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Part II. Vocabulary and Structure
（
100x1=100points
）
Section A:
In this
section, there are 55 incomplete sentences, each
with four items marked A, B, C
and
D.
Choose
one
item
that
best
completes
the
sentence
and
mark
your
choice
on
your
ANSWER SHEET
with a single line through the center.
1.
Many children
with mild mental ______ are not identified until
they enter school and
sometimes not
until the second or third grade, when more
difficult academic work is required.
A.
retardation
B. senility
C. stroke
D. deprivation
2.
Whitehouse
goes so far as to suggest that investors begin
hedging with fixed ________ assets:
A. intangible
B. spatial
C. subjective
D.
tangible
3.
After the ups and downs in bond and
equity markets for the past few years, the ability
to
deliver long-term positive returns
across all market conditions has become the ______
for
some investors.
A.
holy grail
B. little
hellion
C. dust bunny
D. comic relief
4.
They
officially ________ the area around the nuclear
power station as unsuitable for human
habitation.
A. coordinated
B.
designated
C. devastated
D. speculated
5.
Girls and boys
were ____________ into different dining rooms for
meals and not allowed to
mix at break
time.
A. recreated
B.
frustrated
C.
integrated
D. segregated
6.
We live in an
increasingly __________ society, in which religion
has less and less influence in
our
daily lives.
A. supernatural
B. religious
C. secular
D. sacred
7.
Unlike their
parents, young people are no longer guaranteed
good salaries and _________
jobs even
if they have received the best education.
A. prestigious
B. indecent
C. poignant
D.
despised
8.
It
seems like he doesn
’
t have
any original idea, and his speech is full of
_______.
A. novelty
B. inspiration
C. wisdom
D. platitude
9.
We should make the citizens _______ the
eight items of “honors and disgraces” into their
words and deeds.
A.
internalize
B. socialize
C. fantasize
D.
minimize
10.
Some
research suggests that women with ____
-
sounding names such as “Sam” and
“Chris”
are more successful in the
business world.
A. feminine
B. muscular
C.
masculine
D. aggressive
11.
If someone watches or listens with
_______ attention, he or she is extremely
interested or
fascinated.
A.
scarce
B. boorish
C. rapt
D. frustrated
12.
He is a bad-tempered old man and always
flies into a _________ at the slightest
provocation.
A. rage
B. prompt
C. fray
D. demeanor
13.
In recent years, young parents, female
professionals, and well-educated parents are more
likely to _______ their children into
more equal gender roles.
A.
fantasize
B.
socialize
C.
epitomize
D.
personalize
14.
For fear of being sent to the police,
the teenage shoplifter, with great lamentation and
abundance of tears, ______ the security
guard of the shop to forgive him.
A.
importuned
B. banished
C.
told off
D. let loose
15.
The former
mayor is under investigation for ______ abusing
power for personal gains.
A. archly
B. gallantly
C. wobbly
D. allegedly
16.
As regards
your proposal for making investment in your city,
we ________ it premature to
take the
matter into consideration.
A. seem
B. look
C. deem
D.
reproduce
17.
They passed a law to ____________
people from parking in the street.
A.
speculate
B. predispose
C. force
D. inhibit
18.
But what do
we expect of our teachers? We have a __________
idea of what a teacher should
look like
in our mind. We expect male teachers to appear
neat and refined, and female ones to
wear skirts. Principals and parents
would become suspicious if a teacher fails to fit
into the
model.
versial
B.
stereotyped
C. subvervient
D. masculine
19.
If the gene copying process were
perfect, life as it now exists would never have
_________.
A. happened about
B.
heard about
C. come about
D.
talked about
20.
Japa
n is located on the
Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an area prone to
______ upheaval and volcanic
activity because it lies on the edges
of tectonic plates.
A.
societal
B. antisocial
C. demographic
D.
seismic
21.
After the nuclear blasts, Japan ordered
an evacuation of the areas surrounding the nuclear
plants, but those living outside the
evacuation zones have felt left in ______, exposed
to levels
of radiation that are several
times the normal level, though not high enough to
cause
observable health risks.
A. womb
B. limbo
C. probation
D. recollection
22.
Mr. Smith,
who was worried that the ban might ________ on the
rights of law-abiding gun
owners, had
already voted against the bill.
A.
infringe
B. integrate
C. inferior
D. incorporate
23.
Students
well-rounded education but feel that
the school attracts few top
recruiters
outside of the Southeast.
A.
rave about
B. lay out
C.
hook up
D. whoop up
24.
This event is
called a party --- a place where one _______
without worrying about being
judged by
the cold standard of professional usefulness.
A. rest up
B. fork out
C. pull back
D. let loose
25.
A host of
other singles services have sprung up, from
dogwalkers to alarm systems to agencies
that will water your plants or bring
you aspirin and coffee when you’re
_________.
A. hung around
B. hung over
C. hung up
D. hung on
26.
To many of
them, modern medicine has become a ______ sword.
A. double-dividend
B. double-sided
C. double-
edged
D
. double-stranded
27.
The layout of
space characteristic of French cities is only one
aspect of the theme of
centralization
that ______ French culture.
A.
fantasizes
B. internalizes
C. socializes
D. characterizes
28.
In the United
States, cities are usually laid out along a grid,
streets and buildings are
numbered
__________.
A. quintessentially
ologically
C.
sequentially
D. dysfunctionally
29.
In middle-
class America, specific spaces are _________ for
specific activities.
A. populated
B.
dominated
C. designated
D.
validated
30.
This pattern has been used for
thousands of years, as demonstrated by the
archaeological
evidence _______ in
ancient Indian cities.
A. undefined
B. uncovered
C.
undone
D. untitled
31.
Today about a fifth of all married
couples still ______ the old-style marriage in
which the
wife stays home to raise
children and the husband works.
A. opt
with
B. opt to
C. opt for
D. opt against
32.
Although they
are always at the center of things, they tend to
be loners and are ____ to stress
when
life becomes difficult.
A.
prone
B. about
C. motive
D. sturdy
33.
What else
does talking frankly and informally mean but an
invitation to ________ without
any
career consequence?
A. whoop it up
B. unload opinions
C. hang around
D. incur a debt
34.
The Single in
the past, of the _______ego and much-watched
answering machine, was
traditionally at
the margin of society: a figure of fun, pity and
awe.
A. archly
B. gallantly
C. wobbly
D. allegedly
35.
We should
strengthen regulation, prevent and ______
financial risks so as to provide better
banking services for economic and
social development.
A. plunk
B. defuse
C.
violate
D.
strive
36.
Bothered by terrorism, world leaders
are now united in their _____ for peace.
A. quest
B. intimacy
C. validation
D. condo
37.
Mr. Obama
________ that it was the Republican who had tried
to turn a national tragedy to
his
advantage by releasing a press release about the
deadly assault.
A. banished
B. countered
C. established
D. outraged
38.
17-year-old Richard Beasley has
________ not guilty to the charges of murder,
including the
attempted killing of a
fourth man.
A. improvised
B. importuned
C. petitioned
D. pleaded
39.
In the heated
debate, the two presidential candidates ________
about last month’s attack on
the US Libya consulate
(
领事馆
) that left four
Americans dead.
A.
bickered
B. buzzed
C.
groaned
D. grappled
40.
Because of
this possibility, shareholders will have to
________ monitoring costs or agency
costs to ensure that managers behave
properly.
A. embrace
B. outnumber
C. incur
D. modify
41.
New York's
subway system ________ the worst damage in its
108-year history, said Joseph
Lhota,
head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
A. afflicted
B. affiliated
C. strained
D.
sustained
42.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo
said his state must ________ to the reality of
more
frequent extreme weather events.
A. adapt
B. adhere
C. adopt
D. adjourn
43.
She told the
journalist that she was one week ________ her
twentieth birthday when she got
married
with Mr. Wilson.
A. made sense of
B. shy of
C. in place of
D. in the wake of
44.
Meanwhile
farmers have no option but to ________ the ever-
increasing premiums that
insurers are
demanding.
A. hook up
B. let loose
C. fork out
D. pitch in
45.
I’ve learned that a private detective
was sent to make
________ inquiries
about Miss Hutton's
financial
situation.
A.
discreet
B. flinty
C. mandatory
D. vigilant
46.
It’s an
amazing surprise that the Cherry Blossom
restaurant serves a
________ of
Japanese
and Californian cooking.
A. complex
B. fusion
C. landmark
D. mainstay
47.
Smith got some of the blame last year
when Republicans lost control of Congress, leading
to a
mixed assessment of his
political___________ by the experts.
A.
sphere
B. prowess
C.
trait
D.
disapproval
48.
This report, which highlighted the
educational differences between blacks and whites,
raised
many issues and started new
___________.
A.
controversies
B. inclination
C. norms
D. tendency
49.
I was rather nervous at first, Steve
being so __________, and elegant, and superior to
me in
all respects.
A. self-
conscious
B.
self-made
C.
self-possessed
D.
self-determined
50.
While women show steady advancement and
__________, their share of jobs in traditionally
male roles is still relatively low.
A. meditation
B. upward
mobility
C. temperament
D. ambition
51.
The customer
is always the focus for us, molding our thinking
and our actions. Our customers
regard
us as a __________, innovative and flexible
partner. We are
A. buoyant
B. motivated
C. active
D. tech-savvy
52.
The developed
nations, with about one fourth of the world's
population, possess almost half
the
__________land of the earth.
A. spatial
B. arable
C. vast
D. populated
53.
China can not
__________the violation of the principles of non-
intervention and
noninterference in the
internal affairs of states.
A.
condone
B. provoke
C. defuse
D. arouse
54.
Putting food into one's mouth with a
knife is considered __________ in England.
A. elegant
B. showy
C. vulgar
D. gallant
55.
Things
generally do not go well when there is no
recognized etiquette and everyone is forced
to __________.
A. imitate
B. impart
C. improvise.
D.
immerse
Part B
Directions:
In this section,
there are 45 complete sentences, each with an
underlined part. Replace
each
underlined word/phrase with one of the four items
marked A, B, C and D that best keeps its
meaning and mark your choices on your
ANSWER SHEET
with a single
line through the center.
56.
Thanks to an
explosion of research, science now knows how to
defuse the danger and control
the
disease.
A. strengthen
B. attest
C. diminish
D. aggravate
57.
Rude
behaviour in children is more often the result of
thoughtlessness than that of deliberate