英语专业考研考基础英语水平模考测试卷.doc

英语专业考研考前基础英语水平模考测试卷（附答案） Part I Vocabulary and Grammar (40 points) Directions: The following 40 short statements are provided each with four items. You are to choose for each the best word or phrase in place of the underlined or missing part. Please write your answer on the answer sheet by marking the corresponding letter in each case. 1. The police the witness about the accident. A. question B. ask C. interrogate D. inquire 2. The salesman his product when challenged. A. sold B. spoke of C stood up for D. stood for 3. She makes a rather living as a novelist. A. precarious B. precautionary C. cautious D. precocious 4. She the chance to spend a whole day with her father. . * A. jumped on B. jumped at C. jumped with D. jumped up 3. The car to avoid hitting the old man. A. swerved B. rambled C. scurried D. curtailed 6. Anyone who has a sore throat should from alcohol. A. abstain B. retain C. detain D. pertain 8. Despite a whole nights emergency treatment, the boy’s condition is still critical and his life is now hanging by a A. thread B. cord C. string D. rope 9. The film was banned officially- because of the language and scenes it contained. A. decent B. optimal C. obscene D. vicious 10. China will continue to to control population growth and improve the living standard of Chinese people. A. stride B. contrive C. strive D. stripe 11. He avowed his commitment to those ideals. A. acknowledged B. converted C. conformed D. renounced 12. The political dissident was accused of instigating a plot to overthrow the government. A. devising B. supporting C. funding D. provoking 13 I wish you two would stop bickering. A. complaining B quarreling C. bargaining D murmuring 14. The defendant is facing severe verdict despite the appeal for clemency by his lawyer. A. forgiving B. release C. leniency D. impartiality 15. The little boy listened, enthralled by the Captain’s story. A. fascinated B. swindled C. shocked D. bored 16. I was impressed by his expe