学位英语

一、词汇选项：

1. The city center was wiped out by the bomb.

A. covered

B. reduced

C. destroyed

D. moved

C  wipe out是个短语，意思是‘消灭、摧毁’，和动词destroy同义。又如：The whole  town was wiped out by the landslide。

2. The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.

A. need

B. hate

C. love

D. pity

B  在四个选项中和contempt（蔑视）意义最接近的是hate，plty的意思是‘怜悯’。

3. A larg crowd assembled outside the American embassy.

A. watched

B. shouted

C. gathered

D. walked

C    assemble是‘集结’的意思，gather是具有这一词义的最普通的一个词。

4. He inspired many young people to take up sports.

A. encouraged

B. allowed

C. called

D. advised

A   inspire sb. to do sth．是‘鼓励、激励某人做某事’的意思，这里inspire和encourage的词义和用法一样，故可以用encourage来代替。

5. The storm caused severe damage.

A. physical

B. accidental

C. serious

D. enviromental

C  severe有‘严厉的、严重的’多种意义。severe damage是严重破坏，故可用serious代替。又如：severe criticism严厉批评、severe situation严峻的形势、severe winter严冬、    severe loss严重损失、severe teacher严厉的老师。

6. I think $7 a drink is a bit steep, don’t you?

A. tight

B. low

C. cheap

D. high

D   steep这个词最常用的意义是‘陡峭的’，如：a steep slope，陡峭的山坡，但在口语中它可以用来表示（要求、价格）‘过高、难以接受’的意思。

7. Do we have to wear these name tags?

A. lists

B. forms

C. lables

D. codes

C   tag小标签，如：price tags份格标牌，luggage tags行李标签。在四个选项中label和它同义。form是‘表格’，code是‘码’，如bar code条形码。

8. Most baby can take in a wide range of food easily.

A. bring

B. digest

C. keep

D. serve

B   take in这个短语可以有多种解释，如‘接纳、接受、留宿、收缩、改小’等等。本句中它的意义很明显是‘吸收、消化’，故选digest。

9. Joe came to the window as the crowd chanted ”Joe,Joe,Joe”

A. repeated

B. jumped

C. maintained

D. approached

A  chant这个词的意思是‘唱’，尤其是‘反复、单调地唱或吟诵’。本句中说窗外的人群反复呼喊Joe的名字，所以这里可以用repeat来替代chant。

10. What puzzles me is why his books are so popular.

A. shocks

B. influences

C. confuses

D. concerns

c    puzzle做动词用的意思是‘感到不解、迷惑’，句子的意思是：令我不解的是为什么他的书如此受欢迎。动词confuse恰好和puzzle同义，而且用法也相同。

11. All the flats in the building had the same  layout.

A. size

B. function

C. color

D. arrangment

答案：D

layout是‘布局、安排’的意思，如：layout of the exhibition hall,layout of the shop—ping complex等。本句的意思是：大楼里所有的公寓布局都一样。arrangement可以指时间、日程的安排，也可以指空间的分割和安排。function是‘功能’。

12. The weather was crisp and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.

A. fresh

B. hot

C. heavy

D. windy

A    crisp通常用于修饰食品，表示‘脆的、新鲜而脆生的’，如：crisp crackers,crisp   lettuce等。但它也可以用来描述天气，表示‘清新、凉爽的’，在本句中它表示就是这个意思，所以可以用fresh来代替。

13. The walls are made of hollow concret blocks.

A. big

B. empty

C. long

D. new

B   hollow是．空心的’意思，如：a hollow tree,a hollow pipe。这里可以用empty来替换。

14. Our aim was to update the health service and we succeeded.

A. offer

B. provide

C. modernize

D. fund

C   update的意思就是现在常说的‘升级、更新’，和modernize‘现代化’意义相近。

15. Her comments about men are utterly ridiculous.

A. slightly

B. partly

C. faintly

D. completely

D    utterly是‘完全’的意思，和completely同义。

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