2023年教师攻读硕士专业学位研究生英语课程词汇练习题.doc

教师攻读硕士专业学位硕士英语课程词汇练习100题

1. The mother ________ her baby tightly.
A. clarified B. clutched C. cleansed D. coaxed
2. While she had the fever, she _______for hours.
A. raved B. sniggered C. tittered D. perforated
3. She reached her decision only after much ___________.
A. medication B. metaphor C. miscarriage D. meditation
4.Films and pictures about recent wars sometimes angry memories and feelings of hatred between nations.
A)formulate B)foster C)forge D)forbid
5. The judge imposed a fine.
A)hefty B)heinous C)hellish D)helpless
6. Foreigners frequently are unaware of the of the words they use.
A)consensus B)consequence C)connotation D)constituent
7. We’re still three votes of the number we need to win.
A)sick B)shrill C)shy D)shrew
8. They us three weeks to finish the job.
A)alluded B)allured C)adverted D)allotted
9. I think it’s rather the truth to say he’s handsome.
A)straightening B)straining C) stirring D)stimulating
10. An endless of tedious days and nights stretched before us.
A)vista B)visual C)visibility D)visa
11. The kitchen was small and _______ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty.
A. conventional B. compact C. compatible D. concise
12. It’s _______ to pay the debt within six months.
A. malevolent B. malign C. maniac D. mandatory
13. The farmers receive a _____ from the government to grow this crop.
A. subsidy B. subsidiary C. successor D. subordinate
14. We are going to pay for the house by monthly _______.
A. instances B. inspections C. installments D. instruments
14. The country signed a/an _______ contract with America with an aim to make good use of their natural resources and capital.
A. residential B. reciprocal C. unusual D. influential
15. These excursions will give you an even deeper _______ into our language and culture.
A. inquiry B. investigation C. insight d. confirmation
16. My boss often _____ his opinion upon others.
A. imports B. imposes C. exposes d. disposes
17. Your story about the frog turning into a prince is _______ nonsense.
A. sheer B. sheet C. shear d. shield
18. The nerve of a tooth is ________.
A. sentimental B. sensible C. sensational D. sentient
19. He came home tired and _______ after a long and unsuccessful day’s work.
A. mortal B. morose C. marginal D. medieval
20. Since John has such an ______to flying, I am certain that he will not want to go to Britain with us.
A. aviation B. aviator C. avocation D. aversion
21. A clever politician knows how to _____ his supporters.
A. maneuver B. manifest C. manipulate D. marshal
22. The unions are getting more in their demands.
A. strict B. striking C. strident D) stubborn
23. She is for her lost child.
A. wailing B. waiving C. wandering D. waning
24. The flowers in the vase in the hot room.
A. dazzled B. drooped C. diminish D. displaced
25. He had reasons for rejecting the proposal.
A. cordial B. copious C. costly D. courageous
26. They think those regulations are too .
A. striking B. stuffy C. subdued D. stringent
27. The famous scientist his success to hard work.
A. imparted B. granted C. ascribed D. acknowledged
28. The evidence produced so far does not ____ the conclusion that the driver was negligent.
A. deserve B. qualify C. modify D. warrant
29. What were your___ wages for this last year?
A. aggressive B. aggregate C) aggravate D)affluent
30. After the explosion, the policeman did a lot of work to find out some clues from the _______.
A. on-lookers B. viewers C. people D. witnesses
31. If your action are ___ you need not hide them from the police.
A. offensive B. obscure C. legitimate D. customary
32. We felt an _______ presence in the conference room.
A. intangible B. inveterate C. intestine D. invincible
33. Their appeal for funds didn’t ________ much of a response.
A. elicit B. elevate C. eclipse D. eject
34. Writing a history book _______ a lot of work.
A. entitles B. enthrones C. enthuses D. entails
35. I don’t intend to _______ your hopes with false reports of outside assistance; the truth is that we must face the enemy alone.
A. baffle B. bewilder C. bolster d. boost
36. The whole family is _____ in scientific research.
A. dipped B. immersed C. saturated D. submerged
37. The drugs must _______ in every way to the standards set up by the government.
A. conform b. confirm c. comply D. correspond
38. The date of our next test has been _________ postponed. Now we don’t know when it will be given, or if it will be given at all.
A. identically B. unidentifiably C. indefinitely D. conservatively
39. The _______ white fur coat that the lady has on is very expensive.
A. exquisite B. explicit C. implicit D. intelligible
40. When talking about China, people often _____ it with the great Wall.
A. assist B. think C. imagine D. associate
41. We must ______ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.
A. assure B. secure C. ensure D. issue
42.The school has excellent sporting _______.
A. facilities B. equipment c. faculties /d. fragments
43. Our company can _______ you with all the necessary details.
A. furniture B. give C. furnace D. furnish
44. The _______ country for the next Olympic games is Japan.
A. host B. guest C. Designer D. master
45.Although most dreams apparently happen, ______, dream activity may be provoked by external influences.
A. spontaneously B. simultaneously
C. homogeneously D. instantaneously
46. The goods were lost in ______.
A. transition B. transfer C. transit D. translation
47. My husband has ________to the children at weekends.
A. accuse B. access C. assess D. account
48.Are there enough shelves to ______ all our books?
A. provide B. fit C. accommodate D. supply
49. Writing is a slow process, requiring _______ thought, time and effort.
A. significant B. considerable C. enormous D. numerous
50.He said that if we made any more noise he’d ______ the police.
A. complain B. complain to C. complain about D. complain of
51. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are _____ in grocery stores.
A. ready B. approachable C. probable D. available
52. Once you _____ the country life, you won’t want to live in the city.
A. have tested B. have tried C. have sampled d. have checked
53. Her achievement was more ______ in that she had come from such a poor family.
A. popular B. famous C. understandable D. remarkable
54. The windy weather ________ people from attending the park.
a. discouraged b. disclosed c. discharged d. obeyed
55. Mike just discovered that his passport has _________ three months.
A. exceed B. expire C. terminated D. cease
56.They claimed that ______ 1,000facotories closed down during the economic crisis.
A. sufficiently B. properly C. considerably D. approximately
57. _____ is the fare to London?
A. How many B. What C. How much D. How far
58.Philip Ruth was hailed as a major new author in 1960.
A. published B. challenged C. acclaimed D. guided
59. He was one of the principal organizers of the association.
A. planners B. employees C. actors D. recipients.
60. This kind of animals are on the verge of extinction, because so many are being killed for their fur.
A. drying up B. dying out C. being exported d. being transplanted
61. The chairman proposed that we should stop the meeting.
A. stated B. declared C. suggested D. announced
62. The use of the chemical may present a certain hazard to the laboratory workers.
a. protection b. indication C. immunity D. danger
63. We have got to abide by the rules.
A. stick to B. persist in C. safeguard d. apply
64. I should say Henry is not ______ much a writer as a reporter.
A. that B. so C. this D. as
65. He didn’t go into detail on the subject; he spoke _________.
A. in common b. in particular C. in general D. in short
66. Strenuous efforts have been made to _______ government expense to a desirable level.
A. cut down B. cut short C. cut out D. cut off
67. The chances of seeing a helicopter in my hometown are one ____ a million.
A. for B. to C. in D. against
68. It’s _______ in the regulation that you can take 20 kilos of luggage with you.
A. laid upon B. laid out C. laid up D. laid down
69. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or ______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.
A adapted B. acknowledged C. assembled D. appointed
70. The supervisor didn’t have time so far to go into it ______, but he gave us an idea about his plan.
A. plan B. in turn C. in conclusion D. at length
71. Jim isn’t _______, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
A. gloomy B. dull C. awkward D. tedious
72. In a typhoon, winds _______ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.
A. assume B. accomplish C. attain D. assemble
73. When I saw Jane, I stopped and smile, but she ______ me and walked on .
A. refuse B. ignored C. denied D. score
74. The remarkable _____ of life on the Galopagos islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his evolution theory.
A. classification B. variety C. density D. diversion
75. Your improper words will give _____ to doubts concerning your true intentions.
A. rise B. reason C. suspicion D. impulse
76. A man has to make ______ for his old age by putting aside enough to last a hundred years.
A. supply B. assurance C. provision D. adjustment
77. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _____ free medical care.
A. entitled to B. involved in C. associated with D. assigned to
78. The vocabulary of any technical discussion _______ may include words which are never used outside the subject or field.
A. in view B. in question C. in case D. in effect
79. Many difficulties have _______ as a result of the delay of project.
A. raised B. been raised C. risen D. arisen
80. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _______ on his post office savings account.
A. income B. wages C. interest D. salary
81. I have a number of ______ to make about this hotel so I wish to see the manager.
A. complaints B. claims C. reclamations D. accusations
82. A historical novel is a form of ______ which may include many facts.
A. legend b. rumour C. story D. fiction
83. During the ______ the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer.
A. gap B. pause C. break D. interval
84. She really enjoyed the film because it was a _______ of history and contemporary events.
(A) fission (B) fury (C) fuse (D) fusion
85. He impressed all his colleagues as a vigorous man in the prime of his career.
A. hot-tempered B. healthy C. friendly D. patient
86. Examination papers of the class ere marked without bias.
A. immediately B. correctly C. fairly D. carefully
87. The construction of the railway is said to have been terminated.
A. resumed B. put an end to C. suspended D. rescheduled
88. Unless the population growth stabilizes, environmentalists predict a world-wide starvation by the year A.D.
A. famine B. fashion C. fatigue D. fame
89. Someone must have interfered with the lock because now the key won’t open it .
A. bothered b. tampered c. intruded D. meddled
90. To his great joy he discovered that his ear was becoming _____.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. sentimental D. sensational
91. Professor Li is compiling an English-Chinese dictionary of chemical __________.
A. terms b. expressions C. words D. vocabulary
92. Radio reception wasn’t very good because of a disturbance in the atmosphere; the announcer’s voice sounded very _______.
A. disputed b. disliked C. distorted d. Discarded
93. Some people criticize family doctors for _______ too many medicines for minor illness.
A. prescribing B. ordering C. advising D. delivering
94. His argument does not suggest that mankind can _____ to be wasteful in the utilization of these resources.
A. resort B. grant C. afford D. entitle
95. Some of the most important concepts in physics _______ their success to these mathematical systems.
A. oblige B. owe C. contribute D. attribute
96. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ______ in the courtyard.
A. assemble B. coverage C. crowd D. accumulate
97. There are many thins whose misuse is dangerous, but it is hard to think of anything that can be compared _______ tobacco products.
A. in B. with C. among D. by
98. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is ______ loud continuous noise.
A. subjected to B. filled with C. associated with D. attached to
99. Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very curious mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.
A. intricate B. indignant C. incidental D. inquisitive
100. Since she did not have time to read the entire play before class, she read an outline of the plot instead.
A. a synonym B. a synopsis C. a symmetry D. a symposium