高级英语词汇习题
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Part II
1. The rose may grow as a
low brush or as a tree, depending on how it is
pruned.
A. planted B. nourished
C.
watered D. trimmed
2. The captain of a
ship has the absolute right to jettison cargo when
necessary.
A. discard B. sell
C. destroy
D. add
3. The habitat of an animal should
be large enough to yield a copious supply of food.
A. solid B. indefinite
C. plentiful
D. elaborate
4. During the medieval
epoch, the sciences were considered to be based on
the
occult.
A. theoretical B.
anthropological
C. fundamental D.
supernatural
5. The nests of most finches
are constructed sloppily.
A. elaborately B.
messily
C. characteristically D. annually
6. Because noises modulate radio frequency,
radio stations use a band of frequencies
to
prevent interference with other stations.
A.
govern B. adapt
C. temper D. renovate
7. Strict sanitary procedures help to
forestall outbreaks of disease.
A. prevent
B. control
C. minimize D. preview
8. Alexander Woollcott’s flamboyant
personality combined sharpness of with
sentimentality.
A. devious B. humorous
C. singular D. showy
9. When
squashed the stem and leaves of the jewelweed
exude a juice that will
soothe some skin
irritations.
A. boiled B. aged
C.
crushed D. chopped
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10. The legislative filibuster is a
parliamentary tactic designed to delay or prevent
action by the majority.
A. tradition B.
rule
C. observance D. maneuver
11.
One type of detective story features a brilliant
amateur who, by perceptively
analyzing motives
and clues, solves crimes that are baffling to the
police.
A. revealed by B. predicted by
C.
alarming to D. perplexing to
12. Tax
rebates can have far-reaching effects on the
economy.
A. accountants B. laws
C.
refunds D. credits
13. Arizona’s rapid
population growth and wealth spurred the movement
for
statehood at the end of the nineteenth
century.
A. stimulated B. financed
C.
spanned D. disrupted
14. Mergers may be
effected to revive or rejuvenate failing
businesses by the infusion
of new management
and personnel.
A. inspection B. introduction
C. evaluation D. concentration
15.
A fable is a didactic tale focused on a single
character trait.
A. an authentic B. a muddled
C. an instructive D. an old-fashioned
16. Teachers of young children should
scrupulously avoid ridicule and sarcasm.
A.
theoretically B. naively
C. diligently D.
confidently
17. Materials such as clay,
wax, glass and rubber are widely used in industry
today
because they are malleable.
A. easy
to manufacture B. readily available
C. pliable
D. buoyant
18. An electric arc is a
luminous current of electricity that leaps from
one electrode to
another.
A. ludicrous
B. glowing
C. magnetic D. flickering
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19. In many societies, the person who
fails to conform to conventional behavior is
likely to be shunned by others.
A.
preserved B. instructed
C. avoided D.
selected
20. Willa Cather procured the
inspiration for her fictional characters from the
Nebraskan farmers among whom she was raised.
A. endorsed B. deposed
C. elevated
D. obtained
21. Parents sometimes find
their children’s conduct exasperating, and this
may lead to
arguments.
A, inappropriate
B. irritating
C. erratic D. undisciplined
22. The compact dictionaries published in
recent years are not as unwieldy as some of
the older editions.
A. complete B.
tiresome
C. reliable D. cumbersome
23. Molly Brown was labeled “unthinkable”
after she helped to evacuate passengers
from
the ill-fated ship the Titanic.
A. anticipate
B. comfort
C. remove D. shelter
24. Eyespots, the most rudimental eyes, are
found in protozoan flagellates, flatworms,
and
segmented worms.
A. hostile-looking B.
perceptive
C. primitive D. strangely formed
25. Some children display an unquenchable
curiosity about every new thing they
encounter.
A. insatiable B. inherent
C. indiscriminate D. incredible
26.
Ocean-going vessels have often used flags to
indicate their national allegiance.
A. loyalty
B. destination
C. cargo D. allowance
27. Because the crocodile is accustomed to a
tropical climate, it becomes lethargic at
temperature below 60F.
A. sluggish B.
chilly
C. snappish D. sickly
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28. The city of Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, received its name in 1913, when the
adjoining towns of Winston and Salem were
combined.
A. separate B. neighboring
C.
colonial D. competing
29. Leaves are
not distributed haphazardly on a plant system, but
are arranged in a
very precise way that
assures them the maximum light.
A. dangerously
B. densely
C. randomly D. linearly
30. It is believed that arthritis
incapacitates more people than does any other
chronic
disorder.
A. threatens B.
disables
C. changes D. irritates
31. The use of barbed-wire fencing by farmers
in the nineteenth century infuriated
cattle
ranchers, whose herds were often injured after
becoming entangled in the
sharp spikes.
A.
puzzled B. enraged
C. concerned D.
amazed
32. In the United States there are
more people who are obese than twenty years ago.
A. gainfully employed B. upwardly mobile
C. excessively overweight D. privately
educated
33. Although the Moon has not
held great prominence in the history of religion,
the
veneration of the Moon by some societies
has been practiced since early times.
A. magic
of B. symbol for
C. worship of D.
dependence on
34. The difference between
the polar and equatorial diameters of Mars has not
been
unequivocally determined.
A. easily
B. definitely
C. conventionally D.
arithmetically
35. The western slopes of
the mountains of the Sierra Nevada Range are
deeply
incised by numerous streams.
A. fed
B. cut
C. flooded D. distended
36.
In Ship of Fools, the vices and follies of a group
of passengers are ruthlessly
exposed as the
narrative and ship flow to their destination.
A. mercilessly B. clearly
C. artfully
D. gradually
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37. Light from the Sun and distant
stars traverses a vacuum in space.
A. fills
B. creates
C. surrounds D. crosses
38. Seminal contributions to science are those
that change the tenor of the questions
asked
by succeeding generations.
A. nature B.
results
C. intonation D. punctuation
39. Some cells, such as epithelia, proliferate
more rapidly when the body is asleep
than when
it is wake.
A. cluster B. multiply
C.
adapt D. heal
40. The inhabitants of
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in
America,
early starved because they had
squandered their provisions.
A. buried B.
wasted
C. lost D. sold
41. For
some animals, locomotion is accompanied by changes
in body shape.
A. evolution B. movement
C. survival D. escape
42. Although
plagued with injuries, Sabrina Mar won the All-
Around Championship
in Gymnastics at the 1987
Pan-American Games.
A. recovering from B.
afflicted by
C. fighting off D. frightened of
43. In astronomy, a scale of magnitude
from one to six denotes brightness of a star.
A. signifies B. predicts
C. contrasts
D. examines
44. The most typical feature
of the Moon’s surface is its profusion of craters
the
largest of which are more than one hundred
miles in diameter.
A. abundance B. type
C. tolerance D. circle
45. The
farthest southward penetration of glaciers on the
Pacific Coast was in the
proximity of Puget
Sound.
A. forests B. soil
C. vicinity
D. immensity
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46. Swallows nest in barns, sheds,
chimneys and other secluded places.
A.
isolated B. high
C. comfortable D. rural
47. To conceal itself, an octopus sensing
danger will squirt a black fluid through an
opening under its head.
A. strain B.
swallow
C. soak up D. spurt out
48.
In the days leading up to the American Revolution,
both the colonies and the
British Crown were
reluctant to take the final irrevocable step.
A. irrational B. irreversible
C.
irresponsible D. irresistible
49. The
quality and number of a city’s public roads offer
an excellent means of
gauging its prosperity.
A. protecting B. enriching
C. tracing
D. judging
50. The demolition of so many
of Toronto’s fine nineteenth-century buildings has
meant an irreparable culture loss.
A.
destruction B. sale
C. renovation D.
demarcation
51. By the 1880’s, living
conditions in the congested Eastern Seaboard
cities of the
United States had become local
scandals.
A. developing B. diverse
C.
crowded D. wealthy
52. Early twenty
centuries journalists H. L. Menchkin cheerfully
mocked all that
conventional people in the
United States held dear.
A. observed B.
described
C. accepted D. ridiculed
53. Congressman Sam Rayburn’s 25 consecutive
terms in the House of
representatives marked
one of the longest tenures of any representatives
in United
States history.
A. successive
B. prolonged
C. elected D. limited
54. Fertilizer applied to soil can replace
depleted nutrients.
A. organic B. acidic
C. exhausted D. desirable
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55. Hailed as the “Queen of Soul”,
Aretha Franklin imparts a gospel sound to most of
her music.
A. Inaugurated B. Categorized
C. Acclaimed D. Promoted
56.
Before the development of movable metal type in
the mid-fifteenth century, news
was
disseminated by word of mouth, by letter or by
public notice.
A. organized B. requested
C. distributed D. limited
57.
Because cattle need water, they congregate along
streams.
A. gather B. drink
C. travel
D. remain
58. Under the rules of the
International Olympic Committee, Jim Thorpe
forfeited his
amateur status when he played
semiprofessional baseball in 1911.
A. tested
B. exploited
C. announce D. lost
59. In her composition musical theater, Agnes
De Mile uses many specifically
American
motifs.
A. steps B. themes
C.
instruments D. tunes
60. The caliber of
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing was reassessed by
literary critics in the
1950’s.
A.
idealism B. creativity
C. quality D.
imagery
61. The sparsely populated
northern region of the Canadian province of
Manitoba is
rich in copper, gold, nickel and
zinc.
A. evenly B. thinly
C. diversely
D. recently
62. It is not easy for him to
bear the drudgery of living in the woods.
A.
violence B. interest
C. training D.
tedium
63. A female mantis does not
hesitate to devour her own mate if she is hungry.
A. ignore B. fight
C. consume D.
hurt
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