武大研究生英语词汇复习整理

Unit OneVocabulary ExerciseFill in the blanks with the best choice.1._______implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along outof inability to imagine anything else.A. TenancyB. TenacityC. TendencyD. Tenure2.In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an)_______smile. An amazing journey!A. inscrutableB. sweetC. incredulousD. incurious3.The elimination of ________ was believed to be a prerequisite for any successful interculturalexchange.A. generalizationsB. judgmentsC. doubtsD. stereotypes4.The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24-hour satellite television channel based in Baghdadto make it easier to ________ the news media “filter” that Bush Administration officials believe is misleading the public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq.A. circumnavigateB. circulateC. circumventD. curriculum5.This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoymusic at home with toddler that will develop coordination, balance and ________ relationship skills as well as communication and cooperation.A. scrutinyB. spaciousC. stereotypeD. spatial6.It is a _____ to say that the women who teach in India must know the language, the religion,superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be the very same case for England.A. truismB. genuineC. tenacityD. similarity7. The ______ of “white”in Chinese includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese payrespect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West, however, white is the traditional color for the bride at weddings, and to wear white at funerals would be offensive.A. configurationB. conjunctionC. connotationD. connection8. The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a _____for continuing military rule,according to Selig Harrison, a leading US authority on South Asia, Afghanistan and the region.A. inflectionB. façadeC.ambiguityD. fabrication9. As television, and to an extent the internet have _____further through our society, the effectsare perhaps more significant than even we realize.A. perpetuatedB. pervasiveC. permanentD. permeated10T here’s this new girl coming to my school, and I like her a lot. I want to _____ our friendship before I start a serious relationship.A. cementB. limeC. clayD. concreteUnit Three1. There was so much pain there, _______ caused by both sides over the years. I didn’t want to hurt them, nor they me, but the harm had been done and it was irreversible.A. inappreciablyB. inadvertentlyC. inarticulatelyD. invisibly2. Strengthening regional economic cooperation is a top priority for many Asian countries. Interdependence among these different countries is becoming stronger - thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model. And now, Asian countries are making efforts to promote regional________, and in turn realize common prosperity.A. integrationB. diversityC. competitionD. integral3. When people can’t explain a new phenomenon using their knowledge, they will firstly try to understand the new phenomena using the logic reference of______.A. comparisonB. analysisC. counterpartD. analogy4. If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t ______about your mistakes, learn from them.A. wonderB. worriedC. whineD. pester5. The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually _______ it in a profitable direction.A. adaptB. controlC. installD. steer6. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow _______, particularly in western Europe.A. obscureB. obsoleteC. optionalD. overlapping7. From busy homemakers to professional people, many Americans enjoy the convenience of prepackaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. On the other hand, many Americans recognize the value of _______ art.A. cookieB. culinaryC. cuisineD. cook8. The chairman of the board ______ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.A. compelledB. posedC. pressedD. tempted9. I am not _______ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.A. concernedB. compatibleC. considerateD. complied10.A good education should train students to think for themselves. However, most of them are trained in the technique of examination under ______.A. dulyB. dutyC. duressD. obligationUnit FourVocabulary Check AChoose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences. Remember to change the form if necessary.1.More studies on rigorous data are ____ warrant ___.2.The progress of studies comes from hard work and is____ retard ____by frivolities.3.Unforfunately, what the farmers had gained in the autumn harvest was _offset_____by the heavy losses caused by a snowstorm in the winter.4. The renewing of the ____infrastructure______ needs greater fiscal investments from the government.5.The __ vestige ______of plan economy is being erased step by step.6.The newcomer has gradually learned what is__entail_____in the position as a qualified salesperson.7.The disagreements in the nuclear negotiation are __symptomatic______of the tensionsbetween America and Iran.8.The policy by EU that imposes serious constraints on textile imports from China will definitly__ thwart______the bilateral trade in other areas.9.The Labour Party under Tony Blair won a(n) ____ aggregate _____ number of 356 seats in the presidential election.10.Policy makers and economists shoulder the responsibility of_____optimize___the use of resources.Vocabulary Check BChoose the appropriate word from the list to complete the following paragraph. Remember to change the form if necessary.The true rate of (1)___ return _____ to education in China may be as high as 30% or 40%. Our knowledge of true return to education is currently very (2)___ limit _____ as is our knowledge of the true rate of return to physical capital. More studies on rigorous data are (3)_ warrant ______. A more factually informed knowledge base will improve government decision making. If governments (4)_ evaluate ____ projects, whether they are human capital projects, or investment projects for dams, road, bridges or factories, they will make better investment decisions. Project evaluations play an important role in keeping good investments and promotinggood projects and (6)__ eliminate ____ the bad. The value of factually informed cost-benefit econometrics is extraordinarily high. Cost-benefit studies produce value for local governments, provincial government and central government. Research that creates and collects much richer data sets on the returns to all kinds of human and physical capital to guide policy formation will improve policy making. Creating incentives and developing capital markets would promote investment in human capital. It is not necessary to use funds from the center or (7)____ presume ___ that education and skill formation should be governmentally supplied. Free up the labor market and the market for education would _harness__ the forces that promote acquisition of skills by (8)_foster______ the training of individual workers by firm, or encourage individuals to train themselves in the workplace to be better farmers, better factory workers and better managers.Otherwise, educational (9)__e xpenditure ______ should be increased and equalized across regions to (10)__maximize ______ the return on human capital investment.Unit Five1. The decision to opt for composting was made largely in order to reduce the need for water for flushing the toilet.A. sewB. sewerageC. sewageD. sewn2. The end product of such a course of evolution is an obligate that is inextricably linked to a particular host.A. paradiseB. parasiticC. endoparasiteD. parasite3. The situation for teachers without varies according to the circumstances surrounding the dismissal.A. tenureB. tentC. tendencyD. tenured4. Garth doesn't work; he just lives off hisA. inheritorB. inherentC. inherit5. It causes many complications, including small placenta size, and low birthweight.. A. stillborn B. stillbirth C. stillage D. stillman6. The market will goods that yield social benefits in excess of private benefits and will consequently produce too few of these goods.A. undervalueB. devalueC. underweightD. value7. The alert library media specialist will have recognized at once that is, after all, a kind of integration.A. majorityB. maintenanceC. mainstreamingD. mainframe8. The new decoder uses an amplitude locked-in combination with a phase locked ______ to achieve this breakthrough.A. loopyB. loopholeC. loonyD. loop9. Geometrically, the inner product of two can be considered a measure of their similarity.A. carriersB. vectorsC. agentsD. mediums10. They include a new way of controlling diseases, and of administering drugs to people with chronic diseases.A. waterborneB. aquaticC. waterbedD. enhydrousUnit SevenFill in the blanks with the best choice.1. The sea laughed and flashed and preened and allured, like a beautiful, ________woman.A. coquettishB. vulnerableC. weirdD. shrewd2. He has done me no harm, poor wrench, but he is an ________ to me now, for he is Driscoll, the young gentleman, and I am a—oh, I wish I was dead.A. eyelashB. eyewitnessC. eyesoreD. eye-opener3. Does any secret repugnance, or any __________ dislike, exist between you and her family?A. hystericalB. hereditaryC. incredibleD. incredulous4. And so the sailors fled into the stern and crowded _________ about the right-minded helmsman,until suddenly the lion sprang upon the master and seized him; and when the sailors saw it they leapt out overboard one and all into the bright sea, escaping from a miserable fate, and were changed into dolphins.A. amusedB. amazedC. bemusedD. obsessed5. There must be some good reasons for these __________ of fate, but I have never sought to discover them.A. discrepanciesB. discriminationsC. dispatchesD. dispensations6. The rifle hanging upon the wall caught his first attention; it was for this strange, death-dealing thunder-stick that he had yearned for months; but now that it was within his grasp he scarcelyhad the _________ to seize itA. temerityB. condolenceC. tenacityD. conspiracy7. And here, instead of its being a matter of_________, it turns out to be one of congratulationA. meditationB. condolenceC. relevanceD. sensation8. Upon this, Jones began to beg earnestly to be let into this secret, and faithfully promised not to _________it.A. divulgeB. dispenseC. dissolveD. disperse9. Consider that the poison was so ________ that even a man who is as strong as an ox like Malone here, could hardly get up the stairs before he fell unconscious.A. viciousB. villainousC. virulentD. vehement10. Anne was sitting at her open window, for the time forgetful of the woes of examinations andthe cares of the world, as she drank in the beauty of the summer dusk, sweet-scented with flower breaths from the garden below and ______ and rustling from the stir of poplars.A. thrillingB. shimmeringC. thunderingD. sibilant。