2009年吉林大学考博英语真题

2009年吉林大学考博英语真题

G Part 1 Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)

Directions: There are thirty incomplete sentences in this part. For e ach sentence there are four choices, marked A, B, C, D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSW ER SHEEET with a single line through the center.

1. However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to____ some of the decline in the iron and steel

industry.

A. overturn

B. overtake

C. offset

D. oppress

2. France's ____of nuclear testing in the south pacific last month t riggered political debates and mass demonstrations.

A. assumption

B. consumption

C. presumption

D. resumption

3. The winners of the football championship ran off the field carryi ng the silver cup____.

A. turbulently

B.tremendously

C.triumphantly

D. tentatively

4. the 215-page manuscript circulated to publishers last October. ____ an outburst-of interest.

A. flared

B. glittered

C. sparked

D. flashed

5. The most important for assessment in this contest is originality of design. ？

A. threshold

B. partition

C. warrant

D. criterion

6.The American society is____ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natur al resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.

A.established

B.affiliated to

C.originated from

D.incorporated with

7. She has ____ a large sum of money from her father.

A. inherited

B. presented

C. hosted

D. turned'

8. He may give the impression of being severe, but he is quite a kind person___.

A. from heart

B. at heart

C. of heart

D. by heart

9. The city government is getting its residents to property ___thei r garbage.

A. break up

B. dispose of

C. check out

D. hand out

10. The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest ___to everyone.

A. speculation

B. attribution

C. utilization

D. proposition

11. In fact as he approached this famous statue, he only barely res isted the ___to reach into his bag for his camera.

A. impatience

B. impulse

C. incentive

D. initiative

12. Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second

language could____.

A. descend

B. decline

C. deteriorate

D. depress

13. Equipment not ____ official safety standards has all been remov ed from the workshop.

A.conforming to

B.consistent with

C.predominant over

D.providing for

14. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow___ _, particularly in Western Europe.

A. obscure

B. obsolete

C. optional

D. overlapping

15. They used to quarrel a lot, but now they are completely with___ _ each other.

A. reconciled

B. negotiated C, associated D. accommodated

16. Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just____ and needs proving.

A. spontaneous

B. hypothetical

C. intuitive

D. empirical

17. The future of this company is ____ : many of its talented empl oyees are flowing into more profitable net-based

businesses.

A. at odds

B. in trouble

C. in vain

D. at stake

18. It is no ______ that a large number of violent crimes are comm itted under the influence of alcohol.

A . coincidence B. correspondence C. inspiration D. intuition

19. The English language contains a(n) _ of words which are comparat ive seldom used in ordinary conversation.

A. altitude

B. latitude

C. multitude

D. attitude

20. A membership card ____the holder to use the club's facilities fo r a period of twelve months.

A. approves

B. authorizes

C. rectifies

D. endows

21. He wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed well-muscled legs and arms and a strong neck that ____the grizzled hair.

A. belied

B. denied

C. relied

D. believed

22. The football team celebrated its victory in a ____fashion, so th

e neighbors downstairs complained bitterly to them.

A. strenuous

B. ambiguous

C. tumultuous

D. conspicuous

23. The bus is packed and it seems there is no room for one more person in the ____.

A. channel

B. street

C. lane

D. aisle

24. His first play has been ___to the screen.

A. transferred

B. translated

C. transported

D. transformed

25. It is impossible to __ what will happen.