武汉大学研究生英语期末考试选择题复习概要1.docxVIP

2010年选择题21. We have a certain stereotypical ______ of a person from a culture and we interpret his/her behaviour according to this preconception, whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it. A.connotationB. preconceptionC. recuperationD. ambiguity22. Gap in educational investment across regions will ______ the national economic development as a whole. A. warrantB. rationC. thwartD. retard 23. Opening the labor market might risk some increase in inequality in wages at least in the short run, as the wages of skilled workers are ________.A. bid forB. bid on C. bid upD. bid to24. The market will goods that yield social benefits in excess of private benefits and will consequently produce too few of these goods. A. undervalueB. devalueC. underweightD. value25. You have taken a ______ hatred to Peter; and you are unreasonably angry with me because I won’t hate him. A. perseveringB. perverseC. perfect D. previous26. One of the conditions of ______ is that you must keep the land under cultivation.A. tenantB. terminalC. temperamentD. tenure27. Even the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds for Social Security. A. markedB. commissionedC. earmarkedD. commanded28. Unfortunately, what the farmers had gained in the autumn harvest was ______by the heavy losses caused by a snowstorm in the winter. A. offsetB. optimizedC. subsidizedD. unleashed29. The Arabs, on the other hand, coming from a culture where much closer distance is the norm, may be feeling that the Americans are being _______.A. friendly B. warm C. standoffish D. selfish 30. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually ______ their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the sweet little thing has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Tom” or “Bill”. A. peterB. pester C. worry D. whine31. As television, and to an extent the internet have __