最新研究生英语-词汇150题(附答案)资料

Vocabulary Exercises for Graduate Students

Section A

Directions: There are 100 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

1.I n addition to some money in a savings bank account, my _____include property inherited from may father.

A. assess

B. assets

C. assessments

D. access

2.W hen a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people _____and ask them questions.

A. at length

B. at random

C. in essence

D. in bulk

3.G reat writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and_____.

A. sensations

B. passions

C. emotions

D. moods

4.H e has failed me so many times that I no longer place my _____on what he promises.

A. reliance

B. belief

C. credit

D. faith

5.T he statue would be perfect but for a few small_____ in its base.

A. mistakes

B. weakness

C. flaws

D. errors

6.T he machine needs a complete _____since it has been in use for over ten years.

A. amending

B. fitting

C. mending

D. innovating

7.T hough he is the preident’s son, that does not _____him to criticize my work.

A. verify

B. justify

C. qualify

D. dignify

8.H is career was not noticeably _____by the fact that he had never been to college.

A. prevented

B. restrain

C. hindered

D. refrained

9. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat_____.

A. disapproval

B. rejection

C. refusal

D. decline

10.The book proved to be very unreliable and so was quite _____to him in his research.

A. invaluable

B. useless

C. negligible

D. unusable

11.If you want to know the train schedule, please _____at the booking office.

A. acquire

B. inquire

C. request

D. require

12.If no importance is attached to collecting information, we cannot survive in such a/n _____competitive society, because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.

A. powerfully

B. forcefully

C. intensely

D. intensively

13.He used to say he liked traveling by train, but now after eight hours standing in the corridor, he changed his_____.

A. sound

B. voice

C. tone

D. tune

14.The period of adolescence may be long or short, depending on social and on society’s definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.