厦门大学考博英语-6_真题-无答案

厦门大学考博英语-6

(总分90,考试时间90分钟)

Part Ⅰ V ocabulary

1. Because Jenkins neither______ nor defends either management or the striking workers, both sides admire his journalistic______

A. criticizes...acumen

B. attacks...neutrality

C. confronts...aptitude

D. dismisses...flair

2. The young man was deeply hurt because his proposal was rejected and, to a certain extent, ______ at by the group"s members.

A. sneered

B. smiled

C. simulated

D. stimulated

3. The facts have proved that they all have the ______ of solving practical problems.

A. capability

B. ability

C. capacity

D. power

4. By the time you get to New York, I ______ for London.

A. would be leaving

B. am leaving

C. have already left

D. shall have left

5. Father does not like ______ meat.

A. lean

B. slim

C. skinny

D. slender

6. Everyday there are reports of______ that have **mitted against innocent people.

A. behaviors

B. fixtures

C. subordinates

D. atrocities

7. Women once demanded men with social skills, but they"re now focusing on "his values, if he"s interested in family".

A. impeditive

B. colossal

C. blemish

D. impeccable

8. The stoic former general led his civilian life as he had his military life, with simplicity and ______ dignity.

A. benevolent

B. informal

C. austere

D. aggressive

9. They are working ______ time to fulfill the task according to the schedule.

A. against

B. over

C. ahead of

D. before

10. Since the author"s unflattering references to her friends were so ______, she was surprised that her ______ were recognized.

A. laudatory...styles

B. obvious...anecdotes

C. oblique...allusions

D. critical...eulogies

11. Divorced from his wife just three months ago, he has made quite a ______ of himself by gallivanting about with his new girlfriend, a former supermodel.

A. improvidence

B. revelation

C. extravagance

D. spectacle

12. The connoisseurs" opinions differed greatly as to the question whether the picture on show was a(n) ______ Picasso painting.

A. explicit

B. reliable

C. stringent

D. authentic

13. No sooner had the man departed than the tree began dropping coffee beans

A. by the thousand

B. by thousands

C. in thousand

D. of thousands

14. The hall was supported by six thick ______ .

A. torches

B. posts

C. fringes

D. pillars

15. In that book, the______, songs, and riddles are presented in Chinese and English and handsomely illustrated by Ed Young.

A. versus

B. verses

C. versa

D. vice

16. All flights ______ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.

A. having canceled

B. having been canceled

C. were canceled

D. have been canceled

17. The fire was finally brought under control, but not ______ extensive damage had been caused.

A. before

B. since

C. after

D. as

18. The ship was ______ in a storm off Jamaica.

A. drowned

B. immerged

C. wrecked

D. submitted

19. The government recently presented an ambitious plan to tackle the violence and ______that follow when too many people drink too much too quickly in too small an area.

A. alienation

B. delimitation

C. bareness

D. mayhem

20. Many economists believed that ______ consumers would cut spending once the value of their homes began to fall.

A. overstretched

B. oversaturated

C. overproduced

D. overpopulated