学术英语卓越班词汇大赛样题

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学年学术英语词汇大赛

考试时间

60

分钟

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应得分

60

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100

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Part

I:

Select

a

choice

that

bears

the

similar

meaning

to

the

underlined

word

in

each

sentence.

Please

mark

the

corresponding

letter

for

each

item

on

the

answer

sheet

with

a

single line through the center. (60 %)

1.

A good historian must have an academic mind.

A) educational

B) professional

C) scholastic

D) emotional

2.

Mother hens protect their young by instinct.

A) genius

B) habit

C) essential ability

D) natural tendency

3.

They are a(n) established company with a good reputation.

A) rebuilt

B) recognized

C) outgoing

D) outstanding

4.

The area has its own unique language.

A) national

B) official

C) peculiar

D) standard

5.

He denied that his country wants to dominate Europe.

A) combat

B) combine

C) conquer

D) control

6.

I have always regarded him as a man of integrity.

A) hardship

B) honesty

C) importance

D) intelligence

7.

The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.

A) admittance

B) convenience

C) manitenance

D) relevance

8.

Research is the cornerstone of this profession.

A) argument

B) basis

C) medium

D) tool

9.

She picked up a dress appropriate for the occasion.

A) advisable

B) capable

C) iamginable

D) suitable

10.

My plan encompasses every possibility.

A) anticipates

B) enables

C) includes

D) surrounds

11.

There is no analogy between his position and yours.

A) comparison

B) connection

C) similarity

D) sincerity

12.

Yesterday’s

message to him was unequivocal:

“

Get down at once.

”

A) definite

B) harsh

C) mistaken

D) practical

13.

Best friends are the foundation of my life.

A) attention

B) basis

C) condition

D) romance

14.

She left her husband because of his unacceptable behaviour.

A) enjoyable

B) capable

C) unreliable

D) unsuitable

15.

There is a clause in his contract which entitles him to a percentage of the profits.

A) point

B) project

C) section

D) sentence

16.

His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.

A) failed

B) gained

C) responded

D) switched

17.

The country

’

s ethnic minorities constitute 7 percent of its total population.

A) make for

B) make up

C) take on

D) take up

18.

He should be applauded for his courage.

A) approved

B) encouraged

C) praised

D) recognized

19.

Creativity is a human trait.

A) aid

B) deceit

C) characteristic

D) plug

20.

After the divorce she was left virtually penniless.

A) almost

B) sadly

C) frankly

D) fast

21.

I suggest supplementing your diet with vitamins E and A.

A) approaching

B) extending

C) improving

D) mixing

22.

We have a verbal agreement with our suppliers.

A) confirmed

B) formal

C) mental

D) written

23.

The children were tired and lagged behind their parents.

A) cried

B) fell

C) lost

D) motioned

24.

American consumers prefer white eggs; conversely, British buyers like brown eggs.

A) on the other hand

B) on the contrary

C) in short

D) in effect

25.

He has been in therapy for years, but he has still got a big self-esteem problem.

A) lolly

B) anarchy

C) inscription

D) treatment

26.

The bridge needs some structural reinforcement.

A) strengthening

B) deepening

C) broadening

D) widening

27.

An inadequate supply of vitamin A can lead to blindness.

A) too little

B) too much

C) too often

D) too small

28.

Decent members of the public will be outraged by this decision.

A) marked

B) reputable

C) famous

D) affordable

29.

At one time or other, we all face adversity.

A) opportunity

B) enemy

C) trouble

D) friend

30.

Extremists were openly advocating violence.

A) opposing

B) critizing

C) commenting

D) supporting

31.

He has quite liberal views for someone of his generation.

A) shallow

B) similar

C) fair

D) familiar

32.

Television soon overtook cinema as the most popular form of entertainment.

A) gave in

B) replaced

C) laughed at

D) pursued

33.

Do you have any relevant experience in advertising?

A) related

B) corresponded

C) responsive

D) responsible

34.

Could you be more specific about what you

’

re looking for?

A) detailed

B) completed

C) optimistic

D) pessimistic

35.

Women have often been excluded from positions of power in the public sphere.

A) globe

B) field

C) sovereignty

D) scope

36.

She is obsessed with her weight, even though she

’

s not fat.

A) consumed

B) glad

C) satisfied

D) delighted

37.

I had no job, no education, and no prospects.

A) backgounds

B) skills

C) future

D) perspectives

38.

He had undergone tremendous emotional problems following the breakdown of his marriage.

A) gone with

B) gone through

C) gone along

D) gone on with

39.

The styles now favored by many teenagers have raised eyebrows among parents.

A) brought disasters

B) gained sympathies

C) lost supports

D) caused disapprovals

40.

Space exploration provides a symbol of national pride.

A) slogan

B) image

C) presentation

D) representation

41.

The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.

A) monitors

B) instruments

C) furniture

D) sofewares

42.

The fall in the number of deaths from heart disease is generally attributed to improvements in

diet.

A) traced to

B) accustomed to

C) look forward to

D) accorded to

43.

As a man of broad vision, he is always the center of conversations.

A) links

B) scope

C) image

D) inclination

44.

She is very committed to helping people who are homeless.

A) devoted

B) convinced

C) stubborn

D) pitiful

45.

That politician won the presidential election campaign and became the President.

A) speech

B) movement

C) announcement

D) pledge

46.

For short-run decisions, the ability to predict seasonal fluctuations is often essential.

A) tendency

B) trend

C) instability

D) inclination

47.

I

’

ve got to take some initiative or I

’

ll lose him.

A) measures

B) opening moves

C) comments

D) remarks

48.

It

’

s important to learn how to see things from the right perspective.

A) standpoint

B) method

C) direction

D) cause

49.

The incident sparked off a whole chain of disasters.

A) shaped

B) scattered

C) triggered

D) shot

50.

I am a senior citizen who just retired from routine daily business.

A) regular

B) stressful

C) challenging

D) boring

51.

The road is open now to facilitate the traffic flow from the capital to the coastal regions.

A) assist

B) distribute

C) decrease

D) cut

52.

As a new trend, many young people watch television exclusively online.

A) exceedingly

B) exceptionally

C) solely

D) plainly

53.

The advertisement says that going to this riding school will dramatically shorten your

learning process.

A) persuasively

B) moderately

C) significantly

D) partially

54.

The young artist

’

s paintings do not generate a big income, but that

’

s what he loves to do.

A) promote

B) prevail

C) produce

D) proclaim

55.

The book introduces the cultural diversity of the globalization times.

A) prejudice

B) differences

C) assimilation

D) variety

56.

The

reform

plan

of

Beijing

University

has

triggered

an

extensive

debate

among

scholars

recently.

A) activated

B) arisen

C) conceived

D) accused

57.

As this investigation has shown, discrimination against senior citizens is still profound.

A) report

B) survey

C) complaint

D) interview

58.

Parents and teachers shall help children to differentiate between expectations and needs.

A) distinguish

B) dissolve

C) defy

D) deny

59.

There is not a single instance in which this ingredient can be deadly.

A) inhabit

B) case

C) location

D) moment

60.

All the colonies will become independent ultimately.

A) unanimously

B) eventually

C) quickly

D) uncertainly

Part II: Choose from the right column a word with the similar meaning to each word from

the left column, and put the corresponding letter in the bracket at the end of each word in

the left column. (10 %)

G1. reputation

(

)

G2. major

(

)

vity

(

)

G4. amazingly (

)

G5. intense

(

)

G6. outline

(

)

G7. expense

(

)

G8. reflective

(

)

G9. compose

(

)

G10. ongoing

(

)

A) originality

B) summary

C) fame

D) extreme

E) thoughtful

F) surprisingly

G) create

H) important

I) continuing

J) cost

Part III: Pick out the word that has a different meaning from the other words, and put the

corresponding letter in the bracket.

(20 %)

61.

(

) A) frame

B) structure

C) system

D) engine

62.

(

) A) detect

B) reject

C) locate

D) discover

63.

(

) A) achievement

B) performance

C) disappointment

D

) accomplishment

64.

(

) A) amazingly

B) cheerfully

C) delightedly

D) gaily

65.

(

) A) experienced

B) skilled

C) academic

D) practised

66.

(

) A) standing

B) position

C) condition

D) estate

67.

(

) A) alliance

B) confidence

C) belief

D) faith

68.

(

) A) describe

B) boast

C) explain

D) teach

69.

(

) A) worth

B) expense

C) tuition

D) charge

70.

(

) A) power

B) skill

C) charity

D) capacity

71.

(

) A) contain

B) blend

C) embrace

D) comprise

72.

(

) A) patch

B) combine

C) unite

D) merge

73.

(

) A) follow

B) pursue

C) trial

D) trace

74.

(

) A) eventual

B) varied

C) ultimate

D) decisive

75.

(

) A) destroy

B) ruin

C) wreck

D) terminate

76.

(

) A) heavy

B) stout

C) overweight

D) bonus

77.

(

) A) commonplace

B) ordinary

C) gigantic

D) mediocre

78.

(

) A) superbly

B) undoubtedly

C) brilliantly

D) marvelously

79.

(

) A) sole

B) single

C) decisive

D) exclusive

80.

(

) A) amend

B) revise

C) modify

D) justify