最新研究生英语-词汇150题(附答案)资料

Vocabulary Exercises for Graduate Students

Section A

Directions: There are 100 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

1.I n addition to some money in a savings bank account, my _____include property inherited from may father.

A. assess

B. assets

C. assessments

D. access

2.W hen a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people _____and ask them questions.

A. at length

B. at random

C. in essence

D. in bulk

3.G reat writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and_____.

A. sensations

B. passions

C. emotions

D. moods

4.H e has failed me so many times that I no longer place my _____on what he promises.

A. reliance

B. belief

C. credit

D. faith

5.T he statue would be perfect but for a few small_____ in its base.

A. mistakes

B. weakness

C. flaws

D. errors

6.T he machine needs a complete _____since it has been in use for over ten years.

A. amending

B. fitting

C. mending

D. innovating

7.T hough he is the preident’s son, that does not _____him to criticize my work.

A. verify

B. justify

C. qualify

D. dignify

8.H is career was not noticeably _____by the fact that he had never been to college.

A. prevented

B. restrain

C. hindered

D. refrained

9. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat_____.

A. disapproval

B. rejection

C. refusal

D. decline

10.The book proved to be very unreliable and so was quite _____to him in his research.

A. invaluable

B. useless

C. negligible

D. unusable

11.If you want to know the train schedule, please _____at the booking office.

A. acquire

B. inquire

C. request

D. require

12.If no importance is attached to collecting information, we cannot survive in such a/n _____competitive society, because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.

A. powerfully

B. forcefully

C. intensely

D. intensively

13.He used to say he liked traveling by train, but now after eight hours standing in the corridor, he changed his_____.

A. sound

B. voice

C. tone

D. tune

14.The period of adolescence may be long or short, depending on social and on society’s definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.

A. anticipation

B. perspective

C. proposition

D. expectation

15.The_____at the highest point in the United States is 20,000 feet at Mt McKinley in Alaska.

A. evolution

B. elevation

C. evaluation

D. elaboration

16.We are trying to make people more _____to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers.

A. sensible

B. sensational

C. sensitive

D. sentimental

17.The suspect gave a signed _____to the police.

A. confession

B. confusion

C. concession

D. controversy

18.Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the main been_____.

A. canceled

B. destroyed

C. suppressed

D. restrained

https://www.360docs.net/doc/7e9613130.html,rge amounts of food imports placed a great strain on the country’s gol d_____.

A. storage

B. deposit

C. reservation

D. reserve

20.Near the scene of the crime, the police arrested two men whose behavior appeared_____.

A. ambitious

B. ambiguous

C. suspicious

D. notorious

21.To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant_____.

A. aspect

B. respect

C. prospect

D. spectacle

https://www.360docs.net/doc/7e9613130.html,petition, they believe, _____the national character rather than corrupt it.

A. enforces

B. confirms

C. intensifies

D. strengthens

23.I could see that my wife was _____having that diamond, whether I approved of it or not.

A.adequate for

B. intent on

C. short of

D. deficient in

24.After a concert tour in Asia, Canada and the U.S., he will _____work on a five language opera.

A. confine

B. indulge

C. resume

D. undergo

25.He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to _____the consequences.

A. answer for

B. run into

C. abide by

D. step into

26.Mr. Black is not _____now, but he will be famous someday.

A. significant

B. dominant

C. magnificent

D. prominent

27.She had on the dress that I used to admire more than anything else in her possession,

a light blue one _____prettily with lace.

A. ornamented

B. trimmed

C. furnished

D. decorated

28.Getting enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional use for _____vitamins.

A. exceptional

B. exceeding

C. excess

D. external

29.Some people think that a _____translation, or word-for-word translation, is easier than a free translation.

A. literal

B. literary

C. liberal

D. linear

30.Our camp is so far from the highway that we feel _____from the world while we are there.

A. shut out

B. shut up

C. shut off

D. shut down

31.Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate; but of course, it is not easy to make the _____from one culture to another.

A. transaction

B. transition

C. transmission

D. transference

32.We _____that diet is related to most types of cancer but we don’t have definite proof.

A. assure

B. suspend

C. ascertain

D. suspecte

33.He _____in court that he had seen the prisoner run out of the bank after it had been robbed.

A. testified

B. witnessed

C. justified

D. identified

34.Instead of answering the question, the manager _____his shoulders as if it were not important.

A. raised

B. touched

C. shrugged

D. patted

35.I am sorry for the _____tone of your letter, but I feel sure that things are not so bad

with you as you say.

A. apologetic

B. threatening

C. pessimistic

D. grateful

36.A patient who is dying of incurable cancer of the throat is in terrible pain, which can no longer be satisfactorily _____.

A. diminished

B. abolished

C. relaxed

D. alleviated

37.He misled management by giving it the idea that the older and more experienced men were not an ____but a liability.

A. asset

B. award

C. assistance

D. advantage

38.In 400 AD., Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that span upwards and fell back to earth as _____ceased.

A. emission

B. motivation

C. rotation

D. suspension

39.As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who _____it.

A. integrate

B. inherit

C. innovate

D. inhabit

40.The fact that the earth’s surface heats _____provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions.

A. infrequently

B. irregularly

C. unsteadily

D. unevenly

41.The television station is supported by _____from foundations and other sources.

A. pensions

B. accounts

C. donations

D. advertisements

42.Professor Wu traveled and lectured throughout the country to _____education and professional skills so that women could enter the public world.

A. prosecute

B. acquire

C. advocate

D. proclaim

43.A major goal of the state travel agency is to _____more people to visit its country at the turn of the century.

A. reduce

B. expect

C. arouse

D. induce

44.The author of the book has shown his remarkable keen _____into human nature.

A. intellect

B. insight

C. perception

D. understanding

45.Though the doctors tried everything they couldn’t save him from the deep _____wound.

A. shot

B. punch

C. pinch

D. stab

46.This apartment could _____a family of nine in a small space by using sofas, and dual purpose furniture, all built-in.

A. reside

B. possess

C. embrace

D. accommodate

47.Although the a ctor’s performance seemed very _____, it was not dangerous as it looked.

A. excited

B. brawl

C. perilous

D. courageous

48.Housewives who do not go out to work feel they are not working to their full _____.

A. capacity

B. strength

C. length

D. possibility

49.It was the custom of many American Indians to wear their hair in _____.

A. brains

B. braids

C. bribes

D. brides

50.Though the model was _____ she insisted on keeping it as a souvenir.

A. authentic

B. erratic

C. absolute

D. out of date

51.Although I like the appearance of the house, what really make me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____ through the window.

A. vision

B. stage

C. picture

D. view

52.The president made a _____speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.

A. vigorous

B. tedious

C. flat

D. harsh

53.He _____a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.

A. stabbed

B. sliced

C. chopped

D. cut

54.Although the two players are _____in the tennis court, they are really good friends.

A. partners

B. enemies

C. rivals

D. companions

55.These young people have much to be dissatisfied with, and they sometimes do _____, but on the whole they study hard, knowing the problems the states is facing.

A. grumble

B. frustrate

C. frown

D. perplex

56.After the elections, the losing candidate congratulated his _____.

A. controversy

B. variation

C. opponent

D. grudge

57.Her eyes _____with tears as she struggled to control her emotions.

A. glistened

B. cried

C. swelled

D. melted

58.We were digging to find some _____of the Viking period.

A. tracks

B. marks

C. trails

D. traces

59.Children used to _____ their parents; now they are inclined to regard from as equals.

A. turn on

B. look up to

C. stand up to

D. hang on to

60.Leading cadres launch rectification campaigns at regular _____ to hear the masses views.

A. interim

B. interruptions

C. intervals

D. intersections

61.The _____motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creates the change of reasons.

A. perilous

B. perfidious

C. constant

D. plausible

62.The problems requiring immediate solutions will be given _____at the meeting.

A. priority

B. urgency

C. superiority

D. emergency

63.According to the law of that country, the Parliament will have to be _____before the General Election.

A. decomposed

B. dispersed

C. dissolved

D. disintegrated

64.I was _____by their kindness and moved to tears.

A.preoccupied

B. embarrassed

C. overwhelmed

D. counseled

65.Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as _____to attract customers.

A. motives

B. incentives

C. awards

D. rewards

66.Football, baseball and basketball are _____sports that is, only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them.

A. spectacle

B. spectrum

C. spectator

D. spectacular

67.Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “invest” in institutions of learning to get back “interest” in the form of a large group of _____young men who are potential leaders.

A. enlightened

B. cultivated

C. qualified

D. nourished

68.The students will be ____regarding the entrance examination.

A. condoned

B. deformed

C. emulated

D. notified

69.We had suffered all kinds of _____before we finished this task.

A. affiliations

B. affectations

C. affections

D. hardships

70.If he insists upon being so _____, we will have to settle this matter in court.

A. stubborn

B. indignant

C. abject

D. gauche

71.This step is of great significance when viewed in the _____of the progress of the experiment.

A. prospective

B. respective

C. perspective

D. prescriptive

72.When a hurricane is _____, the National Weather Bureau issues a warning.

A. immaculate

B. impertinent

C. immense

D. imminent

73.Despite the rescuers’ strenuous efforts, hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to _____.

A. decrease

B. fade

C. loose

D. faint

74.Through the method of echo sounding, oceanographers can _____the depth of the ocean at a specific site in a matter of second.

A. presume

B. ascertain

C. evaluate

D. designate

74.Negotiations between the employers and the workers broke down because both sides were too _____.

A. ingenious

B. indispensable

C. incredible

D. incompatible

75.The group of spectators was _____by the police who were at the scene of the accident.

A. dispersed

B. displaced

C. disposed

D. discharged

76.Before the gases are discharged into the atmosphere they must be _____harmless.

A. rendered

B. disposed

C. handled

D. converted

77.He _____after the car accident, although at first he wasn’t expected to live.

A. pilled up

B. pulled off

C. pulled over

D. pulled through

78.But very few fear the slow catastrophe that is _____upon the world through environmental pollution.

A. creeping

B. crawling

C. mounting

D. ascending

79.In spite of the destruction caused by the earthquake, the people tried to _____their own business as if nothing had happened.

A. go over

B. go about

C. go with

D. go through

80.We are prepared to make some concessions on minor details, but we can not _____on fundamentals.

A. concentrate

B. complement

C. compensate

D. compromise

81.As for love of children, this love _____expressed through supplying material comforts, amusements, and educational opportunities.

A. increasingly

B. tolerably

C. dynamically

D. obediently

82.Ralph and his companions would explore the woods on the estate for days_____.

A. on show

B. on time

C. on end

D. on hand

83._____ the difficulty of the task, I shall be lucky to complete it by May.

A. Regarding

B. Given

C. Presuming

D. Accepted

84.So _____are businessmen by the constantly changing numbers that they often cannot determine whether they are making a profit or not.

A. overwhelmed

B. outgrown

C. overexcited

D. outsold

85.The border incident led to the two countries _____diplomatic relations.

A. pulling off

B. breaking off

C. passing off

D. falling off

86.When it was announced, settlers _____raced into the territory in wagons and on

horseback to claim the best land they could find for themselves.

A. literally

B. incidentally

C. dreadfully

D. largely

87.The Food and Drug Administration also demands strict postmarketing _____to make sure the new drug is safe and effective.

A. reviews

B. probes

C. monitors

D. surveys

88.Without a wholehearted _____to a keen forward-looking vision and a deep insight, you can not be a leader.

A. obligation

B. determination

C. resolution

D. commitment

89.Try as we would, they could not be brought to give their _____.

A. consent

B. complaint

C. content

D. completion

90.Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without _____it.

A. enforcing

B. dominating

C. enlightening

D. disposing

91.New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

A. expedition

B. execution

C. excursion

D. extraction

92.Only the _____of the general manager, who knew of John’s personal difficulties, saved him from being dismissed.

A. interrelation

B. interruption

C. intervention

D. interference

93.The teacher set up those _____for no other purpose than to challenge the students to

overcome them.

A. principles

B. obstacles

C. standards

D. goals

94.Soviet scientists reportedly agree with their American colleagues that warming trend in the Arctic has ______a slow cooling.

A. swelled

B. shifted

C. shed

D. swung

95.An extra part was added to the house in 1850, which spoilt the _____of its front.

A. symmetry

B. synthesis

C. strategy

D. similarity

96.Because the pile of brick is being exhibited, the observers feel _____to debate its artistic merits.

A. reduced

B. obligated

C. like

D. inclined

97.The individual can understand his own experience and _____his own fate only by locating himself within his period.

A. gauge

B. decide

C. change

D. guard

98.Because most Americans find this food, shopping system economical and efficient, the large grocery store chain remains a _____of our society.

A. basement

B. fixation

C. station

D. fixture

99.Social structure organization is simply the way that people, groups, and institutions are organized with _____to one another.

A. aspect

B. regard

C. respect

D. perspective

100.A social _____is a position in a social structure that determines where a person fits within the social order.

A. stature

B. status

C. state

D. statue

101.A police officer is more likely to _____in his law enforcement tactics when he is not in view of reporters.

A. compose

B. invent

C. improvise

D. create

102.A(n) _____manager has a variety of role relations with people occupying related statuses.

A. personal

B. personnel

C. individual

D. employment

103.He ______himself as gentle and romantic toward a woman he was trying to impress.

A. expressed

B. conveyed

C. demonstrated

D. presented

104.Culture is not merely something ______us, but a sort of shared language, of things and ideas that we both develop and use.

A.imposed on

B. depending on

C. influencing

D. inflicting

105.The interviewer _____the applicant’s late arrival as a sign of disorganization, undependability or lack of interest in the job.

A. translated

B. interpreted

C. explained

D. understood

106._____ of people are assembling in the street. What happened?

A. An attitude

B. An aptitude

C. An altitude

D. A multitude

107.My aunt _____a brightly-colored thread round her finger so as not to forget her appointment.

A. wound

B. curved

C. wounded

D. bounded

108.Once the contract was signed, the building contractor had to _____to complete the work without failure.

A. Undertake

B. undersign

C. understudy

D. undermine

109.The teacher made strenuous efforts to read the faint, _____handwriting in his student’s exercise books.

A. illegal

B. illiterate

C. illegible

D. illustrative

110.South Africa’s black majority got its first real _____ in governing early last December.

A. say

B. tale

C. speech

D. come through

111. Any child who is _____ made a victim of violence from brothers or sisters will have emotional troubles when he grows up.

A. repeatedly

B. rarely

C. briskly

D. frequently

112. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more __.

A. at stake

B. at large

C. in force

D. in line

113. Only by becoming aware of your real feelings will you be able to relieve your

anxiety and make a more successful ____ to your situation.

A. modification

B. alternation

C. adjustment

D. conformity

114. The appreciation of works of art is bound to be ___ by a particular world outlook.

A. formulated

B. originated

C. prevailed

D. dominated

115. Grapes and other fruits are ____ to yield the juice from which wine is made.

A. crashed

B. crushed

C. cracked

D. cruised

116. It has been estimated that about half the nation’s seven million handicapped youngsters are not being educated _____.

A. efficiently

B. adequately

C. moderately

D. functionally

117. My boss is totally ____; every time you ask him for a decision or even an opinion he just shrugs his shoulders.

A. incredible

B. inconceivable

C. inconclusive

D. incompetent

118. We find that they frequently _____ avoidable errors because of a failure to reason correctly.

A. come into

B. fall into

C. make into

D. enter into

119. The meeting was ____ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.

A. presumed

B. propelled

C. presided

D. pricked

120. A man who could ____ such treatment was a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength.

A. bear upon

B. take on

C. stand up to

D. substitute

121. A passion for the theater which may demonstrate all the ways of life can be a fairly satisfying ____ for life.

A. substance

B. imitation

C. repetition

D. substitute 122. They _____ those who didn’t conform to their ideas, and took advantage of those who agreed with them.

A. explored

B. persecuted

C. extended

D. pinched

123. According to the international regulation, the playing of the national anthem____.

A. repels

B. remarks

C. precedes

D. requires.

124. We all knew from the very ____ that the plan would fail. Now you see it has become true.

A. outcome

B. outset

C. upshot

D. outbreak 125. His constant attempts to ____ his colleagues’ achievement eventually caused his dismissal.

A. withdraw

B. diminish

C. restrain

D. confine 126. They have ____ the dance many times for the better effect before they perform in the theater.

A. overtaken

B. interchanged

C. entreated

D. rehearsed 127. Perhaps, if we could examine the manners different nations with ___, we should

find no people so rude as to be without rules of politeness.

A. impartiality

B. certainty

C. appreciation

D. exactitude 128. Parents take a great interest in the _____ questions raised by their children.

A. nasty

B. naive

C. obscure

D. offensive 129. He would go to endless ____ to help anyone he thought worthy of encouragement.

A. difficulty

B. obstacle

C. trouble

D. nuisance 130. Although turtles are ___ depicted as slow animals, one marine turtle is documented as having swum three hundred miles in only ten days.

A. scientifically

B. literally

C. deliberately

D. delightfully 131. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is ____ loud continuous noise.

A. subjected to

B. filled with

C. associated with

D. attached to 132. She is so careless with her spelling that she often ____ letters in some words.

A. leaves out

B. leaves off

C. leaves in

D. leaves for 133. He stopped the car so ____ that he was hit by the car behind him.

A. barely

B. strictly

C. abruptly

D. previously 134. This small village is only ______ by river.

A. accessible

B. obtainable

C. achievable

D. attainable 135. The curtain had hardly ____ when shot startled the audience.

A. raised

B. arose

C. risen

D. arisen 136. The black people launched civil movement, struggling for ____ of slavery.

A. abbreviation

B. abolition

C. complement

D. abortion 137. Social corruption results from some officials’ ____ of their power, so there must be effective laws to restrict the officials’ power.

A. abuse

B. use

C. acquisition

D.

accumulation

138. Although he was given a (n) ____ for a business trip, he always complained about the hardship of the trip.

A. pension

B. reward

C. bonus

D. allowance 139. I like the professor’s lecture because he ____ his lecture with some vivid slide shows.

A. exhausted

B. impressed

C. amplified

D. enhanced 140. The boss made an ____ decision because he was blind to facts.

A. arbitrary

B. affirmative

C. anguish

D. ambitious 141. The museum had ____ copies for the original manuscripts to save wear and tear on the latter.

A. tackled

B. substituted

C. tickled

D. testified

142. Her professional ethics is now being questioned since she often ___ her reports to