2019考博英语练习题

2019考博英语练习题

1. If only the patient ______a different treatment instead of using the antibiot-ics, he might still be alive now.

A. had received

B. received

C. should receive

D. were receiving

2. School children ought to be ______ to their parents and teachers.

A. alien

B. transient

C. obedient

D. current

3. The Collector’s Edition coin is ______, and represents a true collector’s treasure to be appreciated for generations to come.

A. unlikely any Elvis Presley collectible ever released

B. unlikely, and Elvis Presley collectible never released

C. unlike any Elvis Presley collectible never released

D. unlike any Elvis Presley collectible ever released

4. It eliminates the complicated ______, do not have to spend time around friends, you just need to sit at home and can easily be completed.

A. engagement

B. date

C. itinerary

D. appointment

5. He was so absorbed in his work that he was ______ to things going on aro und him.

A. oblivious

B. digestible

C. dormant

D. introvert

6. We were ______ through the thick undergrowth when we suddenly came across a fast-flowing stream.

A. scribbling

B. scrambling

C. scratching

D. scraping

7. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can ______ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more ______ than we had thought.

A. dismiss … relevant

B. adapt …pressing

C. admire … elusive

D. rediscover… unconventional

8. I found it difficult to ______ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children.

A. intensify

B. amend

C. reconcile

D. consolidate

9. The reason for the traffic accident in the morning was ______ one of the drivers had lost control of his car.

A. that

B. why

C. how

D. when

10. Do you agree with the saying that the monkey was the______ of the hu-man race?

A. offspring

B. successor

C. breeder

D. predecessor

11. John’s application for _____ to graduate studies in the School of Educa-tion has been approved.

A. entrance

B. admission

C. experience

D. allowance

12. The old farmer put up iron fences around the flower garden _______ neighbor’s sheep should break in.

A. on condition that

B. now that

C. lest

D. but

13. Although a recession is usually characterized by at least two consecutive quarters of _______GDP, this is not a fixed rule.

A. falling

B. declining

C. fluctuating

D. impending

14. ______ she wondered if she had made a mistake.

A. Not until long afterwards that

B. Not long until afterwards

C. It was not until long afterwards that

D. It was long afterwards until

15. The history of life on earth has been a history of ______ between man and his surroundings.

A. interaction

B. interference