考博英语(词汇)历年真题试卷汇编12(题后含答案及解析)
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考博英语（词汇）历年真题试卷汇编12 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Structure and Vocabulary
Structure and Vocabulary
1． The detectives kept a ______ watch of the suspect’s house.
A．keen
B．complete
C．thorough
D．close
正确答案：D
解析：close a.严密的，密切的。keen a．热心的，渴望的(on)；敏锐的，敏捷的(of)。complete a.完全的，完整的。thorough a.彻底的，完全的。
2． The police searched all the houses but found no______.
A．connections
B．clues
C．relationships
D．ties
正确答案：B
解析：clue(to)n.线索，提示。
3． Many skiers ______ around the fire and drink hot chocolate in the
evenings.(2003年中国社会科学院考博试题)
A．pad
B．pack
C．squeeze
D．cluster
正确答案：D
解析：本题空格处是说“许多滑雪者成群地围在火堆边”。D项“cluster丛生，成群”符合题意．如：The boys and girls clustered together round the camp fire
telling stories and singing songs．(孩子们成群地围着营火堆讲着故事唱着歌。)其他三项“pad加上垫衬；pack包装：squeeze压榨”都不正确。
4． A substance such as sand may be either fine or ______.
A．coarse
B．course
C．large
D．tough
正确答案：A
解析：coarse a．粗的，粗糙的；粗劣的；粗俗的。
5． To obtain a satisfactory result, you must apply two ______ of paint on a
clean surface.
A．levels
B．coats
C．times
D．courses
正确答案：B
解析：coat n．(油漆、涂料的)涂层。level n．水平，等级：水平面，水平线。time n.次数。course n．过程，进程，航程；(—道)菜。
6． He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to
talk ______around one topic.(2004年武汉大学考博试题)
A．coherently
B．initiatively
C．flexibly
D．pointedly
正确答案：A
解析：本题意为“他意识到自己失去了听众，因为他未能把一个问题讲清楚”。coherently的意思是“连贯地，表达清楚地”。initiatively的意思是“初步地”；flexibly的意思是“灵活地”；pointedly的意思是“尖锐地，中肯地”。四个选项中只有A项符合题意。
7． The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a______whole.(2013年10月中国科学院考博试题)
A．congestive
B．corporate
C．collaborative
D．cohesive
正确答案：D
解析：A项“congestive”意为“充血的，引起拥堵的”：B项“corporate”意为“(结成)社团的，合伙的”；C项“collaborative”意为“合作的，协作的，协力完成的”；D项“cohesive”意为“团结的，有聚合性的”，本句是说作者将这些片段结合成整体，因此选择D项。
8． This was a term he______and brought into popular usage.
A．made
B．concocted
C．coined
D．fabricated
正确答案：C
解析：coin vt．(本义)铸造(钱币)；(引申)创造(新词语)(如：He coined the
word．Who coined the phrase“Life is not a bowl of cherries”?)。make vt．做，造。concoct vt．编造(借口、谎话、小说情节等)；策划。fabricate vt．捏造，编造(谎育、借口等)；建造，制造。
9． It is fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishes
for him______.(2006年中南大学考博试题)
A．coincide
B．comply
C．conform
D．collaborate
正确答案：A
解析：此题为动词辨析题。句子的意思是令这两位老人感到幸运的是儿子在事业上树立的目标与他们的期盼相一致。A项coincide意为“一致，巧合”，既可用于A coincide with B，也可用于A and B coincide，如：My opinion doesn’t
coincide with yours．B项comply意为”遵守，照做，顺从”；C项conform意为“使……一致，使……适合”，既可与介词with搭配，也可与介词to搭配，如：conform to rules遵守规则；conform to(with)the interests of the people符合人民利益：D项collaborate意为“与……合作，与……协作”。
10． It is unfortunate that the members of the committee do not______ in
opinion. (2008年四川大学考博试题)
A．coincide
B．conform
C．comply
D．collaborate
正确答案：A
解析：coincide符合，与……一致；conform遵守，使一致；comply顺从，答应；collaborate合作，协作。根据题意，应是意见不统一，即do not coincide in
opinion，故正确答案为A。
11． It is no______that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the
robbery.(2004年湖北省考博试题)
A．coincidence
B．inspiration
C．correspondence
D．intuition
正确答案：A
解析：本题意为“抢劫发生时，有人看见他的车停在银行附近，这绝非巧合”。A项的“coincidence巧合，同时发生或存在的偶然的事”符合题意，如：What a
coincidence that I was in Paris at the same time as you!(我在巴黎时你也正在那里，多巧啊!)其他三项“inspiration鼓舞，激励；correspondence通信；intuition直觉”都不正确。
12． Mary once ______with another musician to compose a piece of
music.(2005年电子科技大学考博试题)
A．merged
B．collaborated
C．coincided
D．constituted
正确答案：B
解析：本题是说Mary曾经与另一位音乐家合作谱写了一支流行乐曲。B项“collaborated合作，通敌”符合题意，如：collaborate on a book with sb．(与某人合著一本书。)其他三项“merged合并，并入，结合；coincided一致，符合；constituted制定(法律)，建立(政府)，组成，任命”都不正确。
13． Two trucks were reported to have ______head-on yesterday.(2002年武汉大学考博试题)
A．bumped
B．crashed
C．collided
D．struck
正确答案：C
解析：本题意为“据报道，昨天两辆卡车迎头相撞”。C项的“collide车／船相撞”符合题意，其他三项“bump碰撞，撞见：crash(飞机)坠毁，撞坏；strike撞，后接against”都不正确。
14． People with radical ideas may find themselves in______with the forces of
the law.
A．collision
B．contrast
C．opposition
D．comparison
正确答案：A
解析：collision(with)n．碰撞；冲突(如：A collision with Parliament could ruin
the government’s plans．Two ears were broken to pieces in the collision．A liver is
reported to have been in collision with an oil-tanker．)。contrast n．对比，对照(in
contrast to／with和……形成对比，与……相反)。opposition n．反对，反抗：反
