考博英語真題

考博詞匯真題
Unit 1  (2003廈門大學)
　　Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throught the center．
　　1．A Monitor/TIPP poll last month found that young people and seniors held similar views when asked to ______ the importance of US military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power in the next months．
　　A．advocate              B．foresee              C．supervise             D．gauge
　　2．The newspaper reported on the initiative of the organization to establish a private company to professionally ______ prisoners due to be released from prison．
　　A．habilitate            B．rehabilitate         C．preclude             D．prelude
　　3．If all the viruses on the planet were to disappear, a global catastrophe would ______, and the natural ecosystems of the earth would collapse in a spectacular crash under burgeoning populations of insects．
　　A．varnish               B．disperse            C．contaminate          D．ensue
　　4．The solution was simple: gas the building with a hallucinogen and put the terrorists to sleep before they could ______ the bombs in the building. And it worked．
　　A．detonate             B．dismantle          C．demolish             D．desert
　　5．Ms. Rice, with customary class, simply expressed hope that this episode wouldn't ______ the charity in spite of the previous scandals．
　　A．taint                  B．enhance             C．sprain                D．sponsor
　　6．These examples show that openness and the ability to change brings couples a giant step closer to the marital harmony they ______．
　　A．request               B．negotiate           C．crave                 D．detest
　　7．First launched in April this year, Net My Singapore also includes efforts that ______ training, development, and the exploration of new technologies based on．
　　A．obliterate             B．sequester           C．encompass            D．terminate
　　8．Anxiety is believed to ______ diabetes by raising levels of the stress hormone cortisol which regulates insulin and blood-sugar levels．
　　A．impede               B．exacerbate          C．inherit                D．facilitate
　　9．Last week, the Us bishops adopted rules to take priests who ______ minors out of any ministerial activities．
　　A．administer           B．generate            C．implicate              D．molest
　　10．There is little reason to believe that the United States will ______ from its stated goal of regime change in Iraq．
　　A．back down         B．blow off           C．pop up               D．step up
　　11．Cox Radio, one of the nation's largest radio chains, plans to ______ its ties with independent record promoters to distance itself from a payola-like practice that runs rampant in the music business．
　　A．consolidate          B．tout                 C．sever                 D．splash
　　12．The European Commission issued a ______ decision on Oct. 29 permitting an alliance between United Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System that allows them to coordinate prices, schedules and routes in the transatlantic market. It turned out to be well received．
　　A．automatic          B．landmark          C．obsolete              D．outgrown
　　13．Now illegal copies of music CDs ______ losses of about $ 300 million in sales annually and $ 65million lost government tax revenue．
　　A．conflict             B．inflict              C．compromise          D．defer
　　14．It is the first of several agreements United States hopes to reach as it attempts to reduce, labor costs by $ 5.8 billion and ______ bankruptcy．
　　A．dispel               B．revert               C．transfer               D．avert
　　15．The United Nations Security Council established the ICTR in 1995 to try the alleged perpetrators of the 1994______ in Rwanda that claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people．