暨南大学2016考研真题之706外语（英）水平考试
考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. The Olympic Games were watched by ___ billions of people around the world.
A. virtually B. literally C. deliberately D. appropriately 2. In a materialistic and ____ society people’s interest seems to be focused solely on monetary pursuit.
A. adaptive B. addictive C. acquisitive D. arrogant
3. I found it difficult to ___ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children.
A. intensify B. reconcile C. consolidate D. amend
4. Both dog's diet and structure are ___ to those of the human being, and so it has been the subject of countless demonstrations and experiments.
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A. comparable B. comparative C. equal D. contrary
5. We need one hundred more signatures before we take the ___ to the governor.
A. plea B. petition C. patent D. claim
6. Due to sluggish market conditions, the factory's workforce has ___ from over 4000 to a few hundred.
A. proclaimed B. dwindled C. repressed D. indulged
7. Like most other American companies with a rigid ___, workers and managers have strictly defined duties.
A. vitality B. jurisdiction C. hierarchy D. bureaucracy
8. It is required that during the process, great care has to be taken to protect the ___ silk from damage.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. tender D. delicate
9. Poverty and domestic violence make it easy for her to trust that bad things will happen and take this ___ happiness away. A. adversary B. vulgar C. fragile D. superfluous
10. The industry has pumped ___ amounts of money into political campaigns, making it less and less likely that politicians will deal with the issue sensibly.
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A. potential B. substantial C. massive D. traditional
11. The university has sought to ____ a special fund for physically disabled students.
A. administer B. compliment C. perform D. institute
12. Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ___ ones.
A. tragic B. vulnerable C. turbulent D. suspicious
13. Bad traveling conditions had seriously ___ their progress to their destination in that region.
A. tugged B. demolished C. hampered D. destroyed
14. When cooperating with the American specialists in the States, I ___ myself of the opportunity to improve my English. A. availed B. allowed C. deprived D. indulged
15. The structure of this animal's brain gives no ___ that it is any more intelligent than others.
A. indication B. index C. hint D. implication
16. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than ___ in the public mind today. A. exists B. exist C. existing D. existed
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17. He told us how he dealt with the self-interest of countries to bring them into a kind of international accord ___ everyone seemed to benefit. A. where B. which C. that D. what
18. Rarely ___ occur without a corresponding physical ailment. A. chronic mental fatigue B. is chronic mental fatigue C. does chronic mental fatigue D. chronic mental fatigue does 19. Minoan civilization ___ rapidly after a huge volcanic eruption; Crete was eventually overrun with people from mainland Greece. A. declining B. declined C. was declined D. to decline
20. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive ___ avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens imposed by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. A. but B. while C. and D. whereas
21. Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements -- usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen. They are different ___ their elements are arranged differently. A. in that B. so that C. such that D. except that
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22. The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ___ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
A. everything except B. anything but C. no less than D. nothing more than
23. Annic Jump Cannon, ___ discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky”.
A. a leading astronomer who B. who, as a leading astronomer, C. was a leading astronomer D. a leading astronomer,
24. Used only for wall surfaces that are exposed to view or require a decorative effect, ___.
A. the exactness in shape, size, and color of face brick B. face brick must be exact in shape, size, and color C. must be face brick which is exact in shape, size and color D. the shape, size, and color must be exact of face brick 25. Nearly all trees contain a mix of polymers that can burn like petroleum ___ properly extracted. A. after B. if C. when it D. is
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暨南大学2016考研真题之706外语（英）水平考试
