第一部分 词汇选项

词汇选项是试卷的第1---15题,每题1分,共15分。本部分为15个句子,每个句子中均有1个词或短语下划有横线,要求应试者从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义相近似的词或短语。

职称英语等级考试的第一个考试项目是词汇选项,它考查应试者理解一定语境下单词或短语意义的能力。这里的“一定语境”指的是一个句子,考查的目的是看应试者能否根据这个句子把其中划线的词或短语的意思猜测出来。这实际上是一种最简单的阅读理解题。

1. the great changes of the city astonished every visitor to that city.

a. attacked      b. surprised

c. attracted     d. interested

答案:b.

解析:a选项的意思是“攻击”;b选项的意思是“使吃惊”;c选项的意思是“吸引”;d选项的意思是“使发生兴趣”。四个选项意思明确,容易选择。

2. argument among the speakers at the conference is bordering on violence.

a. is close to      b. is beside

c. is next to        d. is alongside

答案:a

解析: is bordering on”的意思是“接近…”。a的意思是“接近…”;b的意思是“在…旁边”;c的意思是“在…隔壁”;d的意思是“沿着…”。四个选项的意思稍微有些相似之处。

 

3. you could condense all the worthwhile information in this book into a few pages.

a. compress     b. collect

c. convert        d. combine

答案:a

解析:划线词的意思是“压缩”。a的意思也是“压缩”;b的意思是“收集”;c的意思是“转化为”;d的意思是“结合”。四个选项与划线部分词形相似,词义不同,相对较难。

4. the doctor explained to the students the hazards of radiation upon human beings.

a. dangers        b. evils

c. impacts         d. benefits

答案:a

解析:本题要求应试者辨析近义词和反义词。c是中性词表示“影响”;d指好的事情、益处;b有“恶意”的意思。所以a是正确答案。

5. it is difficult to list all of johns attributes because he has so many different talents and abilities.

a. qualities       b. interest

c. preferences    d. virtues

答案:a

解析:本题要求根据上下文选择正确的答案。难度较高。

6. photojournalist margaret white became famous for her coverage of significant events(事件) during the second world war.

a. baggage (行李)

b. orphanage(孤儿身份,孤儿院)

c. reportage

d. usage(用法,使用)

答案:c

 

 

7. john hanson helped draft instructions (此处指法律,法案)for marylands delegates (代表)to the stamp act congress(印花税法案).

a. clarify(澄清)

b. formulate(制定)

c. revise(修改,修订)

d. contribute(做贡献,起作用)

答案:b

8. the dentist(牙医) has decided to extract (取出,拔出)her bad tooth.

a. take out(取出,拔出)

b. repair(补)

c. pull(拉)

d. dig(挖掘)

答案:a

9. i have to go at once.

a. soon    

b. immediately   

c. now     

d. early

答案:b

10. it took me exactly a week to complete the work.

a. do             b. achieve    

c. improve    d. finish

答案:d

划线词complete的意思是完成。选项d的词义是完成。选项b的意思是取得、达到;选项c的意思是改善。

11. we had a long conversation about her parents.

a. talk            b. speech   

c. debate       d. discussion

解析:a是正确答案。

划线词conversation的意思是谈话。选项a的意思也是谈话。选项b意为报告、演讲;选项c的意思是辩论;选项d意为讨论。

 

 

12. many fine  cooks insist on ingredients  of the highest quality.

a. demand (要求)

b. rely on (依靠)

c. prepare for (为…做准备)

d. create (创造,造成)

答案:a

13. they have been living under the most appalling  conditions for two years.

a. dreadful           b. bad

c. unpleasant       d. poor

答案:a

【注】appalling condition 必定是bad(unpleasant, poor) condition.但反之则不成立。

14. human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately  controlled and modified.

a. sufficiently(足够地,充分地)

b. noticeable (明显地,易见地)

c. intentionally(故意,蓄意地)

d. absolutely(绝对地。)

答案:c

15. they always mock me because i am ugly(难看的,丑陋的).

a. smile at (笑某人或某事)

b. look down on (看不起)

c. belittle (贬低,低估)

d. laugh at(取笑,嘲笑)

答案:d