中科院考博英语2007年真题词汇

PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) W{0:8_EI  
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. EP[ gq  
A: reluctantly  Cn,jLy  
B: unwittingly ]HRZ9oP  
C. impulsively & zG=  
D: anxiously Bq!P.%6p4  
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.  d1,azM  
A. Way C{c (K!  
B. view {*|y
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C. vision
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D. pursuit xpV8_Gz;  
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in ?FA:K0H?zl  
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A. Instant I[&!\Me[+w  
B: Inverse 
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C. Insoluble mb&b=&  
D. Intact v9<p@GY"\  
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. hP7nt  
A. confide Jjy}m0)#W_  
B. ponder
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C. well S`J_}>  
D: reflect 'aCnj8B  
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. 4 Hu+ljdjB  
A: urge vv3dr_l:  
B. force N8KHNTb-M  
C. spur 9)=as/o  
D. rush. _z}d yp"I  
6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. 9 Iw+g]`y*  
A. concern *fjarZu  
B. magnitude 's e 9|:  
C. volume QZDGk4GG  
D. carelessness TzIgEn~  
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______          called "hot" and later "swing." d 5Il0sG  
A. shortly 1XSqgr"3  
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C. actually FMR0?\jnT  
D. literally $CXqkK<6  
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience $+ ?6U  
A. tempo with (+4=A k  
B. time with SBYRN##n_  
C. place of SK-|O9Ki  
D. proportion to `Rjc J?r  
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. 6k^ vF~  
A. interrupt 9%)'QDVGLf  
B. bother  FL`. (,  
C. interfere #BM *40tch  
D. intervene 'dBzv>ngD  
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. AjZT- Q0L  
A. imagination <@Ew-JU  
B. invocation xNjA>S\]W5  
C. observation ~r!jVK>^  
D. obsession G"J6X e  
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. T nPC\.x  
A. vulnerable "b2Mk-qP  
B. allergic @UvjJ  
C. inclined [J:vS t  
D. hostile b5yb~;0  
12. Some  of the  words employed  by  Shakespeare  in  his  works  have  become______ and are no longer used in the present days. F*Qw%  
A. obsolete
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B. obscene <01MXT-  
C. obvious F .AO  
D. oblique }P^n /  
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. %zY3,4~  
A. manner GZO,]%z  
B. position ~-.q<8  
C. profile #
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D. station FS H6C2  
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. S$V'_  
A. provisional <Qwi 0$  
B. sensational UY>{e>/H9  
C. sentimental ?5Lom#^  
D. potential q!NwfXJM  
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. NH|v`r
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A. integral Z^#7&Pv0  
B. instinctive &4DvZq=  
C. intangible .H9!UQ&It  
D. ingenious 1q/z&@+B  
l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. egKYlfe"  
A. in pace =(zk-J<nY  
B. out of focus ]_#[oS  
C. in step W*VQ"CW{^]  
D. out of tune %#|S  
17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. y:pypuwt;  
A. taunts for R'&^)_  
B. asks for @-Gf+*GZys  
C. consists of T*'5-WV|3t  
D. approves of Hs2L$TX  
l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage. >YPfk=0f0  
A. in 7dxY07yu  
B. against  .bew,92  
C. raft [NC^v.[1[  
D. of <w08p*?  
19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. g l00$}
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A. to and fro 0]NjsOU=  
B. upside and down ^oaG.)3  
C. inside and out $eI[3{}X  
D. now and then ;`@DQvVZ:  
20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. +^4"  
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