一. 单选题（共39题，80.0分）
1. (单选题, 2.0分)
Section A: Select thesynonym for the given word:
1. wicked ()
A
evil
B
stingy
C
greedy
D
angry
2. (单选题, 2.0分)Even under tremendous public pressure, the planning committee would not commit itself whole-heartedly to the proposal and gave only tentative approval to the waterfront development plan.
A
provisional
B
ambiguous
C
unnecessary
D
total
3. (单选题, 2.0分)
generate.
A
destroy
B
combine
C
involve
D
lower
4. (单选题, 2.0分)
Even though she'd read her supervisor’s memo four or five times, she still found his rambling message ambiguous.
A
profound
B
inspiring
C
ridiculous
D
unclear
5. (单选题, 2.0分)
The president made the ______ statement that no immigrant who entered the country illegally would be allowed to stay, not even those who served in the military or contributed to the overall economic development of their community.
A
conflagrant
B
opinionated
C
equivocal
D
impertinent
E
categorical
6. (单选题, 4.0分)
haul
A
pull
B
slap
C
drag
D
push
7. (单选题, 2.0分)
decade
A
era
B
year
C
universe
D
age
8. (单选题, 2.0分)Sue looked out （） the window
A
of
B
such
C
by
D
and
9. (单选题, 2.0分)
terror
A
horrible
B
bully
C
comfort
D
attacker
10. (单选题, 2.0分)
In the author’s boyhood, therewas no necessity to ____ if he stayed out late at night.
A
knock the door
B
carry keys with him
C
Neither of A or B
11. (单选题, 2.0分)
Notwithstanding much educated ______, even as we speak, there is no ______ relationship between current levels of hydrocarbon output and ozone deterioration.
A
speculation. . .tenuous
B
conjecture. . .proven
C
evidence. . .speculative
D
argument. . .rational
E
confusion. . .systematic
12. (单选题, 2.0分)
BarbaraCarter felt and spoke proudly of her great-great-grandfather because ______
A
She thought her great-great grandfather was a heroic civil-rights fighter.
B
Her great-great grandfather never gave up struggling for freedom.
C
Both A and B
13. (单选题, 2.0分)
You cannot become a certified teacher without completing the prerequisite student teaching assignment.
A
required
B
optional
C
preferred
D
advisable
14. (单选题, 2.0分)
generate.
A
destroy
B
combine
C
involve
D
lower
15. (单选题, 2.0分)
The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years ago, were outmoded.
A
unnecessary
B
pointless
C
out-of-date
D
worthless
16. (单选题, 2.0分)
Select the synonym for the given word:
wicked.
A
bad
B
stingy
C
greedy
D
angry
17. (单选题, 2.0分)
capture
A
seize
B
catch
C
detect
D
release
18. (单选题, 2.0分)
He acted with great ______, as if he were a diplomat without regard for crimination.
A
emotion
B
restraint
C
concern
D
statesmanship
E
disdain
19. (单选题, 2.0分)
haul.
A
pull
B
slap
C
drag
D
push
20. (单选题, 2.0分)The intermittent rain soaked the garden many different times during the day.
A
protracted
B
periodic
C
incredulous
D
light
21. (单选题, 2.0分)
4.employ
A
enroll
B
register
C
hire
D
dismiss
22. (单选题, 2.0分)Born a salve （） decades before, in the 1820s,Parker had been taken from his mother at age eight and forced to walk in chains from Virginia to Alabama,where he was sold on the slave market
A
two
B
had
C
to
D
her
23. (单选题, 2.0分)
Were I indeed ______, I likely would not still be teaching, for I would have long ago played the winning lottery numbers and be traveling the world sending postcards to the classroom.
A
fortuitous
B
clairvoyant
C
prescient
D
philanthropic
E
perspicacious
24. (单选题, 2.0分)
4.Their farm life get pretty tough because ...( )
A
they spent two miserable days hauling firewood up the river on a sled in cold winter.
B
they will be cultivating corn, weeding strawberries and killing chickens in hot summer.
C
they always have a lot of work to do no matter it is cold winter or hot summer.
25. (单选题, 2.0分)
Select the word that does NOT belong to the same category of the given words:
surveillance
A
gaze
B
watch
C
monitoring
D
supervision
26. (单选题, 2.0分)Until Reagan and Gorbachev, the relationship between the USA and USSR had been rather ______.
A
tenuous
B
terse
C
trite
D
obscured
E
poised
27. (单选题, 2.0分)In order to get their votes in the next election, senator responded to all the complaints of her constituents in a diplomatic manner.
A
tactful
B
dismissive
C
delaying
D
elaborate
28. (单选题, 2.0分)While we traveled in Italy, we stayed in an inexpensive hostel.
A
inn
B
compound
C
home
D
four-star hotel
29. (单选题, 2.0分)
Businessmen are buying newmachines to analyze a telephone caller’s voice to tell whether their friend orclient is telling lies.
A
True
B
False
30. (单选题, 2.0分)
1.What has the author always wanted to be?( )
A
a writer
B
a farmer
C
both A and B
31. (单选题, 2.0分)
employ.
A
enroll
B
register
C
hire
D
dismiss
32. (单选题, 2.0分)A racial sellout unwilling（） stand up for himself?
A
to
B
her
C
floods
D
spring
33. (单选题, 2.0分)Suburbs （） country areas are, in manyways, even more vulnerable than well-patroled urban streets
A
and
B
death
C
In
D
to
34. (单选题, 2.0分)
Her teacher was heartened by the fact that she ______ her commitment to ______ her grades by arranging to stay after hours for tutoring.
A
showed. . . stabilizing
B
expressed. . . enhancing
C
evinced. . . improving
D
suggested. . . maintaining
E
exhausted. . . augment
35. (单选题, 2.0分)
Regarding the need for more free refreshments the group's opinion was enthusiastic and unanimous.
A
divided
B
uniform
C
adamant
D
spirited
36. (单选题, 2.0分)The majority of the villagers in this seemingly forgotten land, are ______ vegetarians; that is, they only eat meat during a holy celebration, or whenever they can afford it, which, because of the ludicrously high prices, is practically never.
A
sometimes
B
clandestine
C
staunch
D
adamant
E
reluctant
37. (单选题, 2.0分)We watch for hawks () the sky and deer in the cornfields.
A
in
B
of
C
our
D
hjgfgh
38. (单选题, 2.0分)
Although the professor’s lectures were regarded by many as so wearisome that they regularly put students to sleep, he ignored all criticism and refused to make any changes.
A
modest
B
unpleasant
C
boring
D
objectionable
39. (单选题, 2.0分)
digest.
A
swallow
B
dine
C
vomit
D
assimilate