中南大学考博英语词汇练习题及参考资料( 1 )

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一、根据中南大学考博英语规定,每年词汇题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分。 预计测试时间（15分钟）以下为20道题。

1. This kind of material can           heat and moisture.

     [ A ] delete                  [ B ] compel

     [ C ] repel                   [ D ] constrain

2. For the past two years, Audi cars have __ Germany's Touring Car Championship.

     [ a ] dominated               [ B ] conquered

     [ C ] determined              [ D ] contested

3. The pollution question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in

                 again next spring.

     [ A ] assembly               [ B ] session

     [ C ] conference             [ D ] convention

4. The prisoner has been           of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.

     [ a ] ensured                [ B ] informed

     [ C ] deprived               [ D ] convinced

5. In order to strengthen his arguments, Toffler __ respectable social scientists who agree with

     him.

     [ A ] recites                [ B ] confirms

     [ C ] quotes                 [ D ] convinces

6. Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable __ to the total cost of the product.

     [ A ] proportion             [ B ] correlation

     [ C ] connection             [ D ] correspondence

7. I was I by their kindness and moved to tears.

     [ A ] preoccupied            [ B ] embarrassed

     [ C ] overwhelmed            [ D ] counseled

8. It's usually the case that people seldom behave in a __ way when in a furious state.

     [ a ] stable                 [ B ] rational

     [ C ] legal                  [ D ] credible

9. A friendship may be __ , casual, situational or deep and lasting.

     [ A ] identical                [ B ] original

     [ C ] superficial              [ D ] critical

10. Our readers are comfortable with our clear,            words that inform and entertain them.

     [ A ] conventional             [ B ] concise

     [ C ] creative                 [ D ] crucial

11. By            computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.

    [ A ] coarse                    [ B ] rude

    [ C ] rough                     [ D ] crude

12. Children and old people (lo not like having their daily __ upset.

    [ A ] habit                     [ B ] routine

    [ C ] practice                  [ D ] custom

13. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were __

    [ A ] hung                      [ B ] hung back

    [ C ] cat down                  [ D ] cat off

14. I tried very. hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat __

    [ A ] disapproval               [ B ] rejection

    [ C ] refusal                   [ D ] decline

15. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply _--

    [ A ] slipped                   [ B ] lessened

    [ C ] descended                 [ D ] declined

16. I could see that my wife was  __ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not.

    [ A ] intent on                 [ B ] adequate for

    [ C ] short of                  [ D ] deficient in

17. The human voice often sounds           on the telephone.

    [ A ] twisted                   [ B ] irregular

    [ C ] distorted                 [ D ] deformed

18. Some people either __   avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

   [ A ] violently                 [ B ] enthusiastically

    [ C ] sincerely                 [ D ] deliberately

19. We are __-- faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower stand-ard of living.

    [ A ] readily                   [ B ] smoothly

[ C ]inevitahly                 [ D ] deliberately

20. Some people criticize family doctors for           too many medicines for minor illnesses.

    [ A] prescribing                [ B] ordering

[ C ] advising                  [ D] delivering