考博英语词汇题.docx

2013名校考博英语词汇题（一）
1 A scientific law is liable at any time to need modifying. This happens when fact is discovered which seems to_____ what the law would lead one to expect.
A. prove                            B. support                  C. contradict                     D. discourage
2 The scientific and medical prizes have proved to be the least______, while those for literature and peace by their very nature have been the most exposed to critical differences.
A. radical                   B. prominent                     C. confidential           D. controversial
3 After several nuclear disasters, a ______ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
A. quarrel                   B. suspicion                C. verdict                   D. controversy
4 Our interests seem to ______ at this point.
A. constrain                B. condense               C. conduct                 D. converge
5 Rescue teams from all over the world ______ on the earthquake-stricken area after the news spread that the quake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, had claimed a toll of 15000 lives.
A. diversified                    B. disseminated         C. converged                     D. accelerated
6 The ______ of electrical energy into thermal energy is a process that is easily carried out at 100% efficiency.
A. conversion             B. convention             C. conversation          D. version
7 Without Bob’s testimony, evidence of bribery is lacking and ______ in the case will be impossible.
A. verdict                   B. sentence                 C. conviction                     D. acquittal
8 The two countries have developed a ______ relation and increased a great deal in foreign trade.
A. managerial             B. lethal                      C. metric                           D. cordial
9 Chemistry is closely______ with other studies: physics, biology and so on.
A. corresponded        B. concerned                     C. correlated                     D. cooperated
10 It is not enough to observe behaviors and _____ them with physiological events that occur at the same time.
A. correlate                B. comply                   C. correspond             D. pertain
11 Being the manager of a large corporation, he has a great deal of ______ to deal with every day.
A. correspondents             B. correspondence     C. incidence               D. dependence
12 Since its inception, Pakistan has strived desperately to ______India, cultivating ties with any state willing to help it.
A. counteract      B. counterfeited       C. counterchange              D. counterbalance
13 A briefcase full of counterfeit money was found on the counter.
A. forged                  B. currency                 C. substituted             D. cash
14 He displayed a complete lack of courtesy and tact in dealing with his employer.
A. tenacity                 B. curiosity                 C. civility                   D. hostility
15 What is missing from TV news_ would fill a book.
A. coverage                B. dissemination        C. declaration             D. consultation
16 The none of students in the class likes the mistress, who is used to being_____ of everything they do.
A. emotional                     B. optimistic               C. interested               D. critical
17 The ______ question in this case is whether the accused had a motive for this crime or not.
A. crucial                    B. forcible                  C. supreme                 D. valuable
18 In a divorce, the mother usually is granted______ of her children.
A. support                  B. retention                C. perseverance          D. custody
19 Any person who is in ______ while awaiting trial is considered innocent until he has been declared guilty.
A. jeopardy                B. custody                  C. suspicion                D. probation
20 The jurors came to a deadlock in the defendant’s trial for murder.
A. a decision of guilty
B. a decision to punish by electrocution
C. an impasse
D. an unusual verdict
21 The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, ______ to discuss the implication of that conclusion.
A. receded                 B. implied                  C. complied                D. declined
22 Because of a recent obstacle in production, sales have dropped and accordingly profits have______.
A. declined                B. increased               C. broken                   D. maintained
23 If somebody is _____, he is given a medal or other honor as an official reward for what he has done.
A. confirmed                     B. decorated                     C. appreciated            D. nominated
24 He won by______ because his opponent refused to play.
A. defect                           B. default                   C. deficit                    D. refusal
25 The ____now seems to stand as the primary to a new era of strong economic growth.
A. defect                           B. descent                  C. deficit                    D. defeat
26 It was their______ decision to leave their country, and as a result, they lost their citizenship.
A. compulsory            B. deliberate               C. carefree                  D. modest
27 A ______ plan needs to be considered and accepted so as to lower the prices in these cities.
A. deliberate                     B. disincentive           C. functional                     D. fantastic
28 The supply of apples exceeds the _____ this year.
A. request                   B. claim                      C. requirement           D. demand
29 “Do you like your boss?” “No, he is too_______.”
A. in demand             B. demande        C. on demand            D. demanding
30 I can’t understand how he can feel that his colleagues are always ready to denounce him.
A. compliment           B. criticize                  C. flatter                            D. challenge
31 Because of the bombing that killed six people, Washington has been urging the spokesman to______ terrorism more severely.
A. charge                    B. censor                    C. blame                            D. denounce
32 The degree of downward slope of a beach depends o its composition of deposits as well as on the action of waves across its surface.
A. sentiment               B. sediment                C. semester                 D. segment
33 Nobody at work is very happy, because last week’s sales figures were pretty _____.
A. destroying                    B. depressing                    C. deceasing               D. declining
34 I want to talk about all these points in_____ order of importance.
A. declining               B. descending            C. plunging                D. falling
35 Sometimes a dictionary designates a noun as attributive, which means that it can be used to describe another noun or name its attributes.
A. conveys                B. defines                   C. indicates                D. explains
36 If you call the 911 emergency number, they will______ firemen, policemen, and paramedics immediately.
A. assign                           B. detach                    C. attach                            D. dispatch
37 The bus moved slowly in the thick fog. We arrived at our______ almost two hours later.
A. designation            B. destiny                   C. destination             D. dignity
38 He was ______ to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age.
A. deduced                B. damped                 C. diminished             D. destined
39 My grandmother has been ill for two months, so her health has______.
A. deteriorated           B. diminished             C. dwindled               D. lessened
40 Smuggling is a ______ activity which might bring destruction to our economy; therefore, it must be banned.
A. pertinent                B. fruitful                   C. detrimental            D. casual
41 The Coriolis force causes all moving projectiles on Earth to be _____ from a straight line.
A. distracted                     B. deviated                C. intrigued                D. permeated
42 In ancient Egyptian paintings, royal figures were differentiated by making them several times larger than others.
A. distinguished         B. estranged               C. deferred                 D. enlarged
43 The ______ of the occasion was spoiled when she fell down the steps.
A. privacy                  B. dignity                   C. morality                 D. secrecy
44 His constant attempts to______ his colleagues’ achievement eventually caused his dismissal.
A. withdraw               B. diminish                 C. restrain                   D. confine
45 My supply of confidence slowly ______ as the deadline approached.
A. withdrew               B. eliminated                     C. exterminated         D. diminished
46 Although she was still ill, she_____ herself from the hospital.
A. extracted               B. discharged                    C. injected                  D. drained
47 Mary hopes to be______ from hospital next week.
A. expelled                 B. resigned                 C. dismissed              D. discharged
48 Scientific evidence from different______ demonstrates that in most humans the let hemisphere of the brain controls language.
A. scopes                    B. ranges                    C. disciplines                     D. arrays
49 One word describes what makes Singapore work: discipline.
A. punishment            B. regulation                     C. unemployment              D. salary
50 It was suggested that all government ministers should_______ information on their financial interests.
A. tell                         B. disclose                  C. discover                 D. uncover
51 However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying one spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence cannot be ignored or ____ by the teacher.
A. exaggerated           B. discounted                 C. overestimated              D. verified
52 There are some_____ between their two descriptions; we are puzzled which we should believe.
A discrepancies         B. distractions            C. diversions                     D. discretion
53 The shop manager said that he intended to ______ the less efficient members of his staff.
A. resign                            B. dismiss                   C. employ                   D. appoint
54 The Chinese world diving champion was ______ from the national team, which news has been front-page report in the country for several days.
A. displayed               B. dispersed               C. disarmed                D. dismissed
55 Stephen Schneider, a climatologist at Stanford, notes that unlike greenhouse gases, which_____ rapidly around the globe, the sulfate droplets tend to concentrate over industrialized regions.
A. unify                      B. fragment                C. disperse                 D. shatter
56 When we got to the scene of the incident, we found that the police were firing shots and using teargas to ______ the crowd that had gathered around the building.
A. dispose                  B. dislocate                C. disintegrate            D. disperse
57 I said that I could not commit myself as my academic time was not yet finished, but I would like to be at their_____ later.
A. disposal                 B. guidance                C. assistance               D. supervision
58 The day was breaking and people began to go to work so the murderer was unable to _____ of the body.
A. dispense                B. dispose                  C. discard                   D. discharge
59 The drug store at the corner of our street sells aspirins and ______ penicillin prescriptions.
A. dispenses               B. disposes                 C. disperses                D. dispatches
60 Most of the rubbish that we usually ______ of can be recycled.
A. dispose                  B. discharge               C. dispatch                 D. dissolve
61 According to the law of that country, the Parliament will have to be ______ before the General Election.
A. decomposed          B. dispersed               C. dissolved               D. disintegrated
62 She is one of the few people here I can understand properly, she pronounces all her words so_____.
A. exactly                   B. distinctly               C. distinctively           D. distinguishably
63 Colour-blind people often find it difficult to _____ between blue and green.
A. separate                 B. compare                 C. distinguish             D. contrast
64 I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are _____ purposely my ideas to prove your point.
A. revising                  B. contradicting         C. distorting               D. distracting
65 As we have seen, propaganda can appeal to us by arousing our emotions or _____ our attention from the real issues at hand.
A. retaining                B. sustaining                     C. distracting                    D. obscuring
66 By 1817 the United States Congress had______ all internal taxes and was relying on tariffs on imported goods to provide sufficient revenues to run the government.
A. allocated                B. distributed                    C. eliminated                     D. collected
67 There was a noisy_____ at the back of the hall when the speaker began his address.
A. interaction                    B. irritation                 C. disturbance            D. interruption
68 Women who entered voluntary work during the inter-war years did so largely because it provided them with_____ from household routine.
A. distortion               B. diversion                C. dissipate                D. discount
69 His desire to ______ other people has caused trouble in his family.
A. please                           B. dominate               C. force                      D. urge
70 The government decided to take a ______action to strengthen the market management.
A. diverse                   B. durable                  C. epidemic                D. drastic
71 Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other______.
A. bruises                   B. blunders                 C. handicaps                     D. drawbacks
72 The mother is told that her child is desperately ill—the chances of survival are slim, and the treatment is asdreadful as the disease.
A. incurable                B. fearful                    C. impossible              D. troublesome
73 The public is very_____ about the governor’s plans for a tax cut.
A. susceptible             B. dubious                  C. vulnerable                     D. deliberate
74 Since most doctors are_______ about effectiveness of the new medicine, they seldom recommend it to their patients.
A. anxious                  B. dubious                  C. cynical                   D. inn