中科院考博英语2007年真题词汇

PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) | 4 /'~cYV  
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. q"){PRTm/  
A: reluctantly  cmG*"  
B: unwittingly 'fpm] *ig  
C. impulsively oz3N 8^M  
D: anxiously :/YHU3~Y  
2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War.  Mttt]]  
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B. view #r5IwyL  
C. vision Ff6l" A5  
D. pursuit l~ 3H
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3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in t Qo)*z  
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A. Instant K"Vo'9R[_  
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C. Insoluble p;8I@~dh  
D. Intact ,Dh+- }  
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. 25EuVj`zL  
A. confide $D;/b+a  
B. ponder 2ed4xhV  
C. well nsf.wHGZ"J  
D: reflect (!'=?B "  
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. *[XVkt`H  
A: urge `)i'1E[9  
B. force NT(gXEZ  
C. spur YoC{ t&rY  
D. rush. SNLZU%jan  
6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. jVW .=FK  
A. concern /NE<?t N  
B. magnitude `vbd7i  
C. volume .>X0 $#  
D. carelessness 4k$i:st;  
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______          called "hot" and later "swing." YJ6y]r K2,  
A. shortly QmHj=s:x\  
B. initially Znrs J1f:  
C. actually !UzMuGj  
D. literally eT!*_.' e  
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience N*^iOm]Y  
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B. time with T O]wD^`  
C. place of 1\t#*N  
D. proportion to \OzPDN  
9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment. y 3Z\ Y[  
A. interrupt hXAgT!ZD  
B. bother  _VjfjA<c8  
C. interfere %pJRu-D  
D. intervene AhyV  
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. z~m{'O `  
A. imagination l* a p$1'  
B. invocation Z&Qz"V>$  
C. observation n%Rl$  
D. obsession R(^2+mV?  
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. H^d2|E[D  
A. vulnerable /0_^Z2  
B. allergic K*/X{3J;  
C. inclined `w(~[`F t  
D. hostile 0K<|> I  
12. Some  of the  words employed  by  Shakespeare  in  his  works  have  become______ and are no longer used in the present days. fep8hf B;  
A. obsolete RxB9c(s^@  
B. obscene @ L=dcO{r  
C. obvious `zP{E T_Y  
D. oblique \i.Yhl:O  
13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. [-p?gyl  
A. manner
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B. position DGJt$o=&@  
C. profile -}G>{5.A  
D. station #wS/QrRE  
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. %2ZWSQD  
A. provisional Nu[0X  
B. sensational it)!-[:bm  
C. sentimental '2:HBJ  
D. potential ^fqco9^;  
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. K)&oDwk  
A. integral ',l}$]y5  
B. instinctive
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C. intangible mhi^zHpa  
D. ingenious
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. 9*CJWS;  
A. in pace }~+_|
  
B. out of focus M|9=B<6`7  
C. in step qGhwbg  
D. out of tune +et) !2N  
17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. ){FXonVP  
A. taunts for b3^d!#KVM  
B. asks for ,k+F8{Q.  
C. consists of 3c[< #]8S  
D. approves of g'<ekY+V:  
l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage. d45mKla(V  
A. in pUm|e5  
B. against  a8v9j3.  
C. raft t(r}jU=qw  
D. of 4fgYO]  
19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. 5"^Z7+6  
A. to and fro y#?AW`|  
B. upside and down x2.YEuSMC  
C. inside and out <}n"gk1is  
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20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. {/Qg4pc!  
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