2012英语专业基础英语模拟试题

2012英语专业基础英语模拟试题

Vocabulary and Structure(40points,1*40)

Part 1

Directions: Choose one of the four alternatives which is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase and mark the corresponding letter.

1. There is an embargo on any more video games coming into the house.

A. landing place

B. prohibition

C. violation

D. permission

2. George Ball came down with malaria when he was touring Mexico.

A. confided

B. contracted

C. recited

D. flattered

3. The crowd at the town meeting found the mayor’s assurance too glib.

A. sarcastic

B. flashy

C. malicious

D. readily fluent

4. He’s going to apportion this chore to her.

A. consort

B. crave

C. incur

D. allocate

5. It is more difficult for a chronic smoker to give up the habit than for a novice, but it can be done.

A. affluent

B. confirmed

C. disciplined

D. indecisive

6. The senators came to a deadlock in their attempt to find a solution.

A. an impasse

B. a raid

C. a hamlet

D. a breakthrough

7. She bristled at the suggestion that she had been dishonest.

A. bridled

B. bridged

C. breathed

D. boasted

8. The first important exposition in the United States was held in Philadelphia in 1876.

A. exhibition

B. excursion

C. concert

D. contest

9. If you have never held a driving license before, you should apply for aprovisional license.

A. providential

B. temporary

C. provincial

D. improvised

10. The idea of time is incorporated in all languages of the world

A. assigned

B. indicated

C. contained

D. evidenced

11.. In these economically difficult days businesses must practice frugality or risk bankruptcy.

A. extremity

B. discount

C. enthusiasm

D. economy

12. You need an excursion to break the monotony.

A. gaunt

B. jaunt

C. vaunt

D. taunt

13. Cactus plants have spines that prevent animals from nibbling them.

A. ruining

B. reaching

C. climbing

D. gnawing

14. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage countless get-rich schemes

to proliferate.

A. multiply

B. amplify

C. diversify

D. simplify

15. The governor was usually circumspect when dealing with the media.

A. skilled

B. cautious

C. impatient

D. obedient

16. He thinks that poverty is a punishment of idleness and indolence.

A. ignorance

B. hesitance

C. laziness

D. stubbornness

17. The girl announced in a defiant tone that she intended to wait until her father returned.

A. rebellious B

. obedient

C. offensive

D. hostile

18. Unfortunately, I’ll spend the weekend doing a bunch of prosaic chores.

A .dull B. practical C. trivial D. rhyming

19. Most rulers have a sense of majesty.

A. responsibility

B. freedom

C. devotion

D. nobility

20 .The real hero is never ostentatious.

A. frivolous

B. pretentious

C. presumptuous

D. ponderous

Part 2

Directions: Choose one from the four alternatives that best completes the sentence and mark the corresponding letter.

21. The children were having a wonderful time _____ on the frozen lake.

A. slipping

B. slithering

C. skidding

D. sliding

22. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning. Whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on ____.

A. response

B. impulse

C. instinct

D. consciousness

23. This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

A. actual

B. real

C. original

D. genuine

24. He came to inspect the house ___ buying it.

A. in the event of

B. with a view to

C. in case of

D. with regard to

25. He is a clever mimic who can take ____ most of the lectures in this college.

A. over

B. down

C. off

D. for

26. You promised you would do it. Why did you go ____ on your word?

A. back

B. away

C. over

D. by

27. Jennifer took this opportunity to repay her friends for their kindness ____, she would have had to entertain them in her small apartment in Charlotte town.

A. Otherwise

B. However

C. But

D. Nevertheless

28. City planners must never forget that public acceptance of their ideas requires time.

So when their ideas are ，they must continue to work.

A. refused

B. rejected

C. denied

D. objected

29. The difference in Chinese dialect has been a continuing problem ever since China became an empire in 221 B.C，and it is one big reason why the country has remained impoverished.