全国职称英语等级考试(理工类A级)附录(高频词汇精练)【圣才出品】

附录1 高频词汇精练
Practice Test 1
一、选出可代替划线词的选项
1. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had promise in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated.
A. float
B. cherish
C. eliminate
D. lag
【答案】C
2. The policeman asked him to identify the thief.
A. name
B. distinguish
C. capture
D. separate
【答案】A
3. I was so absorbed in my work that I completely forgot the time.
A. reinforced
B. concentrated on
C. enforced
D. enveloped
【答案】B
4. Her request was absurd and consequently rejected.
A. ridiculous
B. excessive
C. fertile
D. successive
【答案】A
5. Although there is a large quantity of water on the earth, that is still not enough for us.
A. adjacent
B. plentiful
C. precious
D. qualitative
【答案】B
6. “It was clear that they abused their power and rode roughshod over the people.
A. hauled
B. misused
C. blamed
D. initiated
【答案】B
7. The applicant felt that his good academic records were enough to win him a good job.
A. eloquent
B. educational
C. slender
D. notable
【答案】B
8. John has made up his mind not to go to the meeting.
A. wanted
B. promised
C. decided
D. agreed
【答案】C
9. The doctors have abandoned the hope to rescue the old man.
A. left
B. given up
C. turned down
D. refused
【答案】B
10. He often finds fault with my work.
A. criticizes
B. praises
C. evaluates
D. talks about
【答案】A
二、用方框中单词的适当形式填空
（1）
Students’ p ressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well meaning, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in 1 to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s di fficulties.
For one thing, parents are often not 2 of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the 3 is keener, that the required 4 of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. 5 t o seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children’s first 6 college grades are below that level.
【答案】1. adjusting 2. aware 3. competition 4. standards 5. accustomed 6. semester
（2）
More and more of the world’s p opulation are living in towns or cities. The
speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is 1 . Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries 2 two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The 3 size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very 4 signs of trouble in the 5 of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the 6 of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the 7 working in factories.
【答案】1. alarming 2. increased 3. sheer 4. disturbing 5. comparison 6. proportion 7. workforce
Practice Test 2
一、选出划线词汇的近义词
1. Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
A. expressive
B. physical
C. exaggerated
D. dubious
【答案】B
2. I hate such shallow false pretences.
A. superficial
B. relevant
C. stumble
D. humble
【答案】A
3. We won the final triumph over the enemy.
A. warning
B. success
C. attack
D. inhabitant
【答案】B
4. I hope her wound will heal with the passing of time.
A. dart
B. injury
C. panic
D. kin
【答案】B
5. One of the most damaging plant parasites is the stem eelworm.
A. harmful
B. elegant
C. versatile
D. prevalent。