大学英语词汇学期末考试A卷

新余学院2011—2012学年第一学期外国语学院10本科各班

《现代英语词汇学（开卷、√闭卷）》期末试卷（ A ）卷出卷人：贺一舟批准人：Part I: Multiple choice单选题(15×1＝15)

1. My oldest son had just finished an _________ holiday stay prior to moving to a new State, a new job, and the

next chapter in his life.

A. enlarged

B. expanded

C. extended

D. increased

2. Blacks and American Indians __________ less than 10% of students in the top 30 business schools, while thy

are about 28% of the U.S. population.

A. make up

B. take up

C. reach out

D. turn out

3. With demand continuing to rise in _____ economies such as China and India, energy traders believe that oil

futures are a good bet.

A. employing

B. emerging

C. embracing

D. emitting

4. Laws and regulations in each country have to be made _____ the constitution of the country.

A. in honor of

B. in memory of

C. in return for

D. in line with

5. The jury's ________ was that the accused was guilty

A. verdict

B. sentence

C. trial

D. debate

6. In English learning, a_____cycle occurs when a student makes more errors after being scolded.

A. vertical

B. vicious

C. vivid

D. vigorous

7. Isn't it ___________ when you learn something you've never known before?

A. cool

B. crazy

C. cold

D. cute

8. There are several factors_________the rapid growth of sales promotion, particularly in consumer markets.

A. resorting to

B. appealing to

C. applying to

D. contributing to

9. The Internet has been developing at a speed____people's expectations in the past two decades.

A. over

B. of

C. under

D. beyond

10. It is obvious that the sports games are no longer amateur affairs; they have become professionally ____

A. laid off

B. laid out

C. put off

D. put out

11. The new aircraft will be __________ to a test of temperatures of 65℃ and 120℃.

A. suspended

B. suppressed

C. summoned

D. subjected

12. The money I got from teaching on the side was a useful ______ to my ordinary income.

A. profit

B. supplement

C. subsidy

D. replacement

13. Chinese people are now enjoying better dental health, as shown by the declining____ of tooth decay.

A. treatment

B. incidence

C. consequence

D. misfortune

14. Many countries have conservation programs to prevent certain ____of fish from becoming extinct.

A. species

B. sources

C. numbers

D. members

15. The President __________ his deputy to act for him while he was abroad.

A. promoted

B. substituted

C. authorized

D. displaced

Part II: Define the following terms in English(5×5＝25)

1. metonymy

2. polesemy

3. antonymy

4. elevation

5. coherence

Part III: Write out in full the following shortened words in English(5×2＝10)

1.EEC

2.OPEC

3. fridge

4.chute

5.IOC

Part IV: Translate these English idioms into Chinese(10×2＝20)

1. face the music