高英练习

Exercise One for Advanced English 3

I. Choose the word or expression that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence.

1. Business interests are incompatible with public office.

A. incompetent

B. inconsistent

C. indignant

D. unscrupulous

2. There is no tangible evidence of dishonesty among the directors.

A. tenuous

B. authentic

C. condescending

D. substantial

3. The deployment of international peacekeeping troops should be simultaneous with that of US

forces.

A. synthetic

B. drastic

C. synchronous

D. touching

4. The booming of economy makes the demand for sport almost a(n) homogeneous demand.

A. honest

B. flexible

C. flourishing

D. uniform

5. The movies have been accused of trying to make the alcoholic drinks enticing to teenagers.

A. irresistible

B. sophisticated

C. visionary

D. disgusting

6. Insurance companies are required to keep clients‟ record completely confidential.

A. confident

B. convert

C. constructive

D. forthright

7. Photographs showed it to consist of twenty or more radiant pieces in a straight line, embedded inside an extensive bright cloud.

A. shining

B. joyful

C. complex

D. celestial

8. Young people in Korea would usually defer to the opinion of the old.

A. respect

B. differ

C. postpone

D. humiliate

9. Grizzly bears remain dormant throughout the winter.

A. susceptible

B. dormitory

C. inactive

D. recalcitrant

10. The jubilant fans lifted the players up on their shoulders.

A. juicy

B. loud

C. joyful

D. lenient

No other country spends what we do (1) _______ for medical care. The care available is among the best technically, even if used too (2) _______ and thus dangerously, but none of the countries that stand above us in health status have such a high proportion of medically (3) ______ persons. Given the evidence that medical care is not that valuable and (4) ______ to care not that bad, it seems most unlikely that our bad showing is caused by the significant proportion who are poorly served. Other (5) _____ have greater explanatory power: excessive poverty, both actual and relative, and excessive affluence.

Excessive poverty is probably more (6) ______ in the U.S. than in any of the countries that have a better infant (7) _______ rate and female life expectancy at birth. In the U.S. a national unemployment level of 10 percent may be 40 percent in the (8) ______ while less than 4 percent elsewhere. The counties that have surpassed us in health do not have such severer or (9) ______ problems.

Excessive affluence is not so obvious a cause of ill health, but, at least until recently, few other nations could afford such unhealthful ways of living as excessive intake of animal protein