武汉大学硕士英语期末考试单词部分(1、2、3、4、5、7单元全)

UNIT1 Vocabulary Exercise A

Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences.

1. We have a certain stereotypical _______ of a person from a culture and we interpret his/her behaviour according to thispreconception, whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it.

2. According to Dr. Helfand, Pakistan built nuclear weapons as a ______ against India. Indiawanted them as a______ against China.

3 The European ______ Committee assesses the legal and/or political importance of each EU document, decides which EU documents are debated, monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review. 1. A major _____ in handling criticism is that we believe the criticism tobe unfair and untrue and

that we should defend ourselves against such criticism.

2.M any Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term “Lao Wai”is somehow an insult,

and in fact the term “Lao Wai” doesn’t have a negative _______ in Chinese.

3.China has no plan to change its ______ treatment policies for foreign investment in the near

future in order to reassure foreign investors who have been worried that China might cancel its ________ policies and give foreign investors the same national treatment as their domestic counterparts now that the country is in the WTO.

4.Restorative yoga is especially helpful for anxiety-_______ people because it allows the nervous

system to rest and heal.

5.Students should develop the ability to weigh evidence without bias, tolerate________, and

use ethical principles in their academic and personal lives.

6.Members slated for peacekeeping duties over 180 days are eligible for up to15 days of rest

and ______.

7.10. The norms of our own culture are not necessarily wrong－often they are very good－but

we should learn not to judge other culture’s ways of acting and thinking _____ only because they differ from our own.

Vocabulary Exercise B

Fill in the blanks with the best choice.

1._______implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along out of

inability to imagine anything else.

A. Tenancy

B. Tenacity

C. Tendency

D. Tenure

2.In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an)_______ smile.

An amazing journey!

A. inscrutable

B. sweet

C. incredulous

D. incurious

3.The elimination of ________ was believed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural