necktie本科学位英语考试选择题提纲

Part IV

Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes 15%)

Section A

(10%)

Directions:

In this section there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four

choices

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

You

are

required

to

choose

the

one

that

best

completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet

with a single line through the center.

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61. The two universities will unite to _______ an art show next month.

A. open

B. stage

C. do

D. buy

62.

If the sun’s ray are _______ on a point on the paper, the paper will catch fire.

A. gathered

B. collected

C. focused

D. assembled

63.

Don’t _______ that you can succeed without hard work.

A. intend

B. suppose

C. endeavor

D. seek

64. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _______ of how life began.

A. cause

B. confusion

C. reason

D. puzzle

65. He thought it nice to ________ the situation.

A. take advantage of

B. catch up with

C. set aside

D. look after

66.

I can’t ________ the village where we spent our holidays 20 years ago.

A. recite

B. recall

C. remind

D. relay

67. I could tell he was surprised from the ________ on his face.

A. appearance

B. sight

C. expression

D. view

68. The talks had been _______ but much remained to be done.

A. fruitful

B. effective

C. advantageous

D. valid

69. We are in _________ of extra pay for extra work.

A. favor

B. light

C. view

D. terms

70. His plan was _________ by the committee.

A. dejected

B. projected

C. rejected

D. subjected

71. We have already _______ too much of your valuable time.

A. taken over

B. taken out

C. taken hold of

D. taken up

72. In the _______ of proof, the police could not take action against the man.

A. lack

B. shortage

C. want

D. absence

73. Work on the new theatre has been ________ for three months because of financial problems.

A. set off

B. set back

C. set on

D. set about

74. Of course he behaves awfully, but _______ he is your brother.

A. above all

B. all over

C. after all

D. for all

75. This shirt is much _______ to the one I bought last week.

A. worse

B. lower

C. inferior

D. equal

76. He has the _______ of saying the right thing at the right time.

A. capability

B. advantage

C. intelligence

D. personality

77. I was advised to arrange for insurance _______ I needed medical treatment.

A. because of

B. even if

C. in case

D. so that

78. Children are _______ to have some accidents as they grow up.

A. apparent

B. obvious

C. bound

D. keen

79. Young adults _______ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs.

A. other than

B. more than

C. less than

D. rather than

80. The prisoner has been deprived of many _______ that average citizens enjoy.

A. insurance

B. information

C. priviliges

D. Conditions

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61. What she says _______ little relation to what she actually does.

A. stands

B. bears

C. endures

D. brings

62.

The

bankruptcy

of

the

multinational

corporation

is

________

poor

management

and

worldwide financial crisis.

A. due to

B. owing to

C. according to

D. thanks to

63. Because of the _______ fog, the constructors have to stop their work.

A. great

.

B. thick

C. big

D. high

64. The newspaper _______ a column to the discussion of the development of the suburbs.

A. devoted

B. opened

C. founded

D. cleared

65. Happy marriage does not necessarily involve the couple having much in _______.

A. common

B. same

C. similar

D. familiar

66. The _______ of blood always makes him feel sick.

A. sight

B. view

C. look

D. form

67. The new washing machines are _______ at the rate of fifty a day.

A. turned up

B. turned down

C. turned out

D. turned off

68. The car was repaired but not quite to my _______.

A. joy

B. pleasure

C. attraction

D. satisfaction

69.

I don’t care who you are, where you are from, and what you do, _______ you love me.

A. now that

B. although

C. as long as

D. even if

70. The plan had been _______, which made him very angry.

A. called off

B. called up

C. called in

D. called on

71. The plane took off despite the _______ rain.

A. heavy

B. great

C. huge

D. large

72. No two leaves from the same tree are ______.

A. identical

B. original

C. analytical

D. critical

73. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak _______ Chinese.

A. smooth

B. fluent

C. fluid

D. flowing

74.

It’s my turn on ______ tonight, but I don’t feel at all well.

A. work

B. task

C. duty

D. obligation

75. In America, the lawyers and doctors charge a lot of ______ for their services.

A. fines

B. fees

C. pay

D. fares

76. I quarrel with him ______ but usually not very seriously.

A. all times

B. in time

C. at times

D. on time

77.

Mary

needs

to

move

to

a

better

apartment.

Do

you

know

of

any

_____

ones

in

the

neighborhood?

A. empty

B. blank

C. vacant

D. bare

78. The _________ of the pill is beginning to have on the patients.

A. influence

B. effect

C. affect

D. impact

79. Say ________ what you mean and then there will be no misunderstanding.

A. frequently

B. eventually

C. necessarily

D. precisely

80. _______, her health is much improved, but she is still not really well.

A. In the way

B. By the way

C. On the way

D. Under way

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61. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be bound to take their _______.

A. share

B. place

C. role

D. shape

62. We _______ the play from beginning to end.

A. like

B. love

C. enjoy

D. find

63. A flying stone ________ him on the head and knocked him out.

A. beat

B. hit

C. strike

D. flog

64. Spare the rod, _______ the child.

A. harm

B. frighten

C. spoil

D. hurt

65. With easy articles and interesting information, this newspaper is designed for ______ readers.

A. normal

B. average

C. efficient

D. literary

66.

I don’t think the rain will _______ our plan for a picnic.

A. impact

B. influence

C. affect

D. effect

67. You have to act ________ if you are to save his life.

A. rightly

B. immediately

C. immensely

D. firstly

68. I will never do such a thing on any _______.

A. case

B. account

C. accident

D. matter

69. There is no _______ in going to the cinema now as the film has already started.

A. reason

B. motive

C. cause

D. point

70.

She told me to use my dictionary to _______ anything I didn’t understand.

A. look out

B. look up

C. look for

D. look at

71. She was ________ the grant money to pay her way through graduate school.

A. counting on

B. coping with

C. coming about

D. carrying out

72. They stayed up late trying to ________ out a way to solve the problem.

A. let

B. knock

C. give

D. figure

73. He came to the meeting ________ his serious illness.

A. despite

B. despite that

C. in spite

D. although

74.

I’d like to take _________ of

this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.

A. profit

B. benefit

C. advantage

D. interests

75. His training ________ him as a teacher of English.

A. equal

B. qualify

C. match

D. fit

76. Air conditioning protects industrial workers ________ harmful fumes in the environment.

A. off

B. beyond

C. from

D. above

77. I learned that the next entertainment would _________ of a ballet entitled The Colder Harvest.

A. consist

B. insist

C. persist

D. assist

78.

In the _______ of her son’

s comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque.

A. light

B. view

C. opinion

D. condition

79. This heavy traffic is _______ for this time of the day.

A. normal

B. natural

C. formal

80. Mark offered to help me to learn English ________.

A. on duty

B. in vain

C. on purpose

D. actual

D. in earnest

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61. They can go whenever they like. ________ I

’

m concerned.

A. as well as

B. as much as

C. as long as

D. as far as

62. It was _________ of you not to play the piano while your brother had a bad headache.

A. considerable

B. consideration

C. considered

D. considerate

63. Do you think there is any _________ of him passing the entrance examination?

A. chance

B. condition

C. occasion

D. success

64. As soon as he arrived, he ________ putting the house in order.

A. set out

B. set about

C. set in

D. set up

65. They promised that no matter what might happen they would not _________ to violence.

A. come

B. oppose

C. respond

D. resort

66. Only a little boy_________ the accident; everyone else was killed.

A. witnessed

B. underwent

C. saw

D. survived

67. That small country has _________ independence.

A. ordered

B. performed

C. exclaimed

D. declared

68. The twin brothers look so much ________ that I often confuse them.

A. alike

B. like

C. unlike

D. likely

69. Johnnie

’

s hard work and popularity led to his rise in salary and _________ in position.

A. privilege

B. compliments

C. promotion

D. advantage

70. There are too many _________ here for me to concentrate on my term paper.

A. distractions

B. destructions

C. directions

D. discoveries

71. Children _________ all the hot dogs and hamburger on the table.

A. finished

B. completed

C. consumed

D. ended

72. You

’

ve ________ trouble to all of us.

A. affected

B. caused

C. produced

D. realized

73.

I hate people who ________ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.

A. rewrite

B. reveal

C. revise

D. return

74. The money is to be used for a _________ purpose.

A. particular

B. special

C. specific

D. precise

75. Did you ________ his lecture yesterday?

A. hear

B. attend

C. listen

D. watch

76. He made a lot of bad ________ in his composition.

A. faults

B. shortcomings

C. defects

D. mistakes

77. Mary was so _________ in writing her novel that she forgot about her dinner cooking in the

oven.

A. engaged

B. attracted

C. drawn

D. obliged

78. The poor driver was still ________ when we freed him from under his car.

A. live

B. lively

C. alive

D. living

79. I hope the stove will ________ enough heat to warm the room.

A. get over

B. give in

C. get out

D. give off

80. His debts ________ to a considerable sum.

A. add

B. collect

C. mount

D. amount

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61. Let me know if any difficulties ________.

A. arise

B. come

C. occur

D. happen

62. It is not easy to _________ the ability to speak fluent English or write idiomatic English.

A. get

B. acquire

C. obtain

D. gain

63. The Johnsons

’

cat likes to ________ the mice as if it were playing with them.

A. run

B. go

C. look

D. chase

64. What he did is a ________ cheating.

A. true

B. plain

C. indeed

D. actual

65. We must recover the stolen goods at all _________.

A. accounts

B. conditions

C. payments

D. costs

66. I have got to go

—

something has just _________ at home and I am needed there.

A. come to

B. come in

C. come down

D. come up

67. It

’

s surprising that this innocent-looking person should have ________ such a crime.

A. acted

B. committed

C. finished

D. performed

68. His job as a tour guide ________ traveling a lot around the country.

A. accompanies

B. includes

C. contains

D. involves

69. The task before us ________ great courage and perseverance.

A. calls up

B. calls on

C. calls forth

D. calls for

70. People can

’

t ________ the fact that China is still a developing country.

A. ignore

B. overlook

C. neglect

D. pay no attention to

71. He made a(n) ________ contribution to the discussion.

A. positive

B. active

C. optimistic

D. confident

72. The plant ________ electricity for the entire city.

A. makes

B. generates

C. forms

D. manufactures

73. Ministers are under no _________ to follow the committee

’

s recommendation.

A. implication

B. obligation

C. evidence

D. position

74. Experts say that the complex organizational life of ants should be attributed to _______.

A. instinct

B. distinct

C. impulse

D. species

75. People have little information on the _________ of air pollution near the factory.

A. extent

B. range

C. length

D. limit

76. The workers are well aware that if they undertake this project they will inevitably ________

many difficulties, even hazards.

A. find

B. meet

C. encounter

D. catch

77. The

bank

manager

asked

his assistant

if

it

was

possible

for

him

to

_______

the

investment

plan within a week.

A. work out

B. put out

C. make out

D. set out

78. Too much ________ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.

A. disclosure

B. exhibition

C. contact

D. exposure

79. Political parties often differ in their views on various _______ concerning their own countries.

A. ways

B. measures

C. issues

D. patterns

80. Topics for conversation should be ______ to the experiences and interests of the students.

A. remarkable

B. relevant

C. inevitable

D. Brilliant

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61. Tom was extremely angry, but cool- headed enough to ______ storming into the boss

’

s office.

A. prevent

B. prohibit

C. refrain

D. avoid

62. The

bank

manager

asked

his assistant

if

it

was

possible

for

him

to

_______

the

investment

plan within a week.

A. work out

B. put out

C. make out

D. set out

63. It is important in scientific experiments that all the conditions should be _______.

A. constant

B. instant

C. distant

D. resistant

64. The temperature in their city on a summer

’s day _____

_ from 28 C to 36C.

A. differs

B. numbers

C. ranges

D. keeps

65. The workers are well aware that if they undertake this project they will inevitably _______

many difficulties, even hazards.

A. find

B. meet

C. encounter

D. catch

66. To a first year student, the doctoral degree is a distant _________.

A. aspect

B. respect

C. prospect

D. expect

67. When will our plane _______?

A. take away

B. take off

C. take up

D. take on

68. In the United States, drivers must not ______ a maximum of 65 miles an hour on a freeway.

A. overtake

B. pass

C. exceed

D. suppress

69.

The children’s ages are 10,

12, and 14, ______.

A. respectively

B. responsibly

C. respectably

D. respectfully

70. The police ______ him of stealing a car.

A. committed

B. accused

C. charged

D. threatened

71. Please _______ your bag from the seat so that I can sit down.

A. move

B. remove

C. mind

D. remind

72. The wind ______ us and we won the sailing race.

A. followed

B. featured

C. feared

D. favored

73. As is well-known, he is _______ at organizational work.

A. adopt

B. adapt

C. adept

D. adequate

74. Her display of bad temper completely _______ the party.

A. harmed

B. damaged

C. spoilt

D. hurt

75.

Well, let’s put our heads together and find _______ to the problem.

A. an answer

B. a way

C. a solution

D. a method

76.

The

world

market

is

_______

changing.

We

must

anticipate

the

changes

and

make

timely

adjustments.

A. regularly

B. steadily

C. scarcely

D. constantly

77.

There

are

certain

______

when

you

must

interrupt

people

who

are

in

the

middle

of

doing

something.

A. conditions

B. situations

C. occasions

D. environments

78. Children are very curious ________.

A. at heart

B. in person

C. on purpose

D. by nature

79. It

was totally ______ that the escaped prisoner should use a major airport to get out of the

country.

A. unsuitable

B. uncertain

C. impossible

D. unexpected

80. Jack is a poor shot; he fired twice at the rabbit and _______.

A. wasted

B. missed

C. lost

D. failed

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61. We welcome rain, but a(n) ________ large amount of rainfall will cause floods.

A. extensively

B. extremely

C. specially

D. constantly

62. Students are _______ for admission to the college on the basis of an entrance test.

A. collected

B. selected

C. reflected

D. elected

63.

There are other problems, which I don’t propose to

_______ at the moment.

A. go into

B. go around

C. go for

D. go up

64. You should not just ________ on your drinking-you should stop drinking completely.

A. take down

B. bring down

C. cut down

D. put down

65.

In the event of a fire, caregivers should yell “fire” to

_______ the children to the danger.

A. alert

B. warn

C. prevent

D. inform

66. The Chinese were a ________ civilized people long before Europeans were.

A. greatly

B. highly

C. mostly

D. largely

67. The manager promised that he would look into the matter ________.

A. before long

B. for long

C. long before

D. so long

68. They were forced to _______ the concert when the conductor became ill.

A. change

B. cancel

C. remove

D. shift

69.

The company isn’t

_______ of handling an order that large.

A. able

B. skilled

C. competent

D. capable

70. Her husband _______ a small shop in the town.

A. governs

B. direct

C. leads

D. manages

71. Things hardly _______ are longer retained.

A. reached

B. achieved

C. obtained

D. arrived

72. The construction of the building has been ______ by the heavy rain.

A. held off

B. held on

C. held up

D. held in

73. His tone _______ his fear feeling more truly than his words.

A. brought

B. conveyed

C. handed

D. fetched

74. Between now and when you die, you will _______ more hours on work than you will on any

other single activity.

A. pay

B. spend

C. cost

D. take

75. The _______ over dinner was warm and friendly.

A. atmosphere

B. condition

C. situation

D. air

76. He thought that heroes were merely ordinary people who fell into _______ situation.

A. typical

B. unusual

C. exciting

D. interesting

77. People living in the locality complain of the traffic noises which _______ them at night.

A. disturb

B. prevent

C. bother

D. interfere

78. When you apply for your passport to be renewed, you have to send a ______ photograph.

A. fresh

B. present

C. recent

D. modern

79. We should not be _______ of the progress being made in other countries.

A. invisible

B. unclear

C. ignorant

D. senseless

80. A _______ medical checkup is advisable at least once a year.

A. routine

B. necessary

C. normal

D. frequent

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61. There is a mystery about his death and the police are ________ it.

A. looking for

B. looking into

C. looking after

D. looking over

62.

Six o’

clock is his _______ hour for getting up.

A. frequent

B. regular

C. uniform

D. settled

63. The ________ earthquake left 3,000 homeless.

A. violent

B. extensive

C. endless

D. furious

64. It was a good game, and at the end the ________ was Argentina 3, Germany 2.

A. account

B. mark

C. score

D. record

65. I didn

’

t know what to do but then an idea suddenly _______ to me.

A. occurred

B. happened

C. appeared

D. lighted

66. Smoking in bed ________ 1000 fires a year.

A. burns

B. catches

C. keeps

D. causes

67. Solar cells have been developed primarily to _________ electric power for spacecraft.

A. seek

B. provide

C. apply

D. ensure

68. He stood waving until the train was out of _______.

A. scene

B. sight

C. look

D. reach

69. Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the most _________ populated regions of Western Europe.

A. densely

B. vastly

C. enormously

D. largely

70. I want to buy a new tie to _______ this brown suit.

A. go into

B. go after

C. go with

D. go by

71.

The

banker

offered

to

_____

us

some

money,

but

at

an

annual

charge

to

us

of

15

percent

interest.

A. borrow

B. loan

C. lend

D. leave

72. Conservative(

保守的

) people tend to ________ traditional ideas.

A. stick to

B. owe to

C. set aside

D. add to

73.

The

Prime

Minister

refused

to

______

on

the

rumor

that

he

had

planned

to

give

up

his

position.

A. relate

B. treat

C. comment

D. state

74. This hotel _______ $$ 60 for a single room with bath.

A. claims

B. demands

C. prices

D. charges