清华大学考博英语词汇练习题及参考资料

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根据清华大学考博英语考试大纲规定除掌握词汇的基本含义外，考生还应掌握词汇之间的词义关系，如同义词、近义词、反义词等；掌握词汇之间的搭配关系，如动词与介词，形容词与介词，形容词与名词等；掌握词汇生产的基本知识，如词源、词根、词缀等。

一、根据清华大学考博英语考试大纲规定,每年词汇题共40小题，每小题0.5分，共20分。 预计测试时间（45分钟）以下为20道题，想看更多，请关注清华大学考博英语词汇练习题及参考资料( 2 )

40. When a number of people __ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his

      position in the group by where he stands.

      [ A ] pad                   [ B ] pack

      [ C ] squeeze               [ D ] cluster

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

      [ A ] signals               [ B ] marks

      [ C ] signs                 [ D ] codes

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

     [ A ] empty                    [ B ] blank

     [ C ] deserted                  [ D ] vacant

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

      [ A ] desceod               [ B ] decline

      [ C ] deduce                [ D ] collapse

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

      [ A ] vivid                 [ B ] bright

      [ C ] living                [ D ] colorful

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

      [ A ] reference             [ B ] statement

[ C ] account                [ D ] comment

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

      [ A ] installment            [ B ] compensation

      [ C ] substitution           [ D ] commission

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

      [ A ] obey                   [ B ] consent

      [ C ] conceal                [ D ] comply

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

      [ A ] ingredients            [ B ] elements

      [ C ] components             [ D ] compounds

49. Hot metal as it grows cooler.

      [ A ] contracts              [ B ] reduces

      [ C ] condenses              [ D ] compresses

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

      [ A ] combine                [ B ] compete

      [ C ] coincide               [ D ] compromise

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

     [ A ] command                 [ B ] conviction

     [ C ] consent                 [ D ] compromise

52. 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

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

     [ A ] confronted              [ B ] concealed

    [ C ] converted               [ D ] conceived

54. 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

55. 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

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

     [ A ] convey                  [ B ] display

     [ C ] consult                 [ D ] confront

57. 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

58. 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

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

     [ A ] guarantee               [ B ] safety

     [ C ] confirmation            [ D ] conservation

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

    [ A ] distribute              [ B ] attribute

     [ C] contribute               [ D ] consider

61. This kind of material can           heat and moisture.

     [ A ] delete                  [ B ] compel

     [ C ] repel                   [ D ] constrain

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

     [ a ] dominated               [ B ] conquered

     [ C ] determined              [ D ] contested

63. 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

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

     [ a ] ensured                [ B ] informed

     [ C ] deprived               [ D ] convinced

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

     him.

     [ A ] recites                [ B ] confirms

     [ C ] quotes                 [ D ] convinces

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

     [ A ] proportion             [ B ] correlation

     [ C ] connection             [ D ] correspondence

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

     [ A ] preoccupied            [ B ] embarrassed

     [ C ] overwhelmed            [ D ] counseled

68. 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

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

     [ A ] identical                [ B ] original

     [ C ] superficial              [ D ] critical

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

     [ A ] conventional             [ B ] concise

     [ C ] creative                 [ D ] crucial

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

    [ A ] coarse                    [ B ] rude

    [ C ] rough                     [ D ] crude

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

    [ A ] habit                     [ B ] routine

    [ C ] practice                  [ D ] custom

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

    [ A ] hung                      [ B ] hung back

    [ C ] cat down                  [ D ] cat off

74. 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

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

    [ A ] slipped                   [ B ] lessened

    [ C ] descended                 [ D ] declined

76. 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

77. The human voice often sounds           on the telephone.

    [ A ] twisted                   [ B ] irregular

    [ C ] distorted                 [ D ] deformed

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

   [ A ] violently                 [ B ] enthusiastically

    [ C ] sincerely                 [ D ] deliberately

79. 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



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