清华大学考博英语词汇练习题及参考资料( 1 )

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1. Nicoll made a few __ with his pen on the page he had just read.

      [ A ] signals               [ B ] marks

      [ C ] signs                 [ D ] codes

2. During the summer holiday season there are no __ moms in this seaside hotel.

     [ A ] empty                    [ B ] blank

     [ C ] deserted                  [ D ] vacant

3. Does brain power           as we get older.'? Scientists now have some surprising answers.

      [ A ] desceod               [ B ] decline

      [ C ] deduce                [ D ] collapse

4. To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very __ imagination.

      [ A ] vivid                 [ B ] bright

      [ C ] living                [ D ] colorful

5. He gave a brief           of the history of the university before the opening of the conference.

      [ A ] reference             [ B ] statement

[ C ] account                [ D ] comment

6. The insurance company paid him $10,000 in           after his accident.

      [ A ] installment            [ B ] compensation

      [ C ] substitution           [ D ] commission

7. People who refuse to           with the law will be punished.

      [ A ] obey                   [ B ] consent

      [ C ] conceal                [ D ] comply

8. Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except __

      [ A ] ingredients            [ B ] elements

      [ C ] components             [ D ] compounds

9. Hot metal as it grows cooler.

      [ A ] contracts              [ B ] reduces

      [ C ] condenses              [ D ] compresses

10. His tastes and habits           with those of his wife.

      [ A ] combine                [ B ] compete

      [ C ] coincide               [ D ] compromise

11. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' __

     [ A ] command                 [ B ] conviction

     [ C ] consent                 [ D ] compromise

12. In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, __ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at

     age 16.

     [ A ] compelling              [ B ] forced

     [ C ] obliged                 [ D ] compulsory

13. The Wright brothers __ the design of the first successful motor-powered plane.

     [ A ] confronted              [ B ] concealed

    [ C ] converted               [ D ] conceived

14. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose to __ on math

     and theoretical physics.

     [ A ] impose                  [ B ] center

     [ C ] overwork                [ D ] concentrate

15. Among the many subjects in school, mathematics is probably the most           , depending least on

     a student's background and culture.

     [ A ] universal               [ B ] 'abstract

     [ C ] arbitrary               [ D ] concrete

16. A good teacher must know how to           his ideas.

     [ A ] convey                  [ B ] display

     [ C ] consult                 [ D ] confront

17. China Daily never loses sight of the fact that each day all of us __ a tough, challenging world.

[ A ] encounter               [ B ] acquaint

     [ C ] preside                 [ D ] confront

18. The largest system serving e-mail messengers is the Intemet, a I of millions of computers

     linked worldwide.

     [ A ] unity                   [ B ] combination

     [ C ] network                 [ D] connection

19. Every camera we sell comes with a two-year

     [ A ] guarantee               [ B ] safety

     [ C ] confirmation            [ D ] conservation

20. Sometimes they __ their students' poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.

    [ A ] distribute              [ B ] attribute

     [ C] contribute               [ D ] consider