社科院考博英语词汇练习题（5）
新东方在线考博频道整理了社科院考博英语词汇练习题，供报考社科院博士的考生练习。
1. Nicoll made a few __ with his pen on the page he had just read.
[ A ] signals [ B ] marks
[ C ] signs [ D ] codes
2. During the summer holiday season there are no __ moms in this seaside hotel.
[ A ] empty [ B ] blank
[ C ] deserted [ D ] vacant
3. Does brain power as we get older.'? Scientists now have some surprising answers.
[ A ] desceod [ B ] decline
[ C ] deduce [ D ] collapse
4. To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very __ imagination.
[ A ] vivid [ B ] bright
[ C ] living [ D ] colorful
5. He gave a brief of the history of the university before the opening of the conference.
[ A ] reference [ B ] statement
[ C ] account [ D ] comment
6. The insurance company paid him $10,000 in after his accident.
[ A ] installment [ B ] compensation
[ C ] substitution [ D ] commission
7. People who refuse to with the law will be punished.
[ A ] obey [ B ] consent
[ C ] conceal [ D ] comply
8. Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except __
[ A ] ingredients [ B ] elements
[ C ] components [ D ] compounds
9. Hot metal as it grows cooler.
[ A ] contracts [ B ] reduces
[ C ] condenses [ D ] compresses
10. His tastes and habits with those of his wife.
[ A ] combine [ B ] compete
[ C ] coincide [ D ] compromise