2011浙江大学考博英语

2011年浙江大学考博英语试题

21 “This light is too ____ for me to read by. Don’t we have a bright bulb some where”: said the elderly man?

A. dim

B. slight

C. mild

D. minute

22 Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ____ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing

A. invade

B. install

C. insert

D. inject

23 We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ____ and go another day.

A. probable

B. reliable

C. flexible

D. feasible

24 The another of the book has shown his remarkable keen ____ into human nature.

A. intellect

B. insight

C. perception

D. understanding

25 The brave fireman had fought for days before the managed to ____ the forest fire.

A. put on

B. put up with

C. put off

D. put out

26 For the reasons, the newspaper is having ____ problems in the north of the country.

A. distribution

B. regulation

C. recognition

D. destruction

27 During the past years the ____ of automobiles accidents in New York City has decreased.

A. degree

B. quantity

C. number

D. amount

28 The most ____ students do additional reading to supplement the material in the textbook.

A. gifted

B. sensitive

C. proficient

D. diligent

29 They gained great influence by ____ themselves to prominent city institutions.

A. detaching

B. assigning

C. dispatching

D. attaching

30 She always handled the problems ____ her own experience and principles

A. in the light of

B. in the event of

C. in the face of

D. in the course of

31 All parts of this sewing machine are ____ so that it is very simple to get replacements for them.

A. maximized

B. minimized

C. optimized

D. standardized

32 At a press conference after the award ceremony the 18-year old girl spoke in a barely ____ voice.

A. audible

B. optional

C. legible

D. identical

33 Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except ____.

A. ingredients

B. elements

C. components

D. compounds

34 He become ____ with the girl reporter who questioned him at press conference.

A. observed

B. obsessed

C. notified

D. troubled

35 According to a prominent philosopher intolerance is a/an ____ to understanding.

A. barrier

B. improvement

C. foundation

D. approach

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The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage 36 in the United States-about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people-is 37 higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is 38 as widespread as it was several decades ago. 39 of American adults who are married 40 from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 41 their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some 42 in their lives. Experts 43 that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.