高级英语同义词历年真题

高级英语同义词历年真题

2011年1月

26. These arguments have never been _________ accepted.

A. amply

B. drastically

C. perpetually

D. universally

27. It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to _________ behavior.

A. unfamiliar

B. uncivilized

C. unsatisfied

D. uncommon

28. The emergency services said it was _________ that no one was seriously injured in the air crash.

A. miraculous

B. mysterious

C. ridiculous

D. relentless

29. Banks _________ receive money from their customers in two distinct forms: on current account, and on deposit account.

A. formally

B. narrowly

C. normally

D. particularly

30. The recession has _________ so many firms that many can no longer survive.

A. lessened

B. weakened

C. decreased

D. reduced

31. In science, a theory is a reasonable __________ of observed events.

A. explanation

B. excavation

C. expression

D. evaluation

32. Children do not learn what it is to lose and will __________ violence to release their

disappointment.

A. refer to

B. attribute to

C. point to

D. resort to

33.A sincere __________ is like the sunshine which can boost our morale.

A. compliment

B. supplement

C. accomplishment

D. complement

34. He was arrested when his __________ scheme to evade taxes came to light.

A. fake

B. fraudulent

C. false

D. foreign

35. This old room has not been much in use of late. No wonder it has such a_______ appearance.

A. vulgar

B. fancy

C. shabby

D. cheap

36. That little boy was so naughty that he tried to _________ feathers from a chicken.

A. flick

B. twist

C. pluck

D. toss

37. The task of a teacher _________ patience and conscientiousness.

A. commands

B. demands

C. amends

D. mends

38. She gave us unfailing _________ and became an essential part of our family.

A. devotion

B. inspection

C. exploration

D. indication

39. As we were saying goodbye, the train started with a_________.

A. shake

B. shiver

C. tremble

D. jerk

40. Parents should attach importance to their chil dren’s _________ from adolescence to adulthood.

A. permission

B. position

C. transmission

D. transition

26. The citizens are grateful to the government for the ______ environment.

A. wholesome

B. wholesale

C. noisome

D. tiresome

27. The farmers’ ______ from the contest aroused heated debates.

A. omission

B. exclusion

C. inclusion

D. emission

28. He owed his victory to endurance and ______.

A. instance

B. existence

C. subsistence

D. perseverance

29. He killed his enemy and received a ______ wound himself.

A. moral

B. fateful

C. mortal

D. factual

30. To remove the paint, he had to apply a knife to ______ the table.

A. scrape

B. rub

C. dab

D. peel

31. The local government decided to ______ money for the building of a new post office.

A. distribute

B. divide

C. contribute

D. allot

32. She was ______ of her notorious family scandal.

A. shameful

B. shameless

C. ashamed

D. shamed

33. Since then, the contrast between his two careers has become even more ______.

A. symbolized

B. distinguished

C. predominated

D. pronounced

34. I recall how ______ it was years ago when people littered everywhere in our city.

A. annoying

B. scaring

C. frightening

D. humiliating

35. I don’t complain about t he smoking ______ because I hate watching people smoking in hospitals.

A. programs

B. restrictions

C. arguments

D. advertisements

36. His muscles are firmest and his ______ colds and infections is highest.

A. ignorance of

B. independence of

C. resistance to

D. attribution to

37. Regardless of ______ poll results, a number of objections have been published in new spapers.

A. practical

B. sensible

C. favorable

D. outstanding

38. At British universities, it is ______ to cease work and spend a half-hour or so sipping tea and eating cookies with the members of one’s department.

A. satisfactory

B. extraordinary

C. contemporary

D. customary

39. The concentration of populations in cities has given ______ to many problems of hous ing, education, and medical services.

A. rise

B. reason

C. result

D. response

40. This discovery is highly ______ in the circle of science.

A. measured

B. appreciated

C. calculated

D. experimented