大学英语六级词汇练习

大学英语六级词汇练习

1. Online schools, which _________ the needs of different people, have emerged as an increasinglypopular education alternative.

A) stir up

B) consent to

C) switch on

D) cater to

2. From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available_________to teachers.

A) in abundance

B) in operation

C) in store

D) in stock

3. AIDS is a global problem that demands a unified, worldwide solution, which is not only the responsibility of nations in which AIDS is most___________

A) vigorous

B) relevant

C) prevalent

D) rigorous

4. This kind of songbird sleeps much less during its annual __________ , but that doesn't seem to affect its flying.

A) emigration

B) migration

C) conveyance

D) transference

5. When the Italian poet Dante was ___________ from his home in Florence, he decided to walk from Italy to Paris to search for the real meaning of life.

A) exiled

B) expired

C) exempted

D) exerted

6. After the earthquake, a world divided by _________ and religious disputes suddenly faced its common humanity in this shocking disaster.

A) epidemic

B) strategic

C) ethnic

D) pathetic

7. Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of_________ diseases in a person's later life.

A) cyclical

B) chronic

C) critical

D) consecutive

8. The developing nations want rich countries to help shoulder the cost of_________ forests.

A) constructing

B) conserving

C) upgrading

D) updating

9. Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more _________ to develop depression and anxiety later in life.

A) engaged

B) eligible

C) prospective

D) prone

10. In the study, researchers succeeded in determining how coffee ________ different areas of the brain in 15 volunteers.

A) motivated

B) activated

C) illuminated

D) integrated

11. Grey whales have long been _________ in the north Atlantic and hunting was an important cause for that.

A) deprived

B) extinct

C) detained

D) extinguished

12. Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed _________ by the variety of responses people'can make to a poem.

A) depressed

B) embarrassed

C) bewildered

D) reinforced

13. He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to _________ the newlylaunched satellite.

A) retrieve

B) retreat

C) embody

D) embrace

14. They are trying to _________ the risk as much as they can by making a more thorough investigation of the market.

A) summarize

B) minimize

C) harmonize

D) jeopardize

15. Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive