尽管许多年轻人指责“社交”是省钱的障碍，但他们中的大多数人并没有在时尚界抵制20美元的饮料(时尚的) 休息室。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey point to this as a key barrier for women seeking leadership roles.

尽管经济研究和之前的调查结果表明，与母亲身份有关的职业中断可能会使女性更难在职业生涯中取得进步和竞争高管职位，但在最近的调查中，相对较少的成年人指出这是女性寻求领导职位的关键障碍。

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers’ demands.

我认为，大规模并购浪潮背后最重要的力量是全球化进程的基础：运输和通信成本下降，贸易和投资壁垒降低，市场扩大，需要扩大能够满足客户需求的业务。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题