2012年医学考博英语词汇练习题及答案(二)

　　Part II Vocabulary ( 10% )

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section all the statements are incomplete, beneath each of which

　　there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can best complete the statement and mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　1. Sometimes you can get quite_____ when you are trying to communicate with someone in English.

　　A. frustrated B. depressed C. approved D. distracted

　　2. The company has_______ itself to a policy of equal opportunity for all.

　　A. promised B. committed C. attributed D. converted

　　3. I haven't met anyone ____ the new tax plan.

　　A. in honor of B. in search of C. in place of D. in favor of

　　4. Salk won_____ as the scientist who developed the world's first effective vaccine against polio.

　　A. accomplishment B. qualification C. eminence D. patent

　　5. This software can be _____ to the needs of each customer.

　　A. tailored B. administrated C. entailed D. accustomed

　　6. The average commercial business can shut down in such an emergency but a hospital doesn't dare for lives are ______ .

　　A. in circulation B. under consideration C. on hand D. at stake

　　7. As we need plain, ____ food for, the body, so we must have serious reading for the mind.

　　A. wholesome B. diet C. tasteful D. edible

　　8. He never gave much thought to the additional kilograms he had ______lately.

　　A. shown up B. piled up C. put on D. taken on

　　9. The teacher tried hard to read, ______ handwriting in her students' test papers.

　　A. irregular B. illiterate C. illegible D. irrational

　　10. A. coronary disease is the widely used term _____ insufficiency of blood supply to the heart.

　　A. denoting B. donating C. relating D. resorting

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, each of the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined, beneath which are four words the word or phrase which can best keep the meaning of the on original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined part. Then mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　11. Humans are using the world’s natural riches at an alarming rate.

　　A. appalling B. appealing C. alert D. abnormal

　　12. Drinking water in many areas of the developing world is contaminated with bacteria.

　　A. purified B. multiplied C. tainted D. blended

　　13. One of the most noticeable features of US. Society is the diversity of its people.

　　A. liberty B. democracy C. variety D. origin

　　14. The controversy about abortion has been going on in the United States for more than twenty years.

　　A. resentment B. consensus C. notion D. dispute

　　15. As human settlements advance, the tropical forests are retreating and becoming smaller every year.

　　A. retrieving B. sprawling C. consuming D. withdrawing

　　16. The war's impact on the population of the country was catastrophic.

　　A. influential B. disastrous C. apparent D. critical

　　17. His physician told him not to take too much of the drug because it was very potent

　　A. bitter B. irritant C. effective D. powerful

　　18. Certain drugs can cause transient side effects, such as sleepiness.

　　A. permanent B. residual C. irreversible D. fleeting

　　19. Nervous illness may stem from being treated inconsiderately in childhood.

　　A. complain of B. give rise to C. originate in D. dominate over

　　20. Both a person's heredity and his surroundings help to shape his character.

　　A. form B. correct C. modify D. improve

　　参考答案

　　1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A

　　6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A

　　11. A 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. D

　　16. B 17. D 18. D 19. C 20. A