同等學力申碩在職研究生英語備考試題

　　1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

　　A. admitted

　　B. acknowledged

　　C. absorbed

　　D. considered

　　[答案] D. considered

　　[注釋] considered 考慮; admit 承認; absorb 吸收。

　　[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承認, 供認; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承認了他的錯誤。) B. 接動名詞 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承認被打敗了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致謝; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (瑪麗致函感謝饋贈的禮物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他贈送禮品以感謝他長期來對公司的服務。)

　　2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.

　　A. command

　　B. conviction

　　C. consent

　　D. Compromise

　　[答案] C. consent

　　[注釋] consent 同意, 贊成, 答應。conviction 深信, 確信。compromise 妥協, 折中。command 命令, 指令; 掌握, 運用能力。

　　3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

　　A. powerful

　　B. influential

　　C. monstrous

　　D. vigorous

　　[答案] A. powerful

　　[注釋] powerful (=having or producing great power) 強有力的。在這里四個形容詞中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可與表示藥物的名詞搭配。influential 有影響的, 有勢力的, monstrous 異常大的, vigorous 精力旺盛的, 強健有力的。

　　4. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.

　　A. vanished

　　B. abandoned

　　C. scattered

　　D. rejected

　　[答案] B. abandoned

　　[注釋] abandoned (=give up completely) 放棄, 拋棄; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.

　　[注意]abandon 暗指某人對其所拋棄的人或物將會發生什么事情不感興趣, 如把撞壞的汽車拋棄在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 絕跡; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (許多種類的動物已在地球上絕跡。) scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驅使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驅散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到處放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒絕接受; She rejected my suggestion.

　　5. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.

　　A. understanding

　　B. comprehensible

　　C. comprehensive

　　D. understandable

　　[答案] C. Comprehensive.

　　[注釋] comprehensive 完全的無所不包的;comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的;understandable 可以理解的, 主要用來指人的行為。understanding 用來指人時, 表示"善于理解別人或別人問題的 (人) 。"注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街區詳圖);a comprehensible remark (聽得懂的話) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的錯誤);an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。

　　6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.

　　A. ticket

　　B. place

　　C. seat

　　D. connection

　　[答案] D. connection

　　[注釋] lose one's connection to 誤了到......地方去的 (汽車、火車、輪船的) 聯運; The train was late and I missed my connection.

　　7. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.

　　A. drowned

　　B. sunk

　　C. wrecked

　　D. submitted

　　[答案] C. wrecked

　　[注釋] wreck vt. 撞壞, 毀壞; 1) My son wrecked my car. 2) My car was completely wrecked in the accident.sink vt. 下沉, 沉沒, 該動詞也可作及物動詞用, 意為"使下沉", 但按本題句意看, 用被動語態不妥。 drown 溺死, 淹死： (vt.) He drowned his wife. (vi) He drowned in the river. (他在河里淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control of another) 提交, 呈送 (to) ： Should a wife submit herself to her husband? (妻子應順從他丈夫嗎?) 2) (=put forward for option, discussion, decision ect.) 提出 (供評論、討論決定等) You must submit your request to the committee. 3) (=surrender (to) , give in) 屈服,投降：After being defeated, they submitted to the enemy. (打敗后, 他們向敵人投降了。)

　　8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.

　　A. still

　　B. yet

　　C. already

　　D. just

　　[答案] B. yet

　　[注釋] yet 常用于現在完成時的否定句中, 意為"尚, 還"。

　　9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.

　　A. previously

　　B. predominantly

　　C practically

　　D. permanently

　　[答案] B. predominantly.

　　[注釋] predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than any solution previously. (這個辦法比以前提出的任何解決辦法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 實際上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。本題譯文：在美國, 華人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亞洲, 其中主要是在舊金山。

　　10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.

　　A. concise

　　B. clear

　　C. precise

　　D. elaborate

　　[答案] A. concise.

　　[注釋] concise (=brief; giving much information in few words) 簡明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting. (他對會議作了簡明扼要的報道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated; free form error) 精確的, 明白無誤的; Please tell me the precise measurements. (請告訴我精確的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out with much care; carefully prepared) 精心制作的, 豐盛的：Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一項詳盡得計劃來籌集著筆款項。) 孤立地看, 似乎4個形容詞均能修飾report, 但從句子的邏輯關系看, 后半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最貼切的選擇了。

　　11. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

　　A. guilt

　　B. charge

　　C. blame

　　D. accusation

　　[答案] C. blame.

　　[注釋]take the blame for 對......承擔責任。Take charge of 負責管理 (照顧) 。

　　[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.

　　12. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

　　A. call for

　　B. call forth

　　C. call off

　　D. call up

　　[答案] C. call off

　　13. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

　　A. look out

　　B. make out

　　C. get across

　　D. take after

　　[答案] B. make out

　　14. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

　　A. eventually

　　B. yet

　　C. finally

　　D. accordingly

　　[答案] D. accordingly.

　　[注釋]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

　　15. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

　　A. attempt

　　B. trouble

　　C. power

　　D. effort

　　[答案] D. Effort.

　　[注釋] effort (作可數名詞用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的嘗試：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒煙需要堅強的毅力嗎?)

　　16. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

　　A. extinguish

　　B. prevent

　　C. suppress

　　D. ruin

　　[答案] A. extinguish.

　　[注釋] extinguish (=put out) vt. 撲滅 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire雖然也可以搭配, 但按本句題意用extinguish為最佳。

　　17. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

　　A. nothing but

　　B. anything but

　　C. above all

　　D. rather than

　　[答案] B. anything but.

　　[注釋] anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不過; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他當朋友, 他只不過是個罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是.

　　18. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

　　A. broken off

　　B. taken off

　　C. written off

　　D. picked up

　　[答案] C. written off.

　　[注釋] write off報廢

　　19. On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.

　　A. even so

　　B. ever so

　　C. as yet

　　D. so far

　　[答案] B. ever so.

　　[注釋]ever so (=very) 非常; It's ever so cold.與名詞搭配時則用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless; still) 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.)

　　20. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

　　A. place

　　B. effect

　　C. post

　　D. office

　　[答案] B. effect.

　　[注釋]take effect 生效。