云南民大2007年度硕士学位英语考试试卷
秀秀聪者
Part1 Vocabulary &Structure
Directions: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer sheet.
1 .I think it‟s the best ____towards the business we‟re in. Do you agree?
A. pose
B. inclination
C. attitude D .instinct
2. While some business executives repeated their objection to the new smoking restrictions, others said they wanted they wanted more time to ___ the impact of today‟s decision.
A. attest B .affect C. revive D. weigh
3. Researchers have developed a new process that can ___fresh drinking water from sea water at a significantly lower cost than can existing system.
A .remove B\.withdraw C. extract D. exclude
4. A government commission finds that high-school students live in a sorry state of ___about basic facts of history and classics of literature.
A. ignorance
B. negligence
C. absence
D. indifference
5. Called weather alert, the “telex” receiver is said to be able to automatically_ __sailors to changing weather condition.
A. alarm
B. warn
C. alert
D. remind
6. He lost his accustomed vigor and ___in the tropical climates.
A. lashed
B. lavished
C. languished
D. launched
7. The old woman realized that that terrible day had forever ___in her memory.
A. immersed
B. embedded
C. integrated
D. encoded
8. He was ___to be seen near the place where the crime happened.
A. condemned
B. persecuted
C. proposed
D. prosecuted
9. Although he had been the ___of many favor , he was not grateful to his benefactor.
A. recipient
B. miscreant
C. deterrent
D. pirate
10. Her kid had been dead for 3 years , bu t she couldn‟t___ the incident from her mind.
A. originate
B. obliterate
C. elaborated
D. segregate
11. His essay is badly written, but the idea ___it is good.
A. underlies
B. underlie c. underlying D. underlay
12. Although ___Spanish, he attended the course.
A. he was knowing b. he is knowing C. having a knowledge of D. knows
13. Joseph was very lucky ___with his life; he almost didn‟t get out of the room.
A. to escape
B. to have escaped
C. to escaping
D. escape 14. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ___very pleasant to sit on in summer.
A. which is
B. that is
C. which it is
D. on which
15. John‟s score on the test is the highest in the class; he __last night.
A. must study
B. should have studied c. can have studied d. must have studied
16. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world‟s population ___in cities rather than in the county.
A. are living
B. will be living
C. have lived d. will have lived
17. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened,___ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there
B. should there be
C. there was
D. there is
18. Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantage over ___made of natural fibers like cotton, wood, or silk.
A. one
B. the one
C. that
D. what
19. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ___before the west was settled.
A. could B .did C would D. was
20.Kelly has no problem___ with other people is English.
A. to talk
B. talking
C.talk
D.of talking
